[ No. 150. ] AN ACT to establish a judicial circuit in the Upper Peninsula. distriot. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the counties and territory constituting the Upper Peninsula judi- Limits of cial district, to wit: The counties of Mackinaw, Chippewa, Marquette, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon, and the unorganized counties and territory thereto attached, shall, on and after the first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be formed into and be one judicial circuit, to be known and designated as the eleventh circuit. tion. Sec. 2. The qualified voters of the several counties and dis- Special olectricts mentioned in the first section of this act shall, on the first Tuesday in August, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, at a special election then to be held for that purpose, elect a circuit judge and district attorney, who shall hold Terms of their offices for the constitutional term, commencing on the first day of January in said year eighteen hundred and sixty four; subsequent elections of the circuit judge and district attorney Subsequent for said circuit shall be on the first Monday in April. office. elections. notify su the election. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several Sheriffs to counties in the Upper Peninsula to notify the supervisors of the pervisors of several townships, at least thirty days previous to the first Tuesday in August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, of the said special election for circuit judge and district attorney, and the supervisors shall post notices in the usual manner for such Duty of suelection in their respective towns, at least five days previous to the day of election. pervisors. how con Sec. 4. The election of judge and district attorney for said Election, circuit shall be conducted, and returns made, as is provided by ducted. law for the election of judges for the several judicial circuits of this State. court abol . Sec. 5. The district court and the office of district judge District shall, on the said first day of January, in the year eighteen ished. hundred and sixty-four, cease and be abolished; and there Judgments, etc., to be shall be no election of district judge in said district the pres ent year. Sec. 6. The judgments, decrees, records, files, books, papers, transferred. suits, prosecutions, causes, proceedings of and in the district to be re circuit court for the several counties, shall be transferred to the circuit court for such counties respectively, and be deemed and Writs, etc., held to belong and appertain thereto; and writs, processes, turned to proceedings, on said first day of January returnable to such court after district court, shall be returnable and returned into the circuit Jan. 1, 1864. court for said several counties, and said circuit court shall have full jurisdiction, power and authority in respect to all and singular the said matters, and all things relating thereto, in like manner and with like effect as if they had originated and were in said circuit court, or were returnable thereto. Seals of court. Sec. 7. The scals of the district court of the said several counties, shall be the seals of the circuit courts of said counties until others shall be adopted and provided. Approved March 19, 1863. ded. [ No. 151. ] AN ACT to divide the Port Huron, Bay City and Lansing State road into sections, and to have a commissioner ap pointed for each section. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Road divi- the Port Huron, Bay City and Lansing State road be and is hereby divided into two sections, and that all that part of the road from Port Huron to Midland City shall be known as sec tion one of said road, and all that part of said road from Midland City to Lansing be known as section two of said road. Governor authorized commis sioners. Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to to appoint appoint one commissioner for each section of said road, as divided above, whose duty it shall be to comply with all the requirements, and perform all the duties, as required of com missioners in act number one hundred and seventeen of the session laws of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, and all acts amendatory thereto. Sec. 3. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 19, 1863. [No. 152. ] AN ACT to authorize the flooding of Thunder Bay river, to increase the capacity of its navigation. to use dams may flood the streams. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful for any person or persons, who have erected, Owners of or may hereafter erect dams upon Thunder Bay river, such dams for the purpose of flooding said stream, or its branches, to increase its navigable capacity for running saw logs, timber and rafts. thereof to Sec. 2. Any person or persons owning such dam or dams, or his Notice or their agents having charge thereof, before using the same for be given. the purpose of flooding, shall give at least two days notice to all persons, their agents or employes, having property in said river liable to suffer damage thereby, of his or their intention to flood said stream, specifying the days, and time of flooding each day, as near as may be. Sec. 3. This act shall not be construed so as to affect the Damages. rights of any person to sue and recover damages for injuries occasioned by such flooding. Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 19, 1863. [ No. 153. ] AN ACT to continue in office, and to confirm and define the powers of the board of control of railroads. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the board of control created by the provisions of section eight Board conof an act entitled "an act disposing of certain grants of lands office. tinued in made to the State of Michigan for railroad purposes, by act of Congress, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fiftysix," and approved by the Governor, be continued in office, without lapse of office or functions, except such as are limited by law, from the date of the passage of said act until the expiration of the time limited by the act of Congress, namely, to the third day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and Acts of, con- that all acts of the said board of control, in the exercise of the general powers of transfer, supervision and control heretofore conferred by law, are hereby ratified and confirmed. Approved March 19, 1863. firmed. of compa nies that have con structed 20 miles of road. [ No. 154. ] AN ACT relative to the conferring and forfeiting certain land grants made by the State of Michigan, by "an act disposing of certain grants of land made to the State of Michigan for railroad purposes, by act of Congress, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the acts amendatory thereto. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Privileges such of the railroad companies mentioned in an act entitled an act disposing of certain grants of land made to the State of Michigan for railroad purposes, by act of Congress, ap proved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, as have finished and put in running order twenty miles of their railroad, shall have all the time to finish said roads, and all the powers, rights and privileges relating to each of said roads respectively, as are mentioned in said act of Congress, and shall be entitled to take and sell the lands donated for the use of each of said roads respectively by said act of Congress, at such times, and in such quantities, and under such restrictions as are Forfeiture in said act mentioned; and all forfeitures of charter, franchise and land grants, incurred by such railroad companies as shall have finished twenty miles of their road, as aforesaid, under waived. Bay R. R. tend to any laws of this State, are hereby waived. The Amboy, Lan-Amboy, Lansing and sing and Traverse Bay railroad company shall, within six Traverse months from the passage of this bill, finish and open their road company. for use to Michigan avenue, in the city of Lansing; and shall also, in good faith, commence their work on the said road from Owosso to Saginaw city, by the first day of June, eighteen and sixty-three, and shall finish the said road from Owosso to Saginaw city by the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. But nothing herein contained shall be construed Not to exto extend the time, or grant any other or further privileges than companies those now existing by law, to any company who shall not have heretofore constructed twenty miles of their railroad: Provided, That the Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay railroad company shall not be entitled to that portion of the second one hundred and twenty sections of said land not already conveyed by them, until the said company shall have constructed its road, and opened it for use, to Michigan avenue, in the city of Lansing. Approved March 19, 1863. that have not completed 20 miles of road. [ No. 155. ] AN ACT to amend chapter forty-two of the compiled laws, so as to authorize circuit courts to discharge certain duties heretofore required to be performed by a county judge. amended. port to cir SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections fifteen hundred and fifty-six, fifteen hundred and fifty-Section seven, and tifteen hundred and fifty-eight, of the compiled laws, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 1556. It shall be the duty of the keeper of every jail to Jailor to relay before the circuit court for his county, on the first day of cuit court every term, a list of all the persons committed to the jail as disorderly persons, and then in his custody, with the nature of jail. their offences, the name of the justice committing them, and the time of their imprisonment. Sec. 1557. The said circuit court before [which] such list shall list of persons com. mitted to |