Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-08-13
will KIDDER MAKE GOOD?
NO ACTION HAS EVER BEEN TAX
EN- BY THE SISTER COUNTY 81
TO REcoMPENsE 81
BuRLEiGH COUNTY FOR TOWN
SHIPS TAKEN IN THE YEAR IA
Il. ri .sz sa OF 1885. ~

BuRLEiGH COUNTY FOR TOWN
SHIPS TAKEN IN THE YEAR
s: 81. OF 1885. s.
The legislature Of 1885 took from
Burleigh county 4, the townships in
range "a lying in Burleigh county and
added them to Kidder county In a
separate act provision was made for
reimbursing this county by Kidder
the county debt that should be as
| te county debt that should be as
sessed against the townships taken
for which Kidder county should issue
bonds to Burleigh county. The law
in question follows
Section /, That the portion Of Kid
der county segregated from Burleign
county lying in range seventy-four
(74) west, shall not be released of its
just and. equitable proportion of the
bonded Indebtedness of said Bur,
leigh county, at the date of the
passage of this bill, and that said
county of Kidder shall assume and
tpay said Indebtedness.
Sec. 2. That, within sixty days after
the passage and approval of this act
the county, commissioners of said
Kidder county shall meet the county
commissioners Of Burleigh county, in
the city of Bismarck, and the said
commissioners of the two counties
shall constitute a joint board of com
missioners whose duty it shall be to
ascertain the amount of the bonded
Indebtedness to be assumed by the
county of Kidder, as provided in sec
ton one of this act; the assessment
of Burleigh county for the year 1884
being taken as the basis of valuation
and when so ascertained the commits
sioners Of said county of Kidder shall
and are hereby authorized to execute
and deliver to the board of county
commissioners Of Burleigh county, fol
such share of the bonded Indebtedness
so ascertained, bonds of the county O
Kidder with interest coupons at
tached,s bearing the same rate of in
terest, due and payable at the SAM
time as the bonds of Burleigh county
against which they are to be issued.
! Sec 8. The bonds to be issued un
der and by virtue of this act shall b.
printed upon bond paper, signed b.
the chairman of the board of count.
commissioners of the county; of Kid
der and attested by the official sea
and signature of the county clerl
/ thereof, and shall be numbered con
i secutively in their respective series
and recorded by the county clerk in ;
book kept for that purpose.
1 The act was approved March 10
1885, and took effect upon it's ap
prevail.
The Kidder county officials hav'
never taken any action to carry gu
the provisions of this law, and at thu
last meeting of the commissioners o
this county the states attorney wa!
instructed to Investigate the matte
and recommend method of pro
cedure at the next meeting of tn
board. '..& at
! States Attorney Patterson ex
4 amined the records at the court hous'
and finds no action has ever beef
taken by Kidder county and will prob
ably recommend that the commission
ers4 of Kidder county be notified o
the direliction of their predecessor
and anticipates that no trouble will
be encountered in securing justice a
their hands. - VII. s ~ ~ l. H
The same session of the Legislature
provided that a, vote should be takel
| by the people OF townships 143 am
l144-s0, and 1881 to #determin
whether they should be attached t,
I Mclean county. The vote was favor
4 able to, Mclean county. There; wa
no provision in law for the township
| taken by Mclean paying their shar
| of the Burleigh county debt at tina
time, but 1t is thought a court o
equity would order such payment t.
Ebe made by Mclean county should tn
4 matter be taken to court. The cas-
lis being looked up by States Attorne,
I. Patterson. I'll h L 4. u a. 4:
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