assessed until the same shall be paid: Provided, That they shall not Proviso. raise by general tax more than eight hundred dollars in any one year, exclusive of school taxes and taxes for highway purposes, unless authorized thereto by a vote of the property tax payers of said city who are electors, when convened for that purpose pursuant to previous notice." amended. to take as Sec. 8. That section thirty-one of said act be amended so as to read Sec. 31, as follows: "Sec. 31. The supervisor shall take the assessment of prop- Supervisor erty in their respective wards, and all State, county and school taxes in sessment. said city, and all city taxes which shall be raised by general tax, shall be levied and collected, as near as may be, in the same manner as is provided by law for the assessment and collection of taxes by township officers, except as otherwise provided in this act; and all proceedings for the return, sale, and redemption of real estate for non-payment of taxes, shall be in conformity with the proceedings for the return, sale and redemption of real estate by township officers. The common council shall apportion all general city taxes to the respective wards, and each Apportionsupervisor shall issue his warrant to the city treasurer, who shall collect es to wards. all taxes in the same manner as township treasurers." ment of tax Warrant to city treasur er. amended. tion of off Sec. 9. That section thirty-six of said act be amended so as to read Sec. 36, as follows: "Sec. 36. The officers of said corporation shall be entitled to Compensareceive out of the city treasury the following sums, in full payment for cers. their services, the recorder and attorney shall be entitled to receive, respectively, such sums as the common council shall allow, not exceeding twenty-five dollars per annum; the marshal shall be entitled to receive the same fees for serving process in behalf of the corporation as constables are by law allowed for similar services, and he shall also receive such further compensation, not exceeding twenty-five dollars per annum, as the common council shall allow; the treasurer and collector, justices of the peace, supervisors and constables shall be allowed the same fees as are by law allowed to corresponding township officers; the directors of the poor, school inspectors, and all other officers of said city, except the aldermen, shall be entitled to receive such compensation as the common council shall allow, not exceeding one dollar per day for every day actually employed in the performance of the duties of their respective offices Approved February 2, 1857. [No. 36. ] AN ACT to change the name of the township of Egbert, in the county of Midland. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of the township of Egbert, in the county of Midland, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Jerome, and by that name it shall hereafter be known and designated. Approved February 2, 1857. Time of extension. Power of treasurer. Treasurer to pay over renew bond. [No. 37. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the town ship of Flint, in the county of Genesee. SECTION. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection and return of taxes in the township of Flint, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, is hereby extended to the second Monday in March next. Sec. 2. The treasurer of the said township of Flint is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes in the same manner and as fully as he otherwise would, in the life-time of his warrant, to him directed for that purpose, and to make his returns on or before the second Monday in March next; and the said warrant is hereby continued in full force until the said second Monday of March aforesaid, for said purpose. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said treasurer, before he shall be enmoneys and titled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of said warrant as now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the county treasurer of said county of Genesee. Transcript taxes to be returned. Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county of unpaid treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and all such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed from the same time as other taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-pay ment. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 2, 1857. [ No. 38. ] AN ACT to collect, compile and reprint the laws of this State. Laws to be collected ed. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all acts and parts of acts, and general laws now in force in this State, and reprintand all acts and parts of acts passed by the present Legislature, which shall be approved and become laws, shall be collected and reprinted without alteration, under their appropriate heads and titles, with marginal notes and references and an index thereto, pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen, of article eighteen, of the constitution of this State. Soners to laws collect Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint two com- Commis missioners whose duty it shall be to examine the laws so collected and examine arranged, and if found by them to be a correct compilation of all gen- ed and eral laws in force, shall certify the same to the Governor. arranged, and to certify to Gov ernor. Laws to be and bound volume. Sec. 3. Said laws when so collected and examined shall be reprinted and bound into one or more volumes of convenient size, and in as reprinted good style as that of the revised statutes of this State, published in in one the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, and in as good and substantial a manner; five thousand copies thereof to be completed and deposited 10,000 to be in the office of the Secretary of State by the first day of November olie of next, and another five thousand copies by the first of January next. deposited in Secretary of Compensa Sec. 4. The person appointed by the Legislature to collect and arrange the laws of this State as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive for tion of compi er and commissuch services the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, and the commissionsioners. ers appointed by the Governor to examine the same as aforesaid, shall receive for such services the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars each. Sec. 5. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to furnish the person so appointed to collect and compile the laws, with five complete sets of all sessions laws and revised statutes since compiler the organization of the State, and one copy of all territorial laws of the Territory of Michigan. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Secretary of State to furnish with sets of laws. Prosecuting attorney to Upper Peninsula on of January, 1857. [No. 39. ] AN ACT to change the name of Edwin E. Bullock. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of Edwin E. Bullock be and the same is hereby changed to Edwin B. Easton. (This act shall take effect immediately.) Approved February 3, 1857. [ No. 40. ] AN ACT to abolish the office of district attorney for the Upper Peninsula, and provide for the election of prosecuting attorneys of the several counties therein. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, At the be elected in election to be held in said Upper Peninsula on the last Tuesday of Seplast Tuesday tember, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and every two years thereafter, a prosecuting attorney for each organized county of said Upper Peninsula shall be elected by the electors thereof, whose term of office shall commence on the first day of January next succeeding his election; and said prosecuting attorney shall have all the rights, powers and duties of prosecuting attorneys under the general laws of this State. Term of office. Powers and duties. Manner of conducting elections. Exception, Office of district attorney, continued. Sec. 2. The election for said prosecuting attorneys shall be notified, conducted, canvassed, certified, and recorded, and the result thereof notified and transmitted in all respects, as near as may be, in conformity with the provisions of the statutes of this State, applicable to the election of county officers, except that the county canvass shall be on the second Tuesday next following the election; and any and each of the prosecuting attorneys elected as aforesaid shall be subject to all provisions of law relative to prosecuting attorneys in this State. Sec. 3. The office of district attorney for the Upper Peninsula shall remain and nothing contained in this act shall'impair the duties of the office. Approved February 3, 1857. [ No. 41. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection and return of taxes in the township of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland. extension. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Time of the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, is hereby extended to the first Monday of March next. treasurer. Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized and Powers of empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could have done during the life-time of his warrant, and make his return at any time before the first Monday of March next: Provided, He shall first renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county. returned. Sec. 3. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county Transcript of unpaid treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to taxes to be the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner and with interest computed from the same time as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. Sec. 4. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 42. ] AN ACT to provide for establishing the seat of justice for the county of Mecosta. appoint 3 sioners to SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Governor to Executive be and he hereby is authorized and required to appoint three commiscommissioners to locate the seat of justice for the county of Mecosta, for locate counthe term of ten years. ty seat. commissioners. Sec. 2. The commissioners, or a majority of them, shall within sixty days after being notified of their appointment, take an oath or affirma- Oath of tion faithfully to discharge the duties assigned to them, and that they have no interest directly or indirectly therein, and proceed to locate the seat of justice in said county, as by their appointment directed, and when they shall have located said seat of justice, they shall report their Report. proceedings to the Executive, and if he approve of the same, he shall Approval of |