The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-23
Proceedings of the Board of
A'~ Supervisors.
"WEDNESDAY, june Il, 1875.

mept.
The Committee on Comparing Roll
reported that they had discharged th
duty assigned them and found the roll
correct.
The Committee on footing Rolls sui
mitted their report which was accepted
The committee, appointed to conside
the opinion of the Prosecuting Attorney
heretofore submitted, in regard to til
compensation of the stenographer, sub
mitted the following report, which, o.
motion, was accepted and adopted:
Tothe Honorable Board of Super
visors of Van Buren, County: ~
Your committee to whom was re
ferred the opinion, in writing, given yo'
by the Prosecuting Attorney, in relation
to the power of the Board to regulate
and fix the salary of the stenographer o
the Circuit Court for this county, bet
leave to report that they have had the
same under consideration, and that they
cannot adopt the views Of the Pros.
ecuting Attorney, as expressed in said
opinion, denying the power Of the Board
to regulate such salary or compensation
We cannot bring ourselves to the con.
clusion that the law cited by the attor'
ney, fairly construed, warrant any such
inference or that the legislature ever in
tended so to enact.
Without relying, however, upon the
law cited, or controverting or attempt
ing to controvert the opinion of the at
torney above referred to, we think that
outside of the law cited, there is un-
doubted authority for the action taken
by the Board.
The action taken by the Board Of
Supervisors of this county, making the
law in relation to stenographers in Cir.
cult Courts operative in this county, was
in 1869. At that time the 9th Judicial
District, of which this county was a
part, was composed of the counties of
Allegan, Kalamazoo and Van Buren,.
Since that date, viz; in 1878, the Judi
cial District was recognized and re-
formed; the new District being COM
posed of the counties of Kalamazoo and
Van Buren, alone. And since that re.
organization no action has been taken
by the Board of Supervisors to provide
for the operation of the law providing
for stenographers in the Circuit Court.
We think, therefore, that since such re,
organization of the District it is entirely
within the power of the Board to fix
such compensation as they may see fit, or
dispense with the services of stenog.
rapher altogether. Respectfully sub
mitted
z. 0. Briggs,
MYRoN HINCKLEY, Committee.
SAMUEL p. WILSON
TIE foregoing committee also sub.
mitteA the following memorial, which,
On motion, was accepted and adopted !;
and ordered that the Clerk make a GER
tilted copy of the same to be signed by
the Chairman and Clerk Of the Board
and forwarded to the Governor of this
State, viz;
70 His EecelIeacy HoN. JonN J.
BAGLEY, Governor Of the State Of Men.
.yu
The memorial of the Board of Super
visors Of the county of Van Buren,, re-
spectfully sheweth unto your Excellency,
that at the session of the Board of Su-
pervisors of said county held in October,
1869, resolution was adopted by the
Board making the act of April ?, 1869,
providing for the appointment of Ste
nographers for the Circuit Court opera
tive in this county, but without fixing
any salary or compensation for said
74fce. The Ninth Judicial District, of
which this county forms part, was then
composed of the counties of Allegan,
an Buren, and Kalamazoo. No ether
compensation being fixed, the stenogra.
her for the court in said District was
aid compensation of two thousand
Io.lars per annum as provided by law in
1ch cases, which amount was appor-
Toned among the several counties of the
District, as provided by said act.
BY act No. ~ of the session laws of
S73, said Judicial District was re.
,rmed and recognized, and has since
lat time been composed Of the counties
Kalamazoo and Van Buren, alone.
10 new action was, however, taken by
he Board in relation to the salary of
he stenographer, but the same annual
llary of $4,000 was continued to be
aid, which salary was divided and paid
y the counties of Kalamazoo and Van
uren under the law of 1869; and this
as continued during the year of 1875,
eing the close of the official time of the
udge who occupied the Bench of the
ircuit Court at the time of the forma-
on Of the new District, and who was
in Office by the terms of said
ct, until the expiration of the time for
hich he had previously been elected.
At session of the Board held in
anuary, A. D. 1876, the said term of
flee OF said Judge having expired, and
new Judge having been regularly and
sgally elected, the Board passed a reso-
alton fixing the amount of salary of
tenographer of the Circuit Court to be