The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-03-25
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Board Of County Commissioners,
fembina County, North Dakota.
March Meeting.
TUESDAY, MARCH. 1st, h. 1921.


Present, Commissioners ]. Fred
Radke, A. B. Purdy, John S. Staples
and w. J. Watts. - 4
Rejection of Petition for Annex
alton Of School District No. 54,;
to st. Thomas Special School
District No. 43. s.
WHEREAS a petition in writing
was presented to the Board Of Coun-
ty Commissioners, praying that the
following territory, situated in the
County of Pembina, North Dakota,
to-wit:
All Of Sections Ni.eteen(19), twen-
ty (2O),, twenty-nine (29), thirty
(30), thirty-one {31), and 1 thirty
two 1927, all in Township One hun
dred and sixty (160) North, .of
Range Fifty-three (53) West, and
also Sections Twenty-four (24),
twenty-five (25) and thirty-six (36l,
in Township One hundred and sixty
tlo0) North, Of Range Fifty-four
l54) West, Pembina County, North
Dakota.
to St. Thomas Special School Dis
trict No. 43. and
WHEREAS the Board Of County
Commissioners set this day, March
1st, 1921, at 2 o'clock P. M. as the
time for hearing and. considering
such petition. and
WHEREAS it appears from such
petition that same was signed by
twenty-five (22) voters residing
within said territory, and
WHEREAS there has been filed
with this Board, this day, a remon-
STRANGE AGAINST the annexation of
such territory. which remonstranGk
is signed bv ten (10) of the voters
from said territory, and
: WHEREAS it appears to this
Poard that the petition asking for
the annexation of said territory does
not contain the required .two.thirds
Of the LEGAL voters of said adjacent
TERRITORY sought to be annexed. after
doductinr the names of persons who
did not sion the netition and persons
who asked to have their names with
draw, therefrnrn.
NOW THEREFORE, IN this 1st
dow If March, A. n. 1921, be it res
Owed bv the Board of County. Com
r'issioners. Pemhina County. North
Dakota. that the said territory
hereinbefore descrihed he not annex
ed to School District No. 43. and
that the netition askinp for such an
nevation he not granted.
T1non adonticn Of athe following re-
solution tho following Commission
e~s voted "ovo." w. 7. Watts. A. r.
p',rdv and John s. stanles. and no
Commissioners voted "nav"
WHFRFT1PON the resolution was
de"1ared duly adopted
County AUDITOR called to the at
+ontion of the County Conr,issioners
the reci"nat;on Of Nv. Y. G.. T. Col
low as Commissioner of District No.
Fivn.
A nnr+inr Of the afternoon was
"ccnr'ed IN the examining and audit
inc Of c'airs
j At eix O'clock. p. NJ. Board adj
iourned until tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9nd. :
At nine o'clock "A. M. Board con-
vened, all members present. excep-
ting Mr.. J. G. T. Colley. With the
exception of one hour recess at noon,
the following proceedings were had
by Board on this day:
Auditing of claims and investiga-
tion of applications for relief from
taxes for hail insurance. At IL
O'Clock, A. M. Mr.. B. S. Thorwaldson,
in behalf of the Thorwaldson Bros,
appeared before the Board in res
pect to said company's assessment in
Cavalier City. After listening to
his statements, Board requested
that he take the matter up and sat
isfy the City Council Of Cavalier
City. as to the correctness of state
ments.
At 2 o'clock P. M. the Board pro-
ceeded to consider the annexation of
territory to CRYSTAL City Special
School District No. Al.
WHEREAS a petition was hereto
fore filed with this Board, praying
for the annexation of the following
described territory to Crystal City
Special School District No. H,
which territory is described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
All Of Section Twenty three (23)
and Section twenty-four (24), all in
Township One Hundred Fifty-nine
(159) and Range Fifty-five (55).
AMI WHEREAS parties repre-
senting School District No. al ap-
peared before the Board and asked
that said petition be not granted,
and it appearing to the Board that
petition was not signed by the re-
quired two-thirds Of the legal voters
Of the said adjacent territory sought
to be annexed, and this Board has
fully considered the matter.
NOW THEREFORE, on this End
day Of March, A. d. 1921, be It res-
olved by the Board Of County Com
missioners that the said territory
hereinbefore described be not annex
ed for school purposes to said Cry
stal School District No. IL.
Y Upon adoption Of the foregoing Ne
solution the following Commission
ers voted "aye." w, ]. Watts. A. B.