township 31, midway between the northeast corner and the northwest corner of said township 31, which line will be the west line of sections 15, 10 and 3 of said township 31, when the same are surveyed; thence to the center point on the south line of township 32, north range 42, east of Willamette meridian; thence north on the north and south center line of said township 32, which line will be the west line of sections 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 of said township 32 when the same shall be surveyed, to the north line of said township 32; thence to the center point on the south line of township 33, north, range 42 east of Willamette meridian; thence north, on the north and south center line of township 33, north of range 42, east of Willamette meridian, which line will be the west line of sections 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 of said township 33, when the same shall be surveyed, to the north line of said township 33; thence to the center point on the south line of township 34 north range 42 east of Willamette meridian; thence north on the north and south center line of said township 34, which line will be the west line of sections 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 of said township 34 when the same shall be surveyed, to the north line of said township; thence to the center point on the south line of township 35 north, range 42 east of Willamette meridian; thence north, on the north and south center line of township 35 north, range 42 east Willamette meridian, which line will be the west line of sections 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 of said township 35 when the same shall be surveyed to the north line of said township 35; thence to the southwest corner of section 34 in township 36 north, range 42 east of Willamette meridian; thence north, along the west line of sections 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 to the northwest corner of section 3 of said township 36; thence west along the south line of township 37 north, range 42, and township 37 north, range 41, east of the Willamette meridian, to the center point on the south line of said township 37 north, range 41 east of the Willamette meridian, which point will be the southwest corner of section 34 in said township 37 north, range 41 east of the

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Willamette meridian, when the same shall be surveyed; thence north along the north and south center line of said township 37 north, range 41 east of the Willamette meridian, which line will be the west line of sections 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 of said township when the same shall be surveyed, to the north line of said township 37; thence east, along the south line of township 38 north, range 41 east of the Willamette meridian, to the southeast corner of said township 38 north, range 41 east of the Willamette meridian; thence to the southwest corner of section 31 in township 38 north, range 42 east of Willamette meridian; thence north, along the west line of said township 38, to the northwest corner of said township 38; thence east along the north line of said township 38, to the center point on the south line of township 39, north range 42 east of Willamette meridian, which point will be the southwest corner of section 34 of said township 39 when the same shall be surveyed; thence north along the north and south center line of said township 39, which line will be the west line of sections 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 of said township 39, when the same shall be surveyed, to the north line of said township 39; thence east along the south line of township 40, north, range 42, east of Willamette meridian to the southeast corner of said township 40; thence north, along the east line of said township 40, to the international boundary line; thence east along said international boundary line, to the intersection of the state line between the states of Washington and Idaho with said international boundary line; thence south along said state line, to the southeast corner of section 31, township 30 north, range 46 east of Willamette meridian, being a point on the boundary line between the counties of Stevens and Spokane in said State of Washington; thence west along said boundary line between said counties of Stevens and Spokane, to said southeast corner of section 36, township 30 north, range 42 east of Willamette meridian, the place of beginning, is hereby detached from Stevens county and created into a new county, to be known and designated as Pend Oreille county,

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by which name it shall have corporate succession and possess corporate powers, and be subject to the corporate liabilities conferred by law upon counties of the State of Washington. SEC. 2. Pend Oreille county shall be liable for and shall pay to Stevens county its proportion of the indebtedness of Stevens county, existing at the time of the adoption of this act, and be entitled to its proportion of or allowance for its proportion of the value of the property owned by Stevens county at that time. Upon the organization of Pend Oreille county and the appointment and induction into office of its auditor, such auditor shall give notice to the auditor of Stevens county that at some certain date not less than ten (10) days after the giving of such notice, he will meet with the auditor of Stevens county at the county seat of Stevens county, to settle the accounts between the two counties. In the accounting between the auditors, Pend Oreille county shall be held liable for a proportion of the indebtedness of Stevens county, based upon the proportion which the assessed valuation of the property lying within Pend Oreille county bears to the assessed valuation Proportion of the property lying within the whole of Stevens county valuation. prior to the creation of Pend Oreille county, as determined by the assessment rolls for the year 1910: Provided, however, That neither county shall be charged with any part of any debt or liability incurred in the purchase of any county property or in the purchase or construction of any county buildings or in the construction of roads or bridges which shall be and remain after the division is made, within the limits of the other county.

In the event of disagreement between the auditors of the two counties, or in the event of the failure or refusal of either of the auditors to act, an action may be brought by either county in the superior court of the State of Washington for Spokane county to determine the account; such action to be governed by the rules of law affecting other civil actions.

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SEC. 3. The taxes. levied before the creation of Pend Oreille county shall be collected by the officers of Stevens county, but Pend Oreille county shall be entitled to receive and Stevens county will pay to Pend Oreille county, the amount of real property taxes theretofore imposed and not collected upon the real property falling within the boundaries of Pend Oreille county. Stevens county shall have and retain all the personal property taxes on the tax rolls, without regard to which county such property may be in after division, as compensation for the cost of collection of all the taxes.

SEC. 4. The location of the county seat of Pend Oreille county shall be determined by the electors of such county at the general election of 1912. Any city or town within Pend Oreille may become a contestant for the county seat of such county, that shall have filed or caused to be filed with the county auditor of such county, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the time when he is required by law to have prepared the ballots for the general election, a petition, signed by not less than one hundred (100) electors of said county, praying that the name of such town or city be placed upon the ballot and voted for as the location for the county seat, at such election. The county auditor, in preparing the ballots, shall place thereon, under some appropriate head, in alphabetical order, the names of the cities or town[s] that shall have filed such petitions, with a square opposite each name, in which the electors shall indicate by a cross made therein, their choice for the county seat, and the city or town receiving a majority of the votes cast at such election, shall be and remain the county seat of Pend Oreille county, until removed, as provided by law. Until the location of the county seat is determined, as herein provided, the seat of county government shall be at Newport, from which place the business of the county shall be carried on until the location of the county seat.

SEC. 5. Until otherwise classified said county of Pend Oreille is hereby designated as belonging to the nineteenth class.

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SEC. 6. The governor shall immediately upon the taking effect of this act, appoint three residents of the proposed county of Pend Oreille, who shall be and constitute the first board of county commissioners of the said county Governor of Pend Oreille and they shall hold office until the second missioners. Monday in January, 1913, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and shall meet at the county seat of said Pend Oreille county within ten days after this act shall take effect, and shall qualify as such county commissioners by filing their oath of office with the judge of the superior court, who shall approve their bonds in the manner provided by law.

SEC. 7. Such commissioners shall divide their county into precincts, townships, and districts, as provided by the laws then existing, making only such changes as are ren- Commis dered necessary by the altered condition of the boundaries duties. occasioned by the segregation from the original county.

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SEC. 8. In all townships, precincts, school and road districts which retain their own boundaries the present officers thereof shall retain their respective offices in and for such new county until their respective term of office shall Present expire, or until their successors are elected and qualified, retained. and shall give bonds to Pend Oreille county in the same amount and in the same manner as had previously been given to the original county.

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SEC. 9. Except as provided in the preceding section such commissioners shall be authorized and required to appoint all of the county officers of the county organized Appoint under the provisions of this act and of which they are officers. commissioners, and the officers so appointed shall commence to hold their office immediately upon their appointment and qualification according to law, and shall hold their offices until the second Monday in January, 1913, or until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 10. Until otherwise provided by law, said county shall be and is hereby attached to the district composed of Judicial Stevens county for judicial purposes.

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