The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-02-28
HOUSE BILL no. 22O.
Text of the Measure TO Create the New
County of Riverside.

As the county division bill has never
yet been published in full, THE HERALD
herewith gives the main points in the
document. Section |, establishing the
boundaries, is as follows
All those portions of the counties of
Yakima and Klickitat, described a. fol
lows, to-wit Beginning at the point OF
intersection OF the middle OF the main
channel OF the Columbia river with the
township line which divides ranges p
and % east OF willamette meridian;
thence running north along said town
ship line to the point where said town
ship line intersects the first standard
parallel north thence west along said
first standard parallel north to where it
intersects the township line dividing
ranges 20 and 2l east OF Willamette me-
ridian; thence north along said last
named township line to boundary line
between the said counties OF Yakima
and klickitat; thence west along said
boundary line to where said boundary
line intersects She south boundary line
of the Simcoe Indian reservation; thence
along the said boundary line OF the Sim
coe Indian reservation i'll general
northeasterly direction to where the
said boundary line intersects the town
ship line dividing ranges p and % east
of the Willamette meridian; thence
north along said last named township
line to where it intersects the township
line which divides township II and y
north thence east along said last named
township line to where it intersects the
township line dividing ranges % and "a
~ tl4aN ,att "a
north along said last named township
line to where it intersects the middle Of
the main channel of the Columbia river;
thence down the middle OF the main
channel OF the Columbia river to the
point of beginning, shall be and is here
by created and established as the county
of Riverside. Provided, however, that
said Riverside county is hereby created
as aforesaid, subject to the requirements
of the constitution OF the state OF Wash
ington in respect to the establishment OF
new counties, and subject to an ascer-
tainment of the fact OF such compliance
as hereinafter provided, and that the
creation OF said Riverside county shall
not become operative to establish said
county until such compliance shall have
been so had, and the fact of such COM
pliance 50 ascertained.
1t is provided in section 3 that spec
ial enumeration Of the population shall
be taken and ii it i found there are 2000
or more inhabitants residing in the new
district, and that there shall remain 1000
or more in the remaining portions of
Yakima and klckitat counties respect
lively, the Judge Of the superior court OF
the district embraced shall thereupon
make decree establishing said county,
when the governor OF the state makes a
proclamation declaring the county fully
established. Section s provides that the
new county d Riverside shall assume
and pay Is Yakima and klickitat coun-
ties is proportion Of the bonded and
warrant Indebtedness OF said counties.
Prosser i made the temporary county
seat until an election by the people two
years hence shall decide the permanent
county seat W H. Brownlow Of Pros
ser, Walter Faville of kiona, and Joseph
kunz Of Snnnyside are named as the
first board of county commissioners.
The bill further provides for althe little
details in conducting the business OF the
county and for transcribing the records
from Yakima and kGckitat.