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


The clerk read the following:
To Cornelius l.. Harvey, County Clerk
of Kent County, Michigan:
We the undersigned members OF The
board Of supervisors of said county,
do hereby request you TO call special
meeting Of said board TO be- held At the
supervisors room in the court house IN ,
the city of Grand Rapids. Kent county,
Michigan, on Tuesday, the ssh day of
August. A ID. 1892. IN accordance with
the provisions of section 4S2 Of volume
l, Howells annotated statutes
Respectfully submitted,
L. b. LOOMS. L. l.. PAIGE,
JAMES HILL. III. o. BRAxAN.
III. ID. FRosr, CHAs. E. HoGADoNE.
1T. GouLp, III. LErPIsK.
FREEMAN LATHRoP,F. III. GIL,
GEO. f. CoesHALL, Joas FEHsESFELD,
Nj. j. ULRicH, HENRY b. PROCTOR,
JOHN BENJAMIN.
The roll being called quorum re-
sponded.
The following report was read:
To the Honorable Board OF supervis-
ors OF Kent county:
Gentlemen-Your special committee
on selling county property At the cor
ner of Lyon and Kent streets, In the
city of Grand Rapids, would respect
fully report shat after the action of
your honorable body IN fixing the
price OF the said property. and author
lzlng your committee to list the same
in the regular way with some real
estate dealer, your committee carried
out your instructions by giving a con-
tract in the regular way for the sale Of
the property to c. 4. Hagadone, and
he having notified your committee that
he had secured sale of the property
TO Mr.. Willard Bsrnhart o. this city,
and deposit of $4,000 to secure the
bargain had been made. therefore your
committee would respectfully recon-
mend that tho chairman and clerk Of
the board be, and are hereby autho:-
lied and instructed to execute and de-
liver TO the said Willard Barnhart q
good and aufiicient warranty deed Of
the said property upon his payment of
the balance Of the purchase price
$24, 10000. to the county treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES d. SrEBBINs,
J. w. WALKER,
CHARLES 4. HoGApoNE,
Committee on Sale of County Property.
Mr. Gill moved that the report be
received and the recommendation
therein contained concurred IN, which
prevailed by the following vote. Mr..
LOOMS calling for the yeas and nay:
Yeas-Messrs. BENJAMIN, Brsmsn,
Cogshall, Colson. Emmons, Fehsenfeld,
Frost, Gill, Gould. Hill. Hodges, Hoga-
done, HOLDEN, Kinney. Ladner, Lath-
rop, Lee, Leppink, Underwater
Looms, O'Leary, Paige, Potter, Proc
tor. Rosenberg, Skeels, Smith, Smits,
Solomon, Ulrich, Walker, Ward, War
ner, E. C. Woodwork, chairman-37.
Nays-None.
Absent-Messrs-Hyde and schemer
horn-2.
The committee on court house build
ing made the following report, and or
motion of Mr.. Benjamin the same wa:
adopted and the recommendation,
erein contained concurred in:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisor
of Kent County:
GENTLEMEN - Your committee Oh
court house building deem it desirable
70 have . bronzed metal rail around
all the light wells and stair railinS
raised about eight inches above tn,
present height of rail. Your commute.
has procured an estimate of cost ant
the work can be done in . substantial
manner, bronzed and vanished, at .
cost not TO exceed 1882. Your com
mittee recommend that they be giveI
authority to make this addition ut no
70 exceed the amount ~ above.
Respectfully submitted,
X. h. LOOMS,
W. ID. FRosT,
JAMES HILL.
J. L. GoULp,
Committee OF Court House Building.
Mr.. Hogsdone offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption
which prevailed by the unanimous vot
OF Ill the members preeent:
Whereas, At session of the legisla
ture held at Lansing, August 9Th inst
IN act to respportion the represents
tIves among the districts and countie
of this state was passed; and. whereas
il becomes the duty of the severa
boards of supervisors Of this state Z
re-distrct the several counties; there
fore
Resolved, That the boundaries o
the several representative districts o
tee county of Kent be "a follows: Tia
the First district snail comprise tn
city of Grand Rapids and shall be en-
titled to three representatives. Popu
lstion, eo,27s.
The second District shall comprls
the following townships and shall b
entitled TO one representative. to-wit:
Population
BYRON "a
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