Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, Volume 1

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W. S. George, 1871
Includes regular and extra sessions.

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Page 269 - That every such action shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportion provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Page 309 - That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives be requested, to use their best exertions to procure the passage of a law...
Page 313 - Senate concurring). That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives...
Page 203 - ... and no money raised by district tax shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it was raised, without a vote of two-thirds of the tax-paying voters of the district.
Page 269 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 269 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication...
Page 269 - ... death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 232 - Every such corporation shall start and run their cars for the transportation of passengers and property, at regular times, to be fixed by public notice; and shall furnish sufficient accommodations for the transportation of all such passengers and property, as shall, within a reasonable time previous thereto, be offered for transportation at the place of starting...
Page 29 - The following days, viz : the first day of January, commonly called New years day, the fourth day of July, the twentyfifth 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 fast...
Page 143 - ... whose chord is not less than twentyfive feet, a notice with the following words in large characters: "one dollar fine for riding or driving on this bridge faster than a walk.

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