marks to be

Co. clerk.

be given in the same manner as otherwise provided. And every such Name and company, and every person owning or interested in the running and se- filed with curing, as aforesaid, any logs, timber or lumber on such stream or waters, shall cause to be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the mouth of such stream or waters may be, the name, residence, and every mark used or intended to be used by such company or per

son.

This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved February 9, 1855.

[No. 41. ]

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the village of Romeo."

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That said act be amended by striking out sections seven (7,) eight (8,) nine (9,) ten (10,) eleven (11,) twelve (12,) and thirteen (13,) and by inserting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit:

make by

scribe the

fees of cer

"Sec. 7. The president and trustees shall have power to ordain and Powers of president & establish by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said vil-trustees to lage, and the same to alter, repeal or re-ordain at pleasure, and to pro-laws, &c. vide in said by-laws for the election of a treasurer, two assessors, a village marshal and other subordinate officers, which may be thought necessary for the good government and well being of said village; to To preprescribe their duties, declare their qualifications and determine the pe- duties and riod of their appointment, and the fees they shall be entitled to receive tain officers. for their services, and to require of them to take an oath or affirmation, oath of offfaithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their respective officer. ces, and may require of each of them such security, by bond, for the Bond. faithful performance of the duties of their respect them be thought expedient, which bond shall r said corporation, and his successors in office; and successors, shall have power to sue for all breaches of the same, before any justice of the peace, or other proper court having jurisdiction in like cases; and no officer shall hold his office more than one year, or until others are elected or appointed, and qualified; and that no by-laws or ordinances of said corporation shall have effect until the same shall be pub

offices as shall by

the treasurer of

treasurer, or his

Term of office.

By-laws to

lished.

of animals

large.

against fire.

have been published three weeks successively in a newspaper printed in said county, or by notices posted up in three of the most public Begnation places in said village; to prohibit the running at large of swine, horses, running at cattle, mules, geese and sheep, within the limits of said village; to regTo provide ulate the building of partition and other fences; to purchase fire-engines and other necessary apparatus for the extinguishment of fires; to cause each and every building occupied as a dwelling, store, office, or mechanical shop, to be provided with fire buckets; to prescribe the manner in whice stoves with their pipes in actual use, and chimneys, shall be put up to guard against fire; to remove nuisances; to grade and pave the streets, lanes and alleys, to determine the width of sidewalks, and To regnate cause the same to be made; to lay out new streets, lanes and aleys, and extend such as are already laid out: Provided, The land How indi- of any individual shall not be taken for such purpose, until such

streets, &c.

vidual prop

ken, &c.

To repair

bridges, &c.

Tazes.

erty to be ta- individual shall be paid therefor, the value thereof, to be ascertained by twelve freeholders, being residents of said county, to be summoned by the marshal for that purpose, who shall thereupon proceed to appraise the value of said property, being first sworn by an officer competent to administer oaths, well and truly, and without partiality or favor, to value the property to be taken and the damages to the owner aforesad, and report the same to the president, or in his absence to one of the trustees; to keep the public highways and bridges within highways, the incorporate limits in repair; to cause the streets, alleys, sidewalks, and public highways to be kept free from obstructions; to lay taxes on all personal and real estate, within the limits of said village, excepting property belonging to said village, town, county or State, also places of publie worship belonging to any church or congregation, all schoolhouses, and all property belonging to literary institutions: Provided, That whenever it shall be necessary to grade or pave any street, lane, alley or sidewalk, the expense thereof shall be assessed by the said president and trustees, on all property benefited by such improvements; but no one of said improvements shall be made unless the individuals own. ing more than one-half of the property to be assessed for the same, shall petition the president and trustees for that purpose.

Bestrictn's

Fipes and

penalties

"Sec. 8. The president and trustees of said village shall have power Imposed for to impose such reasonable fines and penalties as they shall deem proper, by-laws, de, for the violation of any by-laws, rules, or regulations of said corpora

vicbution of

county shall also

incompetent

or jurors.

tion; and when any penalty or fine shall not exceed one hundred dollars, the same may be recovered before any justice of the peace in said county; and any interest the inhabitants of said village of Romeo, as a Citizens not body corporate, may have in the fine or penalty to be recovered, shall as witnesses not disqualify said inhabitant to try said cause, or serve as a juror, or be a witness therein; and the circuit court of said have jurisdiction over all fines and penalties imposed by said by-laws, "Sec. 9. The freeholders of said village, in legal meeting assembled, Freeholders may levy shall have power to lay taxes on all personal and real estate within the taxes, dʊc. limits of said corporation, not exceeding one-half of one per cent. upon said estate in any one year; and all taxes so levied upon real estate, and all assessments made thereon, by the president and trustees for opening or continuing a street, lane, alley or sidewalk, the same shall remain a lien on said real estate until paid.

"Sec. 10. The president and trustees shall, at the expiration of each year, cause to be made out and signed by the president, attested by the clerk, and published in some newspaper printed in said village, if one shall be printed therein, and if not, to be posted up in three of the most public places in said village, a true statement of the receipts and expenditures of the preceding year.

