Contracts. Pay Forfeiture of contract. Commis sioners appointed. Compensation. credit the said fund all moneys that may be paid to them respectively under the provisions of this act, and shall charge to said fund all warrants drawn in pursuance of this act, all payments made to the commissioners on account of their services, and such other necessary expenses in carrying into execution the purposes of this act; which may be audited by the board of supervisors of the respective counties therein. Sec. 5. The special commissioners, each in the counties hereinbefore specified, shall have power to let or contract by public auction, any job or work upon said road, giving public notice thereof by posting up three or more notices within the several townships in the county through which the road passes, as near as may be upon the line of said road, at least ten days before the letting of such contract; which shall be let to the lowest bidder, giving good security to the satisfaction of said commissioners, for the faithful performance of said contract. Sec. 6. Whenever any such contract shall be performed, the commissioner shall certify to the fact upon such contract, and shall thereupon draw his warrant upon the county treasurer for the payment of the same out of the Battle Creek and Lansing State Road fund, and shall attach such warrant to the said contract; and in case any person having so contracted, shall fail in the performance of his contract, it shall be the duty of the commissioner with whom such contract was made, to cause the same to be prosecuted in his own name for the benefit of said fund. Sec. 7. Silas E. Millet of the county of Eaton, and Erastus Ilussey of the county of Calhoun, are hereby appointed special commissioners, under the provisions of this act; and before the said commissioners shall enter upon their duties, they shall take the oath prescribed by the laws of this State, and file the same with the county clerk of their respective counties. Sec. 8. Each of the commissioners shall receive, as a compensation for their services, one dollar and fifty cents per day for each day actually employed in the business of said road, which actual employ ment each commissioner shall verify by his affidavit, and his account, so verified, shall be paid by the treasurer of his proper county out of said road fund. Sec. 9. All moneys 'collected in a county shall be disbursed in the same county. Penalty for Sec. 10. Any person who shall refuse or neglect to perform the duties enjoined upon him by this act, shall forfeit and pay a sum neglect. not exceeding twenty-five dollars; and any vacancies which may occur in any of the offices created by this act, may be filled by the board of supervisors of their respective counties. ted. Sec. 11. Any forfeiture incurred under and by virtue of this act, Forfeiture; may be recovered in an action of debt before any justice of the how collecpeace, in the [name] of the people of the State of Michigan, which shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the forfeiture occurred, to be placed to the credit of the aforesaid fund. Sec. 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 2, 1850. [ No. 258. ] AN ACT to vacate the village plat of New Milwaukie City, in the township of Birchville, in the county of St. Clair. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the village plat of New Milwaukie City, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, be and the same is hereby vacated; and that all lands which have heretofore been known as the village plat of New Milwaukie City in the county of St. Clair, shall hereafter be assessed the same as though the same had never been platted and recorded as a village plat: Provided however, That nothing in this act shall affect the rights of any person or persons, if any, who may have purchased any lot or lots in said city of Milwaukie, agreeable to the plat thereof. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 2, 1850. Plat vacat'd Assessm'nt. [ No. 254. ] AN ACT to authorize Nathan Curtis Galpin to convey certain real estate. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Nathan Curtis Galpin, a minor, of the county of Macomb, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey all that certain tract or parcel of land, situate in the county of Lapeer, and described as follows, to wit: the northwest quarter of the north-east quarter of section twenty-seven, in township six north of range eleven east, containing forty acres, in as good, sufficient and ample manner, and with the same effect, as if the said Nathan Curtis Galpin were of full age: Provided, That such conveyance be of no effect, unless the judge of probate of said county of Macomb, under his hand and seal of office, shall certify upon the back of said conveyance his approval of the same; and such ap proval shall be recorded with the said conveyance. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 255. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to lay out a State road in the counties of Montcalm and Kent, approved March 27th, 1848 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That section one of an act entitled "an act to lay out a State road in the counties of Montcalm and Kent,” ap proved March 27, 1848, be amended by striking out of said section the name of Ethan Satterlee, and inserting in, place thereof the name of James Dockery; and amend section four of said act by striking out the word "two," in the fourth line, and inserting in place thereof the word "three." Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 2, 1850 [ No. 256. ] AN ACT to alter the township line between Springwells and Greenfield, in the county of Wayne. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all that part of Springwells that lies north of the centre of the plank or Grand River road, and west of the east side of the present traveled road that runs southerly from the south-west corner of fractional section thirty-six, town one south, range eleven east, is set off to and made a part of the township of Greenfield. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 2, 1850. [ No. 257. AN ACT to amend act No. 158, session laws of 1849, entitled an act appropriating certain highway taxes for the improvement of a road leading from Paw Paw to Breedsville in Van Buren county. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That section one of act No. 158, session laws of 1849, be amended by striking out the word "three," where it occurs in the 14th line, and inserting in the place thereof the word "'one." Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately [ No. 258. ] AN ACT to provide for altering the State Road in the township of Moscow, county of Hillsdale. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the highway commissioners for the township of Moscow in the county of Hillsdale, shall have authority to alter the State road that runs through that township, on sections twenty-three and twenty-four, on application, the same as if the State road had been originally laid out by the township authorities. The raid commissioners shall first obtain the consent to such alterationi, in writing, of the commissioners appointed by the State to lay out said road; and the notices to be given and right to appeal, and all proceedings and expenses shall be the same as if acting on township roads. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 2, 1850. [ No. 259. | AN ACT to amend chapter twenty-three of the revised statutes of 1846, relative to highway taxes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That section two of chapter twenty-three of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, shall not apply to the counties of Chippawa, Marquett, Houghton, Schoolcraft and Ontonagon. Sec. 2. That the commissioners of highways of each of the coun ties above named, shall meet at the office of the supervisor on the third Monday of July in each year, for the purpose of assessing a highway tax, and shall have free access to the assessment roll until they shall have completed their assessment. Approved April 2, 1850. [ No. 260. ] AN ACT to revive and continue in force certain sections of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Trenton and Ypsilanti Plank Road Company. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That sections one, two, three, four, five and six of an act to incorporate the Trenton and Ypsilanti Plank Road Company, approved March 24, 1849, be and the same are hereby continued in force for the term of two years from and after the pas sage of this act. |