INCORPORATION.

 

Moline was organized as a town in 1843 and so remained until 1872, when it was incorporated as a city, under the general laws of the State, which came in force July i, 1872. On the third of that month a petition was presented to the Board of Trustees of the town of Moline, asking that the question of the adoption of a city government be submitted to the legal voters of the town. The petition was granted, and an election was held Tuesday, August 6, 1872. There were cast 261 votes for incorporation and 22 against; for minority representation in the City Council, 21; against minority representation, 247.

On Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1872, an election for city officers was held and the following named elected :

Mayor, Daniel L. Wheelock; City Clerk, Orrin K. Ferguson; City Attorney, John T. Browning; Aldermen, George W. Vinton, Luke E. Hemenway, J. S. Keator, Marvel H. White, Henry Klahn, Chas. W. Lobdell, Swan Hanson, Daniel W. Dimock,Chas. F. Hemenway.

The following named have served as Mayors since 1873: John Deere, 1873-74; D. L. Wheelock, 1875-76 ; S. W. Wheelock, 77-82 ; E. B. Knox, 1883-84; Martin Schillinger, 1885.

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