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Save Money by Getting the Best in the Market.
DENMAN & SPAULDING,
Whitewood, i: Dakota.
MEATS!
THE BEST OF ALL KINDS.
Oysters, Fish & Game.
Keep all kinds of Country Produce on Hand.
W. W. STONE.
CHARLES H. MUELLER,
Successor to Mueller & Hannan,
Druggist and Optician
DRUGS, STATIONERY and FIELD GLASSES.
Prescriptions a Specialty. Open at all Hours.
(Successors to H. Stein & Oo.)
-JOBBERS AND DEALERS IN-
Drugs, Chemicals, Proprietaries, Paints, Etc.
TOILET ARTIOLBS AND SUNDRIES.
3VCa.1n Street, Sturgis.
E. T. MARSHALL,
Blacksmith and Wheelwright,
Rack of Yolcan corner, on Junction Avenue.
STURGIS DAKOTA.
Having again taken possession of my shop I respectfully solicit a continuanoe
©f tlie liberal patronage the shop has always enjoyed. I have made a great reduc
tion in prices, which will enable everyone to pay cash when work is done. With
my superior facilities for doing general blacksmithing, I guarantee satisfaction in
every respect.
JU H. BOWMAN, President.
O. W. COBKWKLL, Vice President. J.T.
Black Hills Plaster Co.
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
Plaster Paris, Land Plaster, IJtc.
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ROSEBROUGH'S
CLUB ROOM
Main Street, Sturgia.
Best Wines, Liquors and'Cigars
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VOLUME 3, NO. 15. STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 0, 1889.
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WEEKLY
THE MEADE COUNTY BAT.
Be it enacted by the legislative assem
bly of the territory of Dakota:
SECTION 1. That all that portion of
Lawrence county, in the territory of Da
kota, bounded and described as follows,
to-wit: Beginning at a point on the
southern boundary line of said Lawrence
county where the range line between
ranges five and six intersects said bound
ary line, thence north along the range
line between ranges five and six to the
line between townships three and
four thence west along said last men
tioned township line to the range line
between ranges four and five thence
north along said range line between
ranges four and five to the northern
boundary line of Lawrence county
thence east along the northern boundary
of Lawrence county to the one hundred
and third meridian of longitude west
from Greenwich thence south along
the said one hundred and third meridian
to a point where said meridian intersects
with the channel of the north fork of
the Cheyenne or Belle Pourche river
thenoe south-easterly along down said
north fork of the Cheyenne or Belle
Fourche river on the line of the Great
Sioux reservation to its confluence with
the south fork of the Big Cheyenne river
thence up said south fork of the Big
Cheyenne river along the line of the
Great Sioux reservation to a point where
it intersects with the boundary line of
Pennington county thence west along
the boundary lines of Bennington and
Lawrence counties to the place of begin
ning, be, and the same is hereby erected
into a county, by the name of Meade,
and the territory included within such
boundaries shall be and constitute the
county of Meade.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of pro
viding for the organization of said coun
ty of Meade are hereby appointed com
missioners to perform the duties herein
after designated, Max Hoehn. Daniel. P.
Flood and W. C. Burton.
Sec. 3. Said commissioners herein ap
ointed shall, on or before .the first Mon
ay in April, 1889, meet at the city of
Sturgis, in Meade county, and shall qual
ify by taking an oath to faithfully dis
charge their duties as such appointees
under this act, and shall then enter up
on the discharge of their duties. They
shall issue a notice of the election here
inafter provided for, one of such notices
at least to be posted in each of the pre
cincts of said county as they shall be by
said commissioners established, and by
publishing the same in each of the news
papers published in said county, at least
twenty (20) days before election. Said
commissioners shall, before issuing such
notice, establish precincts in said county
and polling places, and appoint for each
three judges of election in the same
manner as judges of election are appoint
ed by county commissioners under the
general law.
Sec. 4. An election shall be held in
said county of Meade on the seventh (7th)
day of May, 1889, at which time all coun
ty officers for said county, as provided
by the general law, shall be elected, in
cluding threo county commissioners,
which officers having qualified shall hold
their offices until the next general elec
tion thereafter, and until their successors
shall have been elected and qualified, and
at said election the qualified electors of
said county are empowered to vote for
and select the place of county seat by
ballot, the place receiving the highest
number of votes shall be the county seat
until otherwise changed under the
visions of the laws of the territory.
