The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-08-16
Joe WiSby, Chief Counsel,
Given a ROuSing Re.
CeptiOn

and children, turned out TO do him
honor Upon his arrival he was rails
ed on the sturdy shoulders OF two of
the leading citizens and carried in
triumph to a platform erected for the
occasion, where he made ar address
congratulating the itizens upon their
great victory.
That the people Of Medford are wild
with JOY over this great victory goes
without saying and with this joy IS
coupled laudable determination to
make Medford one of the best county
seat towns in Oklahoma. It has the
advantage of a central location In one
Of the richest agricultural counties in
the territory and steps have already
been inaugurated TO establish electric
light and waterworks plants and
complete system of sewerage.
The Referees Report.
Your referee respectfully reports to
the court the following finding of
facts:
That on the 4th day of April. 1899,
there was filed in the office of the
county clerk Of Grant county, a petit
tion asking the board Of county com
missioners Of Grant county to cali
y special election within and for said
Grant county, whereby to determine
the change of location for the county
seat of Grant county and asking that
the question Of changing the location
OF the county seat be submitted TO the
voters of said Grant county at spec
lal election to be called by the coun-
ty commissioners for that purpose.
That at the time of the filing of
said petition the board of county
commissioners were in session and i'm
mediately upon the filing of sad petit
tion began to and did consider the
same.
That the board of county commits
sioners, on the 9TH day Of April, 1899,
at the regular April. 1893 session Of
said board. made finding that said
petition was legal and properly veri-
fed as required by law, and that she
petition contained the signatures OF
the required number of legal voters
residing in said county OF Grant
whose names appear upon the tax
| rolls of said Grant county.
That the board of county commits
sioners ordered a special election TO be
held in accordance with the prayer
Of the petition. and the date fxed in
said order for said special election
was the 18th Of May 1899.
That the board of county commits
sioners compared the names on said
petition with the names on the assess
ment rolls for the year 1898. which
assessment rolls were kept in the Of
ace OF the county clerk Of said coun.
ty and from which assessments rolls
the tax rolls are prepared.
That the tax rolls for the year 1898
contained the names Of 1921 male tax
payers in Grant county, who we're
legal voters.
That the petition contained the
names Of 2,4SO signers.
That the poll books of the general
election in said Grant county for the
year 1898 showed a total of 1924 vot-
ers in said county, voting at said cleo
ton.
That the assessment rolls in the
county clerks offlce for the year 1898
and the rolls with which the petition
was compared, did not give the quart
er section Of land upon which the per
sons resided who were assessed for
taxation
That at the time of the examination
of said petition by the board of ceun-
fy commissioners, there was no evi-
dence introduced before them to ex-
plain any discrepancy which might
appear between the names on the pc
tition and the names on the assessment
rolls
That the petition presented to the
county commissioners and acted upon
by them. contained the names OF 2,1s0
persons whose names appeared on the
assessment rolls, and that there were
2176 OF said petitioners legal voters
and qualified petitioners.
That two-ta.fds Of The voters Of said
county taken from the poll books OF
the general election for 1898 amounted
: 10 215O.
That al the election held on the 1C