suitable May appoint Sec. 3. Said Superintendent, in case of inability personally to conpersons, &c. duct any institute, or to make the necessary arrangements for holding the same, is authorized to appoint some suitable person or persons for that purpose: Provided, That not more than eighteen hundred dollars shall be drawn from the treasury in any one year, to meet the provisions of this act. Proviso. New warrant to issue. Old warrant to be de This act shall take effect immediately. [No. 71.] AN ACT to authorize the Auditor General to issue a land warrant to SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Auditor General be and he is hereby authorized to issue a land warrant upon the Commissioner of the Land Office, to Luke H. Parsons, for the amount of land warrant number 1308, being sixty-one dollars and fifty cents, issued by said Auditor General to said Luke H. Parsons, the time for the presentation of which warrant expired on the eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. Sec. 2. Before such warrant shall be issued, as provided in the prelivered up. ceding section, the aforesaid warrant numbered 1308, shall be delivered up and surrendered to the Auditor General; and such warrant, when so issued, shall only be made payable at any time before the first day of March next, in internal improvement lands, appropriated under and by virtue of act number 95 of the session laws of 1848. Approved February 10, 1855. Name of in stitute changed. [ No. 72.] AN ACT supplemental to an act passed March 21, 1837, amendatory of "an act to incorporote the Michigan and Huron Institute.” SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That from and after the passage of this act, the Kalamazoo Literary Institute, located at Kalamazoo, shall be and the same is hereby known by Authority to the name of the Kalamazoo College, and that the trustees thereof shall have power to confer the honors and degrees usually granted by colle confer de grees. giate institutions, upon such persons as may be recommended by the professors of said institution to be worthy thereof: Provided, That the Proviso. primary degrees shall not be conferred on any students who shall not have passed through a course of studies equivalent to, and as thorough as that prescribed by the Regents of the University of Michigan for candidates for degrees. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved February 10, 1855. [ No. 73.] AN ACT relative to the University Fund. Interest on the univer mitted. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the; Auditor General be required to credit the University fund with the en- sity fund retire amount of the interest that has accrued since the thirty-first day of December last, and that may hereafter accrue upon the whole amount of University lands sold, and that may hereafter be sold, and to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer, which he is hereby required to pay to the treasurer of the University upon his application therefor, from time to time, as the said interest so credited may accrue and be received. of this act. Sec. 2. This act is hereby limited in its operation to the period of Limitation two years from and after the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 10, 1855. [ No. 74. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the village of Port Huron. Act amend ed. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section ten of an act entitled an act to incorporate the village of Port Huron, be and the same is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: "Sec. 10. The electors of said village, in legal meeting assembled, Electors aushall have power to lay taxes on all real and personal estate in said vil- thorized to lage, not exceeding one per cent. upon said real and personal estate in levy tax. To issue bonds, not one year, and shall by vote, viva voce, determine at such meetings the amount of said taxes, and also authorize the president and trustees of said village to issue the bonds of said village to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, in all outstanding at any one time, in sums not Rate of in less than one hundred dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding ten terest, and time. less than $100. per cent. per annum, for a time not less than ten nor more than twenty This act shall take effect immediately. Act No. 290 of 1850, amended. May assess shares not exceeding ten per cent. per annum, &c. [No. 75.] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Southern Michigan Telegraph Company," approved April 2, 1850. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Southern Michigan Telegraph Company," approved April 2, 1850, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following, to stand as section eight: "Sec. 8. The directors of said company shall have power to levy assessments upon the shares of said stock, not exceeding ten per cent. in any one year, for the purpose of rebuilding, reconstructing and repairing such line or lines of telegraph, or its appurtenances, and for the purpose of paying and satisfying any existing liens or incumbrances Forfeit and upon the property or franchises of the company; and may forfeit and payment. sell any share or shares of such stock for non-payment of any such asNotice to be sessments: Provided, That notice in writing of such assessment or asgiven. sell for non sessments shall be given by the secretary or