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The Judges and Clerk having returned their report to the Village Clerk, together with ballots cast at st the special election held Jan 31, 1941, the Village Clerk laid such report, together with the ballots before the Council and the Council proceeded to examine the returns of said special election. Upon completion of such examination G.A. Bailey introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: Resolution A Resolution canvassing the returns of the Special Election held Jan 31, 1941. Whereas, a special st election was duly held in said Village on the 31 day of Jan, 1941 at which election there was submitted to the electors of said Village the following question: “Shall the Village of Elk River, Sherburne County, Minn. Construct a sanitary sewer systems, including a treatment plant, and avail itself of the W.P.A. Grant to aid in said improvements at a cost of approximately $50,000, said cost to be paid in part by assessments levied against real property abutting on and served by the proposed sewer system and in part by charges to be made for the use of such sewer system by those connected therewith?” and Whereas, the judges and clerk heretofore duly appointed by this Council did duty county the votes cast proclaim the results and record the same in a book provided for that purpose, and did return said book and the ballot cast to the Village Clerk, which showed the result of said special election to be as follows: Votes cast in favor of sewer system 163 Votes cast again the sewer system 43 Spoiled or blank ballots – And Whereas the clerk has transmitted the record books of said election and the ballots cast to this Council which has met as a Canvassing Board and canvassed the returns. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Village Council of the Village of Elk River, Sherburne County, Minn that this Council does hereby declare the results appearing from said returns to be as follows: The Village Council studied the surveys and plans submitted to them by Toltz, King and Day, consulting engineers for their guidance in determining the form and extent of sewer districts and thereupon trustee G.A. Bailey introduced the following ordinance which was read in full and found to be in words and figures as follows: Ordinance No 40 An Ordinance Creating Sewer District Number One. The Village Council of the Village of Elk River, Minnesota, Do Ordain as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby created in and for said Village a sewer district to be hereafter known and numbered as Sewer District Number One.” Section 2. That said Sewer district Number One shall include all the lots, pieces and parcels of land in said Village except that portion of the Village lying south of the Elk River, all as shown by the inspection, surveys, plans and profiles prepared by Toltz, King and Day, Inc. Village Engineers.