Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-15

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On motion of Mr.. Skeels the commit
tee on poor house building was author
lied TO have constructed on the poor
farm suitable cisterns for soft water,
as the committee may deem necessary.
The committee on court house build
ing made the following report, and on
motion of Mr.. Skeels the same was
adopted and the recommendations
therein contained coucurred in, ma
jority of the members elect voting
therefor.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Kent County:
Gentlemen-Your committee on
court house building respectfully re-
port that they have made final settle
ment with nearly all contracting par
ties on the court house building, two
or three still have = small amount Of
work remaining TO be done. 1t Is the
expectation of the committee that the
final report with complete report Of
the cost, etc., will be ready at the
opening of the next session of the
board.
Your committee find that the work
performed under some of the coz
tracts amount to somewhatin excess of
estimates made by the committee.
This is true of interior glass, grading
and soding. and of the amount. al
lowed by special committee on vault
fixtures, (which latter amount is drawn
from the court house fund.- There
was also more work, extra, for the car
penter, Mr.. Alderman, than the COM
! mittee had estimated. AS the matter
stands today the amounts which the
committee has allowed, plus claims
now about due, will overdraw the
court house fund about 5000; add to
this item Of bronzed metal railing rec
commended by the committee and we
would be about 81 900 snort of amount
needed to complete the work.
Your committee therefore recon-
mends that the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars be transferred from the general
fund to the court house building fund,
to be used only in accordance with d.
rections of the board heretofore made
and governing this fund.
Respectfully submitted.
r. b. LOOMS,
w. d. Frost,
JAMES HILL,
j. I. GOULD,
Court House Building Committee.
Mr.. LOOMS offered the following res
olution and moved its adoption. which
prevailed by the unanimous vote of all
the members present:
Resolved, That the clerk of the
board be and is hereby requested te
convey to the Hon. r. w. Butterfield
of this city the thanks of this board fol-
his able and interesting address dellv-
cred on the occasion Of the public ded
ication of the court house building
July 4th last; also the thanks of thi
board TO the Rev. j. H. Maynard o.
Sparta and the Rt. Rev. George d. Gil
lespie of this city for their services o
chaplains on that occasion.
On motion of Mr.. Cogshall the mat
ter of selling the furniture, etc., for
merry used in the old county building
was referred to the committee on pub
lie buildings with power to act.
On motion of Mr.. Skeels, . majorit,
of the members elect voting therefor
the committee on poor house building
was authorized to place such insurance
on the poor house building as may b
by them deemed necessary.
On motion of Mr.. Gill the board tool
recess of fifteen minutes.
After Recess
The board being again called 10 ordc
by the chairman. supervisor Hyde ap
peared and took his seat.
Mr.. Cogshall moved that the commit
tee on public buildings be iustructe:
to have carpeted the Offices of tn
county clerk, county treasurer. regis
ter of deeds and supervisors room.
Mr.. Emmons moved to amend sai'
motion by striking out the word
Supervisory room"
Carried by the following vote, th
yeas and nays being called for:
Yeas Messrs. Colson. Emmon'
, Feh.enfeld, Gould, Hill, Hodges, HoI
. ben, Hyde, Kinney. Lsdner, Lsthrop
Lee, Lndermulder. Paige, Proctor
Rosenberg. skeels, Smith, Smits. Solo
! mon, Watkins. f. c. Woodwork. W
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