Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan

283. An act to detach certain territory from school district number eight of the township of Hastings, Barry county, Michigan, and from school district number seven of the township of Castleton, Barry county, Michigan, and to organize the same into fractional school district number two of the townships of Hastings and Castleton. Approved February 15, 1901 38

284. An act to establish a department of public works in and for the city of Detroit, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved February 15, 1901.... 285. An act to authorize the township of South Arm in Charlevoix county to borrow money to be used in building roads and bridges in said township and to issue bonds therefor and to repeal act number two hundred ninety-one of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five of the State of Michigan. Approved February 19, 1901.... 286. An act to validate the action of the board of supervisors of Bay county in submitting to a vote of the electors of said county the question of issuing the bonds of said county to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, running thirty years, for the extension of the road system in said county; validating the election held on such proposition, and authorizing the board of supervisors to issue such bonds and to levy taxes for the payment of the same. Approved February 20, 1901.....

287. An act to provide for the election of a city assessor by the electors of the city of St. Clair. Approved February 20, 1901. 288. An act to organize the township of Ocqueoc in the county of Presque Isle. Approved February 20, 1901.

289. An act to repeal act number two hundred thirty-four of the local acts of eighteen hundred eighty-three, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Palmer, in Marquette county," and to vacate the incorporation of said village. Approved February 21, 1901....

290. An act to amend section seven of act number two hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixtynine, entitled "An act to create a board of water commissioners in the village of Marquette, and to define its powers and duties;" and to authorize the issue of bonds. Approved February 21, 1901.....

291. An act to form the territory of the city of Negaunee, in Marquette county, into a single school district, and to empower said district to borrow money and bond itself by vote of its electors, in a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, in excess of the amount now allowed by law for the purpose of paying outstanding bonds and indebtedness, purchasing school house sites, building school houses, and furnishing and equipping the same. Approved February 21, 1901 ....

292. An act providing for the selection of candidates for elections by popular vote and relating to primary elections in the city of Grand Rapids. Approved February 23, 1901......

293. An act to authorize and enable the city of Ann Arbor to
build and construct a suitable building for a city hall, to
purchase land therefor and to raise the money for such pur-
pose by a tax and loan. Approved February 25, 1901......
294. An act to authorize the city of Ann Arbor to purchase the
water works plant, property, rights and franchises of the
Ann Arbor Water Company and issue the bonds of the said
city in payment therefor. Approved February 25, 1901.....
295. An act to change the name of Leon Thorp Vredenburg to
Leon Thorp Shettler. Approved February 25, 1901..
296. An act to constitute the president of the village of Pincon-
ning ex officio member of the board of supervisors of Bay
county. Approved February 25, 1901..
297. An act to authorize the village of Red Jacket, in the county
of Houghton and State of Michigan, to borrow money and
issue bonds therefor for the purpose of making public im-
provements in said village of Red Jacket, and for the pur-
pose of paving Fifth street in said village. Approved Feb-
ruary 26, 1901...

298. An act to change the name of William K. Church to William
G. Kurz. Approved February 26, 1901....
299. An act to amend section twenty of an act entitled “An act
to revise an act entitled 'An act relative to the free schools
in the city of Grand Rapids,' approved March fifteenth,
eighteen hundred seventy-one, as amended by an act ap-
proved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred seventy-five,
approved May ninth, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, and
as further amended May third, eighteen hundred seventy-
nine, March sixteenth, eighteen hundred eighty-one, June
ninth, eighteen hundred eighty-five, April twenty-seventh,
eighteen hundred eighty-seven, May twenty-third, eighteen
hundred ninety-three, and May tenth, eighteen hundred
ninety-nine." Approved February 26, 1901....

300. An act to authorize the township of St. Clair, in the county
of St. Clair, to issue bonds to the amount of five thousand
dollars, extending over a period of five years, for the pay-
ment of a judgment against said township for damages on
account of personal injuries to Agnes Lauder. Approved
February 26, 1901...

301. An act to amend section twenty-one of title eight of the charter of the city of Grand Rapids, the same being section twenty-one of title eight of act number three hundred seventy-four of the local acts of the State of Michigan, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Grand Rapids." Approved February 26, 1901.

