No.

Title.

Page.

being act number one hundred and seventeen of ses-
sion laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, ap-
proved March 13,....

236

239

156. An act making an appropriation for the support of the Michigan asylum for the deaf, dumb and blind, at Flint, and for completing certain portions of the buildings thereof, approved March 13,...... .... 238 157. An act making appropriation for the Michigan asylum for the insane, approved March 13,... 158. An act to amend section two thousand and thirty-three of the compiled laws, relative to gifts, bequests and legacies to religious societies, approved March 13,. 239 159. An act granting to the Grand River Valley railroad company the right of way over certain lands of this State, and extending the time for the construction of the same, approved March 15,.....

.... 240

160. An act to amend an act entitled an act to authorize ⚫ proceedings against garnishees, and for other purposes, approved March twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, being chapter one hundred and forty-one of the compiled laws, approved March 15, 241 161. An act to quiet title in the county of Kent, approved March 15,.

162. An act for the apportionment of Senators in the State legislature, approved March 15,. . . . . . .

243

251

.... 256

..... 262

163. An act relative to laying out, altering and discontinuing highways, approved March 15,.......... 164. An act to establish the Detroit house of correction and authorize the confinement of convicted persons therein, approved March 15,.. 165. An act to authorize and empower judges of probate to license executors, administators and guardians to mortgage or otherwise pledge estate for the settlement of debts against the same, approved March 15, 270 166. An act to amend an act entitled an act relative to State prison, approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, being sections six thousand two hundred and thirty-one and six thousand two hundred and thirty-three of compiled laws, approved March 15,.....

167. An act to authorize the several townships in the counties of Muskegon, Oceana, Mason and Manistee, to levy taxes for the improvement of harbors and riv ers within their respective counties, approved March 15,

271

272

No

Title.

Page. 168. An act granting swamp land to the county of Gene

see to aid in cutting drains through a certain swamp
in said county, approved March 15,.....

273 169. An act to amend section ninety-three of an act to pro

vide for holding general and special elections, ap-
proved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and
fifty-one, relating to the fees of county clerks and
district canvassers, compiled laws, paragraph one

hundred and seventeen, approved March 15, ....... 274 170. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and

eighty-one of the compiled laws, being section four
of an act entitled “an act to provide for the collec-
tion of tolls and for the care, charge and operating
of the Saint Mary's Falls ship canal," approved Feb-
ruary twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
five, approved March 15,.....

274 171. An act relative to the letting of contracts by State

officers, boards of control, inspectors or commission-
ers, approved March 15, ...

.... 275 172. An act to preserve the purity of elections, approved March 15,

277 173 An act to amend an act entitled “an act to provide

for the incorporation of railroad companies," approv-
ed February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,
approved March 15,....

277 174. An act to regulate proceedings in case of recoupment, approved March 15,....

282 175. An act to grant twenty-five thousand acres of State

swamp land to the German-American Seminary of

the city of Detroit, approved March 15,......... 283 176. An act to amend certain sections of the primary school law, approved March 15, .......

284 177. An act to amend section two thousand four hundred

and thirty five of the compiled laws, relative to the
payment of moneys by purchasers of the trust funds

to county treasurers, approved March 15, ......... 292 178. An act to regulate the manner of attaching unorgan.

ized territory to organized counties for judicial and

municipal purposes, approved March 15, .......... 293 179. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide

against the recovery of damages done by beasts on
lands not enclosed by a lawful fence," approved
March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-
seven, being section six hundred and twenty-eight
of compiled laws, approved March 15,..

294

No.

Title.

15,

Page 180. An act to amend soction fifty-nine, chapter six, of

the compiled laws, concerning the canvassing of

votes at elections, approved March 15, ...... ... 294 181. An act to divide the State into six Congressional districts, approved March 15,...

295 182. An act to amend sections three thousand five hun

dred and twenty, three thousand five hundred and
twenty-one and three thousand five hundred and
twenty-two, of chapter one hundred and fifteen,
of the compiled laws, concerning the abatement and

revivor of suits in chancery, approved March 15,... 296 183. An act making appropriations for the support of the

State agricultural college and the State board of
agriculture, approved March 15,...

297 184. An act to amend section twenty-six, chapter one hun.

dred and one, of the revised statutes of eighteen
hundred and forty-six, being section three thousand
and sixty-four of compiled laws, relative to the sale
of real estate of deceased persons, approved March

297 185. An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide a

military fund in aid of the uniformed volunteer mi.
litia, approved February fourteen, eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine, approved March 15,.....

