The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-12
COUNCIL APPROVES BONDS:
C. BRAND LOSES OFFICES
Village Trustees Tell Marshal
Rooms In Hall Are for Off
GERS Only.
SMOKE AND GARBAGE LAWS

Caspar Brand, ex-village clerk ant
ex-township clerk. lost his justice o
the peace headquarters in the villag,
hall last night at the finish of Ions
and busy session OF the Houghton VIII
lage council. For several years Mr.
Brand has used the rooms in the viii
lage hall for his Offices of justice OF
the peace as well as that OF township
clerk and he has not been disturbed i'm
the possession of these quarters be-
cause of the multiplicity OF reasons
why he should be there.
AS village clerk, under an old law,
which has been legislated out of the
law books since Caspar Brand became
the champion office holder of the state.
he was empowered with the right to
sit as a magistrate i'm certain cases.
Mr.. Brand never had TO rely upon that
law 10 permit him TO act as justice.
however, as he has been a justice near
ly as long as he has been the clerk of
the village and also of the township.
Another reason why he should haze
been in possession of the rooms was
because Portage township. of which The
was clerk. has been paying small
rental to the village of Houghton for
the use of space i'm the village hall for
their safe and valuable papers and for
the purpose of holding their meetings
there. Today, however, by the action
of the people, the only office remaining
in the possession of Mr.. Bisand is that
of justice. of which he is one of four
in the township.
Other Justices Comp lain.
Trustee StoNe brought the matter
to the attention of the coun ell by say
ing that one of the other justices in J
the village had complained to him that |
IL was unfair to these othe RS to allow |
Mr.. Brand TO occupy the o ,1ices main |
tanned by the taxpayers rent free while /
other men had to pay out good money
for like accommodations. Mr.. Stoyle
explained that he had no personal in
terest in the matter but thought that
the council should determine the is
along that line. A pecu-
liar situation obtains in regard to the
justices at this time. Mr.. Brand was
defeated for village clerk by Mort o.
Sullivan, who afterwards defeated
Charles Baudtn for justice of the peace,
which office he will assume in July.
After this Charlie Little. the Huron
I'm pf ha |.
Caspar Brand for township clerk.
Now IL the new township clerk, who
IS justice, and the new village clerk.
who will assume office, and the ex-
'lerk Of these two governing bodies.
Who is a justice. were all to foil ow. the
Example of the former holder OF these !
'ffces and use the village haL as Y
Justice emporium, it is argued th:lt the :
ourth justice Larry Croze, would 4
lave kick coming One of the trus- T
ees suggested that they all be given I
he honor and privilege of holding n
curt within the sncrsl precincts but 4
quickly withdrew this idea after he had
listened to Village Attorney HGmbit- 8
er's graphic word picture of four pre- n
iding magistrates trying four cases N
With eight lawyers all trying to talk Y
L once. The question was finally set n
led by the council instructing the ~
PRESIDENT to instruct the village mar O.
hal to instruct the ex-village clerk and 81
x-township clerk that the offices in 81
he village hall are for the use of the A
'flicers OF the village the same being n
the village clerk, treasurer, public |