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Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 002-003

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Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING

1902 Minutes

Mrs. H.E. Beach and some other ladies had also written him.
Oct 16 1877 p. 154 approved May 21 of geing Sections 3449 to 3460 compiled Lo? of 1897 having provided a way for the authorization
of Free Public Libraries in cities , villages, and townships by petition of fifty voters asking that a tax may be levied for a free public library
S3458 not exceeding one mill upon a dollar and a vote thereon. W.H. Wood circulated a petition therefor and filed the same with the Township Clerk
Frank J. Jolt on Dec. 27, 1901

The Petition is a follows:
'Copy'
To the Township Clerk of Howell Townhip, Livingston County, Mich.
We, the undersigned, fifty or more voters of the Township of Howell, respectfully petition that a tax be levied for the establishment of a free
public library in said township of Howell at the rate of one mill upon the dollar as provided by Section 3458 Compiled Laws of 1897.
Dated, Howell, Mich, Dec. 26, 1901
1. W.H. S. Wood 29. A Garland
2. K.S.B. Holt 30. E.J. Drewery
3. W.R. Whitacre 31. W. W. Papsworth
4.H.D. Finley 32. Alfred Garland
5. W.B. Johnson 33. Frank J. Mason
6. G. A. Wimbles 34.F. P. Stowe
7. A. Winegar 35. H. W. Monroe
8. Robt. H. Brason 36. D.J. O'Dell
9. J.B. Bassau 37. Mylo Phillips
10. H. H. Wines 38. E.B. Rogers
11. J. J. Crosby 39. M.J. McPherson
12. E. D. Galloway 40. E,G. McPherson
13. Wm. McPherson Jr. 41. F.M. Lansing
14. F.E. Lansing 42. L.H. Sullivan
15. H. G. McPherson 43. W.H. Porter
16. Jas. J. VanKeuran Jr. 44. J.S. Fields
17. F. J. Hall 45. A. E. Papsworth
18. Frank Melia 46. J.E. Gilmore
19. W. L. Lyons 47. L.D. Brokaw
20. Fred P Dean 48. O. P. Parker
21. A.D. Thompson 49. L.C. Smith
22. E.A. Stowe 50. O.J. Person?
23. Timothy Smith 51. J. H. Miner
24. Chas. G. Jewett 52 Seth B. Reibert
25. E. L. Avery 53. Nelson Yelland
26. H. Culver 54. Geo. Hornung
27. Claude Culver 55. C.E. Beurman Jr
28. Wm. Geary 56. J.M. Teasdale
57. F. Vogt 58. E. ? Beurman
59. D. W. Newell 60. William Dunn
61. Chas. N Krause

I hereby certif. the foregoing copy of petition has been compared to me with the original petition now on file in my office, said petition having been
filed Dec. 27, 1901 and that the above is a true and correct copy thereof of said petition and the names therein undersigned.
Dated Howell Mich July 26, 1902
Frank J. Holt
Township Clerk
F. J. Holt, Township Clerk of the Township of Howell, being duly sworn deposes and saith that the accompanying 'Election Notice' is a true copy of
which he caused six copies to be posted in as many different places in the Township of Howell on the 20th day of March, 1902.
Frank J Holt
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of July 1902 at Howell, Mich. W.H. W. Wood, Notary Public

Transcription of 'Election Notice'
Notice is hereby given to the electors of the township of Howell in the county of Livingston and state of Michigan, that the next ensuing township
election will be held the first Monday of April next, being the seventh day of said month at the Howell Village Engine House for the first voting
precinct and the Rubert Hotel for the second voting precinct, in said township at which election the regular township officers will be chosen also the
necessary petition having been filed with the township clerk, each elector may vote 'for a one mill tax for a free public library' or 'against a one mill tax for a
free public library.'
The polls of the election shall be opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as may be, and shall be closed between the
hours of three an six in the afternoon, and the inspectors shall cause proclamation to be made at least one hour before the closing of the polls.
The inspectors may also at their discretion adjourn the polls at twelve o'clock, noon, for one hour.
Dated at Howell this nineteenth day of March 1902.
Frank J. Holt
Township Clerk