Warrant continued

in force.

Duty of treasurer.

on or before the first Monday of March next, and the said warrant is hereby revived and continued in full force and virtue, for the purposes aforesaid, until the said first Monday of March

next.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the said township, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of his warRenewal of rant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county.

bond.

Time ex

tended.

Power of treasurer.

Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved January 29, 1863.

[ No. 9. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Lapeer, in the county of Lapeer, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Lapeer, in the county of Lapeer, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby extended until the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized to collect said taxes, as fully as he might have done during the lifetime of his warrant, and make his return on or before the Renewal of first day of March aforesaid, and to renew his official bond to the treasurer of the county of Lapeer.

bond.

Duty of treasurer.

Unpaid taxes.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of said township, before he shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of his warrant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the county treasurer of said county, and to be approved by him, as now required by law.

Sec. 4. A transcript of all the unpaid taxes returned to the county treasurer, in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable; and

such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed from the same time, as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, duly returned to the Auditor General.

Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved January 29, 1863.

[ No. 10. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Greenfield, in the county of Wayne, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Greenfield, in the county of Wayne, is hereby extended to the third Monday of February next.

Time ex. tended.

Power of treasurer.

continued

Sec. 2. The treasurer of the said township of Greenfield is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect the said tax, in the same manner as during the lifetime of his warrant, and to make returns to the county treasurer, on or before the third Monday of February next, and the said warrant is Warrant hereby continued in full force, for said purpose, until said time. in force. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said treasurer of said town- Duty of ship, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected by him, as provided by law, and to give to the county treasurer of his county an official bond, as treasurer of said township, conditioned and to be approved by the county treasurer or supervisor, as required by law, and to pay over or otherwise account for the said deferred taxes, at the time limited by this act, as required by law.

treasurer.

Return of unpaid tax

Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county treasurer, in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, en shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed from the same time, as other taxes

Section amended.

When Com'r of Land Of

sue certif

cate.

for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment.

Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved January 29, 1863.

[ No. 11. ]

AN ACT to amend section four of an act entitled "an act to provide for the drainage and reclamation of swamp lands in township six north, of range fourteen and fifteen west, and to aid the township of Holland in the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of North Black River, in said township." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section four of an act entitled "an act to provide for the drain. age and reclamation of swamp lands, in township six north, of range fourteen and fifteen west, and to aid the township of Holland in the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of North Black River, in said township," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, be and the same is hereby altered and amended, so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4. Upon the certificate of the said board, appointed for fice may is- the improvement of said harbor, stating that the said swamp lands, or such parts of said lands as require drainage, have been drained, and that the person or persons holding said certificate have done work and labor upon said harbor improvement, or in the drainage or reclamation of such lands, to the amount to be stated in said certificate, which shall be verified to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the State Land Office, it shall be the duty of the said commissioner to issue his certificate of purchase for so much of the swamp lands, (not less than the smallest legal subdivision under the laws of the United States,) as will, at the appraisal hereinbefore provided for, pay the amount due to such person or persons, for such work and labor: Provided, That the said lands, or so much as shall be necessary to reclaim them, shall be drained within five years, from and after the expiration of the time limited in said section four; and

Proviso.

that the harbor be so far completed as to afford a safe entrance for vessels of eight feet draft of water.

Approved January 29, 1863.

[ No. 12. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in the township of Seneca, in the county of Lenawee.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That

tended.

the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Seneca, Time exin the county of Lenawee, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be and the same is extended until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

treasurer.

Sec. 2. The treasurer of the said township is hereby authorized Power of and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes, as fully as he could do in the lifetime of his warrant, and to make returns at any time before the first Monday of March next, and the said warrant is hereby revived and continued in full force and Warrant virtue, for the purposes aforesaid, until the said first Monday in force. of March next.

continued

treasurer.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the said town- Duty of ship, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of his warrant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official Renewal of bond, to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county.

Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved January 29, 1863.

[ No. 13. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in certain townships and wards in the county of Monroe.

bond.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the townships of Erie, La Time exSalle, Raisinville, Frenchtown and Ash, and the first, second

tended.

Power of treasurers.

and third wards in the county of Monroe, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby extended until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and sixtythree.

Sec. 2. The treasurers of said townships and wards, are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes in the same manner as they could do in the lifetime of said warrants, and to make and return the same at any time before the Warrants first Monday of March next, and said warrants are hereby extended and continued in full force and effect, for the purposes therein named, until that time.

continued

in force.

Duty of treasurers.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurers of said townships and wards, before they shall avail themselves of the benefits herein conferred, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of their said warrants, as now provided by law, Renewal of and to renew their official bonds to the satisfaction of the treas urer of said county.

bonds.

Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved January 29, 1863.

Relief ord'rs legalized.

[ No. 14. ]

AN ACT to legalize certain volunteer family relief orders in the county of Clinton, in this State.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That whenever any supervisor of any of the townships of Clinton county, in this State, has, in good faith, issued, since the act entitled "an act to amend an act to provide for the relief, by counties, of the families of volunteers, mustered from this State into the military service of the United States, or of this State," approved January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixtytwo, became a law, any orders for the relief of the families of volunteers, that would be valid and legal if the act entitled an act to provide for the relief, by counties, of the families of volunteers, mustered from this State into the military service of the United States, or of this State," approved May tenth,