Taxes, etc., canceled. Amount to be credited to certain counties. months after application shall be made therefor by the person entitled thereto; and all the balance of the taxes heretofore assessed upon the lands granted to the State of Michigan and lying within the counties of Ottawa and Muskegon upon the route extending from Grand Haven to Owosso and thence to Flint, as described in this act, and returned by the county treasurers of said counties of Muskegon and Ottawa, to the auditor general as delinquent and unpaid, and all interest and charges since accrued thereon are hereby cancelled, and the auditor general is hereby directed to credit said counties of Muskegon and Ottawa, respectively, with the amount thereof in all cases where the same has been heretofore charged back to such counties, and with all interest and charges since accrued upon the amounts so charged back; but the total amount of such credit shall in no case exceed the total amount such county may now be indebted to the State, and said counties of Muskegon and Ottawa shall credit up to the several townships in their respective counties all of said tax which has been charged back to the said townships, or such proportion thereof as they (the said counties) shall be credited with by the State. Approved June 9, 1883. JOINT RESOLUTIONS. [ No. 1.] JOINT RESOLUTION requesting our senators and representatives in congress to vote against the removal of the internal revenue tax upon intoxicating liquors and tobacco or either. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That our senators and representatives in congress be requested to use their influence and vote against any legislation for the removal of the internal revenue tax upon intoxicating liquors and tobacco, or either; Resolved, That his excellency the governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolution to each of our senators and representatives in congress. Approved January 31, 1883. [ No. 2. ] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the governor and military board to allow the soldiers and sailors' association, of southwestern Michigan, the use of tents belonging to the State. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the governor and military board are hereby authorized to allow the organization known as the soldiers and sailors' association of south western Michigan, the use of such number of tents belonging to the State, as may be necessary for their encampments, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the quartermaster general. This resolution is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 3.] JOINT RESOLUTION allowing the State librarian one hundred copies of the book entitled "Michigan in the War," for exchanging with historical societies and other libraries. SECTION 1. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State 1 of Michigan, That the State librarian be and she is hereby allowed one hundred copies of the book entitled "Michigan in the War" for exchanging with historical societies and other libraries. This resolution is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 4.] JOINT RESOLUTION directing the board of State auditors to settle a claim of Robert Hood, of Charlevoix county, against the State of Michigan, for shortage in number of acres of primary school lands bought by him as per primary school land certificate number eight thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. WHEREAS, Robert Hood, of Charlevoix county, purchased, and paid for in full, per primary school certificate number eight thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, the northwest fractional quarter of section number sixteen, of town number thirty-three north, of range number seven west; AND WHEREAS, It appears from a survey, made and sworn to by a competent surveyor, that said parcel of land does not contain as many acres as sold by the State; be it 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 investigate and examine said claim and determine as to the same, and what amount, if anything, is justly and equitably due and owing to said Robert Hood, or should, in justice and equity, be paid to the said Robert Hood therefor; and said board is hereby authorized and empowered to settle and adjust such claim, and to allow said Robert Hood such sum as they shall find justly and equitably due him, or to which he may be justly and equitably entitled. Ordered to take immediate effect. [No 5.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of the Grand Traverse county agricultural society. WHEREAS, For the purpose of organizing a county agricultural society in the county of Grand Traverse, in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of county and town agricultural societies," approved February twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, ten or more inhabitants of said county signed duplicate articles of association, in accordance with the provisions of said act, acknowledged the same, and caused the said articles to be filed in the office of the secretary of the State agricultural society, and in the office of the county clerk of Grand Traverse county, whereupon the said persons became a body politic and a corporation under the name of the Grand Traverse county agricultural society; AND WHEREAS, The said articles so filed have been lost or mislaid in both said offices; therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That ten or more members of said society are hereby authorized to sign, acknowledge, and file in the office of the secretary of the State agricultural society, and also in the office of the county clerk of Grand Traverse county, new articles of association containing the matters required by section two of said act, and that thereupon the said articles shall be received and considered for all intents and purposes as the original articles of said society; And it is further resolved, That all proceedings of said society authorized by the said act are hereby ratified and legalized, and all property held by the said society, by grant or purchase, is hereby confirmed to the said society to be held by it the same as if the said original articles had not been lost. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the State librarian to trans" fer certain articles to the quartermaster general. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the State librarian be and she is hereby authorized and directed to transfer such articles of specimens, curiosities, and other collections as have been received or may be hereafter received under the provisions of joint resolution number ten, session laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, as cannot be properly placed or arranged in the library for inspection, to the quartermaster general of the State for disposition in the military museum, taking his receipt for the same. Ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 7.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the encouragement of rifle practice in the regiments and battalions of State troops. WHEREAS, It is desirable to establish and maintain skill and efficiency in the use of the military rifle in the several regiments and battalions of State troops; AND WHEREAS, But a very small amount of the State military fund has been heretofore used to encourage rifle practice; therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated from the State military fund in each year for the promotion of rifle practice among the State troops, to be expended under the direction of the State military board; and the State military board is hereby authorized to use a part of said sum in defraying the expenses of such members of the State troops as may be selected by them, on account of their proficiency as marks men, to be sent to the annual autumn meeting of the National rifle association of America for practice and instruction. Ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 8.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Governor to issue a patent to George Punches for the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section sixteen, town four north, of range thirteen west, the same being primary school land. WHEREAS, George Punches of Salem, Allegan county, Michigan, has made satisfactory proof that he is the undisputed holder and owner of primary school land certificate of the State of Michigan numbered seven thousand one hundred and thirty (7,130) for the south west quarter of the southeast quarter of section sixteen, town four north of range thirteen west, Michigan, which said certificate was on the fourteenth day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, issued by the commissioner of the State land office to Timothy Bliss, who on the eighteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, assigned the same by his administrator to Emery Hinton, and which said certificate by reason of several assignments has become the property of the said George Punches, who has made proof of the payment to the State of the interest due on said certificate up to the present year, and that the said George Punches has occupied and been in actual possession of the said land since the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and that he has made many valuable improvements on the said premises in good faith, believing himself to be the undisputed owner of said land and entitled to a patent on surrendering said certificate, accompanied with a full payment of the principal and interest due to the State for the same; AND WHEREAS, The said George Punches has made proof that he is equitably entitled to have a patent issued to him for said land on said certificate on the payment of the principal and interest due the State for the same, yet no patent can issue to him on account of defects in matter of form in the assignment of said certificate by parties who held the same after it was issued by the commissioner of the State land office to the said Timothy Bliss, and before the same was purchased by and assigned to the said George Punches, which said assignments cannot be perfected or corrected in consequence of the death of one of the assignors and of the removal of others to parts unknown; therefore, 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 cause to be issued to George Punches a patent for the land 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 on said land have been paid. This resolution is ordered to take immediate effect. |