History of Saginaw County, Michigan; historical, commercial, biographical, Volume I, Part 30

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The record further shows that the amount allowed for expenses in the township of Saginaw was $93.94, to which the sum of $4.69 was added, being the collector's fees at five per cent. One hundred dollars was voted for the purpose of building a bridge in district No. 1.

The next meeting was held March 21, 1836, in the county clerk's office, Saginaw village. Albert Miller, Andrew Ure, and E. S. Williams were present. The annual meeting was held Oct. 13, 1836 E. N. Davenport, Wm. F. Mosley, Albert Miller, G. D. Williams, and Wm. McDonald were present. Supervisor Davenport was chosen chairman, and Wm. McDonald, clerk. In passing the ac- counts, E. Jewett was allowed $15.50 for services as coroner; Wm. F. Mosley, $50 for services as district attorney; Abram Butts, $37 for services as constable. The board directed that $250 be raised for building a bridge across the bayou near the steam mill in dis- trict No. 1. At a meeting of the board, held two days later, it was

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resolved to raise $1,570.59 to be applied on building a county jail in the "city" of Saginaw.

The board of supervisors met at the clerk's office, Oct. 3, 1837. Jeremiah Riggs, Supervisor , Albert Miller, J. P., E. S. Williams, and Samuel G. Watson were present. J. Riggs was chosen chairman, and Samuel G. Watson, clerk. The first transaction of the new board was a direction to the clerk to notify the inhabi- tants of the township and county of Saginaw that they would be required to vote, on the 6th and 7th of November, 1837, for or against a loan of $10,000, for the erection of a court-house and jail, and also to have such notice published in the new paper called the Saginaw Journal. The vote on the question of the day was duly taken, a loan of $10,000 made, bearing 7 per cent. per annum interest, negotiated with the directors and company of the Saginaw City Bank, and the bond signed by Andrew Ure, Jere- miah Riggs, E. S. Williams, and Albert Miller, binding them- selves, and their successors in office to pay the banking company the amount of loan, with interest, within 10 years from Jan. 1, 1838. The members of the board assembled March 8, 1838, at the house of Joseph J. Malden, when the following proposals for building a court-house were handed in: Asa Hill and Benj. Severson, $11,500; Win. L. P. Little, $12,000; R. H. Renwick,

$11,000; Bunker A. Tuthill, $11,950. This action was followed by a most singular result. On motion of Albert Miller, it was resolved to sell the contract for building, at auction, reserving the right of sale. This procedure resulted in reducing the pro- posals to $9,510, Hill reducing his price $1,990. At a meeting, held within five days, a contract was awarded to Asa HIill, on condition that the court-house be completed June 1. 1839, and that 10 per cent. on the amount of contract be retained until the work was finished, and accepted by the county board. The expenses, attend- ant on making loan, drafts, contracts, etc .. aggregated $157.75, paid out as follows: Benj. Severson's account for drafting, $50; Asa Hill's, for ground plan, $18; Jeremiah Riggs, for services, $14; E. J. Williams, for services, $14; A. Miller, $14; A. Ure, $8; W. F. Mosley, $6; S. G. Watson, $32 75; Saginaw Journal, for advertising, $12. Ephraim S. Williams was appointed building superintendent, and Samuel G. Watson additional superintendent of the work.

During the year 1837, the census of the county was taken by A. Butts, Collector. His pay was $1 for every 100 persons, or $9.20, which shows that in that year, there were only 920 people in the county. The board, however, in consideration of the great num- ber of miles traveled and money expended by him, granted him an additional sum of $50. Asa Hill died in 1838, and his secur- ities were empowered by the county board to take possession of all building material and proceed with the work.

In November, 1838, Sheriff Elijah N. Davenport was directed to lease from Abraham Butts a block-house standing in rear of his dwelling, to fit it up as a jail, and use it for a house of detention.

