The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-08-24

are also made n part Of this remon.
STRANGE.
SIXTH. That 10 your honorable
board should agree with the relnon.
strants, that the names aforesaid arc
not the true and original signatures
Of said alleged signcrs to said petit.
tton, or that said signcrs were known
to the person or persons who made
the veriflcation, not to he qualified
voters, then your rcmonstrants
would ask that your honorable board
reject and dlsallow all parts Of said
petition verified by the purity or par
ties thus proven to be unworthy of
belief; aud your rcnonstrants would
request and ask that when sufficient
evidence is shown 0, the face Of the
petition, or by statement or affidavit,
that any person or persons appear to
have signed Il false verification, that
said person Or persons lie called before
your honorable board for examination
and the correction Of said petition, or
falling to appear that all the part or
parts OF the petition verified by said
person or persons be rejected and dis
allowed.
SEVENTH. That Of the 2l4l alleg-
ed signatures on SAID petition, 1866
are names Of persons west OF the
range line between ranges 81 and 81,
and it will be apparent to your honor
able board on investigating the re
cords already referred to herein, that
said petition does not contain mere
than two-thirds Of the voters Of that
part Of the county west Of said line
and VIC ask your honorable board to
examine The poll lists and assess
mcnt roll herein bcfO,c mentioned
and made Il part OF this rcnlonstrance.
EIGHTH, Il hat rcmonstrants herewith
present the true and original sigma
lures Of five hundred and eighty per
sons who signed said petition and WIN
thereby and therein demonstrate and
petition against said petition for the
relocation OF said county scat and ask
that their names be stricken from
said petition for the removal and re-
location Of said county seat, which
names IL stricken Of, as VIC believe 1t
is your duty to do, will reduce the
number remaining to such a small
number, that to claim them equal
TO two-thirds of the voters in this
said county would be absurd and con-
trary t., the good sense and general
knowledge Of cnch and every member
of your honorable board.
NINTH, That said rcmunstrants
whose nnmes appear on the remon-
stranccs filed, we're gr,ssly deceived
as to the effect Of and meaning of the
original petition, both by the word
ing Of SAID petition and by false repre-
sensations made by the paid circulate
ors Of said petition, for proof Of which
see aftidavits hereto attached and
made part Of this remOnstrance and
marked Exhibits, s. r., lss(s',s "I,'
. g. w. v nGissaEAs-.
your rcmonstrants have not been able
to find or see but small proportion
of the signers Of said petition, to wit,
not more than one-third Of. the total,
owing to the short time allowed be-
fore the hearing as appointed by this
honorable board, and we submit that
any deductions made from the EVIL
dencc gathered by your remonstrants
or from your own Investigations
should be considered US proportional
as IT relates to the whole petition.
ELEVENTH, That in any case, 2l41
legal voters are not two.thirds of the
total voters in this said county of
Pembina, there being more than
(3.60O) three thousand six hundred
legal voters now residents in this
said county. For proof of which, see
Exhibits IA" "p" and 20" and all.
davits hereto attached and made part
va WHO iVtuOuCUlNuCSs
TWELFTH, That said petition for
the removal and relocation of the
county seat does not comply with the
statute, Section sos Of the complied
laws. under the provisions of which,
1t asks your honorable board to act, in
this; that 1t does not show in words
or by inference that the said signers
are DESTROYS Of changing the place of
the county seat" but docs In words
aud meaning, and vas understood by
d large proportion of said signers,
provide and ask for a vote to ascer-
tain II the people ct the county are
DESTROYS Of changing the county seat;
for proof of which see aftidavits here
with attached, the petition itself and
the spid Section 565 of the Compiled
laws:
TnlRTEENFII, That a certain mum.
Der Of names alleged to be sIgners of
said petition are not verified, for
proof Of which SEQ Exhibit 81" here.
with attached, and made u part Of
tllis remonstrance and ihe said origin
Il petition, being the names number
I'd from 1907 to 1920 inclusive.
FOURTEENTH. That your remon.
'trants claim that by the rcmon-
'trances.alrcady filed this day. IN the
'fiIce Of the county auditor, that there
should be stricken from the signcrs
If tho petition at least $50 names;
also the names unverified to the mum.
Der Of ~. Also names In duplicated
handwriting to the number of "a.
Also names duplicated to the mum.
oer Of q; also Of illegal voters to the
humber ofs. being a Total Of ga
names, and also such other names as |
may hereafter be brought In as re.
illegal voters, forgerlesI
" duplicated.
Signed this goth day Of August, 1894. |
+. A. WARDWELL.
G. w. RYAN.
CHAs. FULL. 4
q: 4. Price.
Exhibit "a" contains a list Of |
names In Cavalier township not as
'essed and returned In petition from
Cavalier fOWnshln an vnt GRO thorotn