Term of office. term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years; each to hold his office until another shall be appointed in his place, and duly qualified; and at their annual session in each year thereafter, they shall appoint one for the term of three years, and until his successor is chosen Oath of of and qualified; and such superintendents shall take the oath of office prescribed in the eighteenth article of the constitution, and file the same with the county clerk. Approved February 13, 1863. fice. lief fund. [ No. 31. ] AN ACT for the relief of sick, disabled and needy soldiers. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Soldiers re- the sum of twenty thousand dollars of the fund created by an act of the Legislature of this State, entitled "an act authorthorizing a war loan," approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be and the same is hereby set apart for, and appropriated as a special fund, to be known as the soldiers' relief fund. Governor authorized to loan or donate said fund. Appointment of thorized. Duty of. Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby authorized to loan, or donate, in his discretion, the whole or any part of the moneys belonging to said fund, to such sick, disabled and needy soldiers as have, or shall have been mustered into the service of the United States, from the State of Michigan, for the purpose of effecting their recovery, or return home. Sec. 3. To better effect the objects of this act, the Governor agents au- is hereby authorized to employ, at the rate of compensation hereinafter named, one or more agents, whose duty shall be to visit the hospitals of the country, and other places where the class of soldiers above described may be found, to look after their welfare, and loan or donate the moneys of said fund, or any portion thereof, in the manner, and for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, however, That if any person or persons, approved by the Governor, shall consent to perform duties Proviso: appertaining to said agents, without cost to the State, other than for their actual and necessary traveling expenses when thus engaged, the Governor may, on such conditions, appoint as many of the same for that purpose as he shall see fit. ject to con Governor. Sec. 4. Each and all of the agents appointed under this act Agents subshall, in each and all of his or their official doings, be subject trol of the to the control and instructions of the Governor; and the Governor may, in his discretion, discharge any agent appointed in pursuance of this act, and appoint another in his stead. to draw his Treasurer. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Auditor General, on appli-Aud. Gen'l cation to him by the Governor, to draw his warrant, from time warrant on to time, on the State Treasurer, payable to the order of the Governor, out of said fund, for such sum as the Governor shall specify, the same to be used as herein prescribed. tion of Sec. 6. The compensation for each agent appointed under this Compensaact, except such as shall be appointed by virtue of the proviso agents. contained in the fourth section hereof, shall be such as the Governor shall fix aud determine, not exceeding, in any case, the sum of two dollars per day of actual service, and his actual and necessary expenses. report to nor. Sec. 7. Each agent appointed under this act, who shall qualify Agents to and enter upon his duties, shall, monthly, and so often as the the GoverGovernor shall require, make to the Governor a full report of his doings, including an itemized statement of his expenses and disbursements, and the same shall be verified and sworn to by him, to the satisfaction of the Governor; and all such accounts the Governor is authorized to adjust and settle. port of the Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Governor to make and file Annual rewith the Auditor General, on or before the first day of Decem- Governor. ber of each year, a statement of his receipts and advances, under the provisions of this act, including appropriate vouchers and evidences of debt to the State, for moneys loaned or donated as aforesaid. Governor. Sec. 9. For any expenses which the Governor shall incur per- Expenses of sonally, in carrying into effect the purposes of this act, he may present a claim against the State to the Board of State Auditors, Official oath of agents. Penalty for embezzle ment, etc., by agent. Bections amended. certified by him officially; and said Board is authorized to audit and allow the same, at a just amount, and order it paid out of said fund, in manner provided by law. Sec. 10. Each agent appointed under this act, shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath required of State officers, and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State; and if any such agent shall embezzle, fraudulently use or appropriate, any part of said fund, he shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be liable to a fine in three times the amount thus embezzled, fraudulently used or appropriated, or to imprisonment in the State Prison for a term of not more than five years; or he shall be liable both to such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; and all such fines, when collected, shall be paid to the State Treasurer, and by him placed to the credit of said fund. Sec. 11. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 32. ] AN ACT to amend sections eighteen and nineteen, of an act entitled "an act to define the powers and duties of the board of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," approved April eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, said sections being sections three hundred and fifty-two and three hundred and fifty-three of the compiled laws. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections eighteen and nineteen, of an act entitled "an act to define the powers and duties of the board of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," approved April eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, being sections three hundred and fifty-two and three hundred and fifty-three of the compiled laws, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows, to wit: Sec. 18. Whenever such board shall have designated the tions sub the people. thereof. of. place of such proposed removal, as provided in the next Proposipreceding section, they shall provide for submitting such prop- mitted to osition, at the time of holding the next annual township meeting, to the vote of the electors of such county, and they shall thereupon cause notice thereof to be posted up in three public Notice places in each township, and in each ward of any city in the said county, at least thirty days previous to the time fixed for the submission aforesaid, and shall cause the same to be published Publication in one newspaper printed in the county, if any, and if none there, in a paper published nearest to said county, for at least three successive weeks previous to the time of such submission and vote, setting forth that the place to which such proposed removal is to be made, naming the place which has been desig. nated by two-thirds of such board of supervisors, and stating the day when such proposed removal will be submitted to the electors of said county, in the several townships and cities, or wards of such county. voting on votes. Sec. 19. At the time specified in such notice, a vote of Manner of the electors of such county shall be taken in each of the town-proposit❜ng, ships, wards, cities, or election districts in such county. The inspectors receiving the votes shall, in townships, be the same as required at township meetings, and in cities or wards, the same as required at city or ward elections, respectively, and the votes shall be canvassed by the same officers, and in the Canvass of same manner, as required at such township meetings, city or ward elections, respectively, and the result of such vote, and statement thereof, shall be made and certified by them, and transmitted to the county clerk of such county, within ten days after such vote shall be taken: Provided, That if such state- Proviso. ment and result shall not be made, certified or returned, as above provided, the board of supervisors may, at their first meeting after such vote shall have been taken, send for the same, and require the same to be certified and made, the same as the board of canvassers at general elections; and the board of supervisors, for the purpose of ascertaining the result of such vote in such county, shall examine such statements and for removal. Voting to be by ballot certificates, and canvass the votes therein certified, and shall determine and declare the result of the vote in the county, and Provisions such result shall be entered upon their records; and in case the result shall be in favor of the proposed removal, they shall provide for such removal, together with all the records and papers of such county, within one year after such result shall be ascertained and determined, as aforesaid, by them, and shall remove the same as soon as suitable buildings shall have been provided for the reception thereof, and they shall enter upon their records the time when such removal shall be deemed to have taken place, and from and after that time the place so designated shall be and continue the county seat of said county for all purposes whatsoever. All voting, as provided in this section, in the several townships, cities or wards, shall be by ballot, and the inspectors of election shall provide a separate box for the reception thereof, in each township and ward, and such vote shall be canvassed by said inspectors the same as other votes. Those voting in favor of such proposed removal shall have written or printed on their ballots, "for the removal of the county seat." Those voting against such proposed removal shall have written or printed upon their ballots, "against Special elec- the removal of the county seat." In cities or wards where an election would not otherwise be held on the day specified in the notices above provided for, a special election shall be held on the day so specified, for the purpose of submitting such question of removal to the electors thereof, in the same manner as at charter or ward elections, and the clerk of the inspectors of Notice of election of such cities or wards shall give the like notice of such election as is by law required for special elections. · tions. Approved February 18, 1863. |