complaints, matters and causes whatever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and change and alter the same at their pleasure; and that they and their successors, by the name of the "Clinton Institute," shall be in law capable of acquiring and hoking, by purchase, gift or otherwise, and of selling, conveying or leasing, real, personal or mixed estate, for the use of said corporation, not exceeding ten thousand dollars; and that they and their successors shall have full power to make and enter into contracts, to make such rules and by-laws as they may deem necessary for the good government and prosperity of said institution: Provided, Such by-laws are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. powers. Sec. 2. Said corporation shall have power to establish at or near General the village of Mt. Clemens in the county of Macomb, an institution for the instruction and education of young persons. Sec. 3. There shall be six trustees of the said corporation, who Trustees. shall be stockholders thereof, and who shall manage and control all the affairs of the same; and the above named persons shall be the first trustees, and shall hold their offices until the first Monday in July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and until others are elected in their places; and they or their successors shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own body which may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise; to appoint a president, secretary and treasurer of their own body, and to prescribe such studies and regulations in said institution as to them may seem best. meetings. Sec. 4. There shall be a meeting of the stockholders of said cor- Annual poration on the first Monday in July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and on the first Monday in July in every succeeding year, at some convenient place in the village of Mt. Clemens, to be designated by the by-laws of said corporation; and a majority of the stockholders who shall meet in person or by proxy, shall, at their first annual meeting, elect six trustees, who shall immediately be divided terms of of by lot into three classes; the first class to hold their offices one year, the second two years, and the third three years; so that thereafter there shall be two trustees elected annually; each trustee so elected to hold his office until his successor shall have been elected. Election & fice. Sec. 5. The capital stock of said company shall be one thousand Capital. dollars, in shares of ten dollars each; and the trustees are hereby Liability. Report. Repeal. authorized to receive subscriptions thereto, at such times and places as they or a majority of them shall designate; said shares to be assignable and transferrable agreeably to such by-laws as the trustees may from time to time establish, and shall in law be considered personal property. Sec. 6. The trustees of said corporation shall be jointly and severally liable for all debts of the said corporation: Provided, That no execution shall issue against the individual property of said trustees until the property of the corporation shall first have been exhausted: And provided further, That any trustee resigning, shall not thereby be released from any liability accrued during the period which he was in office, until a responsible successor shall be appointed and enter upon the discharge of his duties. Sec. 7. The board of trustees shall cause to be transmitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, annually, on or before the tenth day of November, a full statement of the condition of the institute. Sec. 8. This act may be amended or repealed at any time by a vote of two-thirds of any future Legislature. Approved April 1, 1859. [ No. 244. ] AN ACT to incorporate the Union Hall Association of the city of Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That W. P. Clarke, W. H. Boyd, Samuel Acker, D. B. Miller, P. S. Underhill, Isaac Lewis, B. F. Fifield, J. M. Sterling and Alexander Ragan, and all persons who now are or hereafter may become associated with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of the Union Hall Association of the city of Monroe; and by that name shall have succession, and be capable of taking and holding by gift or grant, or of purchasing, holding and conveying by sale, lease or otherwise, any estate, real and personal, necessary for the purposes of said corporation: Provided always, That the said corporation shall not at any time hold or possess real and personal estate exceeding in value the sum of ten thousand dollars: Provided also, That the said sum shall be exelu sively employed for the object stated in the second section of this act: And also provided, That the said association shall not at any time be empowered to sell or otherwise dispose of their real estate, or any portion thereof, without the consent of two-thirds of all the stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose, first had and obtained. association, Sec. 2. The object of this association shall be to purchase a site Objects of and to erect thereon a convenient edifice for the accommodation of all such orders and associations, and all such library and reading rooms, historical and scientific associations, and those for the promotion of arts, and such school, lecture and meeting rooms as to said association shall seem meet and proper: Provided however, That if said edifice shall consist of three or more stories, it shall be lawful for the said association to lease the first and second stories thereof for mercantile or other business purposes: Provided also, That no part of said edifice shall at any time be let or used for the sale of ardent spririts, wine, beer, cider, or any other spirituous liquors what soever. Proviso. by-laws. Sec. 3. The government