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Mrs. Anna L. Burdick. School Nurses Lillian Crissinger, Catherine Earhart, Mrs. Bertha Geisse, Lillian Henderson, Laura® W. Channel, Esther Allen' Swimming: A. Y. Russell.
EAST HIGH-A. J. Burton, princi- al; Alma Hammer, Mrs. P. H. Alder on, Christine Balliet, Zola M. Barge,
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Mrs. Marian Barr, Harry M. Bell, Pearl H. Bennett, G. A. Bingham, R. C. Blattenberg, Jennie R. Brody, Katherine L. Bush, Frances Church, Paul C. Constant, Margaret D. Cum- mings, Millicent M. Cuplin, Florence Curtis, R. L. Donaker, Verba F. Far- num, 0. B .. Franklin, Grace E.
. Gabriel, Ethel A. Goodrell, Bert W. Harris, Zenetta C. Harrison, Eleanor Hartley, May L. Holzer, Esse V. Hathaway, Alvyn G. Hostetter, Beulah Hutchinson, Alta L. Jewell, Vera E. Jordan, Eda D. Knauer, Joyce E. Lapham, W. E. Lyman, R. J. McColgan, Harriet Macy, Edith B. Malin, Ruby Miller, L. R. Moyer, Blanche I. Nelson, Dean Newcomb, Lanora E, Nickle, Julia R. Padmore, Audrine Patterson, Mary Estelle Pat- terson, Allan Peterson, Edna S. Poor- baugh, Gena M. Powell, Elinor Ran- dolph, Ethlyn Reinking, Mrs. Mae Roush, M. H. ¡ Rowe, J. C. Sanders, James Seddon, J. A. Seevers, Frances L. Smith, Olive A. Snook, Maud St. John, Irene Taake, V. F. Tinsley, Byrle Turner, Clementine Wolfe, Es- telle Wood, Edith Yates.
NORTH HIGH-A. W. Merrill, prin- cipal; Frances Prouty, Helen Grace Adams, Nellie L. Baldwin, Mrs. Grace M. Behr, Hazel |M. Bond, Mrs. Elmer Brownlie, Edna I. Buchanan, Verona Calhoun, Mrs. Lillian Cole, Louise Cotnam, Rose Cox, Mabel E. Dixon, Edith M. Fischer, Vera M. Fleck, Clara Foss, A. P. Heald, Anna Hinkson, Mrs. J. A. Hofto, Mrs. Eleanor Holloway, Ruby D. Lucas, Mabel F. McKee, Jean McNeil, Marjorie MacVicar, G. Eunice Meers, Hazel M. E. Mitchell, J. J. Mitchell, Emma Case Moulton, W. C. Nelson, F. N. Peterson, A. Janette Royal, Maud Searl, Agnes Sears, Helen Marr Smith, Josephine C. Smith,
. Charlene E. Sperry, Ada Sprague, Fred H. Stewart Fern Stover, Thomas Teakle, S L. Thomas, Margaret Thompson, Bess L. Tilton, Nellie E. Wilson, Ernest A. Zelliot.
WEST HIGH-E. J. Eaton, princi- pal; Grace Stivers, W. O. Allen, W. W. Arner, A. C. Bailey, Edith J. Bailey, Stephanna Balliet, Modesta M. Barton, Martha A. Beeson, Florence E. Bern- hardt, Frances Bray, Cora Brotherton, Mildred D. Craig, W. A. Crusinberry, Anna Dahm, Florence O. Davis, M. D. Eastman, S. J. Farlow, Edna L. Fegt- ly, O. L. Freberg, Jessie E. Fulton, Louisa Grace, Lizbeth V. Griffiths, Maud Hanger, F. A. Harris, W. S. Hill, Miriam A. Huffman, G. Leroy Hoffman, Martha Hutchinson, Ida T. Jacobs, Mary B. Kasson, Margaret King, Alice A. Loos, Jennie M. McCall, Anna D. McEvoy, Mrs. B. McCash, C.
