The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-25
County Commissioners
Official Proceedings
COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE

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Board met in Special session De-
cember 10th, 1913 at two o'clock p. m.
rs provided for under Secuon 1892,
Revised Codes of 1905.
Present Chairman Kretschmer, Com
missioners Conlon, Cox, Heimes and
Hanson.
The Auditor stated the call as fol.
lows:
A special meeting of the Board Of
County Commissioners of Barnes
County, North Dakota is he'Ieby call.
ed according to Section 1892, Revised
Codes of 1905, which meeting will be
held at the court house on Tuesday,
the sixteenth day of December, 1913,
at two o'clock p. M, for the purpose
OF appointing a Clerk of Court for
Barnes County to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent death of c. H.
Olsby. .
Signed:
C. w. NELSON,
Auditor Barnes County, N. u.
Dated at Valley City, N. OAK, this
10th day of December, 1913.
Applications were on lille from VIM.
J. Westergaard and Henry Beal and
petition with 1853 resident taxpayers,
asking for the appointment of Harry
N. Olsby, together with sworn affidavit
o follows:
I. Harry N. Olsby, the undersigned.
4 qualified elector Of the county Of
Barnes and State Of North Dakota, be-
ing Of the age Of twenty.six years, and
= citizen of the United States, and a
resident of the City Of Valley City,
county Of Barnes and State Of North
Dakota, do hereby request that your
honorable board do appoint me as
Clerk of the District Court with and
for the County of Barnes and State of
North Dakota, to fill the said Office and
to complete the unexpired term Of
Carl H. Olsby deceased; who was duly
elected, qualified and acting Clerk of
the District Court of Barnes County,
North Dakota, and a vacancy having
been created in the said Office by rea.
son of the death Of the said Carl H.
Olsby, it is my request that l be ap-
pointed as Clerk of the District Court
within and for Barnes County, North
Dakota, to fill such vacancy.
And hereby submit for the con.
alteration of your Honorable Board
the following as my qualifications
with reference to my citizenship and
residency-
Il was born in the City Of Valley
City, Barnes County, Territory of Da-
kota, now State of North Dakota, on
the LIST day Of November, A. D., 1887.
That my father Carl H. Olsby was a
citizen Of the United States; that I
was raised in the said city Of Valley
City and was educated in the public
schools of said city Of Valley City and
that the said city of Valley City has
been during my entire life and is now
the place Of my residency.
A question having arisen as to
whether or not have changed my
place Of residence, and by reason
thereof l am not qualified Of holding
said Office, desire to submit for your
consideration the facts with reference
thereto, viz:
In the drawing carried on by the
United States Government for home
steads on the Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation in the State Of North Da
kota, I registered and in the drawing
drew a number, and in May 1912, hav
ing been successful in the drawing,
selected q piece of land and made {
cash payment on the same required
by the rules Of said drawing, but dit
not at said time locate upon salt
land.
Thereafter and at the June Primal
les held during the month Of June
1912 7 voted in the Citv of Valle