Renewal of to renew their official bonds to the satisfaction of the treas

bonds.

ized.

ment of.

urer of said county of Huron.

Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved February 25, 1863.

[ No. 35. ]

AN ACT to authorize the common council of the city of Lansing to levy taxes for city purposes, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to extend the time for the collection of taxes in said city.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Tax author- the common council of the city of Lansing are hereby authorized, and it shall be their duty, within ten days after the approval of this act, to determine, by resolution, the amount necessary to be raised by tax for city purposes, within said Apportion- city, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and apportion the same among the several wards of said city, according to the valuation of the property appearing upon the assessment rolls of said several wards for such year, as equalized by the board of supervisors for said year, which apportionment shall be entered at large, by the city clerk, upon the records kept by Duty of al- him of the doings of the common council; and it is hereby made the duty of each of the aldermen of said city, acting as supervisors of the several wards of said city, to procure the tax roll of his ward from the city treasurer, (who is hereby authorized and required to deliver the same to such aldermen,) and levy the sum so apportioned to his respective ward, and such other taxes as may be required by law, upon the taxable property of such ward, in the same manner as township taxes are required by law to be levied by the supervisors of townships of this State.

dermen.

Tax rolls to be delivered

Sec. 2. The tax rolls of the several wards of said city, conto treasurer taining the taxes hereby authorized to be levied and apportioned, shall be delivered by the said aldermen, acting as supervisors, to the treasurer of said city, within ten days after the

treasurer.

common council shall so determine the amount of taxes and apportion the same; and the city treasurer of said city is Power of hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect the taxes upon said tax rolls, and make his return on or before the first day of May next; and the warrants attached to said tax Warrants rolls are hereby continued, and declared to be in full force and in force. virtue, until said first day of May next.

continued

collection of

Sec. 3. The time for the collection of the State, county and Time for school taxes, already entered upon said tax rolls, is hereby tax extendextended to the said first day of May next.

ed.

give bond.

Sec. 4. The treasurer of said city shall, before proceeding to Treasurer to collect said taxes, give bond to said city, and to the county treasurer of the county of Ingham, according to the provisions of law.

Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved February 25, 1863.

[ No. 36. ]

AN ACT to legalize the action of the electors of the townships of Van Buren, Romulus, Huron and Sumpter, in the county of Wayne, and to provide for issuing the orders of said townships to pay such amount of volunteer bounty as was authorized by such electors, at special township meetings held therein in the month of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

ders author

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the several township boards of the townships of Van Buren, Romulus, Issue of orHuron and Sumpter, in the county of Wayne, be and they are ized. hereby authorized to issue the orders of such townships, respectively, in sums not exceeding fifty dollars each, payable within one year from the passage of this act, with interest not exceed- Interest. ing seven per cent., to the amount of any sums authorized to be raised as a volunteer bounty by the electors of such townships respectively, at the special township meetings held in such townships in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two: Provided, That such orders shall not be Proviso.

Sum voted, a legal tax.

issued in any of said townships unless such special township meetings were duly called and held pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided.

Sec. 2. That where any such special meeting of the electors of the townships aforesaid shall have been held pursuant to law and legal notice, and the majority of the said electors shall have voted any sum or sums of money to be raised or levied on the property of said township, for volunteer bounties, the same shall be, in all respects, deemed legal, and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the tax raised for general township expenses.

Sec. 3. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved February 25, 1863.

Act amend ed.

Appropria tion for

[ No. 37. ]

AN ACT to amend section one of an act entitled "an act granting swamp land to the county of Genesee, to aid in cutting drains through a certain swamp in said county."

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That act number one hundred and sixty-eight, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, being an act entitled "an act granting swamp land to the county of Genesee, to aid in cutting drains through a certain swamp in said county," be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That for drainage. the the purpose of cutting a ditch or drain through a certain swamp. in the north part of the township of Gaines, in the county of Genesee, there shall be and is hereby appropriated to said county, to be selected and expended under the authority of the board of supervisors thereof, two thousand acres of swamp Patent to land, the patent therefor to be issued to the county, or to the person designated by the chairman and clerk of the said board of supervisors, only on the satisfactory completion of the work, certified to by the county clerk and chairman of said board

issue to

county.

under oath: Provided, That said ditch or drain shall be made Proviso. through the entire length of said swamp, and shall not be less than three feet in depth, and eleven feet four inches in width at the top, and four feet at the bottom.

Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved February 25, 1863.

[ No. 38. ]

AN ACT changing the name of the village of Fred, in the county of Montcalm, to that of Stanton.

changed.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of the village of Fred, the county seat of Montcalm Name county, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Stanton. Approved February 25, 1863.

[No. 39. ]

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Saginaw," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.

amended.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That an act entitled "an act to revise and amend the charter of the Sections city of Saginaw," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, be amended so that sections one, three, five, nine, eleven, thirteen, sixteen, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-eight, fiftyone, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four and eighty-three, shall read as follows:

defined.

Sec. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That so much of the township of Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw, Boundaries as is included in the following limits, to-wit: beginning at the centre of Saginaw river, on the quarter line of section twentyfour, in township twelve north, of range four east, thence west, along the quarter line, to the centre of said section, thence north and north-easterly, along the west line of the plat of the village of Florence, to the quarter line of section thirteen, in

Wards:

First.

Second.

Third.

Officers to be elected.

said township, thence west, along the quarter line of sections thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, to the west line of section fifteen, in said township, thence south, along the section line, to the centre of the Tittabawassee river, thence down and along the centre of the Tittabawassee river to the centre of the Saginaw river, thence down and along the centre of the Saginaw river, to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off from said township, and declared to be a city, by the name of the city of Saginaw.

Sec. 3. The said city shall be divided into three wards. The first ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying north and east of the following line: commencing at the centre of the Saginaw river, upon the line of the centre of Jefferson street, thence north-westerly, along the centre of Jefferson street, to the quarter line of section twenty-three, in said city, thence north, to the centre of said section, thence west, to the west line of said section, thence north, along the section line, to the northern boundary line of the city. The second ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying between the line aforesaid, and the following line: commencing at the centre of the Saginaw river, upon the line of the centre of Cass street, thence north-westerly, along the centre of Cass street, to the south line of sections twenty-two and twenty-three, thence west, to the western boundary line of said city. The third ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying south of the line last described.

Sec. 5. The following officers shall be chosen in and for said city, to-wit: one mayor, one recorder, who shall be ex-officio school inspector, one treasurer, who shall be ex-officio collector, two school inspectors, two directors of the poor, and four justices of the peace, who shall be elected as follows, to-wit: the mayor and treasurer shall be elected annually, and shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. At the first annual election after the passage of this act, and at the annual election every two years Recorder. thereafter, there shall be elected one recorder, who shall hold

Terms of office.