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The county commissioners of Saginaw met at the clerk's office Nov. 19, 1838, when lots were drawn for terms of office. Duncan McLellan drew for a three years' term, Cromwell Barney for two years, and James Fraser for one year. The board organized by electing James Fraser, chairman and C. S. Palmer clerk. During the years 1839-'40 nothing of importance was transacted by the board, with the exception of arranging many little disputes arising out of the erection of the county buildings by the executors of Asa Hill. In January, 1841, the Saginaw City Bank building was leased to the county at $50 per annum by Win. L. P. Little. The board authorized the clerk to subscribe for the Detroit Daily Advertiser, then edited by Dawson & Bates. James Fraser, Eben- ezer Davis and Duncan McLellan formed the board of commis- sioners in January, 1841. Any two members of this board took to themselves some extraordinary powers, among which may be mentioned that of appointing another member, as a substitute for an absent member. In April, 1841, a committee composed of Ira T. Farrand, Cromwell Barney, Thomas McCarthy, Eriel Barber, E. N. Davenport, G. D. Williams, and John Farquaharson, was appointed to superintend the work of Norman Little on the court- house and jail; while Farrand, Barber and Samuel Shattuck were appointed appraisers of the material supplied to the original con- tractor, Asa Hill. The expense of one meeting of this com- mittee, together with the work of the appraisers, was $39.94; nor did this settle the matter; it is evident from entries made June 18, 1841, that Little did not agree to the terms proposed, for on that date it is recorded that Eriel Barber was ap- pointed by the board to superintend the building of the court- house in the most economical inanner; to procure lime, brick and stone for foundations, and to hire mechanics and laborers.

In 1841 the townships of Tuscola and Tittabawassee protested against the assessment of real and personal property, stating that it was much in excess of the valuation of Saginaw. The board, having inquired into the matter, equalized the assessment, but decided ultimately that the difference was not so great as to justify the expense which would attend the amendment of the assessment roll. The commissioners, appointed to inquire into the amount of county property which passed into the hands of the administra- trix of Asa Hill, reported Nov. 13, 1841, stating that the widow Hill knew nothing positive regarding county property. During this year, the transfer or copy of deeds and mortgages from tlie records of Oakland county was made, at a cost of $89.19. For this sum copies of 84 deeds and mortgages, together with the plats of Saginaw and East Saginaw, were made by Joseph D. Sharp, Oct. 6, 1841.

SUPERVISORS' COURT.

The government of the county changed in 1842. James Frazer, Andrew Ure, and Ebenezer Davis, the last commissioners, held their last meeting March 18, 1842. On July 4 following, Hiram

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L. Miller, Supervisor of Saginaw township; Thomas Mccarthy, Supervisor of Tittabawassee; Ebenezer W. Perry, Supervisor of Tuscola, and John Farquaharson, Supervisor of Taymouth, met and organized, with Hiram L. Miller as chairman, and J. J. Mal- den, clerk.

Among the first acts of the board of supervisors was the grant- ing of a license to G. D. Williams, authorizing him to keep a ferry on the Saginaw, one mile up and down the river, from the Macki- nac road, for three years, ending July 7, 1845. The following rates were recognized : Foot passengers, 12gc each; man and horse, 25c; man with horse and wagon, 37{c; man with two horses and wagon, 50c ; cattle or horses, 10 cents each ; sheep or hogs" 62c each. The price was not to be increased upon the ferri- age of horses and wagons, even though more than one person accompanied each and all of them. In ferrying cattle, sheep or hogs, the drivers were to cross free of charge.

THE BAYOU BRIDGE.

The board contracted with G. D. Williams for the construction of a bridge over the bayon on the east side of the Saginaw river, on the line of thic Saginaw turnpike.

THE LITTLE PROPOSITION.

The proposition of W. L. P. Little, presented to the supervi- sors JJuly 6, 1842, stated that to the board would be given a choice of the lands lying between Cass and Flint rivers, at the rate of $5 per acre, on condition that the price of such lands should be taken in payment of the debt of the Saginaw City Bank on the bond given by the county to the bank, and in any and every other way, the selection to be made by the board between the two rivers mentioned, for which a good title would be given free of incum- brances, except the taxes now duc, for which other lands would be deeded. The board accepted the proposition, on the understanding that the property be transferred to the county within a reasonable time, and after the parties concerned could agree as to the indebted- ness of the bank to the county. A few days subsequently, several citizens signed a protest against the acceptance of Little's proposi- tion. The board replied laconically, regretting that the remon- strance was not made prior to the record of the acceptance of Little's proposition. E. W. Perry was appointed to examine the lands offered, and to make such selections therefrom as might be considered most valuable.

