Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-30
SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS.
Report OF the June Session Held at the
Court House, Ithaca.

At regular session OF the board Of
supervisors OF the county OF Grati0t,
held pursuant to Act no. 43, public act OF
1901, at the court house, in the village
of Ithaca, in said county, on Monday,
the oath day OF June, A. ID. 1901.
Board called 10 order by Chairman r..
=. Potter
Roll call.
The following named gentlemen
answered for their respective townships:
Arcadia. c. l.. DelaNan; Bethany, ". II.
Fox; Elba, VI. W. Coon: Emerson, b. l..
Case; Fulton, Fred Reed; Hamilton, +. Z.
Potter: Ithaca, Frank VI. Harrington;
LAFAYETTE. fohn 5. Doyle; Newark, A. II.
Maurer: New Haven. c. j. Chambers;
North Shade, r. ". Brice; North Star,
j. ". Williams; Pine River, Cords
Smith: Seville, VIM. T. Pitt; Sumner,
VIM. Hutchinson; lst ward st. Louis,
b. :. Nelson: ID ward Eli Oswald; 3d
ward, W. +. Nesen; 4th ward, Newell
Smith; Washingtoa, o. McEndarfer;
Wheeler, 4. Johnston.
On motion of Supervisor Deleyan the
board adjourned To the city hall.
Board recOnyened; full board present.
Report of building committee was
read by Supervisor Harrington.
On motion of Supervisor \. Smith, the
report of building committee was re-
ceived.
Claims from No. | to a were presented.
The following committees were APP
pointed by the chairman:
Equalization Coon, Chambers, Os-
wald, Reed, Fox.
Claims -Nesen. Brice, Williams.
County Officers-HarringtOn, Delayan,
n. Smith.
Ways and means -Delavan, Maurer,
McEndarfer.
Taxation Case, Oswald, Johnston.
County buildings-Chambers, Coon,
Hutchinson.
Resolutions-Nelson, Harrington, q.
Smith.
Roads and bridges Oswald, Maurer,
Pitt.
Drainage-Maurer, Case, McEndarfer.
Fines -Brice, Nelson, Doyle.
Salaries -Delavan, Harrington, Fox.
On motion OF Supervisor Delavan the
claims from No. 10 "a were referred TO
the committee on claims.
On motion of Supervisor Delayan the
assessment rolls now in the hands of the
clerk was referred TO the committee on
equalization.
On motion of Supervisor y. Smith the
plans for furniture in the new court
house and the plans for vault fixtures
was referred TO the committee on county
buildings TO act In conjunction with the
building committee.
Mr.. Newell Leonard presented the
following resolution:
Ithaca, Mich, June oath, A. d., 1901.
Resolution of the board of supervisors on
the petition of the St. Louis Milling Co. to
erect ew dam across Pine River.
The petition of James Henry, Alice NJ.
Henry and Henry j. Tuger, comprising the
st. Louis Milling Co, "a Co-partnership)
having been duly filed with the clerk or this
board, asking permission to erect a new
dam across Pine river, on account of the
breaking away of their old dam erected
forty years ago or Whereabouts; and the said
Milling Co. having complied with the
statute in such case and having filed due
proofs Of publication Of the notices required;
and on due examination of the premises
aud matters contained in said petition. We
find SAID dam to be a public necessity and
that the water power to be maintained
thereby ia to be used for gris,mill and
other public purposes and that the main
teaance of the new dam will not be any
greater obstruction 10 the public use of said
stream than the old dam was. Therefore,
RESOLVED, That by virtue Of the powers
conferred by the statute the laid petitioners.
their heirs or as gns are hereby permitted
allowed and authorized to build, erect and
maintain perpetGslly said DIV dam at the
place and 10 the manntT and on the oondi-
tions set forth ia SAID p .ttiop, which are
as follows, TO witt
Commencing at point near the bend in
the present mill race and little northwest
from said electric lighting plant and to ex-
tend therefrom in north easterly direction,
passing a few feet north of said electric
light works, across said stream to the east
ern high bank upon which Midland street is
located.
"Your petitioner also shows that they in
tended and purposed to build said dam to
such hight only as to give twelve feet head
of water where it vents on the wheel in said
mill, that being the same head they are now
entitled to maintain, and that the shu G
open sixteen feet in width which WI b.
amply sufficient for all fiowage purposes for
which said stream has heretofore been us
and TO erect (construct) therein propAr
waste weir, aud also a properly cons i'ted
fish shute and maintain the Same az their
own eInepse.n
o. motion OF Supervisor n. Smith the
ra'0lntion was adopted.
On motion OF Supervisor Chamhtrs the
boari adj 'urnei until tomorrow at the
hour OF nine o'clock q IN.
E.P. POTTER,
l.