The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-03-11
LEE COUNTY TOWNSHIP Or
GANlZATION AND ELECTION.

TT Office is hereby given that the Board
y of County Commissioners for Lee County
at their January term, A. ID. 1911, set off and
established the following Organized Town
ships in said county, and the place in each
township where the first meeting of the cleo
tors shall be holden, to wit: Fractional town.
ship IS, north range 3 west, fractional town
ship SO, north range 3 west, and all that por-
ton of fractional township 60, north range
west, east of the north and south line, dividing
sections 80 and "a, to be one Organized Town.
ship, to be known by the name of Green Bay
Township, the first meeting of the electors
Of said township, to be held at the house of
Wesley Hughes.
Also, That portion Of fra ctional township
So, north range west, lying west of the
north and south line, dividing sections SO and
"a, fractional township SO, north range 5
west, to be one organized township, to be
known by the nume of Denmark Town.
ship, the first meeting Of the electors of said
township to be held at the house of l. l..
Thurston.
Also, Township 6S, north range 4 west, and
fractional township CT, north range west,
to be one organized township, to be known
by the name Of Washington Township.
the first meeting OF the electors Of said town
ship to be held at the School House on the
sixteenth section.
Also, Township 69, north range west, to
be one organized township, to be known by
the name of West Point Township, the
first meeting of the electors of said township,
to be held at the town of West Point.
Also, Township 6S, north range 6 west,
township SO, north range 6 west, to be one
organized township, to be known by the name
oil Franklin Township, the first meeting
of the electors of said township, to be held at
the town of Franklin.
Also, Townships 68 and So, north range 7
west, to be one organized township, to be
known by the name of Harrison Township,
the first meeting of the electors Of said town
ship, to be held at the house of MIR Jesse
Johnson.
Also, fractional township 81, north range I
west, the west half of township, 81, north
range west, fractional township 66, north
| range 7 west, TO be an organized township,
to be known by the name of Van Buren,
Township, the first meeting of the electors
of suid township, to be held at the house o!
Abraham Hink!e.
Also, Township 81, north range west,
the east half of township 81, north range 6
west, to be one organized township, to be
known by the name OF Jefferson Town
ship, the first meeting of the electors of said
township, to be held at the house of Cyrus
Beck
Also, Fractional township &c, north range
4, 5 and west, to be an organized township,
to be known by the name of Ambrosia
township, the first meeting of the electors
of said township, to be held at the town Of
Ambrosia.
Also, Fractional township 65, north range
4, ) and west, and fractional township "a,
north range west, to be one organized town.
ship, to be known by the name of Jackson
Township, the first meeting of the electors
of said township, to be held at the town of
ke-o- kuck.
The electors of the said several organized
townships, will also hereby take notice, that
an election will be held at the place specified
aforesaid in each township, on the first Mon
day of April next, for the purpose of electing
the following township officers in each town
ship, to wit: two Justices of the Peace, two
Constables, one Township Clerk, three Trus-
tees, two Ovesseers Of the Poor, two Fence
Viewers, a sufficient number Of Supervisors
of highways, and one Township Treasurer.
Said election will be opened at the hour OF
10 o'clock a. NJ, and will continue open un.
til o'clock in the afternoon Of said day.
The Chairman and officers of said election
are instructed to return an abstract of the
same to the Clerk of the County Commissions
ers in like manner as in general elections.
JOHN H. LINES, Clerk,
Board Co. Com'rs.
March IL Al