The Helena independent., 1889-04-16
Election for Delegates TO the Consi-
tutional Convention to Be
Held May IA.
No Change in the Districts Made by
the Governor. Chief Justice
and Secretary.
Governor whit. Issuos Uis Proclamation
In Compliance with the La" Ad-
mitting Montana 10 statehood.

which delegates to the constitutional CON
yentl0n are 10 br elected. II is As follows.
Whereas, The congress OF the United
States Of America, by MI act entitled IAN
act 10 provide for The division of Dakota
luto two states and to enable the people OF
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana ard
Washington to fofm constitutions and state
governments. and 10 be admitted into the
union on an equal footing with the original
states. and tn make donations of public
lands 10 such states (apprOyed FEBRUARY
I'D, A. d., lssF,l provides among other
things as follows;
"fhat the Inhabitants Ot all that part Of
the United States now constituting The ter
r.turirs Of DAKOTA, Montana and Washing
ton, as At present described, may become
the states Of North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana and Washington, respectively, as
hereinafter provided
"That AllpersOus who are qualified by
the laws Ot said territories tO vote for rep.
ressntatiyes To The legislative assemblies
thereof are hereby authorized 10 vote Tor
and choose delegates a. form conventions
In said proposed states; and the qnaliica.
tlOrs for delegates 10 such conventions
shall be- such as by the laws of said terri
tories respectively, persons are required 10
pOsssss tO be- eligible "a the legislative AS
gates 10 form said conventions shall be APP
pOTtiOned within the limits Of the proposed
states, In such districts As may be eHtab-
llshed as herein provided, In proportion To
the population Ia each Of said counties and
districts, "a near AS may be, 10 DE ascer-
tanned At the time OF making said appOr-
| tiOnments by the persons hereinafter auth
Orized to make the same, from the best In.
formation 0btainable, IN each of which dis
| tricts three delegates shall be- elected, but
no elector shall vote for more than Two
persons tor delegates 10 such conventions;
| that said app0rtiOnment shall be made by
the governor, the chief justice and the see
retary Of said territories: and the governors
| OF said territories shall, by proclamation,
order nm election Oi the delegates
Aforesaid In each ~ said proposed
States. 10 be held on the Tuesday after the
second Monday In May, eighteen hundred
and eighty nine, which proclamation shall
be issued on the fifteenth day OF April,
| eighteen hundred and eighty nine, and
such election shall be conducted, the re-
turns made, the result obtained and the
| certificates TO persons elected Ia such con
vention issued In the same manner as IL
prescribed by the laws OF the said Terri
tories regulating elections therein for del
egAtes To congress; and the number of votes
| cast for delegates In each precinct shall al
| 30 be returned.
The number OF delegates 10 said conven-
tlOns respectively shall be sevcpiy-tive; and
ali persons resident In said proposed states
who are qualified voters Of said territories
as herein provided, shall be- entitled "a vote
upon the election Of delegates, and under
| such rules and regulations AS said cOnyrn-
tions may prescribe, not In conflict With
this act, upon the ratification or rejection
Of the constitutions: and,
Whereas, The governor, the chief justice
and the secretary OF Montana territory, did,
on the 9Th day Of March, 1852, appOrtion
the delegates 10 form the convention Ms
above provided, and did establish districts
In and for said Montana territory as fol
lows, to wit:
District No. l.-Beayerheaa county.
District No. 2-ChOteau county.
District No 8-Cus,er county.
District No Am of Cascade county,
except the following voting precincts To-
wit: Mission. sun River, sun River LeAv-
ings and Willow Creek.
District No. 5.-Daws0n and Yellowstone
counties.
District No 6-The following precincts
of Deer Lodge county, to-wit: The city of
Anaconda, Anaconda upper works, Carroll,
Blue. Eyed Nellie, Cable and Silver Lake.
