person, or to let out by contract any job or jobs that may be necessary for the improvement of said road, (the amount of which jobs and improvements shall not exceed the amount of this appropriation,) to the lowest bidder or bidders, who shall execute and deliver to said commissioner a good and sufficient bond with sureties, to be approved by him and conditioned for the due and faithful performance of the work stipulated in the contract: Provided, That before such letting, the said commissioner shall advertise for proposals for said job or jobs, or any part of said improvement, describing the same; such advertisement to be published three successive weeks in one newspaper published in the county of Ingham, and one in the county of Washtenaw.

Payment of

&c.

Sec. 4. Whenever any contractor, under the provisions of this act, shall have finished his job, according to the terms and specifications contractors, of his contract, and the same shall have been accepted by said special commissioner, or if any services shall have been rendered under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of said special commissioner to pay said contractor for any such service by his order drawn on the Auditor General for warrants to be drawn on the Commissioner of the State Land Office, payable in any internal improvement lands belonging to this state not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the Commissioner of the State Land Office to sell any such lands at a less sum than one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, or in a less quantity in any one certificate than forty acres.

&c.

Sec. 5. Said commissioner shall proceed in the outlay of the appro- Compensatn priation made by this act, with all diligence and dispatch compatible with proper economy and the best interests of the state, and shall file with the Auditor General an account of all services by him thus rendered, verified by his oath, and shall receive for his services a sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day for the time necessarily employed by him in the discharge of the duties devolved upon him by the provisions of this act, payable from said appropriation upon the warrant of the Auditor General, drawn upon the Commissioner of the Land Office.

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

Approved April 3, 1848.

No. 291.

Appropria. tion.

Spe'l com'r.

Powers and duties of

com'r.

AN ACT providing for internal improvement in the county of Len

awee.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That five thousand acres of internal improvement lands be and they are hereby appropriated to the county of Lenawee, to be applied in the construction of roads and bridges, or in draining of swamps and marshes, or both; and the specific objects and amounts shall be designated by the board of supervisors of said county.

Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect, the Governor of the state is hereby authorized to appoint a special commissioner, who shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and shall file a bond, with sureties, to be approved by the Auditor General, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such commissioner, before entering thereon.

Sec. 3. The said special commissioner shall by virtue of his appointment, have the control and management of the improvements authorized by this act, and shall have power to superintend the same in person, or to let out by contract any job or jobs therefor, to the lowest bidder, who shall execute and deliver to the said commissioner a good and sufficient bond, with sureties, to be approved by him, and condi. tioned for the faithful performance of the work according to the stipu lations of said contract.

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said special commissioner, before letShall adver- ting any such job or jobs, to advertise for proposals stating the time and

tise for pro

posals. place of meeting for that purpose, which notice shall be given at least

four weeks previous to the letting of said jobs, in a newspaper printed in the county where the labor is to be performed.

Sec. 5. Whenever any contractor, under the preceding sections of Payment of this act, shall have finished his job according to the terms and specifi

contractors.

cations of his contract, and the same shall have been accepted by the said special commissioner, or if any services shall have been rendered under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of said special commissioner to pay said contractor for any such services, by his order drawn on the Commissioner of the State Land Office, payable in lands only, which order shall be received at the said office in payment for

any unappropriated internal improvement lands belonging to the state: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the Commissioner of the State Land Office to sell any of said lands at a less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, or in a less quantity in any one certificate of sale than forty acres.

Compensa

his acc't &c.

Sec. 6. Said commissioner shall proceed in the outlay of the appropriation made by this act, with all the diligence and dispatch compati- tion of com'r ble with proper economy and the best interests of the state, and shall receive for his services a sum not exceeding two dollars per day for the time necessarily employed by him in the discharge of the duties devolved upon him by virtue of this act, payable from the said appropriation hereinbefore made, and shall render to the Auditor General an account of all services by him thus rendered, verified by his oath.

Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 3, 1848.

No. 292.

