[No. 28. ] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the issuing of a patent to Thomas Burns, of the county of St. Clair, upon primary school land certificate number six thousand three hundred and fifty-three. WHEREAS, Thomas Burns, of the county of St. Clair, in the State of Michigan, claims that he is the rightful holder and owner of primary school land certificate of the State of Michigan number six thousand three hundred and fifty-three; that the whole amount of the principal and interest therein specified has been paid, and that said Thomas Burns has been in possession of the land described in said certificate, in good faith believing himself to be the owner thereof, and making expensive and valuable improvements thereon, for upwards of sixteen years; AND WHEREAS, One of the instruments of assignment of said certificate, under which said Burns holds said certificate, appears to have been a conditional assignment thereof; AND WHEREAS, It is represented that the assignor of said assignment has been dead for upwards of sixteen years; that the condition of said assignment has never been performed by said assignor, or by any one for him, and that no application has ever been made for the appointment of an administrator of the estate of said assignor, in the county in which he resided previous to the time of his decease; AND WHEREAS, The said Thomas Burns claims to be equitably entitled to have a patent issued to him on said certificate, yet that none can issue to him on account of the condition that appears upon the face of said assignment of said certificate; Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Governor of this State be and is hereby authorized to sign and to cause to be issued to Thomas Burns a patent for the lands described in said certificate whenever the same shall be presented to him, with the certificate of the Commissioner of the State Land Office that the principal and interest, and all taxes and charges levied upon said lands, have been paid. This resolution shall take immediate effect. [No. 29. ] JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the Board of State Auditors to make a settlement with Robert Winterbottom. WHEREAS, Robert Wallace, on the third day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, purchased of the State of Michigan lot number three of section twelve, town eighteen north, of range fourteen east, and received deed number twenty-four thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine for fifty-five and sixty one-hundredths acres of land, and paid therefor one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, which purchase price amounted to eighty-four dollars and fifty cents; AND WHEREAS, Robert Wallace, on the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, conveyed the same by deed to Robert Winterbottom, paying therefor the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars; AND WHEREAS, Robert Winterbottom, in the month of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, caused an accurate survey to be made of the above described premises, and found that said lot only contained sixteen acres of land; therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Board of State Auditors be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to make a just and equitable settlement with Robert Winterbottom for all lawful, equitable claims against the State growing out of the discrepancy between the number of acres named in the deed to Wallace and the actual number of acres purchased in said lot three of section twelve, in township eighteen north, of range fourteen east. This resolution shall take immediate effect. [ No. 30. ] JOINT RESOLUTION to amend section twelve of Article VI., of the constitution of the State of Michigan, relative to appointment of clerk of the Supreme Court. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the following amendment to the constitution of this State be and the same is hereby proposed, to stand as section twelve of Article six: SECTION 12. The justices of the Supreme Court shall appoint the clerk of said court; and the clerk of each county, organized for judicial purposes, shall be clerk of the circuit court of such county. Be it further resolved, That said constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the people of this State at the annual election, to be held on the first Monday in April, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; and the Secretary of State is hereby required to give notice of the same to the sheriffs of the several counties of this State in the same manner that he is now required to do in case of an election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, and the inspectors of election in the several townships and cities in this State shall prepare a suitable box for the reception of ballots cast for or against said amendment. Each person voting for said amendment shall have written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, on his ballot, the words, "Amendment relative to appointment of clerk of the Supreme Court,-Yes ;" and each person voting against such amendment the words "Amendment relative to appointment of clerk of the Supreme Court,-No." The ballots shall in all respects be canvassed, and returns be made as in elections of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The foregoing joint resolution passed the Senate and House by a vote of twothirds of all the members elect. Approved May 12, 1877. [ No. 31. ] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the appropriation of money to liquidate the indebtedness and pay the salaries of the employés of the Michigan State Centennial Board of Managers. WHEREAS, The Michigan State Centennial Board of Managers found it necessary to expend more money than was appropriated by act one hundred and thirty-nine, laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to properly represent and exhibit the products and resources of Michigan, and maintain the credit of the State, at the International Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia; therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Board of State Auditors be and are hereby authorized to audit and allow to the Michigan State Centennial Board of Managers a sum not exceeding eight thousand six hundred dollars, to liquidate the indebtedness of said Board of Managers; and the Auditor General is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer, payable out of the general fund, for the amount so audited and allowed, on the presentation of the proper vouchers, certified by the Board of State Auditors, and on the receipt of said Board of Managers acknowledging the payment of the same to be in full of all demands of said board against the State on account of the Centennial Exposition. This joint resolution shall take immediate effect. The foregoing joint resolution passed the Senate and House by a vote of twothirds of all the members elect. Approved May 12, 1877. [No. 32.