The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-26

should describe the boundary
thereof, the boundary lines Of
which shall be the United States
government survey lines 81 town.
ships. sections or subdivisions.
thereof, or the centre Of the main.
channel Of any meande red stream
or the shore OF any meandered
lake, as may be necessary In.
the form submitted BY said sec.
ton for guidance il drawing the
petition there occur these words.
within citations here insert
boundaries Of proposed new
counties. If you will notice the
petition does not describe any
boundaries Whatever Of the new
county proposed to be created
out Of ST. Louis county.
Besides the above important
and vital defect in the heading
of the petition, I beg leave to
submit to you the errors found
in the different petitions by the
Assistant Secretary of State, Mr.:
Lomen, and myself.
1. One of the petitions having
100 names has no notarlal. seal
attached to the certificate. :
2. One petition having 21
names has no certificate what.
ever. =, " =,
3. Two petitions have only
one certificate; these contain
more than 100 names.
4. One petition of % names
has no notarial seal to the Ger
tifcate. x
5. One petition of 10 names
has no notarial seal to the Ger.
tificate. Il.
6. One petition containing 121
names has the certificate of the
petition ahead of the petition.
z. One petition of 105 names
has % blank pages between the
petition and certificate.
8. One petition of % names
has the names following the Ger
tiicate of the person procuring
the signatures. -,.. -
9. One petition of 48 names
has no seal to the certificate.
10. One petition of 81 names
has no certificate by person tax
ing signatures. - WI.
II. One list of names has no
heading for the petition.
IL. One list of 20 names has
no notarial seal to the certificate.
ID. One petition of 81 names
has no certificate following the
petition. 45
IA. One petition of II names
has no certificate to the petition.
Is. In one petition Of 275
names the signatures follow the
certificate OF the person. taking
signatures, and does not state
that signers were actual legal
residents and voters. .:.
49,. One petition filed ii this
Office as supplementary to other
petitions filed August 9th, by
Roger S. Powell, attorney at law
of Duluth, was filed on August
10th, outside the limit of fling
petitions.
! H. One petition containing
t64 names is of no value because
the person who makes certificate
swears that the person who took
the names swore to the names,
but does not state that he was
the party himself.
| 10. The petition starting with
the name of Anthony D. Marsh,
and certified to by G. r. Smith
and T. D. Watson, was objected
to because there was proof to
substantiate that the same was
false. The certificate states that
all the persons signing said petit.
ton were legal voters. j An al
phabetical list of the names in
said petition has been received
by this commission. The names
on this petition were signed on
the 9Th day of August, as repre-
sented in the affidavit of John
Till, resident of Eveleth, the
location at whichEthe said petit
ton was taken, which affidavit is
on file. Also the affidavit of
Chas. West to the same effect.
We have also the affidavit Of Isac
Lamme, who identified the petit
ton signed by Smith and Watson
as the one circulated at Eveleth
and Fayal mine on August, 9Th,