Recorder to make copy of roll. Certificate. Correction of roll Proviso. Street commis. sioner, powers and duties. the recorder of said village to make a copy of so much of said roil as included the property, real and personal, lying and being within the limits of said village, which list shall be compared with said roll by the said supervisor, and shall be certified to by said supervisor, which certificate shall be in substance as follows: I hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy, and find it a true copy of my roll of the property, real and personal, lying and being within the limits of the village of Spring Lake, and of the valuation of such property made by me; which copy shall be filed in the office of said recorder on or before the second Monday of May of each year. Whereupon the recorder shall give notice that at a certain day and place therein to be named the common council of said village will meet to hear any person considering himself aggrieved by such assessment; and said council are hereby authorized, upon sufficient cause shown, to reduce or increase said valuation; and said common council shall annex a certificate to said roll, to be signed by the president and recorder, that said roll has been revised and corrected by said common council; which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the assessment of said village: Provided, That such alteration and correction of the valuation of such assessment shall be for the purpose of village taxes only, and shall in no way affect the assessment made by the supervisor for the township, county, and State pur poses. SEC. 29. The highway rolls shall be collected by the street commissioner, who, for that purpose, is hereby vested with all the power of overseer of highways under the laws of this State, and such other powers as may be conferred upon him by the ordinances of the village; he shall superintend and direct the making, paving, and opening of all streets, lanes and alleys, sidewalks, highways, or bridges within the limits of said corporation, in such manner as the common council shall from time to time direct. In case the said Return of high street commissioner shall be unable to collect the highway tax upon any of the real estate in said village, he shall return the same to the supervisor at the time and in the same manner, and with like effect, as is provided by the general law for the return of taxes by overseers of highways in townships. way taxes not collected. Fire department. SEC. 31. The common council shall have authority to establish and organize all such fire companies, and hose, and hook and ladder companies, and provide them with engines and other instruments as shall be necessary to extinguish fires, and preserve the property of the inhabitants of said village from conflagrations; to appoint from among the inhabitants of said village, such number of men willing to accept as may be deemed proper and necessary to be employed as firemen; and such fire, hose, and hook and ladder companies shall have power to appoint their officers, pass by-laws for the organization and good government of said companies, subject to the approval of the common council; and they may impose such fines for non-attendance or neglect of duty of members as may be established by such by-laws and regulations of every such company; and every person belonging to such company shall obtain from the Firemen exempt recorder of said village a certificate to that effect, which shall be from poll tax. evidence thereof, and exempt him from poll tax; and it shall be the duty of every fire company to keep in good and perfect repair the fire engines, hose, hook and ladders, and other instruments of such company. It shall be the duty of each fire company to Duty of firemen. assemble at least once in each month, or as often as may be directed by said common council, for the purpose of working or examining said engine, and other instruments, with a view to their perfect order and repairs, and the fire department shall in all respects be under the control and government of the common council; and shall obey all by-laws and ordinances of the village, under such penalty as shall be prescribed therein. a lien on prop erty, etc. SEC. 33. The taxes so levied for village purposes whether local Taxes to remain or general shall be and remain a lien upon the property on which the same are levied, to the same extent and in like manner as taxes required by law to be levied on property in the several townships of this State are liens upon such property; and all provisions of law respecting the returns and sale of real estate and deeds given for non-payment of taxes for State, county, and township purposes shall apply to the return and sale of real estate, and deeds given for non-payment of such village taxes, the treasurer of the county of Ottawa being hereby authorized and directed to receive the return of all such taxes, and apply the provisions of the general law to the same. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 304.] AN ACT to amend section twelve (12) of an act entitled "An act to organize Union school district of the city of Alpena," approved April four, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion twelve of an act entitled "An act to organize Union school district of the city of Alpena," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 12. The Board of Education shall establish a district library, District library.and for the increase of the same the common council are authorized, and they shall annually lay a tax on the real and personal property within said city, of a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars, which tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the moneys raised to defray the general expenses of the city. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved April 14, 1877. Division into election districts. Inspectors of election. Manner of conducting -elections. Registration. Proviso. Proviso. [No. 305. | AN ACT to provide for the division of the township of Hamtramck, SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That so much of the township of Hamtramck, in the county of Wayne, as is situated southerly of a line commencing at the northeasterly corner of the city of Detroit, running thence easterly and parallel with the base or north line of said township of Hamtramck, across said township to the easterly line thereof, shall be known as the first election district, and the general election in said district shall be held at such place upon Jefferson avenue, or the extension thereof in said township of Hamtramck, as the township board thereof shall direct, and all of said township of Hamtramck which is situate northerly of aforesaid line, and also westerly of the said northeasterly corner of the city of Detroit, shall be known as the second election