The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-03-09

Der OF DdllOIS cash. CWeHIy, VI WiiiSii SuPhOvAoo
Burger received eleven, and Supervisor Kirby MIN
Supervisor Burger, having received majority o
the ballots cast was declared elected Chairman
of this Board for the ensuing year.
Upon motion of Supervisor Anderson, support
ed by Supervisor Kirby, Supervisor Burger wa
declared UNANIMOUSLY elected.
On motion of Supervisor Chase, supported b!
Supervisor Mosher an informal ballot was had t.
decide the number of Road Commissioners to b.
appointed by this Board, with the following result
Whole number of ballots cast, twenty, of which
one Commissioner received three, Two Commits
sioners five, Three Commissioners twelve.
On motion of Supervisor Chase, supported b!
Supervisor Phillips the above ballot was made
formal.
Motion was then made by Supervisor Coleman
supported by Supervisor Kirby that the compen
sation of the County Road Commissioners be fxet
at $500 per diem and necessary expenses for th'
actual time employed.
On motion of Supervisor Reusch supported by
Supervisor Elkenburg the above motion was
amended fixing the compensation of said commits
sioners at $500 per diem, and no expenses
Motion as amended carried.
Motion was made by Supervisor Coleman sup
ported by Supervisor Monroe that each commits
sioner file with the Clerk of the Board OF Roat
Commissioners, an itemized statement of his time
employed. Motion carried
On motion of Supervisor Heagy supported by
Supervisor Phillips, Andrew Slonaker, was elect
ed Burial agent for Keller township.
On motion of Supervisor Slonaker supported by
Supervisor Heagy the following petition was made
special order of business for tomorrow at two
o'clock in the afternoon.
To the Board of Supervisors of the County Of
Van Buren,, we the undersigned Mutual Telephone
Companies request the privilege of putting pub
lie mutual telephone in the Court House, and
hereby petition your honorable body to ask the
Michigan Rail Road Commissioner and the Coun
Gil of the village of Paw Paw to grant the Goble
vile Farmers Mutual and the Lawrence Mutua
Telephone companies the privilege of extending
their lines to the Court House of the county sea-
of Van Buren, County.
Signed, this Fifteenth day of April A. d. 1916
Leeds Healy, Pres. U. T. Barnes, Pres
J. Bert Travis Sec. Geo. l.. Rich, Sec
Sec. and Pres. of Goblevile
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co.
Sec. and Pres. of Lawrence
Mutual Telephone CO
Upon motion of Supervisor Kirby supported b!
Supervisor Monroe the election of County Roat
Commissioners was made a special order OF busi
ness tomorrow at 80 o'clock in the forenoon.
Chairman Burger appointed the following Sup
ervisors as members of the Buildings Committee
Chase, Woodman, Coleman.
On motion of Supervisor Phillips supported b!
Supervisor Anderson the matter of granting w
E. SLOVENIAN the temporary use of the land ad
lucent to his building Main street was referred
to the Building Committee.
On motion of Supervisor Anderson supported
by Supervisor Slonaker, it decided, after reat
ing a communication from the Board of State Ta2
Commissioners, that no bill should be presentet
to the Township of Amena for the expenses O
the Special October 1915 Session of this Board.
On motion of Supervisor Woodman supportet
by Supervisor Heagy, the Board adjourned unit
tomorrow morning at 1890 o'clock.
Thursday, April 10Th, 1916.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called. Quorum present.
The minutes Of yesterdays proceedings wer
read by the Clerk and approved.
The hour having arrived for the special order o
business for electng three County Road Com
missioners. A motion was made by Supervise
Heagy supported by Supervisor Elkenburg tina
said election be deferred thirty minutes or unit
II rs o'clock as requested by certain citizens o
the city of South Haven. Motion carried
Upon motion of Supervisor Coleman supports
by Supervisor Phillips, the Superintendent of tn
Poor were authorized to expend funds not to ex
coed the sum of one hundred dollars for experime
tal r,lrnOSes at the county farm