Before the County shall "Sec. 4. Before any such bond shall be issued, in addition to the reIssue any quirements of the foregoing section, it shall be necessary for the stockbonds, the majority of holders holding at least a majority of all the capital stock of said com stockhold ers to give bonds to the county. bond. bond. Condition of bond. pany, to make, execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of said county, to be filed and kept in the office of the treasurer thereof, a bond Form of in the following form: 'Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, stockholders in the Saginaw and Bad River Plank Road Company, are held and firmly bound unto the county of Saginaw, in Penalty of the penal sum of thirty thousand dollars, to the payment of which to said county, we jointly bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents; sealed with our seals, and dated, &c. The condition of this obligation is such, that if the Saginaw and Bad River Plank Road Company shall construct and complete a plank road on the entire route, the survey of which has been acknowledged and recorded in the office of the register of deeds for said county, and in the construction thereof shall comply fully with all the provisions of the act entitled an act relative to plank roads, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and the acts amendatory thereto, and shall, within six years, file with the county clerk of said county the affidavit of the president of said company that such road is completed in accordance with said law, and shall pay into the treasury of said county such proportion of the nett proceeds of said road as the amount of such bonds of said county shall be of the entire cost of said road, until the full amount of such bonds shall be meantime, economically manage the said road and the finances of said company, then this obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of of ... 1 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. paid, and shall, in the [ No. 85. ] Greenwood AN ACT to organize the township of Greenwood, in the county of St. Clair. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That organized. township eight north, of range fifteen east, in the county of St. Clair, be township and the same is hereby set off from the town of Brockway, and organ- Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 86. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of Adrian," approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fiftythree, and an act entitled "an act to amend section thirty-two of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Adrian, approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-three," approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. & 50 of 1850 SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Acts No. 30 an act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of Adrian," approved Jan- amended. uary thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and an act entitled "an act to amend section thirty-two of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Adrian, approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-three," approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and fiftythree, be amended as follows: Amend section three, so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: divided into boundaries. "Sec. 3. The said city shall be divided into four wards, as follows: City to be All that part of said city embraced within the following described lim- four wards. its shall be the first ward, to wit: commencing at the south-east corner First ward of the city, running thence westerly on the south line of the city, to the centre line of State street; thence northerly on the centre line of State street, and on the centre line of the continuation of State street, to the centre line of Church street; thence westerly on the centre line of Church street, to the centre line of Main street; thence northerly on the centre line of Main street, to the centre line of Maumee street; thence easterly on the centre line of Maumee street, to the east line of the city; thence southerly on the east line of the city, to the place of beginning. All that part of said city embraced within the following described limits shall be the second ward, to-wit: commencing at the Second ward north-east corner of the city, running thence southerly on the east line boundaries. boundaries. of the city, to the centre line of Maumee street; thence westerly on the centre line of Maumee street, to the centre line of Main street; thence northerly on the centre line of Main street, to the north line of the city; thence easterly on the north line of the city, to the place of beThird ward ginning. All that part of the city embraced within the following described limits shall be the third ward, to-wit: commencing at the northwest corner of the city, thence running east on the north line of the city, to the centre line of Main street; thence southerly on the centre line of Main street, to the centre line of Maumee street; thence westerly on the centre line of Maumee street, to the west line of the city; thence north on the west line of the city, to the place of beginning. All that part of the city embraced within the following described limits shall be the fourth ward, to-wit: commencing at the south-west corner of said city, thence running northerly on the west line of the city, to the centre line of the westerly continuation of Maumee street; thence easterly on the centre line of Maumee street, to the centre line of Main street; thence southerly on the centre line of Main street, to the centre line of Church street; thence easterly on the centre line of Church street, to the centre line of the continuation of State street; thence southerly on the centre line of the continuation of State street, and on the centre line of State street, to the south line of the city; thence westerly on the south line of the city, to the place of beginning." Fourth ward boundaries. City government to con cil, &c. Sec. 2. That section four of said act be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 4. The municipal government of the city shall consist of a sist of com- common council, composed of a mayor and eight aldermen, of whom mon coun- the mayor and four aldermen, or in the absence of the mayor, any five Quorum. aldermen, shall constitute a quorum. In