On motion of Mr. Wilson, the report was accepted and adopted, and Mr. Wilson also moved that the resolution be adopted and the order made as recommended by the committee. Carried by a unanimous vote. Board adjourned until 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. JOSEPH KRUBNER, County of Leelanau. SS. Chairman. Z. E. HINSHAW, Clerk. I, Z. E. Hinshaw, clerk of the county of Leelanau and clerk of the circuit court for said county, the same being a court of record and having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of the proceedings of the board of supervisors in regard to the incorporation of the village of Northport in said county with the original record thereof now remaining in my office, and have found the said copy to be, and that the same is, a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original record. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at Leland this 12th day of November, A. D. 1903. [L. S.] Z. E. HINSHAW, Clerk. MENOMINEE COUNTY. In the matter of the incorporation of the village of Daggett. Mr. Swanson made a motion, seconded by Mr. Walton, that the following order be made: We, the board of supervisors of Menominee county, being satisfied that all of the requirements of act number three of the Public Acts of 1895. providing for the incorporation of villages, have been complied with in connection with the petition of Ed. Perrizo and thirty-two others praying for the incorporation of the following described territory, to-wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four (34), thence running east to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, all in township thirty-six north of range twenty-seven west; thence running south to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section one, thence running west to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section three, all in township thirty-five north of range twenty-seven west, said territory being in the township of Stephenson, in said county of Menominee, and that the said territory contains the population required by said act, and after hearing all of the parties presenting themselves to be heard. it is ordered that the said territory be incorporated as a village under said act. that the name of the incorporation be "Daggett;" that the first election of said village be held in the office of the Daggett hotel on Tuesday, the 23d day of September, 1902, and that Paul Perrizo, Jr., John Dunham, Cyrus Walton, and Andrew Weng shall constitute a board of registration and act as inspectors of election of said first election. Which motion was carried by the following aye and nay vote, viz.: Ayes-Supervisors Beatson, Beechner, Fernstrum, Haggerson, Leisen, Nelson, Peterson, Radford, Sibenaler, Sieman. Sorenson, Swanson, and Walton.-13. Nays-Phillips, H.-1. I, F. S. Norcross, clerk of the board of supervisors for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the part of the proceedings relating to the granting of the incorporation of the village of Daggett as appears of record and on file in my office. That I have compared the same with the original, and it is a true transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. [L. S.] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at the city of Menominee, this 18th day of September, A. D. 1902. F. S. NORCROSS, Clerk. OAKLAND COUNTY. In the matter of the incorporation of the village of Ortonville. Moved and supported that the petitions for the incorporation of Ortonville be taken from the table. Carried. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors: Your committee to whom the matter of the application for the incorporation of the village of Ortonville was referred respectfully report that they have carefully considered the same and report that in their opinion the proceedings therein are regular and according to law. FREDERICK WEILAND, Committee. Moved and supported the report be accepted and adopted. Carried. WHEREAS, Not less than thirty legal voters residing within the territory hereinafter described have presented their petition for the incorporation of such territory as a village by name of Ortonville, and WHEREAS, After hearing all parties who presented themselves to be heard, this board is satisfied that all the requirements of chapter 87 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 and the amendments thereto have been complied with, and that the territory described in said petition contain the population required by statute, it is ordered that the following described territory situated in the township of Brandon, Oakland county, Michigan, to-wit: Commencing at a point in the north and south town line between the townships of Brandon and Groveland in said county of Oakland, where the east and west quarter line of section number seven of said township of Brandon intersects said north and south town line and running thence south on said town line one mile, thence runnig east at right angles to said town line, one mile, thence running north parallel to said town line one mile, thence west one mile to place of beginning, be an incorporated village by the name of Ortonville. It is further ordered that the first election shall be held on Monday, the tenth day of March, A. D. 1902, and that Barton G. Woolman, Edward Suhenher, Edward H. Burt and Charles Prafrock, four discreet persons, residents of the above described territory and qualified voters therein, shall constitute a board of registration for such first election to be held in said village and who shall act as inspectors of election at said first election. Moved and supported that the resolution be adopted. Carried. Moved and supported that the board reconsider the vote by which the resolution was adopted. Carried. Moved and supported that the resolution be adopted by an aye and nay vote. Carried. Moved and supported that Brandon supervisor, Jones, be excused from voting. Carried. Aye-Allen, Bingham, Brown, Cuthbert, Davis, Fisher, Gardner, Greer, Gibbs, Hogle, Mitchell, Miller, Porter, Power, Sibley, Spooner, Tanner, Thurston, Weiland, Wright. I, Floyd B. Babcock, deputy clerk of the county of Oakland, and clerk of the circuit court for said county,do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of all the proceedings of board of supervisors in relation to the incorporation of Ortonville with the original record thereof, now remaining in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original record. [L. S.] