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the next township meeting for the town of Vassar, be held at the house now occupied by J. A. Hamilton.

The vote on the above resolutions was as follows, viz: yeas, J. Hopkins, E. Smith, and S. North, they being all the members present.

We hereby certify that the above is correct, and that the above resolutions were voted upon and carried at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, in Tuscola county, aforesaid, held on the twenty-eighth day of December, A. D. 1852.

EPHRAIM SMITH,

Chairman.

P. EDMUNDS,

State of Michigan, Tuscola county Clerk's Office.

Deputy Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the resolutions passed by the Board of Supervisors, in Tuscola county, aforesaid, as certified by the Chairman and Clerk of said Board.

Given under my hand, at Vassar, this 28th day of December, A. D. 1852.

P. EDMUNDS,

Dep. Clerk, Tuscola county, Mich.

OUNTY,

CLERK'S OFFICE, TUSCOLA COUNTY,Į
Vassar, Oct. 11, 1853.

At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors in and for said county, it was resolved, on motion of Joseph Selden, that we, the said Board of Supervisors, do organize a new township from the territory now under the jurisdiction of the township of Rogers, and that the said township shall consist of the following surveyed towns, viz: townships number twelve, thirteen, and fractional fourteen north, of range number seven east, said townships to be named and known as the town of Denmark; and that the first township meeting be held at the dwelling house of Joseph Selden, in said new organized township, and that Hamilton Hobert, John E. Freemen, and Joseph Selden, shall be inspectors of said first township meeting; also, resolved, that the next township meeting for the town of Rogers be held at the school house in district number two, in said township of Rogers.

The vote of the above resolution is as follows: yeas, Townsend North, Joseph Selden, Alanson Calkins, Daniel Dobkins, Frederick Shilling, Jeremiah Hopkins, all present.

I hereby certify that the above is correct, and the above resolutions were voted upon and carried at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, in Tuscola county, aforesaid, held October 10th and 11th days, A. D.

1853.

WM. JOHNSON,

Clerk.

SHIAWASSEE COUNTY.

Town eight north, of range one east, Shiawasse County, State of Michigan, October 11th, 1853.

We, the undersigned, freeholders of said town eight north, of range one east, do hereby petition the Board of Supervisors of Shiawassee county to set off the said town eight north from the town of Middlebury, and establish it as a town, by the name of New Brunswick, and appoint the place of holding the first town meeting at the house of Henry Stebbens, and the judges are to be Alfred Veltman, Henry Stebbens and John A. Borden.

(Signed,) Moses Wooll, Henry Higgins, Alfred Veltman, John A. Borden, John A. Meyer, David Bates, James Hall, James E. Ronge, Lewis Lockwood, Aaron S. Braley, Henry Stebbens, Ephraim T. Bennett, James Bullock, Henry Wooll, George Munson.

The above petition was presented to the Board of Supervisors, and filed on the 4th of January, 1854; and on the same day the following notice and affidavits were also read and filed, viz:

NOTICE. The undersigned, freeholders of the unorganized territory composed of town eight north, of range one east, in Shiawassee county, hereby give notice that they intend to apply to the Board of Supervisors cf said county, at their next meeting, to be held in January next, for the organization of said territory into a township, by the name

of Brunswick, or such other name as may be designated by said board.

Dated October 11th, 1853.

(Signed,) Alfred Veltman, James Hall, Lewis Lockwood, John A. Meyer, Henry Stebbens, James Bullock, Henry Wooll, George Munson, Henry Higgins, Moses Wooll, John A. Borden, David Bates, James E. Ronse and Aaron S. Braley.

State of Michigan, county of Shiawassee, ss.

Merrils H. Clark, of Corunna, Shiawassee county, Michigan, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he is publisher of the Shiawassee Democrat, a paper printed and circulated in said county, and that a copy of the annexed notice has been regularly published for four successive weeks next previous to the application for organization, and further deponent saith not.

(Subscribed,)

MERRILS H. CLARK.

Subscribed and sworn before me, the 4th day of January, A. D.

1854.

E. COMSTOCK,

County Clerk.

State of Michigan, county of Shiawassee, ss.

L, Moses Wooll, of the town of Middlebury, in said county, being duly sworn, depose and say, that at least four weeks previous to this day, I posted up at four different places in said township of Middlebury, a copy of the above notice, and know that the fifth copy of said notice was posted up in said township in like manner, at least four weeks previous to this day.

(Signed,)

MOSES WOOLL.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 4th day of January, A. D.

1854.

E. COMSTOCK,

County Clerk.

Copy of the resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Shiawassee county, organizing the township of Fairfield, in said county. Resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Shiawassee county, That so much of the township of Middlebury, in this county, as is included in the surveyed township number eight north, of range one east, in said county, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a

separate township, to be known by the name of Fairfield, and that the first township meeting be held at the house of Henry Stebbens, in said township, on the first Monday of April next, and that Alfred Veltman, Henry Stebbens and John A. Borden be appointed to act as inspectors of such township meeting, and to exercise the powers of such inspectors.

The vote being taken on the above resolution, the same was sustained by more than two-thirds of the members of the board.

The above is a true copy of the resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors organizing the township of Fairfield, on the 4th day of January, 1854.

(Signed,)

M. B. MARTIN,

Chairman.

E. COMSTOCK,

Clerk.

State of Michigan, county of Shiawassee, ss.

I certify the within to be a true copy of the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Shiawassee county aforesaid, in organizing the township of Fairfield, in said county.

Given under my hand, at Corunna, the 17th day of January, A. D. 1854.

E. COMSTOCK,

Clerk.

OTTAWA COUNTY.

AN ACT to organize the township of Blendon.

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the county of Ottawa, State of Michigan, enact, That township number six north, of range number fourteen west, in the county of Ottawa, State of Michigan, be and the same is hereby set off from the township of Allendale, in said county of Ottawa, and organized into a separate township by the name of Blendon; and that the first township meeting for the election of township officers shall be held on the first Monday in April, 1854, at the house of Booth Perry, in said township; and that Booth Perry,

Albert W. Vredenbergh, and Lathan L. Carr, be and they are hereby appointed to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of elections at any township meeting; and that said Lathan L. Carr, be and he is hereby appointed to post up notices, according to law, of the time and place of such meeting, in the newly organized township of Blendon.

Sec. 2. The township of Allendale shall hold their next annual meeting on the first Monday of April, 1854, at the new log school house on section fifteen in said township of Allendale, and that George Weatherwax be and he is hereby appointed to post up notices, according to law, in said township of Allendale, of the time and place of such meeting.

Dated at Grand Haven, this fourth day of January, 1854. State of Michigan, county of Ottawa.

I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of an act to organize the township of Blendon, passed at the session of the Board of Supervisors of Ottawa county held January 4th, 1854.

HOYT G. POST,

County Clerk.

SAGINAW COUNTY.

Whereas, The application of fourteen freeholders, residents of the following unorganized territory, to-wit: the south half of township number thirteen north, of range number five east, the south half of township number thirteen north, of range number four east, fractional section six, and all that part of fractional section five lying west of Saginaw river, in township number twelve north, of range number five east, has been duly made to organize said territory into a new township, and a map and survey thereof has been furnished the Board of Supervisors for the county of Saginaw;

And whereas, A notice in writing of such application, subscribed by not less than twelve of said freeholders, has been duly published and posted, according to the statute in such case made and provided; therefore be it ordered, that the above described territory be and the same is hereby duly organized into a township, to be known and designated by

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