owner, and with intent to claim the same, he shall be liable to the owner for three times the value thereof, to be recovered in an action of trover or trespass, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Sec. 2. If any person shall willfully take and convert to his own use, either by himself or another in his employment, any to markot

guilty of such log, mast, or spar, lying or being as aforesaid, for the pur- larceny. pose of being driven to a market or place of manufacture, shall be deemed guilty of larceny, and punished accordingly.

Approved March 6, 1871.

Persons taking logs

amendod

[ No. 28. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled “ An act to designate the holidays to be observed in the acceptance and payment of bills of exchange and promissory notes, in the holding of courts, and relative to the continuance of suits.”

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section one of an act entitled “ An act to designate the holidays to be observed in the acceptance and payment of bills of exchange and promissory notes, in the holding of courts, and relative to the continuance of suits,” being act number one hundred and twenty-four, session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be amended so as to read as follows:

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Certain days the following days, viz: the first day of January, commonly as is Sunday, called New Year's Day, the twenty-second day of February, purposes. commonly called Washington's birth-day, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas Day, and any day appointed or recommended by the Governor of this State or the President of the United States, as a day of fasting and prayer, or thanksgiving, shall, for all

Proviso.

viso relative

purposes whatsoever, as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and of the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, and promissory notes. made after this act shall take effect, also for the holding of courts, be treated and considered as is the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday: Provided, That in case any of

said holidays shall fall upon a Sunday, then the Monday folFurther pro- lowing to be considered as the said holiday: Provided, That to return or in case the return or adjourn day in any suit, matter, or hearof any suit, ing before any court, shall come on any day so appointed or

recommended by the Governor of this State, or the President of the United States, as a day of fasting and prayer, or thanksgiving, such suit, matter, or proceeding, commenced or adjourned as aforesaid, shall not by reason of coming on any day recommended by the Governor of this State, or the President of the United States, as a day of fasting and prayer, or thanksgiving, abate, but the same shall stand continued on the next succeeding day, at the same time and place, unless the next day shall be the first day of the week, or a holiday, when in such case the same shall stand continued to the day next succeeding said first day of the week or holiday, at the same time and place.

Approved March 6, 1871.

Amount of appropriation.

[ No. 29. ] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Normal School

. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the State Treasurer shall transfer from the general fund the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and fifteen thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, which sums are hereby appropriated to the Normal School interest fund, and shall be

drawn from the treasury in the manner now provided by law How drawn. in relation to that fund.

Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved March 6, 1871.

shall be uscd

(No. 30.] AN ACT making appropriation for the erection of a new

hall for the University of Michigan, and to levy a tax therefor. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That amount of

appropriathere shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State tions. Treasury the sum of thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and the sum of thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, for How hall the purpose of erecting a new hall for the University of Michigan, to be used chiefly for recitation and lecture rooms for the academical department of the University, which said moneys Money; how

expended. shall be expended under the direction of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, and shall be drawn from the treasury on the presentation of the proper voucher of the treasurer of said board to the Auditor General, and on his warrant to the State Treasurer. And no money shall be drawn by virtue of this act by such Regents, unless they shall have first filed with the Auditor General an estimate and statement, showing the purpose for which such money is required, and none shall be drawn further than is required to pay for labor done or materials furnished. Sec. 2. For the purpose of raising said sums the Auditor Hlow raised.

. General shall add to and incorporate with the State tax for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one the sum of thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, and he shall also add to and incorporate with the State tax for the year one

When may be drawn.

thousand eight hundred and seventy-two the sum of thirtyseven thousand five hundred dollars, which sums when collected shall be passed to the credit of the University fund, and shall be drawn as provided by law for the object mentioned in section one of this act.

Approved March 6, 1871.

Section amended.

Highway labor; how and by whom estimated.

Who to be assessed.

Residue of highway

apportioned.

[No. 31.]

AN ACT to amend section five, of chapter twenty-three, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty six, being section ten hundred and seventeen, of chapter twenty, of the compiled laws, entitled "Of persons liable to work on the highways, and making assessments therefor."

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section five, chapter twenty-three, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section ten hundred and seventeen, of chapter twenty, of the compiled laws, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

(1017.) Sec. 5. In making the estimate and assessment of highway labor the commissioners shall proceed as follows:

First. Every male inhabitant in each road district being above the age of twenty-one and under the age of fifty,-except pensioners of the United States, and other soldiers and sailors honorably discharged, who are disabled from performing manual labor by reason of wounds received or disease contracted while in the service of the United States, paupers, idiots, and lunatics, -shall be assessed one day.

Second. The residue of the highway labor to be assessed, not labor; how exceeding one day's work upon one hundred dollars of the valuation, shall be apportioned upon the estate real and personal of every inhabitant in each of the road districts in such township, and upon each tract or parcel of land in the respec

sioners;

tive road districts of wbich the owners are non-residente, as the same shall appear by the assessment roll.

Third. The commissioners shall affix to the name of each Commisperson named in the lists furnished by the overseers, and not duties of. assessed upon the assessment roll, and also to each valuation of property within the several road districts, the number of To fix num

of days which such person or property shall be assessed for high-persons and way labor, adding one day to the assessment of each person assessed. liable to a poll-tax, and assessed upon the township assessment roll.

Approved March 6, 1871.

be

amended.

be

[ No. 32.] AN ACT to amend section five, of chapter fifty-eight, of the

compiled laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, in relation to “Charitable societies."

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section five, of chapter fifty-eight, of the compiled laws, be so amended as to read as follows:

Sec. 5. All the funds received by any such corporation shall How fonds be used in the first instance, or shall be invested, and the investod. income thereof used (after paying ensuing expenses), for the exclusive purpose set forth in the articles of association, and no portion of the funds of such corporation shall be used or contributed towards the erection, completion, or furnishing of any building not owned or used by such corporation. Such Amount

corporation corporation may take by gift, purchase, or devise, property to may take by

; an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and it invested. shall be lawful to invest the same upon mortgage, or in or by loan on bonds, or any city, county, State, or United States securities;

but no loan shall be made to any trustee or officer of such corporation: Provided, That any such corporation Proviso.