Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-21
Proceedings of Supervisors

stock, and ask this BOrrd to make
their records conform to the facts as
they existed Mt that time of their in.
vestigation of said petition and that
said records may show that testimony
was taken before the Board of Sup
ervisors regarding the Questions set
up and alleged in said petition and
that the board found, and wac satisfied
from said testimony that majority
of the taxable inhabitants OF said pro
posed village of Comstock had sign
ed said petition and they further
found from said testimony that the
inhabitants TO the number of more
than two hundred who signed the
p-tilion are and we're actual residents
Of the territory described in said
petition at the time the same was
filed, and that said records be
further correct ed so that it shall show
that said Board declared that said
village of Comstock, and said re
cords be corrected to conform to the
facts and chow the entry of an order
of incorporation upon said records,
Designating the meets and bounds of
said village as 80 Incorporated.
To woich the demonstrators offered
the following objection thereto:
The present demonstrators, and
Mrs. Brown, object TO the proposed
amendment Of the records:
First: For the reason the oral re-
quest for the amendment of the re-
cord does not point out any place
wherein the record is wrong.
SrcoAd: Members of the Board
acting at the time the original peti.
tiou was on file, or was acted upon,
their terms have expired and other
and different members have taken
their place.
Third; The petitioners have
themselves abandoned the alleged
incorporation of March Ia, 1906 and
have prepared since another petition
by the people OF the alleged villagl
of Comstock and ask this Board 10
me- upon the same at this time.
Issues have been formed upon tina,
petition. This Board set this time
to try the question of the petition
and remonstrances sod objection
thereto, and the petitioners who sign
ed the original petition acted upon
on March Ia, 1905 have since signed
a separate and new petition and filed
the same with this Board on June s
and this Board has no authority tc
grant the request, the oral request OF
council, for the reason above stated
For the further reason that council
have admitted that the petition FLED
June Sh is not entitled to be granted
at this time for the reason it does moi
contain a ma jority of the taxable in
habilants of proposed territory.
For still another reason: Sale
Board never purported, or claimed tC
act under the alleged incorporation
of March Ia, and thete remonstrat or
further object for the reason that thu
records already made by the Clerl
of this Board show the truth Of VIVA
rranspired before this Board OIL
Marsh IA, 1906
And for still further reason tina
tho petition itself presented 10 tn
Board to he acted upon by the boar
On March IA, 1906, upon its fac
shows that said Board had no juris
dic,ion to incorporate the propose,
village for the reason the said petit
tion did not prrp >rt to be signed b,
majority If the tax payers of sal
proposed village, sud did not purpor
TO be signed by only tax payers c
said proposed village, but did pur
, port only to be signed by voters an
freeholdsrs, and said Board was with
out jurisdiction to incorporate sal
! village, and is without jurisdictio
, to change or detract anything frol
: its record made on March IA, 1906
Moved and carried to adjourn ii
2 s o'clock tomorrow a. m.
e TUESDAY, JUNE ~, 1906.
e Board met at s a. m, and was cal
A cd to order by the chairman.
a The following members answere
e to the roll call. Chairman j.
r Arthur, Supervisors Ban p Nor RI
A. Fonda, ii. B. Schneringer, r.
!. Welch and Jos, Fennimore.
: Minutes of yesterday read and a.
proved.
e The request of the petitioners
a incorporate the Village of ComstoC
d was then taken up and it was movs
t aud carried that the request of Il
o petitioners be rel ected and the T