ship meeting to be held at the House of R. Williamson, in said township.

SEC. 5. That all that part of the county of Houghton embraced within townships fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fiftyfive and fifty-six north of range thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township, by the name of Algonquin, and the first township meeting to be held at the house of the Algonquin mining company in said township.

Algonquin.

SEC. 6. That all that part of the county of Houghton embraced L'Ance. within townships fifty, fifty-one and fifty-two north of ranges twenty-six, twenty-seven and twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirtyone, thirty-two, thirty-three and thirty-four west, and that part of Point Abbaye embraced in townships fifty-three north of ranges thirty and thirty-one west, including the islands adjacent thereto, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township, by the name of L'Ance, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Mr. Knapp, in said township.

SEC. 7. All that part of the county of Ontonagon lying east of the line between ranges forty and forty-one west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Ontonagon, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Mr. Cash in said township.

SEC. 8. All that part of the county of Ontonagon lying west of the line running between ranges forty and forty-one west, be and the same are hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Pe-wa-bee, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Thomas Palmer in said township.

Ontonagon.

Pewabee,

SEC. 9. All that part of the state of Michigan known as the coun- Marquette. ty of Marquette, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Marquette, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Lucius A. Thayer, in said township.

SEC. 10. All that part of the state of Michigan known as Isle Isle Royal. Royal, and the islands adjacent thereto, in Lake Superior, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Isle Royal, and the first township meeting shall be

Grand Island

held at the house of Joseph Peity, in said township, and said township shall be and is hereby attached to and shall constitute part of the county of Houghton.

SEC. 11. That all that part of the state of Michigan known as the county of Schoolcraft, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Grand Island, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of John W. Williams, in said township.

SEC. 12. The township of St. Mary in the county of Chippewa, what inclu shall include the entire territory of said county of Chippewa.

St. Mary,

ded in.

When town

shall be held

&c,

SEC. 13. The first township meetings for the election of township ship meeting officers in the aforesaid townships shall be held on the first Tuesday in June next ensuing at the several places designated. That the time for making out the assessment roll in the townships aforesaid, for the year A. D. 1847, be and the same is hereby extended to the first Monday of July next, and that the time for assessing the highway labor in said townships be and the same is hereby extended to the first Monday in August next; the assessors shall meet on the Saturday next preceding the first Monday of July next, for the purpose of reviewing and completing their assessment, and all the proceedings relative to the assessment, collection and return of taxes in said townships shall conform to the revised statutes, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the extersion of time above provided.

its

SEC. 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after

passage.

Approved March 16, 1847.

Act to locate capitol, when

to take effect

[No. 65.]

AN ACT to provide for the Removal of the Seat of Government of this State, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the act entitled "an act to locate the capitol, pursuant to section nine of article twelve of the constitution of this state," providing that the seat of government shall be in the township of Lansing, in the county of Ingham, shall

Gov. to ap

to select site

take effect and be in force from and after the twenty-fifth day of
December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
SEC. 2. That as soon as practicable after the passage of this act' point com'rs
the governor shall appoint three commissioners, one of whom shall for capitol.
be denominated the "acting commissioner," neither of whom shall
be interested in any lands, nor residents of the counties of Ingham,
Eaton, Ionia or Clinton, who shall, within one month from the time
of their appointment, proceed to the said township of Lansing, in
said county of Ingham, and select and designate a suitable and eli-
gible site in said township, containing not less than twenty acres
of land, on which to erect the capitol and other state buildings, and
procure the same to be conveyed from the owner or owners there-
of to the state, by good and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance,
so as to vest the title thereof in the state, free and clear of all in-
cumbrances whatever, and cause the same to be recorded in the
register's office of the said county of Ingham. Said commissioners
shall, before they enter upon their duties required by this act, take
and subscribe respectively, before some officer authorized to ad-
minister oaths, and file in the office of the secretary of state, the
following oath: "I do solemnly swear, that I am neither directly
or indirectly interested, nor will I become so during the continuance
of my office, in any lands in the counties of Ingham, Eaton, Ionia
or Clinton, or in any profits or speculations to be made or to ac-
crue, growing out of or connected with the location of the capitol of
this state, or the selection of a site upon which to erect the state
bulidings, and that I will faithfully and impartially, according to the
best of my skill and ability, select said site in such place as will best
promote the interest of this state," or said commissioners may, in
their discretion, locate the same on the school section in said town- tion.
ship.

Oath of

com'rs.

May locate capitol on school sec

receive pro

posals.

SEC. 3. The said commissioners, before selecting said site, shall be, and they are hereby authorized to receive other and further proposals than those made to this legislature, from any person or Com'rs to persons offering any lands or other valuable means for the erection of temporary state buildings within said township of Lansing; and if they shall be of the opinion that any new proposals, so made, will be more advantageous to the state, they are hereby authorized and em powered to accept the same.

Gov. to fill 1 vacancy.

Duty of ac ting com'r.

To erect temporary buildings.

ces required

SEC. 4. In case either of said commissioners shall from any cause, fail or neglect to perform his duties as such commissioner, the governor shall immediately appoint another person with the same qualifications herein required, who shall take the oath and perform the duties of such commissioner.

SEC. 5, It shall be the duty of said acting commissioner, after the selection of any such land as may be granted to the state for the location of the capitol, and the recording the deed therefor, to join in behalf of the state, with the proprietor or proprietors of any adjoining lands, in laying out and causing to be recorded a village plat, to be designated as the town of Michigan, and for that purpose he may include so much of any school section or other land belonging tothe state as he may deem advisable.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the said acting commissioner to cause to be erected and completed by the said twenty-fifth day of December next ensuing,temporary state buildings for the use of the legislature and state officers, on or near said village plat as he shall deem most advisable, and in case the same shall not be so erected

and completed at the expense of some other person or persons, the same shall be done at the expense of the state, by contract, to the lowest bidder, as far as practicable, and for that purpose there is hereby appropriated out of the state building fund, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be expended by and under the direction and supervision of the acting commissioner.

SEC. 7. The officers required by the eighth section of the twelfth Certain of article of the constitution of this state, to keep their offices at the to be moved seat of government, shall on or before the said twenty-fifth day of government, December next ensuing, remove their offices to the said town of

to seat of

Michigan, in the township of Lansing aforesaid, where they shall thereafter remain, and where the legislature of this state shall thereafter meet, and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the expenses of removing the books, papers and furniture of the several offices and of the capitol, and the books, maps and archives of the state; and all necessary expenses attendant upon the removal of the said offices, books, papers and furniture, maps and archives, and all accounts for such expenses shall be audited by the auditor general and paid upon his warrant.

tion of com

&c.

SEC. S. The said commissioners appointed under this act, shall Compensareceive such compensation as may be agreed upon by the executive, missioners, not exceeding three dollars per day for the time actually employed, and necessary travelling and other expenses, which shall be audited by the auditor general, and paid out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the state building fund: Provided, That the acting commissiouer only shall receive compensation for services after the selection of the site for the said state buildings, and the laying out of the town plat; and the said commissioners shall make a full report of all their proceedings in the premises, embracing all the offers received by them, and their decision thereon, and report the same to the Governor for the use of the next legislature, nor shall either of the other commissioners after that time be required to perform any services under this act.

SEC. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 16,1847.

[No. 66.]

AN ACT to improve the Navigation of the St. Joseph River.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That seven thousand acres of internal improvement lands be, and they are hereby appropriated for the improvement of the navigation of the St. Joseph river, under the direction of the board of internal improvement. Approved March 16, 1847.

[No. 67.]

AN ACT to provide for holding Special Elections in case of vacancy in the office of County Judge.

,ding election

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Time of hol of the State of Michigan, That it shall be lawful for the electors of any county in this state to hold a special election therein on the first Monday of April next, for the purpose of filling any vacancy in the office of county judge for said county, any law to the contra