298 186. An act to amend act number two hundred of the ses

sion laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, being
an act to encourage the manufacture of salt in the
State of Michigan, approved February fifteenth, eigh-

teen hundred and fisty nine, approved March 15,... 305 187. An act to assess a special tax for the improvement of

the meridian line road between Lenawee and Hills-
dale counties, approved March 15, ..

306 188. An act to reorganize the agriculture college of the

State of Michigan, and to establish a State board of
agriculture, approved March 15,....

307 189. An act to amend an act to incorporate the city of

Owosso, approved February fifteenth, eighteen hun

dred and fifty-nine, approved March 15, ..... 316 190. An act to amend sections one, three, four, five, six and

seven, of an act entitled an act to incorporate the
fire department of the city of Detroit, approved Feb-
ruary fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty, and
an act amendatory thereto, approved January four-
teenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, approved
March 15,...

322

No.

Title.

Page. 191. An act to incorporate the village of Constantine, approved March 15,..

325 192. An act to incorporate the city of Pontiac, approved March 15, ....

.. 337 193. An act to re-incorporate the village of Kalamazoo, and

to repeal all inconsistent acts and parts of acts, ap-
proved March 15, ...

389 194. An act to enlarge union school district number two of

Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, approved March 15, 404 195. An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy of

the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-
six, being chapter two hundred of the compiled
laws, by adding four new sections thereto, relative

to conditional pardons, approved March 15, ....... 405 196. An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for

assessing property at its true value, and for levying
and collecting taxes thereon, approved February
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and the
acts amendatory thereto, approved February twelfth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and February fourth,

eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, approved March 15, 406 197. An act for the collection of damages sustained by de

fective bridges on the public highways, approved
March 15,

407 198. An act to authorize the Auditor General to vacate and

set aside certain tax sales and deeds thereon, ap-
proved March 15,....

.: 408 x 199. An act to organize the township of Strickland, approved March 15,..

409 200. An act anthorizing the supervisors of the several

towis in the Upper Peninsula to assess and collect
the State taxes upon all mining companies' real es-

tate or other property, approved March 15, ........ 409 201. An act tu organize the townships of Paris and Verona,

in Iluron county, approved March 15, ....... 410 202. An act to repeal an act entitled "an act to furnish the

Michigan Journal of Education to school districts,"
approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven, approved March 15,.....

411 203. An act to provide for the construction of a road in

Saginaw county, approved March 15,.... ... 411 204. An act to authorize the district judge of the Upper

Peninsula to convey certain lands held in trust un-
der the act of Congress of May twenty-third, A. D.

eighteen hundred and forty-four, approved March 15, 412 205 An act to amend an act incorporating the Pittsburg

and Boston mining company of Pittsburg, approved
March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
approved March 15,.

Page.

416

206. An act making a grant of swamp lands to promote
the early completion of a railroad from the mouth of
the Menominee river to Marquette, on Lake Supe-
rior, in the Upper Peninsula, approved March 15,.. 417
207. An act to establish and regulate a mining school in
the Upper Peninsula, approved March 15,....
208. An act to authorize the trustees of the Grass Lake

Baptist Society of the township of Grass Lake, in
the county of Jackson, to convey certain real estate
to school district number nine, of said township, ap-
proved March 15,.......

209. An act in relation to issuing of capiases for witnesses

419

422

in criminal proceedings, approved March 15,...... 423 210. An act to provide for laying out and establishing highways on lines dividing this from other States, approved March 15,.....

423

211. An act to incorporate the village of Lowell, approved March 15,...

424

212. An act to authorize the formation of gymnastic asso ciations, approved March 15,... . . .

446

213. An act to organize the county of Bleeker, approved March 15,...

214. An act to amend section twenty-three, of chapter one hundred and six, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section forty-four hundred and sixty-one of the compiled laws, in relation to sales of goods on execution pledged by way of mortgage, approved March 15,

215 An act to authorize boards of health to dispose of real estate, approved March 15,...

448

451

452

..... 452 216. An act to provide for the draining of swamps, marshes and other low lands, approved March 15,...... 217. An act to provide for the d ainage and reclamation of swamp lands by means of State roads and ditches, approved March 15,.....

461