Poll tax; who exempt. Extinguishment of fires Cemetery lands outside refuses or neglects to perform the duties required of him, and appoint some other qualified person to such office; but no person appointed to office by the common council, shall hold his office longer than till the next annual election succeeding his appointment, or until his successor is appointed and qualified. Sec. 38. Each member of the fire department, of an engine, hook and ladder, bucket or hose company, duly organized by the common council, ministers of the gospel, and teachers in any public schools or institutions of learning in said village, shall be exempt from poll tax or serving on jury. Sec. 39. The common council are authorized to pass such laws as they may deem proper to guard against, prevent, and for the extinguishment of fire, and to annex penalties for the violation thereof, also to prescribe the penalty to be imposed on any person who refuses to obey the orders of the chief engineer of the fire department, to aid in extinguishing fires. Sec. 40. When any parcel or parcels of land purchased by of corpora. the common council for cemeteries for the burial of the dead, are not within the corporate limits of said village, as fixed in section one of this act of incorporation, provided such lands are in the townships of Albion or Sheridan, the common council shall have the same power and jurisdiction over such parcel or parcels of land purchased for the purposes aforesaid, as they would have if such lands were included in the boundaries of such village. tion; how governed. Compensat❜n of officers. By-laws, rules, etc., to be pub lished Sec. 41. The president and trustees shall each receive, as compensation for their services, one dollar per year, and all other officers, except as herein before provided, shall receive such compensation as the common council may prescribe. Sec. 42. The common council shall publish the by-laws, rules, ordinances and regulations they may from time to time enact, in each newspaper published in the village of Albion, if one or more be printed therein; and if no newspaper is printed in said village, then to be posted in three conspicuous public places in said village; and shall give like notice of their alter ation or repeal, and the recorder shall also record the same in a book to be kept for that purpose; and an affidavit of said Affidavit. publication, in the manner aforesaid, entered at large on the records of the corporation, made by the recorder thereof, or the publisher or publishers of the paper or papers, if it be printed, or an affidavit of such posting, made by the person so posting the same, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of lawful publication. statement; Sec. 43. The common council shall, on or before the first Annual Monday in March, in each year, cause to be made out and contents of. published in each of the newspapers printed in said village, if one or more shall be printed therein, and if no newspaper is printed in said village, then to be posted in some conspicuous public place in said village, a true statement, exhibiting in detail all items of receipts, specifying the particular objects or purposes for which such amounts were received, and the expenditures actually made, including and particularizing the objects and purposes of such expenditures, and shall set forth, in detail, and in the aggregate, in full, the financial condition of said village. money; how Sec. 44. All moneys received for license granted to tavern License keepers and common victualers under the provisions of this disposed of. act, shall be paid to the treasurer of said village, to be credited as other licenses. Sec. 45. No person shall be eligible to any office in said cor- who eligible poration unless he shall be entitled to vote therein. Sec. 46. For the purpose of all village elections provided for in this act, the president, recorder and two trustees, or any three members of the common council shall comprise the board of registration of the qualified electors thereof, and the powers and duties of said board shall be the same as are required to be performed by the town boards of the several towns of the State of Michigan, by the laws thereof. to office. Board of registration. rights, by Sec. 47. All rights, franchises, claims, demands, ordinances, Present by-laws and regulations, and liabilities of the corporation of laws, etc., to he village of Albion which are in force and exist at the time of force. remain in Proviso. Public act. Acts repealed. the passage of this act, and all acts of the commissioners of highways of the townships of Albion and Sheridan, in relation to the drainage of any lands, shall remain in full force and effect as if passed under the provisions of this act: Provided, however, That any of such ordinances, by-laws and regulations do not conflict with, or are repugnant to the provisions of this act, or the constitution and laws of the State of Michigan or of the United States. Sec. 48. This act shall be favorably received and construed in all courts, as a public act, and copies thereof printed under the authority of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, shall be received as evidence without further proof. Sec. 49. All acts and part of acts pertaining to the incorporation of the said village of