New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-13
COUNTY SEATS.
The jacobson BIZ and It's Seraoaxs De-
fects.

Prominent citizensrepre twen-
ty five counties of the state have been in
attendance on the legislature for the
purpose of protesting against the pass
age by the senate of the jacobson coun-
ty seat bill. The bill. most drastic IN
nature, and proposing revolution in
the manner of changing county seats
passed the house without particular con-
sideration, and is now before senate
committee. The Objectionable features
of the bill are that mere majority of
the number voting at Il county seat cleo
ton can put the county to the expense
of special election, if two legal voters
will certify that they believe that the
signers of the petition are legcl voters.
This would enable railroad interested
in any town not the county seat to have
a large number of employees sign the
petition and force the county to an cleo
particularly when a small vote
was recorded at the last prior election.
Again, where the county seat property
rights rest they should not be destroyed
at the will of a mere majority, particu-
larly when that majority may be class
of persons who have no vested rights in
the affairs of a county, and do not pay
taxes of any kind. The bill gives to
any large corporation the power to
place the real residents of the county
and taxpayers at a disadvantage, and
really defeats the interests Of those
who alone are interested. The bill, in
the opinion of the best informed should
require that at least three-ffths Of the
legal voters declare that the county seat
should be changed before there should
appear good reason for putting any
county to the expense of change Of its
county seat. The bill provides that
failure to give notice of the special
election shall not defeat the election by
which through collision between a
majority of The county commissioners
of any county and a few of the electors
the county seat of any county can be
removed before the people know any
thing about it. The provisions of the
bill are too complicated to be satisfac-
tory requiring good lawyer to deter
mine what it means. The feeling pre-
valent is that bill should be passed
which would require at least IS per
cent of the freeholders to petition for
the change before the county shall be
put to the expense of the election, and
that three-ffths or five eighths of the
votes require it before the rights of per-
sons who have invested on account of
the county seat should be disturbed.
The election should be at the general
election, when all of the electors are
more likely to exercise the right of fran
chise; and notice of the election should
be given in the same manner as any
other election. Failure to give such
notice should have the same effect as
failure to give notice Of any other cleo
ton. There should also be provision
for remonstrance in behalf of ma
jority of the people really interested,
which remonstrance should take pre-
cedence of a petition if signed by as
great or greater number, The senate
will probably radically amend the bill
on these terms.-GLOBE.
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