Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-01-22
WORK OF STATE GOvERNMExr.

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= WORK OF STATE GovsRNMENr.
From the Ian. e Republican.
Every voter in the state of Michigan
knows that the, State Treasurer mas
charge of the funds of the state. 'le
Auditor General has something 20 w
with accounts and the state La,'u OutIo
has charge of the lands owned pfstne
state Int If asked to specify theduties
onI ,yorL of these various departments.
not one in hundred gcould give more
thon the GENERAL answer given above.
Tn order TO cast little light upon the
subject. we give tile following summary
of the work performed By each of the
STATE departments located ut Lansing, as
far as it can be shown. At the head of
the = Is 81 - - (, ,s-s-,s. -. go 3
SECRETARY; OF STATES OFFICE
Is E.. G.. ID. Holden, of Grand Rapids.
His deputy is-lWm. Crosby, of lansing.
The clerical force of this department. at
the present time numbers. ii persons,
besides the deputy principal The regG-
lar hours for labor are from o'clock a.
IN. to noon. and from IL o'clock to . p.
m. There are strict rules governing the
conduct of the clerks. and rs a general
thing faithful service Is performed.
In the Secretary of States office the
compilation of the census and vital sta
tistics is n work which requires great
care and labor. Although the vital sta
tistics bureau is in charge of DIR. III. b.
Baker, it is reallya branch department
of the Secretary of States office. At the
beginning of 1875 the tabular portion of
the census was well under way, but
much work in compiling, besides incor-
porating important corrections and addi-
lions contained in hundreds of letters,
and the final preparation of the tables
for the printer, was done through the
year, also the main work on the summary
and indexing. This volume contains 392
pages of tabular work, 80 pages of intro
duction and summary, and 50 pages OF
statement of occupations, by counties.
= TheswOrk performed on vital statistics
has been the compilation part of the
births i'm 1872; births, marriages. and
deaths i'm 1873; most of the marriages
tor 1874; besides great amount of work
on vital statistics for 1874 which cannot
be enumerated. Proof has been read on
+, 80 pages of the report for 1872; III vol
umes of births, 5 of marriages, and OF
deaths have been indeXed; and 10 vol
umes of these returns have been arranged
ready for binding. Blanks have been
prepared and sent out to county clerk:
for the return of births, marriages, and
deaths. and this department has also fur
nished the counties with suitable blank
books in which county clerks are to re-
cOrd these returns.
On June 30. 1915. the work of keeping
the records and publishing the reports pl
the Board of State Auditors was trans
ferred to the Secretary of States Office
At that time the copy for the report OF
1874 was ready for the press, but it wa:
published under the supervision of the
Secretary of State. Since that time the
report tor 1875 has been prepared ant
published. The former report contains
19S pages and the latter 255 pages.
The abstract OF statistical information
relative TO the insane, deaf, dumb, and
blind, the abstract of the annual reports
of the county superintendent of poor,
and the abstracts of the reports of the
aheriffs for the year 1874, were mainly
compiled prior to the first of january,
1875; but a great amoant of work in in
serting corrections from letters. and COM
pleting the tables ready for the printer,
has been done since that date. The first
named abstract contains 90 pages, the
second AZ pages, and the last 81 pages.
The abstracts for the year 1875 are now
in preparation. "a .f...a- rr.,1s-.
Among other compilations of the office
are the township drain laws, with forms
tor the use of drain commissioners, ~
pages; laws relating to drainage and high
ways, 126 pages; laws relating to cleo
lions, together with digest of the de-
cisiOns of the Supreme Court (all printed
but the index, about 200 pages, and laws
relating to the public health, compiled
and in the hands of the printer, about &C
pages.
All these various compilations contain
CTS pages of statistical work, 1870 page:
of laws, Alb pages of compilations, in
dexing, ETC., making total of 2,4O'
pages. aEls. 20 ..ta arf .e.ess
The acts of the Legislature, whel
passed, enrolled, and approved by tn,
Governor, are deposited i'm this office
where they are classified, side notes art
affixed, and the copy is made ready fol-
the printer. As fast as possible the PROOF
is read by the enrolled copy, they are
finally indexed, and after being printed
and bound are distributed to public of
ficers and others throughout the state
The volume of general acts contains 43;
pages, and the volume of local and per-
sOnal acts has SSS pages. The proofs O
nearly everything printed for this depart
-ment are twice read in the Secretary
office before the forms are run. Thes
publications, together with G,000 cOpie
each of.the reports of the state Board o
Agriculture, state Pomological Society
state Board of Health, and vital statistics
are packed or boxed, and distributed tt
various parties as required by law.
} The following table shows the number
of commissions, pardons, warrants, and
acquisitions issued by the Office during
the year. A copy of each is entered in
the executive Journal, and from that
transferred to the proper records and in
dexed:
N0yaries' commissio ion 4 10
Commissioners Of deeds com mission ....-- 2
General commissions. 3
3oLuOnS H an tcu. 8
acquisitions ....... 3
w 8rrants lssu
Warradts recalled. Observation-Disclosures
faroons revoked--.......-------
The following table shows the number
OF land patents and deeds issued:
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miscellaneous deeds