Other pro visions. Section amended. Labilities of finders of etc. Sec. 6. All corporations formed under this act shall be subject to the general provisions of chapter seventy-three of the compiled laws, in all matters not herein enumerated and specified, so far as the same may be applicable thereto. Approved February 27, 1867. [ No. 27. ] AN ACT to amend section twelve, of chapter forty-seven, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section sixteen hundred and fourteen of the compiled laws. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section twelve, of chapter forty-seven, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, said [section being] section sixteen hundred and fourteen of the compiled laws, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (1614.) Sec. 12. If the finder of any lost money, goods, or lost goods, stray beasts, shall neglect to cause the same to be entered, advertised, or notice thereof to be posted, as directed in this chapter, he shall be precluded from all the benefits of this chapter, and from all claim for keeping such goods or animals, or on account of any charges in relation thereto; and if any party shall willfully, and with fraudulent intent to convert the same to his own use, neglect to make such entry, or to cause the same to be advertised, as hereinbefore provided, for thirty days, he Penalty of shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, and in the default of the payment thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days. violating the act. Approved February 27, 1867. [ No. 28. ] AN ACT to amend section ten, of act number one hundred and eighty-eight, of session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "an act to re-organize the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, and to establish a State Board of Agriculture." amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section section ten, of act number one hundred and eighty-eight, of session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be so amended as to read as follows: be made by tary. copies to be ports shall Sec. 10. The Secretary shall report to the Legislature, at Reports to every regular session thereof, and to the Governor on the first the SecreWednesday in January in each year when the Legislature is not in session, which report shall embrace all such statements, accounts, statistics, prize essays, and other information relative to agriculture in general, proceedings of the State Board of Agriculture, of the State Agricultural College and farm, of the State Agricultural Society, and of the county and district agricultural societies, to be approved by the board, and shall cause to be printed six thousand copies of said report for the Number of year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the same number for printed. each year thereafter. Two thousand copies of said report shall How rebe placed in the hands of the Secretary of State, for disburse- be distribument through the Department of State, and four thousand copies shall be placed at the disposal of the State Board of Agriculture; one thousand copies of the same to be distributed by the secretary of the said State Board of Agriculture, as the board shall direct, and the remaining three thousand copies of the same shall be distributed by the first of June in each year, by the secretary of the board, to the secretaries of all the various county and district agricultural societies, as equally as may be according to the population of said counties, to be by said secretaries distributed among the various viewing committees of county and district fairs, giving one volume of such report to each of said committees who shall be present and discharge the duties of his office on the days of the county ted. Bection amended, Oaths and and district fairs. And if after distributing to the said com- Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 29. ] AN ACT to amend act number thirty-eight, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "an act to amend section five hundred and seventy-nine of the compiled laws, requiring commissioners and overseers of highways to give bonds." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That act number thirty-eight, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "an act to amend section five hundred and seventy-nine of the compiled laws, requiring overseers of the highways to give bonds," be and the same is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: Sec. 87. Each of said commissioners of highways, before entering upon the duties of his office, and within the time limited highways, by law for filing his official oath, shall give bonds, with one or bonds of commis. sioners of Bonds of Overseers of more sufficient sureties, to the township, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, to be approved by the supervisor or township clerk, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and the faithful disbursement of all moneys that may come into his hands by virtue of his office. Said comhighways. missioners may require any one or all of said overseers of highways, before entering upon the duties of their office, to give bond, with one or more sufficient sureties, in such sum as may be required by said commissioners, and to be approved by them, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their office, and the faithful disbursement of all moneys that may come into their hands by virtue of their office. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved February 27, 1867. [No. 30.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-four, of chapter one hundred and forty, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section five thousand three hundred and eighty-four, of the compiled laws, relative to limitations of actions. amendac SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section twenty-four, of chapter one hundred and forty, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section five thousand three hundred and eighty-four of the compiled laws, be amended so as to read as follows: (5384.) Sec. 24. Every action upon a judgment or decree Limit of time during rendered in a court of record of the United States, or of this, which an ac tion may be or any other State, shall be brought within ten years next after brought. the judgment or decree was entered, and not afterwards; and any action upon such judgment or decree which shall not be commenced within the time above specified, shall be forever thereafter barred. Approved February 27, 1867. [No. 31.] AN ACT to amend act number one hundred and six, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "an act in relation to the collection of recognizances in criminal cases," approved March 7, 1861. amended SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Act act entitled an act in relation to the collection of recognizances in criminal cases, approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be and the same is hereby amended by adding another section to the same, to stand as section three: Judgment upon for nizance. Sec. 3. That whenever any judgment shall have been rendered upon a forfeited recognizance according to the provisions feited recog of this act, it shall be lawful for any person or persons against whom such judgment shall have been rendered, at any time be- When petifore the end of the next regular session of the court thereof, to tion may be present a petition to the court by which such judgment was presented. Fath required. rendered, praying the court to vacate and set aside the same, which petition shall set forth the facts upon which the relief is asked, and shall be verified by the oath of the petitioner or petitioners, or some other person acquainted with such facts; and if it shall appear therefrom that any cause exists which would have been available as a defense, had suit been brought upon Filing a dec. the recognizance, the court shall direct a declaration to be filed aration. upon such recognizance, and an issue to be formed thereon within a time to be fixed therefor, for the purpose of testing the validity of such defense; and on such issue being formed, de stands the judgment shall be vacated, and the said issue shall stand for trial, as in other cases. trial. uction zended jury or de#ruction of ✓ertain /bridges. Duty of gemmisflowers. Approved February 27, 1867. [ No. 32. ] AN ACT to amend section six, of chapter twenty-four, the same being section eleven hundred and three of the compiled laws, relative to the repair and construction of bridges. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section six, of chapter twenty-four, the same being section eleven hundred and three of the compiled laws, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 6. If any bridge over any stream intersected by a highway in any township in this State, or in village incorporated under the general law for the incorporation of villages, or in any city or village not having, by the terms of its charter, the exclusive control of the construction and repair of any such bridges, and not being within the corporate limits of any city or village above excepted, has been within the last year, or shall hereafter be injured or destroyed by the occurrence of a freshet, or from any other cause, it shall be the duty of the highway commissioners of such township, on application in writing signed by at least six freeholders thereof, to proceed with all convenient dispatch to repair or reconstruct such |