Advantages of Signing Bonuses. Because caps limit the salaries teams can pay each year, teams use signing bonuses instead to acquire top players. Only a portion of a player's signing bonus counts against that year's cap. For example, a team might pay a player a $6 million salary in a given year. Under cap rules, this leaves the team with $6 million less to pay other players that year. A star player might be unwilling to sign for that amount.
Alto, located in the southeast corner of Kent County, has several historic buildings including the historic township hall which is still in use today, the ladies aide hall which is now a museum and the restored one-room schoolhouse. Near the historic center is the Tyler Creek golf course and campground.
In return for lost land, Congress awarded Michigan the upper peninsula. During the pioneer era in the county (1825-1843), the county experienced a tremendous growth in population. Writers and historians have assumed that the modern history of Hillsdale County began with the treaty of Chicago in August of 1821. However, the Indians testified that the signing of the Treaty of Greenville, Ohio, was the true opening wedge into Indian lands in southern Michigan, northern Indiana and Ohio.