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D. McGregor, Wenonah E. Macy, Blanche L. Miles, Vivian B. Miller, Frances G. Pickrell, Fannie A. Quaife, Iola B. Quigley, P. C. Sanford, Sarah Schregardus, Gail Seevers, Lucie Simonot, Edna T. Swaine, Ina Thomas, Nan Thompson, Mrs. Ada B. Tippett, Virginia E. Warren, Louise B. Weaver, G. L. White, Josie V. Williams, Kath- erine G. Willis, Grace Yates, Gertrude Yerovich.
AMOS HIATT JUNIOR HIGH-R. J. Cornell, principal; Sibyl (. Jeffries, C. A. Blake, Lillian L. Burns, Dorothy Carpenter, Cecil Cotter, Minnie A. De Vore, Xenia Mae Ellis, Alexander Elvin, Marie Engleen, Nellie Hinkson, Mae A. Johnson, Natalie
Phillips, Gladys Ruby, Erna Seiler, Margaret C. Walker, Mabelle Watson, Jean Wolcott, Helen Younker, Henry Whit- ney.
WASHINGTON-IRVING JUNIOR HIGH-Robert A. Weesner, principal; L. G. Bennett, R. L. Brewster, H. W. Carmichael, A. R. Carter, Olive East- man, Mary Eide, Elizabeth Hixson, Georgia Quigley, Katherine Risser, Emily J. Wilcox.
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ADAMS-Margaret Hanke, head teacher; Geneva Schiltz.
BARTON-R. B. Stone, principa !; Millicent M. Swisher.
BENTON-Mabel A. Otis, princi- pal; Lucile M. Nilles, Mrs. Elberta E. Brady, Alma Walder, Ida Cohen, Net- tie Beese, Shirley H. Cork.
BIRD-Laura P. Matthews, princi- pal; Prudence A. Nicholas, Ethel A. Shaw, Margaret M. Griffith, Jesse R. Coons, Edith M. Lockwood, Anna M. Casey, Olivia Kendrick, Carolyn M. Patterson, Mary E. Trainor, Nell C. Bein, Edith A. Povall, Rilla Yeager, Alice F. Mosier, Lillian Dale, Louisa F. Huntington, Marjorie M. Martin, Marion Collinson, Cecelia (. Kern.
BLY-C. U. Oldham, principal; Anna Cutler, Nellie F. Teahan.
BROOKS-Minnie M. Walker, prin- cipal; Edith C. Beck, Esther Nelson, Edith W. Woods, Odessa Farley, Ger- trude Conners, Bernice Laughlin, Bea- trice Richey,
Gertrude Scholten, Genevieve V. Evans, Bessie B. William- son, Edna R. Squires, Grace Wynkoop, Ruth M. Stark, Julia Gilmore, Laura M. Carter, Wilma M. Thatcher, Rose M. Loehle, Maude Owen, Hope Han- son.
BRYANT - Georginna Warrick, principal; Frances Myers, Bertha Mul- len, Lydia Troeger. Rose M. Lovin, Jessie Morrison, Ellen Burke, Bertha C. Lane, Alma Horning, Cecelia Shee- han.
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- CASADY-Gertrude Murphy, prin- cipal; Jane L. Roush, Minnie H. Stroud, Elizabeth Robb, Olive Church- ill, Mary E. Cunningham, Marie Bal- drige, Emma Armbruster Ida M. Gower, Allien Amsberry, Jessie Shan- non, Florence Stewart.
CATTELL, JONATHAN- Laura R. Moulton, principal; Lounet St. John, Belle Gray, Josephine Beaner, Edna D. Engvall, Ida Ramsey, Jessie Co- penhaffer, Genevieve 0 Johnson, Laura Paulson, Mary E. Mullane, Signe Edstrom, Ruth Pfund, Eva Ro- wat, Iva Scott, Esther Venell, Louis Bartram, Elizabeth M. Thompson, Cora Spoor.
CLARKSON-J. Ella Baker, princi- pal; Audrey Friend, Debra D. Brinton, Mary b. Mullane, Edna L. Young, Iva M. Luce, Sadie Bollen, Bernice Milli- man, Margaret Wheeler.
COOPER-Jeanette Mills, princi- pal; Cora Chase, Margaret Condran, Mary E. Dutton, Mrs. Tony Wendel- berg, Fannie Powers.
