HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 04-20-1908Public Hall, Lodi, California, April 20, 1908
The Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi convened in regular session, President Geo. E.
Lawrence presiding and the following other members of the Board being present: J. M.
Blodgett, F. O. Hale, and C. A.
Rich and L. Villinger
The minutes of the meeting of Apr. 13, 1908 were read and approved as read.
The Board then proceeded to canvass the returns of the Municipal Election held on April
13, 1908.
The following Resolution was then read and introduced:
Resolution No. 16:
Whereas on the Thirteenth day of April, 1908, a General Municipal Election was held in
the City of Lodi as authorized by Section 852, Chapter VII of "An Act to Provide for the
Organization, Incorporation and Government of Municipal Corporations," approved Mar.
18, 1883; and
Whereas the Board of Trustees of the City Hall of the City of Lodi have convened in
regular session in the City Hall of the City of Lodi, said hall being the usual meeting
place of said Board, on this 20th day of April, 1908, for the purpose of canvassing the
returns of said election.
Therefore, on canvas of said returns, the said Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi do
declare the purposes and result of said election to be as follows:
That there was but one Precinct and the whole number of ballots cost was three hundred
and forty one; that the propositions voted upon were the election of Five Members of the
Board of Trustees, a Clerk, a Marshal, and a Treasurer;
That John M. Blodgett received for member of the Board of Trustees three hundred and
fifteen votes;
That Frank O. Hale received for member of the Board of Trustees three hundred and
fifteen votes;
That Geo. E. Lawrence received for member of the Board of Trustees three hundred and
eleven votes;
That Charles A. Rich received for member of the Board of Trustees three hundred and
eleven votes;
That Leon Villinger received for member of the Board of Trustees three hundred and
fourteen votes;
That E. Van Lear received for member of the Board of Trustees two votes;
That Ed Cary received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote;
That William Flemming received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote;
That George Greenwell received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote;
That Geo. LeMoin received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote;
That A. E. Percival received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote;
That David Fleming received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote,
That Henry Adams received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote
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That S. S. Murphy received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote;
That J. W. Brier received for member of the Board of Trustees one vote
That J. Morgan McMahon received for Clerk three hundred fifteen votes;
That Hannibal B. Coleman received for Marshal two hundred and seventy one votes;
That Harrison Brannack received for Marshal forty nine votes;
That J. H. Murphy received for Marshal one vote
That Wilheim H. Lorenz received for Treasurer three hundred and fourteen votes.
We therefore as Trustees of the City of Lodi declare that John M. Blodgett, Frank O.
Hale, George E. Lawrence, Charles A Rich and Leon Villinger were duly elected
members of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi, they having received the highest
number of votes for said offices: that J. Morgan McMahon was duly elected Clerk of the
City of Lodi; he having received the highest number of votes cast for that office; that
Hannibal B. Coleman was duly elected Marshal of the City of Lodi, he having received
the highest number of votes for that office; that William H.Loring was duly elected
Treasurer of the City of Lodi, he having received the highest number of votes cast for that
office.
G. E. Lawrence
Leon Villinger
J. M. Blodgett
F. O. Hale
C. A. Rich
Attest: J. M. McMahon
City Clerk
Oaths of Office:
J. M. Blodgett, F. O. Hale, G. E. Lawrence, C. A. Rich as members of the Board of
Trustees and J. M. McMahon, as Clerk, and H. B. Coleman as Marshal, then subscribed
to the Oath of Office in the presence of W. H. Lorenz, Notary Public.
Trustee J. M. Blodgett, in an eloquent speech moved the nomination of G. E. Lawrence
as President Trustee Lawrence was elected by acclamation and in a few well chosen
words thanked the Board for the honor conferred.
It was then moved by Trustee, C. A. Rich that the Board do now proceed to deferring by
lot in accordance with Section 852 of our Charter, the three members of this Board whose
term of office shall expire shall expire in two years, and the two members whose term of
office shall expire in four years. The motion was carried and the members of the Board
proceeded to draw from a hat slips of paper of identical size and appearance the
following results:
J. M. Blodgett, F. O. Hale and G. E. Lawrence drew short terms, and C. A. Rich and L.
Villinger drew long terms.
There was much rejoicing by the three shorts.
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