The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-31
COUNTY BOARD.
The Final Meeting OF the Board Of isoo-ioo' Held
al the Clerks oif-s Thursday.

Board oil hupefNlSnfo ""o ShNt1 49,
Thursday and was attended By MI 81
the members except Henley OF AtkinsOn'
The members met in the forenoon, bui
as there was no quorum present, an AL
jouinment was taken until 1870 when
roll call showed the following members
in their seats. Lawrence, ilemaiitei
SearIs, Mansfield; Conlin, Crystal Falls
McLnrcn, Mnstodcn; Corcoran, STAN
bnlrh: Olson, Bates; Lyons, Iron River
ana Larson and Suffer al the city oil
CRYSTAL Falls. Mcneil, Of the city OF
CRYSTAL Falls, came in later
Prosecuting Attorney Bycrs reported
to the board That all OF the accounts
with John FiLhcr, cx.treasurer, bad been
ndiustcd, also hat the bills for the in
termont Of Mrs. Peter Flabby and OK
prnses incurred in the scaich Tor
Johanna Gursky. we're charges that
properly belonged 10 the city oi Crystal
Falls but that tho bills should he paid
aud charged back because tie accounts
were incurred by order OF county
officers. The committee appointed TO
check up The returns Uf tie justices
reported that they were unable To make
an intelligent report because the reports
were not all ia and recommended that
tie board take action TO systcmntize
these reports. The report WAS adopted
aud The prosecuting attorney requested
10 adjust the matter OF fines paid into
the treasury oi the City Of Crystal Falls
ndnlso To see that reports Of fines are
nude III proper manner
The Michigan Land and Iron company
was given the rebate order agreed on by
the prosecuting attorney at the special
term q the Circuit court a petition
was presented from the Ayers Estate
nsking That u rebate he given on the
1898 taxes in the township OF Iron
River conditional upon their paying all
The taxes for 1897 and 1890 with inter.
cst aud prnaltics. Quite "A Discussion
was had upon this matter and it was
finally agreed that il the township board
nf Iron River accepted the terms al these
people the county would rebate twenty
road taxes in that township provided
that The amount Of such rebate be
clnlgcablc back TO The toNnship oi Iron
Riv,r and also providing lur the same
rebate TO any taxpayer in that town.
ehIp Who will file lis claim prior TO the
lirst dny OF October, 1900. This was
done because il was reported TO the
bonrd that the roll Of lion River town.
shin wns not II valid one nud that the
chances nre that il The tnXcs are con
tested the whole lot will be sct aside by
the court
a petition wns presented Nv (. II
Abbott FOR Irving " Jackson which wns
signed by all 81 tie attorneys IN the
county except NJ. IL Moriarly, asking
that the board contract with he
register of deeds 10 rc-inleN the books ~
the registers office, paying therefor liy,
cents per eutry. The mcnheis 81
the bonrd agreed with the petitioners
that tile records needed re irdrXing but
thought that tie whole matter smored
too much OF a Job 10 make any con
tract along the line asked and upon tic
motion Of Conlin, seconded by Mcneil,
the clerk was instructed to advertise fur
bids oil the work.
Supervisor Olson Of Bates, presented
u petition asking that the township ol
Bates bc given an order I1r the amount
OF the board oi Paul Fiwson, nuN in th,.
insane asylum, the expense OF whose
keeping has been charged back to The
township OF Bates. Probate Judge
Flewciling was present and explained to
the board that, according 10 tie test
money given at the time Fawson WAS
committed he was n resident Of Bates
and that the board had no right 10 90
behind that finding. lie said, however,
that II the officers oi Bates wished To get
at the matter properly and would bring
notion before him hc would cause an in
vrstgntiou and vacutc the finding IN
case there was error. The board
thought likewise aud refused The grant.
The usual grind OF bills were gone
through with II few being disalowed.
The matter Of extra clerk hire has
been much mooted subject nc each
meeting OF the board on account oil the
bills that are continually coming M.
That the salaries are too low for CON
nctcnt officials, there was no question ~
they were set al a time when there was
not SO much work, and To get even, the
officers bring in bills at each meeting
The members Of The board sized up the
amount that hns b en- allowed ia such
extra compensation aud entered into
an agreement with the treasurer and
clerk that il they would refrain from
putting in amy more bills they should be-
allowed a set amount each month for
expenses. The agreement WAS sntsiac-
tory to the officers ard the clerk was
ordered To draw enough to make biz
ulnrN 81 p0l nor Npur HuI tIp trpug.