The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-01-12


OF January, 1877.
Treasurer and County Clerk were approved ana
accepted.
complimentary vote was passed, rendering
tho thanks OF this Board to the outgoing OH
Gals Of this County for the courteous and
faithful discharge Of their several official duties
The Board then adjourned TIL tomorrow
morning.
January 4. 1877.
! The Board convened as per adjournment and
Mr.. Briggs was granted leave OF absence for
the day.
The committee heretofore appointed to settle
with the County Treasurer submitted their re-
port. showing that there had been received du-
ring the year 1876 the sum Of $63, 1853 q, and
that there had been paid out the sum Of $685.
211 IA. leaving a balance in the treasury of
81 ,557 OF.
The committee to settle with the County
CLERK submitted their report, showing that that
officer had received, and paid into the County
Treasury
For entry fees, 1855 90
For Jury fees, 164 90
! For stenographer's fees, Ut oO
The Board authorized additional book racks
in the Registers Office, and some alterations
and improvements in the Jail also new case
for the office of the Judge OF Probate.
The superintendent of the Poor made a
statement to the Board concerning the condi-
ton OF the County House and its inmates, and
asking for additional facilities to be provided
for the comfort of the wards OF the county.
The matter was referred to the Committee on
tho County Poor Farm who were instructed to
Board their opinion thereon, and subsequently
they submitted the following report
That after having conferred with the Super
intendents Of the Poor in regard to the conven-
fences for caring for the poor at the County
House, find that with forty-one panpers in said
County House, with only suitable accommoda-
tons for about one half that number, and az
there are from twenty five to thirty permanent
paupers who are being supported at the ex'
pense of the county outside of the County
House at an expense much larger than it would
cost at the County House (provided there were
suitable accommodations in said house,, and al
we take into consideration the gradual increase
OF pauperism within our county in proportion
to the increase of population, we deem it q
matter OF necessity as well a. economy, ant
would therefore recommend the building OF ,
proper building sufficient for the comfortable
maintenance OF at least seventy-fvo persons
, said building to be erected on the south side o.
the main building now on the County Farm
the estimated dimensions Of such building x
: be as follows A two-story building, about 10l
feet north and south and SO feet east an(
west. and to be heated by furnaces-they being
tho cheapest and safest. The estimated cos
OF such building, and necessary fixtures,,to b.
? six thousand dollars and as such amount ex
cseds the sum which the Board can lawful.
appropriate. we would recommend that thu
, Board take proper action to lay the matter be
! fore the people Of this county at the township
D elections in April next; and further, that
1 Building Committee, consisting of three per
sons, in conjunction with the County Superin
tendents of the Poor, be appointed to draf
plans and specifications for the erection Of sal,
! building, and to receive bids and make con
Z tracts, as soon as the several townships ma
have voted for said Improvement; and w
would further recommend that the sum o
eight hundred dollars, or more, be appropriate
and placed in the hands of the Building Com
. mittee, to be expended in the purchase OF una
d terial this present winter, as the teams on tn
Q County Farm could be used to draw said mate
. rial at present much better than at any othe
r time during the year.
3 We would further recommend that the Super
: intendents OF the Poor be empowered and IN
structed to sell the south eighty acres OF tn
: County Farm at any time when in their jude
ment they can get sufficient amount for tn
same.
MYRoS HINcKLEY, J
IS y. WILLIAMS, Com.
ia GEORGE GRANT.
y Supervisor Johnson moved that the aboy
r report be accepted.
ID Pending which, MIR. C. E. Heath moved th,
Is said report be amended by striking out 30 muc
thereof as authorizes the appropriation Of eigl
n hundred dollars or more.
a The yeas and nays being called, the motto
n to amend prevailed by eleven yeas to five nay
al The report, as amended was accepted, an
on motion was adopted.
10 committee OF three, consisting Of Superv
Is sors c. L. Heath, Williams and Hinckley, VIC
e then appointed for the purpose Of preparin
r and arranging in proper manner the propos
10 ton to raise q tax to build an addition to tt
le County House, so that the matter may be sui
"a mitted to vote Of the people of the county
the spring elections to be held in the sever
10 townships in April next.
10 January 5, 1877.
70 The Committee on Claims submitted repo
I'd which was accepted
al The claim OF d. c. Lockman for the rewal
er for arresting Allan Brown, who had escape
Q, from custody, came before the Board, psndr
a. which. motion was made that the matter |
ID postponed until the next session of the Boar
ns and that the sum OF fifty dollars be retaine
"a from the amount due Sheriff Showerman. A
10 ter some discussion, this motion was wit
ne drawn, and, on motion, 1t WAS ordered that Il
sum Of twenty dollars from Mr.. Kirkwood
L..