The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26

MIR. Appleton, chairman of committee
on towns and townships has reported
the following articles for adoption in the
constitution.
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION
sec. l. The several counties ofthe Ter
ritory of Dakota lying north of the sew
enth standard parallel, as they now ex-
list, are hereby declared to be counties of
the state of North Dakota.
Sec. 9. The legislature shall provide
by general law for organizing new coun-
ties, locating the county seat thereof
temporarily and changing county lines;
but no new county shall be organized
nor shall any organized county be SO re-
duccd as to include all area of less
than twcnty-four congressional town.
ships, and containing population of less
than 600 bona tide inhabitants. And
in the organization Of the new counties
and i'll changing the lines Of organized
counties the boundaries of congressional
townships and natural boundaries shall
be nearly MS may be.
Sec. 3. All changes in county boun.
daries in counties already organized, he.
fore taking effect shall be submitted to
the electors Of the county or counties to
be affected thereby, at the next general
election thereafter. and he adopted by a
majority Of the legal votes cast in each
county at such election; and in case any
portion of an organized county is so
stricken off and added to another, the
county to which such portion is added
shall assume and be holden for such por-
tions, part and portion of the indebted
ness of the county or counties from
which it was SO stricken.
Sec. 4. In counties already organized,
where the county seat has not been To-
Gated by votes Of the people, it shall be
the duty Of the county board to submit
the location of the county seat to the
electors of said county ut the first gener.
al election after the admission of the
State of North Dakota into the Union
and the place receiving a majority of all
votes cast at said election shall be the
county seat of said county. If, at sud
election, no place receive majority Of
all the votes cast, it shall be the duty Of
the county board of said county to re.
submit the location of the county seat ia
the electors of said county at the next
general election thereafter; and the
electors at said election shall vote for
one of the two places receiving the high
est number of votes at the preceding
election. The place receiving the ma.
jority of all the votes cast for county seat
at said second election shall be the coun-
ty seat of said county.
Sec. s Whenever majority of all the
legal voters of any organized county
shall petition the county board to change
the location of tho county seat which,
has once been located by vote of the
people specifying the place to which il
is to be changed, said county board shall
submit the question to tho voters of said
county at the next general election, and
if the proposition to SO change the coun.
ty seat be ratified by two.thirds of al
the votes cast at said election then the
county seat shall be 60 changed. other.
wise not. a proposition to change the
location Of the county seat of any orga
nized county shall not be submitted of
tener than once in six years.
Sec. G. The legislature shall not have
power to remove the county seat of any
organized county.
Sec. Z. The legislature shall provide
by general law for organizing the counties
into townships. having due regard 70
congressional township lines and natur
al boundaries, and whenever the popula
ton is sufficient and the natural bound
aries will permit, the civil township
shall be co.extensive with COMPRESSION
al townships.
Sec. s. In each organized county g
the first general election held after til
, admission of the State of North Dakot
0 into the Union, and every two yea
thereafter, there shall be elected clel
!. of the court, sheriff. county audito
e register of deeds, treasurer, states alto
ney, surveyor, corner and superinte
!, dent of schools. whose term of ofli,
respectively shall be two years. and, e
:. cept the clerk of court, no person sl,
70 be eligible for more than our years
~ succession to any Of the above nam,
offices.
t. Sec. 8. In each organized civil tow
A. ship there shall be elected, at the Il
a general election, for such terms us
IL. legislature may by law prescribe, tllr
township supervisors. one of whom sll
" be designated chairman, and the cha
e. man of the several boards Of townsl
To supervisors shall together constitute I
q. county board Of their respective COUNT
- Sec. 10. The legislature shall PROV
~ by general law for such other coun
:" township and district officers as may
" deemed necessary, and shall prescr
the duties and compensation of all col
ct ty, township and district officers.
d. Sec. IL. All county, township and I
al trict officers shall be electors in the col
IL. ty, township or district in which til
are elected, except rs otherwise prov
C. cd in this constitution.
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Mr.. Appleton, of Pembina, wants col
., ties to have chance to vote OH coul
y, seats-every once in while-by CON
~ tutional provision.
~ find that Mr.. Richardson is a pre-
solid sort of a prosperous Red River V