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Board Of Supervisors

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
October
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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Wednesday - Tlie variouscommlttees om claims started oti witli their usual rrist, after which Jatee Joslyn Rddrenea the board iu belialf of $150 wortli of law books necessary for tlie court room. George li. Bhervood, of ..Manchester, ftnd Alonzo E. Ford, of Ypiilantl, were elected to have charge of the burial of deceased union soldiere in their townsliips In place of yaoancles. The county clerk wns nllowed $3ö for i'urnishing the cü[)y of the proceedings lor the printer. The time for the election of superintendent of the poor in place of L. Davis navlng arrived, the following vote resulti'd: Krastus P. Mnson, . . . ir Lorenzo Davls, ... 9 C. Kraff, .... i Total, ..... 2.") On motlon of Mr. O'Brien, the super[nteodent of the poor was required to give bonda In the sum of $800. The committee on public buililinps were dlrected to take au inventory as usual of all pi-operty In possession of connty offieen. The bonds of the Incomlng county treaturer was fixed at $150,000. zourrooy. - lili! mus OQ pi'liltin? Were opened and awacded to Beakei & Morton tor $!)7.50. The compenaation of the sheriff for boarding prlaonera ut the countv all was flxed il 183Í foreaoh tneal or lodírnr for ten persona or leai ut any one time, .-mi) T'_, cents wiicn in excess of thiit namber. TbeWaahtenaw Post was aatborlzed to publish a report of the proceadlnga of the supervisors at a cost not to exeeed tlie gum of $50. The proper cominittee was autborlzed to make al! necessary repalra on the public buildings. On motion of Mr. MeCormick the county clerk was dlrected to procure .1 lithograph cut of the coort-honae for use in printing tlie county stationery. The clerk wa directed to keep a time roll of the presenoe of the sheriff and deputles' Rttendanoe apon court. Tlie eominittpe to settle with county offlcer8 roported: The county treasurer's total receipts were $249,481.28, and ilibunementa, 2ir,?44.44, leavinga balance on band of 91,736.84, and be waa complimentt'd upon his excellent management of the finalices, etc. The couiity was found in debt to the cleik $127.18, and the same was orderëd paid. The committep to wliom was roferred dn: matter of putting water Into the court house, reoommended that a cesspool be built ontside the building and that the sum of $500 be appropriated for tlie same and tlie putting in of water. Adopted. The county drum commlülonen report was recelved and ordered piinted. A resolution directlng the trp.isurer to deposit funds where he could set the blgheat interest, accordlng to law whb adopted after a great deal of earnest discugaion and figurín?, 'l'he eiiininit lee mi salaries for county ofBoera reported the lollowlng, whlcbwas ndoptöd : County Clerk, without criminal feos tl,5X) Proseoutlng Attoruey, (nn.1 ir hls work is siiiisiai'lory to the board Í-IOÜ moro at tbeeadol theyMr) 1,200 loauty Treacurer i ooo Jounty BoperlntcndeDU of the l'oor, ïn-rilay, mlleage lndaded : Tlit) Aun Arbor Deruocrnt, In giving its readers reasons lot not publlthiug the citizcn's league report says: m tliere are mtittcrs of f:ir more importancc to the average reader, we do not care to lumbcr 11 1 ouroolumn, partictularly witli a tirade agalnst the city, wlien the truth is we bare ooe of the best governed muncipalities ia Michigan.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News