by such board of supervisors, shall be subject to and perform all the requirements of this act. Sec. 8. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 11, 1863. tion. [ No. 84. ] AN ACT to provide for the interest on certain State loans. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropria- there be and is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the general fund, for each of the years eighteen hundred and sixty-three and eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the sum of forty-three thousand one hundred and forty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents, or so much thereof as may be required for the payment of the interest on the temporary loan, the renewal loan, and the two million loan, for which the faith of the State is pledged. Approved March 11, 1863. [ No. 85. ] AN ACT to provide for interest on the war loan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropria- there be and is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the tion. treasury to the credit of the general fund, for each of the years eighteen hundred and sixty-three and eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the sum of eighty-four thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars, for the payment of the interest on the war loan, for which the faith of the State is pledged, if so much shall be required; if not, the balance shall be and the same is hereby appropriated to the payment, from time to time, of the principal of such loan, in the manner provided in an act entitled "an act authorizing a war loan," approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved March 11, 1863. [ No. 86. ] AN ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the several counties of this State to cancel and destroy orders that may have been drawn on any of the funds of the county, and remaining uncalled for and on file for the period of six years and upwards. and de struction of SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the board of supervisors of the several counties of this State be Cancelment and they are hereby authorized, at any regular meeting, to can- orders aucel and destroy all orders drawn on any of the funds of the county which may have remained uncalled for and on file for the period of six years and upwards. thorized. thereof to Sec. 2. Said boards, before destroying any such orders, shall Record cause to be entered in the minutes of their proceedings, a brief be kept. description thereof, containing the name of the payee, the number, date and amount of each order. Sec. 3. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 87. ] AN ACT to amend section 109, of chapter 10, it being section 457 of the compiled laws, relative to oaths of office of notataries public. SECTION. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section one hundred and nine, of chapter ten, it being section four Section hundred and fifty-seven of the compiled laws, be amended so as to read as follows: amended fice. (457.) Sec. 109. The person so appointed shall, before enter- oath of ofing upon the duties of his office, appear before some person authorized to administer oaths, and take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and deliver the same to the county clerk, within twenty days after receiving notice of his appointment, and the said clerk shall file and preserve the same in his office. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Section amended. New certificates may tain cases. [ No. 88. ] AN ACT to amend section two thousand five hundred and one of the compiled laws. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two thousand five hundred and one of the compiled laws, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (2501.) When an original certificate of purchase shall have issue in cer- been issued by the commissioner for forty acres or more of the said lands, he may, in his discretion, upon the surrender of such certificate, and the payment of one dollar for each new certificate requested, issue new certificates for subdivisions of the lands included in the original purchase, if, in his opinion, no injury will result therefrom. to hold cer tate. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 89. ] AN ACT to authorize the general synod of the Reformed SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Authorized "the general synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church," tain real es- a body corporate under the laws of the State of New York, is hereby authorized and shall have the capacity to have, receive, hold and enjoy, by gift, grant, purchase, devise or other legal or equitable form of conveyance, the real estate and premises in the county of Ottawa, and State of Michigan known as the "Holland Academy," and the grounds connected therewith, for the purposes of said academy, and their appurtenances, and the conveyance of said property heretofore made is hereby confirmed, and also any other real estate that may be conveyed to said corporation for educational purposes: Provided, That said corporation shall not continue to hold any real estate in this State, not actually occupied by it in the exercise of its franchises, for a longer period than ten years. Proviso. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 90. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the village of Mt. Clemens," approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section twelve of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the vil- Section lage of Mt. Clemens," approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: marshal. quent taxes. Sec. 12. The marshal, upon receiving the tax roll, shall pro- Duty of ceed to collect the taxes therein mentioned, and shall call upon each person taxed, if a resident of the village, at least once, and demand payment of the taxes charged to him, her or them, on said tax roll; and in case of refusal or neglect to pay such May sell goods, etc., taxes, the marshal shall levy the same by distress and sale of for delinthe goods and chattels of every such person, wherever found within the village, and may take any property that may be taken by township treasurers, in the collection of taxes; he shall give the same notice, and sell in the same manner as township treasurers are required to do, in the collection of taxes; and any surplus shall be returned to the person in whose possession said property was when the distress was made, or to the person or persons entitled thereto. The said marshal shall, Unpaid taxwithin ten days after the time mentioned in his warrant, for the collection of said taxes, return said tax roll, together with the treasurer's receipt for money paid over to him, into the office of the recorder; and in case any of the taxes mentioned in said roll shall remain unpaid, and he shall be unable to collect the same, he shall make out a statement of the taxes remaining due and unpaid, with a full and perfect description of such premises, from said roll, and shall attach thereto an affidavit that the sums mentioned in said statement remain unpaid, and that he has not, upon diligent inquiry, been able to discover any goods or chattels belonging to the person charged with, or liable to pay such tax, which said statement of the marshal, es. with the affidavit attached, shall be filed in the office of said Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Name changed. Liabilities to remain valid. ed. [ No. 91. ] AN ACT to change the name of the township of Waterloo, in SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of the township of Waterloo, in Tuscola county, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Elmwood. Sec. 2. All debts, liabilities, rights, privileges and immunities, of every nature, incurred by said township of Waterloo, by or with any persons or corporations, shall remain binding and valid against said township of Elmwood as they would have been had the name not been changed. Approved March 14, 1863. [ No. 92. ] AN ACT to repeal act number two hundred and eighty-five of ⚫ session laws of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, being an act to provide for the construction and improvement of the northern wagon road from Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair, through the counties of Lapeer and Genesee, to Corunna, in the county of Shiawassee. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Act repeal act number two hundred and eighty-five of session laws of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, being an act to provide for the construction and improvement of the northern wagon road from Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair, through the counties of Lapeer and Genesee, to Corunna, in the county of Shiawassee, be and the same is hereby repealed. |