Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-16
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Regular Business Transacted at the
Saturday Meeting

Alma, Mich, April 9, 1914
The common council of the city OF
Alma in session at Council rooms in said
city on Thursday. April g. 1914, as pro-
vided by statute and adjourned Regu-
lar meeting. The council was called to
order by the Mayor, Hon. J. NJ. Month
gel.
Present: Aids. Peery. Willard,
Cook. Ward, Kehn and Fraker Their
being a quorum present the council was
declared to be in session.
The Journal of the preceding sessions
was read and approved.
Aid. Fraker presents the following
resolution and moves its adoption, sup
ported by Aid. Peery:
Whereas at the annual election held
in the City of Alma on Monday the sixth
day of April, A. d., 1914 as is shown
by the returns of the Board of Election,
Inspectors of each respective Ward in
said city the following number of votes
were given for each respective office
in the said city. and were given to
the following persons. to-wit: The
whole number of votes given for the
Office of Mayor was six hundred forty
one (64l) of which three hundred and
forty (340) were given for Albert +.
Cook and three hundred and one GOD
. were given for Otto Sanderhoff. The
whole number Of votes given for the
office of City Clerk was six hundred and
forty (640) of which four hundred and
ffty-one (45l) were given for Delos w.
Adams and one hundred and eighty-nine
(lSo) were given for Homer M. Dun
ham. The whole number OF votes Civ
en- for the office OF City Treasurer was
six hundred and thirty-nne (639) of
which three hundred and forty-eight
(54S) were given for Jesse T.. Fuller and
two hundred ninety-one (29l were Civ
en- for Charles K. Murphy and whereas
it is further shown by the returns OF the
Board OF election inspectors OF each
respective wards in said city that the
following named persons received ma
iority Of all the votes given in that ward
for the Office Of supervisor, alderman
for two years. alderman for one year in
Second ward and constable.
That in the First ward John H. Par
IRISH received the largest number Of
votes given for the office of supervisor
and that George H. Peery received the
largest number Of votes given for the
office of alderman for two years and
that Oscar Nihber received the largest
number of votes given for the
Office of constable
That in the Second ward Isaac
Russell received the largest num-
Der of votes given for the office of SUI
pervisor and that Howard Willard re-
ceived the largest number Of votes Civ
en- for the office of alderman for two !
years and that Loren w. Race the !
largest number OF votes given for the |
Office of alderman for one year and
that George Willard received the larg-
est number Of votes given for the office
OF constable.
That in the Third ward John
d. Sullivan received the largest
number OF votes given for the Office OF
supervisor and that Geo. A. Ogden re-
ceived the largest number Of votes Civ
Ell for the office Of alderman for two
years and that George A. Brown re-
ceived the largest number OF votes for
the Office OF constable
That in the Fourth ward Jacob ID.
Holman received the largest number OF /
votes given for the Office of supervisor
and that Louis b. kchn received the
largest number Of votes given for the
Office of alderman for two years and
that Frank G.. Bennett received the larg-
,cst number of votes given for the office
OF constable. Whereas. Albert +. Cook
received1 the largest number OF votes
given for the office Of Mayor. Delos w.