township, showing the proposed alterations, having been furnished to the said board of supervisors; therefore, Resolved, That the said territory described in said application and known as town twenty (20) north, of range three (3) east, in said Bay county, and now a part of said township of Clayton, be and the same is hereby erected into a new township, to be called Moffitt and known by the name of the township of Moffitt; And be it further resolved, That the first annual township meeting thereof shall be held at the store of Alvin N. Culver, at Culver, in said township of Moffitt, on Monday, the fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyfive, and John Pernie, Alvin N. Culver, and John Beebe, three electors of said township, be and they are hereby designated as the persons who shall 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; and the said John Pernie is hereby appointed as the person to post the notices of such township meeting required by law. The next township meeting to be held in the township of Clayton, aforesaid, shall be held at the school-house in district number one in said township of Clayton. STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Bay, SS. I, Henry A. Braddock, 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 of said board, adopted October fifteen, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, with the original now of 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 Bay City, February twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. H. A. BRADDOCK, Clerk. organized. HOUGHTON COUNTY. In the matter of the application of William H. Morrison and seventeen 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, and published, as in the 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: town fifty north, of range number thirty west, and towns numbered forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, and fifty north, of range number thirty-one west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township to be called and known by the name of the township of sparr organized. Spurr. The first annual meeting thereof shall be held at the office of the Spurr Mine, on the twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyfour, and at said meeting L. H. Cobb, John McChrystal, and James Alward, 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 L. H. Cobb is appointed to post the notices of said election. STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Houghton,} SS. I, Roland H. Brelsford, clerk of the county aforesaid, and of the board of supervisors of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the action of said board on the matters therein contained, and that the same has been compared by me with the original act on file in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original act, and I further certify that the foregoing order of said board was passed by them at a meeting held at the village of Houghton, in said county, on the twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyfour. [L. S.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the circuit court for said county, this twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. ROLAND H. BRELSFORD, County Clerk. Arvon organized. In the matter of the application of James B. Smith and sixteen 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, and published, as in the 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 fifty-three north, of range twenty-nine west, towns fiftyone, fifty-two, and fifty-three north, of range number thirty west. and towns fifty-one, fifty-two, and fifty-three north, of range number thirty-one west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township to be called and known by the name of the township of Arvon. The first annual meeting thereof shall be held at the office of the Huron Bay Slate Company on the twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and at said meeting Walfred Been, John D. Williams and John Thomas, 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 John Thomas is appointed to post the notices of said election. I, Roland H. Brelsford, clerk of the county aforesaid and of the board of supervisors of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the action of said board on the matters therein contained, and that the same has been compared by me with the original act on file in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original act. And I further certify that the foregoing order of said board was passed by them at a meeting held at the village of Houghton, in said county, on the twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, as appears by their record [L. S. ] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and ROLAND H. BRELSFORD, County Clerk. ISABELLA COUNTY. To the Honorable Secretary of State: At an adjourned meeting of the board of supervisors for the county of Isabella and State of Michigan, held at the village of Mt. Pleasant, in said county, on the thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the matter of the application of Rufus F. Glass and eleven 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 duly signed, posted, and published, as is required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application, the board order and enact that the territory described as follows, to-wit: town number sixteen (16) north, of range number five (5) west; also, section six (6), in township fifteen (15) north, of range number four (4) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township to be called and known by the name of the township of Gilmore. The first township meet- Gilmore ing thereof shall be held at the house of Rufus F. Glass, on north- organized. east quarter of section twenty-four, in township sixteen north, of range five west, on Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy, at ten o'clock A. M., and at such meeting Rufus F. Glass, Amos F. Albright, and Jesse Wood, 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 inspectors of election at any township meeting as the law prescribes. I, D. E. Lyon, clerk of said county and of the board of supervisors thereof, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original record in this office, as enacted by said board at an adjourned meeting held on the thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [L. S.] affixed the seal of the circuit court at Mt. Pleasant, this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. D. E. LYON, Clerk. Deerfield organized. At the annual meeting of the board of supervisors for the county of Isabella and State of Michigan, held at the village of Mt. Pleasant, in said county, on the fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, Mr. Voorhees offered the following: Resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Isabella county, Michigan, That in the matter of the application of Wm. M. Peterson and others, for the erection and organization of a new township, that application has been signed, posted up, and published as in the manner required by law, and having duly considered the matter of said application the board orders and enacts that the territory described in said application, bounded as follows, to wit: Congressional township number fourteen (14), north of range five (5) west, in Isabella county, Michigan, be and the same is hereby erected into a township to be called and known by the name of Deerfield. The first annual township meeting thereof shall be held at the house of Joseph S. Brazee, in said township, on Monday the fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, at nine o'clock, A. M., and at said meeting William M. Peterson, Frederick M. Sanderson and Malden R. Beach, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duties it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the pools, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting as the law requires. Mr. Bogan demanded the yeas and nays on the adoption of the above resolution. The resolution was then adopted by yeas and nays as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Bogan, Bown, Brodie, Broomfield, Davis, Doxsie, Estee, Fordyce, Grinnell, Mattison, Richardson and Voorhees-12. Nays-0. I, D. E. Lyon, clerk of said county and of the board of supervisors thereof, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original record in this office of the resolution organizing the township of Deerfield, in said county, at a session of said board, held on the fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. [L. S.] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and KALKASKA COUNTY. In the matter of the application of Allen E. Burnham and others for the erection and organization of a new township. organized. It appearing to the board of supervisors that application has been made as in 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 as follows, to wit: All of township twenty-eight, north of range six west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township, to be called and known by the name of Cold Springs. The first township meeting Cold Springs thereof shall be held at the house of A. E. Burnham, on the first Monday in April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, at the usual time of holding township meetings. At said meeting, A. E. Burnham, Andrew Croy, and W. H. Stoddard, 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, exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting, as provided by law. STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Kalkaska, } SS. I, O. S. Curtis, 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 the annual meeting of said board, held at the court house in said county on the thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. [ L. s. ] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and |