The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30

side the corporate limits of Fort Madi
son and keokuk, and voting therein
at he last general election as shown
by the poll lists of said election, and
/ Eurporting TO be signed by major
4 ity of the voters of said towns, In
/ Guiding townships, and notice thereof
+ having been given as by law provided,
and the hearing of said petition hav-
ing been set for the goth day of De-
cember, A. D. 1910. at the District
1 Court House at Fort Madison. Lee
county, Iowa, and this being the day
set therefor, the board proceeded to
canvass said statement of general
consent Attorneys for petitioners Of
fered in evidence the statement of
general consent of the different town
ships and towns. identified as Exhib-
its l 10 16, both numbers inclusive,
as filed December G. 1910, in the
auditors office. Lee county, Iowa, at
Fort Madison, and also offered in evil
! dence and introduced the poll books
of the different townships outside of
the cities OF Fort Madison and Keo.
kuk, and that contestants filed with
drawls, identified and marked Elk
hibits A. B, C. D. E, F. G. H, I, J,
4, T. and NJ. and numbered from
to 20, and attorneys for petitioners
objected because the same were not
sufficiently identified, and that the
names do not appear upon the poll
books and that the signatures are
not the signatures purported to be
fled by the persons signing the state
ment of consent, and for the further
reason that they were not filed in
time
Objection overruled. Petitioners
except
The board after canvassing the
statement OF general consent, and be-
ing fully advised in the premises,
finds that the statement OF general
consent contains 2o1s names, and
that the votes cast az the last general
election of the different precints
outside OF the cities OF Fort Madison
and keokuk, and the townships in
which they are located, aggregate
900. and the board therefore passed
the following resolution and findings
therein set forth, Supervisor Brink
man voting aye, Supervisor Hosier
voting aye, and Supervisor Scheffler
voting aye, to-wit:
Resolved, That We, the board of
supervisors of Lee county, Iowa, at
regular meeting commencing on
December 20, 1910, of which meet
ing notice was duly given as re-
duired by Law at the District Court
House at Fort Madison. Lee county.
Iowa, have canyassed the petition and
statement of general consent that in
toxicating liquors might be sold in
the following towns, to-wit: Dom
Nelson, Franklin, Montrose. West
Point and St Paul. said towns al;
having less than five thousand in
habitants in Lee county. Iowa. find
that said sttement contains the sig
natures OF si1ty-hve per cent of all
legal voters who voted at the last
general election as shown by the poll
lists OF said election residing within
said county OF Lee and outside OF
the corporate limits of Fort Madison
and Keokuk, these being the only
cities OF over Ave thousand inhabi-
| tants in said county, and that said
petition Is sufficient
And be 1t resolved, That we find
majority of the voters OF the town
ship of Franklin including the towns
OF Franklin and Donnellson, have
signed the statement OF general con-
sent, and we further find that a
majority of the voters of the town
ship OF Montrose, including the town
of Montrose. have signed the said
statement of general consent. and we
further find that majority of the
voters of the township of West Point,
including the town OF West Point.
have signed the said statement of
general consent, and we further find
that majority of the voters OF the
township OF Marion, including the
town OF st. Paul have signed the said
statement of general consent, and
that a majority Of the voters Of each
OF said named towns have signed the
same.
! And we further find that the said
towns OF Donneilson. Franklin, West
Point, Monrose and S.; Paul, each
nave less than twenty-five hundred in
habitants.
GEO. A BRrNKMAN.
Chairman
I. HosIER,