Board Of Supervisors

The board of supervisors met last Friday with a quorum present and passed a large number of claims of registers of deeds of the various counties for mortgages returned. They also passed a number of criminal claims and adjourned for d.nner. After dinner the board settled down again to the consideration of claims. The county treasurer reported the following amounts due the county from the various towns for the care of the poor at the county house: Ann Arbor city, lst dist $264.80 " ' 3d " 349.15 3d " Ypsilanti " lst ' 175.56 " " 2d " 497.90 Ann Arbor town 190.14 Augusta 138.76 ïreedom 71.24 Lima 180.79 Lodi 287.15 Manchester.. 106.08 Saline 71.24 Scio 276.16 Sharon 71.24 Superior 142,48 Sylvan 169.29 Webster 74.95 Northfleld 82.28 York &5.62 Ypsilanti 49.52 The new superintendent of the poor was required to give a bond of $8,000. On motion of Supt. Braun it was resolved that no bilis of justices for the holding of inquests would be allowed unless accompauied with the petition foi holding the inquest signed by the proper number of petitioners. Superintendent of the l'oor Loomis was thauked for the business like manner he was keeping the books of the county honse. The report of the equalization committee,as found in another column, was unanimously adopted, The supervisors were allowed twelve days pay with mileage. The board adjourned until Monday at twelve o'clock. Thomas Sears, oneof theexecutors of the estáte of the late Luther James, petitioned the board to remove from the rolls of the flrst district of Ann Arbor, tlie personal assessment of Mr. Jame's estáte on the ground that he was a resident of Lima. The petition was refeired to Messrs. Gilbert, Kress, Hughes and on Wednesday the matter was laid upon the table. Justice Frueauff's bilis were allowed. Mr, Hutchinson moved that the to;vnship of Superior be authorized tfoapportion a sum not exceeding $200 fov the purpose of replanking the highway bridge on Section 5 of the town of Ypsilanti, which was laid on the table. A motion that the superintendents of tlie poor be instructed not to pay over 17 cents for a tneal or nights lodging of any poor person, was lost by a vote of 6 to 12. It was resolved to have the outside wall3 of the court house cleaned. The supervisors decided not to pay any bilis of justices of the peace in 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 by the mayor of a city, president of a village or supervisor of a town where the complaint shall ariae, and also not to allow the bilis of any offlcers for arrests of persons charged with being drunk or disorderly without a warrant. Treasurer Belser asked for a time lock to be placed on the safe in the couuty treasurer 's office, and the request was referred to the eommittee on public buildings with power to act. The supervisors on Wednesday decided that bilis would be allowed for only two deputy sheriffs in attendance upon tlie circuit court when juries were called. Considerable routine business was transacted. The estímate of the finance eommittee for needed appropriations for the coming year was $40,000.00, of which it was estimated 14,000 would be raised by the liquor tax, leaviug S26,000 for general taxation. The report was then amended so that $25.000 should be raised and it was then adopted. Afl TIIHY Ai;k EQUAXJZED. The report of the eommittee of the supervisors on equalration was adopted unanimously. It leaves the towns equülized practically as last year; $13 is taken off from the equalized value of the city as a whole, but the districts are diiïerently equalized; 16,660 is added to the first district, 331,660 to the second and $58,333 is taken from the third district. The supervisors assesments of the rea! and personal property and the equalized value were giveu in the following report : Your eommittee on eqnalization respeetfully report that they have examined the assessuaent rolls of the several supervisors districts and have equalized the same as follows for tlie year 1888: Sup. Districts. I Real. I Pers. Equul. A. A. city, lst dist, 11,943,323 íl,166,230 2,391,6)10 A. A. city, 2d dist. 1,088,80(1 683,41X1 1,2U4,16O A. A. city, 3d dist. 778,470 228,410 775,000 Ann Arber town, 1,203,935 167,060 1,075,000 Augueta, 605.550 03,500 516,670 Bndgewater, 923,910 121,930 808.330 Dexler, 088,385 6,585 591.660 Freedom, 869 44") 149,365 766,665 Lima, 916,740 175,330 888,330 Lodi, 1,008,395 140,445 9KS.330 Lyndon, 478,930 0,200 441,660 Mauchester, 1,148,550 244,450 1,204.160 Xorthfleld, 862,570 112.250 775,000 Pittstield, 1,202,870 160,870 1,158,330 Salem, 989,385 95,350 958,;i:0 Superior, 1,098.425 126,285 1,000,000 Sharon, 1,024,790 112,570 808,330 Saline, 1,200,750 134,450 1,220,000 Scio, 1,397,120 376,790 l,425,00( Hylvan, 971,640 293,600 958,4 Webster, 990,870 141,520 900,000 York, 1,145,800 243,950 971,660 Ypsilauti, 1,117,660 152,010 1,025,000 Ypsi. city, löt dist. 1,301,000 828,500 1,650,000 Ypsi. city, 2d dist. 565,400 108,750 553,330 Total 25,000,000 All of which is respectfully submitted.