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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

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the other counties of this Territory are entitled; that all suits, prosecutions and other matters now pending before the courts of record
of Oakland county, or before any justice of the peace of said county,
shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution; and all taxes,
heretofore levied and now due shall be collected in the same manner as though the said county of Saginaw had not been organized:
that the circuit court for the county of Saginaw shall be holden on
such days as the law will provide, and that it shall be the duty of
th-e sheriff to provide a suitable place near the county site, for the
holding of court, until public buildings are erected in said county;
that the township board for the township of Saginaw shall, until
there be three townships organized in the county, sit as a county
board for said county, and are authorized to transact all business
now incumbent on the board of supervisors in the respective
counties of the territory."
This act of organization was approved Jan. 28, 1835, and put in
force the second Monday of February, 1835.
EARLY RECORD OF SUPERVISORS' COURT.
The first record in possession of the county clerk of Saginaw is
dated the second Tuesday in October, 1835. It recounts the formal
meeting of the county board, which adjourned to Friday, Oct. 23,
to meet at the house of E. N. Davenport, in the village of Saginaw.
There were present at this adjourned meeting, G. D. Williams,
Supervisor; Wm. F. Mosley, J. P.; Albert Miller, J. P., and E.
S. Williams, Township Clerk. Albert Miller was chosen president
of the township board, and E. S. Williams, clerk. At this meeting
a number of accounts, aggregating $98.63, were ordered to be paid.
Among such accounts was an item of $5, allowed Albert Miller for
copying assessment roll and proportioning tax for the collector. A
sum of $15 was voted Wim. F. Mosley in payment for his services
as district attorney during the year 1835. To E. S. Williams a
sum of $2 was voted for services rendered as clerk of the board.
The record further shows that the amount allowed for expenses
in the township of Saginaw was $93.94, to which the sum of $4.69
was added, being the collector's fees at five per cent. One hundred
dollars was voted for the purpose of building a bridge in district
No. 1.
The next meeting was held March 21, 1836, in the county clerk's
office, Saginaw village. Albert Miller, Andrew Ure, and E. S.
Williams were present. The annual meeting was held Oct. 13, 1836
E. N. Davenport, Wm. F. Mosley, AlbertMiller, G. D. Williams,
and Wm. McDonald were present. Supervisor Davenport was
chosen chairman, and Wm. McDonald, clerk. In passing the accounts, E. Jewett was allowed $15.50 for services as coroner; Wm.
F. Mosley, $50 for services as district attorney; Abram Butts, $37
for services as constable. The board directed that $250 be raised
for building a bridge across the bayou near the steam mill in district No. 1. At a meeting of the board, held two days later, it was