Council may grant right railways in streets. To pave streets, etc., and levy taxes for same. tions for the government of such board of health, and for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of said city as shall secure a prompt and efficient discharge of the duties imposed upon the common council by this act. Sec. 20. The common council shall have power to grant the of way to right of way through any of the streets of said city to railway companies, by a two-thirds vote of said council; to cause the streets, lanes, and alleys to be paved, planked, graveled, and lighted, and to cause the expense of making, grading, paving, planking, lighting, and opening streets, lanes, and alleys, and of grading, paving, and planking sidewalks, and of making drains, sewers, and other local improvements, to be assessed against the owners or occupants of the lots or premises which are in front of or adjoining such improvements, and against any other lots or premises which, in the opinion of the common council, are benefited thereby, or by general May provide tax, as they may deem just and proper; and the common taxes. council shall have power to make all by-laws and ordinances relative to the mode of assessing, levying, and collecting such tax, and the council may, by such by-laws and ordinances, provide for the sale of the personal property of the person or persons so assessed, to pay such assessment, and that the real estate assessed for such improvements may be sold to pay the assessment therefor. sales for May make ordinances Sec. 27. The common council may by ordinance provide for relative to the collection of all taxes and assessments necessary to be the levy of taxes, etc. Proviso relative to sale of property. raised, other than such as may be raised as provided in section twenty-five, and for the sale of the personal property of the person assessed therefor, and for the sale of any real estate, for the non-payment of such taxes or assessments, and for the redemption thereof: Provided, That all proceedings relative. to the sale of personal property, and to the notice of sale and the time to redeem real estate sold for such taxes or assessments, shall be in conformity, as near as may be, to the pro visions of law regulating the notice of sale and redemption of lands delinquent for township taxes. givo security and duties. Sec. 51. The marshal of said city shall, before entering upon Marshal to the discharge of the duties of his office, give such security for the faithful performance of his duties as the common council shall direct and require. He shall be chief of police, and by His powers virtue of his office shall have all the powers conferred upon, and perform the duties required of constables elected under the general laws of this State, and shall take and subscribe the same official oath, and give the like security, required of such constables; and it shall be his duty to serve all process that may be lawfully delivered to him for service; to see that all by-laws and ordinances of the common council are promptly and efficiently enforced, and especially those which may be passed to carry into effect the powers granted by section ten of this act. He shall obey all lawful orders of the mayor, and may command the aid and assistance of all constables and all other persons in the discharge of the duties imposed upon him by law. He May appoint may appoint such number of deputies as the common council shall direct and approve, who shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as the marshal, except the power to serve civil process, and for whose official acts he shall be in all respects responsible; and the marshal and his deputies shall have the same powers to serve and execute all process in behalf of the corporation of said city, or of the people of this State, for offenses committed within said city, as sheriffs and constables have, by law, to execute similar process. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. deputies, etc. Boundaries. [ No. 225. ] AN ACT to incorporate the village of Brighton, in the county of Livingston, and State of Michigan, and to define the boundaries thereof, and to repeal act number three hundred, of session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all of that district of country in the county of Livingston, in the State of Michigan, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the southwest corner of the township of Brighton aforesaid, thence running north along the west line of said township to the quarter-post of section thirty in said township, thence east through the centre of said section thirty to the quarter-post on the east line of said section thirty; thence south on said section line, and the east line of section thirtyone, to the south line of the township of Brighton aforesaid; thence west to the place of beginning, embracing within said boundaries section thirty-one, and the south half of section thirty, in township two north, of range six east, is hereby constituted and declared a body corporate, under the name and title of the village of Brighton, in the county of Livingston. Sec. 2. It shall and may be lawful for the legal voters of the territory above limited and described to meet at the justice office of Herman C. Hause, Esq., in said village of Brighton, on Tuesday, the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and on the first Tuesday in March annually thereafter, at such place in said village as the common council thereof may appoint for that purpose: Provided, That the neglect to hold such election at the time herein before at specified named shall not be deemed to work a dissolution of said corporation, but in such case it shall and may be lawful to hold such election at any time thereafter, pursuant to public notice, which may be given by ten qualified electors of said village by posting the same, containing a designation of the time and Time and place of first election. Proviso relative to failure to hold election time. place thereof, in three of the most public places in said village at least ten days before such election shall be held. terms of relative to Sec. 3. The officers of said village shall consist of a presi- Officers and dent, clerk, treasurer, assessor, marshal, and street commis- office. sioner, and six trustees, to be elected by a plurality of votes by ballot of the inhabitants of said village having the qualifications of electors under the constitution of this State, and who shall hold their office as follows, to wit: the president, treasurer, assessor, marshal, and street commissioner for one year; the clerk shall hold his office for two years, and the trustees shall hold their office for two years: Provided, That Proviso at the first election there shall be elected three trustees for trustees. two years, and three trustees for one year, and at each annual election there shall be elected three trustees for the term of two years: And further provided, That all of the foregoing Proviso officers shall hold their respective offices until their successors terms of in office are elected and qualified, and the common council of said village is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint such other officers as may be necessary under the provisions. of this act. relative to office. first election Sec. 4. At the first election to be held in said village under Inspectors of this act, there shall be chosen by the qualified electors there present, from among their number, viva voce, two judges and one clerk of said election, who together shall constitute the board of inspectors thereof, each of whom shall before entering upon his office take an oath before some person authorized to administer oaths, that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties thereof. The said board shall conduct the said election and certify the result thereof; and at each Trustees to and every election thereafter to be held in said village under tors of elec the provisions of this act, the three trustees whose term of office shall first expire shall be the board of inspectors thereof, and the clerk of said village shall be the clerk of said board. Sec. 5. The polls of all elections in said village, under this opening and act, shall be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon polls. be inspec tions. closing of certificate of thereafter as may be, and shall be continued open until four o'clock in the afternoon of said day, except in the discretion of said board; they may declare a recess of one hour between twelve o'clock, noon, and two o'clock in the afternoon; the said election shall be conducted in all respects as is provided by general law for conducting township meetings, so far as Canvass and the same shall be applicable. Upon the completion of such election. canvass, the board of inspectors present at such election shall make and file a certificate thereof in the office of the clerk of said village, within twenty-four hours after the close of said canvass, which certificate shall give the whole number of votes cast for such office, for whom they were given, and the name of the person declared elected to each, either by lot or a plurality of votes. Notice of elections. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the clerk of said village to give ten days public notice in writing, in three public places in said village, of the time and place of holding all elections, both annual and special, in said village, and no person shall be permitted to vote at any such election unless he is possessed of all of the qualifications of an elector under the constitution of this State, and shall have been a resident of said village for ten days next immediately preceding the day of such election. The clerk of said village shall, within five days after the closing of the polls of any election, notify the officers elected thereat, respectively, of their election: Provided, Their names shall not appear on the poll-lists of said election; and each of Qualification the officers so elected and notified shall, before entering upon of officers. the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath that he will Notice to persons elected. Proviso. Swearing in vote. support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this State, and that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and shall cause such oath to be filed with the clerk of said village within ten days from the date of his election. Sec. 7. If the qualifications of any person offering to vote at any such election shall be questioned, the same shall be |