White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-03-28
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
thursday, :::: March %, 1867.
Csanty Seat.

thursday, :::: March %, 1867.
Ceonty Seat. =
Petitions are In cireulatios. and being
sxtsasivsly sigssd. praying the County
Board to order % election for the perma
nest location Of the County Seat Of this
Ooanty. The Troy folks claim that it
will be unlawful to remove the County
Ssat; in proof of which. they qaots On
extract from On act of the Territorial Leg
is'atsrs Of 1855. appointing three Com
miasiossrs to locate the County Seat per-
msssntly within six miles of the geo
graphical centre Of the County. They
sxelsim. triumphsntly. that the Law su-
tborizing the removal of County Seats,
BY petitios and election. does not repeal
the Law quoted.
The laws of the State Legislature of
1858. embrace an act providing for the
removal Of County Seats, which reads Is
follows:
>, SscrroH 1. When any number sflegal voters
efAsy County in this State. equal 70 three ffths
Of the whole number of votes cast at the last
general eletion in said County, shall petition
the Board of County Commissioners Of such
County for the removal or location of the seat
Of justice, the County Commissioners shah,
within fifty days thereafter, cause an election
70 be held at the various places of voting in
said County. said Commissioners giving thirty
days notice in some newspaper published in
the County, o. BY posting written or printed
notices at the several voting precincts in the
County. Such notices shall state the time and
place Of holding, and the purposes for which
sneh election is held and no election provid-
ed for in this act, shall be held on the day of
sny general election for either State or County
efbcers in such County. The place receiving
majority Of all the votes east at such election,
shall be declared the County Seat Provided
no place receives majority of all the votes
cast, there shall be held q second election
lee said seat of justice on the second Tues
day thereafter, at which second election
NE ballosing shall be confined to the two
places having the highest number of votes
at the 6rst election, as provided for in this
ect; Provided, That where the County
Seat Of any County has been located by Com
nioioners, such location shall not be held to
b location BY the people.
SEc. 2. The Board Of Commissioners shall
meet on the Saturday following said election,
md proceed b canvass the vote; the place hav-
Ing secsived the majority of all the votes cast,
shall be proclaimed BY them the seat of justice
for the said County. -.
SIC. 3. The County officers Who ars required
By Law to keep their Offices at the County Scat,
shaf, within twenty days after said proclama.
Hon, remove all books, records, papers, furni.
tars, &C., belonging to the County, to the place
thsrein named and If any officer shall fail TO
remove, within the time prescribed bv this sec.
tioas he, or his surities. shall pay, to the Coun
ty, the sum Of five dollars for each and eyerv
day Of such failure, to be sued for and collected
BY the Board of County Commissioners.
Src. 4. That elections provided for in this
act shall be conducted, in all respects, as pro.
vided for BY the general election laws of the
State. All persons shall be qualified to vote
at SAID elections, who are voters under said
laws.
src. 5. The provisions of. this act shall mt
apply 10 Counties where their County Seats
have been located by a vote of the neonle
therein ; Psosided, That nothing herein con.
tained shall be construed TO prevent specia,
legislation hereafter upon County Seats of
Counties not provided for in this act, upon
proper application from such Counties.
Now. we don't pretend to be anything
Of lawyer: but it seems to us that
later law supersedes q former one. But
this law suits the case of this County
precisely. in the proviso of the first Sec.
tion. which declares that where the Coun.
ty Seat Of any County has been located
by Commissioners, such location shall
not Be held to be . location by the peo-
pie. That is just the condition of our
County. and therefore the above law is
precisely applicable to our case.
We have not signed the petition ask
ing for vote, and do not mean to, for
there is possibility Of making the mat
ter worse than il now is. But neverths-
les. We believe that the names Of the re.
quired three 6ftbs Of the voters can be
obtained to the paper: that On election
will Be strictly legal; and that the place
receiving . majority of the votes will be
declared to be the permanent County
Sect. Ifsn election is ordered. we. in
with all of our citizens, intend
10 do oil in our power to secure the To-
cation here: and If fthst fails. to secure it
4 such point As will best subserve the
interests of the people Of this section. and
Of the County at large.