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Town Hall&#13;
Council Met in Regular Session&#13;
Members present.&#13;
Mayor R. G. Martin&#13;
Councilmen W. H. Kittell, T. M. Ferguson&#13;
A. D. McGregor, G. D. Johnson &amp; Melvin Collins&#13;
Minutes of last Meeting read &amp; Approved&#13;
The following Bills were Audited by&#13;
Finance Comm.&#13;
Wm. Myers [Muyers?] Street Comm.&#13;
Bill for Labor on Streets of Dana                 $35.70&#13;
Poll Taxes Collected &amp; Deducted                    23.50&#13;
     Balance Street Comm.                         $12.20&#13;
C. J. Clark 1 Day on Grader &amp; Team                  4.00&#13;
H. P. Brown Night Watch                             2.00&#13;
C. B. Kelly [?]       "                             2.00 [?]&#13;
Moved by W. H. Kittell Seconded by&#13;
T. M. Ferguson Bills be allowed&#13;
     Motion Carried&#13;
Warrants were drawn for&#13;
C. Bauer for Marshall Salary for O[ct] [damaged]   [2.50? or 9.50? – figure clipped at torn edge]&#13;
Mrs. Jennie Ferguson Hall Rent ...                  3.00&#13;
Moved by W. H. Kittell Seconded&#13;
Melvin Collins To adjourn&#13;
Town Council Met as Board of [Health – partly clipped]&#13;
Members present Mayor R. G. M[artin]&#13;
Councilmen T. M. Ferguson&#13;
W. H. Kittell G. D. Johnson A. D. Mc[Gregor]&#13;
&amp; Melvin Collins&#13;
No Business to be Transacted [?]&#13;
Moved by Collins Seconded by J[ohnson]&#13;
To adjourn&#13;
     Motion Carried&#13;
Approved                        John De Boest&#13;
R. G. Martin                    Clerk&#13;
Mayor.&#13;
&#13;
[Damage note: right edge of page torn and partly lifted; right-margin amounts and the ends of several lines (roughly the lower half) are clipped or covered by torn strips.]</text>
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