302. An act relative to the annual election of township officers of the township of Hiawatha, county of Schoolcraft, in the year nineteen hundred one, and to provide for the retention in office of the present officers of such township until such election, and prescribing their powers and duties. Approved February 26, 1901....

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303. An act to authorize the township of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, to grade, pave, plank, gravel, macadamize, curb and otherwise improve the highways known as Jefferson avenue and Mack avenue in said township, and to provide the necessary funds therefor. Approved February 26, 1901..... 304. An act relative to the annual election of township officers of the township of Manistique, county of Schoolcraft, in the year nineteen hundred one, and to provide for the retention in office of the present officers of such township until election, and prescribing their powers and duties. Approved February 26, 1901..

305. An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner
of schools in the county of Wayne. Approved February
27, 1901...

306. An act to legalize the abandonment and vacating of a part
of the toll road of the Riverside Turnpike Company within
the county of St. Clair. Approved March 1, 1901...
307. An act to amend section one of act number four hundred
twenty-six of the session laws of one thousand eight hun-
dred sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the public
schools of the village of Hudson," approved March twenty-
fifth, eighteen hundred sixty-seven, as amended by the sev-
eral acts amendatory thereof and to add a new section to
stand as section nine of said act. Approved March 1, 1901..
308. An act to change and determine the wards of the city of

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Ludington. Approved March 1, 1901.. 309. An act to authorize the township of Portage in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, to raise money on the taxable property therein to support and maintain the Hurontown fire company, a company organized to protect the inhabitants of said township against loss or damage to their property therein, by fire. Approved March 1, 1901........ 73 310. An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of the township of Crystal, in the county of Oceana, State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Charles B. Barker, the treasurer of the township of Crystal, in said county, and his bondsmen, from liability on account of the loss of township funds occasioned through the failure of the bank of Neilson & Co., in Pentwater, Oceana county, Michigan, in May, nineteen hundred. Approved March 1, 1901..... 311. An act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Sturgeon river in the township of Portage, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, and for the raising of funds to defray the cost and expense thereof. Approved March 1, 1901

312. An act to authorize the townships of Springwells and Ecorse, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, to jointly build and maintain a swing or drawbridge, constructed in whole or in part of steel or iron across the River Rouge at a point known as the Dix road or Saulsbury bridge, according to

the plans and specifications which have heretofore been or
which may hereafter be approved by the proper officers of
the United States according to the act of congress, and to
borrow money on the faith and credit of said townships to
pay for the construction of said bridge. Approved March
1, 1901 ..

313. An act to authorize the village of Alma, in the county of
Gratiot, to raise money by the issue of bonds for the pur-
pose of making public improvements in said village, and its
use therefor. Approved March 1, 1901....

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314. An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of the township of Pentwater, in the county of Oceana, State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Hobart A. Grant, the treasurer of the township of Pentwater, in said county, and his bondsmen from liability on account of the loss of township funds occasioned through the failure of the bank of Neilson & Co., in Pentwater, Oceana county, Michigan, in May, nineteen hundred. Approved March 1, 1901... 79 315. An act to incorporate the public schools of the village of Jerome, Hillsdale county, Michigan; define the boundaries thereof, provide for the election of trustees and fix their powers and duties, and provide for the distribution of the territory of the disorganized districts. Approved March 1, 1901 80

316. An act to detach certain territory from the township of Breitung in the county of Dickinson, and attach the same to the township of Sagola in said county. Approved March 1, 1901 ... 317. An act to amend section three, chapter one; section one, chapter two; section three of chapter three; sections fourteen and sixteen of chapter fourteen; section thirty-five of chapter seventeen; and sections one and three of chapter twenty-two; and to add a new section to chapter seven to be known as section sixty-two; and to add a new chapter thereto to be known as chapter twenty-three of act number three hundred ninety of the local acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, and the amendments thereto, entitled "An act to amend and revise the charter of the city of Port Huron," approved June seventeenth, eighteen hundred eighty-five. Approved March 1, 1901.... .

318. An act to authorize the township of Lawrence in the county of Van Buren, State of Michigan, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, the proceeds of which are to be used to erect and build a township hall for the use of said township. Approved March 1, 1901.

319. An act to provide for the organization, maintenance and management of a free public library in the city of Sault Ste. Marie. Approved March 1, 1901.

320. An act to authorize the village of Lake Linden, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor to the amount of seventy-five thousand

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