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Commissioner of the Land Office to issue a certificate or a deed of certain lands in Kalamazoo county to Andrew Gordon. WHEREAS, It is represented that Andrew Gordon, in the county of Kalamazoo, is the owner of all of the rights conferred by purchase, July thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty, upon George P. Danforth, primary school certificate number three thousand and eight, issued by Cyrus Hewitt, Commissioner of the State Land Office, the duplicate bearing date (the original issued some years before) December twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Commissioner of the State Land Office, or the proper officer, be and he is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to said Andrew Gordon, or those claiming under him, either a new or a duplicate certificate on payment of the usual fees therefor, or on payment to the State of the unpaid amount on it and the usual legal fees and charges, a deed of the land covered by said certificate, number three thousand and eight, and to be either in lieu or satisfaction of said certificate, and that all of the papers and affidavits accompanying the petition of said Andrew Gordon, which prays the relief which this resolution grants, be filed with said Commissioner as evidence of his ownership of said certificate, number three thousand and eight. This resolution shall take immediate effect. [No. 33.] JOINT RESOLUTION to amend section seven of article fifteen of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, relative to corporations. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the following amendment to the Constitution of this State be and the same is hereby proposed, to stand as section seven of article fifteen : SEC. 7. The stockholders in all corporations and joint stock associations shall be individually liable in an amount equal to the par value of their respective shares which they own or have owned in such corporations or associations for all labor done in behalf of such corporation or joint stock association during the time of their being such stockholders. Be it further resolved, That said constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the people of the State at the annual election to be held on the first Monday in April, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; and the Secretary of State is hereby required to give notice of the same to the sheriffs of the several counties of this State in the same manner that he is now required to do in case of an election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor; and the inspectors of election in the several townships and cities of this State shall prepare a suitable box for the reception of ballots cast for or against said amendment. Each person voting for said amendment shall have written or printed or partly written and partly printed, on his ballot, the words, “Amendment relative to corporations,-Yes," and each person voting against said [such] amendment the words, "Amendments [Amendment] relative to corporations-No." The ballots shall in all respects be canvassed, and returns be made as in elections of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Approved May 21, 1877. [No. 34. ] JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Commissioner of State Land Office or other proper officer to convey the south half of the southeast quarter of section sixteen, in township number seven south, of range six east, to Johannes A. Lefever, assignee of primary school land certificate number seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine. WHEREAS, On the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, primary school land certificate number seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine was issued by Cyrus Hewitt, deputy commissioner of the State Land Office of the State of Michigan, for the sale of the south half of the southeast quarter of section number sixteen, in township number seven south, of range number six east, to Joseph Hague; AND WHEREAS, On the twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the said Joseph Hague duly assigned in writing the said certificate to Johannes A. Lefever; AND WHEREAS, It appears that the conditions upon which the said assignment by the said Joseph Hague to the said Johannes A. Lefever, and upon the performance of which the said assignment was to become invalid and of no effect, have never been performed, and said assignment has never been invalidated, although the time for such performance has long since elapsed; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Commissioner of the State Land Office, or other proper officer, is hereby authorized, upon proper proof of the above stated facts, by affidavit or otherwise, to the satisfaction of such officer, to execute and deliver to said Johannes A. Lefever, for and in behalf of the State of Michigan, a full conveyance and release of all the right, title, and interest of said State in and to the land in said certificate above described, subject to all the rights of the said Joseph Hague thereto, upon the payment to the proper officer of said State, by the said Johannes A. Lefever, his heirs or assigns, of the amount due or unpaid to said State upon said certificate. Approved May 22, 1877. [No. 35.] JOINT RESOLUTION requiring the Auditor General of the State to credit to the counties of Midland and Mecosta all moneys charged by said Auditor General to said counties of Midland and Mecosta, on account of the detaching of the unorganized county of Clare. WHEREAS, At the session of the Legislature in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, the east half of the unorganized county of Clare was detached from the county of Midland and the west half of said unorganized county of Clare was detached from the county of Mecosta, and the said unorganized territory of Clare was organized as the county of Clare; AND WHEREAS, The Auditor General did deduct from the credit of Midland county and credit to the county of Clare eight thousand one hundred and eighty-five and thirty-two one-hundredths dollars, and did deduct from the credit of Mecosta county and credit to Clare county the sum of five thousand three hundred and eighty-six and ninety-nine-one hundredths dollars, making a total credit of thirteen thousand five hundred and seventy-two and thirty-one one-hundredths dollars to the county of Clare; therefore Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Auditor General be and he is hereby required to credit to the county of Midland the sum of eight thousand one hundred and eighty-five and thirty-two one-hun |