The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-06-24


going report was laid on the table.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Supervisor McLain, the
Chairman appointed Messrs McLain, Rose
welt, Nutting and o. w. Rowland, commit
tee Of four TO prepare petition to the Gov
erner, requesting him to appoint Stenogra-
pher for this county. Supervisor Brakeman
made motion to take the report of the COM
mittee on equalization from the table, which
was amended by a motion made by Mr.. Rob
ertson to make ii special order of business
al five o'clock this afternoon.
$. z. Wilson, on motion or Supervisor
Roosevelt, was elected the representative to
the State Board of Equalization.
The report Of the committee on equaliza-
ton was then adopted by the following vote :
Yeas--Wise. Brown, Tolles, Brakeman,
Stanton. Rockwell, Taylor. Hagar, Nutting,
McLain-10.
Nays-Eobertson Grant, Harvey, Harris,
Stevens, Young and Roosevelt.
cd that new floor in the hall and in one of
the cells be laid of hard wood, that a pan
mel door be placed i'll partition up stairs, and
new roof be put on the out door room to
the old jail, also that the window stops i'll
the fire proof be repaired, and an awning to
one of the windows in the clerks office be
provided.
The committee drafted the following pc
tition to the Governor, which was adopted
To the Hon David II. Jerome, Governor of
the State of Michigan:
We, the undersigned, having been by the
Board of Supervisors, of the County of Van
Buren,. at its present June (1SS1) Session, APP
pointed to lay before your Exeelency, the
question Of the removal from Office of Geo.
F. Hitchcock, official stenographer for the
9th Judicial Circuit of the State of Michi-
gan, consisting of Van Buren, and Kalama-
zoo countless would most respectfully repre-
sent that all the facts of the case were laid
before his Excellency, Gov. Croswell during
his administration, and some evidence accom-
panying the same, but for some reason 10
action was taken thereon. We therefore
respectfully call your attention to such state
ment now on file. and would further add. that
it is the unanimous wish of the people and
the Bar of this county, that some other per-
son should fill such position: that a wide
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exists with the present incumbent of such
Office, and that we deem change in such
office to be extremely desirable for the best
interests Of the people of this county. We
would further represent, that as we are in
formed the Circuit Court of Kalamazoo
county, Judge Halves, presiding, has been
compelled to twice suspend said Hitchcock.
on account of drunkenness, and that the last
| of such suspensions was of recent date.
and we had hoped such Circuit Court would
have continued such suspension until the
period of thirty days which, under the stat
ute would have worked q vacancy in such
Office but as we are informed such suspen-
! sion has been removed and said Hitchcock
restored to duty. We hereby pray, on behalf
of the Board Of Supervisors of Van Buren,
county, and of the people thereof, that your
| Excellency would examine into this matter
and remove said Hitchcock from the office
of official stenographer of and for this
county we ask nothing in regard to Kala-
mazoo county, SO that other and satisfactory
arrangements can be made in reference TO
such Office in this county.
o. w. ROWLAND
j. c. Nolan,
II. NUTTING, 0oin'
JoHN ROOSEVELT.
The committee on claims presented their
final report and the Board adjourned.