The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-18
Official County and City Paper.
Proclamation.
STATE Of MINNESOTA:

whereas. Pursuant to Chapter one
hundred and forty-three l43l OF tne
General Laws Of 1898, "An Act to
nroyide for the creation and organl-
zation of new counties and the gov
ernmept of the same, y and acts amen
datory thereof a petition was hled
with the Secretary of State on the 18TH
dav of March. A. d. 1902, praying Tor
the creation OF new county out OF
territory now lying In Beitraml
County, said State: to be named
Clearwater County, and described as
follows, to-wit:
Commencing at polnD Where cne
town line between. townships one nun
dred and ffty-two (152) and one nun
dred and fifty-three (l53) lntersects
the boundary line between Red Lake
and Beltrami counties, thence SCUM
alono the range line between ranges
thirty-eight (3S) and thirty-nine 39h
to the point where said range line
intersects the Northern boundry line
of Becker County, Minnesota, thence
east along the town line petWeen
townships one hundred and forty-two
ll42) and one hundred and forty
three (143), to point "here
said township line intersectss
the western boundary line OF Hubbard
county, Minnesota, thence north along
the range line between ranges thlrty-
five (35 and thirty-six 1857, TO the
point where said range line intersects
the meandered line of the southern
shore of Red Lake in said Beltraml
county: thence following the SAID me-
andered line around the western shore
of said Red Lake to where said me-
andered line intersects the township
line between townships one hundred
and fifty-two (152) and one hundred
and fifty-three (153), thence west
along the township line between one
hundred and ffty-two (152l and one
hundred and fifty-three (l53) to the
place of commencement, containing
and embracing therein townships one
hundred and forty-three (l43j, one
hundred forty-four l44) J., one hundred
forty-fve I45), one hundred 1orty.sl@
(l46), one hundred forty-seven az,
one hundred forty-eight (l4s), one
hundred forty-nine (l49), one nun
dred fifty (150), one hundred hfty-one
(151) and one hundred fifty-two iol),
north of ranges thirty-six 80 thlrty.
seven (37), and thirty-eight west OF
the Fifth Principal Meridian, being
in all the thirty (30) townships afore-
said, of said Beltrami county, Mime
sofa, and containing more than 1our
hundred square miles, and said terri
tory containing population OF more
than two thousand t2, 900 inhabitants,
and more than eight hundred S0o
legal voters, as appears by the otflcla !
election returns of the last general
election held in and for said Beltraml
county;
And Whereas, the said petition has
been duly considered and found and
certified to as conforming in all re-
spects to the provisions OF said law,
Now, Therefore, |, Samuel II. van
SAINT, Governor Of the State OF Mime
sofa, pursuant to the" authority in me
vested by the law aforesaid, ~
HEREBY DIRECT AND PROCLAIM
that the question Of the creation OF
the proposed new county of Clearwa--
ter be submitted to the voters OF said
Beltrami county at the next general
election to be held in this State on the
first Tuesday after the iir4t Monday in
November, 1902.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF l have
.hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of Minnesota
to be hereuuto affixed this 2Sth day OF
May, A. d. 1902.
IGreal Seall s. r. Van SAINT
Governor.
Attest: p. Il. Hanson,
Secretary OF State.