[No. 8.]

AN ACT to amend sections ten and eleven, of chapter second, title third, part first, of the revised statutes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That section ten, of chapter second, title third, part first, of the revised statutes, be so amended as to read, "the counties of Berrien, Van Buren, Ottawa, Mackinac and Allegan, shall have jurisdiction in common of all offences committed on that part of Lake Michigan, which lies within this state, and such offences may be heard and tried, in either of said counties, in which legal process against the offender shall be first issued, in like manner, and to the same effect, as if the offence had been committed in any part of either of said counties."

§ 2. That section eleven of said chapter, be so amended as to read, "all civil process from either of the counties of Berrien, Van Buren, Ottawa, Mackinac or Allegan, may run into and be executed within and upon that part of Lake Michigan, which lies within the limits of this state."

Approved, February 12, 1841.

[No. 9.]

AN ACT to provide for the transfer of twenty thousand dollars from the delinquent tax fund, and to provide for the payment, in part, of the members and officers of the present legislature.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the treasurer of the state be, and he is hereby required, to transfer from the delinquent tax fund, twenty thousand dollars, to the credit of the general fund, which is hereby appropriated for the payment, in part, of the members and officers of the present legislature.

§ 2. That out of the appropriations, in the first section of

this act made, there shall be paid by the treasurer of this state, to each member and officer of this legislature, such sum as shall be due to him, from time to time, upon the certificate of the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives, as the case may be, countersigned by the auditor general of this state. And be it further provided, That out of said appropriation, there shall be paid, from time to time, such sum or sums for the incidental expenses of this legislature, as, upon the certificate of the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, shall be required.

§ 3. That the provisions of this act be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 18, 1841.

[No. 10.]

AN ACT to amend chapter three, title three and part first of the revised statutes, "relative to prosecuting attorneys."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That every prosecuting attorney, who shall refuse or neglect to make the annual returns to the attorney general, required to be made by the thirty-fourth section of chapter three, title three, and part first of the revised statutes, (page 44,) shall be liable to pay a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt, before a justice of the peace, in the name of the county treasurer of the county for which such prosecuting attorney was appointed,

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the attorney general, in all cases of such neglect, to notify the county treasurer of the county thereof, for which such prosecuting attorney was appointed, whose duty it shall be to sue for and collect such penalty.

§ 3. Such penalty, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which the same was forfeited. Approved, March 2, 1841.

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[No. 11.]

AN ACT amendatory to the several acts incorporating the trustees of the Wesleyan seminary at Albion.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Loring Grant, Elijah Crane, Elijah H. Pilcher, Benjamin H. Packard, James S. Harrison, Almon Herrick, Thomas W. Pray, Marvin Hannahs, Jesse Crowel, Jesse Gardner, Wareham Warner, Peter Williamson and Arza C. Robinson shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of the "Wesleyan seminary, at Albion," and shall be the trustees of said corporation, for the purpose of further establishing, maintaining and conducting the seminary of learning, for the education of youth generally, located at the village of Albion, in the county of Calhoun.

§ 2. There shall, at all times, be thirteen trustees of the said corporation, a majority of whom shall be members of the Methodist episcopal church, and shall be divided into three classes, to be numbered one, two, three; the places of the first class, or number one, shall become vacant in one year from the first regular meeting of the board, after the passage of this act, (at which time the division shall be made by lot;) the places of the second class, or number two, shall become vacant in two years, and the third class, or number three, shall become vacant in three years from said meeting: Provided, however, That the said trustees shall continue to act until others are appointed in their places.

§ 3. The said trustees shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own board, to make by-laws for their own government, to elect or appoint the faculty of the institution, except the principal, who shall be appointed by the Michigan annual conference of the Methodist episcopal church; to prescribe the course of study, attend examinations and regulate the government and instruction of the students, and manage the affairs of said corporation, in such manner as they may deem best calculated to promote the object of this act.

§ 4. The said trustees shall be capable of sueing and being sued, of receiving, holding and conveying property, real and personal: Provided always, That the annual income shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; they shall have power to make and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure.

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§ 5. No proceedings of the trustees of the Spring Arbor Acts of the seminary, had or done according to the provisions of the act bor seminary entitled, "An act to incorporate the trustees of the Spring Ar- act. bor seminary," approved March 25, 1835, or any act amendatory thereof, or according to any other law, shall be rendered invalid, by the passage of this act; nor shall any subscription, donation, bond, mortgage, or other security, executed to said trustees, be in any way invalidated by the passage of this

act.

§ 6. All acts or parts of acts that relate to the Spring Arbor Repeal. seminary, or to the Wesleyan seminary at Albion, which are inconsistent with, or contravene the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed; but the repeal shall in no wise affect any thing lawfully done under said act.

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§ 7. This act shall be, and is hereby declared a public act; declared no nonuser of the privileges hereby granted to the said corporation, shall create or produce any forfeiture of the same, and no misnomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, No misnotestament, gift, grant, demise, or other instrument, contract, deed, &c. or conveyance, shall defeat or vitiate the same: Provided, The Proviso. corporation be sufficiently described to ascertain the intention: Provided further, That no rights or privileges legally vested and existing at the time of the passage of this act, shall be impaired by the provisions of the same.

§ 8. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

altered.

§ 9. The legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal Maybe this act, by a vote of two-thirds of each house.

Approved, March 6, 1841.