The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-06-27

Midsummer Meeting Of the County Dads was
Held on Monday Last.
The June meeting OF the board oI
supervisors of the county OF Iron was
called TO order on Monday morning last
by Chairman Bennett. full represen-
tatiOn WAS present
The first matter Of Importance taken
mp 10y the board was the equalization OF
the valuation OF real property i'm
the several townships OF the county. In
relation TO this matter the following
resolution was adopted by the board,
with Mcssrs. Lawrence, Of Ilematite, aud
| Flanagan, oi Iron River, disscnting
Whereas, we, the board of supervisors
of the county Of Iron, assembled in ses-
sion IN the court house OF said county in
the village of Crystal Falls, this 22nd
day of June in the year 1896, have
| made careful examination OF the
| assessment rolls OF the several town
ships IN the said county for the year
1895 Tor the purpose OF ascertainng
whether the relative valuation OF the
real property IN the respective town
ships has been equally and uniformly
estimated, and, whereas, upon such ex-
animation we deem such valuation to
be relatively unequal
| Therefore, be IL resolved that the
same be and is hereby equaized by add
ing to the assessed valuation of the
township of Atkinson $55,Il0 and tie
ducting from the township of Bates the
sum of $22,OGO, and adding TO the
assessed valuation OF the township Of
Crystal Falls the sum OF SIT. .129 and
i III. a.. A
township oi flematte the sum uf SAB
215, and deducting from the assessed
valuation uf the township OF Iron River
the sum oi $22, Gao; and deducting from
the assessed valuation of the township
of Mansfield the sum ot $l5,235; and
| deducting from the assessed valuation of
the township of Mastotlon the SUM Of
$50, 5,GlO ana deducting from heassessed
valuation Of the township Of Stambaugh
the sum of $2O.610; and that the ng-
gregate valuation of the taxable real
and personal property of each township
in the county be and the sainc IL hereby
determined by us TO to be as follows, to-
| wit:
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2Zf ,OOU
Crystal Falls"...................... 80. OH 600
liemhl 2O9 ,OOU
| Iron lHver.."""..,.....~....... 319, ,OOO
| Manhneld...........,.... lbO,OOO
Mastodon. n..........".........."..,..... 227 ,OOO
StamDauRl............... ZZl ,OOO
This being the year the state board OF
equalization sits, Mr.. Geo. ID. Crippen, o
Stambaugh, was elected by the board u
attend that meeting.
Mr.. Maas moved that no bills bC
audited by the board until the annual
meeting in October. The motion found
support in Mr.. Henley and prevailed
Messrs. Flanagan, oT Iron River, ant
Fosberg, OF Bates, voting in the negative
Owing to the very uncertain condition o
the treasury ~ Iron county, this actor
seems a hardship on those doing servic,
for the county. A county order thai
has to be hooked from door to door nnt
offered at a discount. in order that tn,
holder may realize in part ON servic,
rendered, it would seem, ought To be il
the possession OF the drawee Mt as early
n moment rs possible, in order that nC
opportunity for converting it into casl
might pass. But such is the will OF th,
county board and there is no nppea
from the sovereign decision.
The board authorized the board o
county road commissioners TO rais
$500 on every $1,000 valuation
throughout the county, accortlin
To the valuation OF Inst year
for county road purposes. The boar,
also took occasion TO inform the count,
road commissioners, that according I,
its best judgment at least fifty per cent
of the money expended this year shoul.
be put on the county road, between Irol
River and Atkinson.
A motion instructng the poor com
missioners OF Iron county to render
full and complete report Of their tran
sactions for the current year on or beiol
! July 10 was passed. No other busineH
,, OF Importance was. transacted and ia
board adjourned i'm the afternoon.