How for. warded. and to be preserved in said library; such subscription to begin with the January number of the present year (and to continue through two years,) the price of such subscription to be one dollar per annum for each copy, one copy to be forwarded postage paid by the publisher to said township clerks, the other copy to be delivered and preserved in such manner as the said Superintendent shall direct until the end of the One copy to year, and then be plainly and substantially bound, at a cost not exceedtng twenty-five cents a volume, and then to be forwarded to the said township clerks. be bound. Subscrip Mon; how paid. Sec. 2. Upon making such subscription, said Superintendent shall make and deliver to the publisher of said Journal of Education quarterly, his certificate in writing, stating the number of copies subscribed for and sent or delivered as aforesaid, and the amount due therefor at the time of making the certificate, at the rate of such subscription; and the Auditor General, on presentation to him of said certificate, shali draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the amount named in said certificate, and said Treasurer is directed to pay the amount of the said warrant to the holder thereof out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Tax roll legalized. Treasur❜r to [ No. 43.] AN ACT to provide for the collection of taxes in the town of Buena Vista, in the county of Saginaw, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and to extend the time for the collection thereof. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the tax roll of the township of Buena Vista, in the county of Saginaw, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, be and the same is hereby declared to be as valid and legal as if the same had been made out and delivered to the township treasurer at the time prescribed by law. Sec. 2. That the treasurer of said township file his bond, as required Ble bond by law, within five days after the reception of said roll, and before he proceeds to the collection of the taxes. Time extended Sec. 3. That the time for the collection of said taxes be extended to the tenth day of May next, and that the said treasurer make return as provided by law in other cases, on or before the tenth day of June next. ed county in treasurer to make re Sec. 4. That the county treasurer shall have the same length of time Time allow to make his return to the Auditor General of the delinquent taxes said township, after the township treasurers' returns to him, as is now turn. provided by law, and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, in all respects. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 44. ] AN ACT to legalize the organization of the township of Emmet, in St. Clair county, and to set off and organize therefrom the township of Kenockee. township le SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Emmet the organization of the township of Emmet, in the county of St. Clair, galized. be and the same is hereby legalized and made of full and lawful effect, to all intents and purposes of said organization. off and of Sec. 2. All that part of the township of Emmet, in St. Clair county, described as town seven north, of range fifteen east, is hereby set off township set and organized into a separate township by the name of Kenockee, and ganized. the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Luther Ward, in said township. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 9, 1855. [ No. 45.] AN ACT to incorporate the village of Albion. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That so much of the townships of Albion and Sheridan, in the county of Calhoun, as is included in the following boundaries, to wit: commencing at the south-east corner of section thirty-five, in the township of Sheridan, and running thence north on the east line of said section, eighty rods; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Superior street; thence north Boundaries of Corporate name. Officers, and their elect'n. Time and place of elec tion Manner of election. twenty rods; thence westerly and parallel to the Marshall road, to a point twenty rods north of the north-west corner of lands now owned by George K. Smith; thence southerly and parallel to the east line of section thirty-four, in the township of Sheridan, and thence in the township of Albion to the east margin of the stream of the south branch of the Kalamazoo River; thence down the east margin of said stream to where it intersects the east branch; thence up and along the south margin of said east branch of the Kalamazoo River, to the east line of section two, in Albion; thence north on the east line of said section two to the place of beginning, shall be and the same is hereby constituted a town corporate, by the name and title of the village of Albion. Sec. 2. The officers of said village shall consist of a president, recorder, treasurer, marshal, street commissioner, attorney, six trustees, and two assessors, who shall be elected by a plurality of votes, by ballot of the inhabitants of said village having the qualifications of electors, under the constitution of this State; and the common council of said village are hereby authorized to appoint such other officers as may be necessary, under the provisions of this act. The election of officers herein provided for, shall be held in said village, at the red school house, on the second Monday in March, in the year eighteen hundred and fiftyfive, and on the second Monday in March, in each year thereafter, at such place as may be appointed by the common council. The polls of conducting such election shall be opened between the hours of nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be continued until three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and no longer. The