03-10-1908 annual town meeting TBM

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING TOWN OF ELK RIVER March 10, 1908 Minutes of the Proceedings of The Annual Town Meeting at the Annual Town Meeting held in the Town of Elk River in the County of Sherburne and State of Minnesota at the Phoenix Hall in the Village of Elk River on the 10th day of March A.D. 1908. And was called to order by C.E. Brown, Chairman of the Town Board. And Al Tourttillotte was then chosen to preside as Moderator of the Meeting. The Moderator at the opening of the meeting stated the business to be transacted and the order of same as follows: To elect one Supervisor for the term of three (3) years, to fill the place of W.A. Frye, whose term expires, one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Assessor, 2 Justice of the Peace, 2 Constable, and to do any other business proper to be done at said meeting. st That said business would be entertained in the following order: 1, the election by ballot of Town nd Officers; 2, at 2 o’clock P.M., the Town Clerk read publicly the report of the Board of Auditors including a Statement of the fiscal concerned \[sic\] of the Town, and an estimate of the sums necessary for the currant \[sic\] year. On motion it was ordered that the following sums of money be raised by taxable property in said Town for the following purposes for the currant year. On motion it was ordered that the following sums of money be raised by taxable property in said Town for the following purposes for the current year: For Revenue Fund One Hundred $100.00 For Road and Bridge Fund Ten Hundred $1,000.00 For Cemetery Fund $25.00* It was then on motion resolved that the compensation of Town Officers elected at this meeting shall be Two Dollars per day. At 5 o’clock the polls were closed, proclamation thereof being made by the Moderator. The Judges then proceeded to publicly canvass the votes, and the persons having the greatest number of votes for the respective offices voted for were \[word missing? sentence ends here\]. The following is a statement of the result of the canvass of votes for the election of Officers and for the various propositions submitted at the Annual Town Meeting in the Town of Elk River, County th of Sherburne and State of Minnesota, March 10, 1908, as publicly canvassed by the Judges at said Meeting.