Butterfield Chosen

BUTTERFIELD CHOSEN

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SECRETARY OF STATE BOARD OF RAILROAD ASSESSORS.

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The Board Organized Last Night and Ann Arbor's City Attorney Gets the $1,800 Secretaryship.

Orla E. Butterfield, the city attorney of Ann Arbor has been appointed secretary of the state board of railroad assessors at a salary of $1,800 a year. The appointment was made last evening as told in the following Detroit Tribune dispatch:

"George W. Buckingam and George B. Horton, two of the members of the board of railroad assessors came to Lansing today and after Maj. Buckingham had subscribed to the oath of office before a notary public, a meeting of the board was held in the office of Auditor-General Dix. Gen. Dix presided as chairman, as required by the Atkinson law, and the board proceeded to elect O. E Butterfield, of Ann Arbor, secretary, as required by Gov. Pingree. This done, the members proceeded to talk over the situation with special reference to the blanks it will be necessary to prepare, and it was agreed that Secretary Butterfield should obtain blanks from states having similar laws so that some idea of what is needed may be gained."