third degrees east, three hundred and ninety-seven links distant, said stake also twenty-five chains west on the aforesaid north line of the town of Erin, from the stake at the point where said north line of Erin intersects the waters of Lake St. Clair; thence north, two degrees thirty-eight minutes east, two hundred and ninety-two chains and fifty-seven links, to a buttonwood stump on the north bank of the Clinton river, said stump being the south west corner of George Kellog's farm, (now Theron Shook's;) thence north, two degrees and thirty-eight minutes east, on said west line of said Theron Shook's farm, to the north-west corner thereof; thence due north until it intersects the south line of the township of Macomb, being town three north of range thirteen east." Approved April 4, 1851. [ No. 85. ] AN ACT to regulate proceedings in attachment against foreign corporations in certain cases. Proceedings ment eign corpo how regula ted. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Whenever an action shall be commenced by attachment against a foreign corpo- in attachration, and proceedings by garnishment shall also be commenced in against for the same action, if it shall appear on the return of the writ of attach- rations; ment, that a copy thereof, and also copies of all garnishee summons issued in said action, have been personally served on any officer, member, clerk or agent of such foreign corporation within this State, the same proceedings may be thereupon had in said action against said corporation, and in the same manner, as upon the return of a summons personally served in actions against natural persons. Sec. 2. The rights and liabilities of garnishees in such cases, and the proceedings against them, shall be the same in all respects as provided by law in other cases of garnishment. Approved April 4, 1851. [ No. 86. ] AN ACT authorizing the board of State Auditors to examine and settle the claim of Eneas Daly. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Board of tors autho tle claim of Proviso. board of State Auditors be and they are hereby required to examine State Audi- and settle the claim of Eneas Daly for damages to him occasioned rized to set by the commissioner of the State Land Office, in apportioning and Fineas Daly distributing certain salt spring lands on sections one (1) and twelve, (12,) in the township of Saline in the county of Washtenaw, on which said Daly resided, and by which apportionment he was excluded from any share thereof: Provided, The said Eneas Daly shall first stipulate in writing that the finding and decision of the said board of State Auditors shall be and remain a final adjustment of said matter between him and the State, and also upon the said Eneas Daly producing satisfactory evidence that he is legally or equitably entitled to the amount of any damages; and if the board shall find the said Daly entitled to any damages, they shall certify the amount so found due the said Eneas Daly to the Auditor General, who is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the sum so found due, and the State Treasurer is hereby required to pay said warrant out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Duty of Superinten dent public [ No. 87. ] AN ACT to authorize the reapportionment of certain primary school interest moneys, in the county of Branch. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the instruction. Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby authorized and required to add to his apportionment of primary school money to the county of Branch, to be made on the first day of May next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the sum of eleven hundred and thirty-three dollars and ninety cents, in addition to the amount to which the said county is entitled for the school year last past. Notice of apportionment required. Sec. 2. Like notice shall be given of the apportionment of the said amount as is required in sections one hundred and twenty (120) and one hundred and twenty-one (121) of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, and the same shall be payable on the warrant of the Auditor General to the treasurer of the said county of Branch. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 4, 1851. [ No. 88. ] AN ACT for the relief of Peter Patterson. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Commissioner of the State Land Office be and he is hereby directed to sell to Peter Patterson, at five dollars per acre, and on the terms established by law for the sale of normal school lands, the south-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section thirty-four, in township seven north of range twelve west: Provided, Said Patterson shall make application for said land within one year from the passage of this act. Approved April 4 1851. [ No. 89. ] AN ACT relative to Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court. Duty of Re Supreme Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the present reporter of the decisions of the supreme court, who was ap- porter of pointed in July last, prepare and report the decisions of said court Court. made in eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and in eighteen hundred and forty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and not already reported; and that he be allowed therefor a just and reasonable compensation, not exceeding eight hundred dollars, to be determined by the Board of State Auditors, after the same shall have been done; and that a warrant for the sum so allowed be drawn upon the State Treasurer, payable out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Compensa tion. Corporal'n name. [ No. 90. ] AN ACT to incorporate the village of Mt. Clemens. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all the inhabitants of this State residing or hereafter to reside within the Inits, and following boundaries, to wit: commencing at a point in the centre of the Clinton river upon the township line between the townships of Harrison and Clinton, in the county of Macomb, thence following the centre of the said Clinton river up stream to a point where the westerly line of private land claim number one hundred and thirty-nine (being a tract of land originally patented by the government of the United States to one Richard Patterson) strikes the centre of said river, thence following said westerly line of said private land claim number one hundred and thirty-nine, northwardly to a point on said westerly line from which a line running due east will run along and form the south line of the farm now owned and occupied by the widow and heirs of the late Mitchell, deceased; thence easterly in the same direction with the south line of said Mitchell farm until it strikes the said township line between the townships of Clinton and Harrison; thence on said township line to the place of beginning, be and the same are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be, from time to time forever hereafter, one body politic to be body and corporate in fact and in name, by the name of the president and trustees of the village of Mt. Clemens; and by that name they and their successors forever shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall be persons in law capable of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all suits of what nature soever; and also to purchase, hold and convey any estate, real or personal, and may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at pleasure, and shall be citizens of said village. And the territory embraced within the boundaries aforesaid shall be designated and known as the village of Mt. Clemens. President and trustees Coporate, May hold real estate. Sec. 2. The male inhabitants of said village, having the qualifications of electors under the constitution of the State, shall meet at the court house in said village, on the first Monday of May next, and on Election of the first Monday of May annually thereafter, at such place as shall be provided in the by-laws of said village, and then and there proceed, by a plurality of votes, to elect by ballot a president, recorder officers. Term of and five trustees, who shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and any four of said offi- office. cers shall constitute a village council for the transaction of business, and a less number may adjourn from time to time; but if an election of said officers or any one of them shall not be made on the day when, pursuant to this act, it ought to be made, it shall be lawful to hold such election at any time thereafter, public notice being given of such election as hereinafter prescribed. Time of polls. Sec. 3. At the first election to be holden in said village under this Judges of act, there shall be chosen, viva voce, by the electors present, two election. judges and a clerk of said election, each of whom shall take an oath Oath. or affirmation, to be administered by either of the others, faithfully and honestly to discharge the duties required of him as judge or clerk of said election; and at all subsequent elections, the trustees, or any two or more of them, shall be judges, and the recorder of the village shall be the clerk of the election; at all elections the polls opening shall be opened between the hours of nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon, and close at three in the afternoon; and at the close of the polls the votes shall be counted, and a true statement thereof claimed to the electors present by one of the judges; and the recorcorder shall make a true record thereof, and within five days after such election, he shall give notice to the persons elected, who shall enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday thereafter; and it shall be the duty of the recorder to give at least five days' previous notice of each and every election, by posting up written or printed notices thereof in five or more public places in said village, or by causing the same to be published in some public newspapér. pro Sec. 4. The president, recorder, and each one of the trustees, before he enters upon the duties of his office, and in the presence of the village council, shall take an oath or affirmation, which oath or affirmation may be administered by any one of the council present, to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this State, and that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of president, recorder or trustee, as the cas may be, of said village, according to the best of his abilities. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all meet Proclamat'n of state ment of votes. Duty of recorder. Constitu tional oath required of officers. |