At the first town meeting it was

"Voted, to raise forty dollars for the support of the poor.
"Voted, to raise a bounty of four dollars to be paid to any person who may kill a wolf within the limits of the town."

At one special town-meeting, held at the house of david Phelps on the 4th of July, 1839, it was

"Voted, to raise $550 by tax on the taxable property in the town to defray the incidental expenses of the town for the ensuing year."

At the first meeting of the commissioners of highways the township was divided into three road districts, as follows:
First District. -- Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 8 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Stephen Avery, pathmaster.

Second District. -- Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, and 36, David Phelps, pathmaster.

The first accounts audited by the town-board, in 1840, were as follows.
Aymar & Shaw     $18.25
Caleb Carr     107.25
Jefferson Pearce     5.50
Cornelius Coll     9.70
Henry Pettingilll     4.50
David J. Tower     5.90
Edmund D. Hall     12.50
John Merchant     9.50
Stephen Avery     90.00
D. Carroll     62.00
Wm. L. Boradman     77.50
    $402.60

Taken from:
"History of Ingham and Eaton Counties Miichigan", by Samuel W. Durant
Published by D. W. Ensign & Co.; Philadelphia, 1880.
Pages 337