, 1884-03-19

seven degrees and thirty minutes of longitude, to its
intersection with the line of f%orty-three degrees and thirty
minutes OF north latitude, being the southern boundary
OF johnson county; thence west along said line of forty
three degrees and thirty minutes north latitude to the
Big Horn river, thence down said Big Horn river to the
~forty-ffth parallel of north latitude, being the boundary
line between Montana and Wyoming; thence west along
said forty-fifth parallel of north latitude to the place of
beginning: Provided, That if by reason of any treaty
with the Shoshone or Arapahoe tribe of Indians and any
act of congress the Indian or government title to any
lands or reservation within the limits of the proposed new
county shall be extinguished, the same shall form and
constitute a part of the aforesaid county: Provided further,
That all the country embraced within the limits of said
county shall, for Judicial and all other purposes, remain and
constitute, as now, part of the county from which the same
is proposed to be taken until organized as hereinafter
provided And, provided further, That should said Fremont
county be organized as herein provided before the next
general election in the Territory, then and in that case it
shall be entitled to one representative in the House of
Representatives of the Ninth Legislative Assembly of the
Territory, who shall be chosen in said Fremont county at
said election, and thereupon the representation of Sweet
water county in said House of Representatives shall be
two instead of three as now provided by law; and in case
said county of Fremont shall. be hereafter organized, it
shall be attached to and constitute a part of the Third
judicial District OF the Territory, and special terms Of
court may be held therein by the judge of said district;
said special terms to be called and held in such manner
as is now provided by law for holding special terms of
court in the other counties of the Territory.
SEC. 2. Whenever three hundred electors who are tax
payers residing within the limits of the said county may
desire to have the same organized, they shall petition the
governor of the Territory for that purpose, to appoint
three electors or residents of such county to act as COM
missioners in organizing the same in the manner herein
after provided, each OF whom shall be named IN said
petition, and the governor shall, upon the presentation of
said petition, appoint the persons named therein as such
commissioners, and notify them of such appointment.
SEC. 3. Said commissioners shall, Immediately after
receiving notice of their appointment, meet in said county
and establish such number of voting places therein as
will best suit the convenience of the voters thereof. They
shall also select or appoint three judges of elections for
each voting place, and notify them respectively of such
appointment; they shall at the same time call an election
to be held for all county and precinct officers for such
county, by giving ten days notice thereof in some news
paper printed therein, Gf there be any if not, by written
or printed notices posted at each voting place.
SEC. 4. Said commissioners shall cause poll books to
be made out in duplicate for each voting place, and deliver
or cause the same to be delivered to the judges thereof
respectively, before the day appointed for said election,
and the judges of election for each voting place shall
return one of said poll books to said commissioners i'm
mediately after they have canvassed the votes thereof;
the other shall be retained and safely kept by said Judges
of election.
SEC. 5. Said election shall be conducted in the same
manner as other elections under the laws of this Terri
tory, and the returns thereof shall be made to said COM
missioners and canvassed by them in the manner provided
by law; for which purpose they shall meet Immediately
after receiving all the returns of said election that can be
obtained.
SEC. 6. Said commissioners shall keep a record of all
their proceedings, and shall file the same with the county
clerk Immediately after he shall have qualified, and said
commissioners shall Immediately after receiving and can
vassing the returns of said election, make out, sign and
deliver a certificate of election to each person receiving
the highest number of votes for each office, as shown by
the returns aforesaid.
SEC. 7. Said commits sioners shall also certify the
result of said election to the governor of the Territory
Immediately after canvassing said returns, specifying in
said certificate the name of each person elected, and to
what office elected; and the governor shall, upon receiv-
ing said certificate, issue a commission to each of the
persons so certified as elected.
Sec. 8. The persons elected county commissioners,
county clerk, judge of probate and treasurer and sheriff of
said county, shall, upon the receipt of their commissions,
meet at the county seat thereof, and qualify according to
law: PrOUded, That if no person authorized to administer
oaths be present at said meeting, either of the persons
elected shall have power to administer the oath of office
to the others.
SEC. 8. AS soon as the officers mentioned in the pre-
ceQInp section have 0uallfeQ and entered uDOn the dutips
of their respective offices, said county shall be considered
and held to be organized, and shall be vested with all the
corporate powers of an organized county, under the laws
of this Territory.
before mentioned, who shall be declared elected at the
election aforesaid, shall qualify in accordance with law,
and each person so elected to a county or precinct office,
shall hold his Office until the next general election sue
ceeding his qualification, or until his successor is duly
elected and qualified, unless sooner removed according to
law.
SEC. IL. If any judge or clerk of election, or. other
person, shall fail or refuse to perform the duties assigned
him under the laws of this Territory and this act, in con-
Quoting and making returns of the election aforesaid, he
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to the same punish
ment as may be provided in similar cases in organized
counties of this Territory, and if said commissioners, or
either of them, after entering upon the duties hereinbe-
fore assigned them, shall neglect, fail or refuse to perform
said duties as required, or shall commit or knowingly allow
any fraud to be committed in the performance Of any of
the duties required of them by this act, he or they shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by imprisonment in the Territorial prison not
less than six months nor more than two years.
Sec. II. This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and approval.
Approved March 9th, 1884.
ttr-aiSN III THE GREAT GERMAN