ACTS

OF

THE LEGISLATURE

OF THE

STATE OF MICHIGAN.

PASSED AT THE

REGULAR AND EXTRA SESSIONS OF 1861,

WITH AN APPENDIX,

Containing Certified Statements of Boards of Supervisors relative to
the Erection of New Townships; also, State Treasurer's
Annual Reports for the years 1859 and 1860.

John A. r & Co., Printers to the State,

1861.

LIST OF ACTS

PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF 1861,

1. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in

the unorganized county of Delta, approved Jan-

uary 10,.....

2. An act to provide for the relief of school districts num-

ber one and two, of the township of Manchester, in

the county of Washtenaw, approved January 15,...

3. An act to repeal act No. 29, of the session laws of

1859, approved January 22,....

4. An act to authorize fractional school district number

one of the townships of Shelby and Stirling, in the

county of Macomb, to issue bonds, approved Janua-

ry 22,....

5. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in

the township of Holland, in the county of Ottawa,

for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty,

approved January 22,..

6. An act to legalize the tax roll of the township of

Ionia, in the county of Ionia, for the year one thou

sand eight hundred and sixty, and to authorize the

collection of the same, approved January 22,.

7. An act to provide for the collection and return of taxes

by township treasurers, in newly organized counties,

in certain cases, approved January 22,....

8. An act to provide for the restoration of lost records,

papers or other proceedings in courts of record, ap-

proved January 23,...

9 An act to compel the service of process by certain min-

isterial officers, approved January 23,..

10. An act to extend the time for the collection of drain or

ditch tax in the townships of Brownstown and Rom.

ulus, in the county of Wayne, approved January 25,

II An act to provide for the payment of members and offi-

cers of the legislature for the year eighteen hundred

and sixty one, approved January 25,..

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12. An act to extend the time for the collection and return

of taxes in the township of Groveland, in the county

of Oakland, and the township of Orleans, in the

county of Ionia, in the year eighteen hundred and

sixty, approved February 2,..

13. An act to amend section forty-four, of chapter sixty-five,

of the revised statutes of one thousand eight hundred

and forty-six, (compiled laws, volume two, section

two thousand seven hundred and sixty-three,) in rela-

tion to the discharge of mortgages, approved Feb-

ruary 2,. . . . . .

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14. An act to amend "an act to provide for the construc-

tion of train railways," approved February thirteenth,

one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, by adding

two new sections thereto, to be numbered sections

thirty-three and thirty-four, approved February 2,... 11

15. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in

the township of Caseville, in the county of Huron, for

the year eighteen hundred and sixty, approved Feb-
ruary 2,.....

16. An act to repeal act number one hundred and ninety-

seven, of the session laws for the year one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-nine, being an act entitled "an

act to restore certain sections of land to town six

south, of range five cast," approved February fif-

teenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, ap-

proved February 2, ...

17. An act to amend section eight of chapter thirty-eight

of the revised statutes of one thousand eight hundred

and forty-six, as amended by an act entitled an act to

amend chapter forty of the compiled laws, relative to

the support of poor persons by the public, approved

February 11th, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
nine, approved February 2,... . . .

18. An act to authorize the trustees of the First Congrega-

tional Society, of Lawrence, Van Buren county, to

mortgage real estate, approved February 2,.

19. An act to authorize fractional school district number

three, of the townships of Sylvan and Lima, county

of Washtenaw, to issue bonds, approved February 2,

20. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes

for the year eighteen hundred and sixty, in the town-

ships of Lyons and Boston, in the county of Ionia,

approved February 2,...

21. An act to confirm deeds and instruments intended for

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the conveyance of real estate in certain cases, ap-

proved February 2,....

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22. An act to authorize the Fort Street Presbyterian

Church, of Detroit, to hold certain property, approved

February 2,.....

23. An act to extend the time for the collection and return

of taxes in the unorganized territory in Manitou

county, approved February 2,..

24. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to authorize

the incorporation of bridge companies," approved

April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-

one, by adding two sections thereto, approved Fol-
ruary 2..

25. An act to amend sections nine and thirty-four, of chap-

ter one hundred and three, of the revised statues of

eighteen hundred and forty-six, compiled laws, volume

two, sections forty-three hundred and fifty-one a.d

forty-three hundred and seventy-six, approved Febru-
ary 2,.....

26. An act to provide for changing the names of mor

adopted children and other pets is, approved Feb-

ruary 2,.....

27. An act relative to the duties of town hip and county

officers concerning receipts for moneys paid into the

county treasury, approved February 8,..

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28. An act to legalize the tax roll of the township of Maple

Grove, in the county of Barry, for the year eighteen

bundred and sixty, and to extend the time for the

collection of said taxes, approved February 8,...... 24

29. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in

the townships of Clay, Kimball and Riley, in the

county of St. Clair, approved February 8,...

30. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in

the townships of Clyde, Columbus and St. Clair, in

the county of St. Clair, approved February 8,.

31. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in

the townships of Casco and Wales, in the county of

St. Clair, approved February 8,..

32. An act to authorize the trustees of the First Methodist

Episcopal church of Lansing to convey to the trustees

of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Lan-

sing, lot numbered six, in block numbered ninety-six,

in the city of Lansing, approved February 8,......

33. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes in

the county of Wayne, approved February 8,.....

34. An act to change the name of the Algerville and Grand

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