Work in charge of supervisors. Work to be done by contract or otherwise. for proposals. counties of Houghton and Baraga, for the purpose of improving that portion of the L'Anse Bay and State line State road lying between the eastern boundary line of the village of Houghton and the line dividing the counties of Houghton and Baraga. SEC. 2. The board of supervisors of said Houghton county shall have charge of said work, prescribing the manner in which said road shall be improved, the time in which said improvement shall be completed, and the time and manner of payment therefor. SEC. 3. The said board of supervisors shall have said work done by contract or otherwise, as in their judgment they may deem best: Proviso-notice Provided, That before any contract shall be let, notice for proposals for the improvement of said road shall be published at least three weeks in some newspaper in said county, and printed notices posted in at least six of the most public places in each township of said county; said printed notices shall contain the specifications of the manner of the building and macadamizing or rocking of said road, the time and manner of payment, and such other information as may be necessary. How contract to be let. Bonds, how tiated. Provision for payment. SEC. 4. Said board shall let said contract or contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, provided they consider the same reasonable and just, after advertising for proposals at least three weeks in some newspaper published in Houghton county, and may also require sufficient security from any contractor for the faithful performance of his contract. SEC. 5. Said bonds may be issued in sums of not more than five issued and nego- hundred dollars, and payable at such times and with such rate of interest, not exceeding ten per centum per annum, as the board of supervisors may direct; said bonds shall be signed by the clerk of Houghton county and countersigned by the chairman of the board of supervisors, with the seal of the county attached, and negotiated by and under the direction of said board of supervisors at not less than their par value; and said board shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to raise by tax upon the taxable property of said county such sum or sums as shall be sufficient to pay the amount of said bonds and the interest thereon, as fast as the same shall Proviso-ques become due: Provided, That before any such bonds shall issue, bonds submitted said board of supervisors shall submit to the qualified electors of said county at an annual township meeting (or any special meeting called for that purpose) the question of the proposed issuing of bonds, and a majority of the electors voting thereon by ballot shall Further proviso. Vote in favor of such proposition: Provided further, That a public notice shall be posted in three of the most public places in each township at least six days previous to such meeting. tion of issuing to electors. SEC. 6. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 13, 1877. [No. 246.] AN ACT to detach certain territory from the present township of Livingston, in the county of Otsego, and to organize the same into a separate township to be known as the township of Corwith. organized. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Township townships number thirty-two (32) north, of ranges number one (1), two (2), and three (3) west, in the county of Otsego, and now forming a part of the township of Livingston in said county, be and the same are hereby set off from the residue of said township, and organized into a separate township to be known as the township of "Corwith." SEC. 2. The first annual meeting in said township of Corwith First election. shall be held on the first Monday of April mext, at the house of Robert Menzies, on section twenty-eight of township thirty-two (32) north, of range three (3) west; and George S. Vanwort, Frank Randolph, and Robert Menzies, are hereby made and constituted a board of inspectors of said township election. provision. SEC. 3. If for any reason the township meeting provided for in Contingent the last preceding section shall not be held at the time designated for holding the same, it shall and may be lawful to hold the same at any time thereafter by giving at least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of holding such meeting, by posting notices thereof in four of the most public places in said township, which notice may be given by said board of inspectors, or a majority of them. SEC. 4. If for any cause, all or either of the inspectors hereby Inspectors may appointed shall neglect or be unable to attend said board, at the time specified, it shall be lawful for the electors of said township who shall be present at the time designated for opening the polls of said election, to choose from the electors present, suitable persons to act as inspectors of said election in place of such inspectors who shall neglect or be unable to attend said board. SEC. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. be chosen. [No. 247. | AN ACT to detach township number thirty-one (31) north, of range number five (5) west, from the present township of Central Lake, in the county of Antrim, and to attach the same to the township of Jordan in said county. detached from SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Territory the territory embraced in township number thirty-one (31) north, Central Lake of range number five (5) west, of the county of Antrim, be de- and attached to tached from the township of Central Lake in said county, and attached to the township of Jordan in said county. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 14, 1877. Jordan. Section amended. Fines, etc., to be reported and paid over. City may refund. [No. 248. ] AN ACT to amend section sixty-six of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Ludington," approved March twentysecond, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the same being act number two hundred and twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section sixty-six of an act extitled "An act to incorporate the city of Ludington," approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the same being act number two hundred and twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 66. All fines, penalties and forfeitures, recovered before the recorder and police justice, shall when collected, be paid into the city treasury, to be appropriated as provided by the constitution, (by being paid when they are recovered for violations of the penal laws of this State, to the county treasurer of Mason county, to be placed in the library fund in the hands of said county treasurer; and by being paid when recovered for violations of the ordinances of the city of Ludington which are not violations of the penal laws of this State, to the treasurer of union school district number one of the city of Ludington, for the support of the school library of said district.) And said recorder and police justice shall report on oath to the common council, at the first regular meeting thereof in each month during their term of office, the number and name of each person against whom judgment shall have been rendered for such fine, penalty, or forfeiture and the offense for which the same shall have been rendered, and all moneys by them received for or on account thereof, which moneys so received or which may be in their hands collected on such fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be paid into the said city treasury on the first Monday of each and every month during their term of office, and for any neglect in this particular he may be suspended or removed, as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 249.] AN ACT to authorize the city of Port Huron to refund certain taxes illegally assessed and collected for the purpose of constructing sewers in said city. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the city of Port Huron be and is hereby authorized and empowered to refund to any person or persons, who have paid taxes illegally assessed and collected in the year eighteen hundred and seventyfive, for the purpose of constructing sewers in said city, the amount so paid by them, with interest from date of such payment. in case of refusal. SEC. 2. In case said city shall refuse or neglect to pay said person Right of action or persons the amount paid by them, and interest as aforesaid, for taxes illegally assessed and collected in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, as aforesaid, for the construction of sewers, after the demand on the common council of said city for payment of the same, such person or persons shall have a right of action, and may sue said city and recover the amount so paid by them as aforesaid, in any court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 3. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 250.]. AN ACT to revise the charter of the village of New Haven, Macomb county, being act number four hundred and fifty-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Boundaries, all that tract of land situated in the township of Lenox, county of Macomb, and State of Michigan, known and described as follows: beginning at the northwest corner of section thirty-three in said township, being town four north, of range fourteen east; running thence north on the line between sections twenty-eight and twentynine in said township ten chains, thence easterly to the east line of the west half of the east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, thence southerly on said line to the westerly line of a highway known as the "Fort Gratiot turnpike," thence along the said westerly line of said highway to the southerly line of a highway known as "Ashley and Romeo plank road," thence along the southerly line of said highway to the center line of section thirtythree, running east and west, thence west to the west line of said section thirty-three, thence north to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby reïncorporated as the village of New Haven. SEC. 2. All the by-laws and ordinances of said village are con- By-laws and tinued in force until the same be changed in accordance with ordinances to law. continue in force. SEC. 3. The present officers of said village shall continue in Officers to conoffice until their successors shall be elected and qualified in accord- tinue in office. ance with the provisions of this act, and the general law relating thereto. SEC. 4. The time and place of holding the first election under First election. 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 New Haven is hereby made subject Subject to general law. to the provisions of an act entitled "An act granting and defining the powers and duties of incorporated villages," approved April Sections amended. Village officers elected. ed. Removal from office. first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five; and the said village, SEC. 6. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 251.] AN ACT to amend sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, and thirty-six of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Leslie," approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as amended by "act number two hundred and fifty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-five, twentysix, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, and thirty-six of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Leslie," approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as amended by act number two hundred and fifty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be and the same are amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. The following officers of said village shall be elected, viz. a president, recorder, treasurer, and six trustees, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors shall be elected Officers appoint- and qualify. The common council shall have power to appoint a marshal and street commissioner, and such other officers, whose election or appointment is not herein specially provided for, as they shall deem necessary for the execution of the powers of this act, and may remove the same at pleasure. The appointment and qualification of a successor to any officer appointed as aforesaid, shall be deemed a removal without other action of the common council. All persons elected or appointed to office shall enter upon the duties thereof upon taking the oath of office and filing the requisite Qualification of security, if any is required of them. No person shall be elected to any office unless he shall be an elector of the village. All officers elected or appointed shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this State, and file the same with the recorder, and a failure to do so within ten days after receiving notice of their election or appointment, shall be deemed a declination of the office. Every officer elected or appointed in the village, before entering upon the duties of his office, and within the time prescribed, with his official oath, shall file with the recorder such Oath of office. Official bond. |