The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-16
TO VOTE ON
MEMORIAL HALL

ne McIuOT4d1 nan CVIiAIAAtGOS oS0AA
met with the County Commissioners
Tuesday afternoon and presented the
petitions requesting the building of a
Memorial Hall It will be remembered
this proposition was talked over early
last spring but NO action was taken
by the commissioners as the petitions
were not actually presented. The
committee from further investigation
during the past summer felt the peo-
ple of the county were much in favor
of this project and that the matter
should be properly presented to the
commissioners and which. was done
Tuesday afternoon. After the pro-
position had been presented by the
committee and duly considered by the
commissioners the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
Whereas, Certain citizens Of the
County of Barnes, in the State of
North Dakota, have presented to the
Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Barnes, State of North
Dakota, their petitions in writing re-
questing the Board of County Com
missioners of Barnes County, North
Dakota to erect and maintain Sol
diers' and Sailors Memorial Building
at Valley City, North Dakota, pur-
suant to Chapter 181 Of the Laws of
North Dakota. for the year 1919, as
more fully appears from the petitions
presented to said Board of County
Commissioners and now on file in the
office of the county auditor of Barnes
County, North Dakota; and,
Whereas, A committee on behalf of
said citizens has this day appeared be-
fore the Board Of County Commits
sioners of Barnes County, in regular
session, requesting said Commission
ers Of Barnes County, North Dakota,
to act upon said petitions and to submit
the question of erecting such memoir
ial building to vote of the voters of
Barnes County, North Dakota, as by
law provided; and,
Whereas. The construction and
maintenance of such proposed me-
mortal building involves an extraordi-
nary outlay of money, and an expen-
diture in excess of the amount provid-
ed for by the annual tax being in the
sum of $20O,0OO.00; 80.
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved By
the Board of County Commissioners
Of Barnes County, North Dakota, that
the question of the erection and MAIN
tenance of such Soldiers and Sail
ors' Memorial Building at Valley City,
North Dakota, at cost not in excess
If $200,000.0O by the County Of
Barnes, and the question of levying
and spreading of tax against all Of
The property in said County in the
sum of $20O,00O.00 for the purpose Of
lefraying the cost of the erection Of
such memorial building to that extent,
and the establishment of a building
:und for the construction thereof
pursuant to said petitions, be sub
nitted to a vote of the voters of
Barnes County, North Dakota at the
.egular November, 1920, General
pursuant to Sections 1881,
1882, 3284,3 1895 and 1886 Of the Com
piled Laws of the State of North Da-
zota for the year 1918.
Be 1t Further Resolved, That the
County Auditor of Barnes County,
North Dakota, give due notice of such
election by publishing the same in the
,ffcial newspaper of Barnes County,
North Dakota, which said notice shall
specify the amount to be raised, to-
Wit; the sum of $200,000.00, and the
purpose for which said sum is to be
as by law provided.
Be 1t Further Resolved, That said
Notice of Election shall contain and
set forth the whole question to be SUBJ
nitted to the people of Barnes
County, including the sum desired to
oe raised and the amount of the tax
% be levied, or the amount per an
1um, and the years in which said tax
shall be levied, which said notice shall
De published for at least four (D
weeks in the official newspaper Of
Barnes County. North Dakota.