W. Ander son. P. P. Brown. M. Preston, R. W. Ingalls. H. J. Tyler & Co. J. Gibson. S. M'Knight: T. M. Fish. Pease. Chester & Co. chancery during the years one thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven and one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, as sheriff of the county of Wayne, and also twenty-six dollars for fuel and lights furnished for the use of said courts. To William Anderson, forty-two dollars, for twenty-one days attendance upon said courts during the years one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven and one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, as sheriff of the county of Washtenaw. To Phebe P. Brown, two hundred and five dollars and twentyfive cents, for damages and loss of furniture by means of the cars being thrown from the track on the central railroad in the month of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, to be paid out of the internal improvement fund. To Marvin Preston, seventy-five dollars, and Digby V. Bell, the sum of one hundred dollars, for services and expenses in appraising state lands upon the Niles reservation, and making due returns thereof according to law. To R. W. Ingalls, twenty-five dollars, for publishing adjutant general's orders for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. To H. J. Tyler & Co., twenty-five dollars for publishing adjutant general's orders in the county of Lenawee, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. To John Gibson, sixty one dollars and fifty cents, for fortytwo days attendance as crier of the supreme court and court of chancery, in the county of Wayne; and also seventy-five dollars for fuel and lights furnished, and other incidental expenses of said courts. To Sheldon M'Knight, postmaster at Detroit, twenty-nine dollars and eighty-seven and a half cents, for postage of bank commissioners from February fourth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, to March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. To T. M. Fish, sixty-five dollars and eighty-eight cents, for rations and quarters furnished a detachment of men called into service by the governor of Michigan, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. To Pease, Chester & Co., one hundred and two dollars and sixty-seven cents, for charges in transportation and storage of muskets, and also for provisions furnished upon the order of the quartermaster general for the use of the men called out to repel the patriot invasion of Canada in the winter of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven and thirty-eight. To Thomas J. Drake and Sands McCam.ly, the sum of twentythree dollars and fifty cents each, for expenses incurred in going to Jackson to investigate the affairs of the state prison; and also the sum of twenty-two dollars to Townsend E Gidley, for like expenses incurred. T. J. Drake, S. McCamly. tives of H. To the legal representatives of Hiram Alden, late commissioner Representaof internal improvement, deceased, four hundred and five dollars Alden. and fifty cents, for services rendered and expenses incurred by said Alden in the execution of the duties of his office, including also the expenses attendant upon the last sickness, together with the funeral charges, of the said Hiram Alden. Approved April 19, 1839. [No. 99.] AN ACT for the relief of Calvin C. Parks and others. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- c. C. Parks. tatives of the State of Michigan, That the sum of twenty-four dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay Major Calvin C. Parks, inspector of Michigan militia, for his services for inspecting the ninth and tenth regiments in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. Lenawee To the register of Lenawee county, for his services in recording Register of mortgages and making searches for the Lenawee county bank at county. the request of the bank commissioner, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the sum of twelve dollars and twenty-five cents. D. B. Ogden. To James Kent and David B. Ogden, for their services as J. Kent and counsel for the state of Michigan in regard to the question of the southern boundary of said state, the sum of five hundred dollars, the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved April 20, 1839. June term of supreme to be held on the first [No. 100.] AN ACT to change the June term of the supreme court of the state of Michigan, and the June term of the circuit court for Ingham county. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representacourt for '39, tives of the State of Michigan, That the term of the supreme court, required by law to be held at the city of Detroit on the August next. first Tuesday of June next, shall be held at the city of Detroit on the first Tuesday of August next. Tuesday in Sec. 2. All causes and matters pending in said supreme court, and all writs and process issued or to be issued before the fifteenth day of June and made returnable at said June term of said court at the time this act shall take effect shall be continued to, and shall be taken and deemed to be returnable at the term of said court hereby established, and shall be proceeded in by said court as fully and effectually as though the same had been regularly continued to or made returnable at the term of the court hereby established. Sec. 3. The term of the circuit court required by law to be held in and for the county of Ingham, on the first Tuesday of June next, shall be held in and for the said county of Ingham on the second Tuesday of November next. Sec. 4. All causes and matters pending in said circuit court, and all writs and process issued or to be issued before the fifteenth day of June next, and made returnable at said June term of the said circuit court at the time this act is passed, shall be continued to or be taken and deemed to be returnable at the term of said court hereby established, and shall be proceeded in by said circuit court as fully and effectually, as though the same had been regularly continued to or made returnable at the term of said circuit court hereby established. Sec. 5. So much of any [act] or acts as contravenes the provisions of this act be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1839. [No. 101.] AN ACT authorizing the Superintendent of Public dam on sec town four ten west. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- of erecting a tives of the State of Michigan, That the superintendent of public tion 16, instruction may sell to Elisha Doane the privilege of damming south, range the Portage on section sixteen, in town four south, range ten west, and of cutting a run therefrom across said section, and across section twenty-one in said township: Provided, said dam and run shall be so made as, in his opinion, not to injure the sale or value of either of said sections: And provided further, That said Doane shall pay the superintendent for any extra trouble and expense incurred in attending to said business, and give all required security that he will faithfully perform all contracts on his part, entered into in pursuance of this act. premises. Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the superintendent of To examine public instruction, to examine the premises as soon as convenient after being requested to do so by said Doane, and to do all things on his part necessary to carry this act into full execution. Approved April 20, 1839. [No. 102.] AN ACT to provide the circuit courts of certain counties with seals. state to pro Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Secretary of tatives of the State of Michigan, That it shall be the duty of the cure seals. secretary of state to procule seals for the circuit courts of the several organized counties in this state not already supplied therewith, and it shall be the duty of the said secretary, hereafter, whenever any new county shall have been organized, to procure a seal for the circuit court of such county. be audited. Sec. 2. The expense of procuring such seals shall be audited Expense to by the auditor general on the certificate of the secretary of state, and be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved April 20, 1839. To be called "The first church and society of Manchester.' [No. 103.] AN ACT to change the name of the First Presbyterian church and society of Sharon and Bridgewater. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representapresbyterian tives of the State of Michigan, That the first presbyterian church and society of Sharon and Bridgewater in the county of Washtenaw, shall hereafter be known and designated as "The first presbyterian church and society of Manchester," and may, by and under said last mentioned name, exercise and enjoy all the powers and privileges to which said church would be entitled in its corporate capacity, as fully and completely, to all intents and purposes as if the same had been originally adopted; but this act shall not in any manner affect the rights or liabilities of said church, or of any person or persons whatever. Approved April 20, 1839. Board to consist of three members how appoint vided into classes, &c. hold their office three years. [No. 104.] AN ACT for the regulation of internal improvements, and for the appointment of a board of commission ers. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the governor, by and ed; to be di- with the advice and consent of both branches of the legislature, shall appoint a board of commissioners of internal improvement, to consist of three members, to be divided into classes one, two and three, the first class to hold its office for one year, the second for two years, and the third for three years, to be determined by lots to be drawn by the secretary of state, and that annually thereafter there shall be one or more appointed to fill such vacancies as may occur; that the term of office shall be three years, to expire on the first Tuesday of February of each year, or until others are appointed, except in the cases of those drawing for the term of one and two years as above stated. In the case of the death or resignation of any commissioners during the recess of the legislature, the governor shall fill such vacancy until the first Tuesday of February thereafter. When gover nor to fill vacancy. |