district, and the general elections shall be held in the village of Norris. SEC. 2. The township board of said township shall designate two justices, to act with either the supervisor or township clerk as inspectors of election in either of said election districts, as they may determine. SEC. 3. The said board of election in each election district shall conduct said elections in such a manner as the law now provides; and after having counted the votes and announced the result as the law directs, that election board of which the clerk is a member shall elect one of their number to take charge of the ballot box and returns of said election district, who shall immediately deliver the same to that board of which the supervisor is member; and said township board shall then make their returns to the board of county canvassers in such manner as the law now provides. SEC. 4. There shall be two copies of the registration lists made and certified to by the board of registration, one for each election district, containing all the names of qualified electors in each of said election districts for which it was made. Such copies, when so certified to, shall to all intents and purposes be as valid as though the original, in the possession of the township clerk, was in possession of said election board: Provided, Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any one of his right to vote by reason of his removal from one election district to the other within ten days previous to said general election: And provided further, That in case either of the inspectors of election in either of said election districts shall reside in the other election district of said township, he may vote in that district in which he may be at the time one of the inspectors of election. Approved April 17, 1877. [No. 306.] AN ACT to vacate the township of Lincoln in the county of Lincoln vacated SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Township of the township of Lincoln, in the county of Midland, be and the same and attached to is hereby vacated, and the organization thereof dissolved and Hope. repealed, and the territory included in the said township of Lincoln be and is hereby attached to and incorporated within the township of Hope, in said county of Midland, and shall form a part of said township of Hope. SEC. 2. Said township of Hope is hereby made the legal successor Township of of said township of Lincoln hereby vacated, and as such successor cessor of townHope legal sucshall succeed to all property, real, personal, and mixed, and ship of Lincoln. rights of action belonging to said township of Lincoln, and shall assume and pay any and all lawful debts and claims against said township, and the officers of said township of Lincoln shall, upon this act taking effect, deposit the records, books, vouchers, papers, money, and other property whatsoever, belonging to said township of Lincoln, with the corresponding officers of Hope township, who are hereby declared to be the successors of the township of Lincoln. SEC. 3. The board of school inspectors of Hope township shall, School districts after this act takes effect, re-number the school districts of the township of Lincoln as school districts of the township of Hope, at a special meeting of such school inspectors to be held as provided by law. SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. re-numbered. [No. 30%.] AN ACT to amend title two, section seven, and title five, section fourteen of an act to incorporate the city of Ann Arbor, approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Sections title two, section seven, and title five, section fourteen, of an act amended. entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Ann Arbor," approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: TITLE II. SEC. 7. The officers of said city to be appointed by the common Officers council, shall be a marshal, treasurer, attorney, director of the appointed. poor, a chief engineer of the fire department and two assistants, a Proviso. street commissioner for each supervisor district, and such other officers whose election is not herein specially provided for, as the common council shall deem necessary to carry into effect the powers granted by this act, and to remove the same at pleasure: Provided, That no person holding the office of alderman shall be appointed to the office of street commissioner. The common council shall also have power to remove the marshal at pleasure; and in case any office in said corporation shall become vacant from any Vacancies, how cause, the common council shall, as soon as may be, appoint an officer to fill such vacancy for the unexpired portion of the year; and all officers so appointed shall be notified and qualified as herein directed. Removal of marshal. filled. TITLE V. Evidence of indebtedness, how authorized. Amount of claims not to exceed tax. Money drawn must be previously appro. priated. SEC. 14. No bond, note, or other obligation, or evidence of indebtedness of said corporation, except orders on the treasurer, as hereinafter provided, shall ever be given or issued by said corporation, or by any officer thereof, in his official capacity, whereby the said city shall become obligated to pay any money, unless the same shall have been duly authorized by the Legislature of this State, and shall have been submitted to and voted for by the tax-payers of said city, in conformity to this act, but the common council may allow just claims against the city, and may issue orders therefor on the treasurer, payable on the first day of February next thereafter, but such orders shall not in the aggregate in any one year, exceed the aggregate of taxes levied to pay the same in such year. All moneys received for the use of said city shall be paid into the city treasury, and no moneys [money] shall be drawn from the treasury unless it shall have been previously appropriated by the common council to the purpose for which it shall be drawn, except school moneys drawn upon the lawful authority; and the treasurer shall pay out no money except as above stated, but upon the written warrant of the mayor and recorder: And provided further, That the common council be and is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow erection of court the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be appropriated in aid of the erection of a new court house in said city by the county of Washtenaw, and issue the bonds of the city therefor, and provide for the payment thereof as they may become due, with the interest accruing thereon, in accordance with the conditions and terms of certain resolutions adopted at a meeting of the property tax-payers of said city who were electors, duly called and held therein, on the fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved April 17, 1877. Provisoborrowing money for house. |