The Red Cloud chief., 1883-10-26

TOWNSHIP TON.

TOWNSHIP ORGANIZE TON.
Be Il enacfed by the Legislature of the
Hase Of N.brdska.
SIC. ]. At any general election that
may be held in the several counties of
the state, the qualified voters i'm any
county may vote for or against town
ship organization i'm such county.
SIC. z. The comfy commissioners
on petition of fifty or more legal voters
ahall cxuse to be submitted To the vo-
tiers Of the county the question OF town
chip organization under this act. by
ballot. to he written or printed or part
~ written and partly printed, "for
township organization" q c votes To he
c~anvassed aud retu n II in like manner
- votes for county o tircrs.
SEC. 4. For the purpose of temper
AIRY organization, each voting precinct
shall be q township until Otherwise o =
dered By the county boarp and at the
general election at which the question
Of adoption Of township organization
as submitted ~ aforesaid; Provided fur
ther, That in wards Of cities Of the
first and second class whose limits are
co-extensive with the precincts, the cl-
ectors thereof shall only choose supe .
wilson's, assessors, and judges and clerks
Of election.
SIC S. In case a majority Of legal
votes east at said election shall be "for
township organization" aud the cleo
ton have chosen Supervisors in Il ma
jority Of the precincts Of the county as
provided in the preceding section there
shall be held a special meeting of the
newly elected county board, cOmmen-
cling on the fifteenth day after such
election, nj the county seat, and when
such board shall have met and organ
lied, the power Of the county commits
sioners Of such county shall cease and
their Offices become vacant. At such
special meeting the county board may
tr .nsact euch county business rs may
be required to be transacted before the
next regular meeting Of the board, and
shall proceed Ia divide said county into
towns or townships making them con-
form as near rs practicable to town
chips according to the government sur
vcy. When fractions of townships are
caused by county lines not being in ac-
COIUAILle Will tifC W NoNi NtfflS
then the commissioners may attach
such fractions to adjoining towns when
the number of inhabitants or the
amount of territory in such fraction
shall moi be sufficient for a separate
town. When q surveyed township |
shall have too few inhabitants for a
separate organization then such town |
ship may he added to q, adjoining !
town, or such township may he divi-
ded between two or more towns for the
time keing; and when creeks or rivers !
20 divide . township rs to make it in
convenient for ~transactiny town busi-
ness, then such creek or river may he
made the town boundary and the town
fractions 60 formed may be disposed
Of - other fractional townships. No
CITY or village of owe one thousand in
hahi.ants shall he included within the
corporate limits of any township, but
the territory occupied 10y such city or
village of over one thousand inhabi-
tAnts shall constitute q town the name !
Of such city or village for the purpasc
Of town meetings and organization rs
hereinafter provided. The electors of.
ea6t. RssSinsAM may choose one supor-
visor, town clerk, n town treas
urer, one assessor. three judges, and
I've clerks of election, and n over
aeer of highways in each road district
and il il appears that a majority Of the
legal votes cast have therein, the words
sfDr township organization" the county |
clerk shall publish the fact Aid such
officers having duly qualified shall
hold their Offices respectively until the
mart ~Conorsl election for township off, |