Taxa llen on premises. erty to be es. Notice of sale. to be given er. not redeem ed, deed to ditaments, or premises whatsoever in said village, shall be and remain a lien on such lands and tenements and hereditaments, from the time of making such assessment or imposing such tax, until paid; and the owner or occupants or parties in interest respectively in said real estate, shall be liable, upon demand, to pay every such assessment or tax to be made as aforesaid; and in default of such payment, or any part thereof, When prop-it shall be lawful for the marshal of said village to sell personal essold for tax tate, and for want thereof to sell real estate, rendering the surplus, if any, after deducting the charges of such sale, to the person against whom the tax is levied: Provided, That whenever any real estate shall be sold by said marshal, notice thereof shall be published in a newspaper printed in said county, for at least four weeks, once in each, Certificate previous to such sale; and the said marshal shall give to the said purto purchas- chaser or purchasers of any such lands, a certificate in writing, describing the lands purchased, and the time when the purchaser will be entitled to a deed for said land; and if the person claiming title to If premises said lands described in the sale, shall not, within two years from the date thereof, pay to the treasurer of said village, for the use of the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the sum mentioned in such certificate, together with interest thereon, at the rate of twenty per cent. per annum from the date of such certificate, the said marshal, or his successor in office, shall, at the expiration of the said two years, execute to the purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs and assigns, a conveyance of the lands so sold, which conveyance shall vest in the persons to whom it shall be given, an absolute estate in fee simple, subject to all the claims Prima facis the State shall have therein; and the said conveyance shall be prima regularity. facia evidence that the sale, and all the proceedings therein prior to such sale were regular, according to the provisions of this act; and every such conveyance, executed by the said marshal, under his hand and seal, in the presence of two or more subscribing witnesses, and duly acknowledged and recorded in the usual form, may be given in evidence in the same manner and with like effect as a deed regularly executed and acknowledged by the owner, and duly recorded; and all personal estate so sold, shall be sold in such manner as the by-laws and regulations of the corporation shall direct. be executed. Effect of deed. evidence of Duty of as sessors. 1 Sec. 22. Whenever the assessors of said village shall have completed their assessment roll and valuation of the property, real and personal completio a ment. in said village, it shall be their duty to give notice thereof by publish- Notice of ing in any newspaper printed in said village, by at least two inser- of assesstions. or posting up the same in three of the most public places in said village, stating the place where the said roll is left for the inspection of all persons interested, and of the time when and place where they will meet to hear the objections of any persons interested to the valuation so made by them; and at the time so appointed, the assessors shall meet, and on the application of any person considering himself aggrieved, may review and reduce the said valuation, on sufficient cause When assesbeing shown upon oath, to the satisfaction of said assessors; and if duce valua any person or persons shall conceive himself or themselves aggrieved by the final decision of the said assessors, they shall have the right of appealing from such decision of the assessors at any time within ten days thereafter to the common council, who are in like manner hereby When ccmauthorized, upon sufficient cause being shown as aforesaid, to reduce said valuation. sors may re tion.. mon coun ell may re duce valua tion. common out a Duty of of tax council rela tive to taxes. Sec. 23. It shall be the duty of the common council to make duplicate of taxes, charging each individual therein an amount in proportion to the amount of real and personal estate of such individual within said village, which duplicate shall be signed by the president and recorder, and delivered to the marshal, whose duty it shall Marshal to be to collect the same, within such time and in such manner as the by-laws shall direct. collect taxes. pay over as money to treasurer. missioner pointed. power of Sec. 24. All moneys to be raised by tax in said village shall be col- Marshal to lected and paid over by the marshal to the treasurer of said village, shall be prescribed by the ordinances of the common council. Sec. 25. The common council shall have power to appoint one or Street commore street commissioners or other officers to superintend and direct may be apthe making, paving, repairing and opening all streets, lanes, alleys, side- Further walks, highways or bridges within the limits of said corporation, in such common manner as they may from time to time be directed by the common council; also for establishing the line upon which buildings may be erected, and beyond which such buildings shall not extend; and the common council shall cause the expenses of grading such sidewalks to be assessed on lots or premises adjoining such improvements, or by general assessment, or otherwise, as they may direct. Sec. 26. The common council shall have authority to establish and council companies. Fines for neglect of duty. Organizati'n organize all such fire companies and hose and hook and ladder compaand regulations of fire nies, and provide them with engines and other instruments as shal be necessary to extinguish fire, and preserve the property of the inhabitants of said village from conflagration; 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: Provided, Such number does not exceed fifty, in the management of one engine; and each fire, hose and hook and ladder company shall have power to appoint their own 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 the nonattendance or neglect of duty of any of its 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 recorder of said village a certificate to that effect, which shall be evidence thereof; and the members of such company, during their continuance as such, Exemptions shall be exempt from serving on juries and working a poll tax on the of fire com- streets