The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-10-06

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highest number of votes at the
election held November End,
1920. On motion the board adj
journed until / o'clock p. m. At
o'clock P. NJ, Board resumed and
proceeded to canvass the vote
for County Seat and found as
follows:
FOR COUNTY SEAT
Bainville 1101; Culbertson 40;
Mondak 1; POPLAR 1901; Wolf
Point 1924; Brockton 8.
Commissioner Patch then in
troduced the following resolution
and moved it's adoption.
RESOLUTION
Whereas, the Board of County
Commissioners having this 9Th
day of November, 1920, at Mon
dak, Montana, canvassed the re-
turns of the County Seat vote at
the General Election held in
Roosevelt County on November
End, 1920, in the manner provided
by law for the canvassing of such
elections returns for the perman-
ent county seat of Roosevelt
County, and
Whereas, it appears from said
canvass that the town of Poplar
received 1901 votes, the city of
Wolf Point received 1924 votes,
the town of Bainville received
1101 votes, the town of Culbert-
son received 40 votes, the vii
lage of Brockton 3 votes and the
village of Mondak received l
vote, and it further appearing
that no town or place received
majority of all votes cast on
such question,
Now, therefore, be it resolved
and ordered, that in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter
1876 of the laws of the 18th Leg
islative Assembly, and Section
10 thereof, that Poplar, Mon
tana, having received the high
est number Of votes for the
County Seat of Roosevelt Coun-
ty, said town or city of Poplar is
hereby declared and does hereby
Immediately become, and is, the
temporary county seat of Roose-
welt County.
Said motion was seconded by
Commissioner J. FL. Anderson,
and upon being put to a vote was
duly carried.
The board then proceeded to
canvass the balance of the re-
turns and found as follows:
The whole number Of votes
cast in the county at said cleo
ton is 3772.
Now for some more law: the stat
tie of this state says that the county
fairs must be conducted at the
ounty seat, and that court must be
eld at the county seat. No papers
an be filed at any other place than
he place designated by the people
nd by law as the county seat. Nor
an court be held at any other place.
Ience, upon the passage of the reso-
ution, and because of the law which
avs and which was so construed by
he county attorney, Poplar inmedi-
tely became the temporary county
eat and no further official business
ould be legally transacted at Mondak.
ears of record. The next step was
he act of removal from Mondak to
Poplar. Our opponents would have
on believe that because the citizens
f Poplar moved some of the equip
nent in their own automobiles with
ut expense to the county, that an
nforgivable sin was committed. We
ubnait in this respect that the citi-
ems of Poplar in so doing, thereby
aved the county hundreds of dollars
n express and freight, and that in
S much as no charge was made to
he county but on the other hand the
ars were dnoated free of charge, it
5 anything but fair to insinuate that
he act of removing the county seat
vas wrongful in any respect. In view
f the fact that under the law ii
vas necessary to move at once, this
rought about situation whereby nc
urther legal act could be transacted
It Mondak by the county officials. Il
vas imperative that the main books
nd files be removed to Poplar forth
With and because of this emergency
he people of Poplar freely and cheer
ully rendered what assistance they
ould do the county officials.
Summarized, Editor Heir of the Val,
ey Tribune, proclainns in his article
hat it costs real money to move coun-
y seats abouJ. He says it was &
hame to go to the expense of moving
rom Mondak to Poplar, because il
ost money to do so. Furthermore, he
avs in effect, that it was wrong te
10 so.
In the last analysis, two wrongs
lon't make a right. If it was wrong
o move from Mondak to Poplar, ther
is likewise wrong to move from
Poplar to Wolf Point, irrespective Oh
What the law may be. But, if a ma
GRITTY of the people vote that Wolf
'oint becomes the permanent county
eat, then according to the Bainville
beet, it is palpably wrong to carry
ut the wishes of the voters of the
ounty.
However, the fact remains that il
vas the law that the county seat be
moved as it was, and Poplar hac
lothing to do with making Of the law
Poplar and her citizens have at all
ines been consistent, and in this
viii continue to do so. Pro
uganda that has no footing will have
title effect On the thinking voters oil
roosevelt County. A COUNTY SEAT