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shall have authority to take acknowledgment and proof of the exe- Powers and ducution of any deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of any land, tenements, or hereditaments lying and being in this State, any contract, letter of attorney, or any other writing under seal, to be used and recorded in this State. And such acknowledgment or proof, Effect of certifitaken or made in the manner directed by the laws of this State, and certified by any one of said commissioners before whom the same shall be taken or made, under his seal, which certificate shall be attached to or endorsed on said deed or instrument aforesaid, shall have the same force and effect, and be as good and valid in law for all purposes, as if the same had been taken or made before any officer authorized to take such acknowledgment residing in this State: Provided however, That in all cases, and before the Proviso. appointment is made and commission issued, the person desirous of such appointment shall present to the Governor a written application therefor, with proper recommendation for such office of the Governor of his State or of a judge of a court of record in the county where such applicant resides, or other satisfactory evidence of his fitness for the office desired, and shall pay into the State Treasury the sum of three dollars, to be placed to the credit of the * general fund: And provided further, That the commissions of all Further proviso. persons already appointed as commissioners of deeds for this State ers; when term shall expire at the expiration of five years from the date of the approval of this act, notice of which shall be given to each of said commissioners by the Secretary of State. 1

Old commission

expires.

(428.) SEC. 2. Every commissioner appointed by virtue of this Authority of. act shall have full power and authority to administer an oath or affirmation to any person who shall be willing and desirous to make such oath or affirmation before him, and such affidavit or affirmation made before such commissioner shall, and is hereby declared to be as good and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if taken by any officer authorized to administer oaths, resident in this State: Provided, That willful and false swearing in taking any such oath or affirmation, would by the laws of the State wherein the same shall be made, be deemed perjury.

(429.) SEC. 3. Every commissioner appointed as aforesaid, before official oath. he shall proceed to perform any duty under and by virtue of this law, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace, in the city or county in which such commissioner shall reside, well and faithfully to execute and perform all the

1 As amended by Act 13, of 1871. Laws of 1871, p. 16. Immediate effect.

duties of such commissioner, under and by virtue of the laws of this State; which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of this State.

An Act to continue in force "An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to take the acknowledgment of deeds and instruments of writing under seal out of the State."

Act for appointment of, continued.

[Approved March 15, 1847. Laws of 1847, p. 57.]

(430.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the act entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to take the acknowledgment of deeds and instruments of writing under seal out of the State," approved March nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, be and the same is hereby revived and continued in full force and effect, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; and the several commissions issued under said law be revived and continued in force, and the official acts of such commisioners shall be as good and valid as if the act aforesaid had not been repealed.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER IX..

COUNTIES.

Boundaries of counties.

Rights, powers,

etc., of counties.

Chapter thirteen of Revised Statutes of 1846.

(431.) SECTION 1. The boundaries of the several counties in this State shall remain as now established, unless the same shall hereafter be changed by the Legislature.

(432.) SEC. 2. All the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and immunities of the several counties shall remain as now established, until the same shall be altered by law.

poses counties

(433.) SEC. 3. Each organized county shall be a body politic For what purand corporate, for the following purposes, that is to say: to sue bodies corporate and be sued; to purchase and hold real and personal estate for the use of the county; to borrow money for the purpose of erecting and repairing county buildings, and for the building of bridges; to make all necessary contracts, and to do all other necessary acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county.

the benefit of

force and effect.

(434.) SEC. 4. All realand personal estate, heretofore conveyed Conveyances for by any form of conveyance to the inhabitants of any county, counties, their or to the county treasurer, or the Governor of the late Territory of Michigan, or to any committee, trustees, or other persons, for the use and benefit of such county, shall be deemed to be the property of such county; and all such conveyances shall have the same force and effect as if they had been made to the inhabitants of such counties by their respective corporate names. (435.) SEC. 5. The board of supervisors of each county, or other How real estate public officers having the charge and management of the county be conveyed. lands, may, by their order of record, appoint one or more agents to sell any real estate of their county not donated for any special purpose; and all deeds made on behalf of such county, by such agents, under their proper hands and scals, and duly acknowledged by them, shall be sufficient to convey all the right, title, interest, and estate which the county may then have in and to the land so conveyed.

COMMON JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN

COUNTIES.

of county may

diction of Wayne

(436.) SEC. 6. The counties of Wayne and Monroe shall have common jurisjurisdiction, in common, of all offenses committed on that part of and Monroe. Lake Erie which lies within the limits of this State; and such offenses may be heard and tried in either of said counties in which legal process against the offender shall be first issued, and in like manner, and to the same effect, as if such offense had been committed in any other part of either of said counties.

(437.) SEC. 7. All civil process from either of the counties of Wayne or Monroe may run into and be executed within and upon that part of Lake Erie which lies within the limits of this State.

Civil process from.

diction of Wayne

(438.) SEC. 8. The counties of Wayne, Macomb, and St. Clair common jurisshall have jurisdiction, in common, of all offenses committed on Macomb, and St that part of Lake St. Clair which lies within the limits of this State; and such offenses may be heard and tried in either of said

Clair.

Civil process from.

Common jurisdiction of Ber

counties in which legal process against the offender shall be first issued, in like manner, and to the same effect, as if the offense had been committed in any part of either of said counties.

(439.) SEC. 9. All civil process from either of the counties of Wayne, Macomb, or St. Clair, may run into and be executed within and upon that part of Lake St. Clair which lies within the limits of this State.

(440.) SEC. 10. The counties of Berrien, Van Buren, Allegan, rien, Van Buren, Ottawa, and Mackinaw, and such other counties as shall hereafter and Mackinaw. be organized upon the easterly shore of Lake Michigan, shall have

Allegan, Ottawa,

jurisdiction, in common, of all offenses committed on that part of Lake Michigan which lies within the limits of this State; and such offenses may be heard and tried in either of said counties, in 1841, p. 14. Sec. which legal process against the offender shall be first issued, in like manner, and to the same effect, as if the offense had been committed in any part of either of said counties.

1.

Civil process from.

(441.) SEC. 11. All civil process from either of the counties of Berrien, Van Buren, Allegan, Ottawa, or Mackinaw, or from any such other counties as shall hereafter be organized upon the east1841, p. 14, Sec. erly shore of Lake Michigan, may run into and be executed within and upon that part of Lake Michigan which lies within the limits of this State.

2.

Common juris

diction of Sagi

and St. Clair.

(442.) SEC. 12. The counties of Saginaw, Mackinaw, and St. Clair, naw, Mackinaw, and such other counties as may hereafter be organized upon the shore of Lake Huron, shall have jurisdiction, in common, of all offenses committed on that part of Lake Huron which lies within the limits of this State; and such offenses may be heard and tried in either of said counties in which legal process against the offender shall be first issued, in like manner, and to the same effect, as if the offense had been committed in any part of either of said counties.

Civil process from.

Chippewa, etc.

(443.) SEC. 13. All civil process from either of the counties of Saginaw, Mackinaw, or St. Clair, or from such other counties as may hereafter be organized upon the shore of Lake Huron, may run into and be executed within and upon that part of Lake Huron which lies within the limits of this State.

(444.) SEC. 14. The county of Chippewa, and such other counties as may hereafter be organized upon the shore of Lake Superior, shall have jurisdiction, in common, of all offenses committed on that part of Lake Superior which lies within the limits of this State; and such offenses may be heard and tried in either of such counties in which legal process against the offender shall be first

issued, in like manner and to the same effect as if the offense had been committed in any part of either of said counties.

from.

(445.) SEC. 15. All civil process from the county of Chippewa, Civil process or from such other counties as may hereafter be organized upon the shore of Lake Superior, may run into and be executed within and upon that part of Lake Superior which lies within the limits of this State.

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(446.) SEC. 16. Each organized county shall, at its own proper Each county to expense, provide a suitable court-house, and a suitable and suffi- buildings. cient jail, and fire-proof offices, and all other necessary public buildings, and keep the same in good repair.

(447.) SEC. 17. The prison limits of each county shall extend Prison limits. to all places within the boundaries of the county.

shall reimburse

(448.) SEC. 18. In case of the escape of any prisoner, by reason When county of the insufficiency of the jail, whereby the sheriff, or other officer sheriff, etc. performing the duties of sheriff, shall be made liable to any party at whose suit such prisoner was committed, the county shall re-imburse and pay all sums of money recovered of the sheriff or such other officer by such party, by reason of such escape.

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annexed, to be

(449.) SEC. 19. Unorganized counties and other districts annexed Certain districts or hereafter to be annexed to any organized county for judicial deemed part of purposes shall, for every purpose, be deemed to be within the limits of the county to which they are or may be so annexed.

county.

An Act to regulate the manner of attaching unorganized territory to organized counties, for judicial and municipal purposes.

[Approved March 15, 1861. Laws of 1861, p. 293.]

county attached

county deemed

(450.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Unorganized That in all cases where any unorganized county has been or may to organized be hereafter attached to any organized county of this State, for attached to judicial or municipal purposes, the same shall be deemed to be and county town. hereby is attached to the county town of such organized county, or to the township in which the county seat may be located, unless the board of supervisors of such county shall otherwise direct: Provided, That whenever it shall appear to the board of super- when township visors of such organized county, by petition or otherwise, that to be organized such attached territory shall contain at least twelve resident legal

therefrom.

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