The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-20


one petition.
Nhereupon the clerk deposited the
aDove-named petitions on December
9th, 1914 at 10:45 O'clock A. NJ on the
table with other matters coming be-
lore the board in the presence OF the
boaid. the board then and there being
In session and advised the board OF
the fact OF the presence OF said pc.
titions; Whereupon the clerk inform
ed the board that no examination as
required by statute OF said petitions
has as yet been made by him. The
clerk then proceeded to make such
examination on direction OF the chair
man OF the board and made an oral
report that the total number of sig
natures to the petitions were nine
hundred and eighty-one (eSt), and
that the poll lists on file in the county
clerks Office of the election OF Nov
ember, 1914 contained two thousand,
two hundred and forty-six (2.246)
names, and no further examination
or investigation of said petitions were
made by said clerk: Thereupon the
board on motion. directed the chair
man to appoint committee of three
members OF said board to investigate
said petitions and make report
The chairman then appointed the
following committee:
Supervisors: Lyons, Rowe, Benson.
The committee then started 10 re-
tire to consider said petitions. The
clerk was then presented at eleven
o'clock A. NJ, December 5th, with a
| petition dated December 9Th, 1914
signed by r. b. Webb, local option
petitioner to which were attached
what purported to be certified trans
cripts and original poll lists of the
last preceding election, which petit
ton was filed December 9Th, 1914 at
eleven o'clock A. M: Thereupon the
committee were called back and took
their seats
Mr.. Clarence Dwyer stated that he
appeared in objection to the petitions
and desired to be heard and after
being heard, filed the following OBJ
jections;
objection is made to the receipt
Of the local option petitions by the
board Of supervisors for the reason
that It appears that the names on
said petitions were not compared and
determination as to the sufTiciency
OF the petitions made based on the
certified copies OF the poll LETS sub
mitted with said petitions and that
the petitions were submitted to said
board contrary to the statute IN such
case made and provided
Thereupon the board proceeded e
consider the matter of adiourning
the meeting for the purpose Of giving
the board and the directors an op-
portunity to examine said petitions
and thereupon II was moved and sup
ported that when said board adjourn
said adjournment shall be to the It'll
day OF December, 1914 at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon. which motion wa:
carried
on motion the Board adjourned
until one-thirty o'clockP. NJ.
w J. Richards, John Wall,
Chairman. Clerk
one-thirty +. NJ. Board met pur.
suant TO adjournment the meeting
was called to order by W Richards
chairman with the following super
ylsors present: Benson. Dayey. Udd
Nettle, Jacka, Uren, Rowe, Lyons
Richards.
Absent Supervisor McLaren.
The report OF the auditing commit
tee was read to the board as follows
Mich. state Tel Co. toll & rent. Gall
J. L. Peterson Lynx bounties. .O(
Michael Larson Wild cat $500. 300
Milo Graves wild cat. l wolf
bounty ................... zo.V'
WIN. Humphry wolf bounty. 25.Ot
Henry Auto wolf bounty $500
Chas. Dobinspeck / wolf bounty 25,OC
W. Humphrey / wolf bounty 500
Osborn Crooks | wolf bounty $500
Dave Gilbert / wolf bounty $500
Chas. Dobinspeck / wolf bounty $500
Frank Martis l wolf bounty $500
Henry Johnson ! wolf bounty. 25.0C
Frank Robinson 1 wolf bounty $500
\ M Chance l wolf bounty .s... $500
Albin Hanson / wolf bounty 25.0c