surers, or still remaining in the hands of any collector, (except as otherwise provided in sections two and three of this act,) shall be paid over by the several county and township treasurers, upon application therefor to the chairman of the board of school inspectors of the several townships of this State in which said moneys were collected, to be by him applied for the support of common schools in the several districts in his township in proportion to the scholars between the ages of four and eighteen in said districts.

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

Approved March 6, 1848.

No. 57.

Publication

AN ACT directing the publication of a statement of lands to be sold in Clinton and Ingham Counties in 1848.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaof 1-48 in tives of the State of Michigan, That the Auditor General shall cause

of tax sales

Ingham and

Citon co's, the statement of the land to be sold in the counties of Clinton and Ingham for taxes in October, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to be published in the state paper, which statement shall be published in the same manner, for the same time, and to the same effect, as like statements required by law to be published in other cases.

Sec. 2. All laws contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 7, 1848.

No. 58.

AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and forty-two of the Revised Statutes, entitled "of the relief of insolvent debtors on the applica tion of an insolvent and his creditors.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaRevised stat tives of the State of Michigan, That chapter one hundred and fortytwo of the Revised Statutes of Michigan, of 1846, entitled "of the re

vice amend'd

lief of insolvent debtors on the application of an insolvent and his creditors," be, and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto, to stand as section thirty-one, the following:

Sec. 31. The oath of any petitioning creditor residing out of this State may be administered by any judge of a court of record, in the State or territory where such creditor resides.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 7, 1848.

No. 59.

AN ACT to authorize Joel Andrews, of the county of Ionia to convey certain real estate.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Joel Andrews, a minor, of the county of Ionia, in the state of Michigan, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the following described parcel of land, viz: the south west quarter of the south west quarter of number thirteen, in township number seven north of range number eight west, according to the United States survey, in as sufficient and ample a manner as if the said Joel Andrews were of full age: Provided That no such conveyance shall be of any effect unless the judge of probate of said county of Ionia shall under his hand and the seal of his effice, certify upon the back of said conveyance his approval of the

same.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 7, 1848.

No. 60.

AN ACT to organize certain townships, and for other purposes.

Township of

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That town number six north, of range vergonnes number nine west, in the county of Kent, be, and the same is hereby organized. set off from the township of Vergennes, and organized into a separate

Leighton.

Cheater.

Holland at

tawa.

township, by the name of Lowell, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of D. A. Marvin, in said township.

Sec. 2. That town number six north, of range twelve west, in the county of Kent, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Byron, and organized into a separate township by the name of Wyoming, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of Dwight Rankin, in said township.

Sec. 3. That number four north, of range eleven west, in the county of Allegan, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Wayland, and organized into a separate township by the name of Leighton, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the Green Lake House, in said township.

Sec. 4. That town number five north, of range number eleven west, in the county of Kent, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Paris, and organized into a separate township by the name of Gaines, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the school house in school district number four, in said township.

Sec. 5. That town number nine north, of range number thirteen west, in the county of Ottawa, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Wright, and organized into a separate township by the name of Chester, and the first township meeting therein, shall be held at the house of John S. McLain, in said township.

Sec. 6. That town number five north, of ranges fourteen, fifteen tached to Ot and sixteen west, known as the township of Holland, be, and the same is hereby attached to and made a part of the township of Ottawa, for the period of one year from the passage of this act.

Barry chan

Towns at

Sec. 7. That the name of the township of Yankee Springs, in the ged to Gates. county of Barry, shall be, and the same is hereby changed to Gates. Sec. 8. That towns number nine and ten north, of range number tached to Du one west, in the county of Gratiot, be, and the same are hereby at tached to and made part of the township of Du Plain, in the county of Clinton, and that town number ten north, of range three west, in the county of Gratiot, be, and the same is hereby attached to and made part of the township of Essex, in the county of Clinton.

Plain.

Towne at

tached to EsBCX.

Sec. 9. That towns number ten and eleven north, of range number Bridgeport. five east, that are not now included in the township of Taymouth; also, all of town number ten and eleven north, of range six east, in the

county of Saginaw, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Saginaw, and organized into a separate township, by the name of Bridgeport, and the first township meeting therein, shall be held at the house of Noah Beach.

Sec. 10. That towns number nine north, of ranges number thirteen, Worth. fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and seventeen east, in the county of St. Clair, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Lexington, and organized into a separate township by the name of Worth, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the school house, near the dwelling house of John Galbraith, in said township.

Sec. 11. That all that part of the county of Sanilac, north of town number ten north, of ranges thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen Sanilac. east, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Lexington, and organized into a separate township by the name of Sanilac, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of Jacob Sharp, in said township.

Courtland.

Sec. 12. That the name of the township of Wabacis, in the county Wabacis of Kent, be, and the same is hereby changed to Courtland; and that changed to township number ten north, of range ten west, and township number ten north, of range nine west, be, and the same is hereby attached to said township.

Towns at

Plainfield.

Sec. 13. That all that portion of town number eight north, of range ten west, lying south of Grand River, be, and the same is hereby set tached to off from the township of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent, and attached to the township of Plainfield, in said county.

Sec. 14. All that part of town number six north, of range number ten west, laying south of Grand River, in the county of Kent, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Ada, and organized into a separate township by the name of Cascade, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of William S. Gunn,

in said township.

Cascade.

Sec. 15. That towns number eleven and twelve north, of ranges White River sixteen, seventeen and eighteen west, in the county of Oceana, be, and the same are hereby set off from the township of Muskegon and organized into a separate township by the name of White River, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Charles Mears in said township.

Rowland

changed to Ransom.

Hamtramck

divided.

Sec. 16. That the name of the township of Rowland, in the county of Hillsdale, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Ransom, and by that name it shall hereafter be designated and known.

Sec. 17. That so much of the township of Hamtramck, in the county of Wayne, laying east of a line commencing at a point on the Detroit river, where the easterly line of private land claim number three hundred and eighty-five touches said river, thence following said easterly line, north-westerly to Conner's Creek, thence up said Creek to the south line of section number ten, in town number one south, of range twelve east; thence east to the south-east corner of said section ten; thence north on the said section line to the north line of said Grosse Point county of Wayne, shall be, and the same is hereby set off from the said township of Hamtramck, and organized into a separate township, by the name of Grosse Point; and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of Henry Hudson, on Lake St. Clair, in said township.

organized.

Next town

Sec. 18. That the next township meeting in the township of Hamship meeting tramck shall be held at the house of Joseph Fisher, on the Fort Gra

in Ham

tramck.

tiot road, in said township.

Sec. 19. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after

the first day of April next.

Approved March 9, 1848.

Act amend'd

Rector of St

No. 61.

AN ACT to amend an act to authorize the sale of certain lands on the
Macon Reserve.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Michigan, That the act entitled an act to authorize the sale of certain lands on the Macon Reserve, approved March 19, 1845, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the first and second sections of said act, and inserting in lieu thereof the fol lowing:

Sec. 2. That the said Rector of the said church shall be and he is bereAnne may by authorized and empowered to grant, bargain and sell for the use of property. the said church of St. Anne said land in said patent described in such

sell certain

parcels, at such time, for such prices, and in such manner, and on such