Buffalo County, Nebraska - Chapter 53, 1916

County Judges

In the year 1913 the board of county supervisors, by court proceedings, attempted to remove County Judge F. M. Hollowell from office, appointing, as county judge, J. E. Morrison, who served from June, 1913, until F. M. Hollowell again resumed the office, serving to the end of the term for which he was elected. From the year 1870 when the office of county judge was established until the close of the year 1914, the number of marriage licenses issued totaled 6,048.

Clerks Of The District Court

In the year 1883 the office of "Clerk of the District Court" was created by act of the Legislature. Previous to that date the county clerk also served as clerk of the District Court.

Register Of Deeds Office Established In 1894

From the organization of the county in the year 1870 until the year 1883 the county board consisted of three members elected by the county at large, one from each commissioner district, of which district the commissioner must be a resident, and each commissioner elected for a term of three years. Vacancies in the board were filled by appointment until the next general election ; then by an election for the unexpired term. The year opposite a member's name indicates the year in which his service began; an asterisk (*) following a member's name indicates that he served less than one year. The records seem to disclose that no one of the members served more than one term (three years) in succession :

In the year 1883 Buffalo County adopted township organization to take effect November 21, 1883. Under the provisions of this law the ct^unty board consisted of a supervisor elected by and from each voting precinct, with power, when organized, to divide the county into townships and name the same. The county was divided into twenty-five townships, each electing township officers, including a supervisor, who served as a member of the county board, together with two supervisors elected from the City of Kearney. These supervisors were elected for a term of one year. In the twelve years under this law the records seem to disclose that 159 men were elected as supervisors and served as members of the county board, and of this number sixty-nine served one year only, forty-six for two years, twenty-one for three years, fourteen for four years, six for five years, one (L. S. Deets) for six years and one (H. H. Bowie) for eight years, each year thus served being one term.

In the following list of supervisors the names are arranged in alphabetical order, the figure following the name indicating the num1)er of years of service as supervisor :

County Board Of Supervisors 1 896 To I915

Under the provisions of the township organization law, as amended in the year 1895, the county was divided into seven supervisor districts, each such district electing a supervisor for a term of two years, the seven district supervisors constituting the county board.

The following is a list of such supervisors, serving as members of the county board, arranged in alphabetical order, the figure following the name indicating the number of terms (two years each) which each member served: