Gregg shall thereupon become his heir-at-law, the same as if his real child.

Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved March 4, 1861

[ No. 92. ]

AN ACT to amend section three thousand four hundred and eighty-three, chapter one hundred and fifteen, compiled laws, regulating the recording and authentication of notice of lis pendens.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section number twenty-nine be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 29. To render the filing of a bill constructive notice to a Lis pendene.. Purchaser of any real estate, it shall be the duty of the complainant to file for record, with the register of deeds of the county in which the lands to be effected by such constructive notice are situated, a notice of the pendency of such suit in chancery, setting forth the title of the cause, and the general Contents. object thereof, together with a description of the lands to be effected thereby; and it shall thereupon become the duty of the register to record such notice, in a book kept for that purpose, To be reupon the payment of the same fees as is provided by law for recording deeds. A copy of such record, authenticated by the Authentica register, shall be evidence of such notice, and the filing of the idence of nosame, in all courts and places.

Approved March 4, 1861.

corded.

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tice.

No. 93. ]

AN ACT to amend section two of an act entitled "an act to revise the charter of the city of Grand Rapids," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of an act entitled "an act to revise the charter of section the city of Grand Rapids," approved February fourteenth,

amended.

The board to divide

railroad.

an act of Congress, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and all acts amendatory thereto.

Sec. 2. The board of control are hereby authorized to divide the line of the line of railroad aforesaid, into two equal parts, and to confer said lands, franchises, rights, powers and privileges to two different parties or companies, and to require each of them to construct, within one year from the passage of this act, at least ten miles consecutively of said line of railroad, and ten miles each succeeding year until the same is completed, or said transfer by the board of control shall be void, in which case the board of control shall have the right to confer the aforesaid lands, franchises, rights, powers and privileges to some other competent party.

Repeal.

Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved March 4, 1861.

Name changed.

Proviso.

[ No. 91. ]

AN ACT to change the name of John Gregg to Charles Welcome Hill.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of John Gregg, adopted child of Welcome Hill, of the township of Leoni, in the county of Jackson, in this State, be and the same is hereby changed to Charles Welcome Hill: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the said Welcome Hill shall execute, acknowledge and file in the office of the judge of probate of the county of Jackson, an instrument in writing, under his hand and seal, adopting the said John Gregg as his lawful heir: And provided further, That in such case, the said Welcome Hill shall thereupon stand in the place of a parent to said child-in-law, and be liable to all the duties, and entitled to all the rights of a parent thereto, and the said John

Gregg shall thereupon become his heir-at-law, the same as if his real child.

Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved March 4, 1861

[ No. 92. ]

AN ACT to amend section three thousand four hundred and eighty-three, chapter one hundred and fifteen, compiled laws, regulating the recording and authentication of notice of lis pendens.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section number twenty-nine be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 29. To render the filing of a bill constructive notice to a Lis pendenɛ.. purchaser of any real estate, it shall be the duty of the complainant to file for record, with the register of deeds of the county in which the lands to be effected by such constructive notice are situated, a notice of the pendency of such suit in chancery, setting forth the title of the cause, and the general Contents. object thereof, together with a description of the lands to be effected thereby; and it shall thereupon become the duty of the register to record such notice, in a book kept for that purpose, To be reupon the payment of the same fees as is provided by law for recording deeds. A copy of such record, authenticated by the Authentica register, shall be evidence of such notice, and the filing of the idence of nosame, in all courts and places.

Approved March 4, 1861.

corded.

ted copy ev

tice.

No. 93. ]

AN ACT to amend section two of an act entitled "an act to revise the charter of the city of Grand Rapids," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of an act entitled "an act to revise the charter of Section the city of Grand Rapids," approved February fourteenth,

amended.

The board to divide

railroad.

an act of Congress, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and all acts amendatory thereto.

Sec. 2. The board of control are hereby authorized to divide the line of the line of railroad aforesaid, into two equal parts, and to confer said lands, franchises, rights, powers and privileges to two different parties or companies, and to require each of them to construct, within one year from the passage of this act, at least ten miles consecutively of said line of railroad, and ten miles each succeeding year until the same is completed, or said transfer by the board of control shall be void, in which case the board of control shall have the right to confer the aforesaid lands, franchises, rights, powers and privileges to some other competent party.

Repeal.

Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved March 4, 1861.

Name changed.

Proviso.

[ No. 91. ]

AN ACT to change the name of John Gregg to Charles Welcome Hill.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the name of John Gregg, adopted child of Welcome Hill, of the township of Leoni, in the county of Jackson, in this State, be and the same is hereby changed to Charles Welcome Hill: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the said Welcome Hill shall execute, acknowledge and file in the office of the judge of probate of the county of Jackson, an instrument in writing, under his hand and seal, adopting the said John Gregg as his lawful heir: And provided further, That in such case, the said Welcome Hill shall thereupon stand in the place of a parent to said child-in-law, and be liable to all the duties, and entitled to all the rights of a parent thereto, and the said John

Gregg shall thereupon become his heir-at-law, the same as if his real child.

Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect.

Approved March 4, 1861

[ No. 92. ]

AN ACT to amend section three thousand four hundred and eighty-three, chapter one hundred and fifteen, compiled laws, regulating the recording and authentication of notice of lis pendens.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section number twenty-nine be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 29. To render the filing of a bill constructive notice to a Lis pendenɛ..” purchaser of any real estate, it shall be the duty of the complainant to file for record, with the register of deeds of the county in which the lands to be effected by such constructive notice are situated, a notice of the pendency of such suit in chancery, setting forth the title of the cause, and the general Contents. object thereof, together with a description of the lands to be effected thereby; and it shall thereupon become the duty of the register to record such notice, in a book kept for that purpose, To be reupon the payment of the same fees as is provided by law for recording deeds. A copy of such record, authenticated by the Authentica register, shall be evidence of such notice, and the filing of the idence of no same, in all courts and places.

Approved March 4, 1861.

[ No. 93. ]

corded.

ted copy ev

tice.

AN ACT to amend section two of an act entitled "an act to revise the charter of the city of Grand Rapids," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of an act entitled "an act to revise the charter of Section the city of Grand Rapids," approved February fourteenth,

amended.