or purchasers, his, her, or their heirs, assigns, executors, or admintrators, a conveyance of the lands therein described, which conveyance shall vest in the person or persons to whom it shall be made, an estate in fee simple, subject to all the claims the State may have therein, and the said conveyance shall be prima facie etidence that the sale and all proceedings therein prior to such sale were regular, and every such conveyance executed by the said clerk under his hand and seal, acknwledged and recorded, may be given in evidence in the same manner as a deed regularly executed and acknowledged by the owner, and duly recorded. peace, jurisdic SEC. 44. Any of the justices of the peace in the township of Nel- Justice of the son are hereby authorized and empowered to inquire into, hear, try, tion of." and determine in a summary manner all the offenses which shall be committed within said village against any ordinance, by-law, or regulation that shall be made, ordained, or established by the said common council, in pursuance of the powers granted to them in this act, and to punish the offenders as the ordinances, by-laws, or regulations shall prescribe or direct: Provided always, That any Proviso. person on a charge of violating any of the by-laws, ordinances, or Trial by jury. regulations aforesaid, may demand and have a trial by jury, as provided by law in criminal cases, and either party may appeal to the circuit court for the county of Kent. served on SEC. 45. Whenever any action or suit shall be commenced against Process to be the corporation of the village of Sand Lake, process against said clerk. corporation shall be served by leaving a copy of such process attested by a proper officer, with the clerk of said corporation, or at his usual place of business therein, whose duty it shall be forthwith to inform the president and trustees: Provided, That the Proviso. first process shall be by summons and copy thereof left with the clerk at least ten days before the return day thereof. jurors, etc. SEC. 46. In all processes, prosecutions, and other proceedings, Competency of wherein the common council of said village shall be a party, no citizen of said village shall be deemed an incompetent juror, or witness, on account of the interest of such citizen in the event of such process or proceeding: Provided, That such interest be only that Proviso. which is in common with the citizens of said village. of. SEC. 47. The corporation of the village of Sand Lake shall be County jall, use allowed the use of the county jail at Grand Rapids, in said county of Kent, for the imprisonment of all persons liable to imprisonment under the ordinances, by-laws of the common council, and any person committed to jail by any justice of the peace for the violation of any ordinance or by-law of said common council, shall be in [the] custody of the sheriff of the county, who shall safely keep the person so committed until lawfully discharged as in other cases: Provided, It shall be competent for said common council to Proviso. construct and establish a lock-up for said village in which to temporarily confine all persons in the hands of the marshal for offenses under this act for a less time than ten days. brought. SEC. 48. All suits and prosecutions for the violation of the pro- Suits, how visions of this act, or of any ordinance or by-law, made in pursuance of such provisions or to recover any fine, penalty or forfeiture for such violation shall be brought in the name of "The People of Ordinance or by-law to be set forth by title. Process to be issued to marshal. the State of Michigan," and in any such suit or prosecution it shall not be necessary to set forth in the complaint or warrant, the ordinance or by-law, or any section thereof, the provisions of which are alleged to have been violated, except by its title, but it shall be sufficient to state in the complaint and warrant, with reasonable certainty of time and place, the act, violation, or offense complained of, and to allege the same to have been committed in violation of the provisions of an ordinance or by-law, as the case may be, of the village of Sand Lake, referring thereto by its title; and all the processes issued by any justice of the peace in any such suit or proceeding shall be directed "To the marshal of the village of Sand Lake," and the same may be executed within the county of Kent. SEC. 49. The style of all ordinances shall be "The common council of the village of Sand Lake, ordain." The time when any Time when by by-law or ordinance passed by the common council shall take effect shall be prescribed therein: Provided, That no by-law or ordinance shall be operative until the same shall have been published two weeks successfully in a newspaper printed and published in said village, or by written or printed notices posted up in three of the most public places in said village; and like notice shall be given of the repeal or amendment of any ordinance or by-law: Provided also, That no by-law or ordinance of said village shall be in its provisions repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. Style of ordi nances. laws or ordi nances shall take effect. Proviso. Fire companies. Construction of act. Acts repealed. By-laws, etc., continue in force. Officers. SEC. 50. The common council shall have authority to establish and organize all such fire companies, and hose, hook, and ladder companies, and provide them with engines and other instruments as shall be necessary to extinguish fires and preserve the property of the inhabitants of said village from conflagrations, and to appoint from among the inhabitants of said village such number of men willing to accept as may be deemed proper and necessary, to be employed as firemen. SEC. 51. This act shall be favorably construed in all courts of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 52. All former acts and all other proceedings of whatsoever nature, relating to the incorporation of the village of Sand Lake are hereby declared inoperative and shall stand repealed; but such repeal shall in no wise affect any claim, act, or right heretofore secured or established, or any suit, proceedings, or prosecution had or commenced prior to the time when this act shall take effect, and every such act, claim, right, or proceeding shall remain as valid and effectual as if this act had not been passed. All by-laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances of said village heretofore passed or adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby declared to be legal and valid, and shall continue in force and effect until the same shall be repealed or amended by the village council. The present officers of said village shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified in accorance with the provisions of this act and the general provisions of law relating thereto. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 251.] AN ACT to incorporate the village of Gladwin in the county of Gladwin. incorporated. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Territory following lands and territory in the county of Gladwin, [and] described as follows, to wit: Section one (1), township eighteen (18) north, of range two (2) west, and the west half () of section six (6) in township eighteen (18) north, of range one (1) west, be and the same is hereby constituted a village corporate by the name of "The Village of Gladwin." SEC. 2. The first election of [for] officers of said village shall be First election. held on the second Monday in March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, at the court house in said village, notice of which shall be posted in three public places in said village by the board of registration hereinafter appointed, at least ten days previous thereto. SEC. 3. John M. Schaffer, Christopher C. Foutch, and Sherman Board of regis L. Townsand are hereby constituted a board of registration for the tration. purpose of registering voters for the first election to be held in said village, and the said board of registration are hereby required to meet on the Saturday preceding the second Monday in March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five aforesaid, and register all persons presenting themselves for registration, and having the qualifications of voters at annual township meetings, and shall meet at the court house aforesaid, for the purpose of registering said voters as aforesaid, due notice of which shall be given by said board Notice of regisin the same manner and time as provided in the preceding section. tration. SEC. 4. The said village of Gladwin shall, in all things not herein Powers and otherwise provided, be governed by and its powers and duties defined duties. by "An act granting and defining the powers and duties of incorporate villages," approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. held at other SEC. 5. In case the said officers are not elected at the time desig- Election may be nated in section two of this act, an election of [for] officers may be than time desig had at any time within one year from the time designated in said nated. section two of this act, on notice being given as provided by section two of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 252.] AN ACT to re-incorporate the village of Three Oaks, in the county of Berrien, and to repeal act number three hundred and seventythree of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, Territory incorporated. Officers to continue in office. Ordinances and by-laws to con relative to the incorporation of said village, and all acts amendatory thereto. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all those tracts of land situate in the township of Three Oaks, in the county of Berrien, in the State of Michigan, which are known and described as follows, to wit.: The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and the west half of the southwest quarter of section two (2); the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east half of the southeast quarter of section three (3); the east half of the northeast quarter of section ten (10), and the west half of the northwest quarter of section eleven (11), all in town eight (8) south, of range twenty (20) west, shall be known and re-incorporated as the village of Three Oaks. SEC. 2. The officers in said village, now in office, shall continue in office with the same powers and duties as are conferred by this act upon like officers until their successors shall be elected pursuant to the provisions of this act and the general laws relating to the incorporating of villages. SEC. 3. All the ordinances and by-laws of said village, now in tinue in force. force, are continued in force (that are not contrary to the provisions of said general act of incorporation) until repealed by the common council of said village. First election. SEC. 4. The first election of officers under the provisions of this act shall be held in said village on the second Monday in March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-five. The polls How conducted. shall be opened at the time, and the said election shall be held and Registration. Notice of election. Reincorporated under act ap 1875. conducted in all respects as provided for in the general law, and the legal voters of said village shall be registered as provided for by the law in relation to the registration of voters. SEC. 5. The notice of the first election of officers in said village shall be given by the present board of trustees of said village, by posting three written or printed notices thereof in three of the most public places in said village, at least eight days before said election. SEC. 6. The village of Three Oaks is hereby re-incorporated unproved April 1, der the provisions of an act entitled, "An act granting and defining the powers and duties of incorporated villages," approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and the acts amendatory thereto. Rights and liabilities. Acts repealed. SEC. 7. The said incorporated [re-incorporated] village shall possess all the rights and property, and be subject to all the liabilities and obligations of the village as heretofore incorporated, subject to said general act. SEC. 8. Act number three hundred and seventy-three, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, relative to the incorporation of said village, and all acts amendatory thereof, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 253.] AN A CT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Olive, in the county of Ottawa, for the year eighteen hundred eighty-four. time for collect SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Extension of time for the collection of taxes in the township of Olive, in the ing taxes. county of Ottawa, for the year eighteen hundred eighty-four, be and the same is hereby extended until the twentieth day of March, eighteen hundred eighty-five. urer's authority. SEC. 2. The township treasurer of said township is hereby author- Township treas ized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could in the life-time of his warrant, and to make his return to the county treasurer at any time before the twenty-fifth day of March, eighteen hundred eighty-five, and said warrant is hereby revived and continued in full force and virtue until said time. duty. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of said township, be- Treasurer's re he shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all oneys collected during the life-time of his warrant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of he county treasurer. unpaid taxes. SEC. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes, returnable to the county Transcript of treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall by him be returnable to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed from the same time, as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred eighty-four, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 254.] AN ACT to authorize the village of St. Louis to borrow money for the purpose of making public improvements in the village of St. Louis. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Authorized to board of trustees of the village of St. Louis shall be and is hereby bond. authorized and empowered to borrow money, on the faith and credit of said village, and issue bonds therefor, money to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, which shall be expended in making public improvements in the village of St. Louis: Provided, Provided. That the consent of a majority of the qualified electors of said village, who are present and voting at an annual or a special election called for that purpose, shall first be obtained. lished. SEC. 2. Before any loan provided for in this act can be voted upon Notice of elecat any election, a public notice shall be given by order of the board tion to be pubof trustees, and signed by the clerk of said village, by publishing the ame in one or more of the newspapers of said village, for at least |