The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25

MASS 1090Cl08 IT 8O0l06T.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the citizens Of Boulder Valley and Vi
cinity, was held in the granite store
room of r. w. Jeffries, in the town Of
Boulder, on the evening Of the 18th
inst.
Capt. Cook was, on motion, elected
chairman Of the meeting. On taking
the chair he announced the object
object Of the meeting to be the consider
alton Of the subject Of removing the
county seat Of Jefferson County from
Radersburg, where It Is 1t present, to y
more suitable and central point within
the county. and to suggest, II it was
thought advisable, some plan by which
the preferences Of all the people Of the
county could be arrived at, and to re-
quest the cooperation Of the voters in
carrying It out.
Mr.. Deascey being called on said that
he had heard that the people Of Jeffer-
son City were circulating petitions to
the Board Of County Commissioners to
give notice, under the law, that the
question Of removing the county seat
to Jefferson City be voted for 1t the
next general election, and 30 he went
over there and interviewed some of the
leading citizens, and proposed to them
that they cease circulating the petitions
and join the peonle Of Boulder in calling
. convention Of all the precincts Of the
county, to designate . place to be voted
for. He was sorry to say that they ~
jected the plan and determined to con-
tinue circulating the petitions.
Mr.. Nat. Merriman, Of Jefferson City,
gave an interesting account Of the sew
eral abortive attempts heretofore made
to remove the county scat, and he was
under the impression that the attempt
now being made by some Of the people
Of bis town would meet a. similar fate.
He favored the plan of calling con-
vention Of all the precincts Of the
county and let the delegates to that
convention designate the place to Be
voted for. Being citizen Of Jefferson
he Of course favored that place but
would vote and work for the place that
. majority OF the delegates to such con-
vention would select. He considered
that al The old citizens Of Boulder, JEFF
ferson City and Clancy were In honor
committed to the convention plan and
for one he was not going back on 1t.
If that plan was adopted he could not
be bulldozed into favoring any other.
Messrs. Sweet, Girls wold, Thompson,
and others, spoke in favor Of calling .
convention.
Messrs. lGriswold and Deascey offered
the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Rcsolvcd, That the people Of the vari-
o,s precincts Of Jefferson county be, pnd
they are hereby, invited to elect and
send delegates to convention to he
held in Jefferson City, on Saturday, the
18th day Of April, 1852, ut Il o'clock M,
to select place to be:votetl for as against
Radcrsburg, for county seat Of Jefferson
county.
Rcsotpcd, That each precinct be on
titled to one delegate in said Convention
for every - votes cast in such precinct
at the last general election, and one del
epate for each fraction over % votes.
Rcsolrcd, That 70: the convenience OF
distant precincts, delegates may be rep
resented in said Convention by proxy.
Rcso,reel, That the various precincts
be requested to hold their primary meet
ings to elect delegate, to the Convention
herein provided, on Saturday, the 9Th
day OF April, 1857.
Rcsolced, That committee Of six he
appointed to confer with the people OF
the various precincts Of jefferson county
IN reference to the Convention herein
proposed.
The following committee was then ap-
nointes;: &. Grisw Id. z. n. Thompson,
Thos. F. Murray, VIM. Deascey, VIM I.
Sweet and 5. d. BysTs.
On motion, the meeting then adjourn
ed until Saturday, April 8, 1882, at 3
o'clock D. M, at which time delegates
for Boulder precinct to the Convention