Clerks, and Arms. Representatives, shall be three dollars per day each, for actual attendance, and when absent on account of sickness during the session of the Legislature, and ten cents for every mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting on the usually traveled route. Each Member of the or Secretary Senate and the House of Representatives shall be entitled to Sergeant-atreceive five dollars for stationery and newspapers. The compensation of the Secretary, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and their authorized assistants, and of the Clerk and Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and their authorized assistants, and of the clerks employed with the consent of the Senate or House of Representatives, by any standing or special committees of either of said Houses, shall be three dollars a day each, for actual attendance during the session, and ten cents for every mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting on the usually traveled route. The compensation of the firemen and jani- of firemen, tors of the Senate and House of Representatives, and their authorized assistants, and keeper of the cloak-room, and of the postmaster of the Legislature, shall be three dollars per day and that of the messenger boys two dollars per day for the time actually employed in attendance during the session, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile for every mile actually traveled in coming to and returning from the capital by the usually traveled route. janitors, etc. SEC. 3. Such sums as may be due under the provisions of How paid. this act, to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall be certified by the presiding officers of the respective Houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; and such sums as may be due the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be certified by the Secretary or Clerk of the respective Houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; and such sums as may be due to the Members and other officers of either Section amended. Provisions to extend to women; ried men. House, shall be certified by the Secretary or Clerk, and the presiding officers of the respective Houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; and the State Treasurer, upon the presentation of any such certificate, countersigned as provided in this section, is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved January 23, 1873. [ No. 4. ] AN ACT to amend section eight of chapter two hundred and forty-five, being seven thousand five hundred and fifty-nine of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to offenses against property. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section seven thousand five hundred and fifty-nine of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (7559.) SEC. 8. The preceding sections of this chapter shall married severally extend to a married woman who may commit either also, to mar- of the offenses therein described, although the property burnt or set fire to may belong partly or wholly to her husband; and said sections shall also severally apply to a married man, although the property burnt or set fire to may belong partly or wholly to his wife. May be recorded in SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 5. ] AN ACT to provide for the recording of judgments in actions. affecting or relating to the title of real estate. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That office of reg. Whenever any final judgment shall have been rendered in any ister of deeds suit or action at law, affecting or relating to the title of real estate, by any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, a copy of such judgment, duly certified by the clerk of said court, under the seal thereof, may be received and recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county where such real estate is situated, and when so recorded it shall have the same Effect of. effect as evidence and notice of title as the recording of deeds and other conveyances, and such register of deeds shall be entitled, for the recording of such judgment, to the same fees Fees. as for the recording of deeds. Approved February 7, 1873. [ No. 6. ] liable when paid volun AN ACT regarding the payment of irregular or illegal taxes. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That officer not in all cases where any person, company, association or corpora- taxes are tion shall voluntarily and without protest pay to the officer tarily. demanding the same, and having a tax warrant or other process for the collection thereof, any sum or sums of money purporting by such warrant or process to be payable by such person, company, association or corporation for taxes or assessments, assessed, levied, or imposed by virtue of any law of this State, neither the officer so collecting the same, nor the officer who issued such warrant or process, nor the officer who made the assessment or levy, shall in consequence of such payment be liable in any form of action for or on account of any defect or invalidity in the law under which the proceedings are had, or of any defect or irregularities in the said proceedings or in such warrant or process. pay over the same as SEC. 2. That whenever moneys shall have been thus volun- Officers to tarily paid as taxes or assessments to any officer assuming to such taxes act under any law of this State, and he shall fail to pay the if regular. same over according to the requirements of such law, or of his warrant or other process, any defect, irregularity, or illegality in the proceedings, or any want of authority to assess or levy Amount of appropriation. expended. [ No. 7. ] AN ACT making appropriations for the completion of the new hall of the University of Michigan, and to pay deficit in the revenue of the University for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there shall be and is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the treasury of the State of Michigan not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of completing the new hall of the University of MichiMoney; how gan, which said moneys shall be expended under the direction of the Board of Regents of the said University, and shall be drawn from the treasury on the presentation of the proper voucher of the treasurer of the said board to the Auditor General, and on his warrant to the State Treasurer; and no When may money shall be drawn by virtue of this act by such Regents, unless they shall have first filed with the Auditor General an estimate and statement showing the purpose for which such money is required, and none shall be drawn further than is required to pay for labor done and materials furnished. be drawn. Appropri ation to SEC. 2. There shall be and is hereby appropriated out of any cover deficit. funds in the treasury of the State of Michigan not otherwise appropriated, the further sum of thirteen thousand dollars to cover the deficit in the revenue of the said University, for drawn. the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sev- be assessed bursement fund. SEC. 3. There shall be assessed upon the taxable property of Amount to the State, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy- for reimthree, the sum of thirty-eight thousand dollars, assessed and of general levied in like manner as other State taxes are by law levied, assessed, and paid; which tax, when collected, shall be credited up to the general fund, to re-imburse to the same the sums to be drawn therefrom, as provided in section one and two of this act. SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 8. ] appropri AN ACT making appropriations for the State Normal School. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Amount of the State Treasurer shall transfer from the general fund, the ation. sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and fifteen thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, which sums are hereby appropriated to the Normal School interest fund, and shall be How drawn. drawn from the treasury in the manner now provided by law, in relation to that fund. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. |