CROCKER-Mary M. Kaynor, prin- cipal; Allison E. Mason, Anna A. Hol- land, Ethel Goodwin, Mayme Hockett, Bess Richard, Clara Shekels, Marie Brennan, Alice Swope, Bertha Schroe- der, Etta E. Brown, Winifred Reddy, Frances Mintier, Augusta Kaufmann, Estella Reynolds, Estella Grayson, Jane E. Cameron, Lilly Weayer, Mrs. Alma M. Greene, M. M. Gerhart.
CURTIS-Mabel A. Otis, principal; Amanda Hartman, Mrs. E. A. Child,' Mrs. Lillis I. Ross, Lena C. Herbold, Lula L, Baird, Adda Mershon, Gladys V. Hall, Margaret A. Hogan, Minnie E. Hoppes.
DOUGLAS-Alice J. White, princi- pal; Mary Wright, Ruby Benner, Bes- sie LaSelle
ELMWOOD-E. Gertrude Burt, prin- cipal; Lulu W. Dinges, Cora M. New- ton, Margaret Rhody, Blanche Wiley, Pauline Rourke, Sidna J. Dowell, Jen- nie McPherrin, Angie B. Whittington, Sue Edenburn, Margaret D. Robb, Ag- nes I. Jennings.
EMERSON - Frances Umpleby, principal; Blanche E. Jones, Alice Schooler, Ruth Wolever, Eva M. Baird,. Erma Hampton, Lettie H. Brandt, Anna Caldbeck, Minnie T. Holt.
FRANKLIN-Alice G. Eaton, prin- cipal; "Elizabeth Wadsworth, Ethel Ballard, Mattie R. Dinges, Alice Belau, Estell Pierson, Lola Miller, Bertha Pike, Carrie Belle Bickel, Gertrude Binkley, Emma Klinefelter.
FRISBIE-Lulu Auracher, pal; Nelle M. Miller, Luella Jennie O'Garro, Marna Perrin.
prindi- Smith,
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GARFIELD-Edith W. Cushing, Mary L. Kelley, Martha M. Hall, Ber- tha Stevens, Vera Dillin.
GIVEN-Mrs. E. J. Macy, principal; Jessie Sankey, Mary K. Burke, Nellie Rice, Estelle Penn, Augusta House- holder, Alice C. Wilson, Sarah Gal- braith.
GRANT-Nellie L. Elliott, princi- pal; Addie K. Hagler, Clara Taylor, . Mrs. L. C. Wilton, Mary Cooper, Eu- genia Talbott, Mrs. Gertrude Eagan, Mrs. Nellie Sillick, Grace A. White, Flora Kyle, Leona Mclain, Vida R. Collins.
GREENWOOD-Nellie .G. Warren, principal; Frances Blackman, Leta M. Brockway; Susan Hearty, Estella King, Vesta Hammer, Emma C. Nie- derfrank, Bertha E. Drown, Harriet Campbell, Faye Ogden.
HANAWALT-Lulu Auracher, prin- cipal; Mrs. Laura M. R. Gow, Myra L. Cooke, Vera Jeffries, Marjory Blish.
HOWE-Alice Bradshaw, principal; Ethel L. Badgley, Ruth Nicholson, Mrs. William G. Harding, Viola Van de Las, Katherine McGuire.
HUBBELL-H. D. Eickelberg, prin- cipal; Jessie L. Bradshaw, Edith Lind; holme, Helen W. Sherwood, Beulah N. Shriver, Edna Frazer, Winifred E. Connolly, Myrtle Nicklin, Violet Ken. yon, Grace Woodcock, Florence E. Ol- iver, Bernice Ball, May Taylor, Eliza- beth Mason, Florence French, Jessie E. Dicks, Grace R. Swift, Marion Dau- ber .. 4
JEFFERSON-Grace Morrison, prin- cipal; Helen C. Cox, Alice D. Stubbs, Marguerite Griswold.
KIRKWOOD-Adelaide Laird, prin- cipal; Eugenia Pattison, Lena M. Chandler, Bertha E. Howland, Mayme E. Fitting, Eva L. Owen, Florence J. Adams, Mae R. George, Louise Mosier, Rosetta Anderson, Mrs. Grace Guyer, Ella N. Grigsby.
