Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-18

dppCdIiuS ludts LIE SEtdIeSG &uulltpCfs
of bona fde- residents of such terri,
tory have designated by petition the
said; town Of Hettinger for said tenn
porary county seat, and being salts
fed that the said territory has more
than LOCO bona fide ,inhab itants, and
that in fixing the boundaries of such
proposed county Congressional town.
ship lines and natural boundaries
have been observed as nearly as
may be, and that the law in relation
to- the organization Of new counties,
out of unorganized territory has
been followed,
Therefore. 4 John Burke, Governor
Of the State Of North Dakota, BY.
virtue Of the power and authority IN.
me vested by law, do hereby grant
the petition for the organization Of
such new county, to be known as
the County Of Adams, as petitioned.
for in said petition, and 1 do hereby
designate and locate the territory
County Seat at Hettinger, on section
10, township 129, range 96, in the said.
County Of Adams. as petitioned for
in said petition, and as provided by
law.
Given. under my hand and the
Great Seal Of the State Of North Da-
kota, at the Capital at Bismarck, this
18th day Of April, A. d. 1907.
JOHN BURKE, 81
BY the Governor: Governor. 4
ALFRED BLAISDELL
Secretary Of State.
The following county officers have
been appointed for the counties:
named:
Adams County Officers.
County Commits Amos A.1
Jackson, George Beicegel, VIM.
Lemon.
Sheriff Edward e.. Barry.
Judge Of the County Court Jacob.
SonderaIL
Justice Of the Peace Henry Bartz. &
Hettinger County Officers.
County Commits ioners Chas. S.
Aunger, Geo. w. Dyson. Gustaf Grosz.
County Auditor r ebert o. Beery. 4
Sheriff Henry Barry
County Treasurer Jacob Barth, jr.
i Register Of Deeds7 w: B.. Morris.
Judge of the County Court Fred
erick Dewey. fssss ss5s ~.
Justices Of the Peace j ohm q. Will
kom, VIM. Colgrove. Z. s. Robertson,
/ Presley SWitzer.
| Clerk of Court Geo. u. Ross.
Constable VIM. M Armitage, w.
$. Ensley, ". T. Batty, j.. N. starks.
CoronerDr. Geo. w. Nancy IS
Public Administrato "a. NJ. Ban.
4 non 81. q
Hettinger count from which these
two counties have been created, was
defined and its bound ries ixed in the
legislative session Of 1883 and the bill
i for the creation Of the county was ap
proved March 8 Of! that year by GOV
ernor ordWay. The bill was draWI
i by General b "a. Williams, then "a
\ representative in the legislature Of ths
4 territory and at the time speaker Of
the house The same bill provided FOL
the creation of Dunn, Mckenzie
4 Alfred Wallace Flannery and Bufort
1 counties. Flannery and Buford coln
4 ties we're afterWard merged In War;
i and Williams. Alfred county is nov
d part of, the, anized county of Nc
Kenzie, as is also old Wallace county
At the time of the passage OF sthi
q bill, there were, only three counties
defined west Of the river, stark, Nor
ton and Mercer. Hettinger was Great
I led from Stark county.
Hettinger county was named afte
4 Matthias Hettinger. Of Freeport, I'll
I, father-in-law OF General E. "a. WI
liams. Mr., Hettinger was one OF tn
A best known bankers and business mel
& sof his section and was the founde
and q large owner III the German ii
surance company Of Freeport, 10
!. many years q prosperous company
3 He was well known and highI
respected as a man of intel ligence, ii
tegrity and affairs. He died In 1894.
Alfred county, afterward merged i
Mckenzie, was named after u.
j Alfred Of Cass county, who introduce
! the bill for the removal Of the teri
i Itorial capital from Yankton to BIZ
b / marck.
There il a number Of county officer
& remaining TO be chosen, and thes
i Will be named later BY the governor.
i The new county ofacials win pr,
/; coed at once with the preliminar
i work Of getting records In shape an
i preparing for their self government
4 Al number of interested person
d were at the capitol Yesterday wIe