Agenda - Public Works Committee - 03/20/2018

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Ovaitilatiaa a‘ Raota, The town of Ramsey was organized in 1857 as Watertown, changed to Dover, and in 1885 to Ramsey. The name Ramsey was chosen in honor of the first territorial governor of Minnesota. The first officers were: supervisors, Jared Benson, chairman, Isaac Varney and Cornelius Pitman; clerk, David Whiting; treasurer, William Tenny- son; collector, Joseph C. Varney. Eeectiaa 72aei ce (Taken from the 1858 Files) Notice is hereby given to the legal voters in the town of Watertown (comprising the whole to township 32, range 25 west) that an election will be held at the house of Barnabas Allen in said town on Saturday, October 2nd, 1858 to elect: three supervisors, one to be designated chairman; one town clerk; one assessor; one overseer of the poor; two constables; two Justices of the Peace; as many overseers of the highways as there are road districts in the town. Which election will be opened nine o'clock in the morning and continue open till four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Signed by G. W. Putnam Reg. of Deeds Anoka Sept. 14, 1858, Anoka Co. Minn. At a meeting of the legal voters in Township 32, Range 25 west in the County of Anoka held pursuant to the above notice on the second day of October A.D. 1858 at the house of Barnabas Allen in said Town. The following proceedings were had. The meeting was called to order by Cornelius Pitman, whereupon Joseph C. Varney was chosen chairman and D. M. Whitney clerk protem. Jedadiah Varney was then chosen moderator, then proceeded to choose three Judges of election by acclama- tion. Joseph Trott, Cornelius Pitman and Alfred Foster were chosen said Judges of election, then proceeded to choose the officers for the Town provided by law. Voted to divide the Town into 4 road districts to be numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 commencing in the North East corner of the town. Overseers of Highway, William 23