LINCOLN-Alice G. Eaton, princi- pal; Gertrude Manning, Hannah J. Stones, Eva I. Howard, Lilla Vaughan, Hazel M. Clark.
LOGAN-Cora A. Parr, principal; Gertrude Greene, Mrs. M. McLaugh- lin, Mrs. Ruth Keil, Carrie Spoor, Edna Smyres, Clara Hansen, Edna M. Ryan, Coryl L. Shaffer.
LONGFELLOW-Anna Stohlgren, principal; Edna Cummings, Mae Kook- er, Faye Bristley, Viola Younker, Or- mond Condon, Ida M. Tilden, Florence Wall, Mildred Walder, Margaret Burt, Mabel Springer.
LUCAS-Sara H. Davis, principal; Minnie Carlson, Beulah Henderson, Gertrude E. Anderson, Ethel Thomp- son, Ida Seems, Lelia Livingston, Min-
nie Youngerman, Ida E. Fisher, Ruth Ash, Ethel Lowther.
McHENRY-Julia A. Beach, princi- pal; Mattie Bach, Mrs. Ella Chantry, Nora Sherwood, Helen Shollenberger, Mrs. Cora Tennant, Allie E. Rein], Florence | Skinner, Maude Ireland, Lulu Lester, Blanche Williams.
McKINLEY-Alice Bradshaw, prin- cipal; Anne Weissinger, Tid E. Peck, Bessie Buchanan, Gretta Starrett, Alta Iverson, Anna F. Fisher, Lucile Wixstead, Mame McGuire, Nora Har- rington, Edna Gibbs, Lucia Freligh.
NASH -- Mrs. E. J. Macy, principal; , Jessie Lee Bradshaw, Jennie L. Min- tier, Marcella Mills, Mary Sturgeon, Helen Johnston, Margaret McGuire, Gertrude B. Morgan, Grace D. Wyman, Minnie E. Sherman.
OAK PARK-Bertha D. Smith, prin- cipal; Mrs. Blanche Luge, Anna L. Bradley, Elva Lichty, Elizabeth Jack- son, Margaret Adair, Jennie A. Rob- bins, Ophie Clark, Gertrude A. Seeber, Alice Paskins, Mabel Harris, Eliza- beth H. Morris, Pauline Pearson, Nor- tha I. Porter, Grace Kimball.
OPEN AIR-Jewel Cutler, princi- pal; Bessie Bollwine.
-PARK AVENUE-C. E. Nickle, prin- cipal; Laura Ullrich, Mary L. Parrish, Mrs. Minnie G. Crook, Anna Dickey, Genevieve E. Johnson, Margaret E. Seeley, Lula J. Townsend, Hedwig Lindholme, Mildred Morrissey, Anna Farquharson, Catherine Anderson, Edith M. Cooper, Mary M. McPherrin, Mamie St. George, Floy Cook, Mary Dunkle, Josephine Warren, Pearl Ed- worthy.
PERKINS-W. Lee Jordan, princi- pal; Katherine Haley, Lottie Higgins, Ellice Langfitt, Avada McCreight, Eth- yl Hamilton.
PHILLIPS-Emma Bradley princi- pal; Ansoletta Van Doren, Elizabeth Miller, Edna Iler, Ethelyn Cohen, Or- pha Marshall, Clara A. Harper, Mar- garet Kern, Jennie Holmberg, Bertha Caughlin, Frieda Troeger, Lida Voor- hees, Hazel F. Howell, Helen C. .Walker, Addie J. Maulsby, Zoe M. Meier, Edna Smith.
RICE-Anna Hartigan, principal; Ruth Pritchard, Lola Mitchell, Grace Hubbard, Verdon Taylor, Ruth S. Thompson .
RILEY- J. W. Atchley, principal; Jessie T. Lea, Elsie J. Hauser, Marion McRae.
SABIN, HENRY-Clara Funston, principal; Alberta Hoffman, Lura D. Coulson, Mary Heaton, Mrs. Nelle J. York, Buena Holly, Mary O. Carr, Flora Batten, Alena Welch, Ione John- stone Beese, Jessie Kennedy, Eliza- beth Pressley, Fannie M. Ford, Mary
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Burgess, Alice W. Burney, Mary Kel- ly, Margaret Shannon, Minnie E. Hy- land, Mignon Robinson, Mrs. Anna Grace.
