SECTION 2. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, All that district of country bounded north by the middle of the Wisconsin river, west by the Mississippi, south by the north boundary of Illinois, and east by the principal meridian dividing the Green bay and Wisconsin land districts, shall constitute the county of Iowa. Approved September 6, 1834.

ISABELLA COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan: SECTION 13. That the county included within the following limits, to wit: west of the line between ranges 2 and 3 west; east of the line between ranges 6 and 7 west; south of the line between townships 16 and 17, and north of the line between townships 12 and 13 north, containing 16 townships, be, and the same is hereby set off into a separate county by the name of Isabella.

Approved March 2, 1831.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the county of Isabella shall be organized, and the inhabitants thereof entitled to all the rights and privileges to which by law the inhabitants of other organized counties of this State are entitled.

SEC. 2. There shall be elected in the said county of Isabella, on the first Monday of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, all the several county officers to which, by law, the said county is entitled; the said election shall, in all respects, be conducted and held in the manner prescribed by law for holding elections for county and State officers: Provided, That the county officers so to be elected shall be qualified and enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of May next following their election, and their respective terms of office shall expire at the time prescribed by the general law.

SEC. 3. The board of canvassers in said county, for the first election aforesaid, shall consist of the presiding inspectors of election from each township therein, who shall meet at the house of John M. Hursh, in the township of Isabella, on the second Tuesday of April next succeeding the said election, and organize by appointing one of their number chairman, and another secretary of said board, and shall thereupon proceed to discharge all the duties of a board of county canvassers, as in ordinary cases of elections for county and State officers.

SEC. 4. The county of Clare is hereby attached to the county of Isabella for judicial and municipal purposes, and to the township of Isabella for township purposes.

SEC. 5. Within twenty days after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit by mail to the township clerk of the township of Coe, in said county of Isabella, a certified copy of this act.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the township clerk of said township of Coe, to notify the several township clerks of the several townships of said county of Isabella, of the time of holding election for the officers provided for in this act, and of the several officers to be elected, at least ten days prior to the said election.

SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved February 11, 1859.

ISABELLA. Named from the Queen of Spain, the illustrious patroness of Columbus. Born, 1451; died 1504.

County seat, Mount Pleasant, settled in 1861.

ISLE ROYAL COUNTY.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the several islands in lake Superior, known as Isle Royal, and the islands adjacent thereto, shall be organized into a separate county, by the name of Isle Royal, and the inhabitants thereof entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities to which by law the inhabitants of other organized counties of this State are entitled.

SEC. 2. There shall be elected in the said county of Isle Royal, on the first Tuesday in July next, all the several county officers to which by law the said county is entitled, and the said election and the canvass thereof shall in all respects be conducted and held in the manner prescribed by law for holding elections and canvasses for county and State offices: Provided, That the canvass of such election shall be held at the place of holding the election in the township of Isle Royal, on the Monday next following said election, and said county officers shall immediately be qualified and enter upon the duties of their respective offices, and their several terms of office shall expire at the same time that they would have expired had they been elected at the last general election: And provided further, That until such county officers are duly elected and qualified, the duties of such county officers shall be discharged by the several persons elected to fill the same for the county of Keweenaw at the last general election.

SEC. 3. The board of canvassers of said county, under this act, shall consist of the inspectors of elections from each township therein; and said inspectors shall meet at the time and place designated in this act, and shall organize by appointing one of their number chairman, and another secretary of said board, and shall thereupon proceed to discharge all the duties of a board of county canvassers, as in ordinary cases of election for county and State officers.

SEC. 4. The sheriff, county clerk, and county treasurer of said county, to be elected as provided for in this act, shall designate a suitable place in the township of Isle Royal for holding the circuit court in said county; they shall also designate suitable places in the same township (as near as practicable to the place designated by them for holding the circuit court in said county) for holding the offices of the sheriff, county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, and judge of probate of said county, until the county-seat for said county shall be established, and shall make and subscribe a certificate in writing, describing the place thus designated, which certificate shall be filed and safely preserved by the county clerk; and after such certificate shall be thus filed, the places thus designated shall be the places of holding the circuit court and county officers (offices), until the board of supervisors shall establish the county-seat of said county,

and until suitable accommodations shall be provided for said court and county offices at the county-seat; and it is hereby made the duty of the board of supervisors of said county, on or after the year 1880, to designate and establish the county-seat of said county.

SEC. 5. The said county of Isle Royal shall have concurrent jurisdiction on lake Superior with the other counties contiguous thereto.

SEC. 6. The said county of Isle Royal shall constitute a part of the twelfth judicial circuit of Michigan.

SEC. 7. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved March 4, 1875.

JACKSON COUNTY.

SECTION 5. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, That so much of the country as is included within the following limits, viz.: south of the base line, and north of the line between townships four and five south of the base line, and west of the line between ranges two and three east of the meridian, and east of the line between ranges three and four west of the meridian, be, and the same is hereby set off into a separate county, and the name thereof shall be Jackson. Approved October 29, 1829.

