The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1896-11-20
THE COUNTY SEAT
ORDER MADE FOR ITS REMOVAL ON
JANUARY 25, 1897.


Of the Election Held on November 8
An Order Made for the Removal of the
County Seat from Deer Lodge to Ana
conda ON January rs, 1897.
The board of county commissioners
met on Friday last for the purpose Of
canvassing the votes cast in Deer Lodge
county on November 8. The canvass was
completed on Monday The board was
again in session on Tuesday, when the
following action was taken in regard to
the removal of the county seat:
"On the canvass of the returns of the
election duly held on the third day Of
November, A. D., 1896, (being the gen
eral election Of county officers for the
county Of Deer Lodge, MontanaD upon
the question duly submitted to the cleo
tors Of the county of Deer Lodge, Mon
tana, by the board of county commission
ers Of said county Of the change of the
county seat of said county Of Deer Lodge
from the city of Deer Lodge in said
county where it is now located, to the city
Of Anaconda in said county shows, and
the board Of county commissioners in
meeting as the canvassing board of said
ers of said county declares, the result of
said election to be that at said election
the city of Anaconda received 3,232 votes
and that the city OF Anaconda received a
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county seat of Deer Lodge county by
those voting upon the proposition, and
is declared to be the county seat of Deer
Lodge county, Montana, and this decla-
ration is made for deposit in the office of
the county clerk of said county Of Deer
Lodge as the declaration of the result of
said election
lit is hereby ordered, that the county
clerk Of this Deer Lodge county, state of
Montana, forthwith make and transmit to
the secretary OF state Of tile state Of Mon
tana, certified copy of the above and
foregoing statement and order made by
the board Of commissioners Of said county
showing the result Of the election held in
said county upon the proposition submit
ted to the electors of said county on the
question of the removal of the county
seat of said county"
Notice of Change of the County Seat of
Deer Lodge Countys Montana.
Whereas, at the general election Of
county officers for the county of Deer
Lodge, held in and for said county, on
the Sd day of November, A. D. 1896, the
question of the change Of county seat of
said county from the city of Deer Lodge,
where it is now located, to the city of An
aconda, in said county, was duly submit
ted to the electors of said county and was
duly voted upon by the electors Of said
county, and,
"Whereas, 3,232 votes were cast for the
city of Anaconda and 1.408 were cast for
the city of Deer Lodge; and, whereas, a
majority of all the legal votes cast by
those voting on the proposition at said
election on said day declared in favor of
the removal of the county seat Of Deer
Lodge county from the city of Deer
Lodge, Montana, where it is now located,
to the city Of Anaconda, in said county,
s.Notice is hereby given that from and
after the 25th day of January, 1897, the
city of Anaconda is declared to be, and
is, the county seat of the county of Deer
Lodge, Montana"
SIT is ordered that the notice of the
change of county seat of the county Of
Deer Lodge, Montana, from the city of
Deer Lodge, where it is now located, to
the city of Anaconda be published four
weeks in the Anaconda Stand ard, a daily
newspaper printed and published in the
city of Anaconda as the newspaper pub
lication Of said notice, and that the sheriff
of said county Of Deer Lodge post three
of said notices in public places in each
election precinct of said county, one Of
which shall be at the polling place in
said precinct"
All of the above orders were signed by
the full board.
It was moved by Mr.. Hoffman and sec
onded by Mr.. Williams e.that the notices
of the result of the removal of the county
seat be printed and the clerk is hereby
ordered to post such notices in each and
every voting precinct in Deer Lodge
county,"