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South Grove Records 1850-1982

Page 167 | April 3, 1894

Annual Town Meeting

DeKalb County}

Town of South Grove}

State of Illinois}

At the annual town Meeting held in the Mason House in said town on the 3rd day of April 1894 James Byers was duly chosen Moderator of said meeting

Motion At 2:30 O’clock the Miscellaneous business was taken up

Motion To raise Two Hundred dollars Town Tax carried

To Hold next Town Meeting in Quinn’s Hall in the village of Clare carried

The following is a Statement of the result of a canvass of the votes cast

For Supervisor

James Byers Rec’d Eighty nine 89 Votes

Geo A Gillis  Sixty six 66 

For Town Clerk

J T Byers Rec’d Ninety five 95 

J E Adee  Sixty two 62 

For Assessor

S H Worden Rec’d Eighty three 83 

E L Becker  Seventy four 74 

For Collector

Joseph Masterson Rec’d Ninety three 93 

Leon M Rand  Sixty four 64 

For Commissioners of Highways

M Sullivan Rec’d for 3 year Ninety two 92 

John Blake  for 3 year Sixty five 65 

Chas P Benson Rec’d for 2 year One Hundred fifty three 153 

For Trustee of Schools

John Blake Rec’d Eighty one 81 

John McKenzie  Seventy three 73 

For proposed appropriation of $500.00 for the purpose of building a Town Hall and purchasing a site at or near the North East corner of Hugh McQueen’s farm Ninety one 91 Votes

For proposed appropriation of $400.00 for the purpose of building a Town Hall at Esmond Sixty two 62 Votes

April 3rd 1894

J. T. Byers Town Clerk