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court and county, this 21st day of August, A. D. 1902. FLOYD B. BABCOCK, Deputy Clerk. VAN BUREN COUNTY. In the matter of the incorporation of the village of South Haven as a city of the fourth class. Meeting of the council of the village of South Haven at the council rooms in the town hall in said village on Thursday, the thirteenth day of March, A. D. 1902, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. Present-W. G. Packard, president, Geo. C. Monroe, Robert Payne, Jay C. Arnold, Jacob Niffenegger, W. W. Hodge and W. J. Newcome, members of the council. Jay C. Arnold presented the following resolution, to-wit: WHEREAS, At an election held on Monday the tenth day of March, A. D. 1902, of the electors of the village of South Haven, Van Buren county, Michigan, the question as to whether said village should be incorporated as a city of the fourth class under the provisions of act No. 215 of the Session Laws of 1895 of the State of Michigan, was submitted to a vote of the electors of said village, and WHEREAS, Said votes have been canvassed by the inspectors of election, and WHEREAS, It appears from said canvass that a majority of those voting upon the question of such incorporation voted for city incorporation; therefore be it Resolved, That we, the council of the village of South Haven, do deter mine that a majority of all the votes legally cast at said election upon the question of said incorporation were given for the incorporation; and be it Further resolved, That in accordance with the said vote, the said village shall be and is incorporated as a city of the fourth class by the name of "The City of South Haven." Jay C. Arnold moved the adoption of the foregoing resolution, which motion was supported by Robert Payne and submitted to a vote of the council which resulted as follows: Yeas Trustees Arnold, Hodge, Monroe, Newcome, Niffenegger, Payne. Nays-None. Motion was declared carried. W. G. PACKARD, President of the Village of South Haven. A. RYALL, Clerk of the Village of South Haven. We, William G. Packard, president of the village of South Haven, Michigan, and A. Ryall, clerk of said village, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and compared copy of the record of the proceedings of the meeting of the council of the said village of South Haven, and of the resolution offered and passed at said meeting. [L. S.] WITNESS Our official signature and the seal of the said village of South Haven, this thirteenth day of March, A. D. 1902. W. G. PACKARD, President. A. RYALL, 119 Clerk. WAYNE COUNTY. In the matter of the incorporation of the village of Ecorse. On the 28th day of October, A. D. 1902, being the 14th day of the annual session of the board of supervisors of Wayne county, Michigan, the following resolution was adopted. Resolved, That an order be and the same is hereby made and granted to A. M. Salliotte and other petitioners, being legal voters, residing within that portion of Ecorse township, Wayne county, Michigan, hereinafter described, to incorporate and hereby incorporating said territory as a village under the name of the village of Ecorse, in accordance with "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," being act No. 3 of the Public Acts of 1895 of the State of Michigan and acts amendatory thereto. Said territory is described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center line of the Ecorse river with the harbor line of the Detroit river, thence westerly along the center line of the Ecorse river to the westerly line of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company's right of way; thence northerly along the westerly line of the right of way of said Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway to a point nine hundred and fifty-five (955) feet south of the northerly line of Cora avenue if extended to meet the westerly line of said Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway; thence easterly along a line parallel to said Cora avenue to the easterly line of private claim four hundred and ninety-six (496); thence northerly along easterly line of said private claim four hundred and ninety-six (496) to the southerly boundary line of the village of River Rouge; thence easterly along the southerly boundary line of the village of River Rouge to the harbor line of the Detroit river; thence in a southerly direction along the harbor line of the Detroit river to the intersection of Ecorse river with the said harbor line of the Detroit river being the place of beginning. Said territory being situated in the township of Ecorse, Wayne county, Michigan, containing more than a square mile of land and a resident population of more than three hundred persons. And be it further resolved, That the date for the first election of village officers in and for said village of Ecorse, be, and the same is hereby fixed for Monday, the first day of December, A. D. 1902. The polls of said election to be opened from seven o'clock in the morning to five o'clock in the afternoon of said day. Said election to be held at Ecorse band hall in said proposed village of Ecorse; and this board doth appoint Alfred C. Bouchard. Francis J. Montie, Gustav Daupp and Elmer R. Labadie, four discreet persons legally qualified and residing within said territory, as inspectors of election at said election, and to constitute a board of registration and a board of election commissioners, for the first election in and for said village of Ecorse. Resolution by Supervisor Benton, supported by Supervisor Alfred C. Bouchard. |