of Green ized. Sec. 2. All that part of the said county of Ontonagon known and Township designated as town fifty north and range thirty-eight west, be and land organthe same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township, by the name of Greenland, and the first township meeting shall be held First townat the office of the Farm Mining Company, in said township, on the ing, where fourth day of July next. Approved February 3, 1853. ship meet he.d. [No. 34. ] AN ACT to complete the organization of the county of Grand Traverse. nexed to verse. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enart, That all Omeena anthat part of the county of Omeena which remained after the organ- Grand Tra ization of the county of Grand Traverse, is hereby annexed to the county of Grand Traverse, and shall forever be and remain a part and parcel of said county. Election of Co. officers. Sec. 2. There shall be elected in the county of Grand Traverse, on the first Tuesday of May next, all the several officers to which by law the county is entitled, and said election shall, in all respects, be conducted and held in the manner prescribed by law for holding elections for county and State officers. The canvass of said election Canvass. shall be held at the county seat of said county, the Monday next following the election, and the officers so elected shall be qualified and enter upon the duties of their offices immediately, and shall con- Terms of tinue in office until their terms of office would have expired, had they been elected at the last general election; but this section shall not be so construed as to deprive any officer duly elected, and qualified to his office, or to authorize the election of any one to fill his place. Sec. 3. All that part of the Peninsula, in Grand Traverse Bay, which lies north of the line between towns twenty-seven and twentyeight north, shall be organized into a separate township, by the name of Peninsula, and the first township meeting shall be held at the Old Mission. Sec. 4. All that part of the county of Grand Traverse, not included in the township of Peninsula, shall be erected into a separate township, by the name of Traverse, and the first township meeting shal! be held at the county seat. office. Township of Peninsula organized. Traverse. Certain counties attached to Grand Tra Sec. 5. The counties of Antrim, Kalcasca, Missaukee, Wexford, Manistee and Leelanaw, are hereby attached to Grand Traverse for verse for judicial and municipal purposes. judicial and municipal purposes. Name of township changed. Township of Sec. 6. The county of Antrim, shall be and remain the township of Omeena, and the name of the said township is hereby changed to Antrim, and the next township meeting therein shall be held at the house of Abraham S. Wadsworth. Sec. 7. The county of Leelanaw is hereby erected into a township Leelanaw. by the name of Leelanaw, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of Peter Dougherty. Counties Sec. 8. The counties of Kalkasca and Missaukee, are hereby attached to Antrim for township purposes, and the county of Wexford to Traverse, for township purposes. Sec. 9. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 35. ] AN ACT to attach the counties of Midland, Aronac, Gladwin, Isabella and Iosco, to the county of Saginaw, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the attached to counties of Midland, Aronac, Gladwin, Isabella and Iosco, be and Saginaw for eertain pur. the same are hereby attached to the county of Saginaw, for judicial and representative purposes. poses. Counties attached to townships for certain purposes. Canvass, Sic. Sec. 2. That the counties of Gladwin, Aronac, and Isabella, be and the same are hereby attached to the township of Midland for the aforesaid, and for the purpose of taxation, until set off and purposes organized into other townships; and that the county of Iosco be and the same is hereby attached to the township of Hampton, in the county of Saginaw, for like purposes. Sec. 3. That the votes given in the representative district composed when held, of said counties of Midland, Aronac, and Gladwin, for the office of representative in the State Legislature, shall be canvassed at the place of holding township meetings in said township of Midland; and such votes shall be canvassed by the board of inspectors for said township of Midland, in the same manner that votes for township officers are required by law to be canvassed, except as hereinafter otherwise provided. Statement of certified. &c. Sec. 4. That a statement of all votes given for said office of representative, and the number given for each candidate, shall be written votes, how out in words at full length; which statement shall be certified as correct, and attested by the supervisor or other chairman of the board, and by the clerk or one of the clerks thereof, and such statement shall be recorded in the office of the township clerk of said township, in a suitable book to be provided by him for that purpose, at the expense of said township, and to be kept in his office; and a copy of such statement, verified and attached as aforesaid, shall be delivered by such township clerk to the county clerk of said county of Saginaw within one week after the time of holding such election, to be by such county clerk filed and