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Ward County, North Dakota – Local Government Records

Auditor

1 Admission to Institute for the Feeble Minded at Grafton, 1907-1969, .4ft. [40841] RESTRICTED
2 Annual Statement of the Township Treasurer, 1904-1967, 6ft. [40437]
3 Application for Tree Bounty, 1908-1924, .7ft. [40449]
4 Auditor and Treasurer's Report to the State Examiner, 1894-1922, .01ft. [40452]
5 Certificates of Indigence for Admission to Tuberculosis Sanitarium, 1921-1957, .6ft. [40796] RESTRICTED
6 Coroner’s Report, 1888-1927, 1ft. [40442]
7 Estray Notices, 1901-1925, .3ft. [40850]
8 Herd Law Petitions, 1906-1927, .1ft. [40451]
9 Incorporation of Counties, Townships, Villages, 1887-1922, 2ft./oversize [40443]
10 Justice of the Peace Quarterly Reports, 1917-1943, 5ft. [40441]
11 Liquor Permits, 1907-1951, .5ft. [40462]
12 List of Persons Liable to Perform Military Duty, 1901-1924, 1ft. [40440]
13 List of Township and Village Officers, 1902-1960, 2ft. [41098]
14 Monthly Report of Superintendent of County Poor Farm, 1911-1933, .3ft. [40844] RESTRICTED
15 Mother’s Pension, 1915-1933, 1ft. [41099]
16 Official Oaths – Township, Villages, 1893-1939, 3ft. [40852]
17 Poll and Tally List - Townships, 1903-1940, .2ft. [40450]
18 Poor Farm Ledger, 1920s, 1v.
19 Poor Farm Monthly Report, 1915-1941, 3ft.
20 Real and Personal Property Assessment Records, 1886-1990, 18ft./122r. (#14023-14028, 14032-14037, 14040-14045, 14048-14061, 14202-14206, 14208, 14233-14238, 14246-14251, 14253-14257, 14341-14344, 14348, 14379-14386, 14602-14611, 14616-14621, 14672-14673, 14676-14689, 14691-14692, 14721-14740) [40810]
21 Records, 1887-1950, 2ft. [40592]
22 Register of Birth, Death, Diseases, 1903-1943, 6ft. [40846] RESTRICTED
23 Report of Relief, 1913-1915, .3ft. [40847] RESTRICTED
24 Reports of Examination, 1945-1979, 1ft.
25 School Petitions, 1894-1928, .4ft. [40448]
26 School Treasurer’s Oath and Bond, 1889-1922, .6ft. [40447]
27 Seed Grain Contracts, 1909-1916, 1ft. [40446]
28 Seed Grain Contracts Ledger, 1918-1920, .25ft. [40840]
29 Wolf Bounty, 1903-1913, .25ft./1v. [40845]

Clerk of Court

1 Burial Permits, 1965-1991, 6.5ft. [40848]
2 Civil Case Files, 1887-1964, 108ft. [40436]
3 Criminal Case Files, 1887-1965, 21.5ft. [40438]
4 Heirship Record, 1902-1912, 1v. [40627]
5 Justice Dockets - Civil and Criminal, 1889-1916, 2v. [41622]
6 Marriage Records and Index, 1890-1919 (vol. 11, 1911-1913 missing),15v./ 7r. (#15697-15703) [40626]
7 Minute Book, 1888-1919, 3v. [40628]
8 Mother's Pension Record, 1915-1925, 2v. [40445]
9 Naturalization, 1880-1955, 13r (#12208-12219, 13307) [40751]
10 Probate Case Files, 1888-1977, 156 ft. [40439]

Municipalities

City of Minot

1 Commissioners Proceedings, 1887-2001, 14r. #16367-16370, 16375-16384 [41444]
2 Surveyor/Engineer Correspondence, 1910-1923, .5ft. [40444]

City of Surrey

1 Minutes of the City Commission, 1951-2008, 3.75ft. [41759]
2 Board Minutes, 1978-2007, .45 ft. [41760]
3 Ordinances, 1951-2008, .75ft. [41761 ]
4 City Audits, 1966-2011, .8ft. [41762 ]
5 Planning Division, Records. 1964-2004, .75 ft. [41763 ]
6 Treasurer Account Book, 1959-1967, 1v. [41764]

School Districts

North Prairie School District #50

1 Records, 1902-1958, 1ft. [40775]

Townships

Baden Township [40778]

Township Record Book  1903-1907
Township Record Book  1907-1910
Township Record Book  1911-1915
Township Record Book  1915-1920
Township Record Book  1920-1925
Township Record Book  1925-1929
Township Record Book  1930-1937
Township Record Book  1938-1944
Township Record Book  1944-1951
Township Record Book  1951-1956
Township Record Book  1956-1964
Township Record Book  1964-1972

Carpio Township
Dates: 1904-1983
Record Series: 41117
Quantity: .5ft./17v.

