Board Of Supervisors

On Thursday, the ballot for member of board of superintendents of poor in place of Wm. April resulted in the election of Charles H. Kempf. Mr. April received four votes. The annual salaries of county officers were flxed as follows: County clerk, without fees in criminal cases, $1,500; treasurer, $1,200; prosecuting attorney, $1,200; probate register, fees deducted, $1,000. The bilis for reporting mortgages under the new law that taxes them were allowed, the register of deeds alone getting $728.30, - 10 cents for each mortgage reported. The board ordered an inventory made of the county property. The committee on equalization has its report on the basis of $25,000,000 instead of $30,000,000, and the only changes from last year's report is in Ann Arbor. From the third district $70,000 were taken off; $50,000 added to the second, and $20,000 to the first. The report was adopted. Thomas Sears, of Lima, petitioned that the assessment of personal property in Ann Arbor against Luther James (deceased) be eliminated from the rolls. A special committee investigated this matter, who reported favorably to the petition, but it was laid on the table. This same thing came up 18 years ago, and it was decided that Mr. James was a resident of Lima, and that there was no authority for assessing him personal property in Ann Arbor. Mr. Braun introduced a resolution, which was lost, 12 to 6, instructing the superintendents of the poor not to pay over 17 cents for a meal or night's lodging outside of the county house for any poor person. The building committee was instructed to have the outside walls of the court-house cleaned. The board voted not to allowany bilis hereafterin criminal cases unless security for costs shall have been given by the complainant, or the complaint shall have been advised by the prosecuting attorney or other officers. Yestërday, Mr. Graves moved to take up the bill of E. P.Mason, the obstinate member of the superintendents of the poor who helpfd himself to about $4.00 of the county's money. Mason thought better of it after a while and hended the money over; and he is now trying to get the supervisors to reimburse him. Mr. Butts had the bill referredto the