Albion, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Sec. 50. This act shall take immediate effect. Section amended. Treasurer to give notice tax rolls. [ No. 252. ] AN ACT to amend section two of an act entitled "An act to provide for the collection of taxes in the city of Monroe," approved March (21st) twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of an act to provide for the collection of taxes in the city of Monroe, approved March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. The county treasurer, upon the receipt of said rolls, of deposit of shall immediately give notice that the same are deposited in his office, and that the taxes thereon may be paid to him, less the percentage for collection, except one per cent., until December thirty-first of that year, which notice shall be given by publishing the same in one or two newspapers printed in said city, for three successive weeks, the expense of which publication shall be audited and paid by the city of Monroe, like other Notice; how given. any to receive taxes. charges; and during the time said rolls are hereby required to Treasurer remain in his hands, the county treasurer shall receive taxes thereon from any person applying to pay the same, less the percentage added for collection, except one per cent., and shall give his receipt for every tax so paid, and shall mark the same as paid upon the tax roll, and shall account for the money so received by him upon any tax roll, and allow the same to the collector of the proper ward, on his settlement with him, when he makes his final return of his tax roll: Provided, That Proviso. said county treasurer may retain for his services, under this act, in receiving and receipting said tax, the sum of one per cent. on all collections made by him in pursuance of this act. Approved March 6, 1869. [ No. 253. ] AN ACT to provide for the improvement of the navigation of the Saginaw river. able SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Bonds. the city of East Saginaw is hereby authorized to issue its coupon bonds in a sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, to bear interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum payable annually, and When paysaid bonds to be made payable one-half in five years, and onehalf in ten years from their date. The townships of Zilwaukie, Carrollton, and Buena Vista are each authorized to issue coupon bonds, the said Zilwaukie in a sum of three thousand dollars; said Carrollton in a sum of six thousand dollars, and said Buena Vista in a sum of three thousand dollars, all to bear Interest on. interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, payable annually, and said bonds to be made payable by each township respectively, one-third in one year, one-third in two years, and one-third in three years from their date, all of which bonds so to be issued shall be sold at not less than their par value, and Proceeds; the proceeds thereof shall be expended under the direction of ded. the commissioners hereinafter named, for the purpose of deep how expen Proviso. Board of Commission org. ening the channel of Saginaw river above Portsmouth, and below the east draw of the Bristol street bridge, in East Saginaw, and not elsewhere: Provided, That before any such bonds shall be issued a majority of the electors voting on the question, of the municipality issuing the same, shall have voted in favor thereof, as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. The following named persons are hereby appointed commissioners, viz: Wellington R. Burt, Samuel H. Webster, John P. Allison, James F. Brown, Joseph A. Whittier, William J. Bartow, and Henry D. Wickes, who shall constitute a board of commissioners, and shall keep a record of their doings. Officers of Said board may elect a chairman, treasurer and secretary, from among their own number, and may also elect or appoint a superintendent, and such officers and agents as they may find necessary to carry out the objects of this act, and may prescribe Quorum of their duties and fix their compensation. Five members of said how filled. board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, Vacancies; and said board may fill vacancies in their own number, and said board shall continue in existence until dissolved by act of Compensat n the Legislature. No member of said board shall receive any of members. compensation for his services except for time actually employed pursuant to a prior resolution of the board, in which resolution Removals the amount of such compensation shall be specified. Any how made.' member of said board may be removed from his office at any time by the Governor of the State, for cause, to be shown by affidavit, after allowing the accused party an opportunity to reply. from office; Report; Removal from county to vacate office. Sec. 3. Said commissioners shall publish in a newspaper in East Saginaw, on the first of July and January, in each year, a report of their doings, in which shall be set forth the amount of money received from all sources, stating from whom received and when; also a list of all disbursements, stating to whom paid, and for what purpose, which report shall be verified by the oath of the officers making the same. Sec. 4. Should any of said commissioners remove from Saginaw county, he shall by such removal vacate his office. |