above common low water mark: And provided further, That a convenient lock shall be constructed of sufficient width and dimensions to admit the safe passage of boats, rafts, canoes, and other water craft navigating said river. Sec. 2. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the persons above named, or their heirs or assigns, to enter upon or flow the lands of any other person, without the consent of such other person; and the legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal this act. Approved March 24, 1845. No. 96. 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 Willard K. Goodrich and Wil- Com'rs. liam Caperon, of the county of Oakland, and Jairah Hillman, of the county of Livingston, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, to Hillman's Tavern, in the county of Livingston. Sec. 2. The commissioners appointed by the first section of this Commis sioners, duact shall lay out and establish the above road on the line of the pres- ty of. ent travelled road, leading through the townships of Waterford, White L ke, Highland, Rose and Tyrone; and may alter such portions of the road as in their opinion the public good may require, by filing the survey of such road and alterations with the township clerk in the several townships through which the said road shall run, and he shall record the same in his office in the manner and form as other highways are recorded: Provided, That no alteration shall be made in any township without the consent of a majority of the highway commissioners of such township, and the damages sustained by any individual by reason of such alteration, shall be assessed, collected, and paid over in the same manner as damages are assessed, collected and paid over under the provisions of law regulating highways. Sec. 3. The commissioners of highways of the several townships Highway through which said road runs, shall expend all the highway taxes ari- com'rs. sing from non-resident lands for the distance of one mile each side of said road (from the west line of the township of Waterford to the said Hillman's tavern, in the county of Livingston) in the same manner as other non-resident taxes are now by law expended, except so much of said taxes as may be heretofore specially appropriated. Sec. 4. The provisions of this act shall be in force for the term of two years from this date and no longer. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. State road. No. 97. AN ACT to provide for the laying out and establishing a state road, and for other purposes: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That William B. Barron, Pierce G. Wright and Oel Rix, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from the village of Palmer, in the county of St. Clair, to the village of Riley, in said county, by the most direct and eligible route, and a copy of so much of the survey of said road as shall be within each township through which said road shall pass, shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, and the said township clerk shall record the same in like manner as township roads are recorded, Sec. 2. The non-resident highway taxes which may be hereafter assessed upon the lands owned by non-residents, within two miles each way from the centre of a road known as the Mizner road, leading Mizner road from Gallagher's mills in the county of St. Clair, to the Fort Gratiot Non-resid't taxes. turnpike, in the county of Macomb, are hereby appropriated for the next succeeding four years, for the purpose of working and improving the same, and the commissioners of highways in the several towns through which said road passes, are hereby directed to expend the same upon said Mizner road. Sec. 3. That for the purpose of working and improving the said road mentioned in section one of this act, the highway tax which may be assessed upon the lands owned by non-residents within one mile each way from the centre of said road, for the next succeeding three years, are hereby appropriated, and the highway commissioners of the townships through which said road shall pass, are hereby directed to lay out and expend the aforesaid mentioned taxes upon said road for the laying out, working and improving the same. Sec. 4. The state shall not be liable for any expense incurred or damages sustained by reason of this act, and in case the road mentioned in the preceding sections of this act shall not be surveyed and laid out in two years from the passage of this act, the provisions herein contained shall be void. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 24, 1845. No. 98. AN ACT for the relief of the township of Marcellus. Whereas, On account of alleged illegality in the organization of the township of Marcellus, in the county of Cass, being township five Preamble. south of range thirteen west, the Auditor General rejected taxes of 1843, amounting for township, county, and state purposes, to one hundred and one dollars, and seventy-three cents, and for highway purposes, to the sum of sixty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents :And Whereas, The lands on which the same was assessed, (not being assessed in the township to which they had formerly been attached,) thereby escaped taxation, and the township of Marcellus consequently left in debt to the county and state for taxes justly due from said town And Whereas, It is believed the said township has perfected a legal organization since the above taxes were assessed, therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatves of the State of Michigan, That the proper authorities duly elected in the township of Marcellus, in the county of Cass, for the year 1845, are hereby authorized and required to re-assess such taxes as were rejected by the Auditor General for 1843, on account of alleged illegality in the organization of said township, to wit:One hundred and one dollars and seventy-three cents, for township, ounty and state purposes, and sixty-one dollars and twenty-eight Marcelles cents for highway purposes, on the same lands that the said sums were originally assessed upon; said re-assessment to be included in the assessment roll proper of 1845: Provided, That no interest shall be computed thereon:. And provided further, That this act shall not be construed to legalize the organization of said township of Marcellus. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 24, 1845. of state ro'd. No. 99. AN ACT to authorize the Commissioners of Highways of the town of Jackson, in the county of Jackson, to alter a state road therein mentioned, and for other purposes: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the commissioners of highways of Alteration the township of Jackson, and county of Jackson, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to alter the state road running through said township on and near the premises now occupied by Wesley W. Laverty: Provided, Such alteration shall not be attended with any expense to the said township or county of Jackson. Commis sioners appointed. Sec. 2. That Zebadiah Stiles, James Hutchinson, and Charles Merritt, of the county of Calhoun, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners with power to take up, alter and relay any portion of the territorial road (running from Marshall to Kalamazoo,) lying between the Gulf Bridge in the township of Emmet, Calhoun county, and Goguack Prairie, in the township of Battle Creek, in said county of Calhoun. Sec. 3 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 24, 1845. No. 100. AN ACT in relation to the duties of Circuit Court com'rs. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That Circuit Court Commissioners, Cire't cour in addition to their present duties, shall be, and hereby are authorized to allow commissions to take testimony, and to settle interrogatories thereon. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 24, 1845. No. 101. AN ACT to provide for improving the state road from SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That there shall be applied and expended on the state road running from the village of Marshall in the county of Calhoun, to the village of Ionia in the county of Ionia, all the highway taxes assessed on all the non-resident lands lying within two miles of the centre of said state road in the counties of Ionia and Eaton, and upon all the non-resident lands lying within one mile of the centre of said road, in the county of Calhoun, in the manner hereinafter provided, excepting the highway taxes upon the lands owned by non-residents appropriated during the present session of the legislature for the improvement of the Clinton road, and for the improvement of the road leading from the village of Lyons, in the county of Ionia, to the village of Ada in the county of Kent. State road, highway Sec. 2. The commissioners of highways of the several townships through which said road runs, shall expend all highway taxes arising Duty of from non-resident lands in their respective townships, as appropria-com'rs. ted by the provisions of the preceding section, in the same manner, and under the same regulations as are now provided by law for expending monies raised by townships for repairing and improving highways or for making new roads. Sec. 3. The commissioners of any township on the line of said |