03-13-1923 Minutes of Village ElectionMINUTES OF VILLAGE ELECTION
MARCH 13, 1923
a) The lines following the letter (a) in this blank are left to write in the fact, that “the electors
present atthe 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” (ifsuch was the case).
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
thaftergivingduenoticethereofasprovidedbylaw, on the 13 day ofMarch 1923 C.E. Brown, F.M.
Plank, and H.H. Thorpe and Maude Stevens two three 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 toact as Judges and Clerk respectively of such Election (a) ___ who, being present, at the
hour of 9o’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 atsuch Election, as stated in the Notice thereof, were:
To elect
A President of Village Council
One Trustee for 2 years tofill vacancy
One Trustee for 3 years tofill vacancy
One Clerk
One Treas
One Justice of the Peace
At 5o’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 14, 1923 as proclaimed to the voters by the Clerk of Election. M.K. Iliff received 120 votes for President of CouncilW.H. Clements received 94 votes for President of CouncilM.K. Iliff was declared elected President of CouncilGeorge Cornelius received 189 votes for Trustee, term of 2 year Ben Fournier received 114 votes for Trustee, term of 3. year E.L. Clark received 59 votes for Trustee, term of 3. yearGeorge Cornelius was declared elected Trustee, term of 2 year Ben Fournier was declared elected Trustee, term of 3. year Earl Darrow received 191 votes for Treasurer Earl Darrow was declared elected Treasurer W.F. Chadbourne received 176 votes for Clerk Roy Ellingson received .5. votes for Clerk W.F. Chadbourne was declared elected Clerk received votes for Assessor received votes for Assessor was declared elected Assessor Henry C. Hastings received 180 votes for Justice of the Peace Henry C. Hastings was declared elected Justice of the Peace