The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-03-18
Special Session Board of Supervisors.

SPSS'oi Session boaru Oh supervisors
At special session of the Board of
Supervisors for Shiawassee county, call
ed and held atthe Court House in the city
of Corunna, on Friday the 4th day of
February, A. ID. 1898, in accordance
with the following petition and notice:
To Duane G. Cooper, County Clerk for
the County of Shiawassee, State of
Michigan
We, the undersigned Supervisors of
the County of Shiawassee, State of
Michigan, respectfully request that you
call special meeting of the Board of
Supervisors for said county to meet at
the Court House in the City of Corunna
in said County, on Friday, the 9TH day
of February, A. ID. 1898, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, for the pur-
pose of considering, among other things,
the reconsideration of the action of the
last session of the Board of Supervisors,
authorizing the appropriation of S40,-
600 for the purpose of building new
Court House in the City of Corunna,
also, to submit to the people the pro-
position of the removal of the county
seat from Corunna to Owosso, in said
county, and the raising of funds for the
erection of new county buildings on the
new site if said county seat shall be re-
moved.
Dated January Goth, 1898.
JAMES H. LAvERoCK,
Supr. LIST ward, City of Owosso.
G.. A. BALDWIN,
Supr. I'd ward, City of Owosso.
ADRIAN M. YOUNG,
Supr. Sd ward. City of Owosso.
JOHN L. CURTIS,
Supr. 4th ward, City of Owosso.
FRANK III. RUSH,
Supr. of Owosso township.
j. X. ALLEN,
Supr. of Rush township.
A. f. SHANNON,
Supr of Fairfield township.
A. G. FULLER,
Supr. of Sciota township.
l.. F. LUTz,
Supr. of Burns township.
In pursuance of said request, the fol-
lowing notice was issued and served on
each supervisor of said county, viz:
In pursuance of request, in writing,
for special meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of said county, addressed
to me and subscribed by more than one
third in number of the supervisors of
said county, which request specified the
time and place of such meeting as sta
ted below and was received by me on
the 9th day of January, 1898. You
are hereby notified that a special meet
ing of the Board of Supervisors of the
county of Shiawassee, Michigan, will
be held at the Court House, in the City
of Corunna, in said county and state,
on Friday, the 4th day of February,
1898. Yours, etc.,
DUANE G. COOPER,
County Clerk for Shiawassee Co.
Dated, January eth, 1893.
The Board was called to order by the
chairman.
Roll called and the townships dis
tricts and wards were represented as
follows, to-wit
Antrim, James L. Jared; Benning-
ton, Francis G. Morrice; Burns, Louis
f. Lutz; Caledonia, John Y. Martin;
Fairfield, A. f. Shannon; Hazelton,
Austin w. Cronk; Middlebury, George
Stanlake; New Haven, Francis III. Nor
ris; Owosso, Frank H. Rush; Perry,
John A. Morrice Rush, James X. AL
len; Sciota, Alonzo G. Fuller; Shiawas-
see, T. M. Euler; Venice, c. W. Ship
man; Vernon, Harry s. Myers; Wood
hull, Elmer d. Colby; Owosso city, LIST
ward, Jas. H. Laverock; I'd ward, c. A.
Baldwin,; 3D. ward, A. M. Young; 4th
ward, John A. Curtis; 9Th ward, Miles
L. Parker; Corunna, 1st ward, A. A.
Harper; I'd ward. S. B. Lyman; Sd ward
j. j. Peacock.
On motion of Supr. Shannon, the
Board took recess until this afternoon
at one O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
February 4, 1893.
Board called to order by the chair
man.
Roll called by the clerk, quorum pre-
sent.
Supr. Parker offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That whereas it is proposed
to remove the county seat of this coun-
ty from its present location to the city