The troubles arising from the $10,000 bond given to the Saginaw City Banking Company by the Board of Supervisors proved long- lived, but the matter was ultimately settled March 8, 1844. On that day, the committee appointed to settle this business submitted a re- port, from which the following extract is inade : "The county is to give a bond, payable in four annual payments, for $5,257.75, and

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interest on the whole yearly; and the sum of $1,208.25, the interest due on the $5,257. 75 up to Jan. 1, 1844, to be paid. The bond to be given by the county to draw interest from Jan. 1, 1844. Upon the payment of the $1,208.25, and the execution of the bond for the $5,257.75, the bond now holden by the State to be given up and cancelled. It is understood that there is to be deducted from the $1,208.25, some $80 paid by the county on the interest. In this settlement the county has been allowed the $650 appropriated by the Auditor General, and $350 of the $700 paid into the Saginaw City Bank. The $1,208.25 to be paid as follows :- The county treasurer of Saginaw is to give an order on the Auditor General authorizing him to apply one-half of the taxes received into his office from the non-resident taxes, returned from said county until it shall be paid, and the said order is to embrace and ratify the $650 already paid by said Auditor General to the Land Commissioner from the taxes received by him for Saginaw county.

This report was signed by R. P. Eldridge, Chairman Board of State Auditors; G. D. Williams, Chairman Board of Supervisors, Saginaw county, and H. L. Miller, delegate from the County Board of Supervisors. This affair may be said to have been closed May 9, 1844, when the board executed a bond to the State in accord with the terms of settlement, signed by G. D. Williams, Enoch Olmstead, Murdock Frazer, Lovira Hart, and John Farquaharson.

MUNICIPAL BRIEFLETS.

The six streams above Cass river bridge were bridged in 1842-'3. At the same time a scow was provided for the use of the public at the crossing of the river at the Saginaw and Taymouth road. In 1843 the board resolved to have a copy made of all entries of county lands from the Detroit and Flint river records. Authority was given to James A. Kent to establish a ferry over the Cass river, at the crossing of the Saginaw turnpike. The rates were 50 per centum less than those charged by G. D. Williams. In May, 1844, H. L. Miller notified the officers of school district No. 1 that, owing to the proximity of the school building to the new court-house, and the danger in which the latter structure would stand in case of fire, it was deemed proper to cause its removal to a more suitable location.

TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.

The organization of the townships may be said to begin in 1840 with Tuscola. Tittabawassee was admitted a township in 1841; Taymouth in 1842; Hampton, now forming a portion of Bay county, in 1843; Northampton, now an integral part of Bay county, in 1846; and Bridgeport in 1848. Chesaning, or "Big Stone," was set off in 1849. Buena Vista was organized in 1849; Midland in 1850.

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The townships of St. Charles, Birch Run and Blumfield were organized under authority given by the board of supervisors in session Feb. 9, 1853. Frankenmuth, Zilwaukee, Hale and Pine River, the two latter of which are now embraced in Bay county. were organized in 1854. Emerson, Williams, Thomastown and Kochville were set apart in 1855. Brady was organized in 1856; Maple Grove, Fremont and Portsmouth in 1857; Brant and Spalding in 1858; Swan Creek in 1860; Richland, 1862; Albee, 1863; Chapin, 1866; Carrollton, 1866; Jonesfield, 1873; James, 1874; Lakefield, 1875, and Marion, 1880.

In the organization of these townships the board of supervisors were generally in favor of extending the principle of local govern- ment whenever the population of any portion of the county pointed out that course as judicious. However, in the case of Zilwaukee, the board exercised its full powers, and postponed the organ- ization of that portion of the county fully two years. The petition for the organization of Zilwaukee was laid before the board Jan. 5, 1852, and also a petition of remonstrances against such petition, signed by 34 Germans residing within the limits of the would-be organized township. The petitioners for organization withdrew on Jan. 7, 1852, and presented again Jan. 8, a petition with amendments. The board decided against the organization of said township, even with amendments, by a vote of five to three.

TOWNSHIPS OF THE PAST.

The townships organized and now separated from Saginaw, in- cluding Williams, was set off Oct. 10, 1855, which comprised township 14 north, of range 3 east.

The first annual meeting for the election of township officers was held at the house of William A. Spafford, on the first Monday in April, 1856, with the following named persons : William A. Spafford, Simon Wilbur and Amos Calbner presiding over such election.

