The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-04-12
land Office Business.

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onded by Com. Richardson, the repor
OF the clerk of court for the month o
March be accepted, carried.
Motion made by Com. Carroll anc
seconded by Com. Richardson, th
road petition signed by John Booth ane
others for the laying out of road b,
accepted, motion carried.
On motion of Com. Swanson, second
ed by Com. Carroll, the bill of Dr.. New
love be rejected, motion carried.
! On motion of Com. Richardson duly
/ seconded by Com. Swanson. the surit,
bond in the sum Of SIC, 900. 90 of Briggs
Larson T. administer as abstrac tors be
accepted and approved, motion carried
Com. Richardson moved that the JUS
tees reports for the quarter ending
April l, Of Justices A. w. Movius. Lars
Hallikin, E. G. Stephenson, Erick Illus.
tad and Albert Miller be accepted,
which motion was duly seconded by
Com Carroll and carried.
| On motion the following road over.
seers we're appointed: w. f. Nicode.
mus for twp l56, rye. "a; Wan. Miller
ter twp ISL, rye. "a; P. a. Anderson,
twp. l53, l54 and l55, rye 80; A. b.
johnson, twp. 157, rye. 80; Nels A.
Stougaard and John Paulson.
On motion of Com. Carroll seconded
by Com. Richardson the following reso-
lctiOn was carried:
Resolved that the petition for an or
der incorporating the village Of Sher
wood, which the plat and necessary
ceneus and affidavits have this day been
presented to this board and filed by the,
county auditor, be granted and the fol-
lowing order made therein:
The petition OF E. o. Kean and 9th
ers, praying for the incorporation of the
village Of Sherwood in Ward county, to-
gether with the survey, map and Gen.
sus of the territory proposed tc be so iu.
corporated as such village, having been
this day submitted to this board for
consideration, and it having been pro-
ven satisfactorily to this board by aft
davits filed with said petition that said
survey, map and census were subject to
examination in the manner and for the
period required by Section 2346 of the
Revised Codes Of 1883, and the board
being, from the proofs submitted, salts
fed that the requirements OF Chapter %
Of the said Revised Codes Of 1893 have
been fully complied with in respect to
the incorporation of said proposed vii.
lage OF Sherwood:
II Is ORDERED that the territory
mentioned in said petition and survey
be, with tho assent of the qualified vot-
ers of said territory, an incorporated vii
wage by the name OF "Sherwood as
specified in said petition. The terrific
ry SO to be incorporated is situated
within the county IT Ward and state Of
North Dakota and described az follows:
towlt: commencing at point 300.35
feet south of the u stone on the east
boundary of sec. II, twp. 163 N, rye. IS
W.; thence at an exterior angle to the
right 80 degrees and IA minutes, 274l
feet to point; thence at q right angle
to that line and in q northerly direction
22eO. IS feetl to point; thence at right
angles to that line IN an easterly direc-
ton 3l6O.3 feet to q point; thence at 4
right angle to that line in southerly
direction 223O.35 feet to point; thence
at right angle to that last line 4l9.3
feet to the place of beginning, in Guiding
lG5. "A acres.
AND 1T Is FURTHER ORDERED that a
notice be given, signed by the chairman
of the board of county CONS. and the
auditor of said county of Ward, for a
meeting of the qualified voters resident
in the territory 80 proposed to be incor-
porated as such village, such meeting to
be held at Thoreson's hall withia said
territory, the same being situated upon
the s. .. Il of soc l2, twp. 163 n. TX. IS
and that such meeting be held on athe
25th day of April, 1905, and that the
polls shall Le open ut 8 o'clock in the
forenoon and remain open until o'clock
in the afternoon of SAID day. at which
meeting the qualified electors of said
territory shall determine by ballot,
whether such territory shall be incor-
porated as village or not.
That the notice of such meeting be in
the following form:
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to an order OF the board of county CON-
missicners of Ward county. made on the
9Th day of April, A. D., 1905, q meeting
of the qualified electors resident within
the territory proposed to be incorpor
ated as village. under the name of
"Sherwood, (Which territory is particul-
AIRY described in the said order Of tho
board of county commissioners and the
petition upon which said order is based,
and will be held at Thoreson's Hall,
which is situated upon the 9. Q. Il Of
Sec. ~, Twp. 163 n. Rye. IS 10 said
Ward county, on the 25th, day of April,
1905, at which meeting said electors
shall vote by ballot upon the question of
the incorporation OF said territory az q
village under the name Of "Sherwood, ]"
that at said meeting the polls shall be
open at 9 o'clock in the forenoon and
will close at o'clock in the afternoon.
That at said meeting there shall be
provided by the inspectors of election,
ballots for the use of the voters, which
ballots shall be headed with the words
Especial election" and shall have print
ed thereon the following:
"For Incorporation"
against Incorporation
Dated April 5th, 1905.
William Black.
chairman of the Board county commits.
sioners, Ward county, N. Oak.
J. W. Fabrick,
county Auditor OF Ward county, N. Oak.
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