The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-03-16

Will olo seal VI VIC odlu OouilI1s NuiOh
said bonds shall be made payable to the
Treasurer of the State of Michigan at any
time within fifteen years from the passage
Of this act.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the
State Treasurer, Immediately after the
passage of this act, to prepare the blank
forms Of said bonds and transmit the
same, with copy of this act to the coun-
ty clerk Of the county of Gratiot, who is
hereby required to call meeting of the
board Of supervisors, at the county seat
of said county, on the day designated in
section two of this act, or at as early
day thereafter as practicable, for the pur-
pose of carrying out the spirit and intent
Of this act in providing relief for the suf-
fering people Of said county.
SEC. 4. Upon said bonds being pre-
sented TO said State Treasurer, duly exc
cuted as prescribed in section two Of this
act, the said Treasurer shall Immediately
pay to the county Treasurer Of said coun-
ty to its authorized agent of said beard
Of supervisors, the sum of fifteen thou
sand dollars, which money shall be depos-
tied with the treasurer of said county, to
be drawn out in the usual and legal man
ner of drawing moneys from the county
treasury.
SEC. 5. The county treasurer Of said
county of Gratiot is hereby required TO
give bond in the form prescribed for
county treasurers in the compiled laws of
this State, in such sum as the board of
supervisors shall direct and approve.
SEC. 6. The board of supervisors of
the county of Gratiot, and their success
ors in office, are hereby authorized to levy
upon the tax assessment rolls of said
county, each year during the next fifteen
years, such sum of money as they may
deem proper, not exceeding in any one
wear the sum of two thousand dollars
and said moneys shall be collected in the
same manner rs other State taxes, and
paid into the county treasury with the
State taxes of the year, and when so paid
shall be accounted for and paid in such
manner as he, the State Treasurer, shall
direct, to be applied in payment of the
bonds of said county.
After the PRONUNCIATION Of the message
it was a common topic of conversation
about Lansing, that the principal movers
in this starvation matter were large land
holders in the counties of Gratiot and Is
abella tho .renorts and minors aforesaid
4 coming 10 tlle ears OF the Committee a.
duced the mlnornty thereof TO oIicr 10
: the consideration of the Senate the fore
going Senate bill, No. SO. The bill wa.
read twice and found to be democrati,
measure for guarding the Treasury by
providing for the repayment of the whole
sum. The bill was smothered by the re
publican majority, and another one sub
stituted, placirg $4,000 in the hands O
the Governor to be given away as he
might deem best--making 10 provision
for the return of any portion of the mon.
ey TO the Treasury.
Now, sir, turn to the Auditor Generals
report and you will see evidence enough
to convince you that more than three
tourths Of all the land in Gratiot county
is taxable property. There is no county
In the State better able TO take care of its
own poor than the county of Gratiot.-
There is not more just and equitable
principle than that every community OF
county is bound to support and provide
for its own poor. Gratiot county was, and
Is now abundantly able TO take care of
their poor, especially under the provisions
of the foregoing bill, had il become n law.
BY reference TO the Journal of the Senate,
dated January 10Th, you will see by the
memorial of the board of supervisors of
that county that there arc about one
thousand families in tho county, who are
not enough to settle one-fourth of it,
leaving thrce-fourths Of the land in the
hands of nonresident republican senator's,
representatives, executives, and spectators
generally; hence the reason for killing the
bill. The ono substituted therefor is in
its character not unlike the Kansas horse
feed resolutions, which appropriated ten
thousand dollars 10 be thrown away at
tho canrica of Gov p,.orr,,, IN