Inspectors shall constitute &

tration.

where said last election was held, the same as inspectors in other townships with only one voting place may do.

SEC. 9. The persons herein constituted a board of inspectors in board of regis. each precinct shall also constitute a board of registration in each precinct for said first election on the first Monday of April next, and they shall each meet at the house of said Patrick Pierce and at said Champion Hall on the Saturday preceding said first election, and shall then and there proceed to make a registration of the electors in each precinct the same as in townships with one voting place.

Township clerk to be custodian of register.

Members of board.

Meeting of board.

Oath of office.

SEC. 10. The township clerk shall be the custodian of the registers of electors, and at all subsequent elections there shall be a board of registration and a register of electors in each precinct, as follows: The supervisor, township clerk, and treasurer shall be members of the board of registration of the precinct in which they may reside, and the township board of said township shall, on or before the Friday preceding any election, appoint persons sufficient in number with said supervisor, clerk, and treasurer to form a board of registration of three in number in each precinct.

SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of each board of registration to assemble at some convenient place in each precinct (to be designated by the township board) on the Saturday preceding any election, as in other townships, of which ten days' previous notice of the time and place of meeting shall be given by the township board, and shall then and there proceed to register the names of all applicants having the necessary qualifications. Said inspectors and members of the board of registration shall take the constitutional oath of office before entering on the discharge of the duties of their office. In case no place is designated for holding the session of said board of registration, it shall be held in each precinct at the place where the last session of the board of registration was held, and the electors present at the time when such board shall assemble shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in said Manner of con board. Said board of registration in each precinct shall proceed in the same manner as in townships having but one board of registration, and shall have all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities of other boards of registration in the other townships of this State, and all the laws relating to the registration of electors of this State shall apply to the registration of electors in said precincts, the same as in townships with only one voting place. SEC. 12. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved February 25, 1875.

ducting registration.

Township of James authorized to purchase bridge.

[No. 248. ]

AN ACT to authorize the township of James to purchase of the "Swan Creek and Saginaw Bridge Company" its bridge across the Tittabawassee River, and to hold the same as a toll bridge. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the township of James, in the county of Saginaw, is hereby au

thorized to purchase of the Swan Creek and Saginaw Bridge Company its bridge across the Tittabawassee River, in the township of James aforesaid, built by and belonging to said company, at and

for a price not exceeding three hundred dollars; and to raise the May raise money money by a tax upon the taxable property of said township, or to by tax or bond. issue the bonds of said township payable within two years from the date thereof, with interest not exceeding ten per cent per annum,

bridge.

to pay therefor: Provided, That a majority of the qualified voters Provided electors of said township, at any annual township meeting, shall first vote vote to purchasein favor of purchasing said bridge, and in favor of raising the money by tax, or issuing the bonds of the township, to pay

therefor.

ballot.

SEC. 2. The vote upon the question of purchasing said bridge, and vote to be by raising the money by tax, or issuing the bonds of the township to pay therefor, shall be by ballot, and the ballots shall have written or printed thereon, "Purchasing the bridge and raising the money therefor by tax,-Yes," or, "Purchasing the bridge and raising the money therefor by tax,-No," or, "Purchasing the bridge and issuing bonds therefor,-Yes," or, " Purchasing the bridge and issuing bonds therefor,-No."

case vote is in

chasing bridge.

SEC. 3. If a majority of the electors of said township at any Duty of townannual township meeting shall vote in favor of purchasing said ship board in bridge, and raising the money by tax, or issuing the bonds of favor of pursaid township to pay therefor, it shall be the duty of the township board of said township of James to purchase said bridge of said company, for and in behalf of said township, if the same can be done for a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars; and upon Rights, fransuch purchase being made, said township shall succeed to all the chises, etc., vest rights, powers, and franchises of said company in respect to said bridge, and shall have the right to collect of persons crossing said bridge the same rate of toll heretofore fixed and authorized by the board of supervisors of Saginaw county, to be collected by said company.

in township.