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Sec. 5. The returns of said election
shall be made to the commissioners here
inbefore designated, who shall meet at
the city of Sturgis in said Meade county
on the 13th day of May, 1889, and shall
canvass such returns and declare the re
sult in the manner prescribed for county
canvassing boards, and said commission
ers shall issue their proclamation an
nouncing who are elected to such county
offices, and what place has been selected
by the qualified voters as the county
seat, and publish the same in a newspa
per published in said county within ten
days after said canvass.
Sec. 0. On or before the first (1st)
Monday of June, after said election the
officers thus elected shall qualify and
shall then enter upon their duties, and
the commissioners hereinbefore appoint
ed shall, after canvassing said returns of
votes and issuing and publishing such
proclamation, cease to exercise further
power hereunder and said commission
ers hereinbefore provided for shall be en
titled to receive for their services, to be
paid by said county of Meade, the same
per diem as county commissioners are
allowed, under the general law of the
territory, but not to exceed ten (10) days
services.
Sec. 7. Said commissioners hereinbe
fore provided for shall have the power*to
provide ballot boxes and poll books for
said election, and they may jxjst the no
tices of such election or designate or em
ploy some other person for that purpose
the reasonable expense of which shall be
audited by the county commissioners of
Meade county and allowed as a charge
against said county.
Sec. 8. In case of a failure to qualify
by either of the commissioners hereinbe
fore appointed, or of a vacancy other
wise occurring, the remaining commis
sioners or commissioner shall have the
power to fill such vacancy by designat
ing same elector or electors of said
Meade county to act, who shall qualify
and take the oath herein prescribed.
Sec. 9. "The election under this act
conducted in the some manner
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THE GOUNTY SEAT OF MEADE.
It is universally conceded that for her efforts in behalf of Meade coun
ty, Sturgis is entitled to the temporary location of the new county seat.
The opening of the Sioux reservationHs now an assured fact and as
morally certain as anything can be. With the opening of the reservation
other railroads will cross the country west of the Missouri river other towns
will spring up, and it is only a question of a very few years—two or three,
at farthest—when there will be other aspiring towns nearer the geograph
ical center of the new county and more convenient of access to those hav
ing county business to transact. Let farmers all over the new county
take this matter carefully into
have been their friends in th
are the ones to be relied on
ers of Sturgis propose, first, last
the erection of expensive buildings for county
sole idea that by so doing the temporary location will be made the
nent one. One of the most important matters to be considered is: Where
is the best "all around" market for farmers? With the completion of the
new railroad to Deadwood and the mining camps—now an assured fact—
it is beyond peradventure that no other town in the new county can begin
to compete with Sturgis in this respect. In addition to all these truths
everyone should bear in mind the well-known fact that Potter & Haines are
also located in Sturgis and they wish to remind all that their new Spring
stock is now complete and ready for inspection.
as required by law in general elections,
and no refusal or neglect on the part of
any commissioner or other person to per
form his duties in connection therewith
shall in anywise affect the validity of
said election.
Sec. 10. All justices of the peace and
constables in office as such within the
boundaries of the county organized un
der this act, shall continue in office as
such justices of the peace and constables
in and for said county of Meade for the
remainder of their term, and shall give
bonds to the county organized under this
act in the same amount and in the same
manner as they had previously given to
the county of Lawrence.
Sec. 11. In all matters' not specially
provided for in this act, the officers of
said county of Meade shall be governed
as to their duties and emoluments, and
the said county shall be governed in -all
its affairs by the laws of the territory ap
plicable thereto.
Sec. 12. The county commissioners of
said county of Meade are hereby empow
ered, and it is made tbeij^ duty, to pro
effl-e transcript&jpf all records
rence county (fttet in theii* judgment'
be necessary for the use and
their count}-, and it is hereby
duty of all county officers h:
custody of any books, pspers api
to allow such commissioners or
thorized person in their behalf, fa'
free access to any and all such books, pa
pers and records for the'objects and pur
poses herein named, and for the comple
tion thereof provided, however, that
such books, papers and records shall not
be removed from their proper place or
custody.
