and fifty-eight, and one hundred and fifty-nine, and to repeal sections one hundred and forty-five and one hundred and fortyeight of act number two hundred and ninety-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Muskegon," being amendatory of an act entitled "An act to revise and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Muskegon," approved March twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended by act number three hundred and eighty of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to amend sections eight, eleven, twelve, thirteen, twenty-three, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-nine, forty-two, forty-three, forty-five, forty-nine, fifty-seven, sixty-four, sixty-six, one hundred and nineteen, one hundred and fifty-eight, and one hundred and fifty-nine of act number two hundred and ninety-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five," entitled "An act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Muskegon," and to add a new section thereto, to stand as section number one hundred and sixty-five, approved June 8-.. 328. An act to authorize the city of Saginaw and the townships of Saginaw, Thomastown, Swan Creek, Lakefield, Fremont, Jonesfield, Tittabawassee, and Richland, in the county of Saginaw, to purchase or build and maintain a bridge across the Tittabawassee river in said county, approved June 8... PAGE. 646 658 329. An act to amend section one of article one, section four of article eight, section one of article twenty-three, and section one of article twenty-six, of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Zeeland, in the county of Ottawa, Michigan," approved April the tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, approved June 8....... 660 330. An act to amend section thirty-seven of act number two hundred and fifty-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventythree, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of L'Anse, in the county of Houghton," approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved June 8.... 331. An act to amend sections thirty-six, thirty-nine, and sixty-six of act number two hundred and seventy-one, of the local acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Dowagiac," approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and sections seventeen and nineteen of said act, as amended by act number three hundred and sixtynine, of the local acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, amendatory thereof, approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and eightyone, approved June 8.... 332. An act to legalize certain bonds issued by the village of Midland City for paving purposes, approved June 8. 333. An act to legalize a certain drain in the townships of Georgetown, Zeeland, Jamestown, and Blendon, in the county of Ottawa, approved June 8.. 662 665 672 672 334. An act to amend act number forty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act authorizing the common council of the city of Detroit, with the concurrence of the 335. An act to amend act number forty-one of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act authorizing the common council of the city of Detroit, with the concurrence of the city council thereof, to make a reassessment to defray the expense of a public improvement on Jefferson avenue, a street in said city, from the west curb line of Shelby street to the east curb line of Beaubien street in said city," approved June 8.--- 336. An act to amend an act entitled "An act relative to free schools in the city of Detroit," approved February twenty-four, eighteen 337. An act to incorporate the city of Kalamazoo, and to repeal an act 339. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village 340. An act to legalize the bonds issued by the township of Brownstown, Wayne county, for building two iron bridges across Huron river, approved June 8...... 341. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Charlotte," approved March twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended by act number four hundred and twentynine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, approved June ten, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, approved June 8.... PAGE. 673 675 677 677 732 741 742 742 LOCAL ACTS, 1883. [No. 198.] AN ACT to change the name of Shivillard S. Beardsley to Frank SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Name changed. name of Shivillard S. Beardsley, of Crawford county, be and is hereby changed to Frank S. Johnson. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 199. ] AN ACT to amend section twelve of an act entitled "An act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Battle Creek," approved April third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion twelve, of "An act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Battle Creek," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: of common SEC. 12. The common council, in addition to the powers and General powers duties especially conferred upon them in this act, shall have the council. management and control of the finances, rights and interests, buildings, and all property, real and personal belonging to the city, and may make such ordinances and by-laws relating to the same as they shall deem necessary and proper; and further they shall have power to enact, make, continue, establish, modify, amend, and repeal such ordinances, by-laws, and regulations as they deem desirable within said city, for the following purposes: First, To prevent vice and immorality, to preserve the public peace and good order, to regulate the police of the city, to prohibit, prevent, and quell riots, disturbances, disorderly noises, or assemblages in the streets, or elsewhere in said city; Second, To prohibit, prevent, and restrain disorderly and gaming houses, to destroy all instruments and devices used for gaming, General powers and to prohibit all gaming and fraudulent devices, and regulate or restrain billiard tables and bowling alleys; of common council. Third, To