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<br />VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING <br />April 9, 1898 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Village Council met at courthouse at 3 P.M. <br /> <br />Present: H.C. Hastings, Pres.; F.P. Brown, C.T. Nickerson, Trustees; Chas. M. Babcock, Rec. <br /> <br />On motion the following resolution was adopted and accepted: <br /> <br />Whereas the Council of the Village of Elk River having received a Petition from the taxpayers of <br />said village asking that the said board put in operation a free ferry at or near the present ferry in said <br />village, and a subscription of some $50 Dollars having been raised by the businessmen of said village <br />and a subscription of some $200 Dollars having been tendered to the said Council, $100 Dollars to <br />be paid this season and $100 Dollars next season by residents of Otsego, all for the said free ferry; <br /> <br />Resolved: that we the Village Council of said Village do hereby appropriate a sum in addition to the <br />sums allready \[sic\] named, out of the License money now in the hands of the Treasurer of said <br />Village, to purchase the present ferry known at the Hare Ferry and put the same in operation as a <br />free ferry at the earliest date practicable. <br /> <br />th <br />{Dated at Elk River, Minn., Apr. 9, 1898} <br /> <br />On motion Mr. Brown was appointed to procure all necessary papers for transferring of property <br />from Mr. L.O. Hare to the Village of Elk River and agreement of Mr. L.O. Hare for running free <br />ferry. <br /> <br />th <br />On motion adj. to Monday, Apr. 11 at 8 o’clock. <br /> <br />Chas. Babcock, Rec. <br />