Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-05-24

tO"hohip cleCtlOH, pOslel according 10
law, In the township of Fremont, In the
county OF Alpena and State OF Michigan,
held on the fourth day of January 1853.
PRESENT David ID. Oliver, Joseph K.
Miller, and Daniel Carter, the board OF
inspectors appointed by the superyl-
sors to hold said election.
Choose David ID. Oliver, chairman OF
said board, and Joseph X. Miller, secre-
tary; appointed Addison Fletcher, clerk,
also choose Isaac Wilson to offlclate as
constable for said election.
Polls were opened and the following
persons were elected to several township
offices, as follows
Supervisor-James s. Irwin.
Town Treasurer-Daniel Carter
Town Clerk-Addison Fletcher.
Highway mmissioners-DanielC Car
ter, ID. d. Oliver, and JAS Thomas.
Justice OF Peace-Russel II. Woodruff,
David ID. Oliver, Lewis Atkins, and
Isaac Wilson.
School Inspectors-David d. Oliver,
and Geo. B. Melville.
Constables-,James Thomas, Robert
Bowman, and Willis Roe.
Path Master-Wiliam Sherman.
d. d. OLIVER. Chairman.
ADDISON FLETCHER, Clerk.
j. Is. MILLER, Secretary.
The first meeting of the High
way Commissioners took place
March 26th, 1858, and "on motion
Of ID. d. Oliver it was voted to
form two road districts; road dis
trict No. l to be bounded as fol-
lows: Commencing on Thunder
Bay, where the east and west
center line Of T. 80 N. r. s E., in
tersects the bay; thence west to
range line between ranges Z and 8;
thence north to town line between
thirty-one and thirty-two; thence
east to range line between ranges
8 and 9; thence south to Thunder
Bay; thence on margin of bay to
place Of beginning. Road district
No. 2 to be bounded as follows:
north by road district No. l ; thence
east by Thunder Bay to the town
line between sections twenty-eight
and twenty-nine; thence west to
range line between Twenty-seven
and twenty-eight; thence north to
the south boundary of district No.
one"
At the next meeting of the High
way Commissioners the first petit
ton for highway was laid before
them, being a petition for a road
from near the mouth of Thunder
Bay river to Devil river. The
petition was excepted, and the
surveyor ordered to ascertain the
best route for said road. At the
next township meeting, April 5th,
1858, the following motion was
passed; "voted to raise the sum of
one hundred dollars, according to
the report of the Highway Com
missioners, for the purpose of lay
ing out road from tho mouth of
Thunder Bay river to Devil river"
The first general election in AL
pena county was held November
End, 1858, and from the official ne
cords of the township of Fremont
we find that for the Office of
Governor, Moses Wisner received
twenty votes, and Chas. E. Stewart
fifteen. The vote for the rest Of
the State ticket ran fifteen and
twenty all through, except for the
Representative to State Legisla-
ture, and for that Office Daniel
Carter received twenty-one votes.
The following is a list of the
first county officers elected:
Sheriff-Wm. r. Bowman.
County Clerk-A. f. Fletcher.
County Treasurer. X. Miller.
Register of Deeds. X. Miller.
County Surveyor-D. ID. Oliver.
Circuit Court Com'r-D. Plough.
Coroner-A. F. Fletcher.
Every vote, thirty-five, were
cast in favor Of the general bank
ing law.
From the first tax roll made ont
in 1858, we CLEAN the following in
teresting statistics of the value Of
the resident tax at that period:
Total valuation Of real estate in
the township Of Fremont, or more
properly speaking the present coun-
ty Of Alpena, s16,ssl.95; total
personal tax, s4,076; Number Of
acres assessed, 5,532.62-100. In
the township of Fremont, s425
was raised for township purposes;
500 for highway, and $364.62 for
county purposes. There we're only
0 real estate holders, who were
residents. The residents were d.
ID. Oliver, Devil river mills, asses
ed at $4,000; Geo. N. Fletcher, j.
X. Lockwood, j. Oldfeld, j. s.
Minor, Andrew Horn, Beans Il