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dred copies of the Governor's message in the German language; the sum of one hundred and seventeen dollars, to pay the fireman of the House of Representatives; also the sum of one hundred and seventeen dollars, to pay the firemen of the Senate; to Henry E. Perry, HE Perry. the sum of forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents, for repairs of the capitol.

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Sec. 5. That the following sums be and they are hereby appropriated out of the general fund: To Chauncey Morse, for stationery furnished the supreme court from March tenth to September eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-three, eleven dollars and thirty-sevencen's; to A. S. Williams, for twenty-two copies of the Daily Adver- AS Wiltiser for members and officers of the Senate, thirty-eight dollars and ninety-two cents; to Henry E. Perry, for repairs of table, doors and so forth, for Senate, fifteen dollars and thirty-seven cents; to G. F. GF Rood Rood & Co., for stationery furnished the Senate of eighteen hundred and forty-five three hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-two cents; to Morse and Burr, for publishing changes of time of holding courts Burr. in eighteen hundred and forty-three and in eighteen hundred and for-ty-four, six dollars; to Moses Hawks, for twenty copies of the Alle- M Hawks. gan and Barry Record, for the Senate of eighteen hundred and fortyfive, ten dollars; to T. F. Brodhead, secretary of the Senate, for the Lead, following: For newspapers furnished officers and members of the Senate as follows: New Orleans Picayune, two dollars, Boston Post one dollar and thirty-three cents, New York Herald, two dollars and forty cents, New York Evening Post and Grand River Eagle, two dollars and fifty cents; to A. H. Newbould, for hardware furnished AH Newthe Senate, (this session,) four dollars and twelve cents; to A. S. Kellogg, for stationery furnished the Secretary of State's office, in December, eighteen hundred and forty, five dollars; to A. C. Smith, A C Smith. for papers ordered for himself for the session, five dollars; to A. S. Bagg, for stationery furnished for the Senate during the present session, seventy-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents; to S N. Gantt, for stationery furnished the Senate of eighteen hundred and forty-five, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and fifty-seven cents; to John S. Abbott, George G. Bull, Reynolds Gillett, and Loomis Palmer, for Gillet and attendance as witnesses in case of alleged breach of privilege by Alex'r. Davidson, two dollars each; to Blair and Rives, for the Con

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gressional Globe and Appendix, two dollars; to Harris and Heart, for the Constitution, one dollar and seventy-five cents; to the Gen' and Attorney General, and the Counsel associated with him, for the trial of the cases for a breach of the privilege of the Senate, fifty dollars each; to the credit of the sinking fund, two thousand dollars; and the State Treasurer is hereby required to transfer that amount accordingly; to J. F. Ely, for printing notice of Adjutant D Whitfield General, five dollars; to Daniel Whitfield, for six days services as fireman, six dollars; to Bagg and Harmon, for printing divisions and certificates of members of the legislature, sixty dollars; also for printing and binding two hundred copies of the legislative manual, fifty-five dollars and thirty-five cents; also, for sundries, forty-three dollars; the sum of fifty dollars to the fire department of the city of Detroit, for the use and benefit of said department. There is also hereby appropriated sixty dollars for the freight and charges on books transmitted to this state by Alexander Vattemare.

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Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 24, 1845.

No. 112.

AN ACT to amend an act to provide for laying out a State Road from Pontiac to Hillman's Tavern, in the township of Tyrone, county of Livingston.

Sec. 1. That section three of the said act be and the same is here. State road. by amended by inserting between the words "expended" and "all" in said section three, the following words, "upon said road."

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in foree from and after

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No. 113.

AN ACT to authorize Chad Brown and others to build a Dam across the St. Joseph River.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Dam. tives of the State of Michigan, That Chad Brown, Philogene P. Maillard, Ferdinand Meitzger, Isaac Higbee, and Benjamin H. Bertrand, and their heirs and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to build a dam across the St. Joseph river, at the village of Bertrand, in the county of Berrien.

