No. Title. Page. being act number one hundred and seventeen of ses- 156. An act making an appropriation for the support of 236 .. 238 ... 239 157. 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 rivers within their respective counties, approved March 15, 271 272 No Title. Page. 168. An act granting swamp land to the county of Genesee 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 provide for holding general and special elections, approved 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 collection of tolls and for the care, charge and operating of the Saint Mary's Falls ship canal," approved February twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, approved March 15,..... 171. An act relative to the letting of contracts by State officers, boards of control, inspectors or commissioners, approved March 15,... 274 .... 275 172. An act to preserve the purity of elections, approved March 15,.. 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,.. 174. An act to regulate proceedings in case of recoupment, approved March 15,..... 277 277 282 175. An act to grant twenty-five thousand acres of State 177. An act to amend section two thousand four hundred 284 292 293 294 No. Title. Page 180. An act to amend section 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 hundred 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 hundred 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 15, .... 297 185. An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide a military fund in aid of the uniformed volunteer militia, approved February fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, approved March 15,..... 186. An act to amend act number two hundred of the session laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, being an act to encourage the manufacture of salt in the State of Michigan, approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty nine, approved March 15,... 305 187. An act to assess a special tax for the improvement of the meridian line road between Lenawee and Hillsdale counties, approved March 15, ..... .. 298 .... 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 hundred 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 February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty, and an act amendatory thereto, approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, approved March 15,.. 322 191. An act to incorporate the village of Constantine, ap Page. proved March 15,. 325 192. An act to incorporate the city of Pontiac, approved March 15, ... . 193. An act to re-incorporate the village of Kalamazoo, and to repeal all inconsistent acts and parts of acts, approved March 15, . . . . 337 389 194. 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 fortysix, 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 defective bridges on the public highways, approved March 15, .... 198. An act to authorize the Auditor General to vacate and set aside certain tax sales and deeds thereon, approved March 15,... 407 ..: 408 199. An act to organize the township of Strickland, approved March 15,..... 409 200. An act authorizing the supervisors of the several towns in the Upper Peninsula to assess and collect the State taxes upon all mining companies' real estate or other property, approved March 15,........ 409 201. An act to organize the townships of Paris and Verona, in Huron county, approved March 15,...... 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,... 410 411 411 203. An act to provide for the construction of a road in Saginaw county, approved March 15,.... 204. An act to authorize the district judge of the Upper Peninsula to convey certain lands held in trust under 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 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,......... 419 208. 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 rine, of said township, approved March 15,... 209. An act in relation to issuing of capiases for witnesses 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.... 448 452 461 .... 451 215. An act to authorize boards of health to dispose of real estate, approved March 15,.... 216. An act to provide for the draining of swamps, marshes and other low lands, approved March 15,......... 452 217. An act to provide for the d ainage and reclamation of swamp lands by means of State roads and ditches, approved March 15,...... 218. An act amending sections three, thirteen and twentyfive, of chapter one hundred and fifty, of compiled laws, relating to conferring upon justices of the peace jurisdiction in case of forcible entry and detainer and forcible detainer only, approved March 15, 465 219. An act to amend section sixty-three, of chapter sixty, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section twenty five hundred and five |