keep in good and perfect repair the fire-engines, hose, hooks and ladders, and other instruments of such company. It shall be the duty of each fire company to assemble at least once in each month, or as often as may be directed by said common council, for the purpose of working or examining said engines and other instruments, with a view to their perfect order and repair, and the fire department shall in all respects be under the control and government of the common council, and shall obey all by-laws and ordinances of the village, under such penalty as shall be prescribed therein. attend fires. Sec. 29. Upon the breaking out of any fire in said village, Marshal to the marshal shall immediately repair to the place of such fire and aid and assist as well in extinguishing said fire as preventing any goods from being stolen, and also removing and securing the same, and shall in all respects be obedient to the orders of the president. Sec. 30. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 228. ] AN ACT to amend sections one, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twentysix, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-four, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-two, forty-three, forty-five, fifty, fifty-six, fifty-seven, and sixty, of act number three hundred and seventy-two, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Flint," approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to repeal sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight of said act. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections sections one, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, sixteen, twentytwo, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-nine, thirty, Boundaries. thirty-four, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-two, forty-three, forty-five, fifty, fifty-six, fifty-seven, and sixty, of act number three hundred and seventy-two, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Flint," approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read, respectively, as follows: SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the district of country in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, hereinafter particularly described, is hereby constituted and declared to be a city by the name of "The city of Flint," and subject to the municipal government of said city, said district of country being bounded as follows: Commencing at the northeasterly corner of section two of Smith's reservation, in said county, and running thence northwesterly along the boundary line between sections one and two of said reservation, to the northwesterly corner of said section two: thence southwesterly along the westerly line of said section two to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence along the westerly lines of sub-lots three and eleven of Payne's re-plat of sections three, four, and other sections of said reservation to the Flint river; thence to the northwesterly corner of Glenwood cemetery; thence along the westerly line of said cemetery to the northern wagon road (so called); thence eastward along the north line of said road to a point opposite the northwesterly corner of lot ten of Thayer and Wright's out-lots to the city of Flint; thence across said road to said corner; thence southerly along the westerly line of said lot ten to its intersection with the northerly line of Wright's subdivision of Thayer and Wright's out-lots to the city of Flint; thence easterly on said last named line to its intersection with the division line between sections eight and nine of Smith's reservation; thence southerly along said last named line to the Torry road (so called); thence eastward along the northerly line of said Torry road to the west line of town Idem. seven north of range seven east; thence southward along said last named line to the south line of the north half of the north half of section nineteen of said town; thence east along said last named line to the west line of section twenty of said town; thence north along the west line of sections twenty and seventeen of said town, to the southeasterly line of said Smith's reservation; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly line of said reservation to the easterly corner thereof; thence northwesterly along the northeasterly line of said reservation to the south line of Kearsley street or road, as shown by the recorded plat of Walker's addition to the city of Flint; thence easterly along the south line of said Kearsley street to its intersection with the south line of Burton street; thence across Burton street to the intersection of the north line thereof with the east line of Maple street; thence along the east line of said Maple street to Poplar street; thence across said Poplar street at right angles to the north side thereof; thence along the north line of said Poplar street to the south line of the Richfield road (so called); thence northeasterly along the southeasterly line of said Richfield road to a point opposite the easterly corner of Thayer and Stewart's addition to the city of Flint; thence across said road to said corner; thence westerly along the northerly line of said addition to the Flint river; and thence to the place of beginning: Provided however, That none of the lands added to the said Proviso city of Flint by the provisions of this act shall ever be taxed payment of for the payment of any of the bonded indebtedness of the city of Flint or interest thereon, issued before this act shall take effect: And provided further, That the said lands added to Proviso the said city of Flint by this act which are taken from the payment of township of Burton, shall be and remain liable and subject to township. taxation for the payment of their proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness of said town of Burton and interest thereon, issued before this act shall take effect, according to the relative to city bonds. relative to bonds of Burton city into wards. assessed valuation of said lands on the assessment roll of the town of Burton for the year eighteen hundred and seventy; and it shall be the duty of the common council of said city of Flint to cause such share of said bonded indebtedness and interest thereon of said town of Burton, when properly ascertained. and when the same shall become due and payable, to be assessed upon said lands so added to said city of Flint from said town of Burton, and collected; and when so collected, shall cause the same to be paid over to the treasurer of said town of Burton. Division of Sec. 3. Said city is hereby divided into four wards as follows. viz: The first ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying north of the middle of Flint river; the second ward shall embrace that portion of the city south of the middle of Flint river and east of the centre line of Saginaw street and Saginaw road; the third ward shall embrace that portion of the city south of the middle of Flint river, west of Saginaw street and Saginaw road, and east of the west line of the Fentonville road and the middle of the Thread creek north of said road; the fourth ward shall embrace that part of the city west of the third ward and south of the middle of Flint river. Ward officers. to act as Sec. 5. There shall be elected at the same time, in and for each of the wards in said city, one supervisor, one street commissioner, and one constable, who shall hold their offices one year and until their successors shall be elected and qualified: and one alderman, who shall hold his office two years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. The superSupervisors visors shall be assessors for their respective wards, and shall perform all the duties and be subject to all the liabilities of township supervisors in respect to the assessment of property in their respective wards and the disposition to be made of their assessment rolls. In making the assessment rolls of the several wards in said city the said supervisors shall assess all lands which have not been platted and which are used only as farming lands, according to the value of such lands for farming purposes. assessors. election. same. for fourth 1871. Sec. 6. The annual election under this act shall be held on Annual the first Monday in April in each year, at such places in each of the several wards as the common council shall designate, notice of which shall be given by the city clerk in the official paper of the city at least eight days before the election. The Inspectors of supervisor and aldermen of each ward shall be inspectors of such election and they shall also be inspectors of the State, county, and district elections, and one of them shall act as clerk thereof, and in case of the absence of one or more of such inspectors the electors may choose, viva voce, from their number one or more to fill such vacancies, to whom shall be administered the constitutional oath by either of said inspectors or by any justice of the peace. At least ten days before the char- Inspectors ter election of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, the common ward for council shall appoint in the fourth ward three discreet persons, electors of said ward, to be inspectors of such election, who shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as provided herein for other inspectors of elections. In the fourth ward, at least two weeks before the term of registration ward." provided by law for the charter election of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, a registry of electors shall be made for said wards by two electors thereof to be appointed by the common council who shall be deemed members of the board of registration of the city for said wards for the election of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and who shall, under the direction of the common council, perform such registry, as near as may be, according to the provisions of sections two and three of the registration act, so called, approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Such registry of electors shall be revised for said election in the same manner provided by law for correcting the registration [of electors] in cities. The manner of Manner of conducting all elections and canvassing the votes, and the quali-elections. fications of electors in the several wards, shall be the same as that of townships, the word ward instead of township being used in the oath to be administered to an elector, in case his vote shall Registration in fourth |