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lian E. Carpenter (they being electors of such township) be and they are hereby designated and named for the purpose of and are charged with the duty of presiding at said first annual township meeting, of appointing a clerk of the meeting and of opening and keeping the polls and exercising the same powers as inspectors of election at any township meeting. That notice of the time and place of such meeting, signed by the chairman or clerk of this board, be posted in four of the most prominent public places in the territory hereinafter described and in four of the most public places in that portion of the township of Hancock outside of the territory hereinafter described, by the persons aforesaid designated to preside at such meeting or by some person appointed by this board for that purpose at least fourteen days before holding the same. That the first township meeting in and for the said township of Hancock as the same shall be after the separation from it of the territory hereinafter described, be and the same is hereby fixed to be held on the first Monday of April, 1903, at the place in said township of Hancock where the last annual meeting was holden, and that the time fixed by the general laws of this State for the holding of the annual meeting and that notice of the first annual meeting of said new township of Stanton state and set forth the place for holding said first township meeting therein and for holding the first township meeting of the township of Hancock herein before described.

The following is a description of the territory which shall compose the territory of said new township of Stanton, to wit:

All of fractional township fifty-five (55) north, of range thirty-five (35) west; sections twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one and thirty-two, and all the portion of section twenty-eight on the west side of Portage lake, in township fifty-five (55) north, of range thirty-four (34) west; all of fractional township fifty-five (55) north, of range thirty-six (36) west; all of fractional township fifty-four (54) north, of range thirty-six (36) west; sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twentytwo, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-two, of township fifty-four (54) north, of range thirty-five (35) west, and sections one (1), two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, and twenty-four of township fifty-three (53) north, of range thirty-six (36) west, which resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yes-Edwards, Harris, Nelson, Orr, Parnall, Shields, Smith, VanOrden-nine. No-Robinson, Scott-two. Excused from voting-Calverly-one. Total-twelve.

A majority of all the supervisors elected being present and voting therefor.

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I, Louis H. Richardson, clerk of said county, and clerk of the board of supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript carefully compared by me from the original record of the proceedings of the board of supervisors of said county on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1902, upon the application of William G. Lucas and others,

for the erection and organization of a new township now remaining in my office, and of the whole of such original record.

[L. S.]

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the circuit court for said county, this 25th day of April, 1902.

LOUIS H. RICHARDSON,

County Clerk.

HOUGHTON COUNTY.

In the matter of the petition of certain freeholders to detach certain lands from the township of Hancock in the county of Houghton, and to attach the same to the township of Stanton in said county.

A meeting of the board of supervisors for the county of Houghton was held pursuant to adjournment, at the office of the county clerk in the village of Houghton in said county. on Tuesday, December 9th, A. D. 1902. The following preamble and resolution were submitted.

In the matter of the petition of certain freeholders to detach certain lands from the township of Hancock in the county of Houghton, and to attach the same to the township of Stanton in said county.

WHEREAS, Written application has been made to this board, signed by twelve and more freeholders of the township of Hancock in the county of Houghton, and also signed by twelve and more freeholders of the township of Stanton in said county, said townships being the only townships affected by said application, praying that a certain portion of said township of Hancock, containing lands, a description of which is hereinafter fully set forth, be set off from and taken out of said township of Hancock and attached to the said township of Stanton.

AND WHEREAS, it appears to the board by written proof and by affidavits on file, that notice in writing of such intended application, subscribed by more than twelve free holders of said township of Hancock and by more than twelve free holders of said township of Stanton, was duly posted according to law in five of the most public places in the said township of Hancock and in five of the most public places in the said township of Stanton, said townships being the only ones affected by said application, four (4) weeks and upwards next previous to the day when such application is to be presented to the board, according to said notice, and that a true copy of such notice has been published according to law, once in each week for four (4) successive weeks and upwards immediately preceding the day named in said notice for the hearing of said matter, in the Hancock Evening Journal, a newspaper printed and published in the said county of Houghton, the first publication being on the 10th day of November, 1902, and the last publication on the 8th day of December, 1902. And said application now coming on duly to be heard before this board on the day and at the time and place at which such application was noticed to be heard as in and by said notice on file with the clerk of this board will appear.

Now, after hearing the reasons for such application and the reasons against the same and due consideration being had by this board thereon, it is now resolved, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, as follows:

That in accordance with the request of said application, this board having been furnished with a map of all the townships to be affected by the proposed alteration, showing such proposed alteration, said application be and the same is hereby granted, and that the following described territory being now part and parcel of the said township of Hancock in this county, be and the same is hereby detached from said township of Hancock and added to and attached to the said township of Stanton, which territory so detached from said township of Hancock and added to said township of Stanton, is described as follows, to wit: All of fractional township fifty-six (56) north, of range thirty-five (35) west; all of fractional township fifty-six (56) north, of range thirty-four (34) west, lying westerly of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal, connecting the waters of Portage Lake and Lake Superior, and being sections twenty-nine (29), thirty (30), thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32), and all that part of sections twenty-one (21), twenty-eight (28) and thirtythree (33) lying west of said canal; sections five (5), six (6). seven (7), eight (8), eighteen (18), nineteen (19) and twenty (20), and all that part of sections four (4), nine (9), sixteen (16), seventeen (17) and twentyone (21) lying west of Portage Lake in township fifty-five (55) north, of range thirty-four (34) west, said described territory including all that portion of the said township of Hancock as now existing lying westerly of Portage Lake and the said ship canal.

