by the United States survey as township number two south, of range number twelve west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township, by the name of Oshtemo, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Mr. Lake, in said township.

Sec. 5. All that part of the county of Michilimackinac, lying St. Ignace. west of a line drawn due north from the mouth of Carp river and mouth of the straits of Michilimackinac, and north and west of Lake Michigan, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township by the name of St. Ignace, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Thomas W. Drew, in said township.

springs.

Sec. 6. All that part of the county of Barry, designated by the Yankee. United States survey as township number three north, of ranges number nine and ten west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township, by the name of Yankee Springs, and the first township mecting shall be held at the Yankee Springs mansion-house, in said township.

Sec. 7. All that part of the county of Ingham, designated by Brutus. the United States survey as township number three north, of ranges number one and two east, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township, by the name of Brutus, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Ephraim Mack, in said township.

enlarged.

Sec. 8. All that part of the county of Ottawa, designated by Tallmadge the United States survey, as townships number seven and eight north, of range fourteen west, be and the same is hereby attached to and made a part of the township of Tallmadge in said county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 9. All that part of the county of Ottawa, designated by Georgetown. the United States survey as townships number five and six north, of ranges thirteen and fourteen west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township, by the name of Georgetown, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of George Kitcham, in said township.

Sec. 10. All that part of the county of Oceana, designated as Courtland. township number nine north, of range number ten west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township by the name of Courtland, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Barton Johnson, in said township.

Elizabeth changed to Bethel.

Pitt to Pittsfield.

Act take effect.

Sec. 11. All that part of the county of Branch known as the township of Elizabeth, shall hereafter be known as the township of Bethel.

Sec. 12. All that part of the county of Washtenaw known as the township of Pitt, shall hereafter be known as the township of Pittsfield.

Sec. 13. This act shall take effect on and after the first Monday of April next.

Approved March 22, 1839.

Martin.

Caledonia.

Michigan

city changed

[No. 28.]

AN ACT to organize certain townships, and for other purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all that part of the county of Allegan, designated by the United States survey as townships number two, three and four north, of range number eleven west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township by the name of Martin, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of John H. Adams, in said township.

Sec. 2. All that part of the county of Shiawassee, designated by the United States survey as township number seven north, of range number three east, which lies east of the west line of sections number five, eight, seventeen, twenty, twenty-nine, and thirty-one, in said township, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township by the name of Caledonia, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Alexander McArthur, in said township.

Sec. 3. The name of Michigan city in the counties of Wayne to Rawson- and Washtenaw, as recorded in the register's office of said counties, is hereby changed, and it shall be hereafter known by the name of Rawsonville.

ville.

Approved March 22, 1839.

[No. 29.]

AN ACT to organize certain townships, and for other purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- Berlin. sentatives of the State of Michigan, That all that part of the county of St. Clair, designated by the United States survey as townships number six, seven and eight north, of range number thirteen east, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township, by the name of Berlin, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Ephriam Codrington, in said township.

Sec. 2. All that part of the county of Lapeer, designated by the Marathon. United States survey as townships number eight and nine north, of range nine east, and township number nine north, of range number ten east, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township by the name of Marathon, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of Abijah Willey, in said township.

Sec. 3. All that part of the township of Napoleon, in the county Columbia, of Jackson, which lies west of a line commencing eighty rods west of the southeast corner of section number thirty-six, in township number four south, of range number one east, and running northerly parallel to the line between range number two until it intersects the northern line of said township of Napoleon, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township by the name of Columbia, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of William T. Fuller, in said township.

Sec. 4. All that part of the county of Van Buren, designated Keeler, by the United States survey as townships number three and four south, of range number sixteen west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township by the name of Keeler, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house of W. H. Keeler, in said township.

to Warren.

Sec. 5. The township of Aba in the county of Macomb, shall Aba changed be hereafter known and designated by the name of Warren.

to Lebanon.

Sec. 6. The township of Wandaugon in the county of Clin- Wandangon ton, shall be hereafter known and designated by the name of Lebanon.

Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on and after the first Monday of April next.

Approved March 22, 1839.

Act take ef

fect.

[No. 30.]

AN ACT authorizing Giles B. Kellogg to make partition and sale of certain lands.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That it shall be lawful for Giles B. Kellogg, executor of the last will and testament of Daniel B. Kellogg, late of the county of Wood, state of Ohio, deceased, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make partition of any land which said deceased owned and held in this state at the time of his death, in common with any other person or persons, and to sell all or any part of the same; and on such partition or sale, to make, sign and execute, in due form of law, the necessary deeds and conveyances to the other owners of said land, to vest in them the fee simple of such lands as may be divided to them in partition, and also to vest in the purchaser of said land the fee simple of the same: Provided, however, That before any title shall pass by virtue of such deed, it shall be the duty of said ex. ecutor to have endorsed on said deed or deeds the approval of such partition or sale by the judge of probate of the county or counties within which the premises so sold or partitioned may lie.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the day of its passage.

Approved March 25, 1839.

[No. 31.]

AN ACT to organize the township of Columbia in the county of Jackson.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all that part of the township of Napoleon, in the county of Jackson, which lies west of a line commencing eighty rods west of the southeast corner of section number thirty-six, in township number four south, of range number one east, and running northerly parallel to the line between range number one and range number two east, until it intersects the northern line of the said township of Napoleon, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a township, by the name of Columbia, and the first towhship meeting shall be held at the

house of William T. Fuller, in the village of Jefferson, in said township, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect on and after the first Monday of April next.

Approved March 26, 1839.

[No. 32.]

AN ACT to legalize the proceedings of the township meetings of the townships of Metamora and Elba, in the county of Lapeer.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the proceedings of the township meetings of the township of Metamora, in the county of Lapeer, held in the month of June, A. D. 1838, and also the proceedings of the township meeting of the township of Elba, in said county, held in the month of May, A. D. 1838, be as valid in law to all intents and purposes as if the said township [meetings] had been held, respectively, at the time fixed by law for said township meetings: Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair, take away, or injuriously affect any individual or vested right. Approved March 26, 1839.

[No. 33.]

AN ACT to legalize the township elections of the townships of Aliedon and Aurelius.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the township election of the township of Aliedon, held on the Thursday next after the first Monday in April, A. D. 1838, and also the township election of the township of Aurelius, held on the Saturday next after the said first Monday in April, be as valid in law as if the said elections had been held on the said first Monday of April in said townships, respectively: Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair, take away, or injuriously affect any individual or vested right.

Approved March 26, 1839.