The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-03-11

The chair announced that the hour
had arrived for the consideration of the
special order of business, viz: the reso-
luton in regard to submitting to the
electors the proposition to bond the
county for $4,000 for the purpose OF
enlarging, repairing and remodeling the
court house.
Supr. Harper moved that the resolu-
ton be adopted, which motion was lost
by the following yea and nay vote;
Yeas, Cronk, Colby, Euler, Fuller,
Peacock, Shipman, IL. Nays, Allen,
Baldwin. Curtis, Laverock, futz, Nor
rice, j. A., Morrice, f. g., Morris, +.
H., Parker, Rush, Stanlake, Shannon,
Young, -.
Supr. Martin offered the following
resolution and moved the adoption:
WHEREAS, in the judgment of several Of
the Board of Supervisors of Shiawassee
county now In session, the court house OF
said county is:lnadequate and unsuited to
meet the wants Of the county,
WHEREAS, this Board cannot, without
vote of the electors of the county. raise by
tax or borrow sum of money sufhclent 10
construct q new court house, and that IN
order to enable this Board to appropriate
the necessary sum OF money Tor SAID pur
pose and also In order to enable this Board
to raise, either by tax or loan, such money 1t
is necessary to submit the proposition to the
electors of the county of Shiawassee for their
approval or rejection.
Therefore, Resolved, that the proposition
of raising by loan on the credit of Shiawas-
fOr fho Of
and building new court house, In the city
of COrunna, Shiawassee county, at cost
not to exceed forty thousand dollar be sub
mitted to the electors of said county at the
annual election, to be held in the several
election districts in said county, on the first
Monday of April, A. d. 1898. The money
realized from said loan IL authorized to be
expended by and under the authority and
supervision of the Board of Supervisors for
the purpose herein stated.
Resolved that the form of the ballot to be
used in voting for and against said PROPOSE
ton be as follows: For borrowing the sum
of forty thousand dollars by the county
of Shiawassee, to be used in building new
Court house, for the county of Shiawassee,
In the city Of Corunna.
Yes.
No.
Resolved, that the clerk of this Board be
and he Is hereby authorized and directed to
give notice to the electors of said county, OF
said proposition to raise said sum of money
and the purpose for which it is to be used,
IL authorized by said electors.
Which resolution was carried by the
following yea and nay vote:
Yea: Allen, Cronk, Euler, Fuller, Harper,
Jared, Lyman, Laverock, MOrrice +. q ,
Morris f. H., Martin, Myers, Peacock,
Parker, Shipman, Young; Nay: Baldwin,
Curtis, Colby, Lutz, MOrrice j. A., Rush,
Stanlake, Shannon.
Supr. Euler moved that committee OF
two be appointed by the chair to inter
view Geo. T. Mason, executor of the es-
tate of Ezra Mason, deceased, in regard
to the field notes made by said Ezra Ma
son while county surveyor, which motion
was carried.
The chair thereupon appointed Supr.
Stanlake and Shannon to act as said com.
mittee.
Supr. F. G. Morrice from the committee
on claims and accounts submitted the
following report:
To the Honorable the Board of Super.
visors:
Your committee on Claims and Ac-
counts would respectfully submit the fol-
lowing as their report, recommending the
allowance of the several amounts as Civ
en- below, and that the clerk be authoriz-
ed to draw orders for the same:
Items. Claimed Aid
Monroe L. Scougale shift, $3.50 pd, 1922 "a SAP q
Woodland & North. burl indg sol, 40 90 40 90