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state and county tax apportioned to each of the respective townships to which the county treasury stands indebted.

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

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Time for

taxes exten

[ No. 24. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of La Salle, in the county of Monroe.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represencollection of latives of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection ded. of taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty eight, in the township of La Salle, in the county of Monroe, is hereby extended to the fifteenth day of March next.

Duties of

treasurer.

Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized and township empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could have done during the life time of his warrant, and make his return any time before the fifteenth day of March next, and his said warrant is hereby continued in force until the said fifteenth day of March: Provided, He shall first renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of the said county of Monroe.

Return of unpaid tax

general.

Sec. 3. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county. es to audit'r treasurer, in pursuance of the foregoing provisions shall be returned to the auditor general as soon as practicable; and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest compute from the same time as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty eight, duly returned to the auditor general for non-pay

ment.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 2, 1849.

[No. 25. ]

Monroe and
Saline plank

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Monroe and Saline plank road company.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa

road termi- tives of the State of Michigan, That the second section of an act

pus altered.

entitled an act to incorporate the Monroe and Saline plank road
company, approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-eight, be amended by striking out the words "the city of Mon-
roe," and inserting in place thereof, the words "any point with-
in the city of Monroe."

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, February 9, 1849.

[ No. 26. ]

AN ACT to authorize the Commissioner of the State Land Office to sell certain University Lands.

land office

to sell university land at Toledo.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-com'r state tatives of the State of Michigan, That the commissioner of the authorized state land office be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to sel1 at public auction, as hereinafter prescribed, in such lots or parcels as he may deem best for the interest of said fund, the lands belong ing to the university fund situated near Toledo, in the state of Ohio' known as lots numbered seven, (7,) eight, (8,) nine, (9) and ten ̧ (10,) in the United States roserve of twelve miles square, lying on the Maumee river.

notice of sale, &c.

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the said commissioner to cause Duties of the said lands to be appraised prior to the sale thereof, by three dis. commis'r; interested persons, residents of this state, under oath, and he shall give public notice of the time, place and terms of such sale, by notices published in the newspapers printed at Toledo, and in the "Detroit Commercial Bulletin," "Detroit Daily Advertiser," and the "Monroe Advocate," thirty days at least prior to the day of such sale: and he may adjourn such sale from time to time, as often as he shall think proper, giving notice of the same as above prescribed.

sold at a

terms of

payment,&c

Sec. 3. The said lands shall not be sold at a less price than their Lands to be appraised value as herein prescribed, nor in any case for a less sum minimumthan twelve dollars per acre, and the terms of payment therefor shall be as follows: one-third of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale, and the residue thereof in two equal instalments with interest thereon at the rate of seven per ce ntum per annum, to be paid on the first day of March, in the two years next thereafter: and in case of the non-payment by the purchaser or his assigns, of

Certificates

any part of such principal or interest at the time when the same shall become due and payable, then the sale to such purchaser, and the certificate issued thereupon, shall, from the time of such default, become null and void and of no effect; and the said commissioner may take possession of such forfeited lands and re-sell the same under the provisions of this act.

Sec. 4. The said commissioner shall give to the purchaser at any of purchase sale made under the provisions of this act, a certificate in the usual

to be given.

form as near as may be, specifying the lands sold, the quantity, price per acre, and the consideration paid and to be paid, together with the time and terms of payment, and the condition of sale and forfeiture, as herein prescribed; and all provisions of law regulating the sale of university lands not conflicting or inconsistent with the above provisions, shall apply to all such sales as may be made by virtue of this act.

Approved February 9, 1849.

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land office.

[ No. 27. ]

AN ACT to authorize the Commissioner of the State Land Office to sell certain primary school lands.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresenR7 W to be tatives of the State of Michigan, That the commissioner of the mis'r state state land office be and he is hereby authorized to sell, if he should think best, at public auction, section sixteen, in township five south of range seven west, in such subdivisions as he may deem for the best interest of the state, in lots not less than forty acres each, and at a minimum price of not less than six dollars per acre.

Notice of

of sale.

Sec 2. The said commissioner, before offering said lands for sale ume & place at public auction as aforesaid, shall cause a notice to be published in the state paper, and also in some newspaper printed in the county where said lands are situated, for six successive weeks previous to said sale, describing said lands so to be offered for sale, and stating therein the time and place where said lands will be so offered, and said commissioner may adjourn said sale from time to time, at his discretion, if he shall deem it for the best interests of the primary school fund.

When to te sold at pri

Sec. 3. In case the said commissioner shall fail to sell the whole ate sale & of said section sixteen or any part thereof at public auction as afore

at what price.

said, the said commissioner is authorized to sell the remainder or any part thereof at private sale to any individual applying for the same: Provided however, The same shall not be sold for less than the minimum price above stated.

payment.

Sec. 4. The payments for said lands shall be governed by the Terme of same laws and regulations which are now in force concerning pri mary school lands.

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

its passage.

Approved February 9, 1849.

No. 28. ]

AN ACT to authorize Wilkes W. Durkee, of the county of Oakland, to sell certain real estate.

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zed to con

and vey certain fol- consent of

lands with

prob'e judge

the of Genesee

county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Michigan, That Wilkes W. Durkee, a mi- kee authorinor, of the county of Oakland, in the state of Michigan, be he is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the lowing described piece or parcel of land, situate and lying in county of Genesee and state of Michigan, viz: the east half of the south west quarter of section twenty eight, in the township of Mundy, and county of Genesee, as aforesaid, according to the United States survey, in as sufficient and ample a manner as if said Wilkes W. Durkee were of full age: Provided, That no such conveyance shall be of any effect unless the judge of probate of said county of Oakland, shall, under his hand and seal of his office, 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 February 10, 1849.

[No. 29. ]

AN ACT to authorize the Supervisor of the township of Fairfield in the county of Lenawee, to renew the warrant for the collection of the tixes in said township.

of Fairfield

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Eupervisor ·tives of the State of Michigan, That the supervisor of the town- to issue new ship of Fairfield, in the county of Lenawee, be, and he is hereby we of 1248

warrant for

Duties of suervisor and

authorized and empowered to issue a new warrant to the township treasurer of said town for the collection of the balance of taxes remaining uncollected in said township in consequence of the sickness of said township treasurer, which said warrant shall require the said treasurer forthwith to collect all such taxes as may remain unpaid on the tax list in his hands, and pay over all such portions thereof as were assessed for state and county purposes, to the treasurer of the said county of Lenawee, on or before the fifteenth day of April next; and for that purpose, the said township treasurer shall be vested with all the powers, and subject to the same liabilities as upon the original warrant.

Sec. 2. Before the warrant above mentioned shall be delivered own treas- by the supervisor of said town of Fairfield, to the treasurer of said

urer.

Return of uapaid taxes

township, such treasurer shall execute and deliver to the county treasurer of said county, a new bond, in double the amount of such taxes remaining unpaid, to be approved by such county treasurer and conditioned, that the said township treasurer shall account for and pay over to such county treasurer, the amounts specified in the assessment roll and tax list annexed to the warrant in his hands, for state and county purposes, on or before the fifteenth day of April

next.

Sec. 3. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the auditor general as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner and with interest computed from the same time as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, duly returned to the auditor general for nonpayment.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 10, 1849.

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141 of RS amended.

[No. 30. ]

AN ACT to amend section seven, of chapter one hundred and forty one of the revised statutes, in relation to the punishment of fraudulent debtors.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That section seven of chapter one hun

dred and forty-one of the revised statutes be, and the same is hereby

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