03-09-1926 Minutes of Village Election
MINUTES OF VILLAGE ELECTION
MARCH 9, 1926
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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 9 day of March 1926 M.K. Gliff and
W.H. Thorpe 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
President of Council
One Trustee for 3 years
One Clerk for 1 year
One Treasurer for 1 year
One Justice of the Peace 2 years
One Assessor 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 9, 1926 as proclaimed to the voters by the Clerk of Election.
Roland K. Wilson received 58 votes for President of Council
Fred Ayers received 1 votes for President of Council
Roland K. Wilson was declared elected President of Council
Elmer E. Scott received 58 votes for Trustee, term of 3 year
Bert Car received 1 votes for Trustee, term of 3 year
Elmer E. Scott was declared elected Trustee, term of 3 year
Thomas H. Daly received 58 votes for Treasurer
Geo E. Page received 1 votes for Treasurer
Thomas H. Daly was declared elected Treasurer
W.F. Chadbourne received 58 votes for Clerk
W.F. Chadbourne was declared elected Clerk
F.M. Plank received 52 votes for Assessor
F.M. Plank was declared elected Assessor
C.E. Booth received 55 votes for Justice of the Peace
received 1 votes for Justice of the Peace
C.E. Booth was declared elected Justice of the Peace
M.K. Gliff
W.H. Thorpe
Judges of Election
Attest
Marguerite Wheaton
Clerk of Election