Section 6. That the county seat of said County of Asotin is hereby

temporarily located at Asotin, which in this connection shall mean the

Town of Asotin, or Asotin City, at which place it shall remain until

located permanently elsewhere in said county by a majority of qualified

electors thereof, and for which a vote shall be taken at the next

general election, viz.: on the Tuesday next following the first Monday

in November, A. D. 1884 and the officers of election shall receive said

vote and make return thereof to the commissioners, who shall canvass

the same and announce the result in like manner as the result of the

vote for county officers. _Provided_, that if there be not a majority

vote in favor of such location of county seat at any one place at such

election, the qualified electors of the county shall continue to vote

on that question at the next and each subsequent general election until

some place receives such majority, and the place securing a majority of

all the votes cast shall be declared the permanent county seat of said

Asotin County.

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