The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-18
Prem Lincoln Township.

LINCOLN i. r., March Sth, 1919.
ED. CHRONICLE
Though isolated rs our position is as a
township, nevertheless our aim IS upward
and onward. We believe ia progression
and acting up to our faith, we held n
meeting at Kclley's School House on the
Sth inst, to consider the proposition of
erecting a Town Hall at which the follow
ing proceedings were had l.:
Adam Miller WIS called to the chair
and $. H. Baldwin chosen Secretary.
Moved by G. f. 6. Cold, That the Secrc-
tary be authorized to draw up Il petition
to be presented to the legislature at its
next session asking that the electors Of
any civil Township i'll the State be invest
ed with power to vote Il tax to erect a
Town Hall fer the use of the Township
Carried
| Moved that u committee be appointed
to solicit aid BY subscription for the cree
ton Of Town Hall at 81 me central point
in the Township of Lin DIN, Tama Coun-
/ ty, Iowa. Carried.
Moved that G. F. G.. Cold, Jergcn
Rhedcr and A. G. Brockway, act as u com
mttee on subscr ption. Carried.
Moved that a committee be appointed
to confer with the Board Of Directors in
regard to the erection Of Of i Town Hall.
Carried
Moved that G. H. Baldwin, f. NJ Bal
i Ivi, and Gto,hn,, I(ol,sncnp a
committee to confer with the Board of
Directors. Carried.
Moved that the Board of Trustees of
Lincoln Township, shall be authorized to
contract for and oversee the construction
of said Hail. when sufficient funds shall
have been raised, and shall have the care
and control of the same until otherwise
determined by the subscribers. Carried
Moved that G. II. Baldwin, act as
| Treasurer. Carried.
! AID journed.
S. II. Baldwin, Sec.
We have long felt the necessity of hav
ing some such building in which tc
meet for til transaction of public bust
ness such as holding elections towr
meetings holding court, when any i'm
portant case is to be tried; for religious
services, etc. We propose to erect the
same right in the center of the Township
that it may be accessible to all its inhabi
tants. 1t will not only furnish US with {
much needed improvement, but will
trust, tend to harmonic sectional feelings
/ True, as in the past, SO in the future, the
School Houses might be used but it is moi
always convenient to do So A Town Hal
might be used at any time when wanted
To economist we have determined upor
the following plan a tax has been voted
to erect School House in District mum
Der five being the central District in tho
! Township. Now as we have not the
power to vote tax for the purpose we
shall raise by subscription sum suflici
ent with the tax voted to put up a build
ing two stories in height, the upper room
to be used for Town HALL BY doing
thus we shall get room cheaper than we
otherwise could and the District can have
a much larger and better School Room
than otherwise for the same money.
Each Township we think ought to have
the power to raise by taxation an amount
sufficient to provide room for public use
and we beg leave to call the attention OF
the people of other Townships to the mat
ter that they may cooperate with us to
get the desired legislation. We are well
aware that our tax burdens arc sometimes
heavy and grevious to be borne, but
when laid on for SO worthy an object we
think no one can reasonably complain.
We must live; we must act; we should
progress. If we cannot afford the luxu-
ries we must provide the necessarics OF
life, and we feel that room or hall adapt
ed to the wants Of our people has become
. necessity. s. II. BALDWIN.