Sec. 13. The county of Meade organ
ized under this act, shall assume and
pay as hereinafter provided, a just pro
portion of the indebtedness of Lawrence
county from which it is segregated, based
upon the assessed valuation of said Law
rence county for the year 1888, and upon
the proportion that the valuation within
the county of Meade bears by the assess
ment of 1888 to the valuation within the
whole of Lawrence county, and it here
by is mado the duty of the county com
missioners of both the counties of Meade
and Lawrence to meet together at the
county seat of Lawrence county on the
first day of July, 1889, and at said meet
ing they shall ascertain as near as may
be, the total outstanding indebtedness of
Lawrence county on the first day of
July, the date of the joint session pro
vided for in this section, and from the
total they shall make the following de
ductions, to-wit: First, the amount of
all sums due and payable to said Law
rence county for rents. Second, the
amount of outstanding bonds given for
public property owned by and remaining
within the limits of the county of Law
rence. Third, the amount of public
funds on hand belonging to the county
of Lawrence on the day for which its
outstanding indebtness is ascertained by
the joint board of county commissioners
as provided for in this section, and not
belonging to the special funds hereinaf
ter mentioned. The amount remaining
after such deduction shall have been
made, shall, tor the purpose and as a ba
sis for the settlement herein provided,
be the amount which the county organ
ized under this act shall pay a propor
tion of, in the proportion hereinbefore
specified, and it shall be the duty of such
commissioners to ascertain and fix the
amount that Moade county shall assume
and pay to Lawrence county.
Sec. 14. All monoys on hand at the
time of settlement provided for in the
preceding section of this act, held by
said Lawrence county, pertaining to
special funds, such as fire, school, road
funds, and others belonging to the dis
tricts within the boundaries of Meade
county, shall be turned over in full by
the treasurer of Lawrence county to the
treasurer of Meade county, and shall be
duly receipted for by the latter, and shall
by him be placed to the credit of the dis
tricts within his county to which they
properly belong.
Sec. 15. The county commissioners of
Lawrence county, immediately after this
act shall take effect, shiill re. district their
county into the districts provided for by
the laws then existing, and shall fill the
vacancies occasioned by such segregation
in the manner provided by law for filling
vacancies in the county, district or pre
cinct offices.
Sec. 16. School and road districts
within said Meade and Lawrence coun
ties shall be renumbered so as to make
their numbers in each county run con
secutively and the names of school dis
tricts may when necessary be changed.
Soc. 17. When the boundaries of any
school district shall have been changed
under and by virtue of this act, that por
tion of such school district in which the
school houses and other property remain
shall be holden for the bonds, if any, is
sued by such school district or such
school township, and if such portion shall
have been attached to another school dis
trict, the school district to which such
portion has been attached shall be holden
for the bonds, if any, of the school dis
trict to which such portion formerly be
longed.
Sec. 18. The validity of bonds issued
by school districts prior to the division
of Lawrcnce county, shall in no wise be
affected by such division or by the re
numbering or renaming of the school
district that issued them.
Sec. 19. The amount of indebtedness
of Meade county organized under this
act, as ascertained by the two boards of
county commissioners in compliance with
the provisions of the preceding section,
shall be paid to Lawrence county in tUe
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consideration, remembering who
past, feeling assured that they
the future. The property-hold
and all the time, to fight against
purposes, erected with the
perma-
bonds of Meade county, as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 20. Such bonds shall be dated o*
the first day of July, 1889, as provided
for in section 13 of this act, and shall be
issued for a period corresponding with
the time or terms on which the obliga
tions of the original county became due
and payable, and shall be payable at the
same place and shall be at the same rate
of interest as the obligations of the orig
inal county, said commissioners taking
care to classify the liquidating bonds, is
suing u due proportion of each in pro
portion to oach of Lawrence county's
obligations bearing different rates of in
terest and places of payment, and said
Lawrence county shall have authority to
exchange such bonds for an equal
amount of obligations of its own of the
same class.
Sec. 21. The county treasurer of
Meade county issuing bonds under the
provisions of this act, shall provide him
self with a book to be called the "bond
register," wherein he shall note the num
ber and denomination of each bond is
sued by Meade county, the date of issue,
when and where payable, with suoh
other facts as the county commissioners
of Meaue county shall direct, which
when completed, shall
the clerk of the county
missBS'ners of said Meade county, and
'ill be and remain a part of the records
of the same.
Ses. 22. The board of county commis
sioners of Meade county are hereby em
powered and directed to issue such liqui
dating bonds in denominations as may
be required by the county of Lawrence,
not to exceed one thousand (1,000) dol
lars each, and deliver the same to the
county clerk of said Lawrence county,
who shall receipt therefor, attaching the
seal of his office to such receipts, and the
county clerk of Meade county shall en
ter such receipts at length upon the rec
ords of the oounty commissioners, and
note the same in the bond register of his
county.
