The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-01-13
The Supervisors.

Inc supervisors.
The supervisors completed the work
of their January session Tuesday. The
usual routine work of allowing ac-
counts, inspecting the records in the
several offices, etc.. occupied most of
the time.
The bonds of the several county Off
GERS were presented and approved, as
follows: r. f. Kay. treasurer, in the
sum of $4,000 with Arthur Garrison,
John Driscoll, l HI. Keeler, Roger Sher-
man, M. G. Dawes, III. q. Frieseke, M.
l.. Stewart, c. ID. Stewart and w. II.
Bigelow as sureties Seth E. Beers,
county clerk and register in chancery,
in the sum of SO, 600 each with the Aetna
Indemnity Co., of Hartford, Conn, as
surety; M. l.. Scougale, sheriff, in the
sum ofSl0,000, with j. j. Patchell, Geo.
S. Leetch Thos. Cooling and A. S.
Thomas as sureties; j. III. Collins, Cir
cult court commissioner, in the sum of
$4,000, with G. ID. Mason and ID. G
Cooper as sureties; Warren Pierpont,
circuit court commissioner, in the sum
of 81, 900, with G. w. Gale and w. M.
Fitzpatrick as sureties.
The board appointed Il. F. Kay as
county purchasing agent for the ensu-
ing two years.
A telephone was ordered placed in
the office of the prosecuting attorney.
The most important business doLe
was the submission of proposition to
be voted upon at the spring election
providing for the issuing of county
bonds to the amount of $4,000, the
money to be used in completing the
buildings at the county farm. The
resolution is as follows:
Resolved, by the board of supervis-
ors of the county of Shiawassee, that
Uhere be borrowed on the faith and
credit of Shiawassee county such sum
or sums of money as may be sufficient
and necessary, not exceeding in all the
sum of $40, 900 for the purpose of erect
ing and completing residence and re-
moving the old residence on the county
farm, located in the township of Gale
donia, in the county aforesaid, and that
the bonds of said county be issued and
executed in the sum of and to the
amount of such loan, made payable to
the person or persons from whom such
money is received, or their orders to
become due and payable as follows:
$4, 900 to become due on the 1st day of
March, 1900, and the balance to become
due OF the 1st day of March, 1901, and
with interest thereon not to exceed the
rate of five per cent.
Further Resolved. That the question
of borrowing money and the issuing of
bonds therefor as ia the manner and for
the purpose aforesaid, be submitted to
the voters of said county to be by them
voted upon at the next general election,
to be held on Monday, the Sd day of
April, A. d., 1899; and that the clerk of
said county cause suitable notice of this
resolution to be published and posted
as required by law, and shall prepare
suitable ballots containing the words,
"Loan not to exceed $4,000 for the
county house. Yes
"And loan not to exceed $4,000 for
county house. No."
And place the same in the hands of
the inspectors of the several townships
and wards of said county, and such
ballots when voted for or against said
proposition shall in all respects be can
vassed, and returns thereof made at the
time and in the manner, and the result
thereof determined as of the elec tion of
county officers.
The board adopted the following reso
lusion by unanimous vote:
Resolved, by the board of supervisors
of Shiawassee county, that we extend a
vote of thanks to our retiring clerk,
Duane G. Cooper, and treasurer, Ru-
dolph Colby, for the efficient manner in
which they have conducted the duties
of the respective offices.
A vote of thanks was extended to
Chairman j. Y Martin for the fair man.
ner in which he had served the board
during its sessions.