Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-11

AN ACT to establish the county of Candy and
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
bred and thirteen, one hundred and fourteen,
one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and
sixteen, ranges forty-four, forty-fve and forty
| six, west fifth principal MERIDIAN, be- and the
same hereby is established as the county of
Canby. bv which name it shall be described
and known.
Sec.2. 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 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. ID. 1880, and continue
| for the period Of one year and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified under the gen.
| eral laws of the State.
ers shall be subject to the iabiliaies 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 CONQUERED in by any
| county; and when any place shall be SO deslg-
| 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 60
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 4ui
| 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 by
this act shall cast ballots on which shall be
written or printed, or partly written and partly
| printed, the words, ''fors 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 salne
stract thereof shall be made on one sheet, in
every county voting thereon, and signed anc
certified in the same manner as in the case o1
| the abstract of votes for county officers, and il
shall be deposited in the county auditors of
fee Immediately thereafter and Ger
titled copy thereof Immediately for
warded by the county auditor of eacl
county to the secretary of State, and i
it shall appear that this act has been approved
by majority of the electors of the counties
voting thereon at said election, the Governo
shall make proclamation to that effect forth
with, in such manner as he shall deem ad
!: visable.
Sec. 6. The county of Candy is hereby de
; clared an organized county, and attached t
Yellow Medicine county for judicial purposes
Sec. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsist
, ent with this act are hereby repealed.
: Sec. g. This act shall take effect and be Il
J force from and after its ratification by major
ity of the electors in the counties voting there
on as hereinbefore provided, except such part
} as require the election of county commissioner
} for said proposed county, and provide for sui
hitting the changes proposed by this act to tn
!, electors of the counties Of Lac qui Parle, Ye
low Medicine and Lincoln, which part OF thi
act shall take effect from and after its passage
Approved February 81, 1879.