Delta chief., 1883-05-16
Delta COuuty's Organic Act.

described boundaries shall be set apart and is
hereby established us Il county, with the legal
capacity and functions of other counties of
the State, 10 be called the county of Delta
and to be bounded as follows, to-wit: Be-
ginning at point two miles south of the
third correction line extended west to n point
of intersection with the lO7o 3O' west longi-
tude thence due north along said degree of
longitude to the divide between the hcadwat-
ers of the Grand and North Fork of the Gun.
nison rivers; thence along said divide in
southwesterly direction 10 a point on the ex-
trcme southwestern extremity of the Grand
Mesa; thence in southwesterly direction
To the mouth of the Rio Dominguez; thence
due south to n point two miles south of an
extension Of the third correction line thence
due east parallel with said extension of the
third correction line 10 place of beginning.
SIC. 2. The county seat Of said county
shall be at the town of Delta in said county
SEC. 3. All county and precinct officers
who live in that part of Gunnison county
that is hereby made Delta county, shall hold
their respective offices for the terms for which
they have been elected, and are hereby de-
clared TO he legal officers of Delta county;
and the Governor shall appoint such other
officers as may be necessary 10 carry on the
county government OF said Delta county, to
hold their respective offices until after the
next general election in said county, or until
their successors are duly elected and qualified
according 10 law and it is further provided
that the county records shall b. kept, and all
county Offices snail he at the town of Delta,
in said Delta county, until otherwise provid.
cd by law.
SEC. I. That for the purpose Of establish
ing the fees Of county, precinct and other
officers, said county of Delta shall be ooun-
" OF the thiri class.
SIC. 5. All suits proceedings, civil or
criminal now pending in either the district or
county court Of Gunnison county, wherein the
cause Of action occurred or the oftcnsc charg.
~ is alleged to have been committed within
the territory now embraced within the bound
aries Of the new county Of Delta, and all civil
cases now pending in either OF said courts,
wherein the defendcn, or Il majority of the
defendants, II there be more than one, resides
within said new county of Delta, shall be, as
soon as said new county Of Delta is organized,
transferred by the clerks and judges OF said
courts to the courts Of like Jurisdiction with
in and for said county Of Delta,
SIC. 6. There shall be held annually in
.aid county of Delta, four terms of the county
court, commencing on the first Monday in the
months of March, June, September and De
ccmbcr.
SIC. :. There shall be held annually in
said county of Delta, two terms of the district
court, commencing on the -- Monday of
the months of -- and ---.
SIC. S. All county records and other
county property heretofore belonging in or to
the county OF Gunnison, shall he and remain
the property Of said county of Gunnison.
SEC. o. A duly certified transcript of all
the records Of all property situated in the
county of Delta shall be furnished to the
county clerk of said county by the county
clerk of Gunnison county upon the payment
by the said county of Delta Of such fees rs
are provided by law fer the services of said
clerk in the premises; and such transcript
shall be entered upon the record books of said
county of Delta, and when so entered shall
he deemed and held to be II good and legal
record.
SgC. 10. The present Indebtedness of the
county Of Gunnison shall be apportioned be-
tween the county Of Gunnison and the county
Of Delta, in proportion to the ratio which the
taxable property of that portion of the county
of Gunnson which is now included within
the boundaries of Delta county bears to the
taxable property Of the county Of Gunnison,
as shown by the assessment rolls for the year
Of 1852
SEc. H.. The boards of county commits
sioners of said counties of Gunnison and Delta
shall have full power and authority to adjust
and settle all matters of revenue that may be
necessary to adjust and settle on account of
the formation of said new county of Delta,
and also apportion the Indebtedness of said
county Of Gunnison specified in section ten
of ahis act, and for these purposes the said
commissioners of Gunnison and Delta coun-
ties shall meet at the town of Gunnison upon
ten days notice in writing being given by the
commissioners of either county to the com
missioners of the other county, ut any time
after the officers of the county of Delta shall
have been duly appointed and qualified, and
majority of the united boards of commits.
eioncrs of the connties Of Gunnison and Delta
shall be legal quorum to adjust said revenue
and npportion said Indebtedness of said Gun
nison county. In ease there shall not be
quorum present at any of said meetings, or