On the 17th day of February, A. D. 1855, before the undersigned, chief justice of the Territory of Kansas, personally appeared Alexander S. Johnson, esq., who being duly sworn deposes and says: That the foregoing enumeration or census of the seventeenth district of said Territory is just and correct, to the best of his knowledge and belief; that he has not intentionally omittel or erroneously classified any inhabitants or qualified voters; that he has inserted the name of no person except those legally entitled to be inserted, and that he has made the said enumeration and classification of the said inhabitants, and the designation of qualified voters, truly and correctly, as directed in the foregoing precept, to the best of his judgment and ability. A. S. JOHNSON. Sworn and subscribed, February 17, 1855, before me, SAMUEL D. LECOMPTE. ELECTION OF MARCH 30, 1855. PROCLAMATION. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TERRITORY OF KANSAS. To the qualified voters of the Territory of Kansas: I, Andrew H. Reeder, governor of the said Territory, by virtue of the act of Congress passed the 30th day of May, 1854, entitled "an act to organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas," do by these presents proclaim, order, and direct that an election be held in the said Territory on Friday, the thirtieth day of March, A. D. 1855, for thirteen members of council and twenty-six members of the house of representatives, to constitute the legislative assembly of said Territory; and the qualified voters of the Territory are hereby requested to meet on said day, at the places of holding elections in their several districts and precincts, as hereinafter specified, to vote by ballot for the number of candidates hereinafter apportioned to the respective districts; and the said election shall be conducted in the manner hereinafter prescribed. List of Election Districts as heretofore erected. First District.-Commencing in the Kansas river, at the mouth of Cedar creek; thence up said river to the first tributary above the town of Lawrence; thence up said tributary to its source; thence by a direct line to the west side of F. Rolf's house; thence by a due south line to the Santa Fé road, and along the middle of said road to a point due south of the source of Cedar creek; thence due north to the source of said Cedar creek, and down the same to the place of beginning. Second District.-Commencing at the mouth of Big Spring branch, on the south bank of the Kansas river; thence up said branch to its furthest source; thence by a southerly line crossing the Wakarusa river, on the east side of the house of Charles Matney, to the middle of the Santa Fé road; thence along the middle of said road to the line of the first district; thence by the same, along the west side of the house of F. Rolf, to the head of the first tributary of the Kansas, above the town of Lawrence; and thence by the same tributary to the Kansas river, and up the south bank of said river to the mouth of Big Spring branch, the place of beginning. Third District.- Commencing at the mouth of Big Spring branch, on the south side of the Kansas river; thence up the same to its furthest source; thence by a southerly line to the north bank of the Wakarusa river, on the east side of the house of Charles Matney; thence up said river and its main branch to the line of the Pottawatomie reservation; and thence by the southern and western line of said reservation to the Kansas river, and down the said river to the place of beginning. Fourth District.-Commencing at the Missouri State line in the middle of the Santa Fé road; thence along the middle of said road to Rock creek, near the 65th mile of said road; thence south to the line of the late Shawnee reservation ceded by the treaty of 1854; thence due east along the south line of said reservation and the north lines. of the existing reservations of the Sacs and Foxes, the existing reservations of the Chippewas and Ottawas, and the late reservations of the Piankeshaws, Weas, Peorias, and Kaskaskias, to the Missouri State line; thence up the Missouri State line to the place of beginning. Fifth District.-Commencing at the Missouri State line at the southern boundary of the fourth district; thence east along the same to the northwest corner of the Sac and Fox reservation; thence due south along the western line thereof, and due south to the south branch of the Neosho river, about seventy miles above the Catholic Osage Mission; thence down said river to the north line of the reserve for New York Indians, and east along said line to the headwaters of Little Osage river, or the nearest point thereto; and thence down said river to the Missouri State line, and up said line to the place of beginning. Sixth District.-Commencing on the Missouri State line in Little Osage river; thence up the same to the line of the reserve for the New York Indians, or the nearest point thereto; thence to and by the north line of said reserve to the Neosho river, and up said river and the south branch thereof to the head; and thence by a due south line to the southern line of the Territory; thence by the southern and eastern lines of said Territory to the place of beginning. Seventh District.-Commencing at the east side of the house of Charles Matney, on the Wakarusa river; thence due south to the middle of the Santa Fé road; thence westwardly along the middle of said road to Rock creek, near the 65th mile of said road; thence due south to the north line of the Sac and Fox reservation; thence along the north and west lines thereof, and due south to the Neosho river; thence up said river to a point due south of the mouth of Elm creek; thence due north to the mouth of Elm creek, and up said creek to the Santa Fé road, and thence by a direct line in a northerly direction to the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie reservation; thence along the southern line of said reservation to the headwaters of the Wakaruşa river, or the point nearest thereto; thence to and down the said river to the place of beginning. Eighth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Elm creek, one of the branches of Osage river; thence up the same to the Santa Fé road; thence by a direct northerly line to the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie reservation; thence up the western line thereof to the Kansas river; thence up said river and the Smoky Hill Fork, beyond the most westerly settlements; thence due south to the line of the Territory; thence by the same to the line of the sixth district; thence due north to the head of the south branch of the Neosho river; thence down said river to the line of the seventh district; thence due north to the place of beginning. Ninth District.