posted up in three of the most public places in said village, or by causing the same to be published in a newspaper in said village; and an affidavit of said publication, or of posting said notice, recorded in the manner prescribed in the twelfth section of this act, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the fact of such publication or posting said notice. SEC. 20. The village board, in addition to the other general taxes Highway tax. herein provided for, shall have power to raise by general tax upon. all the real and personal property liable to taxation in said village, such sum not exceeding one per cent of the assessed value of said property, as they shall deem necessary for highway and street purposes. Such money shall constitute a "general highway fund,' and shall be expended exclusively for working and improving the highways, streets, lanes, and alleys of the village. The village Poll tax. board shall have power to levy and cause to be collected in each year a poll-tax of one dollar upon every male inhabitant of the village, between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, excepting active members of the fire department and such other persons as are exempted by general law from the payment of such tax. All moneys so collected shall be paid into the general highway fund. SEC. 24. A vacancy in the office of assessor or treasurer, whether Vacancies filled by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by appointment, to be made by the village board, and any vacancy in the number of trustees shall be filled in the same manner. by appointment. of highways. sioner. to removal of SEC. 28. The president and trustees shall be the commissioners Village board to of streets and highways, and within the limits of the village shall be commissioners have the same powers and perform the same duties as now by law belong to the commissioner of highways in the several townships of this State, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and shall appoint a street commissioner, under whose supervision all the street commislabor upon the highways, streets, lanes, and alleys shall be performed, subject to the supervision and control of said president and trustees; they may fix his compensation, prescribe other duties than specified in this section, and remove him at pleasure: Provided, Proviso relative That their power to order fences to be removed, and to remove such fences. fences themselves, and to open, widen, and extend streets and highways, shall not be restricted between the first day of April and the first day of November in each year, but they may exercise such power at any time during the year: And provided also, That Proviso relative nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt any person bridge taxes. or property within said village from any township tax that may be legally levied within and for the township of Grass Lake for the repairing, building, or re-building of any bridge within said township, or for any special expenditure for the laying out, opening, working, or improving any highway of said township, or for any damage for which said township may become liable, by reason of any neglect in keeping any bridge or public highway in proper repair. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. to township Name changed. Rights, etc., of society under new name. [No. 230.] AN ACT to change the corporate_name of the First Congrega- SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the corporate name of the First Congregational Society of South Boston, in the county of Ionia, and State of Michigan, be and the same is hereby changed, and that hereafter the name of said society shall be the Union Evangelical Society of South Boston, in the county of Ionia, and State of Michigan. SEC. 2. The said society, under and by the name of the Union Evangelical Society of South Boston, in the county and State aforesaid, shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges, shall succeed to all the property and franchises, and be subject to the same liabilities as though the name of said society had remained unchanged. SEC. 3. This act shall take immediate effect. Boundaries. Incorporated under general law. First election. Registration. [No. 231.] AN ACT to incorporate the village of Laingsburg. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all those tracts of lands situated in the township of Sciota, county of Shiawassee, and State of Michigan, which are known and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section twenty-one, in town six north of range one east, in said county of Shiawassee, running thence west to the meridian line, thence south on said meridian line three hundred and twenty rods, thence east to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section twenty-eight in said township, thence north three hundred and twenty rods to the place of beginning, be and the same are hereby made and constituted a village corporate by the name of the village of Laingsburg, by virtue of and under the provisions of an act entitled "An act granting and defining the powers and duties of incorporated villages," approved April one, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. SEC. 2. The first election of officers of said village shall be held on the third Monday of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, at the office of Horace P. Dodge in said village, notice of which shall be posted in three public places in said village by the board of registration hereinafter appointed, at least two days previous thereto. SEC. 3. On the Saturday previous to the third Monday of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyseven, Miles Burt, Horace P. Dodge, and Henry S. Partridge shall act as a board of registration, and shall meet at the office of said SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 232.1 AN ACT to amend sections eighteen, twenty-three, and thirty-two of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Red Jacket, in Houghton county," approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Sections sections eighteen, twenty-three, and thirty-two of an act entitled amended. "An act to incorporate the village of Red Jacket, in Houghton county," approved on the nineteenth day of March, in the year of of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sabbath. driving. SEC. 18. The common council shall have power to make all such Public peace. by-laws and ordinances as they shall deem necessary for the preservation of the public peace; for the suppression of riots; for the Riots, etc. apprehension and punishment of vagrants, drunkards, and disor- Vagrants, etc. derly persons; to suppress all disorderly houses and houses of ill-fame, and to punish the keepers thereof; to prohibit every Gaming. species of gaming; to prevent the selling or giving away of any Liquors. spirituous or fermented liquors to any drunkard, minor, or apprentice; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder or other explosives, and Explosives, etc. to prevent the discharge of every species of fire-arms; to prevent Violation of the violation of the Sabbath, and the disturbance of any religious Disturbance of congregation or any other public meeting assembled for any lawful public meetings. purpose; to provide against and punish any immoderate driving or Immoderate riding in any of the streets of said village; relative to the restraining of swine, cattle, and other animals from running at large in Running at any of the streets or alleys or other public places of said village; to