pany are hereby authorized to transfer to the L'Anse and Ontonagon railroad company, and the latter company are authorized to acquire and hold the interest of the former company, in such part or portion of the Ontonagon end or division of the grant of lands which was conferred upon said first named company by virtue of the act number one hundred and sixteen, of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as the said companies may mutually agree, shall be transferred from one to the other of said companies; and when such transfer of said interest has been so made, the said L'Anse and Ontonagon railroad company shall have and enjoy all the right, powers and privileges appertaining thereto under the several acts of Congress, and of the Legislature of this State, granting said lands to aid in the construction of the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad; and the said L'Anse and Ontonagon railroad company shall be subject to all the restrictions and requirements legally imposed by the acceptance of said interest in said grant. SEC. 2. The L'Anse and Ontonagon railroad company are authorized to commence the first section of their road at L'Anse or Keweenaw bay, and the said company, and also the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad company, shall have the right to charge, collect, and receive fares for passengers upon said roads, the former at the rate of eight cents per mile, and the latter at the rate of six cents per mile, for the term of ten years after any section of twenty miles of either of said roads shall be put in running order. SEC. 3. The Marquette and Ontonagon railroad company, and the L'Anse and Ontonagon railroad company, shall also, for the term of ten years from and after the passage of this act, have and enjoy the same exemption from taxation which was given to the railroad companies in the Upper Peninsula, by the act of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, disposing of certain land grants, approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty.seven, as amended by the act for the relief of certain railroads in the Upper Peninsula, approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. [Laws of 1865, p. 522.] AN ACT to enable the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Company, or any other railroad company, to make certain contracts, and to acquire certain rights now held by the Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad Company. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful for the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Company, or any other railroad company, to enter into an arrangement with the Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad Company, for the location of its line of railroad from Lansing, by way of the city of Owosso, to Saginaw, upon the line of said Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad, and for the construction of the same on said line; and in case the said Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Company, or any other railroad company, shall make such arrangement, and shall locate the line of its railroad, substantially on said line, (the said line being subject to alteration, as provided by law,) then upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State, a copy of the agreement between the said companies, containing said arrangement, duly certified by the president and secretary of said respective companies, or of either of them, then said Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Company, or any other railroad company, shall become entitled, in accordance with said arrangement, to receive, take, hold, sell and disposed of, the lands granted to the State of Michigan by an act of Congress, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for railroad purposes, and any other lands that may be hereafter granted by Congress, to aid in the construction of said line of railroad, in the same case, in like quantities, and in the same manner, as the said Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad Company might have done under existing laws, if such road from Owosso to Saginaw had been constructed by it, and the right of said Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad Company to such lands, so far as the portion of its road from Owosso to Saginaw is concerned, shall cease upon the filing of said copy of said agreement in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 2. And it may and shall be lawful for the said Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Company, or any other railroad company, to purchase at private, public or judicial sale, the railroad and property of any other railroad company that may be made to form a part of its said line of road from Lansing to Saginaw, or be useful in the construction of the same; and for this purpose may make all contracts deemed by the board of directors of said company, meet and proper to carry out the object of this section; and may for the purpose of obtaining means to make such purchase, as well as to obtain the means for constructing and operating its said road, mortgage its line of railroad, or any part thereof, and the property, rights and franchises owned at the time of giving said mortgage, or to which it may become subsequently entitled. SEC. 3. It shall also be competent and lawful for the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw railroad company to enter into any contract or arrangement with any body corporate within or without this State, for the purchase or use of rolling stock for the transaction of its business, or to lease its road, and also to procure aid in the negotiation and sale of its bonds, and to add to their value, whether it be by guaranteeing them, or by agreement to purchase them, or in any other form which may be deemed expedient, and every such contract shall be valid and binding upon both contracting parties. SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 18, 1865. [Laws of 1865, p. 669.] AN ACT to fix the term of office and confirm the powers of the Board of Control of railroads. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the board of control of railroads, created by the provisions of section eight of act number one bundred and twenty-six, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, being an act disposing of certain grants of land made to the State of Michigan for railroad purposes, by act of Congress, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, be and they are hereby continued and perpetuated, until abolished by act of the Legislature. SEC. 2. The term of office of the commissioners, constituting said board of control, shall be four years from the date of their appointment, (unless appointed to fill a vacancy,) and the term of office of the present commissioners shall terminate and expire at the time of the approval by the Governor of this act. SEC. 3. At the expiration of said term as established by this act, six commissioners shall be nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, who, with the Governor, shall constitute said board of control, whose duty it shall be to manage and dispose of all lands appropriated for the construction of railroads as provided in act number one hundred and twenty-six, of session laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and all acts amendatory thereto, and to do any and all other acts necessary and proper respecting the construction of said railroads, which shall be prescribed by law; the Governor shall be ex-officio the president of said board, and any vacancies that may occur between the sessions of the Legislature, by death, 1esignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the Governor until the first meeting of the Legislature after such vacancy shall occur. SEC. 4. The commissioners shall receive four dollars per day and necessary expenses for each day that they shall be actually employed in the duties of their office; the amount of such allowance and expenses shall be apportioned among the different companies in such a manner as the board shall deem equitable, and shall be paid by the several companies, from time to time, as the board may direct; and all acts of the said board of control, in the exercise of the general powers of transfer, supervision and control, heretofore conferred by law, are hereby ratified and confirmed. SEC. 5. All acts and part of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 21, 1865. [Act of February 17, 1865-13 U. S. Statutes at Large,509.] A RESOLUTION to extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the lands granted by Congress to aid in the construction of a railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint, and for the completion of said road. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the time specified in the fourth section of the act of Congress, approved June 3d, 1856, entitled "An act making a grant of alternate sections of the public land to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State, and for other purposes,' for the reversion to the United States of the lands granted by said act to aid in the construction of a railroad from |