Box 1:
1 Annual Report of the Board of Audit    1927-1944
2 Annual Account of the Board of Supervisors    1927-1939
3 Annual Statement of the Treasurer 1927-1985
4 Fire Department Agreement   1956
5 Minutes of the Board Audit 1926-1944
6 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Annual Township Meeting 1927-1944
7 Official Oaths  1929-1944
8 Poll & Tally List Used at the Township Meeting  1929-1961
9 Quit Claim Deeds 1929-1961
10 Requests for Absentee Ballots from Military Personnel 1944
11 Road Grading Contracts 1923-1929
12 Road Petitions 1904-1935
13 Supervisor's Report on Guide Posts   1929-1938
14 Surveyor's Report 1908
15 Vital Statistic Correspondence 1912-1941
16 Vote to Dispose of Carpio Township Hall 1971

Road Record      1904-1934
Township Record Book  1904-1909
Township Record Book  1909-1914
Township Record Book  1914-1919
Township Record Book  1920-1923
Township Record Book  1923-1928
Township Record Book  1928-1933
Township Record Book  1933-1938
Township Record Book  1934
Township Record Book  1938-1943
Township Record Book  1943-1949
Township Record Book  1949-1953
Township Record Book  1953-1958
Township Record Book  1958-1963
Township Record Book  1964-1968
Township Record Book  1969-1973
Township Record Book  1973-1978
Township Record Book  1978-1983

Elmdale Township [40955]

Duplicate Tax List 1906, 1907
Road Record 1903-1916
Township Record Book  1903-1913
Township Record Book  1924-1944
Township Record Book  1913-1924
Township Record Book  1945-1951
Township Record Book  1951-1957
Township Record Book  1957-1963
Township Record Book  1963-1968
Township Record Book  1968-1982

Box 1:
1 Annual Report of Board of Audit 1925-1976
2 Annual Statement of Treasurer 1941-1980
3 Correspondence 1908-1962
4 Easement 1940
5 Erection of Town Hall and Jail in Niobe 1913-1918
6 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Annual Township Meeting 1976
7 Official Oaths 1936-1950
8 Poll & Tally List Used at the Township Meeting 1925-1984
9 Quit Claim and Warranty Deeds 1913-1935
10 Report of Poor Relief 1931-1932
11 Road Division between Elmdale and Bowbells Townships 1906
12 Road Overseer's Land Tax Pass Book n.d.
13 Road Petitions 1909-1918
14 Ward Co. Superintendent of Highways, Annual Report 1943
15 Telephone Line Right of Way 1941

Passport Township

1 Township Record Books, 1904-1960, 4v. [41484]

Rushville Township
Dates: 1910-1972
Record Series: 40677
Quantity: .25ft./6v.

Box 1:
Easement 1952
Northwestern Bell 1969-1971
Official Oaths 1953-1970
Otter Tail Power Co. 1970
Plat of Roads in Rushville Township n.d.
Poll & Tally List Used at the Township Meeting 1965-1971
Quit Claim Deed 1956
Right of Way Map 1957
Ward County Township Officers Association Constitution n.d.

Justice Docket – Civil & Criminal 1910-1924
Township Record Book 1910-1927
Township Record Book 1927-1937
Township Record Book 1937-1946
Township Record Book 1946-1952
Township Record Book 1953-1964

Torning Township
Dates: 1932-1974
Record Series: 40453
Quantity: 3ff/3v.

Annual Statement of the Treasurer 1953-1956
Official Oaths 1954-1974
Poll & Tally List Kept at the Township Meeting 1951-1954

Township Record Book 1932-1943
Township Record Book 1943-1952
Township Record Book 1953-1961

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