seat.

county clerk

Sec. 3. The county seat of said county is hereby located in County the village of Harrisville, in said county, for the time being, and the same shall so remain located until removed by the board of supervisors of said county, pursuant to law; and the Duties of county clerk shall provide a suitable seal, and all necessary and sheriff. books for the use of the circuit court for said county; and the sheriff shall provide a suitable place for holding said court, at the expense of said county, until a suitable place for holding such court is provided by the board of supervisors of said county.

Representa

rial and Con

Sec. 4. Said county shall comprise part of the representative Districts; district now composed of the counties of Isabella, Midland, tive, Senato Iosco, and Alpena, with the unorganized counties attached, gressional, and shall be attached to the twenty-seventh senatorial district, and to the sixth congressional district, and to the tenth judicial circuit; and the judge of said circuit court shall fix the time for holding such court, on or before the first day of June next. The sheriff and county clerk of said county shall designate, in sheriff and writing, the place where said circuit court shall be held, and to designate such designation shall be filed with said clerk, and the same ing circuit shall remain so fixed until changed by said board of supervisors. Sec. 5. The unorganized county of Oscoda is hereby detached county from said county of Alpena, and attached to the said county of Alcona, for judicial and other purposes.

county clerk

place of hold

court.

attached.

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the register of deeds for said Register of deeds; duties county of Alcona, when elected, to procure, maintain, and keep of. in his office two sets of books for the records of deeds, mortgages, and other instruments affecting the title of real estate in said counties of Alcona and Oscoda; the one to be denominated "Records for Alcona county," and the other to be denominated "Records for Oscoda county;" and shall register and record, in the books designated "Records for Alcona county," all deeds, mortgages, conveyances, or other instruments affecting the title to real estate which shall be situate in Alcona county, as the same are now required to be recorded by

law. And all deeds, mortgages, conveyances, or other instru-
ments affecting the title to real estate situate in Oscoda county,
shall be recorded in the books designated as "Records for Os-
coda county," with the same effect and to the same purpose as
the same are now authorized to be recorded by law.
Sec. 7. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved March 12, 1869.

Act amended

Rates of toll established.

[ No. 267.]

AN ACT to amend act No. 397, of the session laws of 1867, entitled "An act to amend act No. 301, of the session laws of 1865," being an act entitled "An act to regulate the tolls on plank roads in Bay, Clinton, Gratiot, and Saginaw counties." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That act No. 397, of the session laws of 1867, entitled "An act to amend act No. 301, of the session laws of 1865," being an act to regulate the tolls on plank roads in Bay, Clinton, Gratiot, and Saginaw counties, approved March 22, 1867, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all plank road companies now existing or hereafter to be organized, having plank roads now constructed, or hereafter to be constructed, in whole or in part within the counties of Bay, Clinton, Gratiot, Tuscola, and Saginaw, shall be entitled to charge and receive the following rates of toll, that is to say, at a rate not exceeding four cents per mile for any vehicle, carriage, sled or sleigh drawn by two animals, and two cents per mile for every sled, sleigh, carriage or other vehicle drawn by one animal; if any sled, sleigh, carriage or vehicle is drawn by more than two animals, two cents per mile may be added for every such additional animal; for sheep or swine driven over such road, one-half cent per score per mile may be charged; two cents

per mile may be charged for each score of neat cattle, led or
driven over such road; and for every horse and rider, or led
horse, two cents per mile; and any such plank road company
may charge double the above specified rates on all wagon loads
of timber, staves or wood, the weight of which shall exceed two
and a half tons, except when such loads shall be drawn upon
wagons with tires not less than three inches in breadth: Provi- Proviso
ded, That the provisions of this act shall not be construed to
apply in any manner whatever to that portion of the plank
road lying between the cities of Flint and East Saginaw, com-
monly known as the Genesee and Saginaw plank road, that lies
within the county of Genesee.

Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved March 12, 1869.

[ No. 268. ]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of an act entitled “An act to incorporate the village of Dexter," approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

amended.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section section fourteen of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Dexter," approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

council to

of liquors.

Sec. 14. The common council shall have full power to pre- Common vent the vending of intoxicating liquors in said village, not prevent sale duly authorized; to regulate the measuring of fire-wood and the weighing of hay, and to prescribe and designate the stand to designate for carts and carters, and for wood, hay, and produce exposed carts. for sale in said village; to prevent and punish immoderate To punish driving in any of the streets of said village; to prevent the incumbering of the streets, sidewalks, alleys, or public grounds

stands for

fast driving.

grave-yards.

amount to be

cense.

To regulate or squares, and to regulate all grave-yards and the burial of the dead for said village; to regulate and restrain hawking and To determine peddling in the streets; to license the selling of merchandise paid for li- at auction in said village, and to determine, by ordinance or by-law the amount to be paid into the treasury of the village for any such license, according to the nature and extent of such sales at auction, and to fix and determine the penalty for making any sales at auction in said village without license. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 12, 1869.

Section amended.

Officers;

when to

duties.

[ No. 269.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-four of an act entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of St. Clair," approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section twenty-four of an act entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of St. Clair," approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 24. The city assessor elected as hereinafter provided, enter upon shall enter upon the duties of his office within ten days after his election, and all other officers elected as hereinbefore provided, shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of May next following such election, unless otherwise herein provided.

Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved March 12, 1869.

[No. 270. ]

AN ACT providing for two voting precincts for the township of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, defining the limits thereof, and determining who shall be inspectors of election therein.

may be cast.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Votes; how the votes of the township of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, may be cast in two separate precincts at all general, regular and special elections, if a majority of the inspectors of election shall so determine.

election;

Sec. 2. Ten days previous notice of said division of the town- Notice of ship into two voting precincts shall be published, by authority how given. of said inspection board, in at least one newspaper published within said township, or by posting written or printed notice of the same, as provided by law for such elections.

of voting

Sec. 3. The following shall be the division line of said voting Division line precincts, viz: Commencing at a point on the line between the precincts. townships of Oshtemo and Kalamazoo, said point being at the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of section eighteen, in the township of Kalamazoo; thence easterly in the center of the highway to main street, in the village of Kalamazoo; thence easterly along the center of main street, and the road leading to the village of Comstock, on the north line of the Michigan Central Railroad, to the east line of said township of Kalamazoo; and all the territory within said township situate south of said division line shall be denominated election precinct number one, and all the territory situate north of said line shall be denominated election precinct number two.

inspectors;

stitute.

Sec. 4. The supervisor, township clerk, and justice of the Board of peace whose term of office will soonest expire, shall constitute who to conthe board of inspectors of voting precinct number one; and the next two justices of the peace whose terms of office soonest expire, with a clerk to be appointed by them, for the time being, shall constitute the board of inspectors of voting precinct number two.