171. An act to organize the counties of Manistee, Mason and Oceana, approved February 13, 1855,.. 172. An act to change the name of the Lake Superior Mining Company of Eagle River, approved February 13, 1855, 173. An act to amend chapter ninety-three of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled “of courts held by justices of the peace," approved Febru ary 13, 1855,. 174. An act to prevent the wrongful taking, detaching from the ground or injuring any fruit tree, shade tree, ornamental shrub, plant, vine or vegetable, approved February 14, 1855, "No. JOINT RESOLUTIONS. Title. 1. Joint resolution relative to the claim of Jonas H. Titus, approved January 12, 1855,.... Page. 481 2. Joint resolution of instruction to the Agent and Inspectors of the State Prison, approved January 17, 1855,.. 3. Joint resolution relative to the printing of a manual, approved January 19, 1855,... 481 482 4. Joint resolution for the relief of certain purchasers of University lands, approved January 20, 1855,.. 482 5. Joint resolution for the relief of certain purchasers of Uni- 483 483 485 8. Joint resolution relative to the distribution of the session laws, journals and documents of the Legislature, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, approved February 7, 1855,.. 9. Joint resolution relative to certain appropriations of public lands, made by the Legislature in the year 1848, approved February 10, 1855,.. 10. Joint resolution relative to the claim of John Van Fossen against the State of Michigan, approved February 10, 1855,.. 11. Joint resolution relative to the claim of the State against Peter Holmes and others, approved February 10, 1855, 486 486 487 487 12. Joint resolution relative to the construction of a Ship Canal around the Falls of Niagara, approved February 10, 1855,..... 13. Joint resolution relative to an exchange of lots with the First Baptist Church and Society of Lansing, approved February 10, 1855,.... 14. Joint resolution relative to an exchange of lots with the First Presbyterian Society of Lansing, approved February 10, 1855,. 15. Joint resolution authorizing the settlement of the claim of Morse K. Taylor, growing out of the raising, subsisting, and mustering into service, the Michigan Volunteer Regiment for the war with Mexico, approved February 12, 1855,.... 18. Joint resolution relative to a claim of the State of Michigan against Chippewa county for State tax, approved February 12, 1855,. Page. 488 489 489 490 490 17. Joint resolution for the relief of Oliver M. Hyde, approved February 12, 1855,.... 491 18. Joint resolution for the relief of George Matthews, approved February 12, 1855, 491 19. Joint resolution for the relief of Robert Howlett, approved February 12, 1855,... 492 492 20. Joint resolution for the relief of Alexander R. Tiffany, of 24. Joint resolution authorizing the Commissioner of the State 493 493 494 494 25. Joint resolutions in relation to the renewal or extension of certain patents, approved February 12, 1855, ... 495 26. Joint resolution relative to the claim of Andrew Harvie, approved February 12, 1855,. 495 27. Joint resolution to authorize school district number seven, in the township of Tecumseh, to loan money, approved February 12, 1855,.. 28. Joint resolution authorizing the Board of State Auditors to allow certain claims against the State, approved Feb- 495 496 29. Joint resolution relative to new certificates for primary school lands, approved February 12, 1855,... Pago. 497 30. Joint resolution for the relief of Eliza Mariah and Joseph Dutcher, approved February 13, 1855,.... 31. Joint resolution instructing the Board of State Auditors relative to cancelling the excess of interest account against Mackinac county, approved February 13, 1855,... 32. Joint resolution for the relief of the heirs of Beaumont Clark, approved February 14, 1855,.. 497 497 498 LAWS OF MICHIGAN. [ No. 1.] AN ACT to provide for taking the Census of Saginaw County. sioner and SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the CommieGovernor be, and hereby is authorized to appoint a Commissioner, Assistants. with one or more Assistants, whose duty it shall be to take the Census of Saginaw County. duty. Sec. 2. The Commissioner, when so appointed, shall take and sub- Oath and scribe the constitutional oath, and shall proceed forthwith to take the census of said county, in the same manner and form as provided in an act entitled " an act to provide for taking the census and statistics of this State," approved February 9th, 1853. where made. Sec. 3. The Commissioner shall make his returns to the clerk of Returns, said county, who shall forthwith transmit a copy of the same to the office of the Secretary of State. tion. Sec. 4. The Commissioner shall be allowed, for every one hundred Compensa names returned by him, two dollars, to be paid by the county treasurer of the county of Saginaw, as provided in section eight of the foregoing named act, and in addition thereto he shall be allowed two dollars, for every one hundred names returned by him, to be audited and paid by the Board of State Auditors, which shall be in full compensation for services rendered by him as such Commissioner. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved January 12, 1855. [No. 2.] Appropria tion. tion of officers of Travel. AN ACT to provide for the payment of the members and officers and incidental expenses of the Legislature. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there be appropriated out of any money in the treasury, to the credit of the general fund, a su not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, for the payment of the members and officers of the Legislature. Compensa- Sec. 2. The compensation of the President and members of the members & Senate, and the Speaker and the members of the House of RepresentaLegislature. tives, shall be three dollars per day, for actual attendance and when absent or account of sickness, for the first forty days of the session, and ten cents for every mile actually traveled in going and returning from the place of meeting, on the usually traveled route, and to the members of the Senate and House from the Upper Peninsula, two dollars per day additional, for the first forty days of the session. Each member of Stationery. the Senate and House of Representatives shall also be entitled to receive five dollars for newspapers and stationery. The compensation of the Secretary, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, and Assistant, if one should be employed, and Sergeant-at-Arms, and Assistant Sergeant-atArms of the Senate, and of the Clerk, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, and Assistant, if one should be employed, and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and of the Reporters of either House, and of the clerks employed with the consent of either the Senate or House of Representatives, or by any of the standing or special committees of either of said Houses, shall be three dollars per day for actual attendance during the session. The compensation of the firemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall be two dollars per day for actual attendance, during the session. The compensation of the messengers of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall be one dollar and fifty cents per day for actual attendance, during the session. Firemen. Messengers. How certi fied. Sec. 3. Such sums as may be due to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall be certified by the presi ding officer of the respective Houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; such sums as may be due the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall be certified by the Secretary or Clerk of the respective Houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; and such sums as may be due the members and other |