Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-04-20

set as the day Of the tYst election.
and the office Of Frank sBarta. Kim
tyre. was designated as the polling
place
Commissioner Il VI Brant pre-
sented the following resolution and
moved its adoption
RESOLUTIONS rKpNlplNu toR rnE
ISSUANCE rss NfuollNRi. COZ rpN
BoNn> OF rliE COZ My OF tMNlpN>
NORTH pAkofN IN riit NNlnl M
OF SEVENTEEN rHvt SAND FINE
HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR rnf III Ii
POSE OF PROCURING SEED GRAIN
FoR NEFpN FNRMhRS KfsiptNr lN
COUNTY
WHEREAS. Onthe sixth % day of
March, 1911. petition .1Isigned by
more than one hundred freeholders
resident in the County of f.mmons
was filed in the office of the County
Auditor. asking this Board to pur-
chase seed grain for the needy
farmers resident therein, and to is
sue bonds of the County for that
purpose, as provided by Chapter 2le
of the Laws of North Dakota for
1909, and
= WHEREAS. At a meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners.
duly called and held for the purpose
of considering said petition, 1t was
duly found and determined by the
Board that the said petition was IN
proper form and genuinely signed
by more than one hundred freehold
ers resident in the said county. and
it was further found and determined
that all the conditions specified in
said Chatper 2l0 of the Laws Of 1909.
upon which the relief prayed for
should be granted, existed with re-
spect to the County of f.mmons; and
that by reason of drought there had
been a total or partial failure of
crops in said County for the preced
| ing year, and that by reason thereof
many farmers i'm said county would
be unable to procure seed grain for
the coming year unless said petition
was granted, and said Board, by
majority vote, accordingly deter
mined that the prayer of said petition
should be granted, and the County
Auditor was instructed. TO advertise
| for bids for the sale Of bonds for
said purpose, and
I WHEREAS. Said bonds have been
duly advertised for sale by publica-
tion in the manner provided by law,
and have been duly sold at a price in
excess of the par value thereof.
Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of the County of
Emmons, State of North Dakota
That, for the purpose of purchasing
seed grain for the needy farmers resi-
dent IN said County. there are hereby
authorized and directed to he issued
the negotiable coupon bonds of the
| County of Emmons, North Dakota
| in the aggregate of seventeen thou
sand FIVE hunderd (Sl7, 5OO) dollars.
Said bonds shall be of the denomina
l Ition of $500 each, shall be numbered
one Cl) to thirty five 800 inclusive
| shall be dated April !, 1911, ant
Ishall mature and become payable
April /, 1919. Said bonds shall bea
Interest at the rate of seven 90 pc
centum per annum. payable semi
annually on the first day of Apr
and the first day of October, ant
i shall have coupons attached repre-
senting said interest payments
Both principa ard interest of bond
shall be made payable in Lawful
money of the United States o
America, at the First National Bank
Minneapolis. Minnesota. BE il fur
ther
RESOLVED, That said bonds AM
coupons shall be in substantially tn
following forms, respectively, To
wit
,sIrHp STATES ol AMERICA
STATE o. NORTH DAilDTA
COUNTY, OF fMMDNs