the 6th day of April next, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and at said meeting Wm. H. Wellsted, James O'Brien and James M. Elliott, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the poll, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election, at any township meeting, as the law provides. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original record in this office, as enacted by the Board of Supervisors, at a special meeting of said Board, on said 28th day of October, A. D. 1873. [L. S.] H. H. DOURY, Deputy Clerk. At a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the county of Delta and State of Michigan, held at the village of Escanaba, on the 28th day of October, A. D. 1873: In the matter of the application of Azel Lathrop, Daniel Chaison, Christ Schuman, and fourteen others, for the erection and organization of a new township. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors that application has been made, and that notice thereof has been signed, posted up and published, as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, bounded as follows, to wit: The north half of township forty-two (42) north, of range twentytwo west, and township forty-three (43) north, of range twentytwo (22) west, and townships forty-two (42) and forty-three (43) north, of range twenty-three (23) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be known and called by the name of Maple Ridge the township of Maple Ridge. The first annual township meeting thereof shall be held at the residence of Thomas Hay, on Monday, the 6th day of April, at 10 o'clock A. M., and at said meeting Azel Lathrop, Thomas Hay, and Christopher Mahon, three electors of said town, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting, as the law provides. STATE OF MICHIGAN,) SS. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original record in this office, as enacted by the Board of Supervisors, at a special meeting of said Board, on said 28th day of October, A. D. 1873. organized. [L. S.] H. H. DOURY, Deputy Clerk. LAKE COUNTY. In the matter of the application of Newton I. Kinne and others, for the erection and organization of a new township. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors that application has been made as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, the Board order and enact that the territory described in said application, bounded and described as follows, to wit: All of towns eighteen (18), nineteen (19) and twenty (20) north, of range fourteen (14) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be called and known by Elk organized. the name of the township of Elk. The first township meeting thereof shall be held at the residence of Thomas E. Bishop, on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1874, at the usual time of holding township meetings. At said meeting Newton I. Kinne, George W. Clark, and J. J. Hanese, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at said meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting, as provided by law, and that Newton I. Kinne post the notices of the time and place of holding said meeting. On motion of Augustus Towner, the foregoing was adopted, by ayes and nays, as follows: Ave-Messrs. Towner, J. Blood, Allen, Townsend, I. D. Blood, and Wood. I, David A. Lathrop, Clerk of said county, and of the Board of Supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of an order of said Board with the record thereof in my office, and the same is a true copy thereof; and I do further certify that the said order was made at an adjourned meeting of said Board, held at Chase in said county, on the 9th day of January, A. D. 1874. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court for the said county, this [L. S.] 13th day of February, A. D. 1874. DAVID A. LATHROP, Clerk. MIDLAND COUNTY. In the matter of the application of Wm. R. Button and twenty others, for the organization of a new township to be called Geneva: The Board of Supervisors enact that the territory described in the petition of Wm. R. Button and others, to wit: Township fifteen north, of range two west, in Midland county, Michigan, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be called and ized. known as the township of Geneva. The first township meeting Geneva organshall be held at the school-house in said township of Geneva on the first Monday of April next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon; and at such meeting Wm. R. Button, Wesley P. Button and Cyrus Carr, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of elections of any township meeting, as the law provides; and that Wm. R. Button post the notices of said meeting. Also that the next annual township meeting of the township of Jasper be held near the southwest corner of section twenty-one in township thirteen north, of range two west, on the site of the town house now in process of erection, and that Noah W. Spencer post the notices of said meeting. I, Wm. Plummer, Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county aforesaid and the Board of Supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of an order of said Board with the record thereof in my office, and that the same is a true transcript therefrom, and the whole of such original record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed In the matter of the application of David Burton and twenty-five others, for the organization of a new township to be called Edenville. organized. The Board of Supervisors enact that the territory described in the petition of David Burton and others, to-wit: Township sixteen north, of range one west, in Midland county, Michigan, be and the same is hereby erected into a township to be called and Edenville known as the township of Edenville. The first township meeting thereof shall be held at the school-house of school district number one, in said township of Edenville, on the first Monday of April next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. At said meeting G. B. Bardwell, W. H. H. Morgan, and John Swanton, the electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of elections at any township meeting, as the law provides, and that John Swanton post the notices of said meeting; also, that the next annual township meeting of the township of Jerome be held at the school-house of school district number three of said township, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. At said meeting Charles Sanford, Henry Forbbs, and Christopher Clute, the electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as inspectors of elections, at any township meeting, as the law provides, and that Henry Forbbs post the notices of said meeting. STATE OF MICHIGAN, ¡ County of Midland. I, Wm. Plummer, Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county aforesaid, and the Board of Supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of an order of said board with the record thereof in my office, and that the same is a true transcript therefrom, and the whole of such original record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed [L. S.] the seal of said court, at Midland City, this 26th March, A. D. 1874. WM. PLUMMER, Clerk. In the matter of the application of Alfred Bennett and sixteen others, for the organization of a new township to be called Higgins. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors that application has been made and that notices thereof have been signed, posted up and published as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, the Board order and enact that the territory described in said application bounded as follows, viz. Township twenty-four north, of range one west; township twenty-four north, of range two west; township twenty-four north, of range three west; township twenty-four north, of range four west; township twenty-three north, of range two west; township twenty three north, of range three west; township twenty-three north of range four west, be and the same is hereby erected into a Higgins organ. township to be called and known by the name of the township of Higgins. The first annual township meeting thereof shall be held at Bennetts and Bros'. store at Roscommon station, on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1874, at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, and at said meeting Daniel Bennett, John Pierson, and D. H. Phillips, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of elections at any township meeting as the law provides. ized. And Daniel Bennett be and is hereby appointed to post up notices according to law of the time and place of such meeting in the newly organized township of Higgins. I, Wm. Plummer, clerk of the Circuit Court for the county aforesaid, and the Board of Supervisors thereof, do here by certify. that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of an order of said Board with the record thereof in my office, and that the same WM. PLUMMER, Clerk. MISSAUKEE COUNTY. In the matter of the application of George E. Brainard and others, for the erection and organization of a new township. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors that application has been made, and that notice thereof has been signed, posted up, and published as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, the Board order and enact that the territory described in said application bounded as follows, to wit: towns twenty-three (23) north, of ranges five and six (5, 6) west, in said county, be and the same is hereby erected into a new township, to be called and known by the name of the township of West Branch. The first annual township meeting thereof shall West Branch be held at the house of George E. Brainard in said township, on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1874, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and at said meeting George E. Brainard, Wm. S. Parker, and Sylvanus Siddall, three electors of said township shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at said meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting as the law provides. M. D. RICHARDSON, Clerk. STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Missaukee, SS. B. C. BRUNELL, Chairman. I, M. D. Richardson, clerk of said county of Missaukee, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true statement of the action of the Board of Supervisors of said county upon the organization of the township of West Branch, as appears upon the journal of the proceedings of said board remaining in my office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed [L. S.] the Seal of the Circuit Court of Missaukee at Lake City, this 6th day of January, A. D. 1874. 7 M. D. RICHARDSON, organized. |