Execut'rs or tors of J. B. erty of the said inhabitants in the same manner as they are now required by law in raising money for building school houses. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1849. [ No. 194. ] AN ACT to enable the Executors or administrators of the estate of Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen administra- tatives of the State of Michigan, That the executors or adminis Clarke au- trators of the estate of James B. Clarke, formerly of Elizabethsin lands. town, in the state of New Jersey, deceased, be and they are hereby thorized to convey cer authorized and empowered to sell at private or public sale "the east half of the north east quarter of section one, in township eight south, of range sixteen west, in the county of Cass, containing eighty acres," and to give to the purchaser or purchasers thereof a good and sufficient deed: Provided, Any such sale or conveyanes shall be approved by the judge of probate of said county of Cass, and his said approval shall be endorsed on said conveyance and re corded therewith. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1849. [No. 195. ] Chap. 123 of RS amend AN ACT to amend chapter 123 of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty six. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa ed. tives of the State of Michigan, That on the trial of any cause under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the revised stitutes of 1846, it shall be competent for the jury or officer before whom such trial may be had, to find the defendant guilty of forcibly or unlawfully holding over or detaining the prem ises described in the complaint, or any part thereof, and judgment may thereupon be rendered in accordance with such finding. Appeals in Sec. 2. In the counties of Chippewa, Houghton and Mackinac, appeals under the provisions of said chapter one hundred and twen- forcible enty-three shall be taken to the county court for such counties respec- tain'rin cer tively. Approved March 31, 1849. [ No. 196. ] AN ACT to revive and continue in force, an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Peninsular Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance company," approved March 12, 1844, under the name and style of the Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance Company." try and de. ed. 1871 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Aet amend tatives of the State of Michigan, That the act entitled "an act to incorporate the Peninsular mutual fire and marine insurance company," approved March 12, 1844, be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force, as hereinafter amended. and Marine company. Sec. 2. That the title of said act shall be amended by striking Detroit Firs out the words "Peninsular mutual," and inserting the word "De- Insurance troit," in lieu thereof, so that the title to said act as amended, shall read as follows: "an act to incorporate the Detroit fire and marine insurance company." Act amend Sec. 3. That section one of said act shall be amended by striking out the words "Peninsular mutual," in said section, and inserting ed. the word "Detroit," in lieu thereof. Sec. 4. That section six of said act be amended by striking out in the third and fourth lines the words "Benjamin B. Kercheval, Elon Farnsworth, Douglass Houghton, Lansing B. Mizner, and Wesley Truesdail," and inserting "Charles Howard, Henry Ledyard, Charles C. Trowbridge, Z. Chandler, Frederick Buhl, John Owen and Shubael Conant," in lieu thereof. Sec. 5. That section eighteen of said act be amended by adding thereto the following, "or in the bonds of the Michigan central rail road company." Sec. 6. That section twenty-four of said act be amended by striking out of the first line of said section the word "twenty," and inserting the word "forty" in lieu thereof. Sec. 7. That the period for the organization of said company be and the same is hereby extended to thirty days from the passage of this act. Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after Appropriation of $400 per annum to state Ag. certain con ditions. [ No. 197. ] AN ACT in aid of the Michigan State Agricultural Society. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represstatives of the State of Michigan, That when the treasurer of the Society on Michigan state agricultural society shall make and subscribe an affidavit of the fact that such society has raised the sum of four hundred dollars by voluntary subscriptions, or by fees for memberships, and shall present the same to the auditor general, it shall be the doty of the auditor general to draw his warrant on the treasurer, for a like sum of four hundred dollars, to be paid to the said treasurer of the Michigan state agricultural society, at least ten days prior to the time which shall be appointed for the first annual meeting and fair of said society, and a like appropriation is hereby made to be paid in like manner and upon the same conditions, during each year for the term of five years including the year now present. Duties of of ciety con Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of such officers of the Michigan ficers of so- state agricultural aociety, as it may elect for that purpose, annually forting pre to regulate and award premiums on such articles, productions and improvements, as they may deem best calculated to promote the agricultural and household manufacturing interests of the state, having special reference to the most economical or profitable mode of competition in raising the crop or stock, or in the fabrication of the article offered: Provided always, That before any premium shall be delivered, the person claiming the same, or to whom the same shall be awarded, shall deliver to the president of the society, in writing, an accurate statement and description, verified in such manner as the officers aforesaid may direct, of the character of the soil, and the process of preparing it, including the quantity of ma nure applied in raising the crop, or the kind and quantity of food in feeding the animal, as the case may be, also the kind and cost of labor employed, and the total expense and total product of the crop, or the increase in value of the animal, with a view of showing ac curately the resulting profit. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 31, 1849. [ No. 198. ] AN ACT to create a road fund for the benefit of the German Colonists in Saginaw county, and to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to expend the same. R highway priated on roads. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Certain N tatives of the State of Michigan, That for the purpose of impro- taxes approving the road leading from Lower Saginaw, in Saginaw county, by certain way of Frankenlust on the Squaquaning creek, to Saginaw City, thence by way of Frankenvrost to Frankenmut, in Saginaw county, there is hereby appropriated to be expended, as hereinafter provided, the unexpended highway tax which was assessed for the year eighteen hundred and forty eight, and all the highway tax which may be assessed for the present year, and for the three next succeeding years, upon the lands owned by non-residents upon the line of said road, within a distance of two miles each way from the centre thereof: Provided, That if any lot or description not exceeding eighty acres of land (owned by non-residents as aforesaid,) shall be partially embraced within said limits, and extend beyond said two miles, the highway tax upon said description shall be deemed appropriated as aforesaid. Special their duties, Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of, this act, the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint two special commiss commissioners, one for so much of said road as leads from Lower &c. Saginaw, by way of Frankenlust to Saginaw city, and one for so much of said rond as leads from Saginaw city, by way of Frankenvrost to Frankenmut, and said special commissioners, in expending the moneys that may be subject to their control by the provisions. of this act, shall be governed by the laws, so far as the same may be applicable, which are now or may hereafter be in operation for the government of township highway commissioners: and each of said special commissioners, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the du List of the non-resid'nt lands to be made by comm'rs. Payment of contractors, &c. Compensa missioners. ties herein assigned him, and file the same in the office of the coun Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of each of said special commission- Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of each of said special commission. ers, in payment for any labor performed or materials furnished in the improvement of said road under his direction, to issue his certificate to any person who may be entitled to the same, certifying the facts as they exist in the case, and draw his warrant thereon (for the amount due such person) upon the German colony road fund, and it shall be the duty of the county treasurer of that county to pay the same out of any moneys belonging to that portion of said fund which is derived from the taxes which come under the provisions of this act, upon the line of that portion of the road under that special commissioner's separate charge. Sec. 5. Each of said special commissioners shall be entitled to tion of com- receive a sum not exceeding one dollar per day for the time actually employed by him, in discharging the duties which this act imposes upon him, and his account for the same verified by his oath, shall be audited by the board of supervisors of Saginaw county, and shall be paid out of any moneys belonging to his portion of the German colony road fund in the treasury of that county. Vacancies. Sec. 6. In case of the death, resignation or refusal to serve, of any commissioner appointed under this act, the governor is authorized to appoint another, whose duties and obligations shall be the same as if originally appointed. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1849. |