Langlade County, Wisconsin - Chapter 4: First Election, 1922

Section 1. The first election for said city of Antigo, for the election of city officers, shall be held in the respective wards of said city, on the first Tuesday in April, 1885, as follows:

1. The polls of the election for the first ward shall be held at the lumber office of Clithero & Strong, on Superior Street, at which election H. G. Borgman, R. H. McMullen and A. B. Millard, shall, if present, be the inspectors thereof.

shall be held at Spencer's Hall on Fifth Avenue, at which election B. F. Dorr, J. E. Mullowney and J. E. Clancey shall, if present, be the inspectors thereof.

3. The polls of the election for the Third Ward shall be held at Sherman & Dawley's office, on Fifth Avenue, at which election F. M. Sherman, August Schoepke, and Gilbert Bacon shall, if present, be inspectors thereof.

4. The polls of election for the Fourth Ward shall be held at the office of L. Mendlik, on Superior Street, at which, election L. Mendlik, James Porter, and J. Herman shall, if present, be the inspectors thereof.

Section 2. The polls shall be opened in each of said wards at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and be kept open continuously until five o'clock in the evening.

Section 3. The inspectors present at the opening of the polls shall appoint two suitable and competent persons to act as clerks of election.

Section 4. The inspectors and clerks of election in each of said wards shall take the oath of office, and in all things be governed by the several laws of the state for holding and conducting election and shall without adjournmert publicly canvass the votes cast in their wards for the different offices and propositions voted for and make, sign and seal a statement in writing of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against any proposition voted for, and announce the result.

Section 5. H. G. Borgman, from the First Ward, B. F. Dorr, from the Second Ward, August Shoepke, from the Third Ward, and L. Mendlik from the Fourth Ward, shall constitute a city board of canvassers to canvass the vote of said election, shall meet at the office of L. Mendlik on the Tliarsday after election, at nine A. M. in said city, and there publicly canvass and count the votes cast in each of said wards for the officers to be elected, and shall then and there publicly announce the result of said election and issue and sign duplicate certificates of election, declaring and naming the persons elected to each of the offices required by this charter. One of said certificates shall be delivered to the person elected, city clerk, and the other to the clerk of the county board of supervisors of Langlade County, to be there filed and preserved in that office.

Section 6. The town clerk of the town of Antigo shall give notice of said first election by publication thereof in two newspapers published in the city of Antigo, for two weeks next preceding the holding thereof, and the inspectors named in this act shall post, or cause to be posted, in three public places in each ward, a notice of the time and place of holding said election, at least ten days before election.