The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-25

orderly, and at the conclusion every
body Immediately returned to their
homes well satisfied with the very large
meeting, the procession. the illumina.
ton, the speeches, themselves, and the
Republican p arty, and the elections
that have already taken place and been
heard from.
We learn that Mr.. Tucker is engaged
in enlighteniug (?) the people of this
county about various things among which
are those relating to the Office of Judge
of Probate. That Mr. Tucker will make
wild aud unfounded statements such as
the desperate condition of his and the
Greeleyites political affairs beget is to
be expected; and we do not intend 10
follow him up and expose their worth
lessness. We can only afford for the sake
of our readers to give the provisions of
the law relating to that office as found
on our statute book. First the Constitu
ton provides by Artical 6 for the sever
al Courts of Record of the State. Sections
l, 4, Is, If, & y, applying in whole or
part to " Courts Of Probate.
Second, Sections SOL of the Com.
piled Laws requiring the election of a
Judge of Probate for each county and
that he shall hold his Court at the
seat of Justice of the county. And
Chapter ll6 of the Compiled Laws pro
vides for and regulates fully such Courts
Section 40 of the Chapter requires that
4" There shall be a Probate Court held
in each county on the first Monday in
each month"; and on such other days as
the Judge of Probate shall appoint, and
in case any matter shall not he heard at
the time appointed for hearing the same
such matter shall stand continued until
the next stated term of the Court unless
the parties interested otherwise agree.
There is no provision the Law requir
ing the Judge of Probate to reside al
the County Seat. 1t is only required o.
him to hold his Court there on the Flrs
Monday of each month. The Statute
also requires stated terms" of the Court
Third, when Mr.. Richards was Judge
, Of Probate he moved in the spring o
1868 to Lawrence and for the balance
of his term came to Paw Paw regularly
on Mondays to hold his Court.
BY provision of the Statute the
Judge of Probate may appoint a" Olerk'
of Probate whose duties are similar t
those of Clerks of the Circuit Court.
Awaiting himself OF this provision o.
the Law Mr. L4wton carly in his tern
appointed Mr. Rowland the COUNTY
Clerk to be Clerk of Probate who dull,
qualified and performes the duties 0
that office in addition to his other duties
As is well known Mr. Lawton hold
as the Law requ res " stated term" o
his Court. each and every Monday o
, the month, besides performing such fur
: Their labor during the week as is necessa
, ry to keep the business of the office u
and completed with the close of eac
, week and to prevent accumulation G
, work and delays.
. When 1t has become as Il ought 10 b
generally understood that such bushes
a as caHaot, or shouldnot be done only a
the stated terms OF the Court, can b
/ douc al any Monday, and such othe
a business "a arises in the Court NAV b
=. d,uc o, th" Clerk OF Probate VIZ tn
Couu'J Jerk acting as & erik OF PruOaJ,
q Oh ony week lay, no ground Of comrlaiI
can De iodnd berau,e the Judge
= Probate reside, at iawtop, where too o
toe w, be NAY ea,ih %, coached IA pc
son or by malt
II VIII be seen that it Is not necessar
= for the Judge OF Probate to reside ;
E Paw Paw, il is oaly necessary for hin
: to hold stated term" of his Court, an
that Judge Lawtou has done during til
whole of his term witAout one failur
e or omission Of term, and his re.electio
, is assured by large majority.
l. WHEN some one said to Preside,
+ Grant that Senator Logan seemed rattle
inclined TO complain of the Adminlstrs
ton, the President smiled and answere
u that he knew Logan well lie is critics
i by nature, he said, and always speal
70 his opinion. During the war" sal
u General Grant, while we lay in cam
: nobody commented more sharply upO
" the little slips and blunders than job
J Logan; but when the order came I
march, no corps was in more perfec
=. order, none moved more promptly, an
b none was more bravely led than job
Lnran's lie Will criticisn the Admin