The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-29

Inspectors as established residents
of said township of Glencoe; ant
those of persons who, upon chal
lenge, established the fact by theil
oath that they were citizens of thu
United States, three months resi-
dent in the State of Michigan, anc
ten days resident in the township
ofGlencoc; and that no illegal votes
were cast at said election in sait
township of Glencoe. That sale
defendants make the foregoing
statements upon information re,
ceived by them from Nelson III
Mckee, who is one of the members
of the Board of Supervisors of sale
County of Lake, and who, answer.
ing upon this point only, says thai
he is now Supt visor of said Town.
ship of Glencoe, that he was at the
township meeting held in said town
ship, on the 5th day of April, 1875
one of the members of the Board
of Inspectors of election in said
township, and that the foregoing
statements with regard to the cleo.
ton in the township of Glencoe are
true of his own knowledge, so far as
it is possible for the same to be
within the knowledge of any one
man.
"Dcfendants further answering
allege that they are informed and
believe and charge it to be the fact
that at the election held on the 5th
Of April, 1875, in the townships of
Chase and Yates In the proposed
amended answer the township of
Pinora is added.-EDIToR. in said
Lake county, there were large
number of illegal votes cast against the
removal of the county seat, which ille-
gal votes these defendants ask leave to
be allowed to show by their proofs upon
the hearing, and that even if all the
allegations of the bill were true, still, 80
many were the illegal votes cast in said
township against the removal of the
county seat that majority of the legal
votes of said county would yet be in
favor of such removal.
Defendants, further answering, sub
nit that by the information itself it at,-
pears that said informant is not entitled
to the relief prayed for, for the rcas, n
that it appears that said acts COM
planned OLA e not el evble in a court of
equity; but that informant has COM
plcte and perfect remedy at law, and
these defendants ask that they may
have the same advantage of this OIL
lection az though they had demurrcd
to said bill for want of equity. Where
fore your defendants pray that they
may be hence dismissed with their costs
and charges, by them about their suit
I'm this behalf, most wrOngfully insti-
tutcd, to be taxed and allowed to them,
and your defendants shall ever pray
&c.
"Board of Supervisors of Lake Coun-
ty Michigan.
Per GEO, w, CLARK. Chairman.
ISAAC GRANT,
WIN. WOOD,
Nv II. MChEE.
State Of Michig1n ..
CUuiity Of Luke
B,fore me this 5th day of May, a.
ID. 1875, personally appeared George w.
Clark, Chairman of the Board of STU
pervisOrs, of Lake county, Michigan,
making oath OH behalf of said Board
of Supervisors, def Mdants, anu Isaac
Grant, and being by me duly sworn,
depOse and say, and each for himself
says, that they have heard read the
answer, by them subscribed,
and know the contents thereof, and
that the same is true of their and each
of their own knowledge, except as to
the matters therein alleged to he OH
and belief, and as to those
matters they believe it to be true; and
the said WIN. Wood being by me duly
sworn, deposcs and says that the an
swcr therein contained, made by him
rs to the registration and election i'm
the Township of Pleasant Plains, i'm
said county, has been heard read 10y
him, and is true Of his own knowledge;
and the said Nelson II. Mckee being
by me duly sworn, dcposcs and says
that the answer therein contained,
made by him as to the election in the
Township of Glencoe, i'm said county,
has been heard by him, and Is true of |
his own knowledge.
AUGUSTUS TOwNER,
County Clerk.