tain high missioners. Duty of eer- ways of the several townships through which said road may pass, to way com- open and work said road in the same manner and by virtue of the same law, as township roads are required to be opened and worked Sec. 4. The state shall not be liable for any expense incurred, or able for ex- damages sustained by reason of this act, and in case the road mentioned in the preceding section of this act shall not be laid out and established within two years from the passage of this uct, the provisions therein contained shall be void. State not li penses or damages. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1849. Act amended. Proviso [ No. 209. ] AN ACT to repeal an act entitled "an act to authorize the erection of a toll-gate and for keeping in repair the Detroit and Saginaw road and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Michigan, That the act entitled "an act to authorize the erection of a toll-gate, and for keeping in repair the Detroit and Saginaw road, and for other purposes," approved March eighth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing in this act shall interfere with contracts entered into by the superintendent of of said road during the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of September next: Provided, The Detroit and Birming ham plank road company shall have completed five consecutive miles of plank road previous to the first of Septeinber aforesaid, then the superintendent of said Detroit and Saginaw road, shall sell and dis pose to the best advantage all the tools and other property of said road, and apply the monies of the same as other monies collected, and make returns to the treasurer of Wayne county of his doing. Approved March 31, 1849. [ No. 210. ] AN ACT to vacate a part of the corporate limits of the village of Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen Portion of Bad Rap plat of Grand tatives of the State of Michigan, That all that portion of the pres. ent corporate limits of the village of Grand Rapids, in the county ida vacated. of Kent, lying east of Bostwick's addition to the said village, and south of Fulton street; and also, all that portion of said corporate limits of said village, lying east of the Dexter fraction, so called, be and the same is hereby vacated. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1849. [ No. 211. ] AN ACT to incorporate the Lake Michigan and Terre Coupee Incorpora Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Hale E. Crosby, Erasmus tion. N. Shead, John P. Johnson, Moses Chamberlain, Alvin Emery and Elkeanah Ryther, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, under the direction of a majority of whom subscriptions may be received to the capital stock of the Lake Michigan and Terre Coupee plank road company, and the subscribers thereto, with such other persons as shall associate with them for that purpose, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Lake Michigan and Terre Coupee plank road company, with corporate succes sion. Route of Sec. 2. Said company hereby created shall have power to lay out, establish and construct a plank road, and all necessary road. buildings, from the state line, near the village of Terre Coupee, Indiana, to the village of New Buffalo, in the county of Berrien, or to some point on the Michigan central railroad. Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, in shares of twenty-five dollars each. Capital. Duration of Amendment, repeal, & Sec. 4. This act shall be and remain in force for the term of sixcharter, ty years from and after its passage, but the legislature may at any time, alter, amend or repeal this act by a vote of two-thirds of each 'branch thereof; but such alteration, amendment or repeal shall not be made within thirty years of the passage of this act, unless it shall be made to appear to the legislature that there has been a violation by the company of some of the provisions of this act: Provided, That after said thirty years, no alteration or reduction of tolls of said company shall be made during its existence, unless the yearly net profits of said company, over and above all expenses, shall exceed ten per cent. on the capital stock invested: provided there be no violation of the charter of said company. Generalpro Viione. Sec. 5. The provisions of an act entitled "an act relative to plank roads," approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, shall be, and are made a part of this aet: Provided further, That whenever said company shall have completed their road, or any four consecutive miles thereof, the directors thereof may erect tollgates and exact tolls from persons travelling on their road, for so much as may be completed. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Act amended. Ibid. [ No. 212. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Jackson and Michigan Plank Road Company." Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Michigan, That section five of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Jackson and Michigan plask road company," approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and fortyeight, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said section, at the end thereof, the words "except so far as otherwise provided in this act." Sec. 2. And that said act be further amended by adding after section six thereof, the provisions contained in the following section, numbered three: Sec. 3. The board of directors of said company are hereby au thorized to enter upon and take possession of so much of the “Clin. ton road," the state road leading from Jackson, in the county of Jackson, to Lansing, in the county of Ingham, by way of Mason; and the state road leading from Eaton Rapids, in the county of Eaton, to Lansing, as they may deem necessary, and to construct and maintain thereon, a plank road: Provided however, That during the construction of said plank road, the said company shall in no wise improperly obstruct the usual track on said road, or so much thereof as may be taken possession of as aforesiad. Acceptance act by Co. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect whenever the said company shall file their acceptance of the same in writing, signed by the of amended president of said company, under its corporate seal, in the office of the secretary of state: Provided, Such acceptance shall be so filed within six months from the passage of this act. Approved, March 31, 1849. [ No. 213.] AN ACT to authorize the Michigan Southern Rail Road Company to repair their road with heavy rails, and for other purposes. Mich. S. R. authorized Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Michigan southern rail- R. company road company may be and they are hereby permitted to repair any to lay down portion of said road with a heavy T or H rail, and build and lay that portion west of Hillsdale with a T or H rail. heavy rail. Time for of branch to tended. Sec. 2. That the time for completing the road to Clinton, in the county of Lenawee, and thence to Jackson, in the county of Jack-completion son, be and the same is hereby extended three years from the time Clinton exthe same is required to be completed in the original act incorporating said company: Provided, That this act shall not have effect unless it shall receive the assent of a majority of the stock repre- Assent of sented at the next annual election of directors of said company, and quired. the assent shall be attested by the president and secretary of said company and filed with the secretary of state. Approved March 31, 1849. company re [ No. 214. ] Act amend od. Name changed. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the North Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Michigan, That the act to incorporate the North American health insurance company, approved March thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, is hereby so amended as to authorize the said company to make and grant insurance on lives. Sec. 2. The name of the company is hereby changed to that of the North American health and life insurance company. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Certain N. Laxes appro certain riv er. [ No. 215. ] AN ACT for improving the navigation of Maple River. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaR. highway tives of the State of Michigan, That all of the non-resident highpriated on way taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in towns nine and ten north, of range one west, in the county of Gra tict, be and the same are hereby appropriated for the improvement of the navigation of Maple River, in said town nine north, range one west, by the removal of flood wood and other obstructions in said river. Special comm'r, his Sec. 2. That Robert E. Craven, of the county of Clinton, bo and duties, &c. he is hereby appointed special commissioner to disburse the mon eys aforesaid, on said road, in town nine north of range one west, in the removal of flood wood and other obstructions therefrom; who shall have power to let any job of work on said river in said town. for the accomplishment of the purpose of this act, first giving public notice thereof by posting up notices in three of the most public places in the township of Duplain, in the said county of Clinton, at least ten days before the time of letting such job or jobs, specifying the time and place, when and where the job or jobs will be let to the lowest bidder, who shall give bonds with one or more sureties |