Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-21

and most progressive town in the
county, whether or not it ever
has the county seat. It does not
now. nor will it ever depend.
upon a few county officials resid-
ing here, to make it a town. We
are not laying awake-o-nights de-
visihg ways and means to get the
county seat. If the people of this
county ever want the county seat in
Beach. thither twill come, wheth-
er there is a four-thousand or \ ten
thousand court house in Medora.
1t is for the people. not of Beach,
not of Sentinel Butte, not of Me-
dora. but of the whole county, to
say where the court house shall
be, and if they choose Beach for
the county seat we certainly will
not refuse it. But we are not ut
this time laying any plans or
creating any agitation looking
toward the removal of the county
seat.
We are discussing the PROPOSE
ton of the propriety and legality
of an act Of the county commiss-
toner's and not where the county
seat ought to be situated. Nor
will we be drawn into any argu-
ment of that character. But we
do deny the right of the county
commissioners to take the steps
they have. Sec. 2418 provides:
In any county where there is no court
house or Jail erected by the county. or
where those erected have not sufficient
capacity. it shall be the duty of the board
to provide . court room and Jail. also Off
ces for the following named officers:
Sheriff, treasurer. register of deeds. audi
tor. clerk of the district court, states
attorney. county judge and county superin-
tendent of schools. to be furnished by such
county in suitable building at the lowest
rent to be obtained at the county seat, or
to secure and occupy suitable rooms at a
free rent within the limits of the county
seat or any of the additions thereto until
such county builds court house. 1t shall
also provide the courts appointed to be
held therein with attendants fuel, lights
and stationery suitable for the transaction
of their business. If the board neglects,
the court may order the sheriff to do so,
and the expense incurred by him in carry
ing such order into effect, when certified
by the court, shall be county charge"
Section 2412 X. c. 1905 reads as follows:
The board of county commissioners
may at any regular meeting thereof. when
ever in their judgement there is immediate
need for the erection and repairing of
court houses. jails or other necessary
building within and for the county, by
resolution, create county building fund.
and thereafter at their regular meeting in
July of each year. may transfer to said
building fund any unexpected balances
which are or may be in the hands of the
treasurer belonging to the road and bridge
fund, penalty and interest fund or en-
Urgency fund. after current bills or au-
thorized expenditures against said funds
have been audited and paid, or any bal
ance in the interest on bonds fund in ex-
cess Of the forthcoming installment of
of interest on any outstanding bonds.
or any balance remaining in any
sinking fund created for the purpose of
paying bonded indebtness. when all the
bonds for which said fund was created
have been retired and paid. In cases
where there are no immediate demands
for the erection and repairing of any
court houses. jails. or other necessary
buildings within and for the county. then
the transfers herein contemplated may be
made to the general county fund.-"
From the above it is evident