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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1932
Page
5
Sentinel readers are invited to submit brief signed letters on questions of the day. Personal details may be omitted on request. Names and addresses are required for submission but kept private if asked.
A reader notes confusion over Clare County Road Commissioners and asks citizens to check receipts. The shown figures for Plane County Road Tax across 1928 to 1931 are 119.45, 125.64, 86.44, and 100.00, illustrating how much one taxpayer paid in a single precinct.
In last week's issue the salary of the Clare County Road Commissioners was misstated. The correct figure is $600.00 or not to exceed, indicating the board’s compensation may be capped and reflecting the supervisors’ interest in salaries during 1931.
The article discusses a pending $800 extra payroll boost for County Road Commissioners amid health concerns and public attention. It lauds Sam Bruce as a respected Supt, notes delays in the resolution, and ends with local musings on production costs and road-building ideas.
The Clare county road commissioners urge taxpayers to understand the township road relief act and justify limited per mile and per diem compensation. They emphasize they were not granted raises, only expense allowances to organize about 600 extra miles of township roads, with oversight by a busy board.
The March term of circuit court convenes Monday with chancellery and civil cases. Listed are divorces for Wesley Charette versus Levon Charette and Edgar S Peters on Vera B Peterson, plus foreclosures and deed actions including Christine Albin versus John R Albin and Julia Reaume versus Adeline Bessey. Petit jurors are named for various townships and wards.
A writ of fieri facias issued August 1 1931 in the circuit court of Gratiot County Michigan leads to a sale of the Southwest Quarter of Section Four Township Seventeen North Range Five West with Allman Buerge named, at Harrison Michigan front door of the courthouse on May 7 1932 at nine oclock. Dated March 19 1932. The notice invites local readers to place classified ads in the Clare Sentinel.
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