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 ARTICLE 1.-Boundaries of Counties.

[The statutes do not directly specify the boundaries of all the counties, and a satisfactory record thereof within reasonable space could be made only by the enactment of a new law. The existing statutes are therefore omitted.]

ARTICLE 2.-Organization of Counties.

Section.

510. Petition for organization of county.

511. Duty of governor on petition.

512. Election of officers.

513. County seat selected, how.

514. Election precincts, how prescribed.

515. Judges of election.

516. Posting notices.

517. Judges of election - Vacancies, filled how

518. Election law applies.

519. Supervisors of election appointed.

520. Duty of supervisors to furnish poll-books and ballot-box.

521. Powers and duties of supervisors.

522. Supervisors to have certain privileges.

523. Illegal voting-Penalty.

Section.

524. Ballots to be numbered.

525. No adjournment or recess-Ballots, how preserved.

526. Return of poll-books.

527. Misconduct of officers of election-Penalty.

528. Canvass of the votes.

529. Officers to qualify.

530. Power of county commissioners.

531. Compensation of supervisors.

532. Compensation of other officers.

533. Failure to post notices does not invalidate.

534. Proceedings set aside, when.

535. Annexed territory part of county.

Petition for organization of county. s. 1, c. 40, 1885.

§ 510. Whenever the voters of any unorganized county in this territory shall be equal to one hundred and fifty or upwards, and at least one hundred and fifty thereof shall desire to have said county organized, they may petition the governor, setting forth that they have the requisite number of legal voters to form a county organization, and request him to organize said county as hereinafter provided.

Duty of governor. s. 2, c. 40, 1885.

§ 511. Whenever the voters of any unorganized county in this territory shall petition the governor, as provided in the preceding section, and the said governor shall be satisfied that such county has one hundred and fifty legal voters, it shall be the duty of the governor, and he is hereby authorized to call an election in said unorganized county, and fix one or more places in said county as the polling places therein, and shall fix the time for holding said election; and the governor shall thereupon issue a notice of election, which notice shall be substantially in the following form, to wit:

Notice is hereby given that on the... place (or places, as the case may be), election will be held for the following officers of the said county of...... ......, in the said territory of Dakota, in the organization of said county: (name the officers to be elected), and also for the temporary location of the county seat of said county, which election will be open at the hour of eight o'clock in the morning, and will continue open until five o'clock in the afternoop of the same day. Dated this.. Attest: day of............., 18...., at the following .. ...... in the county of.............., an day of.... 18....

Governor.

Secretary.

Election of officers. s. 3, c. 40, 1885.

§ 512. There shall be elected by the qualified electors of said unorganized county, all of the officers of said county as is or may be provided by law for organized counties, which officers shall hold their respective offices until the next general election thereafter, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

County seat selected, how. s. 4, c. 40, 1885.

§ 513. The electors at such election are hereby empowered to vote for and select a county seat of such county temporarily, by ballot, subject to be changed thereafter as provided by law; and each voter at such election may designate on his ballot the place of his choice for county seat; and the place having the highest number of votes polled shall be the temporary county seat.

Election precinets, how prescribed. s. 5, c. 40 1885.

§ 514. Whenever the governor shall have made out and completed said notice of election, he shall cause the same to be delivered to the clerk of the district court of the judicial sub- division to which said unorganized county is attached for