Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-04-11
FIVE COMMISSIONERS,

Following is the full text of the law
relative to the redistricting of the
county into commissioners districts. II
is IN important matter and should he
read closely:
Section !. That every organized
county of this Territory shall have five
county commissioners, whose powers
and duties shall be the same as now
fixed by law.
Sec. 2. In every organized county in
this Territory having a less number
than five commissioners it is hereby
made the duty of the clerk of the dis
trict court, or in counties where there is
no clerk of district court, the county
clerk or auditor, the judge of probate
and the county superintendent of
schools, to meet at the county seat of
their respective counties and on or be.
fore the first day Of May, 1885, proceed
to lay off their county into five commits
sioner districts, which shall be num-
bered from n to five respectively.
Each district shall contain, 50 near as
practicable, al equal number Of voters
as evidenced by the vote polled therein
at the general election of 1884, and the
division shall so be made that no poll
ing precinct shall lie or be in more than
one commissioner district. The counties
shall also be divided, where practicable,
that no two of the commissioners of the
respective counties now holding office,
will be resident of one commissioner
district.
Sec. 8. 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
order, an election in each of the COM
missioner districts not already repre-
scented by the present board of county
commissioners, for the purpose Of elect
ing a commissioner for such district,
such election to be held on or before the
fifteenth day of June, 1885, upon a no.
tice Of not less than fifteen days, such
notice to be published twice in u weekly
paper published in the county, if zone be
published therein, and by posting such
notice in five conspicuous places in each
commissioner district; and such notice
to also contain the time and place of
holding such election, Provided, that
where, in such division Of commissioner
districts, two members of the present
board of commissioners shall reside in
commissioner district, one of such
commissioners snail, by order Of the
said officers so authorized to make such
division, be declared to represent
one Of the commissioner districts adj
joining the in which such commits
sioner resides, and in such case the dis
trict declared to be represented by one
of the present board Of commissioners
shall hold no election for commissioner
until the expiration of the term of the
commissioner so declared to represent
such district.
Sec. 4. All commissioners elected
under this act shall hold their offices
until the next general election of 1886,
except when elected to fill q vacancy
caused by the expiration of the term of
office of any commissioner now holding
Office; in which case he shall hold for a
period Of two years next ensuing the
annual or general election at which he
is elected, and..no commissioner of my
county Of this Territory, hereafter elect
ed, shall be elected to hold for q longer
period than two years next ensuing his
election.
Sec. 5. That said officers hereby
authorized to subdivide their respective
counties as aforesaid shall receive such
fees for their services rendered herein
as shall be allowed by the commission