Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 3, 1848. No. 228. AN ACT to organize the county of Sanilac. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Michigan, That all that part of the county of St. Clair, comprised in townships number nine and ten north, of ranges numbers thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen east, be and the same is hereby annexed to and made a part of the county of Sanilac. Sec. 2. That the county of Sanilac, including the territory annexed thereto in the preceding section of this act, shall become duly organized, and the inhabitants thereof entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities, to which by law the inhabitants of other counties of this state are entitled, from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. Sec. 3. There shall be elected in the said county of Sanilac, on the first Tuesday of November in the year eighteen hundred and fortynine, all the several county officers to which by law the said county is entitled, and said election shall in all respects be conducted and held in the manner prescribed by law for holding elections for county and state officers. Sec. 4. All suits, prosecutions, and other matters now pending, or which shall be pending on the thirty-first day of December eighteen hundred and forty-nine, before any court or before and justice of the peace of the county to which the said county of Sanilac is attached for judicial purposes, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution, and all taxes heretofore levied, or which shall be levied in accordance with law, previous to the thirty-first day of December eighteen hundred and forty-nine, shall be collected in the same manner as though this act had not passed. Sec. 5. The board of canvassers in said county, under this act, shall consist of two of the presiding inspectors of elections from each township therein, and said inspectors shall meet at the county seat at the time appointed by law for the county canvass, and immediately after the election authorized in the third section of this act, and organize by appointing one of their number chairman and another secretary of said board, and shall thereupon proceed to discharge all the duties of a board of county canvassers, as in ordinary cases of elections for county and state officers. Sec. 6. That the county seat of the said county of Sanilac shall be and is hereby fixed at the village of Lexington in said county, until the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the said county of Sanilac, at the expense of said county, under the direction of the supervisors thereof, to provide a suitable place for holding courts in said county at or near the county seat, until public buildings shall be erected for that purpose. Approved April 3, 1848. County seat. No. 229. AN ACT to organize four counties in the upper peninsula and define the boundaries of the same. County of organized. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all that portion of the state em- Marquette braced between ranges twenty-three and twenty-four west, the north boundary of township forty-one, the line between ranges thirty-seven and thirty-eight west, and the north boundary of township forty-nine, shall be laid off as a separate county, and known and designated as the county of Marquette, Sec. 2. All that portion of the state embraced between the north boundary of township forty-nine, the line between ranges thirty-seven and thirty-eight west, and lake Superior, together with the islands in said lake west of the county of Schoolcraft, shall be laid off as a separate county, and be known and designated as the county of Hough ton. Houghton. Sec. 3. All that portion of the state embraced within the line be- Ontonagon. tween ranges thirty-seven and thirty-eight west, the north boundary of township forty-one, the Montreal river and Lake Superior, shall be laid off as a separate county and known and designated as the county of Ontonagon. Schoolcraft. Counties to district. Sec. 4. All that portion of the state embraced within the limits hereinafter specified shall be laid off as a separate county, to be known and designated as the county of Schoolcraft, to wit: Beginning at a point in Lake Superior north of the line between ranges twelve and thirteen west, thence west along the margin of said lake to the line between ranges twenty-three and twenty-four west, thence south along said line to the north boundary of township forty-one, thence east to the line between ranges twelve and thirteen west, together with Grand Island on Lake Superior. Sec. 5. The counties of Marquette, Houghton, Schoolcraft and Onbe a judicial tonagon, be and they are hereby united and set off into a judicial district, and that the inhabitants thereof shall have all the rights and privileges to which the inhabitants of other organized counties of this state are entitled. Distr't judge, tion. Sec. 6. The judicial powers in said district shall be held and exerhis jurisdic- cised until otherwise provided, by a district judge, to be elected at the time of holding the first special election as aforesaid, for the term of time specified in the revised laws of eighteen hundred and forty-six, for county judges, and who in addition to the powers conferred by said laws upon county courts, shall have and exercise the full powers and jurisdiction of a circuit court in the several organized counties in this state, as well in criminal proceedings as in civil cases and in equity; the rules and practice of said district court in criminal proceedings and in civil cases, when the amount in controversy exceeds five hundred dollars, being made to conform as near as may be to the rules and practice of a circuit court: Provided, That in all cases, any party conceiving himself aggrieved by any final judgment of said court, shall have the right to appeal therefrom to the circuit court for the county of Chippewa, in the manner now provided for taking an appeal in other courts of record in the state. Appeals. Terms of court. Sec. 7. Said district judge shall appoint and hold at least two terms of said court in each year, and such additional terms as he shall think necessary; examination and commitment for trial of persons charged with any offence against the laws of this state. The said judge shall have power to issue process by warrant upon complaint on oath, and investigate any alledged offence either in term or vacation, by summary proceedings, in the manner now provided by law, for the arrest and examination of offenders by a justice of the peace. 1st election Sec. 8. On the first Tuesday of July next, an election for county of co officers officers within said judicial district shall be held at Copper Harbor, Eagle River and L'Ance, and at such election, the qualified electors then present shall proceed to choose, viva voce, at each place, three inspectors of election, who shall be qualified and perform the duties enjoined upon such inspectors by the laws of this state, in all respects and in the same manner as at the general election. The ordinary county officers, including district judge, shall be chosen at that time, and upon taking the official oath and filing the requisite bond, when such bond is required by law, the officers thus elected may enter upon the full discharge of their duties, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, and shall hold their offices respectively until the first day of Jauuary, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. Sec. 9. The Governor may appoint so many notaries public for said district as he may deem necessary for the current year. Sec. 10. The counties of Marquette, Schoolcraft and Ontonagon are co's attach'd hereby attached to the county of Houghton for judicial purposes pur suant to this act. Sec. 11. For the purpose of representation in the state legislature, the counties embraced in the provisions of this act are to be regarded as attached to the county of Chippewa until otherwise provided by law. Sec. 12. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 13. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 3, 1848. to Houghton wa. No. 230. AN ACT to provide for the payment of the bonds of this state. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all existing provisions of law in regard to the payment of interest on the full paid five million loan bonds, or bonds issued for the payment of interest on the same shall be and are hereby made applicable to all such bonds as shall be issued on the surrender of any of the part paid five million loan bonds of the state, under an act entitled "an act to provide for funding the outstanding internal improvement warrants of this state, and the interest due thereon, and also for liquidating and funding the amount of principal and interest actually due upon the part paid five million loan bonds," approved April 1, 1848. Approved April 3, 1848. Grant of lots No. 231. AN ACT granting to school districts and religious denominations of professing christians suitable grounds in the town of Michigan, owned by the state, whereon to erect houses for public worship and school houses. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa for erection tives of the State of Michigan, That there be and is hereby granted and schools. unto all the religious denominations of professing christians in the of churches Application 1530 424 town of Michigan, and each school district regularly organized in said this act. Sec. 2. That whenever any application for such grounds for the for same, &c purposes aforesaid, shall be made in writing to the Auditor General, Secretary of State and State Treasurer, by the proper officers of any such religious denominations of professing christians, or of said school district, it shall be the duty of the said Auditor General, Secretary of State and State Treasurer, a majority of whom shall be authorized to act in the premises, to receive said application, and as soon thereafter as may be, to select one lot in the town of Michigan, owned by the state, and notify said officers of such selection, and if the same be accepted, to make and execute a deed thereof, in behalf of the state of Michigan, to the officers of any such denomination or school district, capable of receiving deeds and conveyances of land for the purposes contemplated in this act. HSTANT Lofrain f |