The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-10-25
COUNTY BOARD
COMPLETES WORK
.Adjourns to Meet January
6, 1913. Session
a Busy One.
FULL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
Equalization Board Fixes County Val
uation at SI4. 500. 900. Hartford
Agricultural Society Aided.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IL.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER IL.
The committee on drains submitted
a report which was accepted.
The matter Of removing the fence be
tween the park and the Weston place
was referred to the building committee.
G. r. Murphy was elected as mem
Der of the board OF county school exam
iners.
0. M. Vaughan was elected to succeed
himself as a member of the board OF
county superlntendents of Door.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Is.
The committee on equalization sub
mitted a report which was adopted
equalizipg the county valuation at the
sum of Sl4 4,500,000. The valuation of
the different townships is the same as
equalized 10 1911.
new Fox typewriter WAS ordered for
the office of the register of deeds.
A plat known as the Held and Hard
ing subdivision in the township of Keeler
was approved by the board.
Commissioner Hungerford appeared
before the board and asked that he be
provided with additional vault room.
County Treasurer Stoughton presented
his report for the first nine mouths OF
the year, showing receipts of S24S, $40 Ol
and disbursements of S247 ,924 So.
The committee on general claims sub
mitted partial report hIch WAS adopt
ed.
After considerable discussion the sum
of 81 600 was ordered spread upon the
roll in AID OF the new county agricul-
tural and horticultural society recently
organize ID at Hartford.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER ~.
A report from the committee on To
jected and charged back taxes was re-
ceived ard adopted.
a commu Licatiou was received from
the Kalamazoo board OF supervisors
recitiug their satisfaction with their re-
ceptiuu and ENTERTAINMENT by the Van
Bureu supervisors aud thanking them
for The same.
The committee on fiuauce recommend.
ed that the following taxes ue spread
upon the rolls: Stale tax, $4,000 %;
county tax, $4,000; soldiers relief teX,
$1,000. Report adopted.
The committee on appUrtloumeut sub
mitted a report 10 when the above taxes
were duly Apporuoued among the several
townships aud wards.
The committee To audit the accounts
Of the register of deeds submitted re-
port which was adopted, showing thst
for the first nine months of the year the
register had received the sum OF -, 2l6.-
81 and had paid the same to the county
treasurer.
The committee on claims submitted
further partial report; adopted.
MONDAY, OCTOBER q.
A communication was received from
the probate Judge urging the establish
ment of a house Of detention for Juvenile
offenders; also that the Incoming probate
,udge be authorized 10 appoint probate
register with asalary OF e5OU. The com-
munlcaton was ordered spread on the
journal of the board.
The future renting OF the building oc.
cupied 10y the Free Press and Courier
was placed 10 the hauds of the building
committee.
Supervisors Coleman, Burger aud Mar.
tin and their SUCCESSORS were delegated
to superintend the expenditure of the
money appropriated in aId of the agrl-
cultural and horticultural society.
o. W. Rowland, q. ". Matthews and
w. ii. Harrison were reappoiuted as
board Of county canvassers.
The committee to audit the accounts
Of the sheriff reported s3OS 30 as the re-
ceipts of the sheriff's Office since Jan
uary |.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %.
The committee on county buildings
submitted a report recommending the
leasing Of the rooms 10 the basement
vacated by Mr.. Mcneil together with
part OF the vault to G. A. Potts for a
term of five years for the sum of $3.50
per year.
The clerk was instructed to remove a
part Of his records now in the vault oc.
cupied by the commissioner to the vault
formerly occupied by MsNeil that the
barns on the county farm be reshingled;
that additional sections of book cases be
purchased for the clerks Offices that the
fence between the county grounds and
r. A. Weston be removed; that the en-.
trance to the school commissioners Of
hce have a steel covering. Report
adopted.
M. j. Brakeman was appointed agen,
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