authorized to

SEC. 4. The persons owning or holding stock in said bridge com- Stockholders pany are hereby authorized to convey the same to said township, convey stock to and a conveyance to said township, in writing, duly made by all township. the persons owning or holding stock in said company, of their interest in such stock, and in the property and rights of said company, shall be valid and effectual to vest in said township all the rights and property of said company and said stockholders in said bridge.

have charge of

SEC. 5. Upon said bridge being purchased by said township, the Highway comcommissioners of highways of the township shall have charge missioners to thereof, and may employ some suitable person to attend the swing bridge and employ person to in said bridge, and to collect toll thereon; but the person so em- attend the same. ployed shall not be paid for his services a sum greater than the amount of toll received from persons crossing the bridge; and the Bond of person person so employed may be required to give a bond to said town- employed. ship, in such sum, and with such sureties as the commissioners of highways may direct and approve, for the faithful performance of

Duty of town. ship clerk.

Voters may declare bridge free.

Bections amended.

Duties of president.

Board of trustees may provide

for construction of sewers, side

walks, etc.

Cost and expens

es to be assessed on property

fronting on im

provement,

his duties, and the paying over of all moneys that may come his hands by virtue of such employment.

SEC. 6. The township clerk of said township shall file with t county clerk of Saginaw county a certified copy of all resolutio and proceedings passed or had relating to said bridge, at any ann township meeting, within ten days after the annual townsh meeting; and he shall keep a correct record of all acts and p ceedings of the commissioners of highways relating to said brid SEC. 7. The qualified voters of said township, at any time aft one year after said bridge has been purchased, at any annual tow ship meeting, may, by a majority vote, taken by ballot, declare sa bridge a free bridge.

SEC. 8. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved February 25, 1875.

[No. 249. ]

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the lage of St. Johns," and to add two new sections thereto. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, T section four, in Article V., sections four and seven in Article W and section six in Article XVI. of "An act to incorporate the lage of St. Johns," approved March second, eighteen hundred a sixty-seven, be and the same are hereby amended to read as follow

(SEC. 4, ART. V.) The president shall see that all the by-la rules, regulations, and ordinances of said village are faithfully e forced, and shall prosecute, in the name of the people of the 8t of Michigan, all offenders against the same, and for all penalties a forfeitures incurred under the provisions of this act, or any of t by-laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances passed by virtue thereo (SEC. 4, ART. VI.) The board of trustees shall, upon petition Writing of a majority in number and in ownership of frontage the property along the line of the work proposed, as hereinaf designated, praying for the same, and may at their option, on p tion in writing of a majority in number or in ownership of fro age along the line of the work proposed as hereinafter designat direct, order, and superintend, or procure the same to be done, contract or otherwise, the construction of sewers along the line or grade, gravel, or pave the whole, any portion, or the gutters any street, highway, alley, or lane in said village, and assess Cost and expenses thereof upon the lots lying on either side of a adjoining the said work in the proportion that the frontage each lot or piece of land shall bear to the whole frontage of all lots and lands upon which the cost of said work is to be assess They shall also have full power and authority to cause side wa and crosswalks to be constructed and repaired in said village, and assess the cost and expenses of constructing and repairing sidewa upon the lots and land in front of which said walks are construc or repaired.

