SEC. 7. In the said county, the board of county canvassers, under this act, shall consist of two of the presiding inspectors of said election from each township; and said board shall meet on the Thursday next after said election, at the county-seat, at one o'clock of said day, and organize by the appointment of 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 officers.

Approved December 29, 1837.

OTTAWA-An Indian name signifying traders, and applied to a powerful tribe which once occupied northwestern Michigan. The seat of justice of this county is at Grand Haven. Name changed from Ottawa to Grand Haven, March 20th, 1863.

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan:

SECTION 25. That portion of the State lying north of the line between towns 32 and 33 north, and east of the line between ranges one and two east, shall be laid off as a separate county, to be known and designated as the county of Presque Isle.

Approved April 1, 1840.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the county of Presque Isle, consisting of the territory embraced by the present county of Presque Isle, be and the same is hereby organized into a separate county, by the name of Presque Isle, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the privileges, powers, and immunities to which by law the inhabitants of other organized counties in this State are entitled.

SEC. 2. At the election to be held on the first Monday of April next, the several county officers of said county of Presque Isle shall be elected. Such election of such officers and the canvass thereof shall be conducted in the manner described by law: Provided, That the county canvass of such election shall be held at the office of the township clerk of the township of Rogers, on the Monday next succeeding such election; and the officers so elected shall qualify and enter the duties of their respective offices on or before the 15th day of May next, and that their several terms of office shall expire on the first day of January, 1873.

SEC. 3. The county-seat of said county is hereby located in the village of Rogers City, in said county, for the time being, and the same shall so remain located until removed by the board of supervisors of said county pursuant to law; and the county clerk shall provide a suitable seal and all the necessary books for the use of the circuit court of said county; and the sheriff shall provide a suitable place for holding said court, at the expense of said county, until a suitable place for holding such court is provided by the board of supervisors of said county.

SEC. 4. Said county shall be in the 18th judicial circuit, and shall be entitled to two courts therein each year.

SEC. 5. If, for any reason, the election should not be held on the first Monday of April, 1871, it shall be lawful for it to be held any time thereafter by giving ten days' notice, which notice it shall be the duty of the said township clerk to give; and the canvass of the votes shall be held on the second Tuesday succeeding the election, as mentioned in section two of this act.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the aforesaid township clerk to post notices for the election of a circuit judge of the 18th judicial circuit, in the usual manner for such election, at least three days previous to the day of election.

SEC. 7. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved March 31, 1871.

County-seat of Presque Isle county, Rogers City.

ROSCOMMON COUNTY.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the county of Roscommon, consisting of the territory embraced by the present unorganized county of Roscommon, be and the same is hereby organized into a separate county by the name of Roscommon, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the privileges, powers, and immunities to which by law the inhabitants of other organized counties in this State are entitled.

SEC. 2. At the township meeting of the several townships in said county, to be held on the first Monday of April next, there shall be an election of all the county officers to which by law the said county is entitled, who shall hold their several offices until the first day of January, A. D., 1877, and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified; said election shall be conducted in the same way, by the same officers, and the returns thereof made in the same manner, as near as may be, as is now required by law in the election of county officers in this State.

SEC. 3. The location of the county-seat of said county shall be determined by the vote of the electors of said county by ballot, at a special election to be held for that purpose on the first Monday of July, 1877. The ballots may be written or printed, or part written and part printed, and shall each desiguate one place for the location of the county-seat, and the vote shall be canvassed and the returns thereof made in the same manner as near as may be as provided in section two of this act, and the place which shall receive the highest number of votes cast at such election shall be the county-seat of Roscommon county; and the county canvass shall be had within the same time, and in the same manner, as near as may be, as is now required by law in general elections in this State.

SEC. 4. The county canvass of the votes cast for county officers shall be held on the second Tuesday succeeding the election, at Roscommon Station, in the county aforesaid; and said canvass shall be conducted in the same way as the requirements of law now provide in organized counties, as nearly as may be. The board of county canvassers shall have power to appoint one of their own number secretary of said board, and it shall be the duty of the secretary of said board to file a copy of the determination of said board as to the location of the county-seat, signed and certified by him, and countersigned by the chairman, with the clerk of said county within ten days after he shall have qualified.

SEC. 5. The county treasurer, sheriff, and county clerk of said county are hereby authorized and required to locate the county-seat temporarily, until located as provided by section three of this act, and shall file with the Secretary of State, and the county clerk, each a certificate, signed by a majority of them, describing the place where they have located the

same.

SEC. 6. All suits, proceedings, and other matters now pending, or that may be pending on the second Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of April next, before any court or justice of the peace of the county of Midland, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution, and all taxes heretofore levied shall be collected in the same manner as though this act had not passed.

SEC. 7. The register of deeds of said county shall make, or cause to be made, a transcript of all records made in other counties which are necessary to appear upon the records of said county of Roscommon; and the board of supervisors of said county shall, within one year after the first Monday of April next, make provision for defraying the expense of the same.

SEC. 8. The said county of Roscommon shall be a part of the twentyfirst judicial circuit.