large of swine, establish and regulate one or more pounds for said village; for the Pounds. punishment of all lewd or lascivious behavior in said village; to Lascivious prevent the encumbering of the streets, alleys, or public squares of Encumbering said village; to compel the occupants of lots to clear the sidewalks streets, etc. in front of and adjacent thereto of snow, ice, building materials, and Clearing sideevery obstruction thereon; to prohibit and prevent the running at walks, etc.. large of dogs, to require them to be muzzled, and to authorize their destruction when found running at large in violation of any ordinance of the village. The common council shall have and exercise Taverns, groin and over said village the same powers in relation to the regula- alleys, etc. tion of hotels, taverns, saloons, groceries, places where spirituous liquors are sold, and places of public resort, and such other powers as are now or may hereafter be conferred by the general laws of cattle, etc. behavior. Dogs. ceries, ball Peddlers, hucksters, etc. this State upon township boards, or upon corporate authorities; and in addition thereto shall also have power to make regulations for preventing the opening or keeping of any tavern, hotel, saloon, or other house or place for furnishing meals, food, drink, or billiard tables, or ball alleys, without first obtaining from the common council license therefor, and for licensing and regulating all taverns, hotels, victualing houses, saloons, and other places for furnishing meals, food, or drink, and keepers of billiard tables and ball alleys, not kept for gambling purposes, also for licensing all peddlers, hucksters, and itinerant dealers of any kind who do not reside within the corporate limits of said village, and to impose such fees to be paid into the village treasury on the granting of such license as they may see fit; and for the purpose of carrying into effect the powers conferred by this section, the common council shall have authority to prescribe in any by-law or ordinance conferred by this made by them, that any person who shall violate any of the provisions of any ordinance enacted or made in pursuance of this section shall forfeit and pay for every day he shall so exercise such business or occupation herein before mentioned a penalty of five dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in the corporate name of said village, together with the costs of prosecution; or said council may provide that any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of any ordinance enacted or made in pursuance of this section, or any part thereof, shall forfeit and pay such fine as they shall deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the justice or court who shall try the offender. Provision for carrying into effect the powers section. Power of council ers, duties, etc., of officers. Showmen. sters, etc. Collection of fines, etc. Grades, side. walks, etc. SEC. 23. The common council shall have power to fix the powers, relative to pow. impose the duties, and name the compensation of the officers of said village; to license showmen or other exhibitors where money or other consideration is demanded or received for admission, and Peddlers, huck. to fix the amount of such license; to license peddlers, hucksters, and itinerant dealers who trade within said village, but who are not residents thereof; to provide for the collection and disposition of all the fines and penalties which may be incurred under the by-laws and ordinances of said village; to cause the streets for which a grade shall have been previously established to be graded and paved, and also to cause sidewalks to be constructed and repaired when and where they shall deem the same necessary, and to cause the expenses of constructing or repairing said sidewalk [sidewalks, ] to be assessed on the lots or premises adjoining such sidewalks, and they may pass all needful by-laws and ordinances in relation to the assessment and collection of the expenses of said construction; they may also fix and establish the grades of such streets and sidewalks, and establish lines upon which buildings may be erected, and beyond which buildings shall not extend; and to make all such other by-laws and ordinances as they may deem necessary for safety and good the safety, order, and good government of said village, and to promote the prosperity and improve the condition of the inhabitants By-laws for order of village. nances. thereof, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State or the constitution of the United States; and to impose fines Fines and penand penalties on all persons offending against the by-laws and ordi- alties. nances made as aforesaid: Provided, That no by-law or ordinance Proviso-limitshall impose a fine exceeding one hundred dollars, nor subject the ing. offender to imprisonment in the county jail exceeding ninety days: And provided further, That no by-law or ordinance shall be of Proviso-publiany effect until the same shall have been published for two weeks cation of ordiin all the newspapers printed in said village: And provided also, If there is no newspaper printed in said village, notice of said bylaws and ordinances shall be posted in at least three of the most public places in said village for the time aforesaid: And provided also, That [the] construction of the sidewalks referred to in this Proviso relative section shall be executed by order of the common council, and the to the construcassessment on the lots or premises adjoining such sidewalk, also walks. referred to in this section, shall be made by the said council only when the owners of said adjoining lots shall neglect to build or repair, or cause to be built or repaired, such sidewalks in the manner and at the times prescribed by the common council. tion of side. lands, how and SEC. 32. Any person claiming any of the lands sold as aforesaid, Redemption of or any interest therein, may at any time within two years next suc- when made. ceeding the sale redeem any parcel of said lands, or any part of or interest in the same, by paying to the treasurer of said village the amount for which such place was sold, or such proportion thereof as the part or interest redeemed shall amount to, with interest thereon at the rate of twenty-five per cent per annum, fifteen per cent of which shall be paid to the purchaser, but in no case shall the interest be computed for a less time than three months from the day of sale; whereupon the treasurer shall issue and deliver to Certificate of the person making such payment a certificate of [the] redemption thereof, and he shall, after the expiration of the time aforesaid, after the making of such sales, deliver to the recorder of the village a statement of all the lands that have been redeemed as aforesaid, and of the amounts paid for such redemption. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 9, 1877. [No. 233.] AN ACT to authorize the transfer of certain moneys from the fire department fund of the city of Jackson to the sinking fund of said city. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the common council of the city of Jackson is hereby authorized to transfer, subject to the approval of the mayor, from the fire department fund to the sinking fund of said city, all moneys raised or appropriated during the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, for the purchase of a system of fire-alarm telegraph and chemical fire-engine [engines], and to appropriate and use said redemption, etc. common council authorized to transfer moneys. |