Part of tached to Otisco. Casco orga from the township of Boston, and organized into a separate town. ship, by the name of Campbell, and the first township meeting therein, shall be held at the house of Marvil Church, in said town ship. Sec. 7. That the north fraction of section number seven, in town number seven north of range number eight west, now a part of the township of Keene, in the county of Ionia, be, and the same is hereby set off from the said township, and attached to the town of Otisco. Sec. 8. That town number four north of range number fifteen nized. east, in the county of St. Clair, be and the same is hereby set off Baltimore organized. Sheboygan organized. Spring Lake organized. Fillmore organized. from the township of China, and organized into a separate township by the name of Casco, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of William Fenton, in said township. Sec. 9. That town number two north of range number eight west, in the county of Barry, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Johnstown, and organized into a separate township by the name of Baltimore, and the first township meeting therein, shall be held at the house of Beardslee R. Blanchard, in said township. Sec. 10. That all that part of the state of Michigan, known as the county of Sheboygan, and now attached to the township of Holmes in the county of Mackinac, shall be set off from said township and organized into a separate township by the name of Sheboygan, and the first township meeting therein, shall be held at the house of Jacob Sammons, in said township. Sec. 11. That so much of the present organized township of Norton, in the county of Ottawa, as lies north of Grand river, in township eight north of range number sixteen west, and the south half of township nine north of range sixteen west, together with the fraction of town nine north of range seventeen west lying directly west of town nine north of range sixteen west and bordering on lake Michigan, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Norton, and organized into a separate township by the name of "Spring Lake," and the first township meeting therein shall be held in the school house near "Barber's Mills," in said township. Sec. 12. That town uumber four north of range number fourteen west, in the county of Allegan, be and the same is hereby set off from the township of Manlius, and organized into a separate township by the name of Fillmore, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the house of Isaac Fairbanks, in said township. Sec. 13. That town number five north of range number nine west, Bowne orgain the county of Kent, be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Caledonia, and organized into a separate township by the name of Bowne, and the first township meeting therein shall be held at the school house in district number one in said township. nized. ged to Yan Sec. 14. That the name of the township of Gates, in the county Gates chanof Barry, shall be and the same is hereby changed to Yankee kee Springs. Springs. organized. Sec. 15. That all that part of the county of Ottawa, known as Allandale towns five and six, and all that portion of town seven north of range fourteen west, be organized into a separate township, to be called and known by the name of Allandale, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Richard Roberts, in said township. Mayfield at Lapeer. Sec. 16. That town number eight north of range number ten east in the county of Lapeer, now organized by the name of May-ched to field, be and the same is herebey attached to, and made a part of the town of Lapeer, and the records and papers filed in the office of the clerk of said town of Mayfield, shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of said town of Lapeer. Sec. 17. All acts and parts of acts contravening any of the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 18. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 15, 1849. [No. 85. ] AN ACT authorizing the Commissioner of the State Land Office to sell certain Lots in the Town of Lansing, and for other purposes. rial ground sale thereof authorized. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Lansing butives of the State of Michigan, That the appropriation of block vacated and number two hundred and forty-eight in the town of Lansing, for the uses and purposes of a burial ground, heretofore made by the governor, secretary of state and auditor general, under and by virtue of the fourth section of the act entitled "an act granting to school districts and religious denominations of professing christians. suitable ground in the town of Michigan, owned by the state, whereon to erect houses for public worship and school houses," approved April 3, 1848, be, and the same is hereby vacated and set aside; and it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the state land of fice, to sell the lots of land constituting said block number two hundred and forty-eight, in the same manner and on the same terms and conditions, in all respects, as if such appropriation had never been made. And the state treasurer is hereby authorized and resuch sale quired to pay all monies received by him on the sale of said block number two hundred and forty-eight, on the order of the board of health of the township of Lansing, to be applied by them towards the purchase money and the improvement of the grounds purchased for a cemetery by said board in said township of Lansing. Proceeds of appropriat'd 10 certain Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 15, 1949. [No. 86. ] Comm'r of state land office to is Bue certifi Aldrich for certain l'ide &c. AN ACT to provide for the sale of University Lands in the County. of Berrien. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Michigan, That the commissioner of the eat to Jas, state land office be, and he is hereby directed to convey to James Aldrich, of the county of Berrien, a certain piece or parcel of land, lying south of the road leading from the village of Niles, in the county of Berrion, to Chicago, it being a part of the north-east quarter of section thirty-four, in township seven south, of range seventeen west, and containing about twenty-three and seventyeight hundreths acres: Provided, The said Aldrich pays to the state of Michigan the amount due thereon, to the university fund, estimating the same in proportion to the whole amount which is due on said quarter section: And also provided, That satisfactory evidence be produced to the commissioner of the state land office, that said James Aldrich is the assignee of the purchaser of that part of the said quarter section of land, and that the university fund will not be prejudiced by the sale of said piece or parcel of land. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after AN ACT to authorize Nancy Maria Sliker and others, minors, to convey certain real estate. thorized to tain lands tion of pro Oakland Co. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Minors autatives of the State of Michigan, That Nancy Maria Sliker, John! convey cer C. Sliker and Hannah Sliker, minors, be and they are hereby au- under direethorized to convey by deed to Jacob Compton, of the county of bate jugde of Oakland, the equal undivided eighth part of the east half of the north-west quarter of section number thirty-three and the equal undivided one-eighth part of ten acres from the south-east corner of the west half of the north-west quarter of section number thirty-three, in township two north, of range eight east, in the Detroit land district: Provided, That the judge of probate of the county of Oakland Proviso. shall be satisfied that said Jacob Compton in the life time of the wife of George Sliker, the father of said minors, contracted for said. land and paid the purchase money therefor: And provided further, That the proceeds of said purchase shall, upon the execution of said conveyance, be invested pursuant to chapter seventy-eight of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six for the benefit of said minors: And provided also, That said judge of probate shall certify on the back of such conveyance that he is satisfied that the purchase money of said premises was paid as hereinbefore mentioned, and that the same had been invested pursuant to said chapter seventy-eight, and which said conveyance when so executed, shall be as valid and effectual to convey the said lands as if said minors had been at the time of such conveyance of full age. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved, March 15, 1849. [ No. 88. ] AN ACT authorizing Isaac N. Swain to erect and maintain a dam across Paw Paw river in Berrien county. rized. Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Dam sathotatives of the State of Michigan, That Isaac N. Swain, his heirs of dam. and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect and continue a dam across Paw Paw river, in the county of Berrien, on section twenty-three, township three south, in range seventeen west. Sec. 2. The said dam shall not exceed eight feet in height, above Height and description common low water mark, and shall contain a convenient lock for the passage of all boats, barges, rafts and 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. And it shall be the duty of the owners of said dam at all times to keep said lock in repair, to pass any water craft through said lock, free of toll, without unnecessary delay; and any person who shall be so detained, shall be entitled to recover of the said owner the damages he shall prove he has sustained by such detention, be. fore any court of competent jurisdiction, with costs of suit. 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 thereof be punished by fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Trespasses thereon. Lock or siuice, &c. Water may int. imp't Sec. 3. The said dam shall not exceed eight feet in height above common low water mark, and he shall construct and maintain a good and sufficient sluice or apron of convenient width and dimensions to admit the safe passage of rafts of every reasonable and necessary kind down that river, and such boats and canoes as may navigate the same, which said sluice or apron shall be kept in good repair by the person or persons using said dam; and the occupant of said dam, in lieu of said sluice or apron, is required to construct and maintain therein or thereat a convenient lock for the safe passage of boats, canoes, rafts or other water craft, at his own expense, whenever the circuit court of said county shall order the same to be done upon good cause shown. Sec. 4. If at any time hereafter the water should be required to be taken for be drawn from said river for the purpose of internal improvement purposes. or navigation, it shall not be lawful for the said Isaac N. Swain, or any other person or persons owning said dam, to claim, or recover any damages therefor. Rights of persons reBorved. Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize |