The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-05-06
PLAT EXPERTS CHECK UP TO De
TGRMlNE lr PROPER RECORDS
NAVE BEEN MADE.
MANY PLATs uNREcoRDEr
Auditor General says Work Of His o.
nee n Dsilnquent Tax Charging
and RscharpIns Has Been Wonder
fully elmpilsied. lyA

over all OF the plats In the various
counties to find those which have not
been recorded at the oflce Of the au
ditor general. will visit Wayne county
Two weeks ago the men finished
with the exception Of Wayne and have
been in Lansing since checking up the
newly, found plats. This work, 1t IL
figured. will take two or three more
weeks and then the descent on Wayne
county will be made,
With Wayne left out Of the com.
pilatfon. there were found 70S plats
not recorded at the statehouse.
These were scattered almost equally
in the counties.
Auditor General Fuller says that
the work OF his ONCE in the charg-
ing and recharging delinquent taxes
against the plat properties has been
wonderfully simplifed. Under the
old system, where Q plat was not re-
corded here, and the tar was returned,
there was always . mix-up In the de-
scription. and not only was q lot OF
correspondence necessary to get the
matter adjusted. but the tax was al
most always charged back to the
county.
The new law regarding the filing Of
plat records with the auditor general
is being followed closely. Wayne
county is contributing more than all
OF the other counties put together. ow-
ing to the big real estate develop
ment in and about Detroit.
Pneumonia Leads.
Pneumonia leads as cause Of death
in Michigan. The report Of the bureau
of vital statistics for March shows that
ATT deaths were caused by that dis
ease. tuberculosis, all forms, was re.
sponsible for $40 and cancer for 240.
There were increases noted in the
deaths from tuberculosis, typhoid
fever. diphtheria and Group, measles,
whooping cough. pneumonia. diarrhea,
meningitis, influenza. cancer and vio-
lence. A notable decrease 10 recorded
in the deaths from scarlet fever.
The total number OF deaths was
1895. distributed by ages ~ follows:
72S under one year, 257 from one to
four years. and LASS Of persons aged
sixty-five years and over.
Bay county shows the greatest NOR
tality record. its deaths correspond
ing to q rate of BIB per 1000 popula
tion. On the basis Of the 1910 census
Wayne county shows . death rate Of
43.3. but the department announces
that this is not reliable and the &C
tual death rate 10 below Bays. Ann
Arbor city shows . mortality rate Of
1872 per 1000. but this 10 boosted by
the deaths of transients and is conse
! quently not correct figure for the
Inhabitants.
Road Bond Limit.
In an important decision given fol
State Highway Commissioners Frank
f. Rogers, Attorney General Fellows
holds that the 3 pei, cent limit on the
amount OF money to be raised for
road purposes, as expressed in the
new constitution. applies to counties
only and not I'd townships.
The decision OF the attorney gen
eral settles for a time at least a
question which has been worrying
township ofYicials and prospective
bond buyers. Under the old constitu
tion the limit Of 3 per cent was made
to apply to counties in so many words
in the new constitution, however, the
language Is susceptible OF several CON.
structions. Mr.. Fellows holds that
taking the old constitution into con.
sideration, as well as the notes Of the
constitutional convention, the limit ID
meant to apply the same AZ before
for counties only.
Some townships in the northern
part OF the state issued road bonds
on which certain interest and install.
ments exceed the 8 per cent limit.
Attorneys for bond buyers raised an
argument against the bonds. The mat
ter was taken up with Mr.. Rogers and
thus came to the attorney general.
The attorney general also decided
that the ofiices of deputy state oil in
spector and county road commissioner
were not Incompatible Another rul-
ing was that q board Of trustees OF q
rural high school may not erect larg-
or building than IL necessary In order
TO rent out certain rooms for the
graded schools of the district.
Nsw interpretations.
Commonwealth Savings bank, De-
troit, 100000; Joseph w. McCausey.
Comfort A. Taylor, Frank Wolf and
others.
Marlborough Land company, De.
troit. 1000; Oswald Kulewatz, John
Kohler. Edward w. Guenther.
= Hall Salss & Service Co., Detroit,
5000: William w. Vaughan. Henry
y. Lewis. Harry 8. Hall.
Adams Park Land company. Birm-
1ngham, 10000.
Browning Realty company, Grand
Rapids. >fsocce. ~',' -,