Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27
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AN ACT 30 establish tho county Of Candy and
proyids for tho location OF the county seat
and establish the boundary lines thereof and
20 organize said county.
Be- it enacted by tho LegaslatuEe OF tho state
Section /. That al of townahipa one hun
dred and thirteen, ono hundred and fourteen,
one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and
sixteen, ranges forty-four, forty-hve and forty
ak, west fifth principal meridian, be, and the
Same hereby 10 established - tho county OF
CANDY, by which name it shall be described
Sec. 2. There shall be elected at the next
general election, after the passage of this act,
BY tho qualified electors residing within the
territory described in section one of this act,
three persona who ahAll 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 one year and until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified under the gen.
eral laws of tho State.
Sec. 8. Such board of county commission
ers shall be subject to the liabiliaies and du-
ties imposed, and have power and authority
cnnferred.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
two Of them, locate the county seat of said
county; and when any place shall be so desi :
mated within such county a. the county seat
| thereof, the same shall remain the county sent
of said county until charged by law, and they
shall appoint suitable persons to NIL all the
county offices of said county, which persons so
appointed and having qualified, shall ID
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
IS ~ sr1u
ing notice OF such election fixed by Law, noti"e
! shall be given of the submission of changes
proposed by this act to the electors of Lac 4ui
| parie, Yellow Medicine and Lincoln counties
for ratification, by the same officers and IN tho
| same manner as notices Of general elections are
required by law to be given at such elections.
Ali 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 bOundar,
lines of --- county las 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 ARD
partly printed. the words, against change of
boundary lines Of ---- county In favor
! of Candy county"
| Sec. S. 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 voting thereon. and signed and
| certified in the same manner as In the case Ut
the abstract of votes for county officers, and it
| shall be deposited in the county auditors Of
ice Immediately thereafter and GER GER
warded by the county auditor Of each
county to the secretary of State, and ii
! it shall appear that this act has been approved
! by n majority of the electors of the counties
| v. ting thereon at said election, the Governor
saall 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 inoonslst-
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
lily of the electors in the counties voting there
on az hereinbeforc provided. except such parts
as require the elcction of county commissioners
for said proposed county, and provide for sub
hitting the changes proposed ny this ACT to the
electors of the counties of Lac gu; Parle Vel
low Medicine and Lincoln, which part of this
act shall take effect from and after its passage
| Approved February "a, 1879.