The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

shall meet at the county seat OF Brown county
at the expiration of thirty days from ths time
of this act taking effect and I'll all vacancies in
the board of county commissioners of the comfy
of Brown, and all other vacancies in any of the
county Offices shall be filed by the board Of
county commissioners.
SEQ. IL. The county of Brown as herein de-
fined shall have five county commissioners.
SEC. II. The question of division OF the
county OF Brown, set forth in thisact, shall be
submitted to the legal voters Of Brown county as
it now exists, at special election TO be held ID
said county on the third Tuesday, the 2lst day
of April, A. d. 1885. Notice of said election TO
be given by the county clerk of Brown county
for at least thirty days prior to said election and
in addition thereto this act shall be published in
at least three of the newspapers published in the
county Of Brown for four successive issues prior
to said election, TO be designated by the county
clerk of the county of Brown, the said election
in sll manner not expressly provided for in this
act shall be governed in the same manner as re
quired by law in conducting general elections;
the ballots used in said election shall be in the
following form, to wit: "For the division Of
Brown county; Yes;o or ''For the division of
Brown county; No;' and may be either written
or printed or part written and part printed.
SEQ. 1S. If upon canvass of all votes cast
at said special election, it shall appear that a
majority of all the votes aast at said special elec-
ton were cast for division Of Brown county,
yes, then all that portion of territory descrihed
in section of this act, shall be and is hereby
constituted and created the county Of Adams.
SEC. IA. The county clerk, the chairman Of
the board of county commissioners, the district
attorney, the county treasurer, the clerk of the
district court, the Judge of the probate court
stituted board of canvassers to canvass the vote
cast at the special election herein provided FIR,
a majority of whom shall constitute quorum,
and are authorized to proceed with said canvass,
and it is hereby made their duty to meet at the
office of the county clerk in the village of Col
Dakota, within ten days from the date of said
special election, and proceed to canvass the vote
cast at said special election. They shall organize
by electing one of their number chairman and
one of their number secretary, and shall enter
the minutes of their proceedings at length upon
the county commissioners record of the county
Of Brown They shall make an abstract of tht
votes cast at said special election, and transmit
certified abstract of the ssnnc ar der seal to the
Secretary of the Territory of Dakota; and If
they shall find that majority of all the votes
cast the eennty of Brown, at said snecial elec.
ton, were cast "For the division of Brown
county, yes, they shall furnish certifi ID tran
ocript Of all the votes so cast to each of the
county commissioners Of the county Of Adams,
hereinafter mentioned, to be by the sheriff Of
the county of Brown delivered and served upon
each of the county commissioners, hereinafter
named, of the county of Adams personally,
which shall be authority for the county commis-
sioners of the county of Adams, hereinafter
named. to meet at the time and place specified
in section eight of this act, and proceed to
organize the county Of Ad ms according to law.
Sso. 16. That John A. Houlahan, Stephen
Wade, G. j. @. Nc Leod, James D. Reeves and
DIR. A. Grant be aud they are hereby appointed
OouAty NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VI INC COuuIy OIL ADAMS,
and shall hold their Offices until the next gem
eral election.
SEQ. IL. II upon q canvass Of all the votes
cast st the special election provided 70 in this
act, it shall appear that majority OF all the
votes cast at said special election were 'For the
division of Brown county, no." then this ac
shall be Of no force and effect; but if upon said
canvass it shall appear that majority OF all the
votes SO cast were s'F.r the division Of Brown
county, yes, !" then this act shall be and remain
in full force and effect.
SEQ. IL. All acts and parts Of acts in conflict
with the provisions of this act are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. IS. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after is passage and approval.
Approved March 18th, 1885.