APPENDIX. CLARE COUNTY. Hon. Secretary of State, on motion of E. D. Wheaton: In the matter of the application of James Jones and twenty-seven others. organized. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors of Clare County, that application has been made and that notice thereof has been signed, posted up and published in the manner required by law and having duly considered the matter of the said application, the Board order and enact that the territory described in said application, to wit: Township twenty north, of range five west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township to be called and known by the name of the township of Summerfield. That the first annual township Summerfeld meeting thereof shall be held at the dwelling house of Jonathan Green in said township on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1874, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and at said meeting Jonathan Green, James Jones, and Albert H. Vredenburg, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting as the law provides. Ayes and noes being called for, the vote was as follows: Ayes, Hon. Vredenburg, Woodruff, and Wheaton. I, C. C. Casterlin, Deputy County Clerk of said county of Clare, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original resolution, now on record in the clerk's office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed Deputy Clerk. Hon. Secretary of State, Lansing, Mich.: In the matter of the application of Milo T. Dean and twenty-four others, for the erection of and organization of a new township. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors of the county of Clare that application has been made, and that notice thereof has been <Greenwood organized. sigued, posted and published, as in manner provided by law, and having duly considered the matter of such application, the Board order and enact that the territory described in such application, as follows, to wit: township nineteen (19) north, of range five (5) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be called and known by the name of the township of Greenwood. The first annual meeting thereof shall be held at the house of Richard Budd, on the sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. And at said meeting Milo T. Dean, Richard Budd and Anthony Cooper, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting, as the law provides; and that Richard Budd be appointed to post the notices of such meeting. STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Clare, SS. I, C. C. Casterlin, Deputy County Clerk of the county of Clare, and of the Board of Supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that the above to be a true copy of the original record in this office, as enacted by the Board of Supervisors at their meeting held at Farwell on the 13th day of January, A. D. 1874. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court of said county, at Far[L. S.] well, this 13th day of January, A. D. 1874. C. C. CASTERLIN, Deputy Clerk. DELTA COUNTY. At a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the county of Delta and State of Michigan, held at the village of Escanaba, on the 28th day of October, A. D. 1873 : In the matter of the application of William Heppe, Herman Winde. William H. Wellsted, and twelve others, for the erection and organization of a new township. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors that application has been made and notice thereof has been signed, posted up and published as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, bounded as follows, to wit: The south half of township forty-two (42) north, of range twenty-two (22) west, and township forty-one (41) north, of range twenty-two (22) west, township forty-one (41) north, of range twenty-three (23) west, and township forty-one (41) north, of range twenty-four (24) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a Baldwin organ township, to be called and known by the name of the township of Baldwin. ized. The first annual township meeting thereof shall be held at the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's depot, on Monday, the 6th day of April next, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and at said meeting Wm. H. Wellsted, James O'Brien and James M. Elliott, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the poll, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election, at any township meeting, as the law provides. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original record in this office, as enacted by the Board of Supervisors, at a special meeting of said Board, on said 28th day of October, A. D. 1873. [L. S.] H. H. DOURY, Deputy Clerk. At a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the county of Delta and State of Michigan, held at the village of Escanaba, on the 28th day of October, A. D. 1873: In the matter of the application of Azel Lathrop, Daniel Chaison, Christ Schuman, and fourteen others, for the erection and organization of a new township. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors that application has been made, and that notice thereof has been signed, posted up and published, as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, bounded as follows, to wit: The north half of township forty-two (42) north, of range twentytwo west, and township forty-three (43) north, of range twentytwo (22) west, and townships forty-two (42) and forty-three (43) north, of range twenty-three (23) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be known and called by the name of Maple Ridge the township of Maple Ridge. The first annual township meeting thereof shall be held at the residence of Thomas Hay, on Monday, the 6th day of April, at 10 o'clock A. M., and at said meeting Azel Lathrop, Thomas Hay, and Christopher Mahon, three electors of said town, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting, as the law provides. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original record in this office, as enacted by the Board of Supervisors, at a special meeting of said Board, on said 28th day of October, A. D. 1873. [L. S.] H. H. DOURY, Deputy Clerk. organized. LAKE COUNTY. In the matter of the application of Newton I. Kinne and others, for the erection and organization of a new township. It appearing to the Board of Supervisors that application has been made as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, the Board order and enact that the territory described in said application, bounded and described as follows, to wit: All of towns eighteen (18), nineteen (19) and twenty (20) north, of range fourteen (14) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be called and known by Elk organized, the name of the township of Elk. The first township meeting thereof shall be held at the residence of Thomas E. Bishop, on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1874, at the usual time of holding township meetings. At said meeting Newton I. Kinne, George W. Clark, and J. J. Hanese, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at said meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting, as provided by law, and that Newton I. Kinne post the notices of the time and place of holding said meeting. On motion of Augustus Towner, the foregoing was adopted, by ayes and nays, as follows: Ave-Messrs. Towner, J. Blood, Allen, Townsend, I. D. Blood, and Wood. I, David A. Lathrop, Clerk of said county, and of the Board of Supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of an order of said Board with the record thereof in my office, and the same is a true copy 'thereof; and I do further certify that the said order was made at an adjourned meeting of said Board, held at Chase in said county, on the 9th day of January, A. D. 1874. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court for the said county, this 13th day of February, A. D. 1874. [L. S.] DAVID A. LATHROP, Clerk. MIDLAND COUNTY. In the matter of the application of Wm. R. Button and twenty others, for the organization of a new township to be called Geneva. The Board of Supervisors enact that the territory described in the petition of Wni. R. Button and others, to wit: Township fifteen north, of range two west, in Midland county, Michigan, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be called and |