moneys when so transferred, for the purposes for which said sinking SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Section amended. Section amended. Authority to tax. [No. 234.] AN ACT to amend section four of act two hundred and seventeen of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, being an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled an act to revise and amend an act to incorporate the city of Ann Arbor," approved March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and also an act amendatory thereto, approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to a license tax for keeping a victualing house, saloon, or other place for furnishing meals, food, or drink. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section four of act number two hundred and seventeen of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, being an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled an act to revise and amend an act to incorporate the city of Ann Arbor," approved March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and also an act amendatory thereto, approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 4. That section two of title five shall be amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. The common council shall have authority to assess, levy, and collect taxes on all the real and personal estate taxable in said city, which tax shall be and remain a lien upon the property so Proviso-limit. assessed until the same shall be paid: Provided, That they shall not raise by general tax in any one year exclusive of school taxes, more than six thousand dollars for general purposes, nor more than two thousand dollars for street and highway purposes, except as hereinafter stated, unless authorized thereto by vote of the property taxpayers of said city who are electors, when convened for that Proviso-high purpose pursuant to previous notice: Provided further, That the common council shall have the power at the request of the alderman of any ward, to cause to be levied and collected by tax in such ward as other taxes a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for that year for highway purposes, to be expended in said ward under the direction of the aldermen thereof: And provided further, That sale of liquors. nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prohibit the common council of said city from regulating by tax or otherwise the business of dealing in malt, spirituous or intoxicating liquors. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 9, 1877. way tax. Proviso-tax on [No. 235.] AN ACT to change the name of Mark Anthony Greer to John SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Name changed. the name of Mark Anthony Greer be and the same is hereby changed to John Anthony Gordon. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 236. ] AN ACT to re-incorporate the village of Mount Morris, in the county of Genesee. village of rein SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Mount Morris, all that district of country in the county of Genesee, in this State, corporated. described as follows, to wit: The southeast quarter of section one, and the northeast quarter of section twelve of the township of Mount Morris; the southwest quarter of section six, and the northwest quarter of section seven of the township of Genesee, all in the county of Genesee, is hereby re-incorporated as a village under the name of the "Village of Mount Morris," and subject to and under the provisions of the general act for the incorporation of villages, being act number sixty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and such amendments as may be made thereto; and in and by such name may sue and be sued, and do all other acts and things provided for in said act. SEC. 2. The first election of officers under the provisions of said First election. act, shall be held at the council room in the engine house of said village, on the third Monday of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and the polls shall be opened at the time, and the said election shall be held and conducted in all respects as provided for in the said general act, and the legal voters of said village shall be registered as provided for by the law in relation to the registration of voters, and by said general act; and the present village clerk and two of the present Board of regisvillage trustees shall be the village board of registration for the present year, and shall act as such board at the time and place. stated in section seven, chapter one of said general act; and notice of such registration shall be given according to said section. Said registration shall be held at the said engine house in said village. tration. SEC. 3. Notice of the first election of officers under the preceding Notice of section and said general act, shall be given by the present board of election. trustees of said village, by posting three written or printed notices thereof in three of the most public places in said village, at least ten days before the said election. Acts repealed. SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions hereof, except so far as the same shall apply to suits now pending or rights now accrued, shall be and the same are hereby repealed as to the said village. SEC. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. Boundaries. Ordinances and by-laws to con. tinue in force. Officers to continue until successors elected. First election. Subject to act to incorporate vil. lages. [No. 237.] AN ACT to reïncorporate the village of Wayne. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all that tract of land situated in the township of Nankin, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, known and described as follows, viz. the southeast quarter of section twenty-nine, the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight, the northwest quarter of section thirty-three, and the northeast quarter of section thirty-two, of township number two south, of range number nine east, be and the same is hereby re-incorporated as the village of Wayne. SEC. 2. All the by-laws and ordinance [ordinances] of said village are continued in force until the same be changed in accordance with law. SEC. 3. The present officers of said village shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified in accordance with the provisions of this act, and the general law relating thereto. SEC. 4. The time and place of holding the first election under this act shall be fixed by the present board of trustees of said village, but such time shall not be more than sixty days after this act shall take effect as provided by law, and all the provisions of law relating to the village elections shall be applicable to such election, except as herein otherwise provided. SEC. 5. The said village of Wayne is hereby made subject to the provisions of an act, entitled "An act granting and defining the powers and duties of incorporated villages," approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and the said village hereby reincorporated, shall possess all the rights and powers, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities prescribed in said last named act. SEC. 6. The village of Wayne as re-incorporated, shall possess all the property and rights, and be subject to all the liabilities and obligations of the village as hereinbefore incorporated. SEC. 7. This act shall take immediate effect. " [No. 238. ] AN ACT to amend section fourteen of act number three hundred and fifty-five of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixtynine, as amended by act number two hundred and seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Plainwell, in the county of Allegan." amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section fourteen of act number three hundred and fifty-five of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as amended by act number two hundred and seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Plainwell, in the county of Allegan," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: for reviewing. and delivery to SEC. 14. The assessor of said village shall, once in each year, Assessment roll, make an assessment roll containing a description of all the contents of. property, both real and personal, liable to taxation in said village, and insert the name of the owner or occupants, or agent thereof, if known, and shall set down in such roll the valuation of such property at its fair value, placing the value of personal property on a separate line: and it shall be the duty of the president and Notice of time trustees, once in each and every year, and immediately after the assessor has assessed the real and personal estate lying and being in said village, and before any tax shall be levied on the same, to give ten days' notice, by publishing thereof the time and place of reviewing said assessment roll, under the supervision of the president and assessor, that any person or persons deeming themselves aggrieved may be heard, and the roll may then and there be altered, if it shall be made to appear that any person has been wrongfully assessed. After the expiration of the said ten days, the Completion of assessor, and the president and trustees, shall immediately proceed marshal. to estimate, apportion, and set down, in a column left for that purpose, opposite to the several sums set down as the value of real and personal estate in the assessment roll, the respective sums in dollars and cents to be paid as a tax or assessment thereon, and shall then cause said assessment roll, or a copy thereof to be delivered to the marshal of said village with a warrant annexed thereto, under the hand and seal of the president and trustees, or a majority of them, directing and requiring the said marshal to collect from the several persons named in said roll the several sums mentioned therein, set opposite their respective names as a tax or assessment, and authorize him, in case any of them shall neglect Distress and or refuse to pay such sums, to levy the same by distress and sale orized. of his or her goods and chattels, together with the costs and charges of such distress and sale, and directing him to pay such money when collected to the treasurer of said village by a certain day therein named, not less than forty days from the date of said warrant; and said warrant may be renewed from time to time, as the trustees may deem best; and when any assessment shall be made sale, when auth Special assessments to be legal. tax, etc. for any special improvement, it shall be legal, even if it is not made at the time of making the grand list, notice being given of the review of said assessment as herein before specified: Provided, That Proviso-limit of in no one year shall there be levied, unless authorized by majority vote of the freeholders voting at a regular or special election of said village, a larger sum than one per centum of the assessed value of the real and personal property of said village: And provided further, That in no case shall there be levied in any one year a larger tax than two per cent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of said village, as based upon the assessment roll of the preceding year: Provided further, however, That the limit of taxation as above shall in no case be deemed to apply to the levy grading walks, of assessments for grading walks, streets, and alleys, and the paving and planking of the same, as provided for in section ten (10) of this charter. Proviso-limit not to include assessments for streets, etc. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Sections amended. Elections. [No. 239.] AN ACT to amend sections two (2) and twenty-three (23) of act number two hundred and fifteen, laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Howard City," approved March fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections two and twenty-three of act number two hundred and fifteen, session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Howard City," approved March fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. The inhabitants of said village having the qualifications of clectors under the constitution of this State, shall meet in said village on the second Monday in March next, at such place as shall be provided in the by-laws of said village, and there by ballot shall Elective officers. elect by plurality of votes, a president, clerk, treasurer, assessor, marshal, and one trustee for one year, and three trustees for two Terms of office. years, who shall hold their respective offices for the terms for which elected and until their successors are elected and qualified; and annually thereafter said village shall elect a president, clerk, treasurer, assessor, and marshal each for one year, and three trustees for two years, who shall hold their respective offices for [the] terms for which elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified. But if an election of president and trustees shall not be had on the day provided for in this act the corporation shall not for that reason be dissolved, and it shall be lawful to hold such election at any time thereafter, public notice being given as prescribed by this act for the holding of regular elections. The president and |