Report of receipts and

expaditur's to be made and publish

od pabras

d

By-laws;

when to

effect.

"Sec. 11. No by-laws or ordinances of said corporation shall have effect until the same shall have been published three weeks successively in a newspaper printed in said "county, or by notices posted up in at least three of the most public places in said village, and an affidavit of said publication in the manner aforesaid, entered by the clerk upon the publication. records of said corporation, and the record thereof shall be deemed prima facia evidence of such publication.

Proof of

Duty of

estimate

tion taxes.

"Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the trustees, once in each year, and immediately after the assessors have assessed the real and personal estate trustees in said village, to estimate, apportion, and set down, in a separate col- and appar umn, opposite to the several sums set down as the polls and value of the real and personal estate in the assessment roll, the respective sums, in dollars and cents, to be paid as a tax or assessment thereon; and they shall cause the assessment roll, or a copy of it, to be delivered to the col- collection. lector of said village, with a warrant annexed to the same, under the hands and seals of said trustees, or a majority of them, directed to and requiring him to collect from the several persons named in said roll, the

Warrant for

tress & sa'e

several sums mentioned therein, set opposite to their respective names,

as the tax or assessment, and authorizing him, in case any of them shall When dis neglect or refuse to pay such sum or sums, to levy the same by distress to be made. and sale of his or her goods and chattels, together with the costs and charges of such distress and sale, and directing him to pay such money when collected to the treasurer of said village, by a certain day, to be therein named, not less than forty days from the date of such warrant; and in case the goods and chattels distrained shall be sold for more than the amount of the tax or assessment, with the charges of such distress and sale, the surplus shall be paid to the owner of said goods and chattels on demand.

"Sec. 13. The tax upon real and personal estate, with all assessments for the purposes named in the ninth section of this act, shall be put When and down in said assessment roll, in a column by itself; and whenever any

how real es

tate shall be such tax or assessment, and the interest thereon, which shall be compu

sold for tax

es.

ted at the rate of fourteen per cent. per annum until paid, shall remain unpaid for two years from the date of the warrant, the treasurer of the said village shall cause so much of the land charged with such tax and assessment, and interest, to be sold at public auction, at some public house in said village, to the highest bidder, as shall be necessary to pay the said taxes, assessments and interest, together with all charges thereon, first giving at least four months notice of the time and place of idence ther' such sale, by advertisement printed in some newspaper within the county, or by notices posted up in three of the most public places in said village; and an affidavit of said publication, recorded in the manner prescribed in the eleventh section of this act, and its record, shall be deemed prima facia evidence of its publication.

Notice of

sale and ev

of.

Treas'rer to "Sec. 14. On the day mentioned in said notice, the said treasurer shall and give cer- commence the sale of said lands, and continue the same from day to

sell lands,

tificate.

day until so much thereof shall be sold as will pay the taxes and assessments as aforesaid, with the interest and charges due, assessed and charged thereon, as aforesaid; and the said treasurer shall give to the purchaser or purchasers of any such lands, a certificate in writing, describing the lands purchased and the sum paid therefor, and the time Redemption when the purchaser will be entitled to a deed for the said lands; and if the person claiming title to the said lands described in the said certificate, shall not, within two years from the date thereof, pay to the treasurer,

of lands.

to convey land at expi

for the use of the purchaser, his, her or their administrators, executors or assigns, the sum mentioned in such certificate, together with the interest thereon, at the rate of twenty per cent. per annum from the date of such certificate, the treasurer, or his successor in office, shall, at the Treasurer expiration of the two years, execute to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, a conveyance of the lands so sold, which conveyance shall vest in the years, and person or persons to whom it shall be given, an absolute estate, in fee simple, subject to all the claims the State shall have thereon: Provided, That no such conveyance shall have any effect in the law, unless such sale and all the proceedings upon which the same is founded, shall be in all things in conformity with the provisions of this act.

effect of con

veyance.

Fees of treasurer; expenses to be added to

"Sec. 15. The treasurer of said village shall receive the same fees as are allowed by law to the county treasurer for like services; and the expenses in advertising any land for sale, in pursuance of this act, tax. shall, by the treasurer, be added to such taxes respectively as are charged upon lands and unpaid, in proportion to the amount of each person's tax so charged and unpaid.

to have use

jail, &c.

"Sec. 16. The said corporation shall be allowed the use of the common corporation jail in the county of Macomb, for the imprisonment of any person lia- of county ble to imprisonment under the by-laws or ordinances of said corporation; and all persons so committed to said jail shall be under the charge of the sheriff, as in other cases."

Sec. 2. And that sections fifteen and sixteen, of said act incorporating the said village of Romeo, be numbered seventeen and eighteen. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved February 9, 1855.

[No. 42.]

AN ACT to supply the township school libraries of the State, with the Michigan Journal of Education and Teachers' Magazine. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Superintendent of Public Instruction be and he is hereby authorized to subscribe for two copies of the periodical entitled the Michigan Journal of Education and Teachers' Magazine, published under the direction of the State Teachers' Association, one copy to be sent monthly to each township clerk in the State, to belong to the township school library,