in this act, of notice of tax sale, or passage of any by-law, rules, regulation, or ordinances of said village, or of any other notice required to be published by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall be prima facie evidence of such publication. ARTICLE XX. OF ANNUAL STATEMENT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. financial SECTION 1. The board of trustees shall, at the expiration of Annual each year, cause to be made out and published, a true state- statement. ment in writing of the finances of said village, exhibiting in detail all items of receipts and expenditures of the year, together with the estimated receipts and disbursements for the ensuing year. ARTICLE XXI. OF DEPUTIES. appoint shals. SECTION 1. The board of trustees shall have power to Board may appoint one or more deputy marshals, who shall be under the deputy marsame restraints, exercise the same powers, and be bound by the same responsibilities as the marshal duly elected under the provisions of this act. • ARTICLE XXII. OF MONEYS COLLECTED BY THE MARSHAL. pay all mon urer. SECTION 1. The marshal shall pay all moneys collected by Marshal to him by virtue of his office, except as herein otherwise provided eys to treasfor, within twenty days after receiving the same, to the treasurer of said village. to give re Sec. 2. The treasurer of said village shall give a receipt in Treasurer writing, signed by him as such treasurer, to the marshal or ceipt. other person paying money to him on account of said village, acknowledging the receipt of the same. Village exempt from ARTICLE XXIII. OF HIGHWAYS. SECTION 1. The said village shall be exempt from the supersupervision intendence and control of the commissioners of highways of of highway commission- the township of Eaton Rapids. ers. Highway moneys a separate fund. Sec. 2. All moneys collected for highway purposes shall be kept a fund separate and apart from the general fund, and no money shall be appropriated or paid from said fund, except for highway purposes. Exemptions of firemen. Board may borrow money. Proviso. ARTICLE XXIV. OF PRIVILEGES OF FIREMEN. SECTION 1. Each member of the fire department, or an engine, hook-and-ladder, bucket, or hose company, duly organized by the board of trustees, shall be exempt from polltax, and shall also be excused from serving on jury. ARTICLE XXV. OF THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY. SECTION 1. The board of trustees of said village shall have power to borrow money for public improvements, on the credit of said village, not exceeding five thousand dollars in any one year: Provided, Consent of a majority of the electors be obtained, as provided for in section five, article twelve, of this act. Village may use county ARTICLE XXVI. OF THE EATON COUNTY JAIL. SECTION 1. The corporation shall be allowed the use of the jail. common jail of the county of Eaton for the imprisonment of any person liable to imprisonment under the provisions of this act, or of any by-law, rule, regulation, or ordinance passed by virtue thereof; and all persons so committed to said jail shall be under the charge of the sheriff as in other cases: Provided. The said county of Eaton shall in no manner be chargeable with the cost and expenses of such imprisonment in civil cases. Proviso. ARTICLE XXVII. OF THE COMPETENCY OF CITIZENS. competent village suits. SECTION 1. No person shall be an incompetent judge, wit- Citizens ness, or juror, in any case in which said corporation is inter- as jurors in ested, by reason of his being an inhabitant of said village. ARTICLE XXVIII. OF FORMER VILLAGE ACTS. now in force SECTION 1. The by-laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances Ordinances of said village are hereby declared legal and valid, and when to continue. not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall be and continue in force and effect until the same shall be repealed or amended by the board of trustees. relative to Sec. 2. All former acts relating to the village of Eaton Rap- Former acts ids inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed; but such repeal village repealed. shall not affect any act, claim, or right secured or established, or any suit, proceeding, or prosecution had or commenced prior to the time when such repeal shall take effect, but every such act, claim, right, or proceeding shall reman as valid and effectual as if said act had remained in force. ARTICLE XXIX. OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ACT. public act. SECTION 1. This act is hereby declared a public act, and This act a the same shall be favorably construed in all courts; and copies thereof, printed under authority of the Legislature, shall be received without further proof. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. 166 Boundaries. [No. 276.] AN ACT to enlarge the corporate limits of the village of SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Board of park com constituted. [No. 277.] AN ACT supplementary to the charter of the city of Detroit, relating to a public park or other public grounds for the use of said city. SECTION. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, There missioners shall be constituted for the city of Detroit a board of park commissioners, composed of six citizens of said city, taken in equal numbers from the two political parties represented in Members of the common council of said city. The first board shall consist of Geo. V. N. Lothrop, A. S. Bagg, M. I. Mills, John J. Bagley, Wm. A. Butler, and Robt. P. Toms, and all subsequent boards and members thereof shall be appointed by the said common council on the nomination of the mayor, and to first board. office. serve without any compensation. The commissioners shall Term of hold their office for three years, except that the members of the first board shall, by lot among themselves, at their first meeting, be classified into three classes of two each, and the term of office of the first class shall expire on the thirty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two; of the second class on the thirtyfirst day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three; and of the third class on the thirty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. of board. Sec. 2. Said board shall qualify as soon as practicable after Qualification this act shall take effect, and thereafter appointments shall be made as shall be necessary to fill the places of the commissioners whose terms of office will next expire. In case of a Vacancy. vacancy in the office of commissioner an appointment shall be made in the manner aforesaid for the residue of the term so vacant. Every person appointed a commissioner, before entering on the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and file the same in the office of the city clerk. tion of first Sec. 3. The members of the first board shall, within thirty Organiza days after their appointment, meet at the office of the mayor board. for the purpose of organization, shall elect one of their own number president, and shall appoint a secretary, who may be one of their own number, or such other person as they may select. The president and secretary shall hold their places at the pleasure of the board, or for such periods as the board shall prescribe. The board may, when either of said officers are absent or unable to act, appoint a president or secretary pro tempore; and may also, from time to time, make all needful by-laws and rules for the transaction of its business, may employ an engineer or surveyor, and all necessary clerks, agents, and servants, and prescribe their duties and compensation. It shall keep full record of all its business, and file and keep in |