Which resolution so presented and after due consideration thereof, was adopted by the following vote, viz.:

Yes-Supervisors Calverly, Coggin, Edwards, Harris, Nelson, Orr. Parnall, Robinson, Scott, Shields, Smith, VanOrden, and the chairman13.

No-none-0.

A majority of all the supervisors elected being present and voting therefor.

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I, Louis H. Richardson, clerk of said county and clerk of the board of supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript carefully compared by me from the original record of the proceedings of the board of supervisors of said county on the 9th day of December, A. D. 1902, upon the application of James Scott and others to detach certain lands from the township of Hancock in the county of Houghton and to attach the same to the township of Stanton in said county, said record now remaining in my office, and that the said record is a correct transcript of the whole of such original record and a correct statement of the action of said board with relation to said application. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the circuit court for said county, this 12th day of December, 1902.

[L. S.]

LOUIS H. RICHARDSON,

County Clerk.

MASON COUNTY.

In the matter of the application of certain freeholders for the organization of the township of Logan.

WHEREAS, application has been made to the board of supervisors of the county of Mason by John L. Rose and twenty-three others all of whom are freeholders and at least twelve of whom reside in all of the townships affected thereby for the erection and organization into a new township of the territory hereinafter described and said board having been furnished with a map of all of the townships affected thereby and it appearing to said board that notices in writing of said intended application have been duly posted up and published in the manner and during the time required by law and it also appearing that the proposition to organize said territory into a new township was voted upon at the annual town meeting held in 1902 and was carried by an almost unanimous vote of the resident freeholders of said township;

Therefore be it resolved that it is ordered and determined by said board that the territory described as follows to wit: Township No. 17 north of range 15 west be and the same is hereby detached from the township of Branch and is erected and organized into a new township to be called and known as the township of Logan and that the territory included in township 18 N. of R. 15 W. be and remain known as the township of Branch; that the first annual township meeting in said township of Logan shall be held in the MacCumber schoolhouse in school district No. 1 on Monday the 6th day of April next and L. N. Lake, G. N. Tyndall and John Maston, three electors of said township are hereby designated as the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at said meeting, appoint a clerk, keep the polls and to exercise the same powers as the inspectors of any township meeting may exercise under the laws of this state. Adopted by the following vote:

Yeas-Pehrson, Willis, Sayles. Balch, Darr, Freeman, Malliett, Jones, Oldt, Law, Barnes, Hanson, Tripp, Weimer, Forslind, Voss, McKerty, and Monypenny-18.

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I, P. E. Bailey clerk of said county and of the board of supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of the resolution adopted by said board on the 8th day of January 1903 with the original now on record in my office and that it is a true transcript therefrom and of the whole thereof and of the action of the board of supervisors taken thereon.

[L. S.]

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the circuit court for said county at
Ludington this 18th day of January, A. D. 1903.
P. E. BAILEY,

Clerk.

MENOMINEE COUNTY.

In the matter of the application of certain freeholders for the organization of the township of Harris.

At a meeting of the board of supervisors of Menominee county, State of Michigan, held at the court house in the city of Menominee, in said county and State, on Friday, the 19th day of December, A. D., 1902. the following proceedings were had.

Supervisor, Walton offered the following resolution which was seconded by Supervisor, William Phillips:

WHEREAS, An application has been made to the board of supervisors of said Menominee county, by petition, signed and executed by Frank Beatson and twenty-three other persons who are all resident freeholders of the township of Spaulding, in said county, praying that the following territory, to wit: Townships numbered thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, and forty-one (41). north, of range twenty-five, west, of the organized township of Spaulding, be detached from the said township of Spaulding and a new township be erected from said territory so detached and heretofore described, to be named "Harris township;" and said board of supervisors having been furnished with a map of all the territory to be affected thereby; and it appearing to said board from proof now on file with the clerk of said board that notice in writing of such intended application, signed by twenty-four freeholders and residents of the township to be affected thereby, have been posted and published in manner and form and for and during the time as is required by law, and the matter of said application having been duly considered by the said board of supervisors, of said Menominee county at the meeting held as aforesaid. Thereupon, it is ordered and enacted by said board of supervisors of said Menominee county that the territory described as follows, to wit: Townships numbered thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty and forty-one, north, of range twenty-five, west, of Menominee county, Michigan, be detached from the organized township of Spaulding and out of the same a new township be created to be known and named "Harris township."

It is further ordered that the first election of said new township hereby created, shall be held in the school house in the unincorporated village of Harris, which said last mentioned place is within the territory heretofore described, on Monday, the 6th day of April, A. D., 1903, and that Robert S. Raymond, John Shanahan and James Musson, being three electors of such township shall constitute the board of registration and act as inspectors of the election at said first election.

It is further ordered, That the first election of said Spaulding township shall be held in the town hall in the unincorporated village of Spaulding, which said place is within the territory of said township of Spaulding, on Monday, the 6th day of April, A. D., 1903, and that Frank Beatson, Joseph Jerne, and Nicholas Peterson, being three electors of said township of Spaulding, shall constitute the board of registration and act as inspectors of the election at said first election.

Said resolution was carried by the following aye and nay vote of all the supervisors present, answering upon roll call:

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