The Red Cloud chief., 1895-04-26
as being within the district wherein
such town or village is situated.

ed township organization shall each
be assigned to the supervisor district
in which he may reside, or if two re.
side in one district then the one re-
siding nearest the center Of such dis.
trict shall be the supervisor Of such
district and the other shall be the su.
peivisor for the district nearest to his
residence, and the three shall forth
with, appoint two supervisors to gil
the vacancies in the other two super.
visors' districts, and the newly ap-
pointed supervisors shall duly qualify
and file their oath Of Office and bond
with the county judge within ten days
after such appointment. Any ~
cy shall be filed by appointment BY
the remaining supervisors.
Sec. 8. After the county commits.
%sioners shall have divided the county
into districts and shall have appointed
supervisors for the district vacancies
and shall have transacted the other
necessary county business, they shall
adjourn to the second Tuesday in De-
cember following the election adopt
ins township organization, at which
time they shall meet, and the newly
appointed supervisors shall, after
their bonds are duly approved, meet
with them, and they shall at once or.
game by electing one OF the Eve
supervisors as chairman, who shall ap.
point all the necessary committees,
and from and after such meeting and
organization the powers of the com.
missioners shall cease and the board
so organized shall have all the powers
and perform all and singular the du.
ties performed by county boards As
contemplated by law.
Sec. 3. When the board Of super.
visors shall have been organized as
stated in the preceding sections they
shall at once divide the county into
townships by making such townships
conform as near as practicable to
townships according to government
survey. When county lines are not
in accordance with government town
ships, so as to cause fractional town.
ships, such fractions may be annexed
to an adjoining township, when the
number of inhabitants or the amount
Of territory in such fractions shall not
be sufficient for a separate township.
When any government township
shall have too few inhabitants
for a separate organization. then such
township may also be added to an ad.
joining township, or the same may be
divided between two ar more town.
ships for the time being, and when
creeks or rivers so divide government
townships so as to make it inconven,
lent for transacting town business,
then such creek or river may be made
the boundary line and the fractions
formed, if any, may be disposed of as
other fractional! townships heretofore
mentioned.
SEC. 10. The board of supervisors
shall also at the meeting mentioned in
the preceding section designate the
name of each township, and may
change the name of any town a.
any other meeting of such board upon
a petition Of a majority Of the voters
Of such town.
SEC. II. The county CLERK shall
record in a book kept for that pur.
pose the names and boundaries OF
each town as designated by the county
board, and shall forthwith forward an
abstract thereof to the auditor of pub.
lie accounts of this state, who shall
make a record of the same.
SEC, II. The board of supervisors
shall also at the meeting at which
they shall fix and name the several
townships, appoint for each township
some suitable person, being an ~elector
within the township, as justice of
the peace, and also for each township
some suitable person, being an ~elector
within the township, as assessor,
which person so appointed, shall on
or before the January meeting follow
ing, take the oath of office and file a
bond, as provided by Section 10 OF
Chapter 10, entitled; Bonds and Oaths