the committee of the whole Mayor to the mayor may debate all questions, and when there is an equal division he shall give the casting vote, but in no other case shall he be entitled to vote on any question." have casting vote. City officers. Sec. 3. That section five of said act be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 5. The following officers shall be chosen in and for said city, to wit: one mayor, one recorder, the latter of whom shall be ex-officio school inspector, one treasurer, one marshal, who shall be ex-officio col office. be elected years. in office of filled. when to enter upon lector of city taxes, one street commissioner, two school inspectors, and two directors of the poor, and four justices of the peace, who shall be elected in the following manner, to wit: the mayor, recorder, treasurer, How elected. marshal and street commissioner, shall be elected annually, and shall hold their offices respectively for one year, (unless sooner removed, as Term of hereinafter provided,) and until their successors have been elected and qualified; there shall also be elected annually, one school inspector and one director of the poor, for the term of two years; there shall also be elected at the annual election in the year eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, one justice of the peace, who shall hold his office for the term Justices to of four years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and for four there shall be elected annually thereafter, one justice of the peace for the like term. In case any vacancy shall happen in the office of any Vacancies justice of the peace elected under this section, the same shall be sup-justice; how plied by election at the next annual election. A justice elected to fill' such vacancy shall hold his office for the residue of the unexpired term, and shall enter upon the duties of his office immediately, upon the filing Justices, of his oath of office and security with the county clerk, as required by qualify and law. The persons so elected justices of the peace for the full term of duties of four years, shall enter upon the duties of their offices respectively, on the fourth day of July next succeeding their election. If at any elec- Designation tion there shall be one or more vacancies to be supplied in the office of certain ca justice of the peace or of school inspector, and at the same election any such officer is to be elected for the full term, it shall be necessary to designate on the ballot the person or persons voted for to supply such vacancy or vacancies. In case more than one existing vacancy in the Classify by office of justice of the peace, school inspector, or director of the poor shall be supplied by election at any city election, the classes of persons elected to fill the same shall be determined by lot, within the time and in the manner provided for classifying justices elected in new townships, except that the duties of the supervisor and township clerk in such classifying, shall be performed by the recorder and the common council. Each justice of the peace, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall file Peace to with the county clerk of his county, security in writing, within the same &c. time and in the same manner as is prescribed in case of justices elected in townships, except that the agreement or instrument in writing may be executed in presence of, and approved by the mayor, instead of the office. on ballots in ses. lot. Justices of give security in writing, entering upon duties before quali council may Penalty for supervisor; and in case he enters upon the execution of his office before having filed his official oath or such agreement, he shall be liable to ying, &c. the same penalties as are provided in such case for justices elected in Common townships. The common council may, at any time, remove from his remove cer- office the marshal, deputy marshal, or street commissioner, for cause; in which case the said common council may order an election to fill the All vacancy. vacancy in office caused by such removal, for the unexpired term.” Sec. 4. That section six of said act be amended, so as to read as follows: tain officers, and order election to aldermen, and treasu rers to be elected. of election for 1855. Supervisors, "Sec. 6. There shall be elected at the same time in and for said city, constables, two supervisors; that is to say, wards number one and four, one supervisor, and wards number two and three, one supervisor, who shall also be assessor; one treasurer, one constable, and one alderman for each of said wards; the said supervisors, treasurer and constables to hold their offices respectively for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; the said aldermen to hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified: Provided, That at the annual election in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, there shall be elected in the first ward, two aldermen, one for the term Inspectors of one year, and one for the term of two years; at such election in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, the mayor, recorder, and such person as shall be chosen viva voce by the electors present, shall be the inspectors of such election. The mayor, if present, shall act as chairman of such inspectors, and the recorder and person so chosen, shall act as clerks thereof; and in case of the absence of the mayor or recorder, the electors present may choose viva voce, from their number present, to fill such vacancy or vacancies, to whom shall be administered the constitutional oath, either by the said inspectors, or by a justice of the peace; all other proceedings relative to such election shall be conducted in the same manner as is provided for annual elections in the act hereby Supervisors amended. The supervisors in and for the several wards shall represent their wards the said wards in the board of supervisors of the county, and shall be to represent of the coun ty board of entitled to all the rights, privileges and powers, and shall be subject to supervisors. Treasurers all the obligations of supervisors of townships. to perform The said treasurers, in collection and return of treasurers. State, county, school, library and school house taxes, shall be deemed duties of their respective wards, for the purposes of the township township treasurers, and shall for these purposes have all the powers |