03-11-1924 Minutes of Village Election
MINUTES OF VILLAGE ELECTION
MARCH 11, 1924
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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 11 day of March 1924 W.H. Thorpe and
G.A. Pepin 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) ___ 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
A President of Village Council
One Trustee for 3 years
One Clerk for 1 year
One Treas for 1 year
One Assessor for 2 years
One Justice of the Peace for 2 years
At 5 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 March 11, 1924 as proclaimed to the voters by the Clerk of Election.
C.E. Brown received 116 votes for President of Council
Roland K. Wilson received 170 votes for President of Council
Roland K. Wilson was declared elected President of Council
Lee L. Bishop received 246 votes for Trustee, term of 3 year
Lee L. Bishop was declared elected Trustee, term of 3 year
T.H. Daly received 241 votes for Treasurer
T.H. Daly was declared elected Treasurer
W.F. Chadbourne received 235 votes for Clerk
W.F. Chadbourne was declared elected Clerk
F.M. Plank received 216 votes for Assessor
F.M. Plank was declared elected Assessor
C.E. Booth received 229 votes for Justice of the Peace
C.E. Booth was declared elected Justice of the Peace
164 ballots were cast for
100 ballots were cast for
W.H. Thorpe
G.A. Pepin
Judges of Election
Attest Sarah Thorpe Clerk of Election