ister of deeds, in each county wherein any portion of said road shall be so discontinued, a description of such parts of the said road as shall have been discontinued; but no part of said road which shall be properly graveled shall be deemed to have been discontinued.

Approved March 12, 1861.

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[ No. 132.] AN ACT to authorize the Auditor General to execute second

tax deeds, in certain cases. Section 1. The People of the State of Dichigan enact, That When Audi the Auditor General of this State be and is hereby authorized to issue seo to execute a second deed upon tax sale certificates, in all cases

in which he shall be satisfied, by suflicient proof, that the origi-
nal deed and the record thereof in the proper county have been
destroyed, which said deed shall declare upon its face that it is
a second deed, and shall be executed to the same party only as
the first, and shall recite the loss or destruction of the former
deed, and its date, if possible, and shall only have the same
force and effect; and it shall inure for the benefit of the grantee
in the first, his heirs or assigns, as the case may be, in the same
way as the first would have done if it had not been destroyed,
an ! shall have no other eflect whatsoever.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 12, 1861.

[ No. 133.] AN ACT to provide for the manner of equalizing the assess

ment rolls by the board of supervisors of the county of . Wayne.

Section 1. The People of the Slate of Michigan enact, That Equalization for the purpose of equalizing the assessment rolls for the county

of Wayne, the supervisors representing the several wards of olls.!

the city of Detroit shall, under the authority of the board, have

of ward & sessment

power to equalize the assessment rolls of the several wards of
said city, and the supervisors of the several townships shall,
ander like authority, have like power to equalize the assess-
ment rolls for the several townships of said county; and when
so equalized the said board may determine the relative aggre.
gate valuation which shall be assessed upon the property of the
city of Detroit, as well as upon the several townships of said
county; but equalization between the several wards of said
city, and between the several townships, shall remain as above
prescribed.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 12, 1861.

to borrow

[ No. 134. ) AN ACT to authorize the Jackson county agricultural 50

ciety to borrow money, and mortgage certain real estate to secure the payment of the same.

Secrion 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact; That the Jackson county agricultural society, of the county of Jackson, Authorized a corporation organized under and by virtue of a law of this money and State, be and is hereby authorized, for the purpose of paying morigago. its debts heretofore contracted, to borrow any sum or sums of . money, not exceeding in all the sum of twelve hundred dollars, and to secure the same, with lawful interest, by a mortgage of the real estate belonging to such corporation, or of any part thereof.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 12, 1861.

[ No. 135. ] AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and fifty of the revised

statutes of one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, it being chapter one hundred and seventy-five of compiled laws, authorizing the judge of probate of the county of Wayne to appoint a register.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Register for two new sections, to stand as sections eight and nine, shall be probato court, added to said act, which sections shall read as follows:

Sec. 8. The judge of probate of the county of Wayne shall have

power to appoint a register for said court in said county,

who shall receive no fees from suitors in said court, for his serSalary. vices as such register, but in lieu thereof an annual salary of

five hundred dollars, payable quarterly from the county treasury of Wayne county, under direction of the board of auditors for said county.

Sec. 9. Said register shall have power to receive all petitions, and fix the time for all hearings, and to do all other acts required of the judge of probate, except judicial acts.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 12, 1861.

Powers.

[ No. 136. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled “an act to revise the charter

of the city of Detroit," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Amended. section one, of chapter two, of an act entitled “an act to

revise the charter of the city of Detroit," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 1. The following officers of the corporation shall be goneral elected at the annual city election, on a general ticket, by the

qualified electors of the whole city, viz.: mayor, recorder, city clerk, attorney, treasurer, city surveyor, and director of the

Offices elected on

ticket.

poor. The following officers of the corporation shall be elected on ward

ticket. at said election, on a ward ticket, in each ward, by the qualified electors thereof, viz.: two aldermen, two school inspectors, a collector, overseer of highways, and constable.

Sec. 2. That section two, of chapter two, of said act, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. The following officers shall be appointed by the com- oficers ap

pointed by mon council, at a meeting to be held on the second Tuesday of common January, in each year, viz.: superintendent of alms-house, a sealer of weights and measures, a clerk of the recorder's court, who shall be appointed on the recommendation of the recorder, one or more collectors, one or more physicians, one or more street commissioners, a marshal, one or more assistant marshals, one or more clerks of the markets, and such other officers, deputies, assistant officers, and agents, as may be necessary, and whose appointment shall be authorized by prior resolution of the common council. A controller shall be appointed on the Controller. second Tuesday of March preceding the expiration of his term of office, and on the nomination of the mayor; a receiver of taxes, whose term of office shall be two years; a superintendent Superinten. of the house of correction, whose term of office shall be three of correct'n. years, and a counsellor, who shall be a practicing attorney, Counsellor. and whose term of office, duties and compensation shall be prescribed by the common council: Provided, That any appoint- Proviso. ment which shall not be made on the day named may be made at any subsequent regular session of the common council: And provided further, That any office created by ordinance or Proviso. resolution of the common council, may be filled at any time until the second Tuesday of January following, when, as in case of other officers, the regular term of service shall commence, and the office, if continued, be filled for the ensuing year, unless otherwise provided by the ordinance or resolution creating such office.

Sec. 3. That section thirteen, of chapter two, of said act, be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 13. The water commissioners shall hold their respective

fice.

Terms of of offices for the term of five years; the controller and superintendent of house of correction, for the term of three years; the recorder, for the term of six years; the mayor, aldermen, school inspectors, treasurer, city clerk, attorney, marshal, city surveyor, director of the poor, and receiver of taxes, for the term of two years; and all other officers who are elected or appointed, shall hold for the term of one year: Provided however, That all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall hold their offices re spectively until their successors shall be duly elected or appointed and qualified, and shall enter upon the discharge of their duties.

Proviso.

Removals.

Official bond

Constables' bond.

Sec. 4. That section twenty, of chapter two, of said act, be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 20. Any officer holding office by appointment, unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, may be removed at any time by the common council, without charges and a trial thereof, by a vote of the majority of the aldermen elect, except the controller, receiver of taxes, and superintendent of house of correction, who may be removed for the same causes and on the same proceedings as a member of the common council

Sec. 5. That section twenty-seven, of chapter two, of said act, be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 27. The controller, treasurer, clerk, attorney, receiver of taxes, and superintendent of house of correction, collectors, marshal, clerk of the markets, street commissioner, and constables, shall respectively, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, and such other officers as the common council may direct, file in the clerk's office an official bond, in such sum and with such sureties as the common council shall direct and approve.

Sec. 6. That section twenty-nine, of chapter two, be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 29. Every person elected to the office of constable in said city, before entering on the duties of his office, shall, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the common council, execute and file with the city clerk a bond or instrument in writing, to