Sherman organized, In the matter of the application of E. D. Abbott and twelve others, freeholders of the township of Antioch, and B. Woods and eleven others, freeholders of the township of Hanover, and Sanford Gasser and thirteen others, freeholders of the township of Wexford, and W. P. Ogden and twelve others, freeholders of the township of Springville, all in the county of Wexford and State of Michigan, 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 up and published, as in the 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: Commencing at the southwest corner of section number (1), in town number twenty-three (23) north, of range number twelve (12) west, running thence east two (2) miles to the southeast corner of section number six (6), in town number twenty-three (23) north, of range number eleven (11) west, thence north two (2) miles to the northeast corner of section number thirty-one (31), in town number twenty-four (24) north, of range number eleven (11) west, thence west two (2) miles to the northwest corner of section number thirty-six (36), in town number twenty-four (24) north, of range number twelve (12) west, thence south two (2) miles to the place of beginning, containing the following territory to wit: Section number one (1), in township number twenty-three (23) north, of range number twelve (12) west, section number six (6), in town number twenty-three (23) north, of range number eleven (11) west, section number thirty-one (31) in town number twentyfour (24) north, of range number eleven (11) west, and section number thirty-six (36), in town number twenty-four (24) north, of range number twelve (12) west, be and the same is hereby erected into a township to be called and known by the name of the township of Sherman. The first township meeting thereof shall be held at post office occupied by Charles E. Cooper, on the sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and at said meeting John H. Wheeler, O. B. Taylor, and I. H. Maqueston, 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. The first township meeting of Antioch shall be held at the residence of Samuel W. Ramsey, in said township. The first township meeting of the township of Springville shall be held at the residence of William Fitzpatrick in said township. The first township meeting of the township of Wexford shall be held at the residence of John Y. Syke, in said township. The first township meeting of the township of Hanover shall be held at the residence of F. L. Jerrells in said township. Adopted by yeas and nays as follows: Yeas-Brandenberg, Choate, Dean, Frost, Gray, Odell, E. W. Wheeler, G. W. Wheeler, J. H. Wheeler. Nays-Cuddeback, Dahuff, East, Fallass, Mansfield, Otis. Yeas 9, nays 6. STATE OF MICHIGAN, Wexford County, SS. I, C. J. Manktelow, clerk of said county of Wexford, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true statement of the action of the board of supervisors of said county upon the organization of the township of Sherman, as appears upon the journal of the proceedings of said board remaining in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the circuit court of Wexford county, [L. S.] at Sherman, this thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven. C. J. MANKTELOW, |