Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-10-26
votes. John Calvin was declared duly
elected to the office of Representative.

elected to the office of Representative.
For the Office of County Auditor there
were Thirty Hundred and Six (3,00G)
votes cast, of which George B. Warne re-
ceived Sixteen Hundred and Fifty one
Il ,65n votes, I. N. Myers received Thir-
teen Hundred and Fifty-four Il ,354) votes
and James A. Poor received One 1) VOTE
George B. Warne was declared duly elect
ed to the office of County Auditor.
For the Office of County Treasurer there
were Twenty nine Hundred and Ninety
six 1896 votes cast, of which James A.
Poor received Eighteen Hundred and Six
ty-eight (,S6S votes, Samuel Miller re-
ceived Eleven Hundred and Ten q ,O1O)
votes, d. B. Sanford received Four az
votes, w. II. Joslin received One ID vote
James Poor received Eight (8 votes,I. N
Myers received One () vote and Poor re-
ceivcd -Four (4) votes. James a. Poor
was declared duly elected to the Office of
County Treasurer
For the Office of Sheriff there were
Twenty.nine Hundred and Seventy eight
[2,978] votes cast, of which B. C. Hale re-
ceived Thirteen Hundred and Twenty
seven 1921 votes, w. S. Van Orsdol re-
ceived Sixteen Hundred and Twenty six
| II ,G26] votes "A. Knowles received Six [6]
votes, Thomas Cameron received One II
vote, Hale received Two ri votes, Van
Orsdol received Fourteen I14] votes, Van
o. received One II vote and Van receiv-
ed One 1 vote. w. s. Van Orsdol was
declared duly elected to the office of Sher-
iff
For the Office of County Superintcnd-
dent there were Twenty nine Hundred and
Ninety-four 1884 votes cast, of which
VIM. E. Parker received Seventeen Hun
drcd and Sixty-onc 1,761l votes, M. j.
Goodrich received Twelve Hundred and
Twenty-eight ,22Sl votes, Spangler re-
ceived One II vote, Parker received One
| II vote, E. E. Parker received One II
vote and S. g. Pierce received Two [2l
votes. VIM. E. Parker was declared duly
elected to the office of County Supcrin-
tendent.
For the Office of Coroner there were
Thirty Hundred and Twelve [3,012] votes
cast, of which H. H. Hunt received Fif-
teen Hundred and Thirty y-six Il ,536l votes,
G. S. Wilson received Three Hundred and
Forty-ninc [349l votes, Doc Wilson re-
ceived One II vote and NJ A. Chamber
lin received Six Hundred and Eighty mine
1851 votes. II. H. Hunt was declared
duly elected to the office of Coroner
For the Office of Surveyor there were
Twentyninc Hundred and Ninety y-two
[2,992l votes cast, of which J. L. Seeley
received Fifteen Hundred and Twenty
nine II ,529l votes, d. S. Deering received
Fourteen Hundred and Sixty-one Il ,461l
votes, Seeley received One II vote and
T. NJ. Hunt received One r. vote. J. L..
Seeley was declared duly elected to the
office of Surveyor.
For the office of member of the Board
of Supervisors, there were twenty-nine
hundred and seventy corn votes
cast, of which Isaac Muncy reed Q52S)
votes Joseph McGary received (1440 votes
and l.. Keyes received (2) votes.
Isaac Muncy was declared duly elected
to the office of member of the Board of
Supervisors.
On the question: shall bonds be issued?
There were (219D votes cast, of which
(296) votes were in favor of the PROPOSE
proposition. The proposition was declar-
ed lost
The returns from the election precincts
of Buffalo and Homer, showed votes reg
istered to be 95 and 1875 respectively, while
the number of ballots cast exceeded the
number of votes by one in each precinct.
The returns from the election precinct
of Jefferson, showed number of votes reg
istcred to be QG9), while the number of
ballots cast for the Office Of county Aud
itor exceeded the number of voters by
one in said precinct.
In Testimony Whereof, we have here
unto set our hands, and caused this to be
attcsted by the Clerk of the Board of Su-
pervisors, and the seal of said county.
Done at Independence, the county seat
Of said county, this 18th day of October,
A. D. 1877.
JOHN G. HOUSE, p. REITERMAN,
II. M. CoUGHTRy, II. HIGBy,
ALDEN WHITNEY, J. w. FOREMAN,
CIV .BUTTERFIELD,
Members of the Board of Supervisors
and ex officio Board of County Canvass
els.
Attest: D. A. McLEIsH,
County Auditor,
And Clerk Of Board of Supervisors
Adjourned till Tuesday morning at 8
O'clock
TUESDAY MORNING.
| Board met at nine O'Clock pursuant to
adjournment.
Roll call; members all present.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings read
and approved.
On motion the County Auditor was in
structed to issue County Walrant,i in the
sum of Fifty-five 1861 Dollars, to G. W..
Butterfield, to defray the expense of con-
veying Chas Wells, who is insane, and an
inmate of the Jail of Buchanan County, to
the Commissioners of Poor of Manistee
County, Michigan. The Auditors report
of Warrants issued during recess, and
loans made in Permanent School Fund,
were referred to the chairman for cxami-
nation.
The Recorders report showed fees re-
ceivcd from June 1st, 1877, to October
18th, 1877, to be $450.55. Report accept
ed and placed on file.
The Sheriff report showed fees receiv
ed from the 1st of June, 1877, to October
18th, 1877, to be $74435. Accepted and
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