McDonald v. Board of Supervisors

At a special meeting of the board of supervisors of the county of Alcona, held November 12, 1890, at which all the members were present, they sold the “old poor-farm,” so called, to Jeremiah T. Perkins, who was a supervisor and the chairman of the board, for $2,200. The buildings upon this farm had recently burned. The board at the same meeting purchased what was called the “Mudget Farm,” consisting of 280 acres, for $6,500, and sold off from that farm 200 acres to Joseph Yuill, also a supervisor, for $3,000, retaining the remaining 80 acres and buildings for a poor farm. An information in…