The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-27

law for the rotation of names of candi-
dates for county Offices, and the one
blank space shall be left thereon for
the insertion of the name of any city
or village to be voted for by the cleo
tors without having been nominated by
the petition The City, or Village re-
ceiving the two-thirds of the votes cast
at said general election shall be the
permanent county seat of said new
county. If no designation of county
seat shall result at said election
another election may be called for that
purpose by the County Board within
six months, at which election the names
of only the two cities or villages re-
ceiving the highest number of votes at
the first election shall be submitted to
the electors for selection as county
seat. When the permanent county seat
has been determined it shall not be
changed except by two-thirds vote
of the electors of such county.
Section H. The validity of the
establishment of any such new county
shall not be effected by the failure or
refusal of any county officer to do any
of the acts or things required by this
act, but any officer who shall refuse to
perform or wilfully neglect any duty
herein required, shall be guilty of NAL
feaSance in Office.
Section u. All of the provisions of
Chapter 7 of the General statutes of
Minnesota for 1923 entitled Counties
and County Officers" and general laws
subsequently adopted, amendatory
thereof, or supplementary thereto,
which are not inconsistent with the
provisions Of this act shall apply to
all counties organized under or affected
by this Act to the same extent as if
such provisions were herein incorpor-
ated and re-enacted; provided, how
ever, that neither reduction in popu-
lation, area or assessed valuation OF
any county caused by the creation of
any such new county hereunder shall
be construed to remove, prior to May,
1888, either such old county or the
newly created county from the class
or classification in which the old
county may have been before the Gre
alton Of the new county, nor to abate
or suspend the operation of any law or
laws operating IN and applied 70 such
old county either as to the old or
newly created county, nor to abridge
or restrict the powers conferred by any
such law prior to May /. 1888, except
as to the number of county commits
sioners and except as herein otherwise
provided, unless prior to May l, 1888
such change or changes shall be made
by proper legislative action All
laws applying generally or speci-
ally to such old county shall be deemed
to be preserved and to continue to ap-
ply to such old county and the newly
created county until May l, 1888 un-
less expressly repealed.
Section 13. In all cases where such
new counties are created, and there
are county commissioners residing in
such new county who are serving or
have been elected to serve as COM
missioners in the original county whose
district is wholly within the new
county, shall be entitled to hold their
Office until the expiration of their
terms as county commissioner In such
new county The additional number
of county commissioners required to
complete the board shall be, in the
first instance, elected as herein pro-
vided.
Section IA The county commission
ers districts in such new county shall
be five in number and shall as near as
practicable be uniform and equal In
area and assessed valuation; provided
that no commissioners districts shall
contain more than one city or village,
or part of a city or village, having a
population in excess of seven thousand
inhabitants.
Section Is. This act shall notoperatet to
change or alter the manner or places
of holding terms of court under laws
existing or operating prior to or at the
time of the creation of any new county.
When a new county shall be created
under this Act terms Of court shall be
held at such times and places as may
be fixed by the court and In addition
thereto at the times and places estab-
ished by law before the creation Of
such new county; provided however,
that nothing in this Act shall limit
the right of party to change venue
either to or from such country.
Section 16. If any section or pro-
vision of this act shall be declared to
be unconstitutional. such determination
shall not affect the validity Of the
other sections or provisions hereof.
Section IT, This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.