AN ACT appropriating certain internal improvement lands for the construction of a Free Bridge across the Clinton River, in the village of Pontiac.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That one thousand acres of internal improvement lands be and the same are hereby appropriated for the purpose of building a free bridge across Clinton river, where the Detroit and Saginaw turnpike crosses said river, in the village of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland.

Appropria

tion.

Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of Spe'l com'r. this act, the Governor of this state is hereby authorized to appoint a special commissioner, who shall, before entering upon the duties of his station, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and file a bond with sureties, to be approved by the Auditor General, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such commissioner.

Sec. 3. The said special commissioner shall, in virtue of his ap- Powers and pointment, have the control and management of said work, and may duties of superintend the outlay of said appropriation in person, and for that

com'r.

Payment of

purpose may employ laborers and purchase materials, or he may let out by contract the whole or any portion of said work to the lowest bidder, who shall execute and deliver to said commissioner a good and sufficient bond with sureties, to be approved by him, conditioned for the due and faithful performance of the work stipulated in the contract: Provided, That before such letting, the said commissioner shall advertise the same by an advertisement to be published for three successive weeks in the Pontiac Jacksonian.

Sec. 4. Upon the completion of any such job, and in payment of the contractors. amount stlpulated in the contract therefor, and also in payment for any labor procured or materials purchased by said commissioner for the purpose contemplated by this act, such commissioner may draw his orders upon the Auditor General for warrants drawn against and payable in internal improvement lands, which said warrants shall be received in the state land office in payment for any such lands not withheld from sale or otherwise appropriated : Provided, That the ag gregate orders so drawn by said commissioner, shall not exceed the amount of land hereinbefore appropriated, at one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre.

Compensa

com'r &c.

Sec. 5. Upon the completion of the duties hereinbefore assigned to said commissioner, he shall be entitled to receive for the time necessa

tion of spec' rily employed therein, a sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day, and such compensation shall be audited and allowed by the township board of the township of Pontiac, in said county, at any meeting of said board, upon presentation of the account of said commissioner duly verified by his oath, and shall be raised and paid as other township expenses are by the provisions of existing laws.

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

Approved April 3, 1848.

No. 293.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Auditors of the county of Wayne to repair or rebuild the two draw-bridges over the river Rouge, the one in the township of Greenfield and the other in the township of Springwells, in said county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Michigan, That the board of auditors of the

of Wayne co

bridges.

county of Wayne be, and they are hereby authorized to rebuild and B'd of Aud's repair the two draw-bridges in said county over the river Rouge, the may repair one in the township of Greenfield and the other in the township of Springwells.

for such re

pendit're &c.

Sec. 2. That one thousand six hundred acres of internal improve- Appropriať'n ment lands upon the lower peninsula, be and the same are hereby ap- pair. propriated for the purpose of repairing and rebuilding said bridges, and the said board of auditors may select said lands and report it to the Commissioner of the Land Office, who shall reserve it for the purposes above stated, and shall issue certificates therefor, in quantities not Mode of exless than eighty acres, after the said bridges shall have been completed: Provided, The same are finished within one year from the passage of this act; the certificates not to be issued until the sheriff of the county of Wayne shall certify to the Commissioner of the Land Office that said bridges are repaired or rebuilt and complete, to the satisfaction of the board of auditors, or a select committee of said board, appointed by the same, for the express purpose to examine and accept the work from the contractors; and the amount of the certificates shall not exceed the costs of the work and materials for said bridges.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 3, 1848.

No. 294.

AN ACT to provide for opening and improving the road leading from the south line of the township of Metamora to the Holland Colony, in the county of Tuscola, and for the building of a bridge across the Cass river, at or near Hurd's mill, so called.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That five thousand acres of internal improvement lands in the lower peninsula of this state be and are hereby appropriated for opening and improving the road leading from the south line of the township of Metamora to the Holland Colony, in the county of Tuscola, and for building a free bridge across the Cass river at or near Hurd's mill so called.

Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of

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