Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-03
THE MEADE COUNTY BILL.

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Below we give the full text of the
Lawrence county division bill:
| A bill for an act to create and establish
the county of Meade, and for Other
| purposes.
Be it enacted by the legislative assem-
| bly, of the territory of Dakota:
SECTION /. That all that portion oi
Lawrence county, in the territory of Da.
kota, bounded and described as follows
to-wit: Beginning at point on the
southern boundary line of said Lawrence
county where tho range line between
| ranges five and six Intersects said bound.
ary line, thence north along the range
line between ranges five and six to the
line between townships three and
four; thence west along said last men
toned township line to the range line
between ranges four and five; thence
north along said range line between
ranges four and five to the northern
boundary line of Lawrence county;
thence east along the northern boundary
of Lawrence county to the one hundred
and third meridian of longitude west
from Greenwich; thence south along
the said one hundred and third meridian
to point whore said meridian intersects
with the channel of the north fork of
the Cheyenne or Belle Fourche river;
thence south-easterly along down said
north fork of the Cheyenne or Belle
Fourche river on the line of the Great
Sioux reservation to it's confluence with
the south fork Of the Big Cheyenne river;
thence up said south fork of the Big
Cheyenne river along the line of the
Great Sioux reservation to point where
it intersects with the boundary line of
Pennington county; thence west along
the boundary lines of Pennington and
Lawrence counties to the place of begin
ming, be, and the same is hereby erected
into county, by the name of Meade,
and the territory included within such
boundaries shall be and constitute the
county of Meade.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose Of pro-
viding for the organization Of said coun-
ty of Meade are hereby appointed COM
missioners to perform the duties herein
after designated, Max Hoehn, Daniel P.
Flood and W. C. Burton.
Sec. 3. Said commissioners herein ap-
pointed shall, on or before the first Mon
day in April, 1889, meet at the city of
Sturgis, in Meade county, and shall quail
ify by taking an oath to faithfully dis
charge their duties as such appointees
under this act, and shall then enter up
on the discharge of their duties. They
shall issue a notice of the election here
matter provided for, one of such notices
at least to be posted in each of the pre-
cincts of said county as they shall be by
said commissioners established, and by
publishing the same in each of the news
papers published in said county, at least
twenty (20) days before election. Said
commissioners shall, before issuing such
notice, establish precincts in said county
and polling places, and appoint for each
three judges of election in the same
manner as judges of election are appoint
ed by county commissioners under the
general law.
Sec. 4. An election shall be held in
said county of Meade on the seventh (7th)
day of May, 1889, at which time all coun-
ty officers for said county, as provided
by the general law, shall be elected, in
cluding three county commissioners
which officers having qualified shall hold
their offices until the next general cleo
tion thereafter, and until their successors
shall have been elected and qualified, and
at said election the qualified electors of
said county are empowered to vote for
and select the place of county seat by
ballot, the place receiving the highest
number of votes shall be the county seat
until otherwise changed under the pro-
visions of the laws of the territory.
Sec. 5. The returns of said election
shall be made to the commissioners here
inbefore designated, who shall meet at
the city of Sturgis in said Meade county
on the 18th day of May, 1889, and shall
canvass such returns and declare the re-
suit in the manner prescribed for county
canvassing boards, and said commission
ers shall issue their proclamation an
nouncing who are elected to such county
offices, and what place has been selected
by the qualified voters as the county
seat, and publish the same in a newspa-
per published in said county within ten
days after said canvass.
Sec. g. On or before the first (1st)
Monday of June, after said election the
officers thus elected shall qualify and
shall then enter upon their duties, and
the commissioners hereinbefore appoint
ed shall, after canvassing said returns of
votes and issuing and publishing such
proclamation, cease to exercise further
power hereunder; and said commission
ers heEeinbefore provided for shall be en-
titled to receive for their services, to be
paid by said county Of Meade, the same
per diem as county commissioners are
allowed, under the general law of the
territory, but not to exceed ten (10) days
services.
Sec. 7. Said commissioners hereinbe-
fore provided for shall have the power to
provide ballot boxes and poll books for
said election, and they may post the mo-
tices of such election or designate or en-
ploy some other person for that purpose
the reasonable expense of which shall be
audited by the county commissioners of
Meade county and allowed as a charge
against said county.
Sec. s. In case Of failure to qualify
By either Of the commissioners hereinbe-
fore appointed, or Of q vacancy other