of certain claim. Watkins on just and equitable terms for any claim he may have Settlement against the state for services rendered as weighmaster and assistant weighmaster of the depot of the Central Rail Road in the city of Detroit, from April in the year eighteen hundred and forty to and up to the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, and if they shall find any amount due said claimant from the state they are hereby authorized to certify the amount that shall be found so due him to the Auditor General, who shall draw his warrant on the general fund for the amount so certified to be due him, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay said sum out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 7, 1848. No. 26. JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the claim of John L. Smith, Whereas, The board of internal improvement did on the 12th day of April, A. D. 1847, audit the claim of, and allow to John L. Smith, Hosea B. Rlchardson and Samuel Richardson, the sum of five hundred dollars for injury done their water privilege and land, by the erection of a dam upon Paint Creek, for the purpose of a feeder to the Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal, as appears by papers on file in the office of said board of internal improvement. Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Auditor General be and he is hereby required to draw his warrant upon the internal improvement fund in favor of the said John L. Smith, Hosea B. Richardson and Samuel Richardson, for the sum of five hundred dollars upon the presentation of a certificate of the register of deeds for Oakland county that the premises are free from incumbrance, and the execution of a deed from said Smith and Richardsons, granting to the board of internal improvement, for the use of the people of the state, the right and privilege of raising the waters in Paint Creek by means of a dam, where the dam now is, below the mill of said Smith and Richardsons, Preamble. cams' addition to the village of Rochester in dud, high enough to turn the whole of the waters **Peek into the feeder to the Clinton and Kalama zoo Cae same may be freely used for the said canal, and the resuler is hereby authorized and required to pay said warrant out Money in the internal improvement fund not otherwise appro..ated. This joint resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 9, 1848. No. 27. JOINT RESOLUTION relative to obtaining from the Congress of the United States to, and for the use of St. Marie's Canal Compuny the right of way of constructing a Canal at the Sault St. Marie over and upon lands now held by the General Government as a Military Reserve. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be and they are hereby requested to urge the immediate passage of a law of Congress, ceding to the St. Marie Canal Company the right of way over and upon the military reserve, or any lands belonging to the United States, upon such terms as shall be just and reasonable. Approved March 9, 1848. Settlement claim. No. 28. JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the claim of Charles W. Chapel and David M. Price, for damages against the State of Michigan. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Board of State Auditors be and they are hereby directed and empowered at any time to examine into and settle and determine any and all claims which Charles W. Chapel and David M. Price now have or may hereafter have against the state of Michigan, arising from or growing out of a lease, entered into on the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and forty-five, by and between Oliver C. Comstock, Junior, then acting commissioner of internal improvement, under and by virtue of the second section of "an act to provide for the completion of that portion of the Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal between the villages of Rochester and Frederick," approved March 1st, 1843, and the said Charles W. Chapel and David M. Price for the use of certain surplus water of the said canal. That whenever the said board shall have examined and determined any such claim, if the said board shall find any sum due the said Chapel and Price, such sum shall be certified by the said board to the Auditor General, who is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of the state for the same, who shall pay the same out of any moneys in the treasury belonging to the internal improvement fund not otherwise appropriated, and the said board are hereby invested with full and adequate powers to adjust and finally settle and determine the said claim and all other questions and claims growing out of said lease in any such way as shall in their opinion do justice to the above, or any other claimants, and be the cheapest and best for the interest of the state. Resolved. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 11, 1848. No. 29. JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of William W. Harwood. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Auditor General be, and he is hereby authorized in his discretion, to issue and deliver to William W. Harwood an internal improvement warrant for thirty dollars, the same to be in lieu of one for that amount issued to said Harwood the 27th April, 1847, which has been stolen and is believed to be destroyed. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 14, 1848. No. 30. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing a settlement with Nelson H. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State Claim refer of Michigan, That the Board of State Auditors be and they are hereby red--how paid. authorized and empowered to make a final settlement upon just and equitable terms with Nelson H. Bennit and Elijah Bennit for certain lands deeded by them to the state in the year A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the use of the Southern rail road; and in case they shall award any sum to said N. H. and E. Bennit, said board are hereby authorized and required to certify the amount found to be due said Nelson H. Bennit and Elijah Bennit to the Auditor General, who shall draw his warrant on the internal improvement fund in favor of said N. H. and E. Bennit, for the amount so found due, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay said warrant out of any money in the internal improvement fund not otherwise appropriated. This joint resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 14, 1848. No. 31. JOINT RESOLUTION relative to an adjustment of the Claim of Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the treasurer of the county of Wayne be and he is hereby authorized and required to examine and adjust the claim of Diodate Hubbard against the Detroit and Saginaw road, and to certify the amount, if any, which may be found to be due said Hubbard, to the superintendent of said road; and upon the receipt of said certificate, the superintendent be, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay the same out of any money now in his hands or which may hereafter come into his hands as tolls on said road. This joint resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 17, 1848. No. 32. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the appointment of an Assistant Librarian. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Secretary of State be and is hereby authorized and required to appoint an Assistant Librarian, for whose acts he shall be responsible, and whose appointment he may revoke at pleasure; such Assistant shall be under the direction and control of the Secretary of State, have the care and custody of the State Library, and shall perform such other duties in the office of said Secretary as that officer may from time to time deem necessary and proper. Said Assistant shall receive an annual salary of not more than five hundred dollars, payable quarterly on the certificaie of the Secretary of State. Resolved, That this joint resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the close of the present session of the legislature. Approved March 18, 1848. No. 33. JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the settlement of a Claim of Patrick Kilfoil. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the board of state auditors be, and they are hereby authorized and required to make a settlement with Patrick Kilfoil on just and legal terms, and their decision thereon shall be final, for any claim that he may have against the state for damages arising out of a non-fulfilment of contract on the part of the state, to pay him the full amount due for work and labor done, and materials furnished on the central railroad during the years A. D. 1839, 1840 and 1841; and if said board shall find any amount due said Kilfoil, they are hereby authorized to certify the amount that may be found due, to the Auditor General, who shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the amount so certified to be due, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay said sum out of any moneys in the treasury to the credit of the internal improvement fund not otherwise appropriated. This joint resolution shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 20, 1848. |