Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-08-15
ledge and belief, so help me God.
j. L. WooD, Register of Deeds.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of July, 1907.
(sEAL) Jos. PIGMAN,
County Clerk.

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(sEAL) Jos. PIGMAN,
County Clerk.
Report of committee.
We your special committee appoint
ed to check the Register of Deeds
office, respectfully report that we have
compared tie report with the records
of the Office, and find the same correct
as reported by j. L. Wood, Register
OF Deeds.
JOS i. F oT,sr' Com.
1t was moved and carried that the
report of the committee be accepted
and adopted as read.
The balance of the forenoon was
spent in committee work, and at II
m. the Board adjourned till 100 D. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.,
The Board met at 1:30 p. m. with
all members present.
The county clerk reported that he
had on file in his Office, petitions of
various persons, requesting that there
be submitted to the voters, of Custer
County, Nebraska, at the general elect
ion of 1907, the question of the erect
ion of two new counties, to be known
as Higgins County and Arbor County,
within the territory of Custer County.
The Chairman appointed Jos. Fen
nimore and j. B. Gilmore as a COM
mittee to check over the names of the
petition from the SW. q known as
Arbor County and also appointed j.
X. Grint aud Ii. II. WEIGH, as COM
mittee to check over the names of the
petition from the NE. u known as
Higgins County.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the petition of the proposed new
county of ArbOr, submitted the follow
ling report:
We find that the petition contains
1897 names.
That 81 of the signers of said petit
ton signed the same twice.
Also that / has died, and that
lives in the NV. d of Custer County
and not in the proposed new county
of Arbor, which leaves 1914 names on
the petition.
We find by the abstract of votes for
the year 1906, furnished by the County
Clerk, there were polled S26 votes,
and further find that said petition
contains majority of 631 signers.
We further find that the proposed
new County of Arbor will contain 700
square miles.
We therefore recommend that the
petition be granted, and that the ques-
ton OF the erection of the proposed
new County of Arbor, be submitted
to vote of the people of Custer Coun-
ty, Nebraska, at the next general
election, and that notice be given, and
the vote canyassed as is required by
law in such cases, and that the form
of the ballot shall be, (For the new
County of Arbor) and, against the
new County of Arbor.)
JOS ! FGENNlMoRE, Com.
j. B. GILMORE, 0oh'
1t was moved and carried to accept
and adopt the report of the committee
as read.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the petition of the proposed new
County of Higgins, made the following
report.
We your committee appointed
to investigate the petition of the pro.
posed new County of Higgins, submit
the following report:
We find that the petition contains
742 names.
| We find by the abstract of votes
for the year 1906, furnished us by the
County Clerk, there were polled 1914
votes, and further find that said petit
ton contains majority of 204 signers
We further find that the proposed
new County of Higgins will contain
more than $50 square miles.
We therefore recommend, that the
petition be granted, and that the ques
ton of the erection of the proposed
new county of Higgins, be submitted
to a vote of the people of Custe
County, Nebraska, at the next genera
election, and that notice be given, anC
the vote canvassed as required by Law
in such cases, and that the form 0
the ballot shall be, (For the new
County of Higgins) and, (Agains
the new County of Higgins).
Il. r. WEIGH, Com
J.-E. GRINT, 0oni'
1t was moved and carried to accep
and adopt the report of the committee
as read.
At 6 o'clock the Board adjourned