The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-11-12

i On motion of Supr. Shipman the report
was accepted and adopted.
i Supr. Martin offered the following resolu-
ton:
i Resolved by the Board of Supervisors Of
Sh'awassee county, That a resolution here
tofore passed by the Board of Supervisors
of this county, authorizing the building COM
mittee to let the Janitor work to the lowest
bidder, be and is hereby repealed; and that
the salary be fixed by this board at three
hundred dollars year, said three hundred
dollars shall be In full payment for all jan T.
tor work In and about the county building
In the city of Corunna, including the wo RI
of attending door of the Judge of Probate
court and the door of the court rooms dur
ring the sessions of the Board of Supervis-
ors, and all such other work as may be or
dered by the building committee; furth er,.
that the janitor shall be elected by ballot By
the Board Of Supervisors for one year from
Oct. 30, 1897;
And be it further resolved. That IL the
work of the janitor shall be unsatisfactory
the building committee shall have power to
discharge the janitor and employ another
person.
On motion of Supr. Martin the resolution
was accepted and adopted.
Supr. Parker moved that the Board pro-
coed to elect janitor.
Which motion was carried.
On motion of Supr. Allen, Supr. Allen
and Martin were appointed to act as tellers.
After taking several ballots without any
choice, the final one resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast %. of which
Chas. A. Potter received ID and Oliver A.
Washburn received9.
On motion of Supr. Harper, Chas. A.
Potter having received majority vote Of
all the members elect was declared duly
elected janitor.
The chair announced that the hour had
arrived for the consideration o. the special
order of business, viz the account of Geo.
Carpenter, deputy game warden, for sra 90.
On motion of Supr. Harper the account
was allowed at $25 90 by the following yea
and nay vote:
Yeas, Allen, Curtis, Euler, Fuller, Harp
er, Lyman, Morrice, j. A., Morrice, r. G..
Morris, f. a., Martin, Peacock, Rush.
Shipman, Shannon, IA; nays, Laverock,
Lutz, 2.
Supr. Harper from the committee ON
printing submitted the following report:
To the Honorable the Board of Supervisors:
Your committee on printing respectfully
report that they have received propositions
for doing the printing as required by law.
and that the county printing and publishing
was awarded to the Times Printing Co. and
Owosso Press Publishing Co, they being
the lowest bidders. Their terms named in
the proposition: I'VE will publish the pro-
ceedipss of ti.i--i-A.-s-.-A'---s---
editions at the rate of eight cents per folios
and 20 copies of the proceedings Of the Oct.
session in pamphlet form, 900 copies OF the
proceedings of the Oct. and Jan. sessions in
pamphlet form, for the sum of 20 cents per
page. A. A. HARPER,
A. M. YOUNG,
j. X. ALLEN,
Committee.
On motion of Supr. Peacock the report
was accepted and adopted.
Supr. j. A. Morrice moved that the re-
port of the county drain commissioner be
spread upon the record and be printed.
Which motion was carried.
Report published next week.
On motion the Board took a recess until
this afternoon at o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION, OcT. 81, 1897.
Board called to order by the chairman.
Roll called by the clerk, quorum present.
Supr. Stanlake from the COMMITTEES ON
drains and bitches, submitted the following
report
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors:
Your committee on drains and bitches to
whom was referred the annual report Of the
county drain commissioner, beg leave to TO
port that we have compared the same with
the financial record in his Office and find It
to agree. GEO. STANLAKE,
JOHN A. MoRRICE,
l.. f. LUTZ.
On motion OF Supr. Euler the report was
accepted and adopted.
On motion of Supr. f. G. Morrice the
Board took recess until tomorrow morning
at nine o'clock.
G. A. BALDWIN,
Countarsigned Chairman.
ID. G. COOPER, Clerk.
At regular session of the Board OF Su-
pervisors for the county of Shiawassee, con-
tinued and held at the court house in the
city of Corunna, in said county, on Friday,
the 22d day of October, 1897.
Board called to order by the chairman.
Roll call by the clerk.
Present, Supr. Allen, Baldwin, Cronk.