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Ine commstsee appo7fSrU TO lAks
action relative to DR. Disbrow's ap-
pointing DR.. II. f. Miller as his success
c. recommended that DR.. nshrow be
required TO do the work himself.
Adopted.
The special committee recommended
the appointment OF the following pes
sons, one in eack township 10 look
after the burial OF i'>sigcnt soldiers.
sailors and mariners: Ada, ID. NJ Win
ters; Alpine, John 4. Sour; Algoma.
Charles Il. Sears; Bovine Wayne. Par
dee; Byron, Reuben HAYNES; Caledonia.
Ahram III. Hayes, Caledonia, Abram
II. Mcneil: Cannon, Valentine Brack:
Cascade, Charles T. Holt; Courtland
VIM. Johnson; Gaines. III. Hendricks:
Grand Rapids, J. E. spanldiny: t;rat-
tan. Aaron Norton; Lowell. f. x. Hux-
ley; Nelson, Henry whitney; oakfleld.
Nathaniel Havens; Paris, Warren
Goodall: Plasnfield, III. ID. Plumb; So
lon, l. Mcknight: Sparta. A. A. Place;
Spencer, John wolverton: Tyrone, NJ.
ID. Gardner; Vergennes. 4. l.. Bennett;
Walker, C. W. Rising; Wyoming, Loren
Day; Grand Rapids, city. First ward,
+. w. Gray: Second ward, NJ. W.
Moore; Third, s. w. Baxter: Fourth.
T. C. Putnam; Fifth. John Dale; Sixth.
]. II. Anderson: Seventh. Andrew
Doyle: Eighth, l.. l.. Launiere; Ninth,
j. s. Carpenter; Tenth. F. II. GIL.
The resolution was adopted.
The committee on the salaries of
deputy game wardens recommended
that the amount so expended should
not exceed 500, that the daily pay
should not exceed So, and that the
number OF wardens be left TO the state
warden.
The committee on redistribution pre-
Hcnted two reports. The majority rea
port signed by Messrs. Sullivan, Rosen-
burg. and O'Leary. stated that the
city had ANNEXED about 10000 people
from the townships OF Grand Rapids,
Paris, Walker and Wyoming.
They recommended the following
division: First district. Grand Rapids
olty population, 70,276. three repre-
seIitatiyes: Second district, Ada.
Browne. Byron. Caledonia, Cascade.
Gaines, Grand Rapids. Lowell. Paris.
vergennes, Walker, Wyoming, one rep
resentafive. "crrl4tton 3o.siS: Third
district, Al9oma, Alpine. Cannon.
CourtlaDd. Graftan. Nelson. Oakfield.
Plainf'rid, Scion s'~fgta. ryencer. Ty-
rome. one representative, population
1S,S9S.
The minority report signed by
Messrs Skeels, and r. c. woodworth
was in favor Of leaving the district
limits unchanged. giving the city three
representatives and the other districts
one each. The following reasons wire
g'sys-a: frl:e popiazas.o.a of the Second
.,l ri.
equal, the Second district being over
1000 more than the Third district:
the townships Immediately adjoining
the city viii grow much faster than
the others, besides having the start
mentioned.
These reports provoked considerable
discussion on tho part Of the members.
Mr.. Sullivan moved to adopt the
majority report. Mr.. Loomis moved
to adopt the minority vote.
TIE result OF the division. according
to the minority report. would have
crowded the republican townships into
the one district. while combining the
democrats i'm the other, thus giving
the fem ocrats. with three DEMOCRATS
IN thr city, Sour out OF the five repre-
santatives in this county. According
TO the majority report the democratic
strength would be divided aNd the
two country districts would undouht-
e'lv he republican.
The minority report was adopted
Ivy the following vote:
BENJAMIN, coburn. Co.son. En-
mons. Could. Ladner. I.erpink. Eoomis,
Proctor. Roberts, Sinclair. skeels.
Smith. Smits. David Walker. y. W
Walker, Watkins. r. C. wood~orth
W. Z. Woodworth-Total. 10.
Nays-Pergia. Clements. Fehscnfeld.
Frost. Gil. Havens. Til. Hoysdonr.
Kirncv. oTearv. Potter. Plumb. TO.
senbcrg. Schemerhorn. Sullivan. II
rich. Ward. chairman -Total.1s.
Supervisor !. ". Walker introduces
resolution adding the names 81
tho townships In the various districts
and their population. The resolution
was carried ard the towns arc rs fol-
lows.
First istrict-Grand Rapids city.
population. 6o.27s. three representa-
tivcs.
Second District-Bvron. 11i5. Gaines
i351: caledrzs.a. 1TS5: Bovine. 1914.
/ Lowell. 3135: Cascade. li4F. Paris
31Tf: Wyoming. 1892: Grand Bapids.
s325. Ada. 1896; vergennes. 1904;
total. 27.5oT.
Third Decentralization. 110a. Can
ron. f115: piain'le'd. 1871; Alpine
1882: Sparta. 263e: AIgona. 2oTT.
Corr1and. 1880: Oakland. fo4s. Spen-
CT. 12eo. Nelson. 2147. solon. 1Teo.
Tyrone. 1901: Walker, 1929. total,
22l3T.
These figures are based upon the
census az 1900. without reVard 30
the recent annexations 20 the city.
resolution was introduced hv
Supervisor Frost directing that the
circnit court rneSsengers he paid An
annual salary of 1891 .25. this beine
81 p per aav for tsae number oi work
DAYS in year. Lost By vote Of p
TO II.
4 resolution introduced nv Svpe~-
vizo- sfuf4s fixing tho salaries ~ the
circuif officers a. $500 per vesr eaeh
was found 20 he covered by The
s-at1te<. and was accordingly
dropped.
TIE hoard fhen saf0u-nef urffl TIE
second Non5sr n January. 1872
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