Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-29
Commissioners Proceedings.
Office Of County Clerk.

Elk Point, Oak, Sept. 81, 1886.
County commissioners of Union
county, Dakota, met as per adjourn
ment, members present, Halvor
Knudson, chairman, C. H. Williams
and Alexander Kevill, commission
ers, also j. H. Bryan, county clerk.
On motion resolved that section 8
Of resolution No. 2, commissioners
minutes Of August 18th, 1886, be
and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows: Prairie township
At the school house in Dist. No. 6S.
Judges Of election, James Flanagan,
Jerome Mangan and l.. Behnke.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and on motion adopted:
WHEREAS, the expenses for the
support and care of the county poor
are continually increasing with the
constant increase of county paupers,
and
WHEREAS, it appears to the board
of county commissioners Of Union
county, Dakota, that measures
should be taken for the better sup
port. care and comfort of said poor,
and for economy in expenditure of
funds for such support, care and
comfort, therefore be it
Resolved, by the board of county
commissioners of Union county, Da-
kota, that the said board deem it
advisable and do call a special cleo
ton in Union county on the End
day of November, A. d., 1886, for
the purpose of submitting to q vote
of the legal voters Of Union county,
Dakota, the following question:
"Shall the board of county COM
missioners of Union county purchase
a tract of land in the name of Union
county, and thereon build, establish
and organize an asylum for the poor,
and to employ some humane and
responsible person or persons, resi-
dents OF Union county, Dakota, to
take charge of the same upon such
terms and under such restrictions as
the board shall consider most ad-
vantageous for the interests of the
county, who shall be called super
lntendent Of the asylum
And shall tax of five mills on
the dollar Of the assessed value of
taxable property of said county in
| addition to the usual tax be levied
for the year 1886 for the purchase Of
said tract OF land and the construc-
ton of said. asylum, shall be and is
hereby submitted to the legal voters
of Union county at said special cleo
ton, called for that purpose to be
held on the said End day of Novem-
Der, 1886, when the electors voting
in favor of said question submitted
shall have written or printed on
their ballots, Asylum for the poor,
land and tax, yes;;" and those elec-
tors voting against the said question
submitted shall have written or
printed on their ballots, asylum
for the poor, land and tax, no." and
the county clerk is hereby directed
to set forth said question and sub
mission thereof in his notice Of cleo
ton, and cause the same to be pub
lished and posted as required by
law.
The following resolution was on
motion adopted:
WHEREAS, this board has ordered
a special election to be held on the
Ind day OF November, 1886, tor the
purpose of submitting to the legal
voters Of Union county, Dakota, the
question of raising fund for the
erection of a poor asylum in said
Union county, Dakota, therefore
Resolved, that the voting precints
and places Of voting in each pre-
cinct be the same as already estab-
lished by this board for the next
general election to be held on the
End day Of November, 1886. And
be it further ordered that the judy
es appointed for said special election
conduct the same in all respects
according to law.