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proceeded in, in all respects, as in the case of newly organized town

ships."

Approved, January 29, 1853.

[ No. 24. ]

AN ACT to organize the township of Drummond.

Boundaries.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all that part of the State of Michigan included within the following boundaries, that is to say: beginning at the most southern bend in the boundary between this State and the British Province of Canada, immediately south of the Canadian Island of St. Joseph; thence south eastwardly and southwardly through the broadest channel between islands to and through the west strait; that is, the strait between the Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island; thence south in Lake Huron to a point due east of the middle of the channel between the Isle Bois Blanc and the Light House Point at Cheboygan Harbor; thence east to the boundary between this State and the British Province of Canada; thence northwardly and westwardly along said boundary to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off and organized as a separate township, by the name of Drummond, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Murray Seaman; and ship meetthe said township is hereby declared to be one of the townships of held.

the county of Chippewa.

This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved January 29, 1853.

[ No. 25. ]

AN ACT relative to the bonds deposited by banks in the Treasury of this State.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That every person who shall take from the State Treasury, contrary to the provisions of law, or shall deface or destroy any of the bonds therein deposited by any of the banks of this State, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding ten years. Approved, January 29, 1853.

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AN ACT to change the name of the township of Northampton, in the county of Saginaw, to Chessening.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of the township of Northampton, in the county of Saginaw, be and the same is hereby changed to Chessening.

Approved January 29, 1853.

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[ No. 27. ]

AN ACT to amend the sixth section of chapter eleven, title two of revised statutes of 1846.

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SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section six of chapter eleven, title two of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, be amended so as to read as follows, viz: "Sec. 5. Within ten days after a quorum of both houses of the Congress, Legislature shall be assembled at their session, immediately preceding the expiration of the time for which any Senator was elected to represent this State in Congress, an election shall be held for a Senator in Congress; which election may be continued from day to day until such Senator be elected."

when to be elected.

See. 86, act

1851, repeal

Sec. 2. The eighty-sixth section of an act entitled "an act to proNo. 175 of vide for holding general and special elections," approved June twentyed. seven, eighteen hundred fifty-one, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved January 29, 1853.

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relative to

delinquent taxes.

[ No. 28. ]

AN ACT directing the Auditor General to credit the county of
Monroe with certain delinquent taxes.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the ditor Gener Auditor General is hereby directed to credit the county of Monroe, on the books of his office, with the amount of taxes returned to said office in the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, by the treasurer of said county of Monroe, being delinquent taxes assessed in said county of Monroe, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven,

under the provisions of an act to provide for the draining of swamps, marshes, and other low lands, approved March 17, 1847.

Treasurer of Monroe county to

Aud. Gene

Sec. 2. Said delinquent taxes shall be credited as of the same date as the other delinquent taxes returned from said county in the year account to eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and shall avail the said county in the same manner as if credited at the same time; and the treasurer of the county of Monroe shall account to the Auditor General for all amounts received in said county on said taxes, so credited as aforesaid, as is required by law in relation to other delinqnent taxes: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not be construed to apply to taxes assessed in any other year, under the provisions of an act referred to in the first section of this act, or to any taxes assessed under the act referred to, not returned as delinquent to the office of the Auditor General, on or before the third day of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-eight.

Approved, January 29, 1953

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[ No. 29. ]

AN ACT to authorize the District Judge of the Upper Peninsula to hold in trust and convey lands included in the town site of the village of Ontonagon, in the county of Ontonagon.

Whereas, The Congress of the United States, by an act approved May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, provided as follows: That whenever any portion of the surveyed publie lands has been or shall be settled upon and occupied as a town site, and therefore not subject to entry under the existing pre-emption laws, it shall be lawful for the corporate authorities thereof, and if not incorporated, for the judges of the county court for the county in which such town may be situated, to enter at the proper land office, and at the minimum price, the land so settled and occupied, in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests; the execution of which trust, as to the disposal of the lots in such town, and the proceeds of the sale thereof, to be conducted under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Legislative authority of the State or Territory in which the same is situated Provided, that the entry of the lands intended by this act

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Proviso.

