LAWS OF MICHIGAN.

[ No. 1. ]

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the heirs of William Mochmoer to convey certain real estate, approved March 19, 1849.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Act amendof the State of Michigan, That section one of an act approved March 19th, 1849, entitled an act to authorize the heirs of William Mochmoer to convey certain real estate, be, and the same is hereby amended, by striking out the word "east," where it last occurs in the eleventh line of said section, as printed, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "west."

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

Approved, January 12, 1850.

[ No. 2. ]

AN ACT to provide for the payment of William W. Crane, while claiming a seat in the House of Representatives.

Payment of

Crane au

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the State Treasurer be, and is hereby William W. authorized to pay, upon the certificate of the Speaker of the House thorized. of Representatives, such sum as may be due William W. Crane, for travel to and from the Capitol, at the rate of three dollars for every

Compensation of

twenty miles, and three dollars for every day's attendance, while claiming a seat as a member of the House of Representatives, during the present session.

Sec. 2. That there be appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient for the purpose aforesaid.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 15, 1850.

[No. 3. ]

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

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives members of of the State of Michigan, That the compensation of members of the and House Senate and House of Representatives shall be three dollars

the Senate

and of Spea

ker.

Compensation of offi. cers.

How certified.

How paid.

per day

each, and that of the Speaker of the House, his per diem allowance inclusive, six dollars per day; and the mileage of said members shall be computed at the rate of three dollars for every twenty miles, to and from the Capitol, upon the usual traveled routes.

Sec. 2. The secretary of the Senate, and clerks and sergeant-atarms of either House, shall be allowed three dollars per day; the fireman of either House shall be allowed one dollar and fifty cents per day, and the messengers of either House, one dollar per day, during the session of the House to which they respectively belong.

Sec. 3. Such sums as may be due to the president, or president pro-tempore of the Senate, shall be certified by the secretary of the Senate, and to the speaker of the House by the clerk thereof, and such sums as may be due 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, and such sums as may be due the members and other officers of either House under the preceding sections, shall be certified by the secretary or clerk, and countersigned by the presiding officers of the respective Houses.

Sec. 4. Upon presentation of any such certificate at the State Treasury, countersigned as provided in the preceding section, the

State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the general fund, no: otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after

its passage.

Approved January 16, 1850.

[ No. 4. ]

AN ACT for the relief of Henry A. Hayden,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the township board of the township of Jackson, in the county of Jackson, be and they are hereby authorized to pay or cause to be paid to Henry A. Hayden the sum of sixty dollars and sixty-three cents, with interest from the 18th day of October, A. D. 1848, the same being in payment for that sum paid on the order of the highway commissioners of said township. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and, after its passage.

Approved January 21, 1850.

[ No. 5. ]

Act amend.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Ontonagon Mining Company of Michigan, approved March 28, 1848. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That an act entitled an act to incorporate ed. the Ontonagon Mining Company of Michigan, approved March 28th, 1848, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting between the words "into" and “shares,” in the second line of section second, the words "ten thousand," and by striking out of the third line of the same section the words "one hundred," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "thirty," so that the first clause of said section second; as amended, shall read as follows: "Sec. 2. The said company shall have corporate succession; its capital stock shall be three hundred thousand dollars, divided into ten thousand shares of thirty dollars each."

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

passage.

Approved January 22, 1950.

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AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, in the city of Monroe.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives collection of of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection of taxes ded. in the city of Monroe, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, is hereby extended until the first Monday in March, eighteen hunhundred and fifty.

Duty of collector.

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Transcript

taxes to be

Aud. Gen'l.

Sec. 2. The collector of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could do in the life-time of his warrant, and to make his return at any time on or before the first Monday of March next, and the said warrant is hereby continued in full force and virtue for the purpose aforesaid until the said first Monday in March next.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the collector of said city, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the life time of his warrant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county.

Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county of unpaid treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned returned to 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 and forty-nine, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment.

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 24, 1850.

[ No. 7. ]

AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Coldwater in the county of Branch.

collection of

tended.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Time for of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection of taxes in taxes exthe township of Coldwater, in the county of Branch, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, is hereby extended to the first Monday of March next.

treasurer.

Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized and Duty of empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could have done during the life time of his warrant, and make his return at any time on or before the first Monday of March next, and the said warrant is hereby continued in full force and virtue for the purpose aforesaid until the said first Monday of March next.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said treasurer, before he shall Ibid. be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the life time of his warrant, as is now provided by law, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of the county of Branch.

of unpaid

returned to

Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county Transcript treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned taxes to be to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid tax- Aud. Gen'l. es shall be collected in the same manner and with interest computed from the same time as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 24, 1850.

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AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of Taxes in the Township of Monroe in the County of Monroe.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the collection of taxes in the township of Monroe in the county of Monroe, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, is hereby extended to the first day of March next.

Time for collection of taxes exten

ded.