The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
I r ORGANIZATION.

Una ClSCusSlOn OF late mons our BUST
ness men about the present status and
population of our town. aud how to-
form or transfer it into a city Ut t!c
second class. Most of.thc lawye rs seem
TO be in perpleXity owe the matter
and conicsses TINT it is one Of tic
hardest legal PROPOSITIONS they ever
undertook to solve. No two seem to
have the same opinion upon tho sub.
Jet. On T~uesday.night OF last week
there was II meeting Of the business
men association, at whIth the subject
Wa raised. and sitter some talk pro and
con, q. r. CLANCY Esq. said, 'ihe ques.
tim is perfectly clear To me-" Selling
UPON the opportunity given,us by the
apparent confident positio, assumed
~ the new attorney, VIC called ON him
to yet his reasons for thinking n SUD
jet so clear which other lawyers had
Pronounced 50 difficult. lie thereupon
gave us the following statement: Sec
| hon- J. chap ~ O. .. 1851. page; los.
reads as follows All cities, towing and
Villages containing more than Ateen
lundfea, and less than twenty-five
.housand inhabitants, shall he cities OF
he second class, and governed ~ the
provisions Of this chapter unless they
sdOpt village government rs he elm
liter provided Now let us trartpose
this section and examine 1t; IN us
read it this way All cities, townS and
villages containing more than thtean
hundred and less than twentS five
thousand Inhabitants, shall be eli ss of
the second class. unless they tshall
adopt a village government ~ herein-
after provided, and shall be govSfned
by the provisions o. this chatter.
Again suppose VIC leave out The \brds
towns and villages II will then read
all cities containing, etc. shall beki,;es
of the second class &c The word taties'
- used in this section can only I.nean
cities which were already Of tle, SEC
ond class, for the limit TO all but Cities
of the first class. is twenty-five eDous-
and inhabitants. Red Cloud VIII not
q city Of any kind at the passage , the
act. so We will drop the word kties.
and il will thEn read, all towri4 Nsnd
illsges containing, ETC., shall be Aties
Of the second class unless they Eopt
mot shall have adopted u village gov
ernment ~ herinaher provided. Flow
IL Red Cloud has ever been n citv OF
the second class and has since ad& pted
a village government, then she kaust
rctrsce her steps asprovided In 1jk p.
M, G. 8. By 40, p lO9. you will see
that no town or village be y kpwn
or village per sc, or continue to Do a
town Or village if it LAS more than SoC
or less than 2O inhabitants. e}fep,
cities OF the second &ass which tnall
have adopted n villkge governk en-,
Ms provided by Law. Red 0k,ud
never having been a CIV Of the sefsnd
class, can not come Within that ex-
ception, but must I've AID remain tsvil-
laSe until the number kf her i43abi
tan,s exceed fifteen hu(dred anS les
than twenty-five thousand, and sher
she will become n city III the sJeond
%class by operation Of lak. See 4. Z
al -. HH
Kas. 1851, p lSG: A and Mr.. r. q. '
Maquilkin, IL Kans. 503.& No 81 ,cia
proceedings are necessaryI,o mak he'
40. Angel Il Ames Oh corrtra;imf I'll
The con stitution Of Nebratka, n. Z
q defines what shall constitute az siec
tor in these words: Every maid per
son Of the aye Of twenty. oke yes9s o.
upwards" &c. shall lie d elAstor
Who eve heard Of a persd hY1 ting
the statutes through. and r,t,binf lii
!, nose on its hundreds OF page(t to nd (
rule by which he might be d&lar1i "a
electOr? Air he has to do is 10 e,ter
mine for himself that he is p 1eS4, ole
or upwards and then he is AMI ell ctor
ipso Edcfo. subject only to locf iact
y ments concerning residences, 81 The
some analogy applies here. IN stat
a ute says that when any town oANllaS'
. contains more than 1900 am less
|. than $4,000 inhabitants she shay % {
city of the second class, unldA sh'
I adopts a different form Of goyertqent
Y All we have TO do under this coStfuc
! ton is to ascertain definitely and gal
J ly that we have n population q Ne
1900 and less than 5000, elect bf
= fcers and pass the ordinances g
sary for the government Of u city Ia
second class. BY IN act of Martl II
1871, il is enacted, that oil cities
State Of Nebraska containing Gn b
,fl than 1900 inhabitants and lesS .
$4,000 inhabitants shall be citiesl6
second class. Hero Is an impSyRy
N unconditional statute, and all cr1aIi
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