-Commencing on the Smoky Hill Fork, beyond the most westerly settlements; thence down the same and the Kansas river, to the mouth of Wild Cat creek; thence up said creek to the headwaters thereof; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road; thence up said road to the north line of the Territory; thence west along the same beyond the most westerly settlements; and thence. due south to the place of beginning. Tenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Vermillion river thence up the same, beyond the house of Josiah D. Adams; thence due west to the Independence emigrant road; thence up the middle of said road to the line of the ninth district; thence by the same to the head of Wild Cat creek, and down said creek to the Kansas river; thence down said river to the place of beginning. Eleventh District.-Commencing in the Vermillion river, opposite the north side of the house of Josiah D. Adams; thence up said river to the head of the main branch; thence due north to the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence along the middle of said road to the crossing of the Vermillion branch of the Blue; thence due north to the northern line of the Territory; thence west along said line to the Independence emigrant road; thence down said road to a point due west of the north end of the house of Josiah D. Adams, and due east to the place of beginning. Twelfth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Soldier creek, in the Kansas river; thence up said creek to the head of the main branch; thence due north to the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence along the middle of said road to the line of the eleventh district; thence due south to the head of Vermillion river, down Vermillion river to the mouth, and down Kansas river to the place of beginning. Thirteenth District.-Commencing in the Kansas river, at a point three miles above the mouth of Stranger creek; thence in a northwardly direction by a line corresponding to, and three miles west of, the several courses of said creek, to the line of the late Kickapoo reservation; thence by the southern and western lines of said reservation to the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence along the middle of said road to the line of the twelfth district; thence due south to the head of Soldier creek, down Soldier creek to the mouth, and down Kansas river to the place of beginning. Fourteenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Independence creek; thence up said creek to the head of the main branch, and thence due west to the line of the late Kickapoo reservation; thence north along said line and the line of the late Sac and Fox reservation, to the north line of the Territory; thence along said line eastwardly to the Missouri river, and down said river to the place of beginning. Fifteenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Salt creek, on the Missouri river; thence up said creek to the military road, and along the middle of said road to the lower crossing of Stranger creek; thence up said creek to the line of the late Kickapoo reservation, and thence along the southern and western line thereof to the line of the fourteenth district; thence by the same, and down Independence creek, to the mouth thereof, and thence down the Missouri river to the place of beginning. Sixteenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Salt creek; thence up said creek to the military road; thence along the middle of said road to the lower crossing of Stranger creek; thence up said creek to the line of the late Kickapoo reservation, and thence along the same KANSAS AFFAIRS. to the line of the thirteenth district, and thence by the same along a line corresponding to the courses of Stranger creek, and keeping three miles west thereof, to the Kansas river; thence down the Kansas river to the Missouri, and up the Missouri river to the place of beginning. Seventeenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of the Kansas river, thence up the south bank thereof to the mouth of Cedar creek; thence up Cedar creek to its source, and thence due south to the Santa Fé road, along the middle of said road to the Missouri State line, and along said line to the place of beginning. Eighteenth District.-Commencing in the military road at the crossing of the Vermillion branch of Blue river; thence due north to the line of the Territory; thence east along said line to the line of the fourteenth district; thence due south along said line to the aforesaid military road, and along the middle of said road to the place of beginning. Precincts, places for polls, and judges of election. First District.-The election will be held at the house of W. H. R. Lykins, in the town of Lawrence. Judges.-Hugh Cameron, James B. Abbot, N. B. Blanton. Second District.-House of Harrison Burson, on Wakarusa river. Judges.-Harrison Burson, Paris Ellison, Nath. S. Ramsey. Third District.-House of Thos. N. Stinson, in the town of Tecumseh. Judges. Rev. L. D. Stateler, Rev. H. B. Burgess, Rev. H. N. Watts. Fourth District.-House of Dr. I. Chapman. Judges.-Perry Fuller, David Pultz, E. W. Moore. Fifth District. This district is divided into four voting precincts as follows, viz: Bull Creek Precinct.-Commencing in the Osage (or Marais des Cygnes) river, opposite the termination of the dividing ridge between Pottawatomie and Middle creek; thence by an easterly line, running north of all the settlements on the waters of North Sugar creek to the Missouri State line; thence up said line to the line between the fourth and fifth districts; thence east along said line to the line between. the Peoria and Ottawa reservations; thence south along the same to the Osage river, and down said river to the place of beginning. The election will be held at the house of Baptiste Peoria. Judges.-John J. Parks, J. J. Clark, Stephen White. Pottawatomie Creek Precinct.-Commencing in the Osage river on the line of the Peoria and Ottawa reserves; thence down said river to a point opposite the termination of the dividing ridge between Pottawatomie creek and Middle creek; thence along said dividing ridge beyond the head waters of said creeks, and thence by a line due southwest to the line of the sixth district; thence by the lines of the sixth, seventh, and fourth districts, to the line of the Peoria and Ottawa reservations, and down the same to the place of beginning. Election at the house of Henry Sherman, on Pottawatomie creek. |