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eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and within the same time to expend the amount required by said act to be expended, and perform other duties therein required."

Approved April 2, 1851.

[ No. 70. ]

AN ACT to organize the township of Cheshire, in the county of Al

legan.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That townTownship ship number one north of range number fourteen west, now forming organized. a part of the township of Trowbridge, in the county of Allegan, be

of Cheshire

and the same is hereby set off from said township of Trowbridge, and organized into a separate township by the name of Cheshire, and that the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of Samuel Lane, in said township.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. Approved April 2, 1851.

[ No. 71. ]

AN ACT to legalize the conveyance by the board of supervisors of Hillsdale county of a portion of the public square in the village of Jonesville to E. P. Champlin.

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

conveyance of a portion of the public square in the village of JonesConveyance ville in the county of Hillsdale, lying on the south side of the Chilands to E. cago road, made by the board of supervisors of said county of Begalized. Hillsdale to Elisha P. Champlin, on the twenty-first day of Septem

of certain

P. Champlin

ber, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, be and the same is hereby ratified, confirmed, and made as valid in law as it would have been had the said board of supervisors been particularly authorized and empowered by law to execute the said conveyance at the time the same was made, and effectual in transferring to the said Champlin a fee simple title therein.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 2, 1851.

[No. 72. ]

AN ACT relative to Land Sales in Ottawa County.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan 'enact, That the Auditor General shall cause the statement of the lands to be sold for taxes in the county of Ottawa, in October, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, to be published in "The Hollander," (a paper published in said county,) which statement shall be published in the same manner, for the same time and to the same effect as like statements required by law to be published in other cases.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 2, 1851.

[ No. 73. ]

AN ACT to change the names of Eliza J. Robson and Catharine
Robson.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the names of Eliza J. Robson and Catharine Robson, be and the same are hereby changed; Eliza J. Robson to Eliza J. Twitchel, and Catharine Robson to Catharine Twitchel.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved April 2, 1851.

[ No. 74. }

AN ACT to amend section seventy-six, chapter fifty-eight, title eleven of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, in relation to primary schools.

Sec. 76

revised sta

ded.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section seventy-six of chapter fifty-eight, title eleven of the revised statutes chap. 58 of of eighteen hundred and forty-six, be amended by inserting at the utes amenend of said section the following: "Provided, That no real estate thus set off, and which shall not have been taxed for the purchase or building of such school house, shall be entitled to any portion thereof, nor to be taken into account in such division of district property;" so that said section shall read as follows:

How proportion to tained.

"Sec. 76. Such proportion shall be ascertained and determined be ascer according to the value of the taxable property of the respective parts of such former district at the time of the division, by the best evidence in the power of the inspectors; and such amount of any debt due from the former district, which would have been a charge upon the new, had it remained in the former district, shall be deducted from such proportion: Provided, That no real estate thus set off, and which shall not have been taxed for the purchase or building of such school house, shall be entitled to any portion thereof, nor be taken into account in such division of district property."

Proviso.

Approved April 2, 1851.

[ No. 75. ]

Sec. 1 of act

384, amen

AN ACT to amend section one of an act entitled an act in aid of the
Michigan State Agricultural Society, approved March 31, 1849.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Strike out No. 197 of section one of an act entitled an act in aid of the Michigan State de l. agricultural society, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and substitute instead of said section the following, to wit:

"Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That when Appropria- the treasurer of the Michigan State agricultural society shall make tion of $400 and subscribe an affidavit of the fact that such society has raised the

per annum

to Agricul

ty, on cer

tions.

tural Socie- sum of four hundred dollars by voluntary subscriptions or by fees tain condi- for membership, and shall present the same to the Auditor General, it shall be the duty of the Auditor General to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for a like sum of four hundred dollars, to be paid to the said treasurer of the Michigan State agricultural society, at least ten days prior to the time which shall be appointed for the next annnal meeting and fair of said society; and a like appropriation is hereby made to be paid in like manner and upon the same conditions, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty; and the sum of one thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one and eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to be paid in like manner and upon the same conditions."

$1,000 for

1851 and 1852.

Approved April 2, 1851.

[ No. 76. ]

AN ACT to amend sections twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-three, title twenty-four of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, concerning proceedings to recover the possession of land in certain cases.

and 26 of

the revised

1846 amen

ded.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-Sections 25 three, title twenty-four of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred chap. 123 of and forty-six, concerning proceedings to recover the possession of statutes of land in certain cases, be and the same are amended by striking out section twenty-five, and substituting a new section to stand as section twenty-five; also by striking out the word "ten," in the second line of section twenty-six, as printed, and inserting the word "five;” so that said sections when amended will read as follows, to wit:

Appeal;

"Sec. 25. Either party conceiving himself aggrieved by the determination or judgment of the commissioner or judge, made or ren- when made. dered under the provisions of this chapter, may appeal therefrom to the circuit or district court for the same county, within the same time, in the same manner, and a return may be compelled, and the same proceedings shall be thereupon had, as near as may be, and with the like effect, as in cases of appeals from judgments rendered before justices of the peace, and costs shall be awarded and collected in the circuit court in the same manner. But before any appeal by a defendant shall be allowed, he shall, in addition to the usual recogni

zance, make and execute to the complainant a bond, in the penalty Bond reto be fixed by the judge or commissioner, not less than twice the quired. amount of the annual rent of the premises in dispute, with good and sufficient sureties, who shall justify, and also be approved by said judge or commissioner, conditioned that if the complainant obtain restitution of said premises in said suit, the said defendant will forthwith pay all the rent due or to become due the complainant for the premises described in the complaint, up to the time said complainant shall obtain possession thereof, together with costs of suit in prosecuting said complaint and obtaining restitution of said premises; which bond shall be delivered to said complainant, or his agent or attorney; and if the complainant obtain restitution of said premises, he may, plainant of at his election, sue and recover on said bond, or bring his action titution may against the defendant, under section twenty-four of this chapter."

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of taxes.

Warrant renewed.

"Sec. 26. No writ of restitution shall be issued under the provisions of this chapter, until the expiration of five days after the entry of judgment of restitution; and in case of an appeal within that time, no writ of restitution shall issue until such appeal be determined in the circuit court."

Approved April 2, 1851.

[ No. 77. ]

AN ACT to authorize the Treasurer of the township of Ridgeway,
Lenawee county, to collect certain taxes.

Whereas, by an act approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "an act to organize certain townships, and for other purposes," sections thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirtyfour, thirty-five and thirty-six of the township of Ridgeway, in Lenawee county, were taken from the said township of Ridgeway and attached to the township of Blissfield, in said county;

And whereas, the supervisor of the township of Ridgeway, before having any knowledge of the passage of the said act, proceeded, at the time prescribed by law for the assessment of taxes, to assess taxes for the year eighteen hundred and fifty, upon the sections above described, and the supervisor of the township of Blissfield aforesaid, for the same reason, made no assessment of taxes thereon for said year; therefore,

Section 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact, That the present treasurer of the township of Ridgeway is hereby authorized and empowered to collect the taxes assessed in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, on the sections which were, by the act to organize certain townships, and for other purposes, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, taken from the township of Ridgeway and attached to the township of Blissfield, and make return thereof to the treasurer of the county of Lenawee, on or before the first Monday in June next after the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. For the purposes mentioned in the first section of this act, the warrant attached to the assessment roll of said township of Ridgeway for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, is hereby renewed and continued in force until the said first Monday in June.

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