Sum voted, a legal tax. issued in any of said townships unless such special township meetings were duly called and held pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Sec. 2. That where any such special meeting of the electors of the townships aforesaid shall have been held pursuant to law and legal notice, and the majority of the said electors shall have voted any sum or sums of money to be raised or levied on the property of said township, for volunteer bounties, the same shall be, in all respects, deemed legal, and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the tax raised for general township expenses. Sec. 3. This act shall take immediate effect. Act amend ed. Appropriation for [ No. 37. ] AN ACT to amend section one of an act entitled "an act granting swamp land to the county of Genesee, to aid in cutting drains through a certain swamp in said county." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That act number one hundred and sixty-eight, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, being an act entitled "an act granting swamp land to the county of Genesee, to aid in cutting drains through a certain swamp in said county," be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That for drainage. the purpose of cutting a ditch or drain through a certain swamp in the north part of the township of Gaines, in the county of Genesee, there shall be and is hereby appropriated to said county, to be selected and expended under the authority of the board of supervisors thereof, two thousand acies of swamp land, the patent therefor to be issued to the county, or to the person designated by the chairman and clerk of the said board of supervisors, only on the satisfactory completion of the work, certified to by the county clerk and chairman of said board Patent to issue to county. under oath: Provided, That said ditch or drain shall be made Proviso. through the entire length of said swamp, and shall not be less than three feet in depth, and eleven feet four inches in width at the top, and four feet at the bottom. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved February 25, 1863. [ No. 38. ] AN ACT changing the name of the village of Fred, in the county of Montcalm, to that of Stanton. changed: SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of the village of Fred, the county seat of Montcalm Name county, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Stanton. Approved February 25, 1863. [ No. 39. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Saginaw," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That an act entitled "an act to revise and amend the charter of the Sections city of Saginaw," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, be amended so that sections one, three, five, nine, eleven, thirteen, sixteen, thirty, 'thirty-five, thirty-eight, fiftyone, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four and eighty-three, shall read as follows: defined. Sec. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That so much of the township of Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw, Boundaries as is included in the following limits, to-wit: beginning at the centre of Saginaw river, on the quarter line of section twentyfour, in township twelve north, of range four east, thence west, along the quarter line, to the centre of said section, thence north and north-easterly, along the west line of the plat of the village of Florence, to the quarter line of section thirteen, in Wards: First. Second. ' Third. 1 Officers to be elected. said township, thence west, along the quarter line of sections thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, to the west line of section fifteen, in said township, thence south, along the section line, to the centre of the Tittabawassee river, thence down and along the centre of the Tittabawassee river to the centre of the Saginaw river, thence down and along the centre of the Saginaw river, to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off from said township, and declared to be a city, by the name of the city of Saginaw. Sec. 3. The said city shall be divided into three wards. The first ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying north and east of the following line: commencing at the centre of the Saginaw river, upon the line of the centre of Jefferson street, thence north-westerly, along the centre of Jefferson street, to the quarter line of section twenty-three, in said city, thence north, to the centre of said section, thence west, to the west line of said section, thence north, along the section line, to the northern boundary line of the city. The second ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying between the line aforesaid, and the following line: commencing at the centre of the Saginaw river, upon the line of the centre of Cass street, thence north-westerly, along the centre of Cass street, to the south line of sections twenty-two and twenty-three, thence west, to the western boundary line of said city. The third ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying south of the line last described. Sec. 5. The following officers shall be chosen in and for said city, to-wit: one mayor, one recorder, who shall be ex-officio school inspector, one treasurer, who shall be ex-officio collector, two school inspectors, two directors of the poor, and four justices of the peace, who shall be elected as follows, to-wit: the Terms of mayor and treasurer shall be elected annually, and shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. At the first annual election after the passage of this act, and at the annual election every two years Recorder. thereafter, there shall be elected one recorder, who shall hold office. spector. the poor. his office for the term of two years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified; there shall also be elected annually, School inone school inspector and one director of the poor, for the term Director of of two years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified; there shall also be elected annually, one justice of the Justice of peace, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and who shall have like powers, and be subject to the same duties and liabilities, as justices of the peace in the several townships of the State. the peace. council to tain officers. thereof. Sec. 9. The common council shall have power to appoint an Common attorney, marshal and street commissioner for the city, a chief appoint cerengineer for the fire department, and such other officers, whose election is not herein specifically provided for, as they may deem necessary, to carry into effect the powers granted by this act, and to remove the same at pleasure; they shall also have power Removal to remove the treasurer for any violation of the ordinances of the common council; and in case of death, resignation or removal from office, or neglect to qualify, or removal from the city or ward for which he has been elected, of any officer of the corporation, the common council shall, as soon as may be, appoint an officer to fill such vacancy for the unexpired portion of the year; and all officers so appointed shall be notified and qualified, as herein directed: Provided, That the common coun- Special elec cil may, at any time, order a special election to fill a vacancy in any office which is elective under this act. tions. sess and Sec. 11. The common council shall have authority to assess, Power to aslevy and collect taxes on all real and personal estate, taxable collect taxes in said city, which taxes shall be and remain a lien upon the Taxes a lien. property so assessed, until the same shall be paid: Provided, That they shall not raise, by general tax, more than fifteen hun-Taxes limitdred dollars in any one year, exclusive of school taxes and taxes for highway purposes, and such sums as may be necessary to pay any bonds of the city, or interest thereon, as the same shall mature and become payable, unless authorized ed except by vote of tax payers. 42 Tax of over $1,500, how raised. Notice. thereto by a vote of the property tax payers of said city who are electors, when convened for that purpose, pursuant to previous notice. Sec. 13. Whenever the common council shall deem it necessary to raise a greater sum, in any one year, than fifteen hundred dollars, exclusive of taxes for school and highway purposes, and sums due on city bonds, they shall give at least five days notice in writing, to be posted in five public places in said city, which notice shall state the time and place of such meeting, and shall specify the objects and purposes for which the money proposed to be raised is to be expended; and when Electors to such meeting shall be assembled, in pursuance of such notice, such electors, by a viva voce vote, shall determine the amount of money which is to be raised for each object specified in the Tax limited. notice: Provided, That such tax shall not, in any one year, exceed one per centum upon the valuation of the real and personal estate taxable within the limits of said city: And provided also, That not more than two such meetings shall be holden in any one year, to determine the amount of tax to be raised. At all such meetings the mayor, or in his absence the recorder, shall preside. determine amount. Proviso, Streets, etc. Improve ments made tax or otherwise. Sec. 16. The common council shall have power to cause the expenses of making, grading, paving and opening streets, lanes and alleys, of grading, paving, or planking side-walks, of making drains and sewers, and other local improvements, to be assessed against the owners or occupants of the lots or premby general ises which are in front of, or adjoining such improvements, and against any other lots or premises which, in the opinion of the council, are benefitted thereby, or by general tax, as they may deer just and proper; and the common council shall have power to make all by laws and ordinances relative to the mode of assessing, levying and collecting such tax, and they may, by such by laws and ordinances, provide that the real estate assessed for such improvement may be sold to pay such Leyy and collection of taxes. assessments. Sec. 30. The common council, in addition to its powers under |