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VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING June 21, 1904 A special meeting of the Village Council was held this day at 8 o’clock P.M. at Drug Store in said Village, all the members of said Council being present as follows: Present: A.H. Nickerson, Pres.; J. DeBooy, H.B. Nickerson and J.H. Romdeune, Trustees; W.F. Chadbourne, Village Recorder. The question of the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River within the Village limits was taken up, and its necessity, importance and benefits to the Village was \[sic\] considered. Trustee DeBooy, one of the members of the Village Council, offered the following resolutions and moved their adoption, which motion was duly seconded by H.B. Nickerson, one of the members of said Council: It is hereby resolved and determined by this Village Council of the Village of Elk River in the County of Sherburne, and State of Minnesota, to aid in the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at said Village, a lawful public improvement therein and within two miles of the limits of said Village, to the extent and amount of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500) dollars, and to raise the said sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500) dollars for that purpose. Resolved further, that a special election of the electors of said Village of Elk River be and hereby is th called to be held at Grand Army Hall in said Village on the 12 day of July 1904 from ten o’clock in the forenoon to four o’clock in the afternoon of said day, for the purpose of voting upon and determining the following proposition, viz.: “Shall the Village of Elk River aid in the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River in said Village, a lawful public improvement therein, and within two miles of the limits thereof, and for such purpose issue and negotiate its bonds in said amount of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500) dollars?” Resolved further, that the Village Recorder be and hereby is directed to give notice of said special election in the manner required by law. The roll being called upon the passage of said resolutions, the following vote was had, viz.: Ayes: H.B. Nickerson, J. DeBooy, J.H. Romdeune, W.F. Chadbourne. Nays: None. Whereupon said resolutions were declared duly passed. L.G. Davis and N.D. Trumbull were duly appointed Judges of Special Election to be held July 12, 1904.