Bicentennial Story #34-Stark County commissioners

Bicentennial Story #34-Stark County commissioners

Description of the first Stark County commission meeting, May 30, 1883.

6/17/1975

3/15/1976

Fred Corkery
Jack Hjort

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BS-034

Stark County, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

On May 30, 1883, the commissioners for Stark County held their first meeting: They were H.L. Dickinson, James G. Campbell and James Collister. Pending a general election, they voted for the temporary location of the County Seat. Gladstone got one vote and Dickinson 2.
The board appointed the following county officials; N. C. Lawrence, register of deeds; William Cuskelly, sheriff; E. Lamoreux, treasurer; C.T. Klinefelter, assessor; Charles Burke, superintendent of schools; and John Nagle, justice of the peace. The license for selling liquor was set at $200 a year. The Commissioners met again on June 4, 1883 and declared the Dickinson Press the official newspaper for Stark County.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 34, prepared by Fred Corkery for the Stark County Historical Society.

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