New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-05-22
NO. 36.-S. It. no. 419.

~ Of chapter one hundred and forty three
1899, providing for the creation and or
ganization of new counties and govern
ment of the same.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Section L. That section two (2) Of chap
ter one hundred and forty-three of the Gen
ton and organization of new counties and
government of same. be and the same
hereby is amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 2. Whenever there shall be pre-
sented to the secretary Of state, not less
than ninety days before the next succeed
ing general election, the petition Of not less
voters of each of the counties to be
changed thereby according to the vote of
said county, or counties at the last pre-
ceding election, praying that certain terri
tory shall be detached from any county or
counties and erected created and organized
into a new county, which petition shall
contain what is hereinafter required, and
have attached thereto the affidavit Of the
person or persons who procured the sig
natures to such petition to, the effect that
the signers were, when they signed the
same, actual residents. and legal voters of
the county. that they, in such petition, rep
o sfae sba at ont te s fd
Immediately notify the governor and state
auditor Of the receipt of the same, and
thGGy shall imm n1 meet and consider
to the law they, or majority of them,
shall so certify, and thereupon the gov.
ernor shall, not less than sixty days before
nation, attested by the secretary of state,
declaring that such petition has been SO
iiled d and found to be conformable to law,
ton of the proposed new county be sub
mitted to the voters Of the county or coun-
ties to be affected thereby, as provided by
ton; and upon the issuance of said procla-
nation the secretary of state shall record
such petition and affidavit thereto attached,
and certificate, and proclamation, in his
office, in a book to be provided by him for
such purpose, and he shall cause a COPY
Of such NC +np PROCLAMATION to be published in
city and in newspaper printed and pub
lished at the county seat of the county or
counties, from which such new county is
proposed to be created and having general
circulation therein, at least four successive
weeks before the general election at which
such question is to be submitted: and he
nation to the auditor Of the county or or
county Where i Is proposed 'G 70 create Re~
of more than one county, it shall be neces
sary. for separate petitions to be presented
by the citizens of each of the counties from
created. A copy of said petition 50 filed
with the secretary of state shall also i'm.
m m nat thereafter be filed in the office
counties, out Of which such new county is
proposed to be created"
Sec 2. That section four ~ of said chap
ter be and the same is hereby amended So
as to read as follows:
"Section 4. At the time Of giving notice
of the next general election to be held after
the issuing of the said proclamation by the
governor it shall be the duty Of the officers
of the county or counties affected thereby.
who are required to give notice of the
election of officers therein. to give notice
IN like manner, that at said election vote
will be taken on the question of the crea-
ton of the proposed new county or coun-
ties, stating and specifying in said notice
the boundaries Of said proposed new conn
ty, the proposed location Of the county
seat and the name of such proposed county;
and the ballots for such general election
shall, for each pending proposition of the
kind, have printed thereon the words: For
the creation and organizatin of the pro-
posed new county of there insert the name
Of proposed county,, yes-no;' and each
elector voting on such proposition or prop
ositions to create and esta blish such new
county or counties shall make a cross opDo
site the yes or mo- as provided in sec
ton thirty-four of chapter four of the
General Laws of 1891. Provided, the
elector shall only vote for or against
one proposition; and If the elector
places Il cross mark opposite more
than one such proposition said ballot shall
not be counted for any such proposition,
but shall be as to such proposition null
and void" !.
Sec 8. This act shall take effect and be
I'm force from and after It's passage.
Approved April II, 1895.
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