Com. coun [No. 40.] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act relative to Free Schools in the City of Detroit," approved February seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaed marley tives of the State of Michigan, That in addition to the taxes mentioned in the act to which this act is amendatory, the common coun additional tax. Duty of mayor, &c. Who may call meeting cil of the city of Detroit is hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect a tax not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in any one year, to be expended in the purchase of lots in said city for the use of the public schools thereof, and in the erection and building a school house or school houses, with the necessary out buildings and fixtures, on any lot or lots which may be so purchased, or any other lots now owned by the board of education of said city, or which the said board may hereafter acquire: Provided, That said tax, when so levied and collected, shall be paid to the treasurer of said board of education, and be vested in said board to and for the purpose hereinbefore stated, and no other, and also that the title to such lots purchased shall also be vested in said board for the purposes aforesaid. SEC. 2. Said tax shall not be levied or collected, unless, at a meeting of the freemen of said city, called for such purpose as hereinafter provided, a majority of the freemen present shall assent to the same. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the mayor, or recorder, in case of the absence of the mayor, or a vacancy in his office, to call such a meeting of the freemen of said city, for the purpose of giving their assent or dissent to such tax, when it shall be requested by petition signed by twenty-four freemen of said city; which call shall particularly express the object of such meeting, and shall be published, in two of the daily newspapers, published in said city of Detroit, one week previous to such meeting: Provided, That the mayor may call such meeting upon the notice herein mentioned, without such petition at his own option. SEC. 4. If the said mayor or recorder shall refuse to call such of freemen, meeting upon the presentation to either of them of such petition, or shall neglect to do so for three days after the presentation of suc h petition, any two members of the common council of said city, may, on the like petition, call such meeting upon a like notice and publication thereof, in the manner and for the time hereinbefore specified in the case of a call by the mayor or recorder. Such meeting may be adjourned from time by vote of a majority of those present. Taxes, how collected, SEC. 5. The said tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the tax provided for in the thirteenth section of the act levied and to which this act is amendatory, and shall be consolidated therewith on the tax rolls; but it shall be the duty of said board of education in each and every year when such tax is levied and collected to separate the amount thereof from the gross amount of money received by said board for such year, and set it apart as a fund to be reserved for the purposes specified in the first section of this act. ucation au make a loan. SEC. 6. The board of education of the city of Detroit is hereby Board of edauthorized from time to time, on such term or terms of payment as thorized to they may deem proper, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding in all the sum of five thousand dollars, for the purposes specified in the first section of this act, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and to issue the bonds. of said board in such form, and executed in such manner as said board may direct: Provided, That said board shall issue no bond for a less sum than fifty dollars: And provided, That no such sum of money shall be borrowed "until authorized by a majority of all the voters present at a meeting to be called as provided in section three. on property SEC. 7. The bonds issued under this act shall be a charge upon Bonds a lien all the property of said board, which shall constitute a security for of board. the payment thereof: Provided, That no legal proceedings shall be institnted to enforce such lien or to sell any property of said board for the payment of the principal money of any of said bonds until one year after such principal shall become due, according to the tenor and effect thereof. paid. SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the board of education, whenever Interest,how they shall borrow any money under the provisions of this act, annually to appropriate a sufficient sum out of any money which may come into their hands, to pay the interest upon the same; and also in addition thereto, an annual sum equal to five per cent. upon the amount so borrowed to be invested under the direction of said board To lay out [No. 41.] AN ACT to provide for laying out a certain Road in the county of Macomb. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representacertain road. tives of the State of Michigan, That there shall be laid out and es Commiss'rs. Duty of com tablished, a road in the county of Macomb, and state of Michigan, on the most eligible route, commencing at the turn of the road between St. Furton and Antoine Laducer, in the township of Erin, in the county aforesaid; thence in a south westerly course to the house of Frances Laforge, and thence across a marsh to Antoine Grifford, and thence to a point where Jefferson avenue is constructed in said township of Erin. SEC. 2. The expense of laying out said road shall in no way be chargeable to the state. SEC. 3. Richard Butler, Ignace Swey, of the county of Macomb, and George Moran, of the county of Wayne, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish said road, and are vested with full powers for said purpose. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to cause to be missioners. made a map of said road, with the courses and distances, which shall be certified by them, and recorded in the office of the township clerk of the township through which it shall run. The expense of surveying, laying out and establishing said road, shall be paid by the township of Erin. Who entitl'd SEC. 5. The owners of lands through which said road may pass to appraisal. shall be entitled to an appraisal and assessment of damages, and to compensation therefor in the same manner in every respect as if such road was laid out by highway commissioners of the township in which the same may be. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 12, 1847. [No. 42.] AN ACT to anthorize the Township of Bertrand in the County of Berrien to raise a sum of money for building a bridge therein. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the State of Michigan, That the lawful voters of the township of Bertrand in the county of Berrien, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, at their annual meeting to be holden on the first Monday of April next, to raise by a tax upon the taxable property of said township, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the Saint Joseph river in said township of Bertrand, which sum shall be levied, collected and applied in the same manner as other taxes raised for the erection of bridges. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 12, 1847. [No. 43.] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to authorize William H. Cross and Seth C. Hanchett to erect a dam across the St. Joseph river in the county of St. Joseph," approved February seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the State of Michigan, That section one of the act entitled "an act to authorize William H. Cross and Seth C. Hanchet to erect a dam across the St. Joseph river in the county of St. Joseph," approved February seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, be amended by striking out of the first section of said act all after the word "provided," where it occurs the first time and inserting in lieu thereof as follows, to wit: "That said dam shall be so constructed as not to impede or obstruct the navigation of said stream, or injure its use as a common highway, or prevent SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its Approved March 12, 1847. the pas passage. [No. 44.] AN ACT for the relief of Priscilla Eddy, widow of the late Samuel Eddy, deceased. 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 claim, in or to any lands or real estate of which Samuel Eddy, late of the city of Monroe in said State, deceased, died siezed or possessed, or to which he had any equitable or other right, and which may have come to the people of this state by escheat, be and it is hereby released, transferred and set over to Priscilla Eddy, widow of the said Samuel Eddy, deceased, and to her heirs and assigns forever; subject, however, to the payment of any subsisting debts due from the estate of said Samuel Eddy, deceased. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its Approved March 12, 1847. passage. Preamble. [No. 45.] AN ACT for the Relief of Henry Willis. Whereas, Henry Willis did, at a public sale, held at Marshall, in the county of Calhoun, on the twenty-seventh day of September, A. D. 1842, purchase blocks number fifteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-seven, in east Battle Creek village; And whereas, Said Willis has made an affidavit that the superintendent of public instuction at said sale, agreed to make him a certificate for each block separately, and at the request of said superintendent, owing to the press of business, he took one certificate for the whole number of blocks, expecting to obtain separate certificates when demanded; |