Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-05-24
AN ACTto organize The county Of Alpend,
and l0cdte the county seat thereof

and t0cdte the county seat thereof.
SECTION l. The People Of Tie State Of
Michigan enact, That the county OF Al.
pena shall be organized, and the inhabi,
tants thereof entitled to all the rights
and privileges to which, by law, the In.
habitants of other organized counties ol
this State are entitled.
SEC. 2. The county seat of said county
Is hereby established at the village oi
Fremont, at the mouth of Thunder Bay
river, in said county: RrOcided, That
the proprietors of lands therein shall
convey TO said county, for the exclusive
use thereof, for county buildings and
county purposes, free Of all charge, the
following described lots, to wit: two en-
tire blocks, each twenty-four rods square,
lying between Eighth and Ninth streets,
and River and Lockwood streets, in the
village of Fremont, as surveyed by +. A.
Breckenridge, Esq, in the year 1856
eighteen hundred and fifty-six, on section
(22) twenty-five, in town (3D thirty-one
north of range (e) eight east, In said
county.
SEC. 0. There shall be elected in said
county of Alpena, on the first Tuesday
of November, 1S57 eighteen hundred
and fifty-seven, all the several county Of
ficers to which, by law, the said county
Is entitled and said election shall In all
respects be conducted and held In the
manner prescribed by law for holding
elections for county and State officers :
Pr0Utded, That the county officers so to
be elected shall be qualified, and enter
upon the duties OF their respective offices,
on the first 0) Monday of January (lS5S)
eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and
whose term of Office will expire at the
time prescribed by the general law.
SEC. 4. The board of canvassers OF
said county, under this act, shall con-
sist of the presiding inspectors of cleo
tions from each township therein; and
said inspectors shall meet at said village
OF Fremont, on the first Tuesday after the
election, and organize by appointing one
of their number chairman, and another
secretary, of said board, and shall there
upon proceed to discharge all the duties
of a board of county canvassers, as in
other cases Of election for county or State
officers.
SEC. 5. The sheriff and county clerk,
elected by the provisions of this act, shall
designate suitable place In the village
of Fremont for holding the circuit court
i'm said county, and also suitable places
for the several county offices, as near as
practicable TO the place designated for
holding the circuit court and they shall
make and subscribe certificate in writ
ing, describing the several places thus
designated, which certificate shall be filed
and preserved by the county clerk and
thereafter the places thus designated shall
/ be the places of holding the circuit court
and the county offices, until the board o:
supervisors provide suitable accommo-
dations for said court and county officers.
SEC. 9. The counties Of Alcona, Osco-
da, Montmorency, and that portion of
| the county of Presque Isle lying east of
range four east, be and the same are here
by attached to said county of Alpena for
judicial and municipal purposes.
SEC. z. All acts, and parts of acts,
contravening the provisions of this act,
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved February z, 1857.
AS Alpena county was not di-
vided into townships it was impos-
sible to elect board of canvassers
as provided for in section four, so
the Legislature, during the same
session of 1888, passed the fol-
lowing amendment to section four
of the above act:
AN ACT 10 amend an net 10 organize tie
county Of Aipena, and locate Me county
seat thereof.
SECTION 1. The People of the State of
Michigan enact, That this act shall stand
in lieu of section (4) four OF said act, and
that Daniel Carter, Harvey Harwood.
and ID. ID. Oliver, are hereby made and
constituted a board of canvasscrs, who
shall act as inspectors of election and
said inspectors shall meet at said village
of Fremont on the first Tuesday after
the election, and appoint one Of their
number chairman and another secretary
of said board, and shall thcreupon pro-
ceed to discharge all the duties of
board of county canvassers, as in
other cases of election for county and
State officers, and shall have the power
to act as board OF supervisors I'm and
for said county, for the organization of
townships therein, and for other pur-
poses, and shall hold their offices until
there be three organized townships in
are elected and qualified: And propided,
That rom any cause vacancy occurs
in said board before any township Is or
ganizcd, the two remaining members OF
the board shall appoint; but II there be
one or more townships organized, and
supervisors elected, the vacancy shall be
filed by said supervisor or supervisors.
The compensation Of said board shall be
the same as that received by supervisors
elected according to Jaw. All acts. and
parts ofacts, contravening the provisions
Of this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed
This act is ordered to take immediate
effect.
Approved February IA, 1857.
From the above acts of Lcgisla-
ture we find that the first board Of
supervisors Of Alpena county was
formed by special act, the members
being Daniel Carter, Harvey Har-
wood, and ID. ID. Oliver, the first
and last being well known to our
citizens; that Alpena was then
known as the village Of Fremont; /;
that the county was not divided
into townships, aud that the first
election in the county Of Alpena
was ordered on the first Tuesday
of November, 1857. The act also
provided that the county officers
should enter upon their respective