the name of Zilwaukie, which said township is described as being within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the county of Saginaw, in the State of Michigan; and be it further ordered, that the first annual meeting, for the election of township officers in said township, be held at the office of D. & S. Johnson, in said township of Zilwaukie, on the twentieth day of January, A. D. 1854, and that the following named persons, to-wit, Luke Wellington, Charles Danes, and B. F. Fisher, being three electors of said township, be and they are hereby designated and appointed to preside at such township meeting, and to perform all the duties required by the statute, in such case made and provided. WM. H. SWEET, Chairman of the Board. A. S. GAYLARD, State of Michigan, county of Saginaw. Clerk. I, Augustine S. Gaylard, Clerk of said county of Saginaw, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an order made by the Board of Supervisors for said county, at a session of said Board on the third day of January, instant, as appears from the record of the proceedings of said Board. [L. S.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Clerk. SANILAC COUNTY. A special meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the county of Sanilac was held at the court house in the village of Lexington, in said county, on the twenty-first day of February, A. D. 1854. Present, Clark C: Mills, of Lexington, Chairman; Norton Hollister, of Worth; Henry L. Hopkins, of Sanilac; and Alanson Goodrich, of Austin, (being all the supervisors of said county;) which said special meeting was called (among other things) for the purpose of taking into consideration the prayer of a certain petition, signed by more than twelve freeholders of that part of the county of Huron attached to the said county of Sanilac for judicial purposes, requesting that so much of said county of Huron as is not included in the organized township of Auchville, (and judicially attached to the county of Tuscola,) may be organized into a township; And whereas, It appeared, by affidavit, that the proper notices had been duly posted up, pursuant to the provisions of the statute in such case made and provided; therefore, on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously Resolved, That the prayer of said petition be granted, and that so much of the said county of Huron as now remains attached to the said county of Sanilac for judicial purposes, be and the same is hereby organized into a township by the name of the township of Huron, and that the first township meeting be held in said new township, at the house of Crozier Davidson, on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1854, and that Heman Dickenson, Jacob Peer and Aaron Peer be the persons appointed to preside at such township meeting, as required by section 16 of an act entitled "an act to define the powers and duties of the Boards of Supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," approved April 8th, 1851. C. M. MILLS, RANDAL WIXSON, Clerk. State of Michigan, county of Sanilac, ss. We hereby certify that the Board of Supervisors, now in session, have this day organized the township of Huron, as expressed in the foregoing resolution, as required by section 14 of an act entitled "an act to define the powers and duties of the Boards of Supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers." Dated at Lexington, this 21st day of February, A. D. 1854. C. M. MILLS, Chairman, RANDAL WIXSON, Clerk. State of Michigan, county of Sanilac, ss. I certify that the foregoing action was taken by the Board of Supervisors, now in session, and is a correct duplicate of the one filed in this office. [L. S.] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our circuit court, this 21st day of February. A. D. 1854. RANDAL WIXSON, Dept. County Clerk. CLINTON COUNTY. Whereas, Application has been made to the Board of Supervisors of the county of Clinton, by petition, which said petition is signed by more than twelve freeholders of the unorganized territory of township number nine north, of range number four west, in the State of Michigan, and within the legal boundaries of said county of Clinton, to organize the said territory into a township, to be known and designated by the name of North Shade; And whereas, A map and survey of said territory has been furnished to said Board, and it having been made to appear (by affidavit) to said Board, that notice in writing, signed by more than twelve freeholders of the said unorganized territory, has been posted in five of the most public places in the said unorganized territory, for four weeks next previous to said application, and that a copy of said notice has been published once in each week for four successive weeks immediately preceding this meeting of this Board, in the Clinton Express, a newspaper published in said county of Clinton; therefore, Resolved, That the unorganized territory above mentioned, be and the same is hereby organized into a township, to be known and desig nated by the name of North Shade; and it is further Resolved, That the first township meeting in said organized territory be held on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1854, and that the same be held at the house of Henry Lane, in said township, and that Henry Lane, George E. Walker, and William Avery, electors of said township, shall preside at said meeting, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of elections at any township meeting And whereas, Said territory above organized into said township, was taken from territory heretofore belonging to the organized township of Lebanon, in said county; therefore, Resolved, That the next township meeting in said township of Lebanon be held at the school house in school district number one, in said township. The question being upon the adoption of the foregoing preambles and resolutions, and the yeas and nays being ordered, the result was as follows, to wit: Yeas-Messrs. Avery, Burret, Bachelder, Calder, Dutton, Fitch, Hewitt, Hill, Hunter, Jameson, Niles, Plowman and Silverwood, 13. Nays-Messrs. Pearl, Vance and Sturgis, 3. DAVID STURGIS, Chairman Board of Supervisors. JOSEPH H. ADAMS, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. State of Michigan, County of Clinton, ss: I do hereby certify that the foregoing preambles and resolutions were adopted by the Board of Supervisors of said county, on the eleventh day of October, A. D. 1853. [L. S.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Dewitt, this 5th day of April, 1854. JOSEPH H. ADAMS, Clerk. Resolved, That township number ten north, of range number four west, in the county of Clinton, and State of Michigan, be and the same is hereby attached to township number nine north of range four west, in said county and State, for judicial and representative purposes, and for the purpose of taxation, until set off aud organized into another township. DAVID STURGIS, Ch'n Board of Supervisors. JOSEPH H. ADAMS, Clerk Board of Supervisors. State of Michigan county of Clinton, ss. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of said county, on the 12th day of October, A. D. 1853. [L. S.] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Dewitt, this 5th day of April, A. D. 1854. JOSEPH H. ADAMS, Clerk. VAN BUREN COUNTY. Resolved by the Board of Supervisors, (now in session,) That township No. two south, of range No. sixteen west, situate at present in, and belonging to the township of South Haven, in the county of Van Buren, be and the same is hereby set off from said township, and organized into a new township, by the name of the township of Bangor, and that the time and place of holding the first annual township meeting in said township of Bangor shall be on the first Monday of April next, 1854, at the school house situated on section twelve, in said township two south, of range sixteen west, and Charles U. Cross, Perrin M. Northrup and Mansel M. Briggs be and they are hereby appointed to act as the board of inspectors of election to preside at said meeting; and be it further Resolved, That the next annual township meeting in the township of South Haven shall be held at the school house in district No. four, in the said township of South Haven. The foregoing resolution was adopted by yeas 13, nays 1. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Van Buren county at their annual session, holden at their office in the village of Paw Paw, the eleventh day of October, A. D. 1853, organizing the township of Bangor, and of record in my office. Witness my hand, this 18th day of March, 1854. 'S. T. CONWAY, Dept. County Clerk. |