to be done by the said supervisors in section thirty-one of the aforesaid chapter. marshal and treasurers. Sec. 7. The supervisor of the city of Grand Rapids and the supervisor of each township in the said county of Kent, are hereby au- Notice to thorized, on or before the tenth day of March next, to notify the marshal of the city of Grand Rapids, and the several treasurers of the aforesaid townships, of the amount of State and county tax apportioned to said city and townships respectively, and such marshal and treasurers, on or before the twentieth day of March next, shall severally give to the county treasurer and his successors in office, a bond Treasurer's of the amount, character and condition prescribed in section thirtytwo of the aforesaid chapter. bond, &c. Sec. 8. The county treasurer of the said county of Kent is hereby Treasurer to authorized and required to file and safely keep the aforesaid bonds, file bonds. and thereupon to do such other acts as are required to be done by him in section thirty-three of the chapter aforesaid; and the marshal of the city of Grand Rapids, and the treasurers of the several townships of said county of Kent, shall deliver to their respective supervisors, on or before the twenty-fifth day of March next, the receipt required in said section thirty-three. pervisors to deliver as sessment rolls to collectors. Duty of mar Sec. 9. The several supervisors of the said county, after the delivery of such receipts, and on or before the first day of April next, When suare hereby authorized to deliver copies of their assessment rolls, with the warrant thereto annexed, to the collector of his city or township, in the manner and to the effect prescribed in sections thirty-four and thirty-five of the chapter aforesaid, and the said warrants shall be made returnable on or before the twelfth day of May next. Sec. 10. The marshal of the city of Grand Rapids, and the treasurers of the several townships of the county of Kent now in office, shal and shall continue and remain in the discharge of the duties of said office, for the purpose only of collecting the rolls aforesaid, and making the returns thereof prescribed by law; and the said marshal and the township treasurers aforesaid shall proceed in making the said collection and returns according to the provisions of said chapter twenty, title one of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, in relation to the collection and return of taxes, so far as they are applicable. Sec. 11. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned to the county treaeurers. Transcript treasurer, in pursuance of the provisions of the aforesaid chapter, shall of unpaid tace; how be returned to the Auditor General on or before the first day of June returned. next, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner and Sec. 12. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 9. ] AN ACT to authorize the assessment of certain taxes in the town ship of Ransom, county of Hillsdale. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, The board Authority of supervisors of the county of Hillsdale are hereby authorized to supervisors. add to the amount of the State and county tax apportioned to the of board of pervisor of iown of Ransom. township of Ransom in said county, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, the amount of the State and county tax apportioned to that township for the year eighteen hundred and fifty, and one year's interest thereon. Sec. 2. The supervisor of said township of Ransom, in assessing Duty of su- the taxes certified to him by the board of supervisors for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, shall include in his assessment the State and county tax apportioned to that township for the year eighteen hundred and fifty, and one year's interest thereon. Approved February 22, 1851. Authority [ No. 10. ] AN ACT to authorize the assessment of certain taxes in the township of Baltimore in the county of Barry. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, The board of supervisors of the county of Barry are hereby authorized to add of board of to the State and county tax apportioned to the township of Baltimore, in said county, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, the amount of the State and county tax apportioned to said township for the year eighteen hundred and fifty, and one year's interest thereon. supervisors Duty of s pervisor of tinjore. Sec. 2. The supervisor of said town of Baltimore, in assessing the taxes certified to him by the board of supervisors for the year eight- town of Baleen hundred and fifty-one, shall include in the assessment the State and county tax apportioned to that township for the year eighteen hundred and fifty, and one year's interest thereon. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 11. ] AN ACT authorizing the Board of State Auditors to examine and settle the claim of the Detroit and Birmingham plank road Company. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Board of State Auditors are hereby authorized and required to examine, audit and allow the claim of the Detroit and Birmingham plank road company, for tax paid the State in error, in eighteen hundred and fifty, on such terms as they shall deem just and reasonable. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 3, 1851. [ No. 12. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act authorizing Sandy Mc- Sec. 2 of act Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of an act entitled an act to authorize Sandy McLeod to amended. build a dam across the Cheboygan river in the county of Cheboygan, be amended so that the same shall read as follows: of dam, lock "Sec. 2. The said dam shall not exceed eight feet above common low water mark, and shall contain a convenient slide or sluice, for Description the passage of logs; and the owners thereof shall, whenever the &c. board of supervisors of Cheboygan county shall so order, within a reasonable time, place in said dam a convenient lock, not less than eighteen feet wide and one hundred feet in length, for the passage of boats, barges and other water craft, navigating said river; the own Act repeal ed ers of said dam shall keep said lock in good repair, and it 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 navigation of said river, at all times." Sec. 2. An act entitled an act authorizing Alexander MeLeod to construct a canal from the river Cheboygan to Lake Huron, approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. The Legislature reserves the right at any time to alter, amend or repeal this act. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 13. ] AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for Statistical Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That act number two hundred and seventy-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled an act to provide for statisstatistical information, approved April third, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Act amend.. ed. [ No. 14. ] AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the Genesee county plank road company. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Genesee county plank road company may erect a toll gate whenever the road shall be completed from the village of Flint to the township ine of the township of Grand Blanc; and if the right to construct said plank road through the township of Grand Blanc, on the line of the Saginaw turnpike, shall be obtained in accordance with the provisions of an act relative to plank roads, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, it shall be the duty of said plank road company, within ninety days after obtaining such consent, to complete so much of said road as would have authorized said company to have erected a toll gate under the act last mentioned. ed. Sec. 2. The act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to Aet repea incorporate the Genesee plank road company, approved April second, eighteen hundred and fifty, is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. f No. 15. ] AN ACT to repeal an act to prevent the circulation of Foreign Notes, approved April 3, 1848. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That an act to prevent the circulation of foreign notes, approved April third, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 16. ] AN ACT authorizing the Board of State Auditors to examine and settle the claim of Nancy J. Gould, administratrix upon the estate of Austin M. Gould, deceased. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Board of State Auditors are hereby authorized and required to examine, audit and settle the claim of Nancy J. Gould, administratrix upon the estate of Austin M. Gould, late of the county of Washte naw, deceased, for the value of a certain press purchased by the said Austin M. Gould, deceased, during his life time, for the use of the Supreme Court of this State, while acting as clerk thereof. Also for the services and expenses of the said Austin M. Gould, deceased, in and about the removal of the books and papers in said office, to the village of Jackson from Ann Arbor, upon the removal of said court from the last to the former mentioned place, and for assisting in as |