The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-27

That the said votes cast in the Second
precinct of the Sixth ward to-wit, to the
number of 1872, was in the territory origi
nally comprising aud belonging to the
Third commissioner district, under the
order Of the board of county commissions
ers hereinbefore referred TO. So that in
case the Third commissioner district as
organized by the said board of county
commissioners WAS in full force and effect
at the time of the said election the said
+. Webb, CONTESTED, had majority OF all
the votes cast for county commissioner in
the said Third district
The said E. Webb, coptestee. further
states, however. that the said Third COM
missioner district organized By the
board of county commissioners aforesaid
WAS not in full force aud effect at the time
of said election Of 1898.
That in the year 1871, the legislature Of
the state of Kansas, by act approved Feb
ruary IS, 1871, provided and enacted that
&C >.nty commissioners should have au-
thority TO divide their respective counties
into commissioner districts only in conn
ties having less than so, 000 inhahitauts--
also providing that in counties having no
more than $1,000 Inhabitants, the board of
county commissioners should hereinafter
consist of one elector from each represent.
alive district, as the same WAS established
by law at the date OF the election.
That in the year 1856, by an act ap-
proved March q, 1856, the legislature of
the state OF Kansas, apportioned aud di-
vided the said state into representative
districts. ana apportioned and divided the
county of Sedgwick into three representa-
tive districts, as follow ;:
The Eighty-second representative dis
trlct, consisting OF the Second, Third
Fourth and Fifth wards of the city OF
Wichita, in said county of Sedgwick.
s.fbs h sd
consisting of the townships OF Alton. At
ticr, Delano, Erie, Garden Plain. Grand
River Greeley, Illinois. Morton, Ninnesca,
Onio. Salem. Sbermon, Union Viola.
Waco aud West precincts of Park town
ship in the said county of Sedgwick
The Eigbty-fourth representative dis
trict, consisting OF the First ward of the
city Of Wichita, and the townships of
Eagle. Wichita. Grant. Gypsum. kechi,
Lincoln, Minneha, Payne, Rockford, VAL
ley Center and the east precinct of Park
township in said county OF Sedgwick
That at the time OF the apportion ment of
the said county OF Sedgwlck. into repre-
sentative districts as afor- said by the leg
stature of the state of h 'nSas, the said
county had In excess of thirty thousand
inhabitants, and thereupon under the pro-
visions of the said enactment OF ISL, the
said representative districts each became
by operation OF law commissioned dis
tr;cts in the said comfy OF SedgwlcS-
That after tire appointment aud division
OF the saic county OF SetigSick into repre-
districts AS aforesaid, the same |
were recognized and treated as comms- |
sioners districts by the people OF said |
county OF Seiigwick, under said law of |.
1871, aud III pursuance thereof elections |
were had In the said several districts for i
county comm ssloner. As follows to wit:
That IN the year isSh Thomas Randall q /
r. publican, was duly elected ~ county /
cosnmissi oner for the said county of Sedg- |
xicA, in the said Eigbty.third representa-