Provided however, That every such suit shall be instituted in the county where the plaintiff or defendant shall reside. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts concurrent with or contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 19, 1845. Trustees. Proviso. No. 32. AN ACT to incorporate the Michigan Cen SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate a tives of the State of Michigan, That E court within this stat lands, rents, tener alien the same, personal, to i made to th capable to or per chase, b same in perpe. property, real or pe exceed thirty thousand dolla Sec. 2. There shall at all time.. Number of. The term of office of three of said trus. Trustees. Term of of Wednesday of January, 1846, the term of office. し them on the first Wednesday of January, 18. the first Wednesday of January, 1848, as shall be de this act; at the expiration of the regular term of offi~: O con commis and after its State Road from on Lake. House of Representa state road. jamin Smith, Andrew Loo- To lay out are hereby authorized to lay and Rapids, in the county of route to Muskegon Lake in the y of so much of the said road in each township through which said tin said township: Provided, That out, establishing or constructing said le State. ereby allowed and granted to the said ag out of said road. take effect and be in force from and after 9, 1845. No. 36. ovide for the laying out a State Road acted by the Senate and House of Represen- Clerk direc No. 33. AN ACT concerning certain Records of the Circuit Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Michigan, That the Clerk of the Circuit Court ted to trans- for the county of Oakland be, and he is hereby directed under the cribe re cords. Compensa tion. When correct to have effect. supervision of the judges of said court, to transcribe such of the records and books of said court, or the county court formerly held in and for said county, as the said judges may deem necessary, in order to preserve and perpetuate the matters therein contained; and also cause to be bound any of the records and books aforesaid, and to make suitable indexes as the said judges may deem proper. Sec. 2. The said clerk shall be allowed such compensation as may be reasonable for performing the services contemplated by the first section of this act, to be audited by the board of supervisors of said county, upon the certificate of the said Circuit Court, and paid out of the treasury of said county. Sec. 3. The copies of the records and books aforesaid, when as. certained by the judges of the said Circuit Court to be correct, shall have the same legal effect, and be used as evidence in the same man ner and with the like effect, as the originals thereof might or could be used. Approved March 19, 1845. To lay out state road. No. 34. AN ACT to provide for laying out a State Road from SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Thomas W. White, Holden C. Lowing, and Edward F. Bosworth, be and they are hereby authorized to lay out and establish a State road from Granville, in the county of Kent, on the most eligible and direct route to Grand Haven, in the county of Ottawa, and file the survey of so much of the said road in the office of the township clerk of each township through which said road shall pass, as shall be laid out in such township, Pro vided, that no expense incurred in laying out, establishing, or constructing said road shall be chargeable to the State. Sec. 2. Four years are hereby granted the above named commissioners to lay out and open said road. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 19, 1845. No. 35. AN ACT to provide for laying out a State Road from state road. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Benjamin Smith, Andrew Loo- To lay out mis and Edmund B. Bostwick be and they are hereby authorized to lay out and establish a State road from Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent, on the most eligible and direct route to Muskegon Lake in the county of Ottawa, and file the survey of so much of the said road in the office of the township clerk of each township through which said road shall pass, as shall be laid out in said township: Provided, That no expense incurred in laying out, establishing or constructing said road, shall be chargeable to the State. Sec. 2. Two years are hereby allowed and granted to the said commissioners for the laying out of said road. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 19, 1845. No. 36. AN ACT to provide for the laying out a State Road from Augusta, in the county of Kalamazoo, via Gull Mills, to Yankee Springs, in Barry county. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Michigan, That Salmon King and Mumford Eldred, Junior, of Kalamazoo county, and Samuel Case, of Barry state road. To lay out county, be, and they are hereby authorized to lay out and establish a State road from the village of Augusta, Kalamazoo county, via the Gull Mills, so called, to Yankee Springs, in Barry county, on the most direct and eligible route, and file the survey of so much of said road in the office of the township clerk of each township through which said road shall pass, as shall be laid out in such township. Provided, the state shall not be chargable for any expense incurred in laying out said road. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 19, 1845. To build a dam. Height of. Constructi'n No. 37. An Act to authorize Arad Melvin and John Scales to erect a Dam across Flat river in the county of Kent. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Arad Melvin and John Scales, their heirs and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect a dam across Flat River, in the county of Kent, on lot No. five, section No. thirteen, township number seven north of range number nine west: Provided, That the title of said land on each bank of the said river is at the time of erecting the said dam vested in the said Arad Melvin and John Scales, or that they obtain the permission of the owners thereof. Sec. 2. The said dam shall not exceed four feet in height above low water mark, and shall have a good and sufficient sluice or apron of convenient width and dimensions to admit the safe passage of rafts of every kind down that river, and such boats and canoes as may navigate the same, which said sluice or apron shall be kept in good repair by the person or persons using said dam. Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the per sons above named, their heirs or assigns, to enter upon or flow the lands of any other person or persons: Provided, That the occupant of said dam shall construct therein and thereat a convenient lock for the safe passage of boats, canoes, rafts, or other water craft, when |