rules and regula

for

issued in name

(SEC. 7, ART. VI.) And said board of trustees, for the purpose of May establish executing the powers enumerated, or any of them, and for the pur- tions, and propose of executing any of the powers conferred upon said board by devotion. vide punishment this act, may make and establish ordinances, by-laws, rules, and regulations, and may amend and repeal the same, and may prescribe such punishment by fine or imprisonment in the Clinton county jail, or both, for the violation of any such ordinance, by-law, rule, or regulation, as they may deem proper, which punishment shall not exceed a fine of eighty dollars, and the cost of prosecution not exceeding twenty dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both such fine, including the cost of prosecution, and imprisonment, for any one such violation; and any person or persons guilty of any such violation may be prosecuted for such violation before any justice of the peace of the township of Bingham in the county of Clinton; and to effect such prosecution, warrant may Warrant may be be issued in the name of the people of the State of Michigan, by of people. any such justice of the peace, directed to the marshal of said village, or any constable of Clinton county, commanding that such person or persons be apprehended for such violation, and forth with brought before such justice of the peace to answer for such violation, but no such warrant shall issue except upon complaint made on oath and filed with such justice of the peace, charging such person or persons with violation of some ordinance, by-law, rule, or regulation of said village, and when any person or persons shall be brought before any justice of the peace on such warrant, all the proceedings shall, as near as may be, follow the general statutes of the State of Michigan provided for the trial of offenses before justices of the peace, and all fines imposed and collected for such violations, above the costs of prosecution, shall be paid over to the treasurer of Clinton county, by the justice of the peace to whom the fines are paid; and all persons sentenced to imprisonment in the jail of Clinton Offenders to be county for such violation shall be kept in said jail by the sheriff of in custody of said county, and the fees of any marshal, constable, justice of the peace, juror, or witness, engaged in any such prosecution, shall be a legal charge against said county, the same as in any other criminal cases before justices of the peace. But all by-laws, rules, regula- Publication of tions, and ordinances shall be published at least for two successive rules, by-laws, weeks before the same shall be considered as of force, or binding upon the inhabitants of said village.

sheriff of county.

etc.

urer.

(SEC. 6, ART. XVI.) The treasurer of said village shall preserve Duty of treasa list of all lands returned to him delinquent for taxes by the marshal as provided for in section five, Article XVI. of this act, and if the same shall remain unpaid, together with interest at the rate of twenty per cent per annum from the date of the warrant to the marshal for the collection of said tax, for the term of one year from the date of the warrant to the marshal, he shall cause so much of Sale of lands for the land charged with such tax and assessment and interest to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, as shall be necessary to pay the said tax, assessment, interest, and costs of sale thereof: Provided, If there is any description of land which cannot be sold Proviso-land at said sale for the amounts charged against it as aforesaid, said name of village.

taxes.

Sections added.

Board of trustees may provide

trees.

treasurer shall bid off the same for the village of St. Johns, and if such description bid off to said village is not redeemed in one year from such sale as provided in the tenth section of Article XVI. of this act, such description shall belong to said village, and the treasurer of said village may assign the interest of said village to any purchaser who shall pay therefor the amount for which the description was bid off for said village, with interest thereon at the rate of twenty per cent per annum, to the time of said assignment, and such treasurer shall thereupon give said purchaser a certificate of such assignment, upon the surrender of which the treasurer of said village shall give said purchaser or his assignee a deed of such description, which deed shall convey said description to the grantee named therein, with all the force and effect provided for deeds given under sections [section] ten of Article XVI. of this act.

SEC. 2. The following sections shall be and are hereby added to said act to stand as and be sections eight and nine of Article VI. thereof.

(SEC. 8, ART. VI.) The board of trustees may, on petition in for setting shade writing of a majority in number of the owners of property along the line of any graded street in said village, order, contract for, or otherwise procure the setting of shade trees along the said streets, according to a plan adopted by the said board of trustees, applying as much as is required of the general road fund of said village as is obtained by the taxation of the lots fronting on said street in payment of the same, and should the whole of said portion of the general road fund be insufficient for the payment of the same, assess the balance against said lots fronting on said streets, in the same manner as is provided for other special assessments of said village.

May make regulation for pro

trees.

(SEC. 9, ART. VI.) The board of trustees may make all needful tection of shade rules and regulations for the protection of any shade trees in said village, and may order them properly staked, enclosed, or otherwise protected, and in case of the refusal or neglect of the proper parties to so stake, enclose, or protect them, the board of trustees may procure the same to be done, charging the expenses in such cases against the lots in front of which said work is done, and assessing the same against said lots as is provided for other special assessments of said village.

SEC. 3. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved February 25, 1875.

Tax roll legalized

[ No. 250. ]

AN ACT to legalize the assessment and tax roll of the first ward of the city of Coldwater, in the county of Branch, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the tax roll for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, for the first ward of the city of Coldwater, in the county of Branch, be and the same is hereby declared as valid and legal as though the