Transfer of Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That

a certain re

rized.

cord autho- whenever any person interested in said south west quarter of said section twelve, in town seven south of range nineteen west, shall precure from the register of deeds of the said county of Berrien, an exemplified copy of said deed, as now recorded in said county of Berrien, and deliver the same to the register of deeds of the county of Cass, such exemplified copy of said deed may be recorded in the said county of Cass in the same manner as an original deed; the record thereof shall have the same effect and may be used in evidence in all cases as the like record of an original deed. Approved March 19, 1851.

Sec. 3 of

1842, amended.

[ No. 40. ]

AN ACT to amend sections three and four of an act entitled an act to incorporate the National Mining Company.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That secact No. 168, tion three of an act entitled an act to incorporate the National mining company, approved April first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "six" and the word "fifty," in the second line of said section, and substituting therefor the words "ten" and "thirty;" so th it said section shal read:

Capital.

Proviso.

Sec 4 amended.

"Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall consist of three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into ten thousand shares of thirty dollars each. The said company may make assessments upon the shares of stock, and forfeit and sell the same for non-payment of such assessment, in such manner as the by-laws may prescribe. Said company may, at any meeting thereof, make and adopt such or ders, regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, as it may deem proper for the business and government of the company: Provided, That said company shall not be permitted to purchase or hold any real estate, except such as shall be necessary for the exercise or its corporate franchises.

Sec. 2. Amend section four of the aforesaid act to incorporate the National mining company, so that it shall read as follows:

"Sec. 4. The officers of said company shall consist of a board of

Subject to

five directors, and such other officers as said board shall, pursuant to the by-laws, appoint. One of said board of directors shall be a citizen and resident of the State of Michigan, upon whom service of all process against the company may be made, and shall be deemed suf ficient service upon the company. And said company shall at all times be subject to such general laws as are now in force, or may general hereafter be passed in reference to the commencement and prosecution of suits and the service of legal process against corporations. Said board of directors shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors shall be appointed or elected.

Sec. 3. The said company shall not be entitled' to any of the provisions of this act, unless such company shall have been duly organized under the act to which this is amendatory, before the passage of this act.

Jaws

Term.

Restriction.

Co. to file certificate of accep

Sec. 4. The said company shall not be entitled to any of the benefits of this act unless within six months after the passage of this act, a certificate, signed by the president and a majority of the directors Lance. of said company, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Michigan, setting forth that said company have accepted of and assented to all the provisions of this act.

Approved March 19, 1851.

[ No. 41. ]

AN ACT to provide for the payment of the members and officers of the Legislature.

Appropria

Compensa

tion of offi

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there be appropriated out of any money in the treasury, to the credit of tion. the general fund, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, for the payment of the members and officers of the Legislature. Sec. 2. The compensation of the president and members of the Senate, and of the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, shall be three dollars per day for actual attendance and when absent on account of sickness, for the first sixty days of the session, and ten cents for every mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting, on the usually traveled route; and to the members of the House and the Senator from the upper

cers and members.

A

How certified

peninsula, two dollars per day additional, for the first sixty days of the session. Each member of the Senate and House of Representatives shall also be entitled to receive five dollars for newspapers and stationery. The compensation of the Secretary, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and of the Clerk, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and of the reporters of either house, and of the clerks employed with the consent of either Senate or House of Rep resentatives by any of the standing or special committees of either of said houses, shall be three dollars per day for actual attendance during the session. The compensation of the fireman of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, shall be two dollars per day for actual attendance during the session. The compensation of the messengers of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be one dollar per day for actual attendance during the session.

Sec. 3. Such sums as may be due to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, shall be certified by the presiding officers of the respective houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; such sums as may be due the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall be certified by the clerk or secretary of the respective houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; and such sums as may be due the members and other offi cers of either House, shall be certified by the secretary or clerk, and countersigned by the presiding officers of the respective houses; and the State Treasurer, upon the presentation of any such certificate, How paid. countersigned as provided in the preceding section, is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 21, 1851.

[ No. 42. ]

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to create a road fund for the benefit of the German Colonists in Saginaw county, and to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to expend the same, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec

Sec. 2 of act

No. 198 of

1849, re

pealed.

sioners to

have control

tion two of said act be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor, so that said section will read as follows: "Sec. 2. The highway commissioners of each of said townships. shall have the control of the fund created by this act, so far as the same commisis raised within their respective townships; and in expending the mo- of fund. neys that may be subject to their control by the provisions of this act, shall be governed by the laws, so far as the same may be applicable, which are now or may hereafter be in operation for the government of township highway commissioners; and each of said highway commissioners, before entering upon the duties prescribed by this act, shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the filed." duties herein assigned him, and file the same in the office of the county clerk of his county."

Oath; where

ded.

Sec. 2. That section three of said act be amended by striking out the sec.3 amenword "special," in the first and eleventh lines, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "highway;" also by striking out the word "for," in the fourth line of said section, and inserting "in the township," in lieu thereof; and also by striking out the word "appointed," in the fourth line of said section, and inserting the word "elected," in lieu thereof; so that said section will read:

Duty of

comm'ners.

"Sec. 3 It shall be the duty of each of said highway commissioners, on or before the first day of May next, to make out a list of all highway non-resident lands coming under the provisions of this act, upon the hine of that portion of the road in the township in which he was elected, and deliver the same to the treasurer of said county, who shall thereupon open an account with the German colony road fund, and credit to said fund all money then in his hands or which may colony road thereafter be paid into his office as non-resident highway taxes upon any of the lands described in said lists, and which are within the purpose of this act, and shall charge said fund with all moneys which may be drawn from it by the highway commissioner, in pursuance of the next section of this act."

German

fund.

Sec. 3. That section four of said act be amended by striking out Sec. 4amen.. the word "special," where it occurs in the first and eleventh lines of ded. said section, and inserting "highway," in lieu thereof; so that said section will read:

Highway commis.

draw war

rant on German colony road fund.

"Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of each of said highway commission

sioners to ers, in payment for any labor performed or materials furnished in the improvement of said road under his direction, to issue his certificate to any person who may be entitled to the same, certifying the facts as they exist in the case, and draw his warrant thereon (for the amount due such person) upon the German colony road fund; and Co. treasu it shall be the duty of the county treasurer of that county to pay the same out of any money belonging to that portion of said fund which is derived from the taxes which come under the provisions of this act, upon the line of that portion of the road under that highway commissioner's separate charge.

rer's duties.

Sec 5 amended.

tion of com

Sec. 4. That section five of said act be amended by striking out the word "special," in the first line of said section, and inserting "highway," in lieu thereof; so that said section will read:

"Sec. 5. Each of said highway commissioners shall be entitled to Compensa- receive a sum not exceeding one dollar per day for the time actually missioners. employed by him in discharging the duties which this act imposes upon him; and his account for the same, verified by his oath, shall be audited by the board of supervisors of Saginaw county, and shall be paid out of any moneys belonging to his portion of the German colony road fund in the treasury of that county."

Sec. 6 repealed.

Commis

sioners;

where to

See. 5. That section six of said act be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor; so that said section will read:

"Sec. 6. The special commissioners heretofore appointed under said act, are required within two months from the passage of this act, render ac- to render their several accounts, on oath, to the treasurer of the county of Saginaw, and to pay over to him all moneys remaining in their hands belonging to said German colony road fund.”

counts.

Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 21, 1851.