Containing the State Treasurer's Annual Reports for the Years 1853 and 1854; also Certified Statements of Boards of Supervisors relative M No. LIST OF ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF 1855. Title. 1. An act to provide for taking the census of Saginaw county, approved January 12, 1855,. 2. An act to provide for the payment of the members and officers, and incidental expenses of the Legislature, approved January 16, 1855,.. 3. An act to amend sections thirteen and fifteen of an act entitled "an act relative to free schools in the city of Detroit," approved February 17th, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; approved January 20, 1855,... 4. An act to enlarge the powers of school district number eleven, in the city and township of Ann Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw, approved January 20, 1855,... 5. An act to change the name of Alvah H. Bull, George W. Bull, Philo Bull, Ransom Bull, John Bull, Russel Bull, Hiram Bull, and Albert Bull, approved January 26, 1855, 6. An act to change the name of Elizabeth Alger, approved January 26, 1855,.. 7. An act to change the name of the township of Antrim, in the county of Grand Traverse, approved January 29, 1855,... 8. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Brookfield, for the county of Eaton, and to legalize the assessment roll for said township for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, approved January 30, 1855, 9. An act to organize the township of Greenland, and define the boundaries thereof, and other purposes, approved January 30, 1855,. 83 3 Page. 1 3 4 5 6 6 7 10. An act to provide for the collection of taxes in the several townships in the county of Ontonagon, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and to extend the time of collection thereof, approved January 30, 1855,..... 11. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the several townships of Emmet, Clyde, St. Clair and Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair, approved February 1, 1855,... 12. An act to extend the time for the collection and return of taxes in the town and in the city of Ann Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw, approved February 1, 1855,.... 13. An act to extend the time for the collection and return of taxes in the townships of Muskegon, Wright and White River, in the county of Ottawa, approved February 1, 1855,... 14. An act for the relief of certain purchasers of primary school lands, approved February 2, 1855,... 15. An act to provide for the appointment of circuit court commissioners in cases of vacancy, approved February 2, 1855,.... Page 8 8 9 10 11 11 16. An act to organize the county of Gratiot, approved February 3, 1855,.... 12 17. An act to prevent the manufacture and sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors as a beverage, approved February 3, 1855, 18. An act to amend an act entitled an act for the encouragement of agriculture, manufactures, and the mechanic arts, approved March 16, 1849; approved February 6, 1855,.. 19. An act supplementary to an act entitled an act to authorize the formation of corporations for mining, smelting or manufacturing iron, copper, mineral coal, silver or other ores or minerals, and for other manufacturing purposes, approved February 5, 1853; approved February 6, 1855,.. 20. An act for the incorporation of charitable societies, approved February 6, 1855,.......... 28 30 21. An act to organize the township of Forrester, in the coun- 23. An act to amend section fifty-eight of an act entitled “an 24. An act to provide for the collection of taxes in the township of Thornapple, in the county of Barry, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and to extend the time for the collection thereof, approved February 7, 1855,.... 25. An act to amend sections seven, eight and thirteen, of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the revised statutes, relative to jails, approved February 7, 1855..... 26. An act making appropriations for the salaries of the State officers for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, approved February 7, 1855,.... 27. An act to provide for laying out private roads, approved February 7, 1855, 28. An act to provide for the improvement of the mouth of the Ontonagon river, approved February 7, 1855,..... 29. An act for the relief of School Districts, approved February 7, 1855, 30. An act to annex certain portions of the township of Grass Lake, county of Jackson, to the township of Napoleon, approved February 8, 1855,.. 31. An act to authorize mining companies to subscribe and take stock in plank roads or railroads, and to regulate taxation thereon, approved February 8, 1855,.... 32. An act to extend certain rights and privileges to persons who are tax payers, but not qualified voters in school districts, approved February 8, 1855,... 33. An act to provide for the collection and return of taxes in 34. An act to provide for reporting cases determined by the 36. An act to amend an act entitled an act to organize the 37. An act to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the village of Kalamazoo, and the acts amendatory thereto, approved April first, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty; approved February 9, 1855,.... 38. An act to take township six north of range fifteen west, from the township of Ottawa, and annex the same to the township of Holland, in the county of Ottawa, approved February 9, 1855,... Page 32 33 34 36 37 38 44 44 44 45 46 47 48 50 50 |