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BOT 1931 (06-02) Mlnut.c~ of the Convention of Carmel citlz~ns, for the Purpose of : .... Nomination of Trustee of First Ward, one of Second Yard,One of Third Ward, one of Fourhh Ward,and one Clerk-Treasurer. Meeting was called to order by Town Clerk, and purpose of meeting was then stated. The name of C.Y.Foster was duly presented for Chairman of the meeting ,and was chosen without opposition. The n~me of Rue Hinsht¥~ was presented for, the secretary of the neeting,and was chosen without opposition. The chairman then gave a very thour~ugh discussion about the taxes of our town and asked men be ahosen who would serve for the next four years at a salary not to exceed Twelve dollars per year. Dr.R.A.Cooper and George Daubenspeck gave their views about the matter both favorable, which seemed to be the trend of the meetir~. R.J.Mollett gave his expierences ~s a board me~bers with salaries of diffeqent amounts ,stating that he was willing to be paic by the wishes of the p~ople. ~Rue Hlnshaw was calleo to give a brief remiew of the Nain street improvement. - Nominations were then placed fnr voting ;;--- First .Ward;-- Names of ~rcus Kendall,R.J.Follet~ , and SoA.Ho~gi~ were submit tod Ballot was taken and resulted as follows; .... Ee~]d~ll 52 Follett 29 Hodgin 11 Kendall declaimed Nominee. Second Ward ;--- Name~ of G.B.Daubenspeck,Roy ilendericks a,d Oscar Watts. First Ballot Dauoenspeck 17 Hendericks Z8 Watts Second " Watts 51 Itendericks Natts declared the Nominee. ~ Thl~d War~;--- Names of Colonel Trester and Earl Jefferiee. i Ballot Ti. ester *0 Jefferies 40. Trest~r declared the '3ominee. Fourth ~ard:--- H~r~ert Lamb Dr.R.A.Cooper Ballot~ Lamb 45 Cooper b~. Cooper d~clared the no~in~e. Clerk-Treasurer; ..... Names of Rue Hlnshaw,Dr.A.S.Claypool,and Cecil Jewett were submited. The chairman asked the opinion of the meeting as to the cut in the salary o~' the clerk an~ on the standing lC ~avo~d a cut and 78 thought the salary should be the same. Rue Hlnshaw withdr~w his name from the list~ Ballot-was taken J~wett 32 Claypool ~J Claypool was declared nominee. No Furtne~~ business to co~e belore thc ~ting.,__~ . ,~'~ti°n to adjourn Clerk /~ _ Pres. . JUNE 2,1931. Board met in Library hall with all members present,at-8~O0 P.M. Minutes were read and approved with claims presented and allowed as follows;--- Noel Adams 80,00 Garage 54.83 Light Co 107.05 R.O.Jefferies hauling Junk 20.00 R.O.Holbrook labor 2.00 Comunity Press printing 4.00 Tom Evans salary 7.50 W.Nillis labor 3.50 Curt Bales Labor Z.50 Perry Stoops 3.50 Paul Clark Labor 19.25. Clerk was ordered to order~for future delivery election.supplies for the coming election. Nr serber and Kelso from Indianapolis were present with a franchise for construction of gas mains in the town of Carmel, after hearing their story the matter was left for further investigation. In the matter of a title to the lot ~ 61 in the C.W.Wiedler addition to Town of Carmel,the following resolution was passed;-- Whereas, on the 19 th day of Aug~st,1926,the Town of Carmel purchased lot sixty one In the C.W.Wledler aadi~tion to the Town of Carmel,to be used as a dumping ground for town and paid therefor the sum of Two hundred seventy-five dollars and rec~&ving a warranty deed.for same and a covenant against-incumberances,and, Whereas, the Board has recieved information to the effect that said lot is now mortgaged and was at the time of such purchase,in the sum of 3,000.00 which mortgage was-placed on said real estate by Bert T Hoover and Ella B.Hoovcr,his wife, Now Therefore ,be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of t~e town of Carmel, that the said matter be placed in the hands of T~wn attorney with instructions to bring suit if necessary to recover damages for and on ~he behalf cf said Town of Carmel on account of having paid said sum of 275.00 for said lot that is-incumbered for more than it is worth. And said attorney is hereby authorized to directed to take much action as may be necessary to protect the interests of the said Town of Carmel in said transaction. No further Business to come before thc b6~.rc~ meeting w~s carried ~. Clerk ~ P~es, .