vass as at such meetings and elections, and such certified statement of the result shall be forthwith transmitted to the county clerk of said county. On Tuesday, in the week next following the County can. day on which such vote shall be taken, the board of supervisors of said county shall meet at the county seat of said county, and proceed to examine the said original certified statements of votes given, and shall ascertain therefrom and declare the result of said vote, which determination shall be entered upon the record of their proceedings; und if a majority of the votes so given shall be in favor of said loan, they shall have power at Powers of the same meeting, and before their final adjournment, or at pervisors any lawful meeting of said board, to appoint three commissioners, whose powers and duties are hereinafter prescribed, and to authorize their chairman and clerk to issue the bonds of the county in such sums as shall, from time to time, be required, not exceeding in all the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, in such denominations, and payable at a time not exceeding twenty years from the date thereof, and at such place as shall be fixed by said board. board of sioners. Sec. 4. The commissioners appointed by said board shall be commis residents of Saginaw county, and shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. They shall have power to receive the bonds issued, as hereinbe- Powers of fore provided, and to negotiate the same at not less than their par value, and it shall be their duty to expend the money received by them thereupon in deepening and widening the channel of the Saginaw river, and improving the navigation thereof: Provided That said commissioners shall have power, in their Provis discretion, to expend the sum of not less than five nor more than ten thousand dollars in the improvement of the navigation of the navigable streams tributary thereto; and they, or a Superinten} majority of them, shall have power to cause surveys and plans of said channel, and estimates of labor and material, to be made, and to appoint a superintendent to carry on the work determined by them to be done-to let contracts for such work, and to purchase such material, boats, dredges, scows, tools and imple dent. 8 Commis sioners to ments, as may be necessary for the performance of such work as they may find necessary to make a good navigable channel in said river. Before entering upon the duties of his said ofgive bonds. fice, each commissioner shall execute a bond to the county of Saginaw, in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such commissioner, and that he will render a just and true account of all moneys or bonds which shall come into his hands as commissioner, whenever required by the board of supervisors of said county, and that he will deliver to his successor in said office, or any other person authorized by said board to receive the same, all moneys, books, papers, or other things, belonging or appertaining to said office, or in his hands as such commissioner, with three or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of supervisors, or circuit judge of said county, and filed Proceedings with the clerk of said county. Whenever the condition of any tions of, are such bond shall be forfeited, to the knowledge of the board of supervisors of said county, they shall cause the same to be put in suit, and all moneys received in such action shall be paid into the treasury of said county, and applied to the purpose of improving the navigation of said river as aforesaid. when condi forfeited. Vacancies how filled Report of commission ers. Account of. Sec. 5. Whenever a vacancy shall, from any cause, occur in the office of said commissioners, the board of supervisors shall have power to fill the same by appointment, and to remove any of said commissioners for cause, to be entered on their records; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to make a full report of their doings, including a statement of the bonds negotiated, the money received thereon, the amount of labor done, contracts let, and money expended, to the board of supervisors of said county, at their annual meeting in each year; and they shall also keep a full and correct account of all moneys received and disbursed by them from time to time, which shall be at all times open to the inspection of the board of su pervisors, or any committee thereof, or any person appointed by said board for that purpose. tion of com Sec. 6. The said commissioners shall receive compensation Compensafor their services at the rate of five dollars per day each for the missioners. time during which they are actually employed, besides all the expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the discharge of their duties, which shall be audited and allowed by the board of supervisors of said county, and when so allowed How paid. shall be paid from the moneys arising from the negotiation of said bonds. interest. fund. bonds. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to Payment of provide for the payment of the interest accruing on said bonds, as the same shall become due, by taxation, in the same manner that the ordinary expenses of the county are provided for. At Sinking any time after the expiration of ten years from the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of said county to provide a sinking fund for the gradual extinguishment of said debt; and it shall be the duty of said board to payment of provide for the payment of said bonds at the maturity thereof, by tax upon the taxable property of the several townships and cities of said county, and the board shall have power, at the time of ordering the assessment of said tax, to determine the relative proportion which each township and city in said county shall contribute in paying the principal sum in said bonds mentioned, as may be just and equitable; and the amounts so apportioned shall be assessed and collected by the several townships and cities, and paid into the treasury of said county. Sec. 8. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved January 25, 1865. [ No. 5.] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the townships of Ash, Raisinville, Erie and Frenchtown, in the county of Monroe. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the townships of Ash, Raisin- Time tended. Power of treasurers. villé, Erie and Frenchtown, in the county of Monroe, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be and the same is hereby extended until the second Monday in March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. Sec. 2. The treasurers of said townships are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as they could in the lifetime of their warrants, and to make returns at any time before the second Monday of March next; Warrants and said warrants are hereby revived and continued in full force and virtue, for the purpose aforesaid, until the second Monday in March next. continued in force. Duty of treasurers. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurers of the said townships, before they shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of their Renewal of warrants, as is now provided by law, and to renew their official bonds to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county. bonds. Return of unpaid taxes. Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes, returnable to the county treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed for the same time, as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. Time ex tended. [ No. 6. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Seneca, in the county of Lenawee. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Seneca, in the county of Lenawee, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be and the same is hereby extended until the first day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five. treasurer. Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized Power of and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could in the lifetime of his warrant, and to make return at any time before the first day of March next, and said warrant is Warrant hereby revived and continued in full force and virtue, for the force. purpose aforesaid, until the said first day of March next. continued in treasurer. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the said town- Duty of ship, before he shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of his warrant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond, bond. to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county. Renewal o unpaid Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes, returnable to the Return of county treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provision, shall taxes. be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed for the same time, as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 7.] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Warren, in the county of Macomb. tended SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Warren, Time exin the county of Macomb, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty four, be and the same is hereby extended until the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. treasurer. Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized Power of and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could in the lifetime of his warrant, and to make returns at any time before the first day of March next, and said warrant is warrant hereby revived and continued in full force and virtue, for the force. purpose aforesaid, until the first day of March next. continued in. |