To His Excellency Lewis Cass, Governor of the Territory of Michigan:

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We, the undersigned commissioners appointed to designate the county seat of the county of Jackson, have the honor to report that we have executed the trust reposed in us. [Here follows a glowing description of Jackson county.] Then the report says: In pursuance of the act passed by the last Legislative Council, a territorial road, called the St. Joseph's road, was last winter laid directly through the heart of the Peninsula. Where this road crosses Grand river, about seventy miles west of Detroit, and thirty-five miles from Ann Arbor, a flourishing village is commenced, and the proprietors are erecting mills. The road was opened last winter as far west as Grand river, by a company of citizens of Ann Arbor, who, together with the commissioners, gave the village the name of Jacksonburg. We speak confidently when we say the State capitol will be at Jacksonburg. So sanguine were we in our belief, that we required the proprietors to appropriate ten acres of land for a State House square upon a commanding eminence near the upper end of this village; at a point south 62° six chains from the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 34, town 2 south, range 1 west, we have stuck the stake for the county seat. The proprietors have given a court house square, a public square, four meeting house squares, one college square. All of which is respectfully submitted.

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OLIVER WHITMORE,
BETHUEL FARRAND,
JONA. F. STRATTON.

March 31st, 1830.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, That the county of Jackson shall be organized from and after the taking effect

of this act, and the inhabitants thereof entitled to all the rights and privileges, to which, by law, the inhabitants of the other counties of this Territory are entitled.

SEC. 2. That all suits, prosecutions, and other matters now pending before the courts of record of Washtenaw county, or before any justice of the peace of said county of Washtenaw, shall be prosecuted to final judg. ment and execution, and all taxes heretofore levied, or which may be hereafter levied for the year 1832, shall be collected in the same manner as though the said county of Jackson had not been organized.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of August next.

Approved June 26th, 1832.

ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSONOPOLIS.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, That all that part of the country, being within the limits of the county of Jackson, be, and the same is hereby set off into a separate township, and the name thereof shall be Jacksonopolis.

SEC. 2. That the first township meeting, to be held in said township, shall be held, at the dwelling house of J. W. Bennett, in said township, on the third Tuesday of August, 1830.

SEC. 3. That the officers, who shall be appointed in said township shall transact the business of said township, in all things as far as may be, in the same manner, as they were by law required to do, if they had been elected at the annual township meeting: Provided, The officers who may be appointed at said special township meeting, shall not hold their offices, longer than until the first Monday in April, which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

Approved July 30th, 1830.

An act of the Legislative Council, approved February 18th, 1831, changes the name of Jacksonopolis to Jacksonburg.

JACKSON. So named from the President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

County seat, Jackson, which became an incorporated city by act of the Legislature approved February 14, 1857.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan: SECTION 7. That so much of the country as lies south of the base line, and north of the line between townships 4 and 5 south of the base line, and west of the line between ranges eight and nine west of the meridian, and east of the line between ranges twelve and thirteen west of the meridian, be, and the same is hereby set off into a separate county, and the name thereof shall be Kalamazoo.

Approved October 29, 1829.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, That the county of Kalamazoo shall be organized from and after the taking effect of this act, and the inhabitants thereof entitled to all the rights and privileges to which by law the inhabitants of the other organized counties of this Territory are entitled.

SEC. 2. That there shall be a county court established in the said county, which court shall be held on the third Tuesday of October, in each year.

SEC. 3. That a circuit court shall also be held in the said county, and that the several acts concerning the supreme, circuit, and county courts of the Territory of Michigan, defining their jurisdiction and powers, and directing the pleadings and practice therein in certain cases, be and the same are hereby made applicable to the circuit court in the aforesaid county of Kalamazoo.

SEC. 4. That the said county of Kalamazoo shall be one circuit, and the court for the same shall be held, hereafter on the first Tuesday of September in each year.

SEC. 5. That all suits, prosecutions, and other matters now pending before the circuit or county courts, of the county of St. Joseph, or before any justice of the peace of said county, shall be prosecuted to final judg ment and execution; and all taxes heretofore levied or which may hereafter be levied for the year 1830, shall be collected in the same manner as though the said county of Kalamazoo had not been organized.

SEC. 6. That the circuit and county courts shall be held at the county seat, at the court house or other usual place of holding courts therein: Provided, That the first term of said courts shall be holden at the house of Abraham J. Shaver, in said county: Provided, That it shall be lawful for the said circuit and county courts to adjourn the first term of said courts from the house of said Shaver to such other place in said county as to said courts may appear expedient.

SEC. 7. That the counties of Calhoun, Barry, and Eaton, and all the country lying north of township four, north of the base line, west of the principal meridian, south of the county of Michilimackinac, and east of the line between ranges twelve and thirteen, and of lake Michigan, where said range line interesects the lake, shall be attached to and compose a part of the county of Kalamazoo for judicial purposes.

SEC. 8. That all acts and parts of acts, now in force contravening the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of October, 1830.

Approved July 30, 1830.

Kalamazoo, derived from the Indian name of the river Ke-Kenamazoo (the boiling pot).

County-seat, Kalamazoo,-first Bronson, then changed to Kalamazoo.