The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-10
PERMANENT COUNTY SEAT
WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED
Tribune files Of August 1887
show it TO be old question
before the Public

That the question of establishing
permanent County seat for Elbert
County is not new one as many people
believe; but is in fact the oldest in the
County. For the benefit of the public
we are reprinting articles which ap-
peared in the columns OF The TRIBUNE
dated August IS, 1887
County Seat Removal
The follow ing petition has been print
ed and is now circulating in each of the
precincts of the county:
To the Hon. Board of County Com
missioners Of the County of Elbert.
Gentleman:-W We, the Undersigned legal
voters of the county Of Elbert in the
state of Colora do, dssireing that the
county seat of said county of Ebert
may be permanently located in some
art of said county and desireing
therefore a change of the temporary
county seat now at the town of kiowa
to some more accessible part of said
county, would respectfully petition your
honorable body to order an election to
bn held at the next county election in
said county to ascertain the sense of the
legal voters OF said county rpon the
question of the permanent location of
the county seat OF Elbert County and
the change of said county seat from the
town of Kiowa to some other part of
said county.
And your petitioners will ever pray,
&c.
The County Seat Question
Taken from the Tribune dated Oct 6,
1887 in regard to county seat question.
AT the regular meeting of the County
Commissioners on Monday and Tuesday
the petition asking permission to vote
on the permanent location Of the coun-
ty seat was presented by Hon. Chas Me
Cord of Denver. The petition had a
bout 760 sgners. Messrs Willard and
MauldIn were not ati-fied all the sign
ers were legal voters, and on motion
laid tne petition On the taiile until the
January meeting. Mr. McCord gave
motto that he would appear before Judge
Harrison tomorrow aud ask tnat writ
of mandamus be issued compelling the
calling OF the election.
The Status of the Co. Seat Case
Copied from our files of Oct. l3, 1887.
In the county seat controversy Hon.
Charles w. McCord, attorney for petit
TONERS, on Monday filed with the Dist.
clerk petition for writ of mandamus
against the County Commissioners for
failure to order an election on the coun.
ty seat question, and the President of
the Board Is notified to appear before
Judge Harrison at Colorado Springs on
the 1871 add show cause why the CALI
were not made.
We understand that Mr. McCord for
petitioners claims that under the gener-
al statute concerning the location o.
county seats no petition is necessary
farther than a request of citizens or
voters, and upon such request it is the
duty of the commissioners to order an
election to locale the county seat, claim
ing that IL this county no permanent
location Of the county seat has been
made under the law.
The majority of the Boad hold that
the act of 1855 amending general stat
utes requireing the fling with the
Board the petition of majority of the
legal tax payers Is necessary before the,
are authorized by law to call an election
This majority of the board claim has
not been done, but that petition OF
voters was exhibited to them at their
session last week, but this has not yet
been filed as the law requires. As we
understand it Judge Harrison is called
upon to beside which is the law in the
case the general statute or the am-
endatory thereto.
The County Seat Fight Ended
Copied from our files of Oct. 81, 1887
Judge Harrison arrived in Elbert on
Thursday night as per arrangement and
proceed to hear the arguments for and
against the issue of writ of mandamus
requireing the County Commissioners
to submit the county seat question at
the -egular election next month. Hon.
Charles McCord repr esented the peti-
TONERS and Judge Mcneil the commiss--
toner's. Several objections we're offered,
the leading one that the first day for
registration had passed and no records
of qualified voters on this question had
been made, was sumner and lef. no
course due for the Judge to decline to
issue the order. AS the law prescribes