MICHIGAN PIONEER COLLECTIONS
VOLUME 1
1877
Report Of Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan
GLADWIN COUNTY.
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Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of
the Territory of Michigan, That the county included within the following limits,
to wit: west of the line between ranges 2 and 3 east; east of the line between
ranges 2 and 3 west; south of the line between townships 20 and 21 north, and
north of the line between townships 16 and 17 north, containing 16 townships,
be, and the same is hereby set off into a separate county, by the name of
Gladwin. The
People of the State of Michigan enact, That the
county of Gladwin and the same is hereby attached to the county of Midland for
judicial and municipal purposes. SECTION 1. The
People of the State of Michigan enact
That the present unorganized county of Gladwin, be and the same is
hereby organized into separate county by the name of Gladwin, and the
inhabitants thereof shall entitled to all the privileges, powers, and immunities
to which by law the inhabitants of other organized counties in the State are
entitled. SEC. 2. At the township meeting of the several
townships in said county be held on the first Monday of April next, there shall
be an election of all county officers to which other counties in this State are
entitled, who shall hold their several offices until the first day of
January, in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and until
their successors shall have been elected and qualified. Said election shall be conducted in the same
way, by the the same officers, and the returns
thereof made in the same manner as near as many be, as is now required by law
in the election of county officers in this State. SEC. 3. The county canvass of the votes cast for
county officers shall be held on the second Tuesday succeeding the election at
the village of Gladwin county aforesaid, and said canvass shall be conducted in
the same way and by the same officers as the requirements of law now provide in
organized counties as nearly as may be, and the board of canvassers shall have
power to appoint one of their number secretary of said board. SEC. 4. The location
of the county seat of said county shall be determined by three commissioners,
and W. Grout, C. C. Chappell, and James Dow are hereby appointed such
commissioners, who shall on or before the first of June, eighteen hundred and
seventy-five, determine the location of the county seat of said county, and
make a certificate describing the location thereof, which certificate shall be
signed by a majority of said commissioners and filed with the clerk of the county of Gladwin, and a
certified copy of said certificate shall by the county clerk be filed with the
Secretary of State. SEC. 5. All suits, proceedings, and other matters now
pending, or that shall be pending on the second Tuesday after the first Monday
in April next, before any court, or before any justice of the peace of the
county of Midland, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution. And all taxes which have heretofore been
levied shall be collected in the same manner as though this act had not passed. SEC. 6. The said county of Gladwin shall be in and a
part of the twenty-first judicial circuit. SEC. 7. The register of deeds of said county shall
make, or cause to me made, a transcript of all records made in other counties
which are necessary to be and appear upon the records of said county; and the board
of supervisors of said county shall within one year, make provision for
defraying the expense of the same. SEC. 8. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to
furnish the township clerk of the township of Gladwin with a certified copy of
this act; and it shall be the duty of said clerk to give the same notice of the
elections to be held under the provisions of this act that is required by law
to be given by the sheriff of organized counties. SEC. 9. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved April 8, 1875. SECTION 1. The
People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of an act entitled
“An act to organize the county of Gladwin,” approved April eight, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. There shall be held in the several townships
of Gladwin county, on Tuesday, the first day of June next, a special election,
for county officers of said county, at which election there shall be elected
all the county officers to which the said county is
entitled, who shall hold their several offices until the first day until their
successors shall have been elected and qualified. Said election shall be conducted in the same
way, by the same officers, and the returns therof made in the same manner, as
near as may be, as is now required by law in the election of county officers in
this State. SEC. 2. This act
shall take immediate effect. Approved Aril 29, 1875. County seat at present, Gladwin.
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