the peace, and shall have cognizance of all matters arising under and by virtue of this act of incorporation, and the by-laws and or dinances made by the common council in virtue thereof, and of all eases arising under chapter 41 of the revised statutes of 1846, within the bounds of said village, and may issue all summonses, warrants, executions, and other processes, to enforce the same, and proper judgments thereon to render, and in like manner and with like effect as may be done by any other justice of the peace by the laws of this State. And all processes by him issued shall be tested and returnable in the same manner and with the like effect, and the proceedings thereon shall conform to and be conducted in the same manner as is provided for and applicable to justices of the peace by the laws of this State; and the recorder shall be entitled to the same fees as other justices of the peace for similar services. Fees. Duties of Sec. 20. The marshal shall be a police constable, and shall serve any and all papers that may be issued by the recorder or any other marshal. officer by virtue of this act of incorporation, and shall be entitled to demand and receive the same fees as constables are entitled to for similar services, and shall be entitled to the same privileges and subject to the same liabilities as are provided for constables in the discharge of their duties by the laws of this State. er's re Sec. 21. The docket of the recorder, kept by him as police jus- Record!tice, shall be and remain a public record in his office, and shall be cords, by him delivered over, together with all other books and papers belonging to the office of recorder, to his successor in office; and his successor in office shall be authorized to continue and complete all proceedings commenced by his predecessor as such police justice. zed. Sec. 22. The common council shall have power to organize and Fire compa establish one or more fire companies, a hose company, and a hook nies organiand ladder company, to consist of not more than fifty men each, and to prescribe their duties. The members of the said companies shall be appointed by the common council, on the recommendation of the foreman or captain of each company. It shall be the duty of the recorder to issue a certificate of membership to each person so appointed. The members may in all cases elect their own officers and make their own by-laws, and a certificate of membership, and the certificate of the foreman or captain of the company that the mem Vacancies; how filled, laws and ber has complied with all the regulations of the company, shall be necessary in order to entitle any person to the privileges granted by law to firemen. Sec. 23 In case of the refusal or neglect to serve of any officer mentioned in section two, or of a vacancy by death, removal or otherwise, the common council shall have power to fill the vacancy for the unexpired time for which such officer was elected. Publish by Sec. 24. Before any by-laws and ordinances of said village shall ordinances. take effect, they shall be published at least three weeks in a public newspaper printed in said village; and a printed copy so published under the authority of the common council, shall be admitted as prima facia evidence of the passage and publication thereof in all courts of this State. Duties of marshal. License mo Sec. 25. It shall be the duty of the marshal to collect all moneys which may be due for fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed or assessed by virtue of this act of incorporation, and of the by-laws and ordinances of the common council, and to pay the same to the treasurer, for the use of said village; and the treasurer shall pay the same only on the order of the recorder, countersigned by the president. Sec. 26. It shall be the duty of the marshal to collect all moneys ney; how which may be due for licenses granted in pursuance of section 11 collected and paid over. Property ex empt. Repeal. of this act, and pay the same to the county treasurer as provided in section 26 of chapter 38 of the revised statutes; and in default of such payment as provided in said section 26, the said marshal shall be subject to the penalties prescribed therein. Sec. 27. All property exempt from sale for State, county and township taxes, shall be exempt from sale under the provisions of this act. Sec. 28. All acts or parts of acts heretofore passed which are inconsistent with this act, so far as said village is concerned, are hereby repealed, so far as they affect said village; but such repeal shall not affect any act done, proceeding had, or any tax sale made, or any by-law or ordinance made; but the same shall be and remain as valid and effectual as if this act had not been passed. Sec. 29. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1850. [ No. 179. ] AN ACT to provide for opening a State Road from Marshall in the county of Calhoun, to Lansing in the county of Ingham. Commiss`rs their pow'rs Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That John D. Olcott, Amos Carrier and appointed: Caleb Hanchett, are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it and duties shall be, within three months from the passage of this act, to open the State road from Marshal in the county of Calhoun, by way of Duck Lake and Eaton Rapids, to the capital of this State, laid out and established by David H. Miller, John D. Olcott and Henry A. Shaw, commissioners, appointed in pursuance of an act to provide for laying out and establishing certain State roads, approved April first, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, except so much of said road as varies from the route surveyed and laid out by commissioners appointed to lay out and open a State road from Marshall to Eaton Rapids, pursuant to the provisions of an act to lay out a certain. State road from Marshall to Eaton Rapids, approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. And the said commissioners shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to open so much of said last mentioned route, between Marshall and Eaton Rapids, as was varied or changed by the commissioners appointed by the provisions of the last named act, approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. Sec. 2. The said commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to receive voluntary releases of the right of way for said road. And in cases when any person interested in lands through which said road has been laid, shall, for any cause, refuse to relinquish his claim for damages on account of the laying out and opening of said road, for the space of ten days after personal service of a copy of this act, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, may proceed to cause the damages to be appraised and determined in the same manner as commissioners of highways might do in similar cases; and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had in all respects as is provided by law in case of the laying out of a road by the highway commissioners of a township. Right of way. Sec. 3. Whenever, under the provisions of the preceding section, Damages: any damage shall be adjudged to an individual or individuals in any how paid. Acts of com. missioners valid. township through which said road has been laid, it shall be the duty of said commissioners to certify to the amount of damages so ap praised and determined in each of said townships, respectively, and deliver a certified copy of the same to the supervisors of each township, who shall cause the payment of the damages awarded in any such appraisal, and the proper expenses thereof, to be levied and collected in the same manner as other township charges, and shall be paid by the township treasurer upon the order of the township board. Sec. 4. The acts of a majority of the commissioners appointed by the provisions of this act, and the acts of a majority of those appointed in pursuance of the acts named in the preceding sections, and approved April first, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and April third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, shall be valid: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to make the state in any wise liable for any of the expenses or damages of laying out or constructing said road. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage; and all portions of any law contravening any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1850. Act amended. [ No. 180. ] AN ACT to amend an act to consolidate and amend the laws rela tive to the establishment of a State Normal School, approved March 25th, 1850. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That an act to consolidate and amend the laws relative to the establishment of a State Normal School, appro ved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty, be amended by striking out in section four of said act, the words "both branches of the Legislature," and by inserting in lieu thereof, the words, "the Senate and House of Represeatntives in joint convention." Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 29, 1850. [ No. 181. ] AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the North-Western Health Name chan gec. Powers in Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That an act entitled an act to incorporate the North-Western Health Insurance Company, approved March 30th, 1849, be and the same is hereby amended so that the name and style of said corporation shall hereafter read and be, "North-Western Health, Life and Fire Insurance Company;" and in addition to the provisions in said act contained for the business of health insurance, all the powers, privileges and immunities are hereby granted to, creased conferred upon and vested in said corporation which shall from time to time become necessary to enable said corporation to commence and carry on the business of life or fire insurance respectively, in the usual and customary manner. And also, so that said corporation may be organized at any time within three years from and after the passage of the act to which this act is amendatory. That the word "hereinafter," in the twelfth and twenty-third lines of section eight of said act, be stricken out and the word "herein before" inserted. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 29, 1850. [ No. 182. ] AN ACT to amend chapter fifty-six of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Sec 7 amen of the State of Michigan, That section seven of chapter fifty-six, ded. be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "five," in the second line, and inserting in the place thereof the word "eight;" also by adding to said section seven, "which shall be in full for salary, office rent and office expenses." Sec. 2. That a new section be added to said chapter, to stand as section nine, to read, as follows: "Sec. 9. The said superintendent shall make all necessary abstracts of the reports of the school in Now seen. |