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Sec. 6. The common council of the city of Detroit shall have power to charge interest at a rate not exceeding twenty-five per cent. Com. Coun per annum on the amount of any tax or assessment for the non-payment of which, any lands, tenements or hereditaments may liereafter be returned or sold, and shall have power to pass such ordinances as they may deem expedient, in relation to the apportionment of said interest and the collection of the same, and the amounts or rate of interest to be paid upon the redemption of any premises so sold: Provided, The same shall not exceed the rate of twenty-five per cent. Proviso, per annum.

sale of real

Sec. 7. The notice of the sale of all real estate, subject to be sold Notice of for the payment of any tax or assessment in said city, shall be pub- estate. lished once a week for four successive weeks, in the official paper of said city, which said notice shall be sufficient, and in lieu of any notice or notices now required by the charter of said city or any of the amendments thereto.

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Sec. 8. The said common council shall have power to pass such Powers of ordinances as they may deem expedient in relation to the assessing eil. of the road tax in said city, and as to the time and manner of applying the same, and providing for the payment and collection of the same, and whether the same shall be paid and collected in labor, money or otherwise, as they deem best; provided such road tax shall not in amount exceed the rates now fixed by law.

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Sec. 9. Whenever to the the common council it shall appear nec- Assistant essary, they may direct the marshal of said city to nominate an assistant marshal, and when the person so nominated shall have been approved by the council, and shall have filed such security as the council shall direct and approve, he shall have full power and authority to do and perform all things that may now be done and performed by said marshal. The common council shall have power to prescribe the compensation of said assistant marshal, and may remove him from office whenever in their judgment it shall be proper ton." so to do, by a vote of the majority of the members present at any meeting of the council.

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Sec. 10. The common conncil of said city shall have power, in Power of addition to the tax now authorized to be levied by the charter of said cil to levy city, to cause to be levied and collected in the manner prescribed by additional the said charter, or any amendment thereof, a sum not exceeding

tax.

Proviso.

Ibid.

twenty thousand dollars, as follows: for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, a further sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars: Provided, That the consent of the taxable inhabitants of said city to the proposed levy, be first obtained at a public meeting of said taxable inhabitants, to be convened by the procla mation of the mayor of said city: And provided further, That the sums or any part thereof so raised, shall be applied in payment of the city debt, and the interest thereof, and to no other purpose.

Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 30, 1859,

[ No. 14. ]

AN ACT to vacate a portion of the village of East St. Joseph. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all of that portion of the recorded plat of the village of East St. Joseph, in the county of St Joseph, comprising sections from number one to number forty-four inclusive, be, and the same is hereby vacated.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 30, 1850.

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[ No. 15. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine in the township of Erie in the county of Monroe.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ion of taxes of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Eric, Monroe county, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, is hereby extended until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and fifty.

Duty of colRector

Sec. 2. The collector of said township is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could do

in the life time of his warrant, and to make his return at any time on or before the first Monday of March next, and the said warrant is hereby continued in full force and virtue for the purpose aforesaid until the said first Monday in March next.

lector

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the collector of said township, be- Duty of colfore he shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the life time of his warrant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county.

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Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county Trans.ript treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned taxes, when to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes how coliecshall be collected in the same manner and with interest computed from the same time as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 30, 1859.

[ No. 16. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Bruce in the county of Macomb.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Time for of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection of taxes in taxes extenthe township of Bruce in the county of Macomb, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, is hereby extended until the first Monday of March next.

treasurer.

Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township of Bruce is hereby autho- Duty of rized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could do during the life time of his warrant, and make his return at any time on or before the first Monday of March next, and his said warrant is hereby continued in force for the purposes aforesaid until the first Monday of March next.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer aforesaid, before he bid. shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected in the life time of his warrant, as is now provided by law,

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and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treaurer of the .county of Macomb.

Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county unpaid tax treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and with the same effect, and such unpaid taxes so returned shall be collected in the same manner and with interest computed from the same time, as the annual taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment.

Time extened.

Thuty of col. lector

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 31, 1859.

[ No. 17. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, in the township of Hamilton, Van Buren county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Hamilton, in the county of Van Buren, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, is hereby extended until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and fifty.

Sec. 2. The collector of said township is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could do in the life time of his warrant, and to make his return at any time on or before the first Monday of March next; and the said warrant is hereby continued in full force and virtue for the until the said first Monday in March next.

purpose aforesaid

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the collector of said township, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the life time of his warrant as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county.

Unpaid tax- Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county arned.treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned

to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner and with interest compu

ted from the same time as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, duly returned to the Auditor General for nonpayment.

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 1, 1850.

[ No. 18. ]

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to enable the executors or administrators of the estate of James B. Clark, deceased, to sell certain land, approved March 31st, 1849.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That an act to enable the executors or administrators of James B. Clark, deceased, approved March 31st, 1849, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "east," in the fifth line of section one, of said act as printed, and by inserting in place thereof, the word "west."

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 5, 1850.

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[ No. 19. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, in the township of Jackson in the county of Jackson, and in the township of Gross Point in the county of Wayne.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection of taxes in collect on of the township of Jackson in the county of Jackson, and in the township of Gross Point in the county of Wayne, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, be, and the same is hereby extended until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and fifty.

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Sec. 2. The treasurers of said townships are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes, as fully as they treasurers. could do in the life time of their warrants, and to make their returns