District No. THE following precincts
OF Deer Lodge county, to wit; Georgetown,
liumscy, kirksyille, Granite, Hope mine,
llasmark, Black Pine, Philipsburg, Hen
nessy's, Stone Station, Tower, New Chlca
go Willow Creek
District No. \ The following precincts
OF Deer Lodge county. towtt. Bearm0uth
Beart0wn, Avon, Blackfoot, BlOssbuTg
Blnnchard's. Boyd ~ swift, Drummond
Elk Creek, EllistOn, Garrison, Cold Creed
llelmville, Hidden Treasure mine Lincoln,
Lost Creek, Mil Greek, Oro Fino. Ovando,
Pioneer, Race Track, Seyen-up Pete, Stu
art, Sunset. Warm Springs. Washin gton
Gulch, Willow Glen, and the city OF Deer
Lodge.
District No a-Fergus county
District No. l0.-Gallatin county.
! District M. ll.-Ioilerson county, ex
cept the following precincts, to-wlt: Wood
vile, Elk Park, Calvin, Basin, Whitehall
Fish Creek, Wickes anu Gregory.
ID strict No. l2-The following precincts
Of Lewis and Clarke county, 10 wit: Au
gusta, Canyon Creek, Cartersyiile, Craig
Dearborn. Dearborn Canyon, Mitchell'l
Ranch. Middle Fork OF Dearborn, Rocl
Creek, Basin, Hogan, Jay Gould, Empire
Gloster, Stemple, Marysville, Silver City
Valley and GOOdwins; aud also the follow
ing precincts of Cascade county. 10 wit
Mission, sun River, Sun River Leaving
: and Willow Creek.
District No. 13 The following precinct
T of Lewis and Clarke county, 10 wit: Butler
, Rimni. Little Jennie, Mouth Of Nelson anl
kesslet's and the fifth and fourth wards o
the city OF Helena
District No 1.-THE first, second an,
third wards of the city of Helena,
District No. l5.-The sixth aud seventh
wards OF the city of Helena, and the follow
ing precincts OF Lewis and Clarke, 10 wit
French Bar and Spokane, East Helena ant
= UniOnyille.
District No, Ii Madison county.
District No. Meagher county.
District No M The following precinct
of Meagher county 10 wit: Ashley, Camai
Prairie, DemaIsdale, Egan, Forrest CITY
e Grass Valley, Horror. Horse Plain, NoXeD
A O'Keefe q Rourke, Quartz Creek, Selfish
Superior, Thompson Falls Trout Creek
Weeksvlle and the city of MissOula.
y District No lq.-The Following precincts
g OF Mlssoula county, t0-wit. Bonita, Bon
! ner. French Town, Carlton, Cold Springs
:, Corvallis, Como, Right Mile, FlOrance
GrantsdRle, Lo Lo, Mexican, Hoses Hole
, 4 Steyensville, Victor and Wallace.
a District No 2n-Park county.
u District No. 2l.-The following precinct,
Of jefferson county, to-wit: WoOdville
Elk Park, Calvin, Basin, v hitehall, FISH
Creek, Wickes, and Gregory, and the FOL
lowing precincts OF Silver Bow county, TO
y wit Meaderyille, Parrot and BlacktalI
:, District No. - The following preci ct,
Of Silver Bow counts, to-wit; Clipper Mine
! Rocker, Silver Bow Junction, Divide
, Freleys Station, Melrose, NOrtoD's Gulch
0 Soup Gulch, South Butte aud the Sixth anC
b Seventh wards Of Butte Cify.
Dlstrlct No. S the following preclncu
Of Silver Bow county, 10 wit: Walker
\ willie, Centreville, Burlington, Centennii
I Brewery, German Gulch, Gregsen's SPRING
and McCune Wood Camp
District No. "a The First, Third anC
Fifth wards Of the City of Butte.
District No % The Second and FOurtl
u wards Of the City Of Butte.
e The voting precincts In the above dis
L tricts are those established at the time %
;, the election for delegate 10 congress Il
= November, 1898. aud the wards OF the cit
=" Of Butte are those established at the SAINT
M election
7 The wards in the city of Helena are thos
Is established at the municipal election Il
April, 1883
Any voting precinct which may hGV
been been omitted in the foregoing appoI
tiOnment is hereby attached t0 the dis SIC
l. to which II is contiguous In the same cnun
a ty and with which II can best be- geograph
ically classified.
y Now, therefore, II Is hereby ordered tia
J. an election be held on the l4th day O
May, A. ID. 1852. being the Tuesday afte
the second Monday In said month for IN
q purpose Of choosing delegates 10 conyen