SAYLOR-Anna L. Wertz, princi- pal; Virgie M. Dewey, Amy Johnson, Grace I. Deming, Miriam Driscoll, Ves- ta Iler, Alice Norman, Ethel Colling, Emma J. Tate, M. Verne Anderson, Lucille Wilson.
SCOTT-Isabel E. Marshall, princi- pal; Grace A. Wilcox, Louise Eckberg, Nellie Oyler, Mrs. Lulu McRea, Grace Riggs, Isabel E. Marshall.
STOWE-Grace Troutner, principal; Stella Eberhart, Myrtle Tenny, Dim- ple Sims, Loretta Condon, Fern Ted- row, Xela Chantry.
WALLACE-Belle McConnell, prin- cipal; Elinore Goodwin, Bonnie C. Dwight, Mary Wickwire, Maud E. Ew- ing, Alice Fisher, Olive Dillon, Maude Wall, Bertha Lamoreaux, Edna Peter- son, Alice Lowry, Ruth S. Crosier.
WASHINGTON-Mrs. Blanche M. Snook, principal; Lizzie L. Gibson, Stella M. McGuire, Agnes Hanrahan, Leona Wilcox, Mae Welch, Ethel Boulden, Luella V. Cole, Edith Beeney Smith, Vasie Crow, Mae Heathershaw, Bertha V. Mallett, Letta Runyon, Eth- el Lee, Anna R. Smith.
WEBSTER-Minnie W. Rozelle, principal; Olive Pugh, Virginia Hen- ney, Elsie Greenlee, Josephine Len- nan, Rebecca DeFord, Mabel Huffman, Edna Clarke, Mary Taylor, Gertrude Caldbeck, Jessie St. John, Ethel Low- ther.
WHITTIER-Belle McConnell, prin- cipal; Clara Edinburn, Mayfred Stone, Agnes Leininger, Della Cortelyou, Minnie Koehl, Janet Hume.
WILLARD-Grace Troutner, princi- pal; Belle Hartman, Jessie M. Ford, Esther Brannen, Esther V. Nicholson, Kate Donovan, Emma Leasure, Anna R. Searcy, Meta Leftwich, Ruth Ilgen Fritz, Mamie Longan, Mrs. Nora Nel- son, Gladys Koch, Helen Docherty, Dolly Rhodes, L. Mae Hamilton, Hon- ora Howard, Katherine McCoy, Hen- rietta Blessin, Dorothy, Lewis.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
CLARKSON-Margaret Wheeler. GARFIELD-Mary G. Diemer. WASHINGTON-Mary E. Trainor. 1
WARD BOUNDARIES.
First Ward-The first ward shall embrace all of that part of the city lying west of a line described as fol- lows: Beginning on the south line of the city in the center of Section 20, Township 78, Range 24, running thence north through the center of
Sections 20, 17 and 8, Township 78, Range 24, to the middle of the Rac- coon river; thence easterly along the middle of said river to a
point in line with the center line of West Nineteenth produced south; thence north along the center line of Nine- teenth to the center line of Grand av .; thence east along the center line of Grand av. to the center line of Seventeenth, thence north along the center line of said Seventeenth to the center line of University at; thence west along the center line of Uni- versity av to the center!
line of Twentieth; thence north along the center line of Twentieth to the center line of Mondamin av; thence north along the center line of Twentieth produced to the middle of the Des Moines river; thence northerly follow- ing. the middle of said river to the north line of the city.
Second Ward-The second ward shall include all of the territory lying east of the first ward, north of the Raccoon river and west of a line de- scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point in the middle of the Raccoon river, thence it is in- tersected by the center line of Ninth; thence north along the center line of Ninth to the center line of Market; thence west along the center line of Market to the center line of Tenth; thence north on the center |line of Tenth to the center line of Pleasant; thence westerly along the center line of Pleasant to the center line of the north and south alley between Lots 1 and 2 of Holland's Sub-division of Lots 3 and 4 of Rose's Addition; thense north along the center line of said alley to the center line of Park to the center line of Twelfth; thence north along the center line of School to the center line of Twelfth north; thence west along the center line of Twelfth north; thence north along the center line of said Twelfth to the center line of Jefferson av; thence west along the center line of Jefferson av to the line between Lots 11 and 12, Official Plat of the southwest quarter of Section 27, Township 79, Range, 24, produced south; thence north along said line to the middle of the Des Moines river; thence westward along the middle of the said river to the east boundary line of the first ward ..
