03-11-1924 annual town meeting TBM
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
TOWN OF ELK RIVER
March 11, 1924
The Annual Town Meeting was held at the Courthouse. Meeting called to order by Clerk at 10 A.M.
Fred Sacks was chosen to preside as Moderator at the meeting, and dispensed the reading of the
reports of the Board of Audit and Clerk. Treas. report read and approved.
The following sums were voted to be raised by taxation, for the coming year:
For Revenue \[Fund\] $400.00
Road & Bridge \[Fund\] $2000.00
Poor Fund None.
Motion made, seconded, and carried, that we pay the Assessor $150.00 (One-Hundred & Fifty)
dollars for the year.
Business meeting was then adjourned, and polls declared open at 11:00 A.M.
At 4 o’clock P.M. the polls were declared closed and ballots were counted.
There were ninety ballots cast.
Chas. Hinz, receiving 90 votes, was declared elected Supervisor for 3 yrs.
R.R. Simpson, receiving 51 votes, was declared elected Town Clerk.
E.G. Palmer, receiving 90 votes, was declared elected Treas.
W.H. Meyers, receiving 85 votes, was declared elected Assessor.
J.E. Bloomdahl, receiving 88 votes, was declared elected Justice of the Peace.
Fayette H. Putnam, receiving 87 votes, was declared elected Constable.
A vote was taken on the County Agent proposition with 88 votes cast, 56 for and 32 against.
\[No note re: adjournment.\]
R.R. Simpson
Town Clerk