and highways of said village; and it shall be the duty of every fire company to keep in good and perfect repair the fire engines, hose, ladders and other instruments of such company; and it shall be the Meetings of duty of each fire company to assemble at least once in each month, or nies. as often as may be directed by said common council, for the purposes of working or examining said engine and other instruments, with a view to their perfect order and repair. of members panies. fire comps Duty of marshal in case of fire. Sec. 27. Upon the breaking out of any fire in said village, the marshal shall immediately repair to the place of such fire, and aid and assist, as well in extinguishing said fire as in preventing any goods from being stolen, and also in removing and securing the same, and shall in all respects be obedient to the president, recorder and trustees, or either of them, who may be present at the fire. Sec. 28. This act shall be deemed a public act. [ No. 161. ] AN ACT to incorporate the Village of Three Rivers. Boundaries lage of vers. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all that tract of country situate in the township of Lockport, in the of the v county of St. Joseph, and State of Michigan, which is bounded and Three Ri included as follows: commencing at the mouth of the Portage River, and from thence up said river to the section line south of Bowman & Hoffman's mill; thence west along said section line to the Rocky River, and thence down said river to its entrance into the St. Joseph River, and thence up said river to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby constituted a town corporate, by the name of the village of Three Rivers. tion; when to be held. Officers to Sec. 2. The male inhabitants of said village having the qualifications Annual elec of electors under the constitution, shall meet at the school house in said and where village, on the first Monday of May next, and on the first Monday of May annually thereafter, at such place as shall be provided in the bylaws of said village, and then and there proceed, by a plurality of votes, to elect by ballot, from among the qualified electors residing in said village, five trustees, two assessors, one president, one recorder and one treasurer, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified: Provided, That if an election of such Elections in officers shall not be made on the day when, pursuant to this act, it ought ses, when to be made, the said corporation for that cause shall not be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall and may be lawful to hold such elections at any time thereafter, pursuant to public notice, to be given in the manner hereinafter described. be elected. certain ca held. Sec. 3. At the first election to be holden in said village, under this First election; how act, there shall be chosen, viva voce, by the electors present, two judges conducted. and a clerk of said election, each of whom shall take an oath or affirmation, to be administered by either of the others, faithfully and honestly to discharge the duties required of him as judge or clerk of said election, who shall form the board of election, and shall conduct the same, and certify the result in the same manner that the common council are required to do by this act; and all subsequent elections shall be held in said village, and superintended by the president, recorder, and one or more of the trustees; and further, that at all elections the polls shall be opened between the hours of nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon, and Subsequent elections. be kept. When cer tain ballots to be des troyed. Canvass. shall continue open until three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and no longer; and that the name of each elector voting at such election Poll list to shall be written in a poll list, to be kept at such election by the officer or officers holding the same; and the said officer or officers shall proceed, without delay, publicly to count the ballots, unopened, and if the number of ballots so counted shall exceed the number of electors contained in the poll list, the officer or officers holding said election shall draw out and destroy, unopened, so many of the ballots as shall amount to the excess; and if two or more ballots are found rolled or folded together, they shall not be estimated; and thereupon the officer or officers holding such election, shall immediately proceed, openly and publicly, to canvass and estimate the votes given at such election, and shall complete the said canvass and estimate on the same day, or on the next day, and shall thereupon certify and declare the number of votes given for each person voted for, and shall file such certificate in the office of the recorder of said village, before ten o'clock in the forenoon of the next day after said election; at which last mentioned period the comcanvass re- mon council shall proceed to canvass said returns, and shall declare the result of said election; and in case it shall at any time happen to be deter- that two or more persons shall have an equal number of votes for the same office, the common council shall make as many strips of paper of equal size as there are persons having an equal number of such votes, and write a ballot for each of such persons, one on each of said strips of paper, and shall then put said ballots together in a hat, and one of the members of said common council shall then draw from said hat one of said ballots, and the person whose name shall be upon the ballot so drawn shall be declared elected. To count votes and certify result. Common council to turns, &c. In case of a tie, election min'i by lot. Notice of election to be given. Notice to persons elected. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the recorder of said village to give five days public notice in writing, in three public places in said village, of the time and place of holding all elections, both annual and special, in said village, and as soon as practicable, and within five days thereafter, after the closing the polls of any election, to notify the officers respectively of their election; and the said officers, so elected and notified as aforesaid, shall, within ten days after receiving a copy of such Oath of om- notice, take an oath or affirmation, before any justice of the peace or notary public for said county of St. Joseph, to support the constitution of the United States, and of this State, and faithfully and impartially to cers. |