An order of the Board of Supervisors, dated Oct. 9, 1855, di- rected " that the territory known as township eleven (11) north, of range number two (2) west, in Saginaw county, be and the same is hereby set off from the township of Tittabawassee, and organ- ized into a township to be known as Emerson, and that the first township mecting for the election of township officers shall be held at the house of Erastus Hunt in said township, on the 24th day of October, A. D., 1855, and that Isner Allen, Melanethon Pettit and Israel Preston, three qualified electors of said township, be and they are hereby designated as inspectors of such election."

The township of Pine River was organized under authority given by the board, Dcc. 27, 1854, in the following order: That the terri- tory known as township number 12 nortlı, of range number 2 west, and township number 12 north, of range 3 west, in Saginaw county, be and the same is hereby set off from the township of Tittabawassce, and organized into a separate township, by the nainc of Pine River,

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and the first township meeting for the election of township officers shall be held at the house now occupied by Joseph Clapp in said township on the first Monday in April next; and that Sylvanus Groom, Alexander B. Runyan and George E. Gifford, preside over such election.

The township of Hale was organized in October, 1854, under authority given by the board at its session of Oct. 11, 1854. It comprised the territory described as follows: "Township number 11 north of ranges number one, two and three west, and townships number twelve north, of ranges number one, two and three west." "The first annual meeting for the election of township officers in said township to be held at the house of Ralph Ely in said town- ship of Hale, on the 31st day of October, A. D., 1854, and that the following named persons, Ralph Ely, Harvey Vanvleet, and James Kress shall be inspectors of election."

Portsmouth township was organized under an order of the board dated Oct. 14, 1857. It comprised "all that portion of fractional sections number twenty-eight (28) and twenty-nine (29) in townships number fourteen (14) north, of range five (5) east, that is covered by a recorded plat of the village of Portsmouth; also all that portion of section number thirty-two (32) that lies on the east side of Saginaw river; and entire sections thirty-three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-five (35) and thirty-six (36), in town num- ber fourteen (14) north, of range number five (5) east; and all that portion of town number thirteen (13) north, of range number five (5) east, that lies on the east side of Saginaw river, save sec- tions twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22), twenty-seven (27), twenty- eight (28), thirty-two (32), thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), and town number thirteen (13) north of range number six (6) east."

The first annual meeting was held at the school-house in the village of Portsmouth, on the first Monday of April, 1858, and at that meeting Ephraim Smith, Jesse M. Miller and William Daglish, presided as inspectors of the election.

The organization of all the townships belonging to Saginaw county up to April, 1881, is noted in the pages devoted to township history.

The assessment rolls of the county, as submitted by the board in October, 1844, show the real and personal property of the dis- trict to be as follows: Saginaw, $222,066.20; Tittabawassee, $108,- 589.73; Taymouth, $56,664.13; Tuscola, $27,282.00; Hampton, $32,051.83; aggregating $446,653.89.

The estimated expenditures of the county for the year, were $3,110.86. This sum was provided by a tax of seven inills per dollar of the valuation, aggregating $3,126.55.

This may be considered the first regular estimate for a succeed- ing fiscal year made by the board of supervisors, and the modest inaugurator of that system of polity which has been carried out by the county governing boards.

In reviewing the history of the county, many of the acts of the supervisors will be noticed, so that here it will be necessary

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to give only the names of the citizens who shared in the honors and labors of the various boards from the organization of the county to this time.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM 1835 TO 1842.

1831, Gardner D. William ·, Supervisor.

1834, William F. Mosley, ..

1835, G. D. Williams,

1836, E. N. Davenport,

W. F. Mosley, J. P., Albert Miller, J P. G. D. Williams, W. F. Mosley, Albert Miller.

1837, Jeremiah Riggs, 1838, Jeremi lı Riggs, ١٠

Albert Miller, Andrew Ure, W. F. Mosley.

James Fraser, Duncan McL' llan, Č. Barney.

1839, Jeremiah Riggs, James Fraser, Duncan Mclellan, C. Barney. Ebenezer Davis, James Fraser, D. McLel-

1840, Jeremiah Riggs, ٠٠

lan.

1841, Jeremialı Riggs, Andrew Ure, Albert Miller, Eben. Davis.

SUPERVISORS OF SAGINAW COUNTY, 1842-60.

1842, Hiram L. Miller, John Farquaharson, Eben W. Perry, Thomas Mccarthy. 1843, G. D. Williams. S. S. Campbell, Thomas McCarthy, John Farquaharson.