Sec. 23. Tho board of county commis
sioners of Meade county shall for each
.year after the date of issue of such bonds
levy and cause to be collected a tax suffi
cient to pay the interest on said bonds as
they shall become due, and also sueh
linking funds as shall correspond with
the laws under which the bonds of Law
rence county were issued, sufficient to re
deem said bonds at maturity and as fast
as such sinking fund shall become avail
able they shall redeem such bonds in the
manner provided for redeeming bonds of
Lawrence county provided, however,
that public notice shall be given by such
board of county commissioners in a news
paper, if one be published within their
county, setting forth that certain bonds,
giving their number and otherwise de
scribing them, will bo redeemed by their
county, and naming the date of such re
demption.
Sec. 24. The money collected for the
payment of the interest or principal of
such bonds shall not be used for any
other purpose until such bonds are re
deemed any surplus thereafter shall lie
placed in the general county fund.
Sep. 25. The authority of Lawrence
county for the collection of revenue
within the boundaries of Meade county
shall cease on July 1, A. D. 1889, and all
assessments and levies made by the au
thority of Lawrence county, by its offi
cers in the lawful performance of their
official duties, affecting any of the terri
tory embraced in the boundaries of
Meade county shall remain the same and
shall be payable to and collectible by the
lawful authorities of Meade county only.
Sec. 26. Said Meade county shall, as
soon as its organization shall have been
completed, constitute and be created a
judicial subdivision of the judicial dis
trict to which it properly belongs at and
before the time of its organization.
Sec. 27. The judgo of the judicial dis
trict in which Meade county is created a
legal subdivision of his district under
the provisions of the preceding section,
shall appoint and hold terms of' the dis
trict court at the county seat of said
county, at least one term each year.
Sec. 28. In all actions or proceedings,
civil or criminal, the crime wherein was
committed, or the disputed premises
therein, be within the boundaries of the
judicial subdivision credited under the
provisions of this act, and which prop
erly belong to such subdivision under
the codes of civil and criminal procedure,
tho venue thereof shall be changed to
the county of Meade by the order of the
court, or the judge thereof, upon the de
mand of either party, which demand
shall be served upon the opposite party,
or his attorney, if either can be found in
this territory, but if neither can conveni
ently be found in this territory, then
such change of venue may be made upon
filing such demand with the clerk of the
district court having thecase upon the
ealander.
Sec. 29. All process, writs, bonds, no
tices, appeals, recognizances, papers an4
proceedings in actions, changed to the
county of Meade under this act, and is
sued and made returnable to the district
court of the county of Lawrence prior to
the creation of such legal subdivision of
Meade county, shall be taken and con
sidered as made, taken and returnable to
the district court of Meade county, and
such bonds, recognizances and obliga
tions shall be payable to said Meade
county, and all papers and certified
copies of all proceedings had in such
changed actions shall be transmitted by
the clerk of the district court of Law
rence
county to t! clerk of tho ditt'ric* court of
the coanty of Meade.
Bee. SO. TIUH act shall take a
force from ustl after lu eattenfe.
CAPITAL
$50,000.
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D. A. M'PHKBSON, Vice-President.
Crockery and Glass
ware,
Picture Frames and
Window Shades.
Money
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First National Bank,
STURGIS, DAKOTA.
Board of Directors.
D. JL HcPhereon, B. C. Lake, H. V. Bailey, C. Francis, W. E. lomn, I. T. Potter, J. Davenport
Offloera.
H. E. BAILEY, President.
XDo You Want -to a, Loetn?
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WESTEEN DAKOTA LOAN & TRUST CO.
Before making arrangement# eleeWhere.
Syndicate Block, Deadwood, Dak. S. M. HOUGHTON,
Abstracts furnished and guaranteed.
FUMITDRE
G. W. CORNWELL, STURGIS.
TREBER & GO.
"Wliolesale
LIQUOR DEALERS.
^la-in Street, Sturgis.
Beet good* always kept in stock. Agents in the Hills for AnnheoMr flit., .,
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED ClOA&S.
STURGIS
Loan and Real Estate:
EXOHANaE.
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Lowest Terms
ON CITY AND FARM PROPERTY.
City and Farm Property for Sale. Land Office Business.
Proprietor of McMillan's Southern Addition to Sturgiv
Best part of the city for residence and speculation.
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J.G.WENKE,
FARM MACHINERY.
Glidden and Omaha Barb Wire a Specialty
WINDOW GLASS,
Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Building Paper, &c., &c.
AYERS & WARDMAN,
HARDWARE
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Minixig S\x plies,
DEADWOOD, DAKOTA
E. O. KNIGHT,
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whi^i
SETS, BLANKETS) COLLARS, ETC.,
Main Street, Stvirgfis.
Manufacture anything in the harness line to order, ca abmrt BQttee. B»pairing promptly dflwe.
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H. E. PERKINS, Ass't Cashier.
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