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South Grove Records 1850-1982
Page 13 | April 4, 1854
A D 1854 House in Dis No 1
At a town Meeting held at the School House in South Grove in The Town of South Grove in the County of DeKalb State of Illinois on the fourth Day of April in the AD 1854 Philander Waterman was chosen Moderator and Peter M Deyoe Town Clerk the Following Named persons Rec’d the Number of votes set opposite there [their] Respective names for the following offices
For Supervisor Jesse Tindall Had Twenty five votes
For Supervisor Warren H Stebbins Had Twenty votes
For Town Clerk Peter M Deyoe Had Twenty votes
For Town Clerk Stephen SAdee Had Twenty five votes
For Assessor Wm. T Adee Had Twenty one votes
For Assessor James Byers Had Twenty three votes
For Collector Richard Becker Had Twenty one votes
For Collector James W Mason Had Twenty two votes
For Com of Highway Phineas Crandall Had Twenty two votes
“ Benjamin Worden Had Twenty votes
“ John B Orput Had Twenty one votes
“ Matthew Thompson Had Twenty four votes
“ Andrew Chapman Had Twenty three votes
“ John G. Mason Had Twenty four votes
For Justice of the Peace Philander Waterman Had Twenty one votes
“ William M Byers Had Forty three votes
“ Henry Safford Had Twenty two
For Constable Richard Becker Had Twenty one votes
“ George H Brown Had Twenty votes
“ Daniel Reynolds Had seaven [seven] votes
For Collector John L Mason Had one vote
For Cons John S Brown Had one vote
“ W Stebbens Had one vote
On Motion Voted that James Byers Jr be Elected pathmaster in District No 1 Carried
On Motion Voted that Elmore Bacon be Elected pathmaster in District No 2 lost
On Motion Voted that Wm P Deyoe be Elected pathmaster in District No 2 Carried
On Motion Voted that Matthew Thompson be Elected pathmaster in District 3 Carried
On Motion Voted that the laws concerning Fences Remain as they were Carried
On Motion Voted the bulls shall be permitted to run at large from the first of November to the first of July Carried
On Motion Voted that all horses be permitted to run at large accept Stallions Carried
On Motion Voted that hogs and sheep shall not run at large Carried