District

per peninsu

zed to enter

certain lands in trust, for

persons entitled there

to.

be made prior to the commencement of the public sale of the body of land in which it is included, and that the entry shall include only such land as is actually occupied by the town, and be made in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands authorized by the act of twenty-fourth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and shall not in the whole exceed three hundred and twenty acres: And provided also, That any act of said trustees not made in conformity to the rules and regulations herein alluded to, shall be void, and of none effect." And Whereas, James K. Paul and others, have settled upon and occupied as a town site, certain lands known as the village of Ontonagon, in the county of Ontonagon, in the State of Michigan, the same being subject to entry as in said act provided. And Whereas, the county courts are abolished, and the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by them is vested in the district court, the judge of which is sole judge in the Upper Peninsula of the courts held in said county of Ontonagon, and the only person now authorized to make such entry, said town site being unincorporated: Therefore,

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Hon. judge of up- Daniel Goodwin, District Judge of the Upper Peninsula, and judge la author of the courts held in and for the county of Ontonagon, in the State of Michigan, be and he and his successors in office are hereby authorized and empowered to enter at the proper land office, in pursuance of the act in the foregoing preamble recited, and in conformity thereto, and under the rules and regulations hereinafter contained, in trust for the persons entitled thereto, all that portion of the following described lands, which are within the limits of the town site of the village of Ontonagon, in the county of Ontonagon, and to which the reservations made by authority of the United States have been or may be released, that is to say: Lots one, two, three, four, five, and six, of fractional section twenty-five, in fractional town fifty-two north of range forty west, in said county of Ontonagon.

Said lands,

-sed of.

Sec. 2. Such judge, on such entry being made, shall dispose of how dispo- such lands as follows: He shall execute as trustee of the occupants of the town site of Ontonagon, deeds of conveyance of the lots in said town, included in the above described lands, to the several occupants of said town site, according to their several and respective interests; and to each of them such portion thereof as he, she, or they

may

be

may be entitled to under the contracts by which such lots
held: First, to James K. Paul, a deed of such lots as he holds or
may hold, free from the claim of any other person, by virtue of an
equitable pre-emption claim thereto; and to all other occupants deeds
to each severally, of the lots held by them by virtue of contracts
made with said James K. Paul; such deeds so to be made and deliv-
ered on the compliance of the person claiming with the conditions and
terms of the contract under which he, she or they so claim, whether
such contracts be written or verbal; and all such deeds to be delivered
only after such compliance and on the payment by or for the person
to whom any such lot is to be conveyed, of his, her or their pro-rata
amount of such sum as may be sufficient to defray all necessary
expenses; the amount to be determined by such judge.

parties.

Sec. 3. Should any controversy or matter of difference arise be- Duty of district judge tween the respective parties claiming any of the lots aforesaid, such relative to controversy judge shall proceed summarily to determine the same upon such tes- between timony, such notice to parties interested, and at such times and places as he may prescribe and direct; and his decision thereon shall be conclusive and final, subject only to review, reversal, modification or affirmance by the supreme court, in such manner as said supreme court may determine, on an application duly made for that purpose, within six months after the decision of such judge thereon.

Supreme court may

Sec. 4. The supreme court are hereby authorized, on application made as aforesaid, to review and decide upon such decision of such direct a rejudge, and may direct a re-hearing of such controversy in such manner as the circumstances of the case may seem to require.

This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved January 29, 1853.

[ No. 30. ]

AN ACT to incorporate the city of Adrian.

hearing.

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Adrian.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That so much of the townships of Adrian and Madison, in the county of of the city of Lenawee, as is embraced in the following description, to wit: All that part of section number thirty-four, in the township of Adrian, lying east of the highway running north from the township line

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