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FRANKENMUTH TOWNSHIP.

This important section of the county has been referred to in tlh
pages devoted to county history, and again in the sketch ot tile
German settlement of the Valley, prepared by Dr. I. C. T. Plessner. Therefore it is unnecessary to deal here with what lhas beeni
already treated very fully.
The physical characteristics of the township may be summed up
in the words, "rolling lands, most productive soil, and great watercourse." The Cass river enters the township at the southeast corner of section 25, flows in its tortuous channel througl sections 26,
27, 28, 29 and 30. In the latter section the waters of Dead creek
enter the river from the southeast. This river and creek may be
considered the only streams in the townshlip.
The proposed line of the East Saginaw & St. Clair railroad
was surveyed through the northern sections.
The application to organize that portion of the county known as
township 11 north, of range 6 east, was considered by the Board of
Supervisors Jan. 3, 1854, when it was ordered " that the abovedescribed territory be, and the same is, hereby duly organized into a
township, to be known and designated by the name of Frankenmuth, which said township is described as being within the limits
and under the jurisdiction of Saginaw county, in the State of Michigan; and be it further ordered that the first annual meeting for
election of townslip officers in said township be held at the old
clurch in said township of Frankenmuth on the first Monday in
April next ensuing, and that the following named persons, to-wit:
G. A. Ranzenberger, G. M. Shafer and A. Koch, being three electors of said township, be, and they are, hereby designated and
appointed to preside at such election, and to perform all the duties
required by the statute."
Thle first township meeting was held at the old church, April 3,
1854, with G. A. Ranzenberger, Moderator; G. M. Shaefer and A.
Koch, Inspectors, and George Schmidt, Clerk.
Geo. Schmidt was elected Supervisor; A. Ranzenberger, Clerk;
John A. List, Drain Commissioner; John G. Hubinger, I. L.
Krafft, I. G. Burlein, Commissioners of Highways; Geo. M.
Shaefer, J. M. Gazel, J. S. Rummel, John Baldwin, Constables; J.
M. Hubinger, School Inspector; August Koch and John Schroil,
Overseers of the Poor; J. M. Burlein, J. O. Walter, J. M. Riet, J.
M. List, J. M. Arnold, Overseers of Highways; and N. II Ganson, John M. Arnold, Geo. Schmidt, Justices of the Peace. Tile
following list contains the names of the principal township officers
down to the present time:
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