SEC. 9. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to furnish the clerk of the township of Higgins a certified copy of this act; and it shall be the duty of said clerk to give the same notice of the election to be held under the provisions of this act that is required by law to be given by the sheriff of other organized counties.

SEC. 10. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved March 20, 1875.

The county of Roscommon was laid off in 1840 as the county of Mikenank.

Roscommon county-seat of justice, Roscommon.

SAGINAW COUNTY.

A PROCLAMATION BY LEWIS CASS, GOVERNOR IN AND OVER THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN.

And I have also thought it expedient to lay out the following counties, that is to say:

All the country included within the following boundaries: beginning on the principal meridian, where the line between the fourteenth and fifteenth townships north of the base line intersects the same, and running thence south, to the line between the eighth and ninth townships, north of the base line; thence east to the line between the sixht and seventh ranges east of the principal meridian; thence north to the continuation of the line between the fourteenth and fifteenth townships north of the base line; thence west to the place of beginning, shall form. a county, to be called the county of Saginaw.

And it is hereby declared that the county herein "laid out," to wit: the county of Saginaw, shall be organized whenever, hereafter, the competent authority for the time being shall so determine, and that until then the said county shall be attached to, and compose part of the county now organized, in the following manner:

The county of Saginaw shall be attached to and compose a part of the county of OAKLAND.

In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the great seal of the said territory to be hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand, at Detroit, this tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-seventh.

By the Governor:

Secretary of Michigan Territory.

LEW. CASS.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan: SECTION 9. That the county of Saginaw shall be bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at the point where the line between ranges 6 and 7 east intersects the line between townships 8 and 9 north; thence west to the meridian; thence north on the meridian line to the line between townships 12 and 13; thence east to the line between ranges 2 and 3 east; thence north to the line between townships 14 and 15; thence east to the line between ranges 6 and 7 east; thence south to the place of beginning, containing 32 townships.

Approved March 2, 1831.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan:

SECTION 1. That the county of Saginaw 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 in this Territory are entitled.

SEC. 2. That all suits, prosecutions, and other matters now pending before the courts of record of Oakland county, or before any justice of the peace of said county, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution; and all taxes heretofore levied and now due shall be collected in the same manner as though the said county of Saginaw had not been organized.

SEC. 3. That the circuit court for the county of Saginaw shall be holden on such days as shall be provided by law.

SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county of Saginaw (until public buildings are erected in said county), to provide a convenient place, at or near the county site, for the holding of said court.

SEC. 5. That the township board for the township of Saginaw shall, until there be three townships organized in said county, sit as a county board for said county, and are hereby authorized to transact all business now incumbent on the board of supervisors in the respective counties in this territory.

SEC. 6. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the second Monday of February next.

Approved January 28, 1835.

SAGINAW. An Indian name derived from Sac-e-nong, or Sac town.
County seat, Saginaw City.

SANILAC COUNTY.

And I have also thought it expedient to lay out the following county, that is to say:

All the country included in the following boundaries: beginning on the boundary line between the United States and the province of Upper Canada, where the northern boundary of the county of St. Clair intersects the same; thence west to the line between the sixth and seventh ranges, east to the principal meridian; thence north to a point ten miles north of the shore of Saginaw Bay; thence northeast to the boundary line between the United States and the province of Upper Canada; thence with the said boundary to the place of beginning; shall form a county, to be called the county of Sanilac.

Given under my hand, at Detroit, this tenth day of September, A. D., 1822, and of the independence of the United States, the forty-seventh. LEW. CASS.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all that part of the county of St. Clair, comprised in townships number nine and ten north, of ranges numbers 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 east, be and the same is hereby annexed to and made a part of the county of Sanilac.

SEC. 2. That the county of Sanilac, including the territory annexed thereto in the preceding section of this act, shall become duly organized, and the inhabitants thereof entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities, to which by law the inhabitants of other counties of this state are entitled, from and after the 31st day of December, A. D., 1849. SEC. 3. There shall be elected in the said county of Sanilac, on the first Tuesday of November, A. D., 1849, all the several county officers to which by law the said county is entitled, and said election shall in all respects be conducted and held in the manner prescribed by law for holding elections for county and state officers.

SEC. 4. All suits, prosecutions, and other matters now pending, or which shall be pending on the 31st day of December, 1849, before any court or before any justice of the peace of the county to which the said county of Sanilac is attached for judicial purposes, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution and all taxes heretofore levied, or which shall be levied in accordance with law, previous to the 31st day of December, 1849, shall be collected in the same manner as though this act had not passed.

SEC. 5. The board of canvassers in said county, under this act, shall consist of two of the presiding inspectors of election from each township therein, and said inspectors shall meet at the county-seat at the time appointed by law for the county canvass, and immediately after the election authorized in the third section of this act, 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. 6. That the county seat of said county of Sanilac shall be and is hereby fixed at the village of Lexington in said county, until the year 1853, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the said county of Sanilac, at the expense of said county, under the direction of the supervisors