Capital. Sec. 1 of act subscribers thereto, with such other persons as shall associate with them for that purpose, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Corunna and Saginaw plank road company, with corporate succession." "Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be seventy thousand dollars, in two thousand eight hundred shares of twenty-five dollars each." That section one of an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Corunna and Saginaw plank road company, approved 3 of 150, April second, eighteen hundred and fifty, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "two," in the sixth and seventh lines, and inserting "three," so that said section will read as follows: amended. ded. 66 'Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the time in which it was necesTime exten- sary for the Corunna and Saginaw plank road company, under and by virtue of the act of incorporation, approved April third, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to commence the construction of said road, is hereby extended for three years from the passage of this act; and the said company shall, within three years from the passage of this act, commence the construction of said road, and expend ten per cent of the capital stock of said company; they shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges secured in said act of incorporation, as fully as if they had commenced said road, and made such expenditures within the time specified in said act of incorporation." Route. And the said Corunna and Saginaw plank road company shall have the power to extend their said road (and construct and maintain all necessary buildings and toll-gates) from the east end of the upper ferry on the Saginaw river, opposite Saginaw city, to the bend of the Cass river, in Saginaw county, so as to intersect at that point the Saginaw and Genesee plank road, and to take possession of so much of the Detroit and Saginaw turnpike road, so-called, as may be necessary for the construction of said road: Provcded, That during the construction of said road, the said company shall in no wise prevent or improperly obstruct the travel: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as conveying any or further right in such road than the State, as such, possesses. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 8, 1851. [ No. 21. ] AN ACT to provide for the organization of certain townships in the county of Tuscola. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That township ten north of range seven east, and the north half of townships ten north of ranges eight, nine, ten and eleven east, be and the same are hereby set off from the township of Tuscola, in the county of Tuscola, and organized into a separate township, by the name of Arbela, and the first township meeting for the election of township officers shall be held at the house now occupied by Simeon Newton in said township. Township of Arbela organized. Sec. 2. That townships number twelve, thirteen and fourteen, north of ranges seven and eight east, and township fifteen, north of Township of Rogers range eight east, be and the same are hereby set off from the town- organized. ship of Tuscola, in the county of Tuscola, and organized into a separate township by the name of Rogers, and the first township meeting for the election of township officers shall be held at the house now occupied by Levi Rogers in said township. of Vassar Sec. 3. That township eleven north of range eight east, and townships eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, north of ranges nine, ten Township and eleven east, be and the same are hereby set off from the town. organized. ship of Tuscola, in the county of Tuscola, and organized into a separate township by the name of Vassar, and the first township meeting for the election of township officers shall be held at the house now occupied by Townsend North in said township. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 8, 1851. [ No. 22. ] AN ACT to amend sections two and three of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Copper Falls Mining Company," approved March fifteen, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec No. 74, of 1848, amen ded. Sec. 2 of act tion two of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Copper Falls Mining Company," approved March fifteen, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out in the third line thereof, the words "one hundred," and substituting the word "thirty;" so that said section shall read: Capital. Sec 3 of act "Sec. 2. The said company shall have corporate succession; its capital stock shall be three hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of thirty dollars each; and said company may acquire and hold such real and personal estate in the upper peninsula of Michigan as shall be necessary for the exercise of its corporate franchises." Sec. 2. That section three of the act to which this act is amenda1848, amen- tory, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read: ded. Officers. Proviso. Subject to general laws. "Sec. 3. The officers of said company shall consist of a president, a board of five directors, including the president, who shall be one thereof, a secretary and treasurer, who may, however, at the pleasure of the company, be one and the same person; and the said company may levy assessments on the shares of its stock, and forfeit and sell the same for non-payment of any such assessment, in such manner as said company, by its by-laws, may prescribe: Provided, That one of the directors shall at all times be a citizen and resident of the State of Michigan, upon whom services of all process against said company may be made, and such service shall be deemed a valid service as against the said Copper Falls Mining Company: And provided further, That said company shall at all times be subject to such general laws as are now in force, or may hereafter be passed, in reference to the commencement and prosecution of suits, and the service of legal process against corporations." Sec. 3. Should the said company adopt the modification in this act contemplated, a statement of their acceptance of the terms of such modification shall, within twenty days after the adoption thereof, be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the same shall be conclusive on and control said company. Approved March 8, 1851. [ No. 23. ] AN ACT to amend section two of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Portland and Lansing Plank Road Company. Section 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact, That section Sec. 2 of act 1848, amen two of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Portland and Lansing Plank Road Company, approved April third, eighteen hundred and No. 252, of forty-eight, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said ded." section, at the end thereof, as follows: "and to take possession of so much of the Detroit and Grand River road, so called, as lays between the village of Lansing and Portland, and proceed to construct and maintain thereon a plank road: Provided, That during the construction of said plank road, the said company shall in no wise prevent or improperly obstruct the travel: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as conveying any or further right in said Grand River road than the State, as such, possesses;" so that the section, as amended, will read as follows: "Sec. 2. Said company hereby created shall have the power to lay out, establish and construct a plank road, and all necessary buildings, from the village of Portland, in the county of Ionia, to the Route. town of Michigan, in the county of Ingham, and to take possession of so much of the Detroit and Grand river road, so called, as lays between the village of Lansing and Portland, and proceed to construct and maintain thereon a plank road: Provided, That during Proviso. the construction of said plank road, the said company shall in no wise prevent or improperly obstruct the travel: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as conveying any or further right in such road than the State, as such, possesses." Sec 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 8, 1851. [ No. 24. ] AN ACT to amend sections one, five and eight of an act to incorporate the city of Detroit Gas Company, and to change the title of said company to that of the Detroit Gas Light Company. No. 82, of Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- sec. 1 of act tion one of an act to incorporate the city of Detroit Gas Company, 1849, amenapproved March fourteen, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 66 Sec. 1. That said persons above named, who have signed said articles of association, and all such other persons as have or shall be ded. Incorpora tion. Proviso. Sec. 5 amended. Time of beginuing operations. Acceptance af act,' where filed. come stockholders, and associated with them for said purpose, and their successors or assigns, shall be and are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Detroit Gas Light Company, for the object and purposes contemplated and stated in the above preamble, for the period of forty-eight years from and after the passage of this act: Provided always, That within the period of three years they commence operations, and continue the same with all reasonable dispatch." Sec. 2. That section five of said act be and the same is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: "Sec. 5. Unless the said corporation shall have established their manufactory, and so far progressed therewith as to begin supplying gas to some portions of the city within four years from the passage of this act, this act shall cease and become null and void." Sec. 3. The Legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal this act, or the act to which this is amendatory. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately, and said company shall be entitled to its benefits, and subject to its provisions, whenever they shall accept the same, and their acceptance in writing, signed and certified to by the president or secretary of said company, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State: Provided, Such acceptance is filed within sixty days from the passage of this act. Approved March 8, 1851. Election. Officers. Term. [ No. 25. ] AN ACT to provide for the election of Cireuit Judges and Regents of the University. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That an election shall be held on the first Monday in April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and every sixth year thereafter, in each of the judicial circuits into which, under the revised constitution and schedule thereto, and laws, the State is divided, by the electors thereof, of one Circuit Judge and one Regent of the University, whe shall hold their offices respectively for the term of six years, and until their sucessors are elected and qualified. Sec. 2. The inspectors of elections in the several townships and |