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Mississippi River and to the low water mark thereof; thence southeasterly along the boundary of said river and the low water mark to the south corporation line of said Village of Elk River, thence due east along said south corporation line to a point 150 feet west of the point where said corporation line intersects the west boundary line of the right of way of the Great Northern Railway; thence running northwesterly and parallel to the west boundary line of the fifth of way of the great Northern Railway to point of beginning, containing 203 acres, more or less, exclusive of existing highway. That thereupon the matter being put to the vote of the Village Council, the following Councilmen voted Aye: G.A. Bailey, Wm Patenaude, George Cornelius, and Wm H Greupner. Thereupon the said motion was declared by the President. Dated at Elk River, Minn. this first day of Aug 1938 Attest Wm H Greupner, Clerk Frank M Nickerson, Pres Lee Slabck came before the Council stating that there were a number of shut offs on the water works that were hard to locate and wanted to know if he should go ahead and find them. Mr. Slaback was told to located these shut offs and make a marking on them so they could be found. Roy Ellingson came before the Council stating that he was appointed by the Business Mens Association to see if the village was willing to appropriate some money towards a public address system. Mr. Ellingston was told to see other organizations in the Village and see what they would appropriate, then the Village would decide on the matter. A motion was made by Wm H Greupner seconded by Wm Patenaude to charge Joe Ledder $1.00 for a dancing permit for every dance he has. A motion was made by G.A. Bailey seconded by Wm Patenaude to grant the following Bldg permits. Harold Johnson, a garage, Ivan Briggs, a home, the Standards Oil Co an Oil Station. Motion carried. The annual report of the Library was read and accepted. The clerk instructed to place it on file. A motion was made by G.A. Bailey seconded by Geo Cornelius to appoint the following members on the Library board. Mrs. Chas Guptil, Mrs. Chas Babcock and Mrs. A.B. Roehlke. Motion carried. Chas Nelson, Village pumper, reported that the propeller shaft on the water pump was in bad shape and he thought a new one should be purchased. A motion was made by Geo Cornelius seconded by G.A. Bailey to order a new propeller shaft. It was brought up at this time that John Morrison, traffic cop, had done very good work for the two months he patrolled the Village Streets but it was decided the Village could get along without his services from now on. Wm Patenaude brought up the matter that there wasn’t any stop sign at the highway on the Street running to the swimming pool. The clerk was instructed to write Mr. Jorgens about this matter. E.R. Power and Lt Co – light and power 259.06 N.W. Bell Tele Co – tele rent 4.70 Mrs. Lloyd – cleaning 1.50 Robert Patenaude – painting 8.40