No. 165. AN ACT to provide for laying out and establishing certain state roads. ap Commissio. out road Michigan. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Joseph B. Bloss, Peter Miller ners to lay and Sedgwick P. Stedman be and they are hereby authorized and from Flint to pointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from the village of Flint in the county of Genesee, via. Miller Settlement, Shiawasseetown and Hartwellville, to Michigan in the county of Ingham. Lansing to Sec. 2. That Charles P. Bush, Orrin Sharpe and Daniel Cook be and they are hereby authorized and appointed commissioners to lay Tompkins. out and establish a state road, commencing at a point at or near the south quarter post of section sixteen in the town of Lansing, county of Ingham, on the most eligible route through the towns of Lansing, Delhi, Aurelius and Onondaga, to the base line, and from thence to the village of Tompkins in the county of Jackson. Fentonville Sec. 3. That Joseph Harris, John P. C. Riggs and Corydon Lee be and they are hereby authorized and appointed commissioners to to Byron. lay out and establish a state road from the village of Fentonville in the county of Genesee, to Byron in the county of Shiawassee, by the way of the village of Linden, on the most eligible route. Mill Point to Sec. 4. That there shall be laid out and established a road in the counties of Ottawa and Kent, commencing at Mill Point (so called) in Gr'd Rapids. the township of Norton in the county of Ottawa, and running thence eastwardly on the north side of Grand River to Grand Rapids in the county of Kent, and William M. Ferry, of Grand Haven, and Israel V. Harris, of Polkton, Ottawa county, and George L. Norton, of Walker, Kent county, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish said road, and are vested with full powers for said purpose. Sec. 5. The expense of laying out said roads shall in no way be State not liachargeable to the state of Michigan. ble for expense. Duties of Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the commissioners appointed by this act to lay out and establish the several roads, to cause a map to be com`rs. made of so much of the same as shall be laid through each township, with the courses and distances plainly designated thereon, which shall be certified by them, or a majority of them, and recorded in the office of the township clerk of the township through which it shall run. Damages as Sec. 7. The owners of lands through which said roads may pass sessed, &c. 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 through which the same may run. Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1848. No. 166. · AN ACT to provide for laying out and establishing certain state roads. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Harvey T. Lee, of Byron, to Lansing. John Thomson and James M. Cummings be and they are hereby au State road from Byron Marshall to Flint to Lansing. Corunna to thorized and appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road on the most eligible route from the village of Byron in the county of Shiawassee, to the capital of this state. Sec. 2. That David H. Miller, Henry A. Shaw and John D. Olcott be and they are hereby authorized and appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from the village of Marshall in the county of Calhoun, by the way of Duck Lake and Eaton Rapids, to the capital of this state. Sec. 3. That Alexander McArthur, Jonathan M. Hartwell and Luke H. Parsons be and they are hereby authorized and appointed commissioners to lay out a state road from the village of Flint in the county of Genesee, by the way of the village of Corunna in the county of Shiawassee, to the capital of this state, or to such other point, touching any road leading to the capital, as the said commissioners or a majority of them may deem proper. Sec. 4. That J. B. Bloss, Simon Z. Kinyon and Isaac Castle be town. and they are hereby authorized and appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from the village of Corunna in the county of Shiawassee, on the most eligible route to a point at or near where the present traveled road leading from said village of Corunna to Shiawasseetown, touches the Shiawassee river. Flushing. Sec. 5. That James Seymour, Alexander McArthur and Luke Corunna to H. Parsons be and they are hereby authorized and appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from the village of Corunna in the county of Shiawassee, on the most eligible route to the village of Flushing in the county of Genesee. ble, &c. Sec. 6. The expense of laying out said roads shall in no way be State not liachargeable to the state, and the acts of a majority of said commissioners herein appointed to lay out and establish the several roads authorized to be laid out and established, shall be valid. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the commissioners appointed by this act to lay out and establish the several roads, to cause a map to be made of so much of the same as shall be laid through each township, with the courses and distances plainly designated thereon, which shall be certified by them, and recorded in the office of the township clerk through which it shall run. Duty of com'rs. Sec. 8. The owners of lands through which said road may pass, Damages. shall be entitled to an appraisal and assessment of damages, and to compensation there for in the same manner in every respect as if such road was laid out by highway commissioners of the township through which the same may run. Duty of highway Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of highways in the several townships through which the several roads may pass, to open com'rs. and work said roads in the same manner, and by virtue of the same law, as township roads are required to be opened and worked: Provided, That the right of way first be obtained as provided in this act. Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1848. No. 167. AN ACT to incorporate the New England Mining Company. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Garwood T, Sheldon, J. P. C. Emmons, of Michigan, and Amos Thompson, of Boston, and others who shall become associated with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of the New England Mining Company, for the Incorporat'n purpose of mining, smelting and manufacturing ores, minerals and metals in the state of Michigan. Sec. 2. The said company shall have corporate succession, and its capital stock shall be three hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares real estate, of one hundred dollars each, and said company may acquire and Capital sto'k &c. Officers. Assessment on shares. State tax. Annual re port. 1st meeting. hold such real and personal estate in the state of Michigan, as the business of said company may require, to an amount not exceeding the capital stock of said company. Sec. 3. The officers of said company shall consist of a president, a board of five directors, including the president, who shall be one thereof; a secretary and treasurer, who may, however, at the pleasure of the company, be one and the same person; and the said company may levy assessments on the shares of its stock, and forfeit and sell the same for non-payment of any such assessment, in such manner as said company by its by-laws may prescribe. Sec. 4. The said company shall pay to the Treasurer of the state of Michigan an annual tax at the rate of one per cent. on the whole amount of capital actually paid in upon the capital stock of said company, and also upon all sums of money borrowed by said company, which tax shall be paid on the first Monday of July in each year, and shall be estimated on the last preceding report of said company; and for that purpose the president and secretary of said company shall, on the first day of January in each year, or within fifteen days previous thereto, make under their hands a return to the State Treasurer, verified by their several oaths, stating the amount which has actually been paid in on the capital stock of said company, and also the whole amount of money which at any time has been borrowed by said company, and said state tax shall be in lieu of all other taxes upon the personal property of said company, and in lieu of all other state taxes upon the real estate of said company, and any investment of any portion of the nett profits of said company in the business of said company, shall be considered as so much capital paid in, and returned to the State Treasurer accordingly. Sec. 5. The first meeting of said company shall be held at such time and place as the persons named in the first section, or a majority of them shall appoint, by a notice to be published in one or more newspapers in the city of Detroit, at least thirty days before the time of such meeting. Sec. 6. Said company shall be subject to the provisions of chapter General fifty-five, title ten of the revised statutes of A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-six, so far as the same are applicable. pro Lien of inha Sec. 7. Any inhabitant of this state shall have a lien upon the stock, appurtenances and entire property of said company, for all claims and bitants. demands not exceeding one hundred dollars each against said company, originally contracted or incurred within this state, which shall take precedence of all other claims or demands, judgment or decrees, liens or mortgages against said company. charter. Sec. 8. This act shall be and remain in force for thirty years; but Duration of nothing herein contained shall be construed to give the said company any banking powers or banking privileges, dealing in brokerage or exchange, in money or bank notes, or in the purchase of any stock of any bank, or in the purchase of any public stock whatever, or for any other purposes than those particularly specified in this act. Approved April 1, 1848. No. 168. AN ACT to incorporate the National Mining Company. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That George W. Rogers, James Andrews, Morgan L. Drake, James A. Weeks, Henry B. Marsh, and such Incorporat'n other persons as may become associated with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of the National Mining Company, for the purposes of mining, smelting and manufacturing ores, minerals and metals; and as such body corporate shall have continual succession, and be capable of sueing and being sued in any of the courts of this state. general laws Sec. 2. The said company shall be subject to the provisions of chap- Subject to ter fifty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, so far as the same may be applicable. Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall consist of three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into six thousand shares of fifty dollars each. The said company may make assessments upon the shares of stock, and forfeit and sell the same for non-payment of such assessment, in such manner as the by-laws may prescribe. Said company may at any meeting thereof make and adopt such orders, Capital sto'k &c. |