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History

Tiffin through time

Every dated item of the town's history in the archive on one list: history notes, checked research claims, events read from the records, ordinances, resolutions of the kinds that mark the town's life, project milestones, the earliest appointment to each board and proclamations. Each line is as the records put it, with its page. Atom feed.

9 items match.

  1. March 6, 1928 Decision The council passed and approved the ordinance prescribing and fixing the town seal on 6 March 1928 and the mayor signed it on 7 March.
    “was passed and approved by the council this 6 day of March 1928, and signed by the mayor this 7 day of March.”
    document 4708, p. 1 · Ord. 1 · before 1962
  2. March 6, 1928 Ordinance Ordinance 1928-001 adopted: Ordinances-1928- 1 - Town Seal document 4708 · Ord. 1928-001 · before 1962
  3. March 7, 1928 Decision The seal ordinance was authenticated on 7 March 1928 over a signature block for the mayor and the clerk.
    “was authenticated this 7 day of March 1928. C. M. Wolfe Mayor Mary E. Hudliski Clerk.”
    document 4708, p. 1 · Ord. 1 · before 1962
  4. March 7, 1928 Decision Section 2 puts the town seal in the custody of the mayor, to be attached by him to all warrants drawn on the treasurer and to transcripts, orders or certificates that need authentication.
    “SECTION 2. The town seal shall be in the custody of the mayor and attached by him to all warrants drawn on the treasurer, and to all transcripts, orders or certificates which it may be necessary or proper to authenticate.”
    document 4708, p. 1 · Ord. 1 · before 1962
  5. March 7, 1928 Decision Section 1 describes the town seal as circular, with the words Tiffin, Iowa in the center and the words Town Seal around the margin.
    “SECTION 1. The town seal shall be a seal circular in form, in the center of which shall be the words, "Tiffin, Iowa", and around the margin the words, "Town Seal"”
    document 4708, p. 1 · Ord. 1 · before 1962
  6. March 7, 1928 Decision The document that prescribes and fixes the town seal is headed Ordinance No. 1.
    “TOWN SEAL. Ordinance No.1”
    document 4708, p. 1 · Ord. 1 · before 1962
  7. March 7, 1928 Decision The seal ordinance was published on 7 March 1928 by posting copies in three public places, two of which were the mayor's office and the post office.
    “was published on the 7th day of March, 1928, by posting copies thereof in three public places within the limits, two of which places were the mayor's office and the post office.”
    document 4708, p. 2 · Ord. 1 · before 1962
  8. August 22, 1956 Decision A later ordinance recites that the council agreed under a resolution signed 22 August 1956 to pass ordinances for access control and traffic control.
    “The Council agreed under Resolution signed August 22, 1956 to pass ordinances for access control and traffic control; and under Resolution signed December 7, 1960 to pass an ordinance passing speed limits”
    document 4710, p. 1 · Ord. 54 · before 1962
  9. December 7, 1960 Decision A later ordinance recites that the council agreed under a resolution signed 7 December 1960 to pass an ordinance passing speed limits.
    “The Council agreed under Resolution signed August 22, 1956 to pass ordinances for access control and traffic control; and under Resolution signed December 7, 1960 to pass an ordinance passing speed limits”
    document 4710, p. 1 · Ord. 54 · before 1962

Dates are the meeting's or the document's unless the page states another. Themes on ordinances, resolutions and project milestones come from words in their titles (a rule, not a reading); on notes and claims, from the research.

Data last updated October 23, 2026. Built from the archive's documents; see how the data is built.