of meet tice. and discontinuing highways," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Highway Sec. 2. Whenever the commissioners of highways shall be commissioners; duties applied to, as mentioned in the preceding section, to lay out, alter, or discontinue any highway, they shall, within five days To issue no- thereafter, issue a written notice, stating the object of such ing. application, and appointing a time and place of meeting of the To serve no- board of commissioners of highways, which shall be served by said commissioners, or one of them, on the owners or occupants of lands through which it is proposed to lay out, alter, or discontinue such road, either personally or by a copy left at the residence of said owner or occupant, at least ten days Proceedings before the time of said meeting; and if no person shall reside upon such lands, and the owner thereof shall not reside in the township, no other service of said notice shall be required than by posting up the same in three public places in the township ten days before the time of meeting. Approved February 15, 1871. of, when Section amended. [No. 12.] AN ACT to amend section ten, of chapter one hundred and thirteen, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled “Of the circuit courts," approved April eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, being section three thousand four hundred and twenty of the compiled laws. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section ten, of act number one hundred and fifty-seven, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-one, approved April eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitled “An act to define the limits, jurisdiction, and powers of circuit courts," being section ten, of chapter one hundred and thirteen, of the compiled laws, be amended so as to read as follows: venue; when made. Sec. 10. Each of the said courts, upon good cause shown, Change of may change the venue in any cause pending therein, and may be direct the issue to be tried in the circuit court of another county, and make all necessary rules and orders for the certifying and removing such cause, and all matters relating thereto, to the court in which such issue shall be ordered to be tried, and the court to which such cause shall be so removed shall proceed to hear, try, and determine the same; and execution How execu tion may be may thereupon be had, in the same manner as if the same had had. been originally prosecuted in their county, except that in all criminal cases where the defendant shall be convicted and be sentenced to imprisonment in a common jail, the court awarding the sentence shall have the authority to direct, and hall direct, that the defendant be imprisoned in the common jail of the county in which the prosecution commenced; and in every Expenses of by criminal case where a change of venue is ordered, all the whom paid. expenses of such trial shall be a charge upon the county in which the prosecution originated; and when there shall be a When circult a disagreement of the jury on the trial of any criminal cause in order new the circuit court to which such cause was ordered for trial, the circuit judge before whom the same was tried, if he shall deem that the public good requires the same, may, upon cause shown by either party, order and direct the issue to be tried in the circuit court of another county in the State, and the court to which such cause shall be removed shall proceed to hear, try, and determine the same, in the same manner and with like effect as was pursued by the circuit court making such order. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. trial. [ No. 13.] AN ACT to amend section two hundred and ninety-six of the compiled laws, relative to commissioners of deeds in other States. Boction amended. Term of office. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two hundred and ninety-six of the compiled laws be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Oommissioners of (Sec. 296.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and deeds; Governor to House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the appoint. Governor be hereby authorized to appoint and commission one or more commissioners in each, or such of the other States and Territories of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, as he may deem expedient, which commissioners shall continue in office for the period of five years, unless Powers and sooner removed by the Governor, and shall have authority to daties of take acknowledgment and proof of the execution of any deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of any land, tenements, or hereditaments lying and being in this state, any contract, letter of attorney, or any other writing under seal, to be used Effect of and recorded in this State; and such acknowledgment or certificate of. proof, taken or made in the manner directed by the laws of this State, and certified by any one of said commissioners before whom the same shall be taken or made, under his seal, which certificate shall be attached to or endorsed on said deed or instrument aforesaid, shall have the same force and effect, and be as good and valid in law for all purposes, as if the same had been taken or made before any officer authorized to take such acknowledgment residing in this State: ProProvlso. vided however, That in all cases, and before the appointment is made and commission issued, the person desirous of such appointment shall present to the Governor a written application therefor, with proper recommendation for such office of the Governor of his State, or of a judge of a court of record in the county where such applicant resides, or other satisfactory evidence of his fitness for the office desired, and shall pay into the State treasury the sum of three dollars, proviso. sioners; expires. to be placed to the credit of the general fund: And provided Further Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 14.] AN ACT to amend section three, of act number sixteeen, of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixtynine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Societies." amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Section That section three, of act number sixteen, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, being an act entitled, "An act to provide for the incorporation of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Benevolent Societies," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: association; and re Sec. 3. A copy of said articles of association, together with a Articles of copy of the charter or constitution, of which the persons exe- where filed cuting said articles are members, shall be filed and recorded in corded. the office of the Secretary of State, and a duplicate of said articles shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such corporation shall be formed and located; and shall be recorded at length by such clerk in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose; and thereupon the persons who Corporate shall have signed such articles of association, their associates, and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association; and by that rights. Proviso. real and estate. name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in law capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy, to them and their successors, estates real and personal; of suing and being sued; and they and their successors may have a common seal, which may be changed and altered at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of their real and Value of, personal estate shall not exceeed the sum of fifty thousand personal dollars, and that they and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, devise, mortgage, and dispose of said real and personal estate, or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and increase shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent pur poses of the “Father Mathew Total Abstinence Benevolent May estab. Society.” Said corporation shall have full power and authoriregulations, ty to make and establish rules, regulations, and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. lish rules, cto. To olect mombers. [ No. 15.] AN ACT to amend section sixty-five, of chapter fourteen, of the revised statutes of one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, being section four hundred and six of the compiled laws, relative to county officers. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section sixty-five, of chapter fourteen, of the revised statutes of one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, being section four hundred and six of the compiled laws, be amended so as to read as follows: Section amended. |