The Dickinson press., 1915-02-20

III Tue county ana ny puDl1SHlHS q IKE
notice in a newspaper published in the
county at, least once a week for four
weeks; provided, however, that in
any county. which, at the time said
petition is presented to the board of
county commissioners, has no court
house, or has a court house building
and Jail the actual cash value whereof
does not exceed the sum of fifteen
thousand ($15,O0O) dollars, fifty-one
per cent of all the legal votes cast on
the proposition at such election in
favor Of any particular place, shall be
sufficient to accomplish the removal
of the county seat to such place and
the notices herein required shall be
given accordingly.
Sec. 2. Appraisers, Appointment
of, Oath and Report.) The actual
cash value of said court house, or
court house building and Jail, shall be
determined by three appraisers who
shall be ~disinterested electors of the
judicial district and who shall be ap-
pointed by the judge of the district
court upon the application, in writing,
without notice, by any one or more OF
the petitioners for such removal,
which application may be presented
to such judge at any time within ten
days after the presentation of the Pc
tition; such appraisers shall be ap-
pointed in writing within ten days
after the application is presented to
the said judge and the appraisers shall
qualify by taking and filing the oath
required by Section 211 Of the Con-
stitution, with the county auditor;
they shall inspect said buildings and
may hear testimony and they shall
find the actual cash value thereof and
report the same to the county audi
tor in writing within twenty days
after their appointment and their ap-
pointment and oath shall be filed with
such report. 49,.
Sec. 8. Appraisers, Compensation
off, The appraisers shall receive
compensation at the rate of five dol
lars per day for all time necessarily
employed in the performance of their
duties and the making Of their re-
port, together with their actual ex-
| penses; the same to be audited and
| allowed by the board of county COM
missioners.
Sec. 4. Repeal,) All Acts or parts
| of Acts in conflict herewith are here
bv repealed. Referred to Committee
on Counties and County Boundaries.
| The Bismarck Tribune OF FEBRUARY
| 16 said:
S. G. Skulason and W. c.. Fair
banks, both of Lakota, are in Bis
marck to present arguments against
the passage of the pending bill by
| which it is proposed to make import
ant changes in the law regarding the
removal of county seats.
The present law provides that to
institute proceedings for the removal
of a county seat a petition signed by
60 per cent of the legal voters asking
for an election must be filed with the
county authorities, and that at the
election so held, two-thirds of the
votes cast must be in favor of remov-
al to secure a change. The pending
bill makes no change in the provis-
sions for petition, but provides that
in counties whose buildings are worth
not more than $4,000, as determined
by a board of appraisers, a majority
of the votes cast shall suffice for re-
moval.
It is generally understood that the
bill is intended to facilitate a cam
paign for county seat removal in Mel
son county, though it is necessarily
general in it's provisions. Mr.. Skula-
SON and Mr.. Fairbanks say that they
have learned that great interest is
being taken in the bill in many other
counties, where it's purport has, not
been understood until recently.
ut is impossible" said Mr.: Fair
banks "to say how many counties this
will effect, because no one can tell