notice in writing of such intended application, signed by at least twelve freeholders of the township or townships to be affected thereby, has been duly posted up and published in the manner and during the time required by law, and it also appearing to said board upon consideration thereof that the said application ought to be granted;

Thereupon, It is ordered and determined by the said board that the territory described as follows, to wit: Town twenty-three (23) north, of range four (4) east, be and the same is hereby erected. and organized into a new township, to be called and known as the township of Hill; that the first annual township meeting therein Hill organized. shall be held at the house of John O'Connor, in said township of Hill, on Monday, the third day of April next, and John O'Connor, John Curry and John Lynes, three electors of such township, are hereby designated as the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at said meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and to exercise the same powers as inspectors of any township meeting may exercise under the law of this State.

Adopted by yeas and nays, a majority of all members elected voting therefor:

Yeas Thomas J. Stottle, Jr., John H. Smith, Henry W. Diamond, Benjamin C. Gunn, Hiram Hodge, Archibald L. Cumming, William H. Connor, Edward A. Hildreth, Joseph R. Loughry, Louis H. Tovatt, and Frank A. Pierce. Nays-None.

I, Fred M. Briggs, clerk of said county and of the circuit court thereof, a court of record, do hereby certify that I have compared the attached copy of the action of the board of supervisors of said county in the organization of the township of Hill in said county, on the 12th day of October, A. D. 1883, with the original record thereof now remaining in the office of the county clerk of said county, and have found the same to be a correct transcript therefrom, and the whole of such original record.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [L. S.] affixed the seal of said court, at West Branch, this 16th day of November, A. D. 1883.

FRED. M. BRIGGS, County Clerk.

In the matter of the application of certain freeholders for the erection and organization of a new township.

WHEREAS, An application has been duly made to the board of supervisors of the county of Ogemaw, by Frank A. Pierce, Milton Whitman, E. Delano, J. Dinsmore, J. F. Williams, G. W. Peterson, M. M. Peterson, B. D. Peterson, R. H. Cronk, Thos. McCormack, T. M. Vanallen, Henry Tucker, and Joseph Burlingame, all of whom are freeholders and reside in the township affected thereby,

for the erection and organization into a new township of the territory hereinafter described, and the said board having been furnished with a map of the townships to be affected thereby, and it appearing to said board by due proof that notice in writing of such intended application, signed by at least twelve freeholders of the township to be thereby affected has been duly posted up and published, in the manner and during the time required by law, and it also appearing to said board, upon consideration thereof, that the said application ought to be granted.

Therefore, It is ordered and determined by the said board that the territory described as follows, to-wit: Township twenty-one (21) north, of range three (3) east, being now a part of the township of Richland in said county of Ogemaw, be and the same is hereby erected and organized into a new township to be called and known M lls organized. as the township of Mills.

That the first annual township meeting therein shall be held at the dwelling house of Milton Whitman, on Monday, the 7th day of April next, and Milton Whitman, Ezra Delano, and James Williams, three electors of such township, are hereby designated as the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at said meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and to exercise the same power as the inspectors of any township meeting may exercise under the laws of the State.

Adopted by yeas and nays, a majority of all the members elected voting therefor, to-wit:

Yeas-Tovatt, Stottle, Gunn, Loughry, Hill, Hodge, Hildreth, Connor, Smith, and Diamond. Nays-None.

I, Thomas W. Ballantine, deputy clerk of said county and of the board of supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of a resolution adopted by said board on the 9th day of January, 1884, with the original now on record in my office, and that it is a true transcript therefrom and of the whole thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [L. S.] affixed the seal of the circuit court for said county at West Branch, this 14th day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

(Signed),

THOMAS W. BALLANTINE,
Deputy County Clerk, Ogemaw Co.

ONTONAGON COUNTY.

At a special meeting of the board of supervisors of the county of Ontonagon, held at the county clerk's office on Friday, the 25th day of September, A. D. 1885, the following preamble and resolution were presented by Supervisor Chynoweth and adopted:

WHEREAS, An application has been duly made to the board of

supervisors of the county of Ontonagon, by A. L. Sanberg, L. S. Rice, P. Ehrmanntreaut, C. D. Fournier, O. H. Nickleson, Charles Chynoweth, F. Provinske, J. M. Meagher, F. F. Jeffres, William Rice, Frank Hibbing, Daniel Beaser, A. M. Powers, James Mercer, F. E. Adams, F. Van Schaick, R. A. Parker, A. G. Ferguson, J. J. Gray, Asa A. Parker, Thos. H. Emmons, Wm. M. Hill, C. G. Couins, and Chas. A. Parker, all of whom are freeholders, and twelve of whom reside in each of the townships to be affected thereby, for the erection and organization into a new township of the territory hereinafter described; and the said board having been furnished with a map of all the townships to be affected thereby ; and it appearing to said board by due proof that notice in writing of such intended application, signed by at least twelve freeholders of the township or townships to be thereby affected, has been duly posted up and published in the manner and during the time required by law, and it also appearing to said board, upon consideration thereof, that the said application ought to be granted,

Thereupon, It is ordered and determined by the said board, that the territory described as follows, to wit: All of fractional township forty-eight (48) north, of range forty-nine (49) west; all of fractional townships forty-seven (47) and forty-eight (48) north, of range forty-eight (48) west; all of township forty-eight (48) and fractional townships forty-six (46) and forty-seven (47) north, of range forty-seven (47) west; all of townships forty-six (46), fortyseven (47), and forty-eight (48), and fractional township forty-five (45) north, of range forty-six (46) west; all of townships forty-six (46), forty-seven (47), and forty-eight (48), and fractional township forty-five (45) north, of range forty-five (45) west; all of townships forty-six (46), forty-seven (47), and forty-eight (48), and fractional township forty-five (45) north, of range forty-four (44) west, all of said territory above described now lying and being within and constituting a part of the township of Carp Lake, in said county of Ontonagon; and the following described territory, to wit: All of townships forty-six (46), forty-seven (47), and forty-eight (48), and fractional townships forty-four (44) and forty-five (45) north, of range forty-three (43) west; and all of townships forty-five (45), forty-six (46), forty-seven (47), and forty-eight (48), and fractional township forty-four (44) north, of range forty-two (42) west, all of said territory last above described now lying and being within and constituting a part of the township of Ontonagon, in said county of Ontonagon, be and the same is hereby erected and organized into a new territory to be called and known as the township of "Bessemer," that the first annual township meeting therein shall be Bessemer held at the hotel building, known as the "Colby House," in the village of Bessemer, in said township of Bessemer, on Wednesday, the fourteenth day of October, next; Frank Hibbing, Joseph Munhall, and John F. Chynoweth, three electors of such township, are hereby designated as the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at said meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and to exercise the same powers as the inspectors of any township meeting may exercise under the law of this State.

organized.

Adopted by yeas and nays, a majority of all the members elected voting therefor, to wit: Yeas-Messrs. B. F. Chynoweth, Thos. H. Emmons, Daniel Beaser, and Wm. Rough. Nays-None.

I, M. A. Powers, clerk of said county and of the board of supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript, carefully compared by me, from the original of the proceedings of the board of supervisors of said county, on the twenty-fifth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, upon the application of A. L. Sandberg and others for the erection and organization of a new township, now remaining in my office, and of the whole of such original record. And I further certify that the annexed is a true and correct copy of the map presented to said board on the said application.

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the circuit court for said county, this twenty-sixth day of September, A. D. 1885.

M. A. POWERS, Clerk.

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