superintendent thereof, di- . rected to each stockholder or owner of any share or shares of such stock, at his place of residence, if known; and if any such stockholder, or the residence of any stockholder or owner of any share or shares of stock shall not be known, notice of such assessment or assessments Notice to be shall be given by publishing the same in at least one newspaper pubcertain ca-lished in the city of Detroit, and also in at least one newspaper published along the line of said telegraph, for at least four successive weeks, once in each week: And provided also, That no sale of such stock shall be made until notice thereof has been given by publishing the published in same in at least one newspaper published in the city of Detroit, and in one published along the line, for at least four weeks, of the time and place of sale." act to take Sec. 2. This act shall take effect whenever the said company shall when this give their assent to its provisions by filing such assent in the office of effect the Secretary of State: Provided, Such assent shall be in writing, and signed by a majority of the directors. Approved February 10, 1855. [ No. 76. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act for the relief of James Waters," approved February fifth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Amendm't. section one of an act entitled an act for the relief of James Waters approved February fifth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree, be amended by striking out the word "north," in the fourth line of section one of said act, and inserting therefor the word "south," so that said section, as amended, will read as follows: missioner to rant. "SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the when comCommissioner of the State Land Office is hereby directed to execute issue warand make a certificate of sale to James Waters, for the south-west quarter of south east quarter of section sixteen, township six north, of range twelve west, if the said Waters. shall, prior to the first day of May next, pay to the State Treasurer, all interest which shall have accrued on said land, at the time said Waters may apply for said certificate." Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. [No. 77.] AN ACT relative to Indictments. for murder, tain. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Indictment in all indictments for murder and manslaughter, it shall not be necessary what to con to set forth the manner in which, or the means by which the death of the deceased was caused; but it shall be sufficient in any indictment for Indictments murder to charge that the defendant did wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder the deceased; and it shall be sufficient in any indictment for manslaughter, to charge that the defendant did kill and slay the deceased. Sec. 2. That in all indictments for forgery, or for any of the offences for forgery, mentioned in sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, twelve and thirteen, of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the revised statutes, or for obtaining any instrument or signature thereto, by false tokens or pretences, and in all indictments for forgery at common law, and in all other cases, it shall not be necessary to set forth any copy of the instrument or writing, but it shall be sufficient to describe the same in such manner as would sustain an indictment for stealing the same. Perjury, &e. sufficient, without sta tion, or authority of Sec. 3. In indictments for perjury or subornation of perjury, or for endeavoring to incite or procure any person to commit the crime of ting declara- perjury, it shall be sufficient to set forth the substance of the offence charged upon the defendant, and by what court, or before whom the oath was made, without stating the declaration itself, or other proceedings, or the commission or authority of the court or person before whom such offence was committed. court. Proof of felony on trial meanor not Sec. 4. If, upon the trial of any person for a misdemeanor, the facts for misde- given in evidence amount in law to a felony, he shall not, by reason to entitle de- thereof, be entitled to an acquittal of such misdemeanor, and no person acquittal. tried for such misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted fendant to without the for felony on the same facts, unless the court before which the trial shall be had, shall discharge the jury from giving any verdict upon such trial, and shall direct such person to be indicted for felony. Accessories, Sec. 5. Any number of accessories after the fact, or receivers, buy&c., may be charged, &c. ers or persons aiding in the concealment of any stolen money, goods or principal. property, may be charged with substantive felonies in the same indictment, notwithstanding the principal felon shall not be included in the same indictment, or shall not be in custody or amenable to justice. Where several persons or more may be convict'd. Sec. 6. If two or more persons are indicted for jointly receiving, buyjointly in ing or aiding in the concealment of any stolen property, and the evidicted, one dence shall be that one or more persons separately, knowingly received, bought or aided in the concealment of any part of such property, the jury may convict, upon such indictment, those who are proved to have received, bought or aided in the concealment of any part of such property. |