of Fenton of the qualified electors of said village shall be used, with the like force and effect as the register of the electors of the village of Linden provided for in this act.

Sec. 7. The registration of electors, provided for in this act, shall be used only for elections for village purposes, and shall not be construed to interfere with the registration of electors or the elections of the township of Fenton.

board of

Sec. 8. The board of registration and election in said village Powers of shall exercise the same powers to preserve the purity of elec- registration. tions as are now or may hereafter be given by law to boards of registration and election in the several townships in this State, except as modified by the provisions of this act.

ARTICLE XVIII.

OF PRIVATE LANDS TAKEN FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.

prior to

vate prop

streets, etc.

SECTION 1. Whenever the lands of any person shall be Proceedings required by the board of trustees for any of the purposes taking prinamed in article six, section five, of this act, within the limits erty for of said village, the board of trustees shall give notice in writing thereof by personal service, or by written notice posted up in three of the most public places in said village, to the owner or parties interested in said lands, his, her, or their legal representatives, at least three weeks next preceding the meeting of said board of trustees, of the intention of the said board of trustees to take such lands for the purposes aforesaid, and after publication or service of such notice, the board of trustees are authorized to treat with the owner, or parties interested in said lands, his, her, or their legal representatives, and if at the Proceedings expiration of the time, limited as aforesaid, for the publication ment cannot or service of notice, the parties cannot agree therefor, it shall and may be lawful for the board of trustees to direct any justice of the peace of the township of Fenton to issue a venire facias to command the marshal of said village, or any constable of the county of Genesee, to summon and return a jury of twelve disinterested freeholders, residing without the limits of said.

when agroe

be made.

Deputy

marshals.

ARTICLE XXI.

OF DEPUTIES.

SECTION 1. The board of trustees shall have power to appoint one or more deputy marshals, who shall be under the same restraints, exercise the same powers, and be bound by the same responsibilities as the marshal duly elected under the provisions of this act.

When to pay

over.

receipt for.

ARTICLE XXII.

OF MONEYS COLLECTED BY THE MARSHAL.

SECTION 1. The marshal shall pay all moneys collected by him by virtue of his office, except as herein otherwise provided for, within twenty days after receiving the same, to the treasurer of said village.

Treasurer to Sec. 2. The treasurer of said village shall give a receipt in writing, signed by him as such treasurer, to the marshal or other person paying money to him on account of said village, acknowledging the receipt of the same.

Highway

moneys a separate fund.

ARTICLE XXIII.

OF HIGHWAYS.

SECTION 1. The said village shall be exempt from the superintendence and control of the commissioners of highways of the township of Fenton, except in constructing and repairing the bridges and approaches thereto across the Shiawassee river in the limits of said village, which bridges and approaches are to be under the authority and at the expense of the township of Fenton.

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.

ARTICLE XXIV.

OF PRIVILEGES TO FIREMEN.

exempt from

SECTION 1. Each member of the fire department, or an Firemen engine, hook-and-ladder, bucket, or hose company, duly poll-tax, etc. 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.

limited.

SECTION 1. The board of trustees of said village shall have Amount power to borrow money for public improvements, on the credit of said village, not exceeding five hundred dollars in any one year: Provided, Consent of a majority of the electors be Proviso. obtained, as provided for in section five, article twelve, of this act.

ARTICLE XXVI.

OF THE COMPETENCY OF CITIZENS.

and jurors.

SECTION 1. No person shall be an incompetent judge, As witnesses witness, or juror, in any case in which said corporation is interested, by reason of his being an inhabitant of said village.

ARTICLE XXVII.

OF THE GENESEE COUNTY JAIL.

use.

SECTION 1. The corporation shall be allowed the use of the village may common jail of the county of Genesee 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, That the county shall in no wise be chargeable with Proviso. cost and expenses of imprisonment in civil cases.

This act a public act.

ARTICLE XXVIII.

OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ACT.

SECTION 1. This act is hereby declared a public act, and the same shall be favorably construed in all courts, and copies thereof printed under authority of the Legislature shall be received without further proof.

Inspectors of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Israel B. Hyatt,

first election.

William H. Cook, and Lorenzo D. Cook be and the same are
hereby appointed inspectors of election for the first election to
be held in said village, on the first Monday in March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

Sec. 3. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved March 2, 1871.

Boundaries.

Time and place of holding annual elections.

[ No. 206. ]

AN ACT to incorporate the village of Vassar.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all that tract of the township of Vassar, situated in the county of Tuscola, and State of Michigan, known and described as follows, to wit: The east half of section twelve, in township eleven north, of range seven east, and the west half of section seven, in township eleven north, of range eight east, being in the township of Vassar, in said county, be and is hereby constituted a village corporate by the name of "The Village of Vassar."

Sec. 2. The male inhabitants of said village having the qualifications of electors under the constitution of this State, shall meet in said village, on the second Monday in April next, at Union Hall in said village, and on the first Monday in March annually thereafter, at such place as shall be provided in the by-laws of said village, and there, by ballot, shall elect by plurality of votes, one person to be president of said

be chosen,

office.

village, and two persons shall in like manner be elected trustees officers to for one year, and two for two years; and there shall be elected and terms of a marshal, treasurer, clerk and assessor; and annually thereafter, a president, marshal, treasurer, clerk, and assessor shall be elected, as aforesaid, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and two trustees shall be elected, who shall hold their offices for two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified; but if an election of president and trustees shall not be made on the day provided for in this act, the corporation shall not for that reason be dissolved, and it shall be lawful to hold such election at any time thereafter, public notice being given, as prescribed by this act for the holding of the regular elections. The president and two trustees thus elected, together with Village board two trustees whose term of office is unexpired, shall constitute a village board; and a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and a less number may adjourn from time to time. The president shall President. also be the chief executive officer of the village; he shall preside at the meetings of the board, and it shall be his duty to see that all the officers of said village faithfully discharge their duties; and in case of his absence or inability to serve, the trustees shall have power to elect from their own number a president pro tem., who shall have all the powers, and perform all the duties of president. The treasurer, marshal, and asses- Bonds of sor shall, before entering upon the duties of their offices, give such bond, with such sureties, as the village board may prescribe.

officers.

election.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the clerk to give at least five Notice of days' notice of the time and place of holding the election, either by posting written or printed notices in five of the most public places in said village, or by causing the same to be published in some paper printed in the village; and at all the Time of elections the polls shall be opened at nine o'clock in the fore- closing polls noon, or as soon thereafter as may be, and closed at four o'clock

opening and