Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-06
THE ELECTION AND ROAD LAWS.

AN ACT TO REGULATE ELECTIONS AND
PRESCRIBE THE TENURE OF OFFICE
THEREIN.
SEC. l. BE it enacted By the Legis-
laGrc assembly Of the TERRITORY Of
Washington, That the election of
Legislative, District, County and
Precinct officers in this Territory,
shall hereafter be biennial, and shall
be held at the same time as the cleo
ton of Delegate to Congress.
SEC. 2. That all District, County
and Precinct officers elected at the
first general election to be held in
accordance with the provisions of
this act, shall qualify and be entit-
led to their several offices within six
ty days after tho first Monday in
June, 1873, and shall hold their re-
spcctivc Offices for the term Of one
year or until their SUCCESSORS are
duly elected and qualified.
SEC. 3. That the official term of
all District, County and Precinct Off
GERS elected after the first general
election after the passage of this act,
shall be for the term of two years,
or until their SUCCESSORS are duly
elected and qualified; Prorided,
That if Congress shall change the
time of holding elections to No
vembcr, then the term of the present
incumbcnts expire on the first Mon
day in January, 1873, and those
elected in November, 1872, shall
hold Office for two years after the
first Monday in January, 1878.
SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts
in any manner conflicting with any
of the provisions of this act be and
the same arc hereby repealed.
Approved Nov. 30, 1871.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED
AN ACT IN RELATION TO ROADS,
FERRIES, BRIDGES AND TRAVEL ON
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, APPROVED DE-
GENDER 2, 1869.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the
Legislative assembly Of the 1erritory
V WoShngton, That Section Is of
the act to which this is amcndatory
be amended to read as follows:
SEC. Is. Any person whose land
shall be so situated that it has no
connection with any public road,
may make application in writing to
the County Commissioners of his
county, at regular term, for a pri-
vate road leading from his premises
to some convenient public road, by
first posting three notices, fifteen
days before said meeting, in the dis
trict where said road is to be located,
and thcrcupon the Commissioners
shall appoint three disintercstcd
houscholders Of the county as view
crs and cause an order to be issued
directing them to meet, on u day
named in such order, to view aud 10.
cate a private road according to the
applications and notices, and to as
sess the damage 10 be sustained
thereby, and after being duly sworn
or affirmed faithfully and impartially
to discharge the duties of their ap-
pointment, and after at least three
days notice given to all persons
through whose lands such private
road is to be located, such viewers
shall proceed to locate and mark
out a private road thirty feet wide,
from some certain point on the pre-
misses of the applicant to some cer-
tain point on the public road, SO as
to do the least damage to the lands
through which such private road is
located, and they shall also at the
same time assess damage sustained
by the person or persons owning
such lands.
That Sec. 10 of the act to which
this is amendatory, be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 10. The supervisor of each
road district in this Territory, shall
at least ten days before the first
Monday i'll April of each year, cause
three notices to be posted up in
three conspicuous places in his road
district, giving notice that there will
be an election held in such district
on the first Monday in April, at two
o'clock in the afternoon, at some
convenient place in said district to
be specified in said notice, for the
purpose OF electing road supervisor
for the next succeeding year at which
election the old supervisor shall act
as chairman, if present, if not pre-
sent, a chairman shall be elected by
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