Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17

DcleQ IEOI1 Oue GO i've respectively!
Each district shall contain So near as
practicable, an: equal number Of voters
as evidenced by the vote polled therein
at the general election Of 1884, and the
division shall 80 bemade that no polling
precinct shall lie or be in more than
one commissioners district. The coun-
ties shall also be divided, where practi-
cable; that NO two of the commission
ers Of the respective counties now hold
ing office, will be residents Of one COM
missioner district:
Secs: Said Officers; whose duty it is
hereby made to lay out and. so divide
their RESPECTIVE counties, shall order,
and it is Hereby made their, duty to or
der, an election. in each Of The commits
sioner districts hot, already represented
by the present boardof county commits
%sioners, for the parpdse of electlng a
commissioner for such district, such
election to be held On or before the .ff-
teenth day of June; 1885, upon q; notice
Of not less than fifteen days, such no.
tee q he published twice in a, weekly
newspaper; published in the county, if
one be published therein, and by post
ing such notice in five conspicuous pla-
ces in each commissioners district; and
such notice to also contain the time and
place of holding such election. Provid-
ed, that where IN such division of COM
%missioners districts two members of
the present board of commissioners
shall reside in one commissioners dis
trict, one of such commissioners shall,
by order Of the said officers, Sc, author:
iIzed to make. such. division, being de:
clared to represent one Of the commits
sioner, districts adjq{hiEgg The n in,
which. such, commissipneT resides, and
il such case the, district, declared to, he
represented by one 81. tfia present board
Of commissioners shall HOLDING election
for; commissipner until. the. expiration
Of the, term Of the commissioner so de-
clared to represent such. district.
Sect, Allcommissioners elected un-
der this act shall hold their offices until
the next general election in 1886, except
when elected TO fill a vacancy caused by
the expiration bf the term, of Office of
any commissioner now holding office;
in which case he shall hold for aperiod
Of: two years. next ensuing the. annual
or gespaetal election at which; ha is elect
ed, and n0 commissioners Of any county
Of this.&erritorg. hereafter; e]ected, shall
be. elecssd to bold for 4 ,.1ohgea period
than two years next enslihg his cleo
tion... T'tp .lI nji RS h*e", an.
! Sec. s: The said officers, hereby :au-
thorized to subdivids, their respective
counties as aforesaid shall receive such
fees for their services rendered herein
Us shall he allowed by the commission
CTS of their respective counties.
81 Washington dispatch brings more
cheering news for the Winnebago set.
tiers. Hsays. VA delegation Of citizens
of Dakota, tosdaycalled upon Cleveland
in reference tp the Winnebago reserva-
tioh.y They-maintained the perfect le-
gality Of President Arthur's order open
ing the reservation to. settlement. 1t
was also stated thatHseyeral thousand
settlers; many otsthem from eastern
states, had gone into thesrtseryation in
absolutely coed faith and begun. inn
Aproverdents, upon their. SELECTIONS.
Their ,ejectment: would involve great
hardship and distress to manysworthy
persons. The president Informed tho
delegation that the settlers interests
would be caredifof, and no further pro-
heedings taken by the government I'm.
til the most, thorough investigation of
he whole subject has been made."
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