Sec. 2. The said dam shall not exceed six feet in height above common low water mark, and shall contain a convenient lock for the passage of all boats, barges, rafts or other water craft that may navigate said river, and shall be so constructed as to receive such boats, and other water craft in slack water of sufficient depth below said dam, and to pass them to slack water of sufficient depth above said dam for all the purposes of the navigation of said river at all times.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the owners of said dam at all times to keep said lock in repair, and to pass any water craft which can be admitted therein through the same, free of toll, and without unneces sary delay, and any person who shall be unnecessarily detained shall be entitled to recover of the said owners, double the amount for the damages, which he shall prove that he has sustained by such detention, before any court of competent jurisdiction, with costs of suit.

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Sec. 4. Any person who shall destroy, or in any wise injure said lock or dam, shall be deemed to have committed a trespass upon the Renalty. owners thereof, and be liable accordingly, and any person who shall wilfully and maliciously destroy or injure the said lock or dam, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be punishable by fine or imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 5. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the individuals named in the firrt section of this act, their heirs and assigns to enter upon or flow the lands of any other person or persons, without the consent of such person or persons; and the legislature may at any time hereafter, so alter or amend this act as to provide for the further improvement of the navigation of the St. Joseph River. Approved March 24, 1845.

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No. 114.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of interest on certain monies belonging to the primary school fund, and to increase the State Tax.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Auditor General and State Treasurer Le, and they are hereby authorized and required to compute interest annually, on the first day of May in each year, on the amount of treasury notes or other funds paid in and standing to the credit of the principal of the primary school fund, (the interest on which shall not be otherwise provided for by law,) at the rate of seven per cent per annum, from the first day of May preceding, or from the respective dates during the preceding year, when any par ticular sums may have been so paid in on account of the principal of said fund.

Sec. 2. Upon computing and ascertaining the amount of interest nccruing and due for the past year, as above provided, they shall credit the primary school interest fund with said amount, by transfering a like amount from the general fund; and said monies as transferred and credited to the primary school interest fund shall be included with and apportioned for the support of schools as the other school monies for the respective years.

Sec. 3. That section 44 of an act entitled "An act relative to common or primary schools," approved March 8, 1843, be amended by striking out of the fifth line thereof the word 'five' and insert 'seven' in lieu thereof, and by inserting in the third line of said section after the word "forty-four" the words "and thereafter," and that section one of an act entitled "An act to reduce the rate of taxation on real and personal property," approved February 16, 1842, be, and hereby is amended by striking out of the sixth line thereof the word "two," and insert "two and a half" in lieu thereof.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 24, 1845.

No. 115.

AN ACT to amend an act to establish a Land Office to prescribe and regulate the disposition of the public lands, and for other purposes, approved March 11, 1844.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all purchasers of university Purchasers. and school lands, who by reason of the non-payment of either principal or interest due in the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-four and one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and under the existing provisions of law, have forfeited the lands purchased, made void their certificates of purchase for the same, may be restored to their original rights under the said provisions by paying to the Commissioner of the State Land Office or to the State Treasurer, by the first day of March next, or within sixty days thereafter, the amount of arrearages for principal and interest due to the time of such forfeiture on their several purchases, together with such incider.tal costs› and charges as may be incurred, to be estimated by the Commissioner, and upon such payment, their several certificates of purchase shall become valid in law.

Sec. 2. That hereafter in all cases of non payment of principal

or interest due upon purchases of university, school or state building Purchasers lands, at the time required by the provisions of the act to which this may redeem is amencatory, the purchasers delinquent in the payment of dues as aforesaid, may redeem their several purchases, which have been forfeited, by paying to the Commissioner of the Land Office or to the State Treasurer, prior to the first day of October, in each year, the amount of arrearages past due with twenty-five per cent penalty upon the same, and upon payment of the amount of such arrearages and penalty as aforesaid, all the original rights of the purchaser, in and to the land purchased, shall be restored and revested in him. But in cases of failure to redeem as aforesaid, the forfeiture shall be absolute, and the rights of the purchaser shall be forever void and of no effect, and the land forfeited shall be subject to the provisions of law concerning forfeiture, dispossessions and resale of said lands on account of the non-payment of either principal or interest, as prescribed in the act to which this amendatory: Provided, That all Proviso.

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