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Annual Town Meeting
State of Illinois}
County of DeKalb}
Town of South Grove}
At an annual Town Meeting held in the town Hall in said town of South Grove on the 6th day of April 1897, James Byers being chosen Moderator.
Motion to raise One Hundred dollars town tax. Carried
The following is a Statement of the result of a canvass of the ballots cast:
For Town Clerk
J T Byers Rec’d Fifty one votes
Mark Kennedy Eighty two
For Assessor
E L Becker Rec’d Eighty seven
For Collector
L W Rand Rec’d Eighty six
For Commissioner of Highways
M Sullivan Rec’d Eighty four
For Justices of the Peace
W. G. McKenzie Rec’d Eighty six votes
H F Byers Eighty six
For Constables
Maurice Casey Rec’d Eighty six votes
Edward Wiltse Eighty six
For Trustee of Schools
S H Worden Rec’d Eighty six
Dated at South Grove this 7th day of April A. D. 1897
J. T. Byers
Clerk