1844, Murdoch Fraser, Lovira Hart, Enoch Olmstead, John Farquaharson, S. S. Campbell, G. D. Williams.

1845, C. S. Pulmer. S. S. Campbell, Thomas Mccarthy, W. H. Nelson, A. Holmes.

1846, Albert Miller, Lovira Hart, Wm. Smith, W. H. Nelson, M. Fraser.

1847, Luke Wellington, W. Smith, A. Holmes, N. Smith, S. S. Campbell, W. H. Nelson.

1848, Geo. Davis, R. P. Mason, Paschal Richardson, James J. McCormick, Oc- tavius Thompson, A. D. Gover, Noah Beach.

1849, J. W. Turner, J. B. Garland, Alanson Calkin, Bernard Hackett, Dion Birney, Frederick Derr, L. F. Harris.

1850, J. W. Turner, J. B. Garland, D. Birney, J. H. Richardson, David D. Ross, H. S. Beach, Curtis Emerson, F. Derr, C. C. Fitzhuglı.

1851, J. W. Turner, C. C. Fitzhughı, H. Beach, II. M. Beach, D. D. Ross, F. Derr D. W. Norton, Timothy Bettel.

1852, O. Thompson, Franklin Millard, C. C. Fitzhugh, H. M. Bcach, M. B. Hcss, D. D. Ross, F. Derr, T. Battel, J. W. Turner.

The board of supervisors met May 7. 1853, when those elected to represent the new townships took their seats. W. II. Sweet represented Saginaw; Thomas McCarthy, Tittabawassee; C. C. Fitzhugh, Midland; II. M. Bcach Bridgeport ; M. W. Smith, Taymouth; W. D. Fitzhugh, Hampton; M. L. Gage, Buena Vista, Charles Post, Blumfield; Joseph Matthewson, Birch Run; D. Gould, St. Charles; J. W. Turner, Chesaning. W. H. Sweet was elected chairman of the board.

1854.

1855.

E. B. Bow, David Sproal,

Jerome B. Garland,

Morgan L. Gage, Chairman H. S. Penoyer,

Francis Nelson.

Joseph Matthewson, Albert Miller, HI, L. Miller,

M. L. Gage,

1856.

J. W. Turner, Chairman .. Nathan Beers,

Benj. F. Fisher,

Jefferson Jackutlı,

H. S. Beach,

David Josylin,

Charles Bradford,

Isaac Bennett, Charles Post, Geo. Smitlı,

Luke Wellington,

D. D. Ross,

Henry C. Ashman,

John G. Sclinell,

Oct. Thompson,

D. D. Ross, Geo. Smith,

Geo. L. Spicer, Geo. Lord,

Luke Wellington,

B. Haack,

M. L. Gage,

James Fuller,

N. B. Bradley.

H. C. Ashman,

L. W. Vaughn,

Geo. Smith, Hiram Burgess,

B. F. Fisher, Jacob H. Lewis,

H. L. Miller, Chairman.

Dennis Bons

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John W. Card, M. B. Hess, Geo. Lord, Geo. Schmidt, John W. Turner, J. D. Williams, J. B. Garland.

Theodore Smith,

George Lewis,

Bernard Hock,

Jacob H. Lewis,

Joseph Babcock,

Lewis Loeffler,

Horace S. Beach,

Levi W. Haines,

D. A. Pettibone, Aetna P. Pettis, Jesse H. Quackenbush, Wm. Sanderson,

Stephen Bull.

1857.

August. S. Gaylord,Chair- man.

Theodore Smith,

Robert R. Thompson,

W. H. Sweet,

John G. Sclinell,

John W. Card,

Geo. Armstrong,

Lorenzo Hodgman,

Reuben W. Andrus,

W. W. Guilford.

Thomas L. Jackson, Sag -. inaw tp. John W. Card,

Lewis Loeffler, Brunson Turner, Thomas Berry,

1859.

Hiram S. Penoyer, Chair- man.

Daniel Burns,

H. S. Penoyer, )

A. R. Swarthout,

D. F. Mitchell, Saginaw

A. B. Pettis,

A. S. Gaylord,

L. B. Curtis, City.

Jacob H. Lewis,

R. W. Andrus,

Bernard Haack,

Geo. W. Smock,

O. H. Baldwin,

Augustus Lull, Perry Joslin, East

L. W. Haines,

Thomas Berry,

Henry Woodruff, Sagi-

Geo. Schmidt,

WV. G. Elmer,

C. T. Disbrowe,

naw.