recorded in his office. sentative in certain towns, where vassed. Sec. 5. Whenever other townships shall be set off and organized Votes giver in the territory embraced in said township of Midland, or attached for reprethereto by this act, the votes given in said representative district for the office of representative, shall be canvassed at the county seat of Saginaw county, at the time of canvassing the votes given in the county of Saginaw for said office, in the same manner as the votes for said office are required to be canvassed in counties containing more than one representative district. board of su Sec. 6. The board of supervisors of Saginaw county shall have Power of the same power to organize new townships in the territory embraced pervisors. by this act in the township of Midland, as in the territory comprising Saginaw county proper. Sec. 7. So much of an act entitled an act to organize the county Repeal. of Cheboygan, approved January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, as relates to the county of Iosco, be and the same is hereby repealed. in Iosco, turned. Sec. 8. The votes given in said county of Iosco for the office of Votes given representative, shall be returned by the township or townships of said where recounty of Iosco to the county seat of Cheboygan, and counted with the votes of that representative district. Sec. 9. This act shall take effect immediately. Act No. 290 of 18, amended. Unexpend ed balance of internal [ No. 36. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act" appropriating certain SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the above named act be amended, so that the same will read as follows: "Sec. 2. The directors of the Dexter and Mason Plank Road Company are hereby authorized to expend the unexpended balance improven of the three thousand acres of land contemplated in the above named lands, how to be dispo し sed of. act on that portion of the road between Mason and Dexter aforesaid as in their judgment most requires improvement. The directors of Special com- said plank road company shall be, and are hereby appointed special missioners. commissioners." Their pow ties. "Sec. 3. The said special commissioners shall, by virtue of their ers and du- appointment, have the control and management of the improvement contemplated in this act, and shall have power to appoint one of their own number, who shall superintend the same in person; or said commissioners may have power to let out by contract any job or jobs that may be necessary for the improvement of said road (the amount of which jobs and improvement shall in no case exceed the amount of unexpended balance of this appropriation) to the lowest bidder or • bidders, who shall execute and deliver to the said commissioners a good and sufficient bond, with sureties, to be approved by them, and conditioned for the due and faithful performance of the work stipulated in the contract. Provided, that before letting, the said commissioners shall advertise for proposals for said job or jobs, deseribing the same, such advertisement to be published three successive weeks in one newspaper published in the county of Ingham, and one in the county of Washtenaw." Proviso. Commissioners to comply with sections 1,4 No. 290 of "Sec. 4. The first, fourth and fifth sections of the above named act, shall have the same binding force on the commissioners hereby and 5 of net appointed, and they shall in all cases be required to comply with the provisions of the said sections, except that they shall not receive any remuneration for letting or superintending the work or jobs on said road. Provided, that no portions of the lands thus appropriated shall be used in the construction of said plank road, or in the purchase of 1818. materials therefor; nor shall any portion of said lands, nor the avails thereof, be appropriated to the improvement of that portion of the road from Mason to Dexter, on which said plank road is likely to be constructed, within at least two years from and after the passage of this act." Sec. 5. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act, shall and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 37. ] AN ACT to restore to the township of Rives, in the county of Jackson all that portion of said township detached by act number thirty-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and torty-nine, and attached to the township of Henrietta, in said county. tached to Sec. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all that part of Henpart of the township of Henrietta, in the county of Jackson, which is rietta atwest of the meridian line, be and the same is hereby set off from the said town of Henrietta, and annexed to and made a part of the township of Rives. Sec 2. That portion of the township of Henrietta, hereby attached to and made a part of the township of Rives, shall be entitled to and be liable for all moneys that the township of Henrietta may receive or pay on account of said portion of said township. ship of Rives. Act No. 39 pealed. Sec. 3. That act number thirty-nine, of the session laws of eighteen bundred and forty-nine, entitled an act to attach a part of the town of 1849 reship of Rives, in the county of Jackson, to the township of Henrietta, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 4, 1853. |