for the salary of the Reporter of the Supreme Court, five hundred dollars. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved January 21, 1853. Collection of taxes, au [ No. 7. ] AN ACT to authorize the collection of corporation taxes for the year 1852, in the village of Coldwater, in the county of Branch. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Corporation tax roll of the village of Coldwater, in the county of Branch, for the thorized. year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be, as valid and legal as if the same had been made out and delivered to the marshal of said village, within the time prescribed by the rules and ordinances of said village. Time for collection extended. Sec. 2. The time for the collection of said tax roll is hereby exten ded to the first Monday in April next; and the marshal of said village is hereby authorized and empowered to collect the same, within the time aforesaid, in the manner prescribed by the ordinances of said village. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 21, 1853. [ No. 8. ] Time extended. Duty of Breasurer. AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of Taxes in the township of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, is hereby extended until the first Monday of April next. Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township of Pontiac, is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could do during the lifetime of his warrant, and make his return at any time on or before the first Monday of April next; and his said warrant is hereby continued in force, for the purposes aforesaid, until the first Monday of April next. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer aforesaid, before he shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected in the lifetime 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 Oakland. Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and with the same effect, and such unpaid taxes so returned shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed from the same time as the annual taxes for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 9. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Heath, county of Allegan, for the year 1852. Ibid. Transcript of unpaid taxes, how returned. pervisor. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the supervisor of the township of Heath, in the county of Allegan, be Duty of suand he is hereby authorized to make out a tax roll from the assessment roll of the year 1852, for said township of Heath, and deliver the same, with his warrant for the collection thereof, to the sheriff of Allegan county, within ten days after notice of the passage of this act. riff. Sec. 2. Upon the receipt of the said tax roll and warrant by the said sheriff, he shall forthwith execute to the county treasurer a bond Duty of shesimilar to the one required of township treasurers, and in the collections and returns of said taxes, the powers and duties and compensation of the said sheriff shall be the same as provided in section 53 of chapter 20 of title 5 of the revised statutes. Sec. 3. The said sheriff shall have until the first day of April next in which to collect and account for the said taxes, and to Ibid. make return to the county treasurer of all unpaid taxes; and his said collections and returns shall be in all respects as valid and effectual returned. as if made in the manner and within the time prescribed by law for the collection of the regular annual taxes. Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county Transcript treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned of unpaid taxes, how to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and with the same effect, and such unpaid taxes so returned shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed from the same time as the annual taxes for the year 1852, duly returned to the Auditor General. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 24, 1853. [ No. 10. ] AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the Adrian SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That an act entitled an act to incorporate the Adrian Insurance Company, approved April 17, 1839, and all acts to amend the same, be and the same hereby are repealed: Provided, That this act shall in no wise impair or affect any existing liability, contract, or obligation of said Adrian Insurance Company, or of any of its officers or stockholders, to or with any person or persons, or any body politic or corporate; nor the right of any such person or persons, body politic or corporate, to enforce such liability, contract, or obligation, by any appropriate remedy or remedies, nor the right of said company to hold and enforce the collection of any demand or obligation now held, or owing to said company in good faith; but said company shall be deemed to have a continued legal existence for the purpose of the due prosecution of such remedy or remedies, and the collection of such demands and obligations, and for that purpose only. Approved January 24, 1853. [ No. 11. ] AN ACT to amend the act entitled "an act to provide for [holding] terms of the District Court in the Upper Peninsula," approved June 28, 1851. of 1851 SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Act No. 185act entitled "an act to provide for holding terms of the district amended. court in the Upper Peninsula," approved June 28, 1851, be amended so as to read as follows, viz: There shall be held by the district judge in that portion of the State denominated the Upper Peninsula, ten general terms of the district court in each year, to wit: two terms in each of the counties of Mackinac, Chippewa, Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon. Sec. 2. Statutes relative to the circuit courts, and proceedings therein, which are not inapplicable to said district court, shall be held and deemed to apply to the said district court, and the proceedings therein. the When circuit judge may hear and deter in district Sec. 3. Whenever the district judge shall be unable to hold said court, or shall be prevented from any cause from holding the same, or when he may have been of counsel, or may be interested in mine causes any causes pending therein, the said court may be held, and such court. cause or causes, and any other cause then pending in said court, may be heard and determined by any one of the circuit judges, [with] the same power and authority as the said district judge. Approved January 24, 1853. [ No. 12. ] AN ACT to provide for the payment of the expenses of the State Government. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the sum of ten thousand dollars in the year eighteen hundred and fiftythree, and the sum of thirty thousand dollars in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, be raised and collected upon the taxable property of the State, and the same is hereby appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the State Government, and the interest upon the State debt not otherwise provided for. Appropriation. Duty of Au al relative to apportion ment. Sec. 2. The Auditor General shall apportion, in each year, the ditor Gener- sums herein provided to be raised, among the several counties, in proportion to the valuation of the taxable property therein, as determined by the State Board of Equalization; and he shall, on or before the fifteenth day of September, in each year, make out and transmit to the clerks of the several boards of supervisors, the amount of such tax so apportioned by him to the county, and shall charge the several amounts of such apportionment to the counties respectively. Duty of supervisors. Sec. 3. The boards of supervisors shall, at their annual session, in each year, ascertain and determine the amount of money to be raised by tax for county purposes in their respective counties, and apportion such amount, and also the amount of State tax apportioned to their respective counties by the Auditor General, among the several townships of the county in proportion to the valuation of the taxable property therein, as equalized by the board of supervisors for said year; which determination and apportionment shall be entered at large on their records. Approved January 24, 1853. Sec. 1, chap. [ No. 13. ] AN ACT to amend Section one, Chapter forty-eight, Title nine, of the Revised Statutes of 1846. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec48, title 9 of tion one of said chapter be amended so as to read as follows: R. 8. of 1846 amended. "Sec. 1. Any person who was a fireman in any incorporated city Exemption or village in this State on the sixth day of February, one thousand of firemen from militia, eight hundred and forty-three, or at any time thereafter, and who shall duty, &c. have served for the term of seven years from that time, or from the time of his appointment, if appointed since that time, and every person who may hereafter be appointed a fireman in any such city or village, and serve as such fireman, shall, during the time of such service, be exempted from serving as a juror in any of the courts of this State, from the payment of any tax assessed against his person for labor on highways, and from the performance of all militia duty; and any fireman who shall serve a term of seven years, shall forever |