03-13-1928 Minutes of Village Election
MINUTES OF VILLAGE ELECTION
MARCH 13, 1928
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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 13 day of March 1928 Emma Booth and
E.E. Scott 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 Assessor for 2 years
One Justice of the Peace 2 years
To Vote on Band Tax
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 13, 1928 as proclaimed to the voters by the Clerk of Election.
Thomas E. Beck received 202 votes for President of Council
Roland K Wilson received 5 votes for President of Council
Thomas E. Beck was declared elected President of Council
George Cornelius received 146 votes for Trustee, term of 3 year
Joseph Ludvik received 78 votes for Trustee, term of 3 year
George Cornelius was declared elected Trustee, term of 3 year
T.H. Daly received 203 votes for Treasurer
T.H. Daly was declared elected Treasurer
W.F. Chadbourne received 132 votes for Clerk
John N Frieburgh received 99 votes for Clerk
W.F. Chadbourne was declared elected Clerk
F.M. Plank received 191 votes for Assessor
F.M. Plank was declared elected Assessor
C.E. Booth received 181 votes for Justice of the Peace
C.E. Booth was declared elected Justice of the Peace
123 ballots were cast for Band Tax
94 ballots were cast for against band tax
Emma Booth
E.E. Scott
Judges of Election
Attest
Eva Foley
Clerk of Election