Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1850. [ No. 168. ] mended. AN ACT to amend chapter twenty of the revised statutes of 1846. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Sec. 34 aof the State of Michigan, That section thirty-four of chapter twenty mended. of the revised statutes of 1846, shall be amended by adding thereto the following, to wit: "Before the supervisor shall deliver such assessment roll and tax list to the township treasurer, he shall carefully foot up the several taxes therein levied, and shall give to the township clerk of his township a statement thereof; and such township clerk shall immediately charge the amount of such taxes to the township treasurer." Section forty-seven of said chapter twenty shall be amended by adding thereto the following: "The county see 47 atreasurer shall give to the township treasurer a receipt stating the amount of taxes returned by such township treasurer unpaid, and for which the township shall receive a credit on the books of the county treasurer, and shall also give such township treasurer a statement of all taxes rejected by such county treasurer out of such list; which receipt and statement shall be the vouchers of such township treasurer for the amounts therein specified." There shall be added to said chapter twenty the following new section, to stand as section one hundred and thirty: "Sec. 130. Whenever any county New sect'n. treasurer shall pay to any township treasurer any moneys on account of taxes returned from such township, it shall be the duty of such county treasurer immediately to notify the clerk of the proper township of the amount so paid to such township treasurer.” Aud Lea'i. Sec. 2. The Auditor General shall, immediately after the passage Duty of and approval of this act, cause the same to be printed in the State Journal. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1850. [ No. 169. ] AN ACT for the relief of Alfred Ashley. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That section two of an act to authorize Alfred Ashley, his heirs or assigns, to construct a plank road across those parts of sections two and eleven, in township three north of range number fourteen east, known as salt spring lands belonging to the State, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of the thirteenth line thereof as printed, the words "one year," and inserting in lieu of the same, the words "two years." Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1850. Liability for sajuring dam. Repeal.. [ No. 170. ] AN ACT to authorize Levi C. Matthews, Samuel S. Riley and William R. Eck to erect a dam across the St. Joseph River, on section one, in township six south of range nine west, in the county of St. Joseph. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That it shall be lawful for Levi C. Matthews, Samuel S. Riley and William R. Eck, their heirs and assigns, and they are hereby authorized, to erect and maintain a dam, not exeeeding five feet in height above common low water mark, across the St. Joseph river, on section one in township six south of range nine west, in the county of St. Joseph: Provided, That a convenient lock or apron therein or therewith be constructed and kept in repair for the passage of boats, arks, rafts, and all other water crafts navigating the said river, free from toll or charges. Sec. 2. Any person who shall destroy or otherwise injure said dam, shall be deemed to have committed a trespass on the owners thereof, and shall be liable accordingly; but nothing in this act contained shall be construed to effect the rights of individuals who may be injured by reason of the erection and continuing of said dam. Sec. 3. The Legislature of this State may at any time hereaftes alter, amend or repeal this act.. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1850. [ No. 171. ] AN ACT in relation to moneys received for Licenses in the County of Monroe. paid into ship treasu Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Money to be of the State of Michigan, That all moneys paid for licenses by tavern city or town. keepers or retailers of spirituous liquors in the county of Monroe, ry. pursuant to the provisions of chapter forty-one of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, or any other act in relation to taverns or other licensed houses, shall be paid to the city or township. treasurer, and shall be expended in the city or towhship where said. licenses are granted, for defraying any proper charges and expenses. arising in said city or township, and shall be subject to the order of the city council, village trustees or township board for said purposes. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from, and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1850.. [ No. 172: ] AN ACT for the improvement of the State road from the village of Flint to Lansing, laid out under the provisions of section three of an act entitled an act to provide for laying out and establishing certain State roads, approved April 1, 1848. Appropria way tales.. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That for the purpose of improving so much tion of highof said road as lies within the townships of Woodhull, Bath and Meridian, there is hereby appropriated all the non-resident highway taxes for the distance of two miles from the centre of that portion of said road so to be improved, on both sides of said road; and in case any part of any regular sub-division of land shall be within the said two miles, this appropriation shall include the whole of such sub division. Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of Commiss'r; this act, Jesse Burk, of Bath, is hereby appointed a special commisbis duties. sioner, who shall be governed by the same laws, as far as the same may be applicable, in expending all moneys that may be subject to his control by the provisions of this act, as was in operation on the first of January in the year eighteen hundred and fifty, for the gov ernment of township highway commissioners. Commiss'r to file oath Sec. 3. Before the said special commissioner shall enter upon the and bond. duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties herein assigned him, and file the same in the office of the county clerk of his county, and deliver to the county treasurer a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with two sureties to be approved by said treasurer, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties required of him by virtue of this act; and in default thereof, it is hereby made the duty of said treasurer to prosecute the same in the same manner as bonds are required to be prosecuted against county officers. List of Sec. 4. It shall be, the duty of said commissioner, on or before lands filed the first day of May next, to make a list of all the non-resident lands treasurer, & that come under the provisions of this act, and deliver said list to the with county his duties. Money; how drawn. Pay of com county treasurer; and said treasurer shall open an account with said road fund, and credit to said fund all moneys then in his hands, or which may hereafter be paid to him on account of highway taxes on any of the lands properly described on said list, and charge said moneys that may be drawn by said special commissioner to said road fund. Sec. 5. No money shall be drawn from the treasury by virtue of this act without an order from the special commissioner, stating that the person in whose favor the order is drawn has actually done the labor or furnished materials to the full amount of said order. Sec. 6. The said special commissioner shall be entitled to receive missioner. one dollar for every day he may be necessarily employed in the performing of the duties required of him by this act, to be paid by the county treasurer out of any money belonging to said road fund, on the warrant of the township board of the township of Bath, who is hereby authorized and required to audit his account the same as the accounts of township officers, and to draw a warrant on the county treasurer for what may be due him under the provisions of this act. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and be in force for the term of five years, unless sooner repealed. Approved March 28, 1850. [ No. 173. ] AN ACT to change the name of Celestia Rebecca Richards. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the name of Celestia Rebecca Richards, of Seneca in the county of Lenawee, shall be and the same is hereby changed to Celestia Rebecca Coomer. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1850. [ No. 174. ] AN ACT to vacate certain streets in the village of Hastings. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the township board and the commissioners of highways of the township of Hastings, be and they are hereby authorized to vacate such streets in said village as shall be designated and determined upon by the owners of lots in said village, or a majority of them: Provided, Said boards shall be satisfied that the vacation of the said streets will not be to the injury of any person or persons owning property in said village of Hastings. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 23, 1850. [ No. 175. ] Act in force for 5 years. AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Hillsdale to loan money for the purpose of building a court house with county offices, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Proposala to of the State of Michigan, That the board of supervisors of the county sed. be adverti |