Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

INGHAM COUNTY HISTORY

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ing before any court, or before any justice of the peace of Jackson
county, to which the said county of Ingham is now attached for
judicial purposes, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution; and all taxes heretofore levied shall be collected in the
same manner as though this act had not passed.
"Sec. 3.-The circuit court for the county of Ingham shall be
held on the first Tuesdays of June and November in each year;
and until convenient buildings be erected at the county seat, at
such place in said county as the supervisors of commissioner
thereof shall direct.
"Sec. 4.-There shall be elected in the said county of Ingham,
on the first Monday of June next, all the several county officers to
which by law the said county of Ingham is entitled, and whose
terms of office shall expire on the 31st day of December next ensuing, and said election shall in all respects be conducted and
held in the manner prescribed by law for holding elections for
county and State officers.
"Sec. 5.-The board of county canvassers under this act shall
consist of one of the presiding inspectors of said election from
each township; and said board shall meet at the dwelling house
nearest the county seat of said county on the Thursday next after
said election, at or before three o'clock P. M. of said day and
organize by the appointment of one of their number chairman and
another secretary of said board; and thereupon proceed to calculate and ascertain the whole number of votes given at such election for any individual for either of said offices, and shall set
down the names of the several persons so voted for, and the number of votes given to each for either of said offices in said county,
in words at full length, and certify the same to be a true canvass
of the votes given such election in said county, and that the person receiving the highest number of votes for either of said offices
is duly elected to said office; which certificate shall be signed by
the chairman and secretary, and delivered to the clerk of said
county, to be filed in his office.
"Sec. 6.-This act shall be in force and take effect on and after
the first Monday of June next.
"Approved, April 5, 1838."
Ingham county was named from Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary
of the Treasury in President Jackson's cabinet from 1829 to 1831.