Public im provements Sec. 37 Whenever the common council shall determine that the whole or any part of the expense of any public improvement, not requiring the taking of any land by the said city, shall be defrayed by an assessment on the owners or occupants of houses and lands to be benefitted thereby, they shall declare the same by an entry in their minutes, and proceed to let the contract for the performance of said work; and when the con tract shall have been so let, the common council shall declare, by resolution, whether the whole or what portion thereof shall Assessment be assessed to such owners and occupants, specifying the sum to be assessed, and the portion of the city which they deem to be benefitted by such improvements; the cost and expenses of making the estimates, plans and assessments incidental thereto, shall be included in the expenses of such improvements. therefor. Commi'sioners to be ap. po.n.ed. Duty of commission ers. Sec. 38. The common council shall thereupon make an order, reciting the public improvement so made, the amount of expense to be assessed as aforesaid, and the portion or part of the city on which the same is to be assessed, designating and directing three resident freeholders of said city, not interested in any of the property so benefitted, nor of kin to any person interested, to make an assessment upon all the owners or occupants of lands and houses within the portion or part so designated, of the amount of expense, in proportion, as nearly as may be, to the advantage which each shall be deemed to acquire by making such improvement; which order shall be certified by the clerk of the city and delivered to one of said commissioners, together with a map or profile of the improvements so made, if the common council shall by resolution so declare. Sec. 40 The commissioners thus sworn shall proceed to make an assessment according to said order, and shall make out an assessment roll, in which shall be entered the names of the persons assessed, the value of the property for which they are assessed, the amount assessed thereon, which assessment shall be subscribed by them, or a majority of them, who acted in the premises, and return the same to the common council with- Sec 5. This act shall take effect immediately. [ No. 57. ] AN ACT to change the name of the First Congregational Society, of the village of Ionia, to First Presbyterian Society of Ionia. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the corporate name of the First Congregational Society, of the vil- Name changed. lage of Ionia, be and the same is hereby changed, and that hereafter the corporate name thereof shall be the First Presbyterian Society of Ionia. liabilities Sec. 2. All dues, demands, contracts and liabilities of the Transfer of First Congregational Society, of the village of Ionia, shall be and suits. and remain in force against the First Presbyterian Society of Ionia, in like manner as when originally incurred by the said society under another name and designation; and all suits and proceedings of whatever name and nature, wherein the said society is concerned, shall continue, and the name "First Presbyterian Society of Ionia" shall be used therein, and said First Presbyterian Society of Ionia shall be bound in like manner as if originally named in said suits and proceedings. Approved February 25, 1861. No. 58. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Bingham, in the county of Clinton. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Bingham, Time exin the county of Clinton, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty, be and the same is hereby extended until the fifteenth tended. treasurer. day of March next, and the tax roll and warrant thereto annexed are hereby continued in full force for said period. Authority of Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized and empowered to collect said taxes as fully as he could have done during the lifetime of his said warrant, and to make his return at any time before the fifteenth day of March next, Renewal of and said treasurer shall renew his official bond to the county treasurer. bond. Unpaid tax es. Sec. 3. A transcript of the unpaid taxes of said township returned under the provisions of this act, shall be as valid in all things as the same would have been if the time for the collection thereof had not been extended. Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 59. ] AN ACT to attach fractional township seventeen north, of Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 60. ] AN ACT to provide for the superintendence and care of the SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Directors to James Frazer, Charles C. Fitzhugh, William McEwen and Wil have charge of load. liam L. Fay, last elected directors of the Bay City and Tuscola County plank road company, by the late stockholders of said road, be and are hereby authorized to take charge of and have the superintendence of said road. of former Sec. 2. That the provisions of an act to provide for the for- Application mation of companies to construct plank roads, approved April laws.. eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and other existing statutes in reference to plank roads, so far as applicable, shall apply to said road. tolls. Sec. 3. Said directors shall cause suitable toll-gates to be Collection of erected along said road, and have toll collected, as provided by law for other plank roads; and the toll thus collected, after defraying necessary expenses, shall be used in keeping said road in repair, and any surplus shall be expended in extending How exsaid road, on the route originally designated in the articles of association of said company. pended. how filled. Sec. 4. Said directors are authorized to fill any vacancies Vacancies, that may occur in their number from time to time: Provided, Proviso. That the former stockholders of said road may, during the month of August, in any year, after having given notice of a meeting for said election to be held in Bay City, for four consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published in Bay county, elect directors, who shall be the successors of those designated in this act, and exercise the authority herein granted. port. Sec. 5. The directors herein named, and their successors in Annual reoffice, shall make an annual report of their doings, and the receipts upon said road, and file a copy thereof with the clerk of the supervisors of Bay county, and also a copy in the office of the Secretary of State. Sec. 6. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 61. ] AN ACT making appropriations for paying indebtedness incurred by repairing damage done by fire at the Reform School. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the sum of one thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars Appropria and twenty-eight cents, be and the same is hereby appropriated tion. How drawn. out of the general fund, and the same shall be passed to the Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Section amended. amended. [ No. 62. ] AN ACT to amend section three thousand five hundred and sixty-three of the compiled laws, relative to proceedings in chancery for the foreclosure of mortgages. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section three thousand five hundred and sixty-three of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, being section one hundred and ten, of chapter one hundred and fifteen, of said laws, be so amended as to read as follows: Sec. 110. All bills for the foreclosure or satisfaction of mortgages shall be filed in the circuit court in chancery of the county where the mortgaged premises, or any part thereof, are situated. Approved February 25, 1861. [ No. 63. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act amendatory to the several acts in relation to the Wesleyan Seminary, at Albion, and the Albion Female Collegiate Institute, approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Act of 1857 sections one, two and three, of an act entitled an act amendatory of the several acts in relation to the Wesleyan Seminary, at Albion, and the Albion Female Collegiate Institute, approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, be amended so as to read as follows: |