the same according to the provisions of chapter eighty-nine of the revised statutes. He shall transmit to the clerk of each county within his circuit, a copy of such appointment of circuits made by him, immediately upon making the same, which shall be filed and preserved by said clerk; and every such appointment shall be published in the state paper once in each week for four successive weeks, and the last publication thereof shall be at least one month before the holding of any circuit court in pursuance thereof. Sec. 3. In any county in which a session of the circuit court shall held within be held within sixty days from the passage of this act, all civil actions Civil actions 60 days may ed. be determin- pending therein may be proceeded in and tried at said session in the same manner as if the act to which this is supplementary had not been passed: Provided, That all such actions except certioraries which shall not be tried at such session, shall be and the same are hereby transferred to the county court of such county, unless the plaintiff or defendant shall before the close of such session of the circuit court, elect to have the same tried in the circuit court; in which case such election shall be in writing, signed by the party or his attorney, and an entry thereof made in the journals of the circuit court. When certain provis shall take ef fect. Sec. 4. All the provisions of the act to which this act is supplemenions of act tary, which relate to criminal matters now pending in any circuit court, or which may be commenced therein within thirty days after the passage of this act, and the proceedings thereon, the summoning of jurors in the circuit court, and all its provisions which relate to matters in equity, shall be and the same are hereby postponed to the first day of February next, from and after which time said provisions shall take effect: Provided, That such provisions relating to criminal mat ters shall be postponed no longer than may be necessary for the final disposition of any criminal causes which may be pending in said circuit court within the time limited in this act. Recognizan Sec. 5. Recognizances in criminal cases taken in pursuance of ces in crimi- sections 18 and 19 of chapter 163 of the revised statutes, shall be made nal cases to be made re turnable in returnable in the county court of the proper county, on the first Mon the county courts, &c. day of the month next after the taking of the same; and such recognizances shall stand continued from time to time until the matter be finally disposed of, unless the court shall think proper to order new recognizances to be entered into. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 3, 1848. No. 179. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to revive the poor laws repealed by the revised statutes in certain counties." Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the act entitled "an act to revive the poor laws repealed by the revised statutes in certain counties," approved March 17th, 1847, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of section one of said act the words "Van Buren," and "Calhoun," wherever it occurs in said section one. Sec. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Act amended No. 180. AN ACT to authorize Betsy Hitchcock and Milton R. Moore to convey certain real estate. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Betsey Hitchcock, administratrix, and Milton R. Moore, administrator, on the estate of Jesse B. Hitchcock, of the county of Washtenaw, deceased, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey by deed all the right, title and interest which the said Jesse B. Hitchcock had at the time of his decease in the following described land, to wit: the southwest quarter of the south-east quarter of section number thirty-two, in township number four south of range number six east, in the county of Washtenaw Provided, The judge of probate for said county of Washtenaw shall approve of such sale, and endorse his approval on such deed, under his hand and seal of office. Approved April 3, 1848. Preamble. No. 181. AN ACT for the relief of Nancy Butler. Whereas, It is represented that Henry R. Butler, late of Macomb county, in the state of Michigan, died in the year A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, without leaving heirs, and that at the time of his decease, he was seized in fee simple of certain lands hereinafter described, the title in and to which is supposed to have vested in said state of Michigan by escheat on the decase of said Butler : Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all the right, title and interest of the State of Michigan, derived by escheat as aforesaid, in and the following described tracts and parcels of lands situate in the county of Macomb, to wit: the south half of the south-west quarter and the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section twenty-six, in town one north of range twelve east, be and the same is hereby given, granted and conveyed to Mrs. Nancy Butler, widow of said Henry R. Butler, to have and to hold the same to the said Nancy Butler and to her heirs and assigns forever: Provided, That nothing in this act shall affect or impair any interest, title or claim of any other person in and to said land or any part thereof. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. No. 182. AN ACT relative to the last Will and Testament of the Rev. Gabriel Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all the right, title and interest which the people of this state have, or may be supposed to have, by escheat, of, in and to any real estate, acquired by the Reverend Gabriel Richard, after the execution of his last will and testament, and by him held at the time of his death, be and the same are hereby released by the state, and vested in such person or persons, and for such purpose or purposes, as is provided in said last will and testament, as fully and to the same effect in all things, and not otherwise, as if the said last will and testament were good and valid, to dispose of the cstate which the said Richard had at the time of his death. Approved April 3, 1848. No. 183. AN ACT to incorporate the Hillsdale and Indiana Plank Road Company. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Henry Waldron, Chas. T. Mitchell, Joel McCollum, C. W. Ferris, Eason T. Chester and Incorporat'n James Fowle, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, under the direction of a majority of whom subscriptions may be received to the capital stock of the Hillsdale and Indiana plank road company, and the subscribers thereto, with such other persons as shall associate with them for that purpose, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Hillsdale and Indiana plank road company, with corporate succession. Sec. 2, Said company hereby created shall have the power to lay Route ofro'd out, establish and construct a plank road, and all necessary buildings, from the village of Hillsdale in the county of Hillsdale, on the most eligible route to some point near the north east corner of the state of Indiana. Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be forty thousand Capital. dollars, in two thousand shares of twenty dollars each. Duration of peal of same, Sec. 4. This act shall be and remain in force for the term of sixty years from and after its passage, but the legislature may at any time charter, realter, amend or repeal this act by a vote of two-thirds of each branch &c. thereof; but such alteration, amendment or repeal shall not be made within thirty years of the passage of this act, unless it shall be made to appear to the legislature that there has been a violation by the company of some of the provisions of this act: Provided, That after said thirty years, no alteration or reduction of the tolls of said company shall be made during its existence, unless the yearly nett profits of said company over and above all expenses, shall exceed ten per cent. General pro visions. on the capital stock invested, provided there be no violation of the charter of said company. Sec. 5. The provisions of an act relative to plank roads, approved Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. No. 184. AN ACT further to provide for the organization of the Township of Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That if for any cause the township of Gross Pointe shall fail to complete its township organization pursuant to existing provisions of law, on the first Monday of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-eight, it shall be lawful for the inhabitants of said township to hold a township meeting on the first Monday of May next, at the same place, and in the same manner, and for the same purposes now provided for by law; and such organization shall be as valid and effectual for all legal purposes as if the same were completed under existing provisions of law. Sec. 2. All township officers elected at such meeting, on the first Monday of May next, shall qualify themselves for the discharge of their duties within the same period after their election, and in the same manner as now provided by law in the case of township officers, and the period for making and completing the assessment roll for said township is hereby extended, for all purposes, four weeks beyond the time now fixed by law. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 3, 1848. |