The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14
PROCEEDINGS Of THE hoard
or SUPERv1SORS.

Inc boAru OF supervisors convened for theil
January Session pursuant to adjournment
On the calling Of the roll there was present w
y. French, of Almena +. b. Adams OF Ant
werp; o. Williams, Of Porter; E. O. Briggs
OF Paw Paw; II. Nutting, OF Decatur A.
Brown, OF Columbia; Charles Rockwell, OF
lawrence; s. b. Hagar, Of Hamilton; Charles
T. Heath, Of Bangor Arvin Heath, OF Airing
ton; John Roosevelt OF Keller; S. Wilson, OF
South Haven George Grant, OF Deerield |;
Tobias Johnson, Of Pine Grove; II. Ii. How
ard, OF Bloomingdale and p. T. Streator, OF
Waverly.
after receiving and referring sundry claims,
the Committee on the County Poor made the
following report:
THE POOR Farm.
10 the Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Van buren, County:
The Committee on County Poor beg leave to
submit the following report
On the 28th day OF December they visited
the County Farm and examined its condition,
and also that of the buildings, including the
house and it's management. They find the
farm in the main IN fair condition, yet requir-
ing small improvements, involving small ex-
peDse. Inc mousse SHOWS oAcellent manage
ment and the condition of the inmates as
comfortable as the unfortunate condition OF
most of them will admit Of. The rooms bed
ding and clothing, occupied and used by the
paupers are scrupulously clean, and the food
on which they are Fed, wholesome and sufficient
IL quantity The stock on the farm is also in
good condition, and the various farm implc-
nents well housed and cared for. While CIV
ing this testimony to the general good manage
ment Of the farm, your Committee are OF the
opinion that an outlay OF the amount sufficient
10 thoroughly drain ana subdue the northeast
field, containing some ten acres, would be both
judicious and profitable. This field, naturally
very wet has never been cultivated and never
wholly cleared, and in it's present condition of
scarce any value. An. outlay of some two |
hundred dollars in draining, cleaning up and
seeding this field, your Committee think, would
produce immediate and satisfactory results, and |
make it, In fact. the most, instead of, at pres
ent, the least valuable land on the farm We, |
therefore, recommend an appropriation OF the |
sum of two hundred dollars, for the purpose
Of lyle draining said field, and bringing it to
tt condition for raising grass or other crops
Aside from the foregoing, your Committee re-
Train from making any further suggestions or
recommendations.
Paw Paw, January 4, 1876.
O. .. W y; RnlSas' Com.
GEORGE GRANT
The foregoing report was accepted and
adopted
WEDNESDAY, January 8, 1876.
AN INVESTIGATION.
On mot - + Mr.. Briggs, 4 Committee was
appoint sd xamne the books and accounts
G. d 1Iuty Clerk, in relation to the collec-
to D.. Fees that should go into tho County
lc--suIy. tor the present and former years.
fAe Char appointed as such Committee
Supervisors Briggs, Hinckley and Wilson.
-HE COMMITTEES REPORT.
the Honorable Board Of supervisors OF
az Buren County:
our Committee appointed to examine the
accounts Of the present and former County
Clerks, and 10 ascertain whether any moneys
belonging to the County remain in their hands
and not paid into the County treasury, re-
spec. 'uiy report that they have endeavored to
make q thorough examination as far back as
January LIST, 1869, and find that o. ". Row
land, late County Clerk, received during the
Jour years, beginning with date. during which
ne held the SAID Office, as appears from the
Calendar and files OF the Circuit Court
For Entry fees. $1.O5O 90
- Reporters fees, 107 90
" Jury fees, 60 90
Total, S1,226 90
Of which he paid into the County
Treasury, as shown by receipts, 932 90
Showing balance unpaid by HIM Of 294 90
We also find amount of entry fees marked
10, paid, on Calendar, during his SAID term of
office S158 90
Jury fees not paid, 90
And Your Committee would here remark that
q very large amount Of money for jury fees
has either not been collected or not been ac-
counted for.
Your Committee also made partial examln-
alon OF the Circuit Court Calendar for the
asst three months Of the term OF Office of Mr..
A. II. Heron, and we find that the last mon
eys paid by him to the County Treasurer, for
entry fees was on September 30th, 1868, and
that subsequent to that date and before the
expiration of his term of Office, he received
for entry fees the sum OF Fifty-eight dollars,
10 part of which, can we find any evidence,
was ever paid into the County Treasury. Nor
can we find that any sum, whatever, was paid
INTO the County Treasury for Jury fees during
the term Mr.. Heron held the Office OF County
Clerk.
Your Committee also examined the accounts
Of Mr.. Samuel Holiness the present County
Clerk and find that he has received up to the
first day Of January, 1876, for Entry, Jury and
Reporter's fees. 1882 80
and that he has paid into the Treasury 1875 80
Leaving balance due from him, $2l7 90
THIS amount Mr.. Holmes is ready to pay into
the County Treasury.
Your Committee would further state that
they have had a conference with Mr.. Rowland
and that he expresses readiness to pay into
the Treasurer the amount claimed to be due
from him for moneys actually received, but