01-12-1897 VCM
VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING
January 12, 1897*
Common Council met at Chas. S. Wheaton’s law office at 5:00 o’clock P.M.
Present: Chas S. Wheaton, President; Fred Hildreth; Andrew Davis, Recorder.
The following bills were presented and on motion allowed:
Fred Hildreth, oil for street lamp, $4.20
J.H. Williams, Judge of Election, $2.00
Chas. S. Wheaton, Judge of Election and street work, $5.00
Luther Hare, free ferry, $3.65
Andrew Davis, Recorder’s salary, $35.00
W.L. Babcock & Sons, oil for street lamp, $4.20
M.A. Wheaton, oil for street lamp, $4.20
Tad Babcock, plowing snow off sidewalks, $1.50
Walter S. Booth & Son, blanks, $1.55
No further business appearing, on motion meeting adjourned.
Andrew Davis
Recorder
*original says “1896” but minutes are in 1897 sequence