Third Ward-The third ward bof the city shall embrace all the terri- tory lying east of the boundary lines of the first and second. wards above given and west of the following line: Beginning at a point in the middle of the Raccoon river, on the center line of Ninth; thence easterly follow- ing the middle of said river to a point
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in line with the center line of Sev- enth as originally located; thence northerly along the center line of said Seventh as originally located to a point where the center line of said Seventh intersects the center line of Sixth av; thence northerly along the center line of Sixth av to the center line of Elm; thence east along the center line of Elm to the center line of Fifth; thence north along the cen- ter line of Fifth to the center line of Grand av; thence west along the cen- ter line of Grand av to the center line of Sixth av; thence north along the center line of Sixth av to the middle of the Des Moines : river; thence southeasterly following the middle of said river to its point of intersection with the east and west center `line of Section 35, Township 79, Range 24; thence east along said center line to the north and south center line of Section 35, Township 79, Range 24, thence north along the center line of Sections 26, 26 and 23, Township 79, Range 24, to the north line of the city.
Fourth Ward-The fourth ward shall consist of all that portion of the city lying east of the east bound- ary line of the first and third wards and west of the following line:
Beginning in the center of Section 22, on the south line of said city; thence north through the center of Sections 22, 15 and 10 to the middle of the Des Moines river; thence nor- therly up the middle of the Des Moines river to Sixth av bridge where it crosses the river.
Fifth Ward-The fifth ward shall consist of all that portion of the said city lying east of the east boundaries of the third and fourth wards and lying west of a line as follows, to- wit:
Beginning in the middle of the Des Moines river, where it is intersected by the center line running north through Section 10, Township 87, Range 24; thence easterly along the middle of said river to a point opposite Seventh; thence north on Seventh to Locust; thence east on Locust to Pennsylvania av; thence north from Locust on Pennsylvania av to Maple thence west on Maple to the center of Pennsylvania av; thence north on Pennsylvania av to Fremont; thence east on Fremont to Twelfth; thence north on Twelfth to Washington av; thence east on Washington av to the east section line of Section 35 above referred to; thence north' on the east line of said section and upon the east line of
Sections 26 and 23 to the north line of the city.
Sixth Ward-The sixth ward shall be composed of all that portion of territory lying east of the east boun dary lines of the fourth and fifth wards' and west lines: of the following
Beginning in the center of Section 23,, on the south line of said city, Range 24, thence north through the center of Sections 23, 14 and 11 to the Des Moines river; thence up the middle of the said river to a point opposite and south of the southern terminus of Sixteenth; thence north on Sixteenth to Walker; thence northeasterly on | Walker to Eigh- teenth; thence north on Eighteenth to North av; thence east on North av to the center line of Delaware street extended south; thence north on the line of Delaware street to the north line of the city.
Seventh Ward-the seventh ward shall comprise all that portion of the city lying east of the east line of the sixth ward as above fixed.
VOTING PRECINCTS
First Ward. First Precinct-The first precinct shall embrace all of the territory lying south of the Raccoon river and west of the center line of Sections 21, 16 and 9, Township 78, Range '24.
. Second ·Precinct-The second pre- cinct shall include all of the terri- tory bounded on the east by Forty- second, on the south by Raccoon river, on the west by the corporation line, .on the north by the center line of Sections 1 and 2, Township 78, Range 25.
Third Precinct-The third pre- cinct shall comprise all the territory lying north of the Raccoon river, east of Forty-second and Forty-second produced to river, west of Twenty- eighth and Twenty-eighth produced to river, and south of the center line of Sections 5 and 6, Township 78, Range 24.
