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45. Joint resolution relative to the Detroit and Pontiac Rall Road, approved April 3,

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462

46. Joint resolution relative to Statistical Information of the Insane, Deaf, Dumb and Blind, approved April 3,

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47. Joint resolution relative to the claim of Edward G. Adderly, approved April 3,

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48. Joint resolution authorizing the Auditor General to draw a certain warrant, approved April 3,

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49. Joint resolution relative to the distribution of the session laws, journals and documents, approved April 3,

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50. Joint resolution relative to the claim of Joab Page, approved April 3, 465 51. Joint resolution relative to the settlement of the claim of William Mabury, approved April 3,

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52. Joint resolution relative to the State Prison building, approved April 3, 467

LAWS OF MICHIGAN.

No. 1.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of the Officers and Members of

the Legislature, and for other purposes.

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Senate and

of Speaker.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Compensa tives of the State of Michigan, That the compensation of Members of bers of the the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall be three dollars House, and per day each, and that of the Speaker of the House, his per diem allowance inclusive, six dollars per day; and the mileage of said members shall be computed at the rate of three dollars for every twenty miles to and from the Capital upon the usual travelled route.

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Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate, and Clerks, and Sergeant-at- tion of offi arms of either House, shall be allowed three dollars per day; the fireman of either House shall be allowed one dollar and fifty cents per day, and the messengers of either House one dollar per day during the session of the House to which they respectively belong.

fied.

Sec. 3. Such sums as may be due to the President or President pro How certi tempore, of the Senate, shall be certified to by the Secretary of the Senate, and to the Speaker of the House by the Clerk thereof; and such sums as may be due to the several members and other officers of either House, under the preceding sections, shall be certified to by the presiding officer of the respective Houses.

Sec. 4. Upon presentation of any such certificate at the State Treasury, countersigned by the Auditor General, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of any moneys in the Treasury, to the credit of the general fund, not otherwise appropriated.

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Sec. 5. The Auditor General is hereby authorized to contract for the preparation and delivery of the necessary firewood for the use of the State officers at the Capitol, and of the two Houses of the Legislature during the present session, and upon the presentation at the State Treasury of any account for such firewood actually furnished during said period of time, duly audited and certified to by the Auditor General, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of any moneys in the Treasury, to the credit of the general fund, not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 12, 1848.

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No. 2.

AN ACT concerning the assessment, collection and returns of the
State tax for the year 1847, and for other purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representacement tives of the State of Michigan, That the assessment of the State tax Zor 1847 for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, by the Boards of Supervisors in the counties in which such assessment has been made, (and the several tax rolls in which said tax is assessed and set down, and which are now in the hands of the respective Township Treasurers in said counties,) shall have the same force and validity in the law, as though the levying of the same had previously been auDety of thorized by law, and the said Township Treasurers are hereby auTownship Surers. thorized and required to collect the said tax with the other taxes

enumerated and inserted in their respective rolls as directed by the warrant for the collection of the same as prescribed by law, and all the existing provisions of law concerning the collection and returns of taxes, shall be applicable to the collection and returns of said State tax, and the same shall be made with the other taxes above mentioned in the same manner and at the same time as is therein prescribed. Sec. 2. The Boards of Supervisors for the counties in which the assessment of the said State tax for the year 1847 has been omitted or neglected to be made, are hereby authorized and required to assess tes State such tax at the rate of two and a half mills on the dollar of the aggreGax for 1817. gate equalized valuation of all the taxable property of their respective

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counties for the said year, at the time of the assessment of the taxes required by law to be assessed for the year 1848, and the said State tax shall be inserted in the several tax rolls of the last mentioned year in the column for State, county and town taxes, and be collected or returned with the other taxes, and in the same manner as the laws prescribe.

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Sec. 3. The tax for the annual support and ordinary expenses of Rate of gen. the State government for the year 1848 and for each subsequent year, tax to be as shall be at the rate of two and a half mills on the dollar of the aggre- nually heregate equalized valuation of all the taxable property of the several counties, and the same shall be annually assessed by the several Boards of Supervisors of the respective counties at the time of the assessment of other taxes required by law; and the Auditor General is hereby required on the first day of February next, and on the first day of February in each and every year thereafter, to charge to the several counties the amounts ascertained to be due for their quota of the said tax respectively, according to their returns of the said valuation, as provided by law.

of the act.

Sec. 4. The Auditor General is hereby directed to transmit for pub- Publication lication copies of this act to the State paper, and Advertiser of the city of Detroit, and to one other newspaper published in each Senatorial District, as soon as is practicable after its passage.

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect, and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 13, 1848.

No. 3.

AN ACT to change the name of the township of Pewonagawink, in

the county of Genesee.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Name of tives of the State of Michigan, That the name of the township of Pe- wink changwonagawink, in the county of Genesee, be, and the same is hereby trose." changed to" Montrose," and by that name shall hereafter be known and designated.

Approved January 15, 1848.

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