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


Friday, Jan. Z, 1898.
At an adjourned session of the board
of supervisors for the county OF Shia-
wassee continued and held at the court
house, in the city of Corunna, in said
county, on Friday, the 9TH day OF Janu-
airy, A. D., 1898. ~
Board called to order by the chair
man; roll called by the clerk.
Present, Supr. Allen, Baldwin, Cronk,
Curtis, Colby, Ealer, Fuller, Harper,
Jared, Lyman, Laverock, Lutz, Nor
rice, j. A., Morrice, F. g., Morris, +.
H., Martin, Myers, Peacock, Parker,
Rush, Stanlake, Shipman, Shannon,
Young.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings
read and approved.
Chairman Baldwin submitted the fol-
lowing resolution:
WHEREAS, through the operation OF the
tax laws of the State of Michigan, many
persons have during the past year lost their
property or haye been compelled to pay
large sums of money to tax title spectators
from the fact, that their homes have been
assessed and through some mistake or error
ON the part of officials or other persons, not
the owners of such lands assessed, and
whereas the tax law does not provide for
any notice to be given the owners OF land
assessed the taxes thereon have become
delinquent, other than the notice by publica-
ton known as the tax sales, which are pub
lished annually by some newspaper In the
county which only reaches through It's cir
culati0n small part of the residents or the
county,
ResolUed, by the Board of Supervisors OF
Shiawassee county, now In session, that the
county treasurer be and he is hereby in
structed to within ninety days after the date
of the annual tax sale to send notice by
mail to each person named upon the tax
roll, whose lands have been sold by him at
such tax sale, said notice to be wOrded so as
to inform the person that his land has been
sold and to whom, and that his right OF re-
demptiOn will expire one year from the date
of such sale. 1t is further
Resolved, that the county treasurer Is
authorized to have printed, either upon
postal cards or paper, the notice herein pro-
vided for, and all expense connected With
the printing or procuring such notice ana
the postage necessary thereon shall be paid
from the contingent fund Of the county.
And that this resolution shall apply to all
tax sales hereafter made In Shiawassee
county unless the same shall be annulled by
the Board of Supervisors.
On motion of Supr. Martin the reso-
luton was accepted and adopted.
Supr. F. G. Morrice from the commit
tee on claims and accounts submitted
the account of Joseph Olcott for $51. 80
to the Board without recommendation.
Supr. F. G. Morrice moved that the
account be allowed as claimed.
Supr. Martin offered as an amend
ment that the account be allowed at
$3.50, which motion was carried by the
following yea and nay vote:
Yeas, Allen, Curtis, Fuller, Laverock,
Martin, Peacock, Parker, Rush, STAN
lake, Shannon, 10. Nays, Euler, Jared,
Morrice, F. g., Morris, F. H., Myers,
Young, 6.
Supr. F. G. Morrice from the commit
tee on claims and accounts submitted
to the Board without recommendation
the account of Bert Jewell for S15. 90.
On motion of Supr. +. q. Morrice the
account was allowed as claimed by the
Yeas, Curtis, Colby, Euler, Fuller,
Morrice, j. A., Morrice, F. g., Morris,
+. H., Myers, Peacock, Parker, STAN
lake, Shipman, Young, 10. Nays, Al
len, Laverock, Martin, Rush, Shannon,
8.
Supr. F. G. Morrice submitted to the
Board without recommendation the &C.
count of Ascon Earle for $500.
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be disallowed. Which motion was car
ried.
On motion of Supr. +. G. Morrice the
Board took recess until this afternoon
at half-past one o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board called to order by the chair
man; roll called by the clerk; quorum
present.
Supr. Curtis from the committee on
records in the clerks office submitted
the following report:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors:
Your committee on records in the
clerks office would respectfully submit
the following report: We have exam
ined the records in the clerks Office and
find there has been paid into the clerks
hands, from Oct. LIST, 1897, to Jan. LIST,
1893, the following sums:
Jurors and Reporters SGT 90
Entry.............. o6U w
Fines. 5000
Total amount received. ............ .Si4500
Which amounts have been paid over
to the county treasurer, as his receipts
show. We have also compared witness
and juror certificates from justice courts
from No. 1423 to 1860, both inclusive. Also
subpGnas from circuit courts and spar
row certificates with stubs in order
books and fine them to agree. We
would recommend that such certificates
and subpGnas be destroyed in the pres
ence of the Board.
JOHN L. CURTIS,
j. L. JARRAD,
Committee.