The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-12-11

ORG R0ANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.
Mobiles county was organized in 1870,
al Graham Lakes. In the ADVANCE
of Sept. i, 1884, in article copied from
the Fulda Republican and written by
its editor, B. W. Woolstencroft, we
find the following, giving the fjrst Off
GERS Of the county:
In October, 1870, Gov. Horace Aus
tin appointed Chas. Drnry, Benz. Har-
rison and b. W. WoolstencrOft. com
missioners to organize the county, and
they proceeded to do so by appointing
the following officers: Auditor, 5. r.
Harris; Treasurer. John IL. Cunning
ham; Sheriff, II. l. Wallace; Reg. of
Deeds, Stephen Howell; Judge Of Pro"
bate, f. W. HesselrOth. Several other
positions and the machinery of the
county was put in motion.
The county seat, it will be seen, was
first located at Graham Lakes. or at a
point on tue lakes named Gretchtown.
The county was organized in 1870 by
parties located around Graham Lakes,
where the majority Of the officers resid-
ed until the election of 1872.
The county seat was definitely locat-
ell at Worthington 10y the act given
above and passed in the early part of
1873.
During 1872, when Worthingto1 was
forming and the National Colon,sts
were gathering in and securing their
homesteads, II. D. Bookstaver was
County Auditor, Selam Fox Register
of Deeds and B. W. Woolstencroft
County Surveyor. These officers re-
sided at Graham Lakes. e. w. Bulls
was Sheriff and Henry Brayton County
Treasurer, both residing then in In.
dian Lake township.
PRESENT STATUS OF THE QUESTION.
There is at present no general law in
the State of Minnesota providing for
the removal of county seats, and un-
der the constitutional amendment
recently adopted prohibiting special
legislation, no special act can be passed
for the removal Of q particular county
seat.
No doubt there should be general
law under which removals can be
made, and a bill was introduced at the
last session of the Legislature ITO pro-
vide for the change of County Seats"
1t passed the Senate but failed in the
House. This bill had the following
main features: l. A majority Of the
legal voters must sign the petition to
the Commissioners. 2. The County
Auditor must give thirty days notice
in all the county papers Of the filing of
the petition. g. The commissioners
must give four weeks notice of the
election in all the county papers. If
a majority Of the legal voters vote in
favor of :. change. the removal shall be
made. 4. Where the question has once
been voted on in county. two. thirds
majority shall be necessary to 4 remOv.
al.
The above is about as complete his
| tory of the county seat matter as can
be given up to date. 1t should be filed
away for reference in case Adrian. Els
worth, Hersey. BigelOw, RushmOre,
Drake, Round Lake, Kinbrae or Dun
dee should take i notion to bring on
the county seat question.
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JOURNAL, Nunda, n. Y. ii 3m
For the benefit of the St. John party
we quote one exstract from Mr.. Mas.
by's letter:
The festivities wuz KEEP up till day
lite, and the heft Nv the corners slep
on his floor. wat little sleep they got.
It was a glorious celebrashen NV glo-
rious event. Half the toasts that wuz
drunk wnz to the Prohibishnists of Moo
York. whose zeel for St. John enshoor'
ed the eleckshun Nv Cleveland, and
struck death. blow at the temprause