The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-07-12
SPECIAL APRIL SESSION, 1917.
Van Buren, County Clerks Office,
Paw Paw, Mich, April ! It'll, 1917.

Paw Paw, Mich, April ! lth 1917.
BE 1T REMEMBERED, That on this | til
day of April A. D. 1917 the Board of Super
visors for the County of Van Buren, met in
special session pursuant to the statute in such
cases made and provided, at the office of the
County Clerk in the Village of Paw Paw in said
County.
Thereupon the roll was called by the Clerk
of said Board, and the following named Super
visors answered to their names: l.. II. Bolin-
ger Almena Sheldon Coleman, Antwerp;
Charles Palmer Arlington; Frank A Burger,
Bangor; B. F. Scamehorn Bloomingdale An
drew Gaynor, Columbia E. ]. Kirby, Covert;
+. II. Squier DECATUR Clifton Pierce, Geneva;
William O. Bowers, Hamilton Stephen Doyle
Hartford; George Heagy, Keller Owen W.
Long, Lawrence; Paul H. Smith, Paw Paw;
Harvey Slonaker, Pine Grove; Homer Turner
Porter; Chas. F. Brown, South Haven Town
ship f. A. Chase, Waverly; Lewis Hoag, So
Haven City, lst Ward; Chandler Elkenburg
So. Haven City, End Ward w. c. Burge, So
Haven City 3rd Ward
The Clerk then read the. Special Call
Van Buren, County, April 3rd, 1917
To Royal E. Decker, Clerk of Van Buren,
County:
AS per the provisions of Act No. l6l, Pub
of Michigan, we, the undersigned, having been
duly qualified as Supervisors of our respective
townships, in Van Buren, County, hereby re-
quest you to call meeting of the Supervisors
OF Van Buren, County, to meet at the Clerk S
Office, Paw Paw Michigan, on Wednesday, the
! lth day of April, A. D. 1917, for the purpose
of organizing said Board and for the considera-
ton and transaction of such other business as
may properly be presented at such meeting.
Name. Township or Ward
Paul H. Smith. .............Pa Paw Paw
L: II: Bolinger. .............. Almena
Sheldon Coleman. ............... Antwerp
+. H. Squier Observation-Disclosures. Decatur
Homer Turner. Porter
Lewis Hoag " So Haven City, st Ward
Owen w. Long. SO. Haven City, End Ward
w. c. Burge. -. So. Haven City, 3rd Ward
Owen W. Long. Lawrence
The next order of business being the election
of Chairman of the Board for the ensuing
year. Supervisors Kirby and Burge placed in
nominations Supervisors Coleman and Gaynor
respectively.
There being no further nominations the
Board proceeded to ballot whereupon the
Clerk appointed Supervisors Burger and Kirby
tellers
Ballot was taken with the following result:
Whole number of ballots cast, Il of which
Supervisor Coleman received 10, and Super
visor Gaynor 10, scattering one There being
no choice, second ballot taken with the
following result: Whole number ballots cast,
q, of which Supervisor Coleman received |,
and Supervisor Gaynor 10. Whereupon SUI
pervisor Coleman was declared elected Chair
man of this Board for the ensuing year.
Motion was made by Supervisor Squier sup
ported by Supervisor Elkenburg, that the Reg
lister Of Deeds be allowed his necessary ex-
penses while attending the next annual meeting
of the Michigan Association of Register of
Deeds, and that the Clerk be authorized to draw
an order for the same. Motion carried.
After listening to an address to the Board by
the County Agricultural Agent Farrand, a mo-
ton was made by Supervisor Smith, supported
by Supervisor Squier, that committee of three
be appointed by the Chairman to cooperate
with the County Agricultural Agent, through
the several supervisors to get data as to acre
age of the different farm crops being raised in
!. the county and also to get production of same
later in the season, and that the committee be
authorized to prepare blanks for use by the SUI
pervsors in obtaining said information Mo-
ton carried Whereupon, the Chairman APP
pointed Supervisors Smith, Chase and Slonaker
to act as said committee.
The following change having been recon-
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