retary of state, and with the township clerks of the several townships in said county. county seat. SEC. 6. The county seat for said county of Oscoda shall be Temporary temporarily located in township twenty-five north, range two east, at the corner of sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight, and twenty-one and twenty-two, now known as Union Corners, in said county of Oscoda, until the county seat has been located as provided for in section three of this act. and sheriff to SEC. 7. The county clerk shall provide a suitable seal and all County clerk necessary books for the use of the circuit court for said county, and provide for holdthe sheriff shall provide a suitable place for holding said court, at ing circuit court. the expense of said county, until a suitable place for holding such court is provided by the board of supervisors of said county. senatorial, con gressional, and trict. SEC. 8. Said county shall comprise part of the representative Representative, district now composed of the counties of Alcona, Alpena, and Presque Isle, and the unorganized county of Montmorency, and Judicial dis shall be attached to the twenty-ninth senatorial district, and to the eighth congressional district, and to the twenty-third judicial circuit; and the judge of said circuit court shall fix the time for holding such court on or before the first day of June next. The sheriff Where court to and county clerk of said county shall designate, in writing, the place where said circuit court shall be held, and such designation shall be filed with said clerk, and the same shall remain so fixed until changed by the said board of supervisors. SEC. 9. The secretary of state is hereby directed to furnish the township clerk of the township of Comins with a certified copy of this act; and it shall be the duty of said clerk to give the same notice of the elections to be held under the provisions of this act that is required by law to be given by the sheriff of organized counties. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. be held. Secretary of State to furnish township clerk with copy of act. [No. 20.] AN ACT to provide for an appropriation for the preparation, publication and distribution of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the Michigan Superintendents of the Poor, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropriation. there is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for each of the years eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be expended for the preparation, publication and distribution of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the Michigan superintendents of the poor for each of said years. SEC. 2. Said moneys shall be expended under the direction of the How expended. secretary of the State board of charities, who shall report to the governor, on or before the first day of July in each of said years, giving an itemized account of the manner of such expenditures ; and the auditor general shall issue his warrant for the payment of said money on presentation to him of the order of the president of the State board of charities, countersigned by the secretary thereof. Approved March 10, 1881. Appropriation for Board of Agriculture. Appropriation for College. Appropriation 4 stitutes, library, etc. [No. 21.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the support of the State agricultural college, to pay the expenses of the State Board of Agriculture, to erect certain buildings, and to make other improvements at the State Agricultural College. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury the sum of seven thousand two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and the sum of seven thousand two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, for the use and support of the State agricultural college and to pay the current expenses of the State board of agriculture. SEC. 2. There shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for the construction and heating apparatus of a building to be used for the purposes of a museum, the laboratory dissecting rooms and experimental and class rooms necessary thereto, and for library purposes, the form of said building to be determined by the State board of agriculture, six thousand dollars for the enlargement of the chemical laboratory, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for new buildings for the farm department, and twenty-five dollars for a building for the horticultural department; which said sums embraced in this section shall be paid in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. SEC. 3. There shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State for farmers' in- treasury the sum of six hundred dollars for farmers' institutes, three thousand dollars for the library, two thousand and twenty dollars for the department of mathematics and civil engineering, one thousand dollars for the department of zoology, three thousand dollars for the department of chemistry, three thousand two hundred and twenty dollars for the department of botany and horticulture, three thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars for the farm department, three hundred dollars for the mechanical department, and one thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars for repairs; said amounts embraced in this section, aggregating seventeen thousand eight hundred and ninety-one dollars, to be paid, one-half of the same in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and one-half in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two; which said moneys provided for in this How expended. act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended under the direction of the State board of agriculture for the purposes aforesaid, and shall be drawn from the treasury on the presentation of the proper certificates of said board to the auditor general, and on his warrant to the State treasurer. SEC. 4. There shall be assessed upon the taxable property of the Assessment and State in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one the levy. sum of forty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two the further sum of sixteen thousand one hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents, to be assessed and levied in like manner as other State taxes are by law assessed, levied and paid, which tax when collected shall be credited up to the general fund to reimburse to the same the sum to be drawn therefrom as provided in this act; and any sums drawn under the provisions of this act before the taxes herein authorized are collected shall be returned when such taxes are collected. Ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 10, 1881. niversity [No. 22.] AN ACT making provision for rebuilding or repairing the steps and platforms leading to the south portico of the new State capitol, and making an appropriation therefor. ors authorized SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Board of Audit the board of state auditors is hereby authorized and directed to to employ engi employ a competent engineer or practical builder, who shall make neer or builder. examination and determine what shall be necessary to be done to the steps, landings and other stone and brick work, including the piers and foundation walls supporting the same, and leading to the south portico of the new State capitol, in order that the same shall be made safe and secure against settlement or other damage liable to be caused by the action of the elements. SEC. 2. The engineer or builder who may be appointed under the Duty of engineer provisions of section one of this act shall proceed immediately after or builder. notice of such appointment to examine and determine the condition of said work, and shall make a report in writing thereof with his recommendations thereon, which said report shall be verified by his oath and shall be addressed to said board of state auditors. SEC. 3. When the board of state auditors shall become satisfied of How work to the proper work to be done in regard to the repairing or reconstruction of said steps and landings and the works connected therewith, they shall cause the same to be done in such manner, by such persons, and upon such terms and conditions as shall to them appear proper and to the best interest of the state. SEC. 4. The board of auditors shall appoint a suitable and com be done. Appointment of petent person to superintend the work aforesaid, and no estimate or superintendent. voucher for work or materials furnished on account thereof shall be allowed by said board until the same shall have been certified by said superintendent to be just and correct. Appropriation. Proviso. SEC. 5. To carry out the provisions of this act the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the State building fund in the State treasury for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and shall be apportioned by the auditor general and incorporated in the State tax for said year: Provided, That if any portion of the amount hereby appropriated shall be required by the board for the purposes aforesaid, before the same shall be collected and placed to the credit of the State building fund, the auditor general is hereby authorized to advance from the general fund the amount so required, such amount so advanced to be returned to the general fund when the same shall have been collected. Ordered to take immediate effect. Election, term of office, and powers. Proviso. When elected. [No. 23.] AN ACT to provide for the election of four justices of the peace in and for the city of Grand Rapids, and to define their jurisdiction and fix their compensation. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there shall be four justices of the peace in and for the city of Grand Rapids, who shall be elected at the annual city election by the qualified electors of the whole city, who shall hold their office for the same term, possess the same jurisdiction and powers, subject to the acts of the legislature establishing a police court in the city of Grand Rapids, perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as are or may be provided by the general law of this State in relation to the election, jurisdiction, powers, duties and liabilities of justices of the peace for townships: Provided, That the justices of the peace of said city now in office shall continue to hold their offices for the terms for which they have been elected. SEC. 2. There shall be elected at the annual election held in said city on the first Monday in April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, one of said justices of the peace provided for in this act, who shall succeed all the present justices of the peace of said city whose terms of office expire on or before the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one; and at the annual city election of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two there shall be elected one of said justices who shall succeed all of the present justices of the peace of said city whose terms of office expire on or before the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two; and at the annual city election of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, there shall be elected two of said justices who shall succeed all the remaining present justices of the peace of said city whose terms of office expire on or before the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, one of whom shall hold his office for the full term of four years, and one of whom shall hold his office for one year only; and annually thereafter there shall be elected one justice of the peace in and for said city to take the place of the justice whose term of office next expires. compensation. SEC. 3. The justices of the peace provided for in this act shall Qualification and possess the same qualifications, and shall be entitled to the same fees and compensation as are provided by law for justices of the peace in townships. may designate papers, etc. SEC. 4. The common council of the city of Grand Rapids may Common council designate which of the four justices of the peace first elected in pur- who to have suance of this act shall succeed to the docket, papers, books and charge of books, property pertaining to the office of the present justices of the peace of said city, or any of them, as their terms of office expire; and be- Location of office to be approved fore any justice of the peace elected under this act shall locate the by common place of holding his office, he shall report to the common council of council. said city the location he intends to make and receive the approval of said common council for such location, and if said council shall refuse to assent to the location reported, such justice shall fix upon such other place as shall receive the approval of the council when reported to it. SEC. 5. The justices of the peace elected under this act shall in Jurisdiction and addition to the provisions of this act possess such jurisdiction and powers. powers, perform such duties, and be subject to such regulations and liabilities as are or may be conferred or imposed upon justices of the peace in said city by the charter thereof, or any of the acts of the legislature relating to the municipal courts or local boards of the city of Grand Rapids, except in so far as the same may be contrary to the provisions of this act. SEC. 6. All acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening the Acts repealed. provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 11, 1881. [No. 24.] AN ACT to repeal section nineteen of chapter ninety-five of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section twenty-eight hundred and fifty-four, requiring manufacturing companies to report to the auditor general. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section repealed. section nineteen of chapter ninety-five of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section twentyeight hundred and fifty-four, requiring manufacturing companies to report to the auditor general, be and the same is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 11, 1881. |