The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
The County Seat Csc.

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trouble to procure exact copies Of
the original Conformation" and San
swer" thereto, and publish the fol-
lowing extracts, showing the sub
stance of the whole matter. The
amendments to be made to the in
; formation do not materially change
the substance of it. The amend
ed answer will charge illegal votes
against removal, in Pinora town
ship, in addition to Chase and Yates.
The citizens of Lake county are
particularly requested to note the
sworn statement given below, in eff
feet that the Board of Supervisors
never took the necessary steps for
submitting the question of removal
to the people. The fact that the
records show conclusively that such
action was taken by the Board.
When it is known that Augustus
Towner, one of the parties to the
affidavits given below-was, both
at the time Baldwin was designated
and when the resolution was adopt
ed, directing the Clerk to make
necessary arrangements for sub
hitting the question to a vote of
the pcople-chairman of the Board,
and, further, that subsequently,
as Clerk of the Board, he caused
notices of the election to be print
ed and posted; notice to be pub
lished in the STAR; besides having
tickets printed and distributed, it
seems to us that the one dcclara-
ton given below chat the matter
was not submitted to the pcoplc)
enough to stamp with eternal infa-
my the whole movement against
removal. When men show them
selves cmbued with such bitter par
tisan spirit as to suffer what they
consider needless expense to the
taxpayers, to go on without pro-
test, their days ofuscfulness as pub
lie officers arc ended. The entire
substance of the information is as
follows:
"Informing showcth unto your
Honorable Court, Andrew j. Smith,
Attorney General of the State of
Michigan, on behalf of said State
and of the people thereof, upon the
relation of James NJ. Foster citi-
zen of said State and residing in
the County of Lake.
THAT, heretofore, in the year 1871
said County of Lake was duly or
ganizcd, and the County Seat there
OF duly located and established at
Green Dell; at which place it hath
hitherto, and doth still remain as
in and by the Session Laws of 1871.
And the said Attorney General in
forming as aforesaid; further shows
unto the Court that afterwards to-
wit: on or about the twenty first
day of August, 1874, the Board of
Supervisors, of said Lake county,
adopted the following resolution,
to-wit: Motion by VIM. Wood, tl.as
the village of Baldwin be designat-
ed as the County Sent of Lake coun-
ty, &c.
"And the said Attorney General
further shows, that from and after
the adoption of said resolution, by
said Board of Supervisors, said
Board Of Supervisors never adopted
any resolution or took any lawful
steps to remove said County Scat
to the village of Baldwin,; or by res
olution or any other lawful means,
submit to the people of the County
of Lake, proposition to remove
the County Seat to the village of
Baldwin; or by resolution or any
lawful means authorize the people
of said County of Lake to vote up
on such proposition; or any lawf !
means authorize the County Clerk
of said county, or the Clerk of said
Board of Supervisors, or authorize
any other person to cause notice
to be given out, and publish that
such proposition would be voted up
on at the annual township meeting,
held, or to be held, on the fifth day
of April, 1875.
Here follows detailed state
mcnt of the vote on the question of
removal, resulting in a majority of
IS. EDITOR.
And the said Attorney General
further informing as aforesaid, fur
Their shows unto the Court, that on
Or about the first day of April, 1875,
ms he is informed, and believes, and
informs the Court, and
charges the truth to be that the
Board of Registration of the Town
ship of Pleasant Plains, the same
being an organized township of
said County of Lake, said Board of
Registration being composed of
Wood, G. Nj. c. Ross and
Henry A. jerks, fraudulcntly reg
istcred as lawful voters in said town
ship, the names of Charles Sugars,
Barney Reilly, and large number
Of other names, to-wit: eighty other
names or whereabouts, and as nearly
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