Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-20

AN ACT to establish the county OF CANDY ana
provide for the location of the 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 aud thirteen, one hundred and fourteen,
one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and
sixteen ranges forty-four, forty-fiVe and forty
six, west fifth principal meridian, be, and the
same hereby is established as the county of
CaGby, by which name it shall be described
| and known.
Sec. 2. There shall be elected OF the next
general election, after the passage of this act,
| by the qualified electors residing within the
territory described in section one of 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. d. 1880, and continue
for the period of ono year and until their sue
| cessors are elected and qualified under the gen.
! eral laws of the State.
| Sec. 5. Such board of county commission
ers shall be subject to the liabiliaies 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 concurred IN by any
county; and when any place shall be SO desig-
| mated within such county as the county seat
| thereof, the same shall remain the county seat
| of said county until changed by law, and they
| shall appoint suitable persons to I'LL all the
county Offices of said county, which persons so
| appointed and having qualified, shall hold
their offices until the next general election and
until their successors shall have been elected
and qualified.
Sec. 4. At the time-before the general
election after the passage OF this actor CIV
ing notice of such election fixed by law, notice
shall be given of the submission of changes
proposed by this act to the electors of Lac qui
lParle, 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 by
this act shall cast ballots on which shall be
written or printed, or partly written and partly
printed the words, ''for change of boundary
lines of county Gas the case may be)
in favor of Candy county" and those electors
opposed shall cast ballots on which shall be
written or printed, or partly written and
partly printed. the words, against change of
boundary lines of -- county in favor
of Candy county"
Sec. 5. All votes cast in pursuance of this
act shall be canvassed and returned In the same
manner as votes for county officers. and the alb
stract thereof shall be made on one sheet, In
every county Young tnereon, duu sASncO 6nu
certified in the same manner as In the case of
the abstract of votes for county officers, and it
shall be deposited in the county auditors of
fee Immediately thereafter and GER
tilted copy thereof Immediately 1etda for for,
county to the secretary of State, and if
it shall appear that this act has been approved
by majority of the electors of the counties
W. ting thereon at said election, the Governor
shall make proclamation to that effect forth
with, in such manner as he shall deem ad-
visible.
Sec. 6. The county of Candy is hereby de-
clared an organized county, and attached to
Yellow Medicine county for judicial purposes.
Sec. z. All acts and parts of acts inconsist-
ent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its ratification by major
ity of the electors in the counties voting there
ON as hereinbefore provided, except such parts
as require the election of county commissioners
for said proposed county, and provide for sub
hitting the changes proposed by this act to the
electors of the counties of Lac qui Parle, yell
low Medicine and Lincoln, which part of this
act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved February q, 1879.