Benj. F. Fisher.

Wm. L. Goulding,

Geo. M. Schaefer, Lewis Loeffler,

1858.

D. D. Ross,

Stephen Bull, Jesse H, Quackenbush,

Franklin R. Copeland,

J. H. Springer, - East Sag- John Benson,

Oliver H. Baldwin,

David Lyon, inaw. Alex. Alberti.

Thomas Berry,

Alfred Holmes,

Geo. W. Armstrong.

The names of the members of the Supervisors' Board from 1861 to the present time are given in connection with the townships which they represented. The following is the roll of members of the board for 1881 -- '2:

PRESENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ( 1881-'2 ).

Albee-Thos. S. Craig.

Birch Run-Enoch Smith.

Blumfield-B. Haack.

Brant-David J. Webb.

Brady-Geo. W. Sackrider.

Bridgeport-Chauncey W. Wisner.

Buena Vista-Chas. M. Payment.

Jonesfield-Joel S. Nevins.

Carrollton-Martin Stoker.

Chapin-John McQuiston.

Chesaning-A. Davis Agnew. East Saginaw-

First ward -Patric O'Grady. Second ward-Jeremiah Firtin. Third Ward-Fred Louden. Fourth ward-Edwin Aiken. Fifth ward-Chas. W. Grant. Sixth ward-Victor Schlessinger. Seventh ward-John Ingledew. Eighth ward-Anthony Blankerts.

Comptroller-H. M. Newton. City Assessor-C. H. Shaw.

City Attorney-O. W. Wisner .. Frankenmuth-John M. Gugel. Fremont-Richard Graham. James-Edward H. Fayerweather.

Kochville-Mathias Reichhardt. Lakefield-Wm. Galloway. Marion-Daniel Paul. Maple Grove-Harrison Magoffin. Richland-Geo. W. Carson. Saginaw-Edward O'Donnell. Saginaw City- First ward-A. T. Bliss. Second ward-Chas. Moye. Third ward-R. J. Birney. Fourth ward-Hugh McPhillips.

Fifth ward-Emil Scheurmann.

Geo. F. Ball, to fill va- cancy, John W. Turner,

Geo. Schmidt,

Lewis Loeffler,

1860.

John Hunter,

W. H. Sweet, Chairman.

Peter C. Andre,

L. C. Curtis, Saginaw

Wm. Binder, City.

P. H. Warren, D. A. Pettibone,

D. D. Ross,

Thomas Berry, Reuben W. Andrus,

M. B. Hess,

John Benson,

Bernard Haack,

John W. Turner, Chair- man.

Geo. M. Schaeffer,

Perry Joslin, -

I. W. La Munyon,

Geo. Lewis,

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Sixth ward-Julius Gradt. Comptroller-De Witt C. Dixon. Spaulding-John Barter. Swan Creek-Chas. B. Tefft.

St. Charles-Edward A. Stinson.

Taymouth-Arthur Ross. Thomastown-Jacob Wiltse.

Tittabawassee-John A. McGregor. Zilwaukee-John H. Doyle.

The Board organized in June, 1881, by electing Hon. John Barter chairman, who appointed the following committees: Fi- nance-Aiken, Dixson, Carson, Galloway, Webb; county affairs -Grant, Bliss, Sackrider, Smith, McGregor; equalization-Dix- son, Shaw, C. W. Wisner, Tefft, Doyle, Agnew, Magoffin; claims -Haack, Moye, Ross, Blankerts, Brown; taxation-C. W. Wis- ner, Newton, O'Donnell, McQuiston, Reichardt; county poor -- Payment, Stoker, Paul, McPhillips, Craig; jails, prisons and asylums-O. Wisner, Birney, Cummings, Graham, Hevins; roads and bridges-Wiltse, Fayerweather, Smith, Ross, Gugel; public buildings-Scheurmann, Gradt, Fisher, Schlessinger, Ingledew; drainage-Doyle, Brown, Magoffin, Smith, Paul; organization of towns-Carson, Paul, Louden, Craig, Galloway.

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History of Saginaw County, Michigan; historical, commercial, biographical, Volume I, Part 30

Author: Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co. Number of Pages: 962

Author:
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 962