name of each elector voting at such election, shall be written in a poll list, to be kept at such election by the common council; after the close of the polls at such election, the common council shall proceed without delay, publicly to count the ballots, ' unopened, and if the number of ballots so counted shall exceed the number of electors contained in the poll list, the president or recorder, if present, and if not, then some other member of the common council aball draw out and destroy, unopened, so many of the ballots as shall amount to the excess; and if two or more ballots shall be found rolled up or folded together, they shall not be estimated; and thereupon the common council present at such election, shall proceed immediately and publicly to canvass and estimate the votes given at such election, and shall complete the said canvass and estimate, the same day, or the next a tie, new be had. election election. day, and shall thereupon certify and declare the number of votes given for each person voted for, and shall make and file a certificate thereof in the office of the recorder of said village, within twenty-four hours after the close of said canvass; and the person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared duly elected: Provided, If it shall hap- When vote pen that two or more persons shall have an equal number of votes for electi'n shall the same office, so that no election shall be had, a new election shall be had for such officers as shall have had such equal number of votes: Provided also, That at the first election, any two justices of the peace Board of residing in said township of Albion, with the town clerk, shall form the board of election, and the clerk shall be the recorder at such election, and they shall canvass the votes and certify the result, in the same manner that the common council are required to do by this act. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the recorder of said village to give Notice of ten days public notice in writing, in three public places in said village, and by publishing the same for two weeks, in some newspaper, (if any is published in said village,) previous to the time of holding such election, of the time and place of holding all elections, both annual and special, in said village; and every person offering to vote at such elec- Oath of vo tion, [before he shall be permitted to vote,] shall, if required by any elec-challenged. tor of said village, take an oath complying with the constitutional qualification of an elector, as required by article seventh, section one, of the constitution of this State, and as required by the laws of this State. Sec. 4. The president or recorler of said village is hereby authorized to administer the oath to electors, contemplated by the third sec- oath. tion of this act and any person who shall knowingly and falsely take Punishm'at such oath, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof, falsely. shall be liable to the same fines and penalties as are provided for the punishment of that crime by the laws of this State. ter when Who may administer for swearing Body corpo Sec. 5. The president, recorder, and trustees of said village, shall be a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, to be known and rate. distinguished by the name and title of "the common council of the village of Albion," and by that name they and their successors in office ahall be known in law, and by such name shall be and they are hereby made capable of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being answered unto, and of defending and being defended, in all courts of this State, and in any other place whatsoever, May hold property, &c. Oath of officers. Certain offi bonds. and may Sec. 6. The president, recorder, assessor, treasurer, and all officers provided for in this act, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath before the recorder, or some judge, circuit court commissioner, notary public or justice of the peace, and file the same with the recorder, within two days after notice of their election or appointment, and within ten days after such election or appointment, and the recorder is hereby authorized to administer such oath. Sec. 7. The recorder, marshal and treasurer shall severally give bonds cers to give to the common council, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the common council, and the marshal and treasurer shall file the same in the office of the recorder, but the recorder shall file his bond with the treasurer. Term of office. Classifica tion. t Certain offi cers to hold one year. Common Council. Sec. 8. The president and trustees shall hold their offices for two years and until others are elected and qualified. At the first election held after the passage of this act, six trustees shall be elected, and six ballots shall be made, three of which shall have written thereon the words "one year," and three the words "two years," and each of said trustees so elected at such election, shall therefrom draw out of said box one of said ballots, and shall hold his office one or two years, as shall be indicated by the ballot by him drawn, and in each year thereafter three trustees shall be annually elected. Sec. 9. The assessor, marshal, street commissioner, attorney, treasurer, and such other officers as shall be appointed by the common council, shall hold their offices for one year, and until others are elected or appointed and qualified. Sec. 10. The president, recorder and trustees, when assembled together and organized, shall constitute the common council of the village of Albion, and the majority of the whole shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, (though a less number may adjourn from time to time,) and the said common council shall hold their meetings at such time and place as the president, or in his |