03-08-1922 Minutes of Village Election
MINUTES OF VILLAGE ELECTION
MARCH 8, 1922
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(a) The lines following the letter (a) in this blank are left to write in the fact, that “the electors
present at the time and place named for opening the polls, elected the Judges and Clerk viva voce,
because the Council had neglected to make such appointment,” or “because the persons so
appointed, or one or more of them, neglected or refused to serve” (if such was the case).
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At the Annual Village Election of the Village of Elk River in the County of Sherburne and State of
Minnesota held at IOOF Hall being the place where it was directed to be held by the Village Council
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after giving due notice thereof as provided by law, on the 8 day of March 1922 two qualified voters
of said Village, to act as Judges of such Election, and one qualified voter of said Village to act as
Clerk of such Election, each of whom had within twenty days before such time been designated and
appointed by the Village Council to act as Judges and Clerk respectively of such Election (a) C.E.
Plank, Clerk who, being present, at the hour of 9 o’clock A.M. each of them duly took and
subscribed an oath to faithfully discharge the duties required of them at such Election, and the said
Judges and Clerk being duly qualified, forthwith opened the polls by proclamation, and the Election
proceeded by ballot without adjournment or intermission until closed.
The subjects voted on at such Election, as stated in the Notice thereof, were:
To elect
JH Virgin President of Council
Trustee for term of 3 years
Trustee for term of 2 years
Trustee for term of 1 year
Village Clerk for term of 1 year
Treasurer for term of 1 year
Assessor for term of 1 year
Assessor for term of 1 year
At __ o’clock in the afternoon of said day the polls were closed, proclamation thereof having been
made by one of the Judges thirty minutes previous hereto. The Judges then proceeded to publicly
count and canvass the votes, and a true statement thereof was proclaimed to the voters by the Clerk
of the Election.
STATEMENT OF RESULT OF CANVASS
The following is a true statement of the result of the counting and canvass of votes by ballot at the
Annual Village Election of the Village of Elk River County of Sherburne and State of Minnesota,
held IOOT Hall 1921 as proclaimed to the voters by the Clerk of Election.
John H. Virgin received 144 votes for President of Council
received 80 votes for President of Council
John H. Virgin was declared elected President of Council
Chas Selhauer received 151 votes for Trustee, term of 3 year
John Hamlett received 79 votes for Trustee, term of 3 year
D.W. Longfellow received __ votes for Trustee, term of _ year
Bert Car received __ votes for Trustee, term of _ year
Chas Selhauer was declared elected Trustee, term of 3 year
D.W. Longfellow was declared elected Trustee, term of 2 year
Bert Car was declared elected Trustee, term of 1 year
L.K. Houlton received all votes for Treasurer
L.K. Houlton was declared elected Treasurer
M.P. Williams received 150 votes for Clerk
W.F. Chadbourne received 87 votes for Clerk
M.P. Williams was declared elected Clerk
T.H. Ebner received 157 votes for Assessor
W.H. Meyer received 73 votes for Assessor
T.H. Ebner was declared elected Assessor
Robert Hastings received all votes for Justice of the Peace
R Roggatz did not qualify received all votes for Justice of the Peace
Robert Hastings was declared elected Justice of the Peace