The Mortgage Returns

Register of Deeds Kearns has received the returns of mortgages owned n this county on lands in other counties of the State. There are 443 mortgages leid by Washtenaw citizens on land in Wayne county, 265 in Ogemaw couuty and tbree in St. Joseph county. On the other hand Wayne citizena hold 175 mortgages on property in this county; Lenawee citizens hold 114; Jackson, 65; Monroe, 40; Livingston, 41; Schiawassee, 30; Oakland. 20; Ingham, 11 and there are 52 mortgages held in 17 other counties. The amount of the mortgages held in Wayne county on property in this county is about $250,000, not so high as the mortgages held in this county on Wayne property, surprising as this f act may seern. Returns f rom other counties are not in yet. The supervisors have a great deal of work before them in making out the assessment rolls this spriug and so will the board of review.