Fourth | Precinct- The fourth pre- cinct shall include all the territory lying east of Twenty-eighth and de- scribed as follows, to-wit: Beginning in the middle of the Raccoon river, on the west line of Section 8, Town- ship 78, Range 24, thence north along the west line of Sections 8 and 5, Township 78, Range 24, to the center line of said Section 5, Town- 78, Range 24; thence east along the center line of said Section 5, Towi !- ship 78, Range 24, to the center line of Seventeenth; thence south along the center line of Seventeenth to
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the center line of Grand av; thence west along the said center line of Grand av to the center line of Nine- teenth; thence south along the center line of Nineteenth produced to the middle of the Raccoon river; thence westerly along the middle of said Raccoon river to the place of be- ginning.
Fifth Precinct-The fifth precinct shall consist of all the territory lying north of the center line of Section 5, Township 78, Range 24, east of the center line of Twenty-fourth, south of the center line of University av, and west of the center line of Seven- 'teenth.
Sixth Precinct-The sixth precinct shall include all of the territory ly- ing west of the center line of Twenty- fourth, north of the center line of Sections 5 and 6, Township 78, Range 24, east of the center line of Thirty- first and south of the center line of University av.
Seventh Precinct-The seventh pre -. cinct shall include all of the terri- tory lying north of the center line of Sections 1 and 2, Township 78, Range 25, and Section 6, Township 78, Range 24, south of the center line of University av and west of the center line of Thirty-first.
Eighth Precinct-The eighth pre- cinct shall comprise all the territory within the following described lines, to-wit: Beginning on the center line of University av at Twenty-seventh, thence north along the center line of Twenty-seventh to the center line of .Franklin av; thence west along the center line of Franklin av to the east line of Section 32, Township 79, Range 24; thence north along the east line of Sections 32, 29 and 20, Township 79, Range 24, to the north line of the city; thence west along the north line of the city to the west line of the city; thence south along said west line of the city to the cen- ter line of University av; thence east along the said center line of Universi- ty av to the place of beginning.
Ninth Precinct-The ninth pre- cinct shall include all of the territory lying west of the east line of the first ward, described as follows, to- wit: Beginning on the 'center line of Twenty-seventh at University av; thence north along said center line of Twenty-seventh to the center line of Franklin av; thence west along the said line of Franklin av to the west line of Section 33, Township 79, Range 24; thence north along the west line of Sections 33, 28 and 21, Township 79, Range 24, to the north line of the city; thence. east along
the north line of the city to the mid- dle of Des Moines river, thence south- erly along the middle of said river to its intersection with the center line of Twentieth produced; | thence south along the said center; line of Twentieth produced to the center of Mondamin av, thence south along the center line of Twentieth to the center line of University av; thence west along the center line of University. av to the place of beginning.
Second Ward. First Precinct-The first precinct shall include all of the territory lying north of the Rac- coon river described as follows, to- wit: Beginning in the center of the Raccoon river at the center of the Raccoon river at the center of Ninth, thence westerly along the middle of said river to its intersection with the center line of Nineteenth produced; thence north along the center line of Nineteenth produced to the center line of Grand av; thence east along the center line of Grand ay to the center line of Tenth thende south along the center line of Tenth to the center line of Market; thence east along the center line of Market to the center line of Ninth; thence south along the center line of Ninth to the place of beginning.
Second Precinct-The second pre- cinct shall include all the territory north to Pleasant described as fol- lows, to-wit: Beginning on the cen- ter line of Grand av at Tenthl thence west along the center line Bf Grand av to the center line of Seventeenth; thence north along the center line of Seventeenth to the center line of Pleasant; thence east along the cen- ter line of Pleasant to the center line of Tenth; thence south along the cen- ter line of Tenth to the place of be- ginning.
Third Precinct-The third precinct shall comprise all of the territory north to Pleasant described as fol- lows, to-wit: Beginning on the cen- ter line of Pleasant at Seventeenth thence north along the center line of Seventeenth to the center |line of Crocker to the center line of Twelfth, thence south along the center line of Twelfth to the center line of Park; thence west along the center line of Park to the center line of the north and south alley between Lots 1 and 2 of Holland's Sub-division of Lots 3 and 4 of Rose's Addition; thence south along the center line of said alley to the center line of Pleasant; thence west along the center line of Pleasant to the place of beginning.
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