The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
Proceedings Of the Pembina Count
Commissioners.
AUDITORS OFFICE.

H ". aIiiOlu aHu huOitOT, Huu pIOCccueu
to canvas election returns and found the
vote as follows:
Com. District No. 2, 3eaulieu Twp,
for Il. II. Bergman. %
S. II. Brinjylfson. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. OF
Thingvalla, Il. HI. Bergman. l07
Comr. district No. A.
Walhalla twp. for J. ]. Hurley........ "a
Neche ......... IA
st. Joseph {" 100000. 81
Walhalla twp for Hy. McGuin.......... 81
Nechc (" ,,,,,.,,.. 100
st. Joseph" &" .......... 81
Being majority in district No. 9 of 1S1
for f. II. Bergman and majority of 1876
for lily. McGuin in district No. i.
Canvassing board adjourned sine die.
WEDNESDAY NOV. Is, 1855.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Full board.
Whereas: At a meeting of the board
of county commissioners held ut the City
Of Pembina, June 4tl, 1885, the petition
of A. j. Ross and "a others to incorporate
the town Of st. Thomas was rejected and
was not allowed, and whereas said A. ].
Ross and others have appealed to the
district court for said county from such
decision and the judge of said court has
decided in favor of said A. J. Ross appel
liant, and has ordered the county COM
missioners to grant the petition of A. ].
Ross and "a others as prayed tor in said
petition, holding that they had 10 dis
eretion in the matter, having,.in all things
complied with chap. "a of the political
code of Dakota Territory.
Therefore be it resolved: That the
petition of AL. Ross and "a others, ask
ing for the incorporation of the town of
St. Thomas, according to a prepared plat
Of the proposed territory to be incorpor-
ated, which has been prepared and
submitted, and the other preliminarics
us described i'll sections !. 2, Sand 1, iu
Chap. "a, in Revised Code of Dakota
Territory be granted and feeling satisfied
that the requirements of the law lave
been fully complied with, We hereby
order that sucl, Territory shall with the
assent of the qualified voters thereof rs
provided by law, be an incorporated
town, and that Il meeting of the qualified
voters resident in said proposed town
shall he held ut Calls Hall, Oh Tuesday
the S.h day of December, 1885, to deter
mine whether such Territory shall be an
incorporated town.
Motion carried unanimously.
Resolved, That rs it is reported that
certain bills allowed to Robert Ewing,
justice of the peace, by this board had
been previously paid by other parties.
The county attorney be and is hereby
instructed to investigate the matter care.
fully, and report at the next session.
Carried.
Board adjourned until 9 p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Full board.
Resolved, That grant ofS25 be and is
hereby made to L. Jol,anneson, to help
defray expenses in connection with his
effort to have an operation performed on
his eyes for blindness, he being in indi.
gent circumstances.
Resolved, That i. NJ. Nixon and cour.
ty auditor be committee to examine the
stove in register of deeds office, and also
the chimney in connection with 1t, and
determine the cause of the continual cs.
cape of coal gas and have the same recti
fed at an early day.
Resolved, That it being deemed absol
utely necessary for the preservation and
security of the records in the clerk of the
courts Office to buy IL suitable safe. The
county auditor is hereby instructed tt
correspond with the county officials IL
Iowa, from where we bought the safe il
1884 and ascertain if the other safe the,
then had is still available, and if so tina
ut the approval, say $500, to order til,
same to be shipped ut once to st. Vincent
Board adjourned until Ga. m. Thurs
day, November 10Th.