prohibit, restrain, or prevent persons from gaming for money or other valuable thing, with cards, dice, billiards, nine or ten pin alleys, tables, ball alleys, wheels of fortune, boxes, machines, or other instruments or devices whatsoever, in any grocery, store, shop, or in any other place in said city; to punish the persons keeping the building, place, instruments, devices, or means for such gaming, and to provide for the destruction of the same; Fourth, To prohibit, prevent, and suppress all lotteries for drawing or disposing of money, property, or valuable thing whatsoever, and to punish all persons maintaining, directing, or managing the same, or aiding in the maintenance, direction, or management thereof; Fifth, To forbid and prevent the vending or other disposition of liquors and intoxicating drinks, in violation of the laws of this State, and to forbid the selling or giving to be drank, any intoxicating liquors to any minor or drunkard; and to prohibit, restrain, or regulate the sale of all goods, wares, and personal property at auction, except in cases of sales authorized by law, and to fix the fee to be paid by auctioneers; Sixth, To prohibit, prevent, abate, or remove nuisances of every kind, and to declare what shall be considered nuisances, and to compel the owner or occupant of any grocery, provision store, tallow-chandler shop, butcher's stall, soap factory, tannery, stable, privy, hog-pen, sewer, or other offensive or unwholesome house or place, to cleanse, remove or abate the same from time to time, as often as they may deem necessary for the health, comfort, and convenience of said city; Seventh, To direct the location of all slaughter-houses, markets, and buildings for storing gunpowder or other combustible or explosive substances; also to make regulations concerning the buying, carrying, selling, keeping, and using gunpowder, fire-crackers, or fire-works manufactured or prepared therefrom, or other combustible, explosive, or dangerous articles, and the exhibition of fire-works, and the discharge of cannon or fire-arms, and the use and kind of lights or lamps to be used in barns, stables, and all buildings, cellars, and establishments usually regarded as extra hazardous in respect to fire, and to regulate, restrain, or prevent the making of bonfires in streets, lanes, alleys, yards, or public places; Eighth, To prevent the cumbering of streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, lanes, alleys, bridges, or aqueducts, in any manner whatever, and to remove any obstruction therefrom; to regulate or prevent the exhibition of signs on canvas or otherwise, in or upon any vehicle, standing or traveling upon the streets of said city, or held or carried by any person; to control, prescribe, or regulate the mode of constructing and suspending awnings, and the exhibition and suspension of signs; to control, prescribe and regulate the manner in which the streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, public grounds and spaces within said city, shall be used, and to establish the grades thereof, and to provide for the preservation of, and the pre- Idem. vention of willful injury to the gutters in said streets, lanes, avenues, and alleys; to direct and regulate the planting, and to provide for the protection and preservation of ornamental trees therein; Ninth, To require any horse, horses, mules, or other animals attached to any vehicle, or standing in any of the streets, lanes, alleys, or public grounds or places in said city, to be securely fastened, held, or watched, and to prevent and punish horse racing and immoderate driving or riding in any street, lane, or alley, and to authorize the stopping and detaining any person who shall be guilty of any immoderate riding or driving in any street, lane, or alley; Tenth, To determine and designate the route and grade of any railroad to be laid or constructed in said city, and to regulate the use and speed of locomotives, engines, and cars, upon the railroads within said city, and to compel the railroad companies, their officers, agents, managers, and employés to station flagmen at street crossings, and to prescribe the length of time that engines or cars may stand on said streets or otherwise obstruct them, or to prohibit the same, and to make such other rules or regulations concerning the same as to secure the safety of the citizens, or other persons; Eleventh, To restrain and punish drunkards, vagrants, mendicants, and street beggars soliciting alms or subscriptions for any purpose whatever; Twelfth, To regulate or prohibit bathing, in any public water, to provide for clearing the rivers, ponds, and streams in said city, and the race and canals connected therewith, of all driftwood and noxious matter, and to prohibit and prevent the depositing therein of any filth, or other matter tending to render the waters thereof impure, unwholesome, and offensive, or drawing the water therefrom at such times, and to such an extent as to make localities near them unhealthy, or to cause the atmosphere in their vicinity to be unwholesome or offensive; Thirteenth, To establish and regulate one or more pounds, and to prevent the running at large of horses, cattle, swine, and other animals, geese, and poultry, and to authorize the impounding and sale of the same for the penalty incurred, and the costs of keeping and impounding; Fourteenth, To prohibit and prevent the running at large of dogs, to require them to be muzzled, and to authorize their being killed, when running at large in violation of any ordinance of the common council, and to prohibit any person from placing, exposing, or administering any poison to any dog, or other animal, not his own, and to punish such person for so doing; Fifteenth, To prohibit any person from bringing into, or depositing in said city, any dead carcass, or other unwholesome or offensive substances, and to require the removal or destruction of the same; and if any person shall have on his premises such substances, or any putrid meats, fish, hides, or skins of any kind, and |