Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27

| AN ACT to estsblish the county of Candy and
provide for the location Of tho county seat
! and establish the boundary lines thereof and
TO organize said county.
| Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the State
of Minnesota:
Section l. That all of townships one hun
| dred and thirteen, ono hundred and fourteen,
one hundred and fifteen, and ono hundred and
sixteen ranges fOrty-fOur, fOrty-hve and forty
| ak, west fifth principal meridian, be, and the
same hereby is established as tho county OF
| Caaby, bv which name it shall he described
| and known.
Sec g There shall be elected at the next
! general election. after the passage of this act.
! by the qualified electors residing within the
| territory described in section one Ut this act,
three persons who shall be qualified electors.
| residents within said territory who shall con-
stitute the first board of county commissioners
| of said county. The term Of office of such
| board of commissioners shall commence on the
first day of January A. u. 1880, and continue
for the period Of one year and until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified under the gen.
! eral laws of the State.
| Sec g. Such board Of county commission
ers shall be subject to the liahiliaies and du-
| ties imposed, and have power and authority
| conferred upon county commissioners by the
| general laws of this State, and shall within SIX
! months from the commencement Of their term
OF office by resolution concurrcd i'll by any
! two of them locate the county scat "f said
| county; aud when any place shall he SO des =
| uated within such county as the equity seat
! thereof the same shall retnain the county eent
| of said county until char:,ed by law. and they
shall appoint suitable persons 10 NIL AL the
| county offices of said county, which persons 80
| appointed and having qualified. shall la
| their offices until the next general election an!
| until their Successors shall have been elected
| ard qualified.
Sec. t. At the time-before the genera!
| Ss,f ,t>E
! ing notice vi such election fixed by law, notie
! shall be given Of the submission of changes
| proposed by this act to the electors of Lac '1u
| Parle, Yellow Medicine and Lincoln counties
| for ratification, by the Same officers and In the
| same manner as notices of general elections are
| required by law to be given at such elections
! All electors favoring the change proposed ~
| this act shall cast ballots which shall be
written or printed, or partly written and partly
printed, the words, ''for change of houndar,
| lines OF --- county Gas the case may bel
! in favor of Candy county" and those electors
| opposed shall cast ballots on which shall he
! written or printed, or partly wntten aGo
partly printed, the words, "agaiust change of
| boundary lines Of --- county IN favor
! OF Candy comfy
| act shall be canvassed and returned IN the same
manner rs votes for county officers. and the ABB
! stract thtreof shall be made on one sheet, IN
! every county voting thereon, aud signed and
| certified in the same manner as IN the case ot
the abstract of votes fnr county officers, aud It
shall be deposited in the county auditors Of
tee Immediately thereafter and GER
! !itied copy thereof Immediately for
"trded by the equity auditor Of each
county the secretary of State and II II
il shall appear that this act has been approved
~ q majority Of the electors of the counties
v. ting thereon ut said election, the Governor
s,nll make proclamation to that effect forth
! with, in such manner as he shall deem ad-
/ Wis bile.
Sec 6. The county of Candy is hereby de-
cl,.rsd an organized county, ard attached to
Yellow Medicine county for judicial purposes.
Sec. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconslst'
ent with this :c5 are hereby repealed.
| Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after it's ratification by major
iiy of the electors in the counties voting there
| on as hereinbeforc provided. except such parts
as require tae election Of county commissioners
for said proposed county, and provide Tor sub
mitIing the changes proposed by this act to tine
electors of the counties of Lac Qui Parle: Vel
low Medicine and Lincoln, which part OF this
act shall take effect from and after its passage
| Approved February n, 1879.