Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-10-24
Notice Of Election for
Removal County Seat
To Be Held on Tuesday Nov
ernber 5th, 1918.

A petition praying for the removal of the
County seut of Sioux County, North Dakota
from Fort Yates In said County where 1t is now
located by law to Selfridge In said County,
ind praying that IN election be held to de.
termine whether or not such removal shall be
made. and praying that the Board of County
Commissioners submit the question of the re-.
moval of the County Seat of said County
from Fort Yates in said County to Selfriave
In said County to the electors Of said Count.
at the next general election to be held in said
County, having been filed with the County
Commissioners OF said County of Sioux, on
the 9TH day of July, 1918, being . day to which
the regular July meeting of sud Board of
Con mssiOners had been adiuurned:
and the Board Of County Commissioners of
said County of Sioux having found and deter.
mined that said petition was signed by bona
hde residents and qualified electors of said
County Of Sioux equal in number to Ut least
three ffths of all the votes cast in said Sioux
County ut the last preceding general election
held In sud county, and thut said petition was
IN all things regular and that the Board of
County G commissioners has Jurisdiction to or.
der the question of the removal of said Coun.
~ Seat to be submitted to the electors of
said county at tn. next general election:
And the Board of County Commissioners OF
said County of Sioux having ON the sth day of
July, 1915 ordered that the question of the re.
moval OF the County Seat of said County be
submitted to the electors of said County al
the next general cleo lion In sud County, and
having ordered that notice Of said election be
given by the County Auditor of said County a,
provided by law:
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to said order
Of said Board of County Commissioners, and
pursuant to the statute In such case made
and provided. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the question Of removing the County Sea,
OF Sioux County, North OAK ,ta. from the
village Of Fort Yates In said County to the
Village OF Selfridge In said County, will be
submitted to the electors Of the County OF
sioux, State of North Dakota at the mex,
general election held in said County on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday 10 Novcm
Der. 1915 being the stu day Of November, 1918
and the question to be voted on at said cleo
tion Is: Snail the place Of the County Seat OF
Sioux County, North Dakota be removed frou
the Village of Fort Yates in said Count,
where 1t liz now located to the Village OF
Selfrdge In said County," Said question viii
be voted upon 1t the same time and places ~
and In connection with, and Us part of the
general election to be held in said County, o,
each polling place and each election precinc,
In said County.
The form Of tho ballots used in said election
viii be Us follows:
COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL
"Shsli the place OF the Count,
Seat of Sioux County, North OAK
ots, be removed from the Village Of For
Yates IN said County, where it IL now located
to the Village OF Selfridge 10 said County,"
The voter will Indicate his choice by plac
ing an (x) in the square after the name OF tn,
place which he prefers for the location o
the County Seat:
| (Vote for one place only