The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-01-21

VI n"eo "a'eiou' III "ieneSS wnereof, L
hereby set my hand at Grand Haven, this
18th day of November, A. d. 1852.
Signed, ELIAS G. YOU'VE,
Clerk Of Ottaaoa County, and .Sec'y
Of Board Of Co. Canvassers.
On motion Of Mr.. e. P. Ferry,
Resolved, That the Clerk and Chair.
man Of this Board be and they are here
by directed TO draw a duplicate of order
OF No. =, in favor Of DR.. A. w. Squier,
for four dollars.
Adopted
The report of the committee on tho
family relief fund was then presented aud
read.
On motion of Mr.. Otto Brayman,
The report was accepted.
On motion,
The report was adopted and referred
back to the committee for equalization.
The report Of the committee appoint
ed to look into the condition Of the
County Clerks Office was read, accepted
and adopted.
The report is rs follows:
The committee appointed TO examine
into the condition of the Clerks Office
would report that they fud the books
of records of deeds and mortgages unin-
dexed, for about twelve hundred pages,
and the register of delivery of deeds not
written up; that, as near as they can as
certain, it will cost about one hundred
dollars to put them in proper shape, and
they would recommend that the present
Clerk be instructed and authorized to hire
the work done, BY some competent per-
son, as economically as possible, and that
he be further instructed to notify each Of
the bondmen of Mr.. Elias G. Young Of
such fact, and the county will hold them
responsible for the expenses therein in
CURED. Signed, E. p. FERRY,
HIRAM JENNIsoN,
BENZ. LILLE.
Mr.. A. B. Sumner then presented an
account for extra services rendered the
county.
On motion of Mr.. J. w. Barnard,
RESOLVED, That the account be allowed.
Carried.
The report and survey of the highway
commissioners, of the township of Chos-
ter, as ordered by this Board, in October
last, was then taken up and discussed,
reading as follows:
TO the Board of Supervisors Of the
county Of Ottawa:
We, the commissioners of highways,
of the township Of Chester, in said coun-
ty, do hereby report that pursuant to q
resolution of your honorable Board, passed
at your last session, VIC have caused
survey Of the route proposed rs m altera-
tion of the Grand Rapids and Muskegon
State Road, on section thirty one (3l),
in said township, to be made. The course
and distance whereof are rs follows, viz:
Beginning at the center of the said
Grand Rapids and Muskegon State Road,
on the quarter line running easterly and
westerly through section number thirty
one, and running eighty-seven degrees and
fifty minutes west, seventy-five rods and
nineteen links, TO the town line road.
And we would further report that the
cost of opening and working The said
road, on the new survey, will, in our judg-
ment, amount to one hundred and fifty
dollars. All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
Surveyed by J. H. Sanford, Dec. 27,
1862. o. II. MERRIcK,
JOHN McNErT,
Commissioners of Hig ghways of Chester.
On motion of Mr.. G. w. Reed,
The report was accepted and adopted,
by the following vote, taken by town
ships:
Yeas-Alendale Chester jamestown,
Olive, Polkton, Robinson and Zeeland-7.
Nays-Crockery, Georgetown, Otta-
wa and Wright-5.
On motion of Mr.. J. w. Barnard,
ResolUed, That the Clerk and Chair
man Of this Board be and they are here
by directed to draw an order Of one hun
dred dollars, payable to Mr.. 7. w. Ferry,
for money expended for the Michigan Sol
diers' Relief Association, at Washington.
Adopted.
A petition was presented signed by A.
V. Hayden and seventeen Others, making
application to the Board of Supervisors,
of Ottawa County, that that portion of
the so called State Road, leading from
Grand Rapids to Muskegon, which runs
zig gag across the north half or west quar-
ter of section number thirty-one; in the
town Of Chester, commencing on tho
southeast corner and running west to the
town line, DC.
A remonstrance was then presented
against the granting Of said petition,
signed by J. II. Sanford and seventy-fve
others.
On motion of Mr.. j. G.. Van Hees,
RESOLVED, That the prayer of the petit
tioners be granted, which vote was taken
by townships:
Yeas-Allendale, Chester, jamestown,
Olive, Polkton, Robinson and Zoeland-7.
Nays-Crockery, Georgetown, Ottawa,
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