of said association, and the management officers and of its property and affairs, shall be vested in such officers, and according to such rules and regulations as the by-laws thereof shall from time to time ordain: Provided, That such by-laws shall not conflict with any law of this State and the Constitution of the United States and of this State. Sec. 4. It shall and may be lawful for the Legislature at any Report. time to demand a statement of the amount of property, real and personal, belonging to the said corporation, and of the debts due to and from said corporation, and the purposes for which disbursements shall have been made; and shall also have the right to authorize one or more persons to inspect such general accounts in the books of said corporation. powers. Sec. 5. The said corporation shall possess the general powers General granted to corporations, for the purposes mentioned in this act; and in the name of its corporate title may sue and be sued. Sec. 6. The stockholders of said association shall be severally lia- Liability. ble for all the debts of said association, to an amount equal to the amount of their stock. Repeal. Sec. 7. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this act. Approved April 1, 1850. [No. 245.] Boundaries. Election. Trustees. Election; AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the village of Kalamazoo, and the acts amendatory thereto. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the State of Michigan, That all that tract of country situate in the county of Kalamazoo, and designated on the plats in the land office of the western district as that part of section fifteen south of the north half quarter line, and west of the Kalamazoo river; the east half of section sixteen south of the north half quarter line; the north-east quarter of section twenty-one, and the north half of section twenty-two, lying north and west of the Portage Creek, except therefrom the farm owned and occupied by Epaphroditus Ransom, and including the burying ground on the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of section twenty-two, in town two south of range eleven west, be and the same is hereby constituted a village corporate, under the name of the village of Kalamazoo. Sec. 2. The electors of said village shall meet at such time and place as shall be designated by the trustees, on the second Monday in April of each year, and there by by ballot shall elect by a plurality vote, seven trustees for the ensuing year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and a majority of the trustees shal! constitute a board for the transaction of business, and a less number may adjourn from time to time; but if an election of trustees shall not be made on the day when pursuant to this act it ought to be made, the said corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved: and it shall be lawful to hold such election at any time thereafter, public notice being given as prescribed hereinafter for the holding of the regular election. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the clerk to give at least five days notice, and notice of the time of holding an election, either by posting written ducted. or printed notices in five of the most public places in said village, or by causing the same to be published in some paper printed in the how con village; and at all the elections the polls shall be opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon and closed at four in the afternoon; (but they may be closed earlier if the board so direct: Provided, Notice is duly given in the original notice of election;) and at the close of the polls the ballots shall be counted and a true statement thereof proclaimed to the electors present; and the clerk shall make a true record thereof, and within five days give notice to the persons elected, who shall enter upon their duties on the ensuing Monday. Sec. 4. Any two of the trustees may be judges of the election, Election, & and the clerk of the village (or his substitute) shall be clerk of the election, and the judges and clerk shall take an oath, to be administered by either of the others, to faithfully and honestly discharge their duties as judges or clerk of election; and said board shall have full powers to preserve the purity of the ballot box as allowed to township boards, Sec. 5. Each one of the trustees, before he enters upon the duties of oath. his office, and in the presence of the board of trustees, shall take oath or affirmation, which may be administered by any trustee present, to support the constitution of the United States and of this State, and that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of trustee of said village, according to the best of his ability; and it shall be the duty of the trustees, on their being duly qualiLed, to elect one of their number as president of said village, whose duty it shall be to preside at all meetings of the board of trustees; but in case of his absence any trustee may be appointed by the trustees present to preside at such meeting; and it shall likewise be their duty to appoint a village clerk, to attend all meetings of the board, Clerk. keep a fair and accurate record of their proceedings, and perform such other duties as shail be assigned him by the by-laws and ordinances of the village. President. tion. Sec. 6. The president and trustees of said village shall be a body incorpo acorporate and politic, with the same powers as township boards, in addition to those hereinafter granted, under the name of the presi dent and trustees of the village of Kalamazoo; and may have a common seal which they may alter at pleasure; and may purchase and hold real estate for the use of said village, and at any time sell and convey the same; and may sue and be sued, defend and be de |