LIST OF LAWS PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1839. 1. An act making appropriations for the improvement of the salt springs, 2. An act to legalize the official acts of the assessors of the township of Antrim, 3. An act authorizing the county commissioners of the county of Wayne to dispose of their present county poor house, and for other purposes, 4. An act to extend the time for receiving the annual reports from certain school districts, 5. An act to authorize the county commissioners of Wayne county to perform certain duties therein mentioned, 6. An act regulating prison limits, Page. 3 3 5 6 17 7. An act to provide for an increase of the number of masters in chancery in the county of Wayne, 8 8. An act to amend " An act incorporating the village of Kalamazoo," approved April 3d, 1838, 8 9. An act to amend part third, title first, chapter third of the revised statutes, and for other purposes, 9 10. An act to authorize the exemption of certain libraries and other articles from execution, 10 11. An act to provide for the payment of the expenses of the regents of the university in certain cases, 10 12. An act to change the name of John F. Kerchofer, 11 11 14. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Monroe," approved March 22d, 1837, 12 15. An act to authorize the removal of certain convicts to the state prison, 12 16. An act to extend the time of payment of the university and school moneys, and for other purposes, 13 17. An act relative to school books and books for school district libraries, 14 18. An act to ascertain the value of a certain school section in the county of Branch, 14 No. Title. Page. 19. An act requiring certain returns to be made from incorporated academies and other literary institutions, 20. An act to organize the county of Clinton, 21. An act to regulate township meetings in newly organized town ships, 22. An act to organize the county of Barry, 15 15 16 17 23. An act to legalize the election of school inspectors elected for the year 1837, 18 24. An act to authorize the county of Lenawee to borrow a certain sum of money, 19 25. An act to organize and divide certain townships, and for other purposes, 19 26. An act to amend title second of the third part of the revised statutes, 27. An act to organize certain townships, and for other purposes, 28. An act to organize certain townships, and for other purposes, 29. An act to organize certain townships, and for other purposes, 30. An act authorizing Giles B. Kellogg to make partition and sale of certain lands. 31. An act to organize the township of Columbia, in the county of Jackson, 32. An act to legalize the proceedings of the township meetings of the townships of Metamora and Elba, in the county of Lapeer, 33. An act to legalize the township elections of the townships of Aliedon and Aurelius, 34. An act to amend "An act to incorporate the village of Niles, and the acts amendatory thereto," 30 35. An act relative to ward elections in the city of Detroit, and for other purposes, 31 36. An act to authorize the auditor general of the state to obtain money on the credit of certain instalments of the five million loan, 36 37. An act to establish the state bank of Michigan, 37 64 39. An act to provide for the removal of the seat of justice of the county of Hillsdale from the village of Jonesville to the village of Hillsdale, 40. An act to provide for the collection of certain unpaid taxes in the township of Monguagon, in Wayne county, 65 65 41. An act to incorporate the Grass lake academy and teachers' seminary, 66 42. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Port Sheldon and Grand Rapids railroad company," 68 43. An act to provide for the collection of demands against boats and vessels, 70 44. An act to authorize a settlement with Michigan state bank, 45. An act making special appropriations, and for other purposes, 46. An act to legalize elections in Ottawa county, 73 74 75 47. An act to provide for the disposition of prisoners apprehended within the county of Shiawassee, 48. An act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors, Page. 75 76 49. An act to amend chapter first, title tenth, part first of the revised statutes," Of religious societies," 83 50. An act to incorporate the trustees of the Grand river theological seminary, 51. An act to incorporate the Marshall female seminary, 86 88 52. An act to amend the revised statutes in relation to taverns and other licensed houses, 90 53. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the trustees of the Spring Arbor seminary," passed March 23, 1835, 54. An act to establish certain township lines in the county of St. Clair, and for other purposes, 55. An act to provide for the more effectual defence of the state against foreign invasion, 56. An act to provide for the voluntary dissolution of corporations, and to prescribe the duties of receivers in chancery in certain cases, and for other purposes, 91 92 92 94 57. An act authorizing Isaac E. Crary, executor of the last will 106 106 59. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to establish the state bank of Michigan," 107 60. An act to incorporate Marshall college, 109 112 62. An act relative to trunks, baggage and other unclaimed personal property, 112 63. An act confirming the conveyance of the trustees of the French catholic church of Monroe, to the Rt. Rev. Frederick Rese, bishop of Detroit, 115 64. An act relative to certain state annual reports, 116 65. An act to incorporate St. Philip's college, 118 66. An act more effectually to protect the public against various frauds, 120 67. An act further to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the village of Niles, and the act or acts amendatory thereof," 122 68. An act to authorize township meetings to adjourn from one place to another, 122 69. An act to incorporate the Berrien county mutual insurance com 123 pany, 70. An act to increase the capital stock of the Gibraltar and Flat Rock company, 127 71. An act amendatory of part first, title seven, and chapter first of the revised statutes, relative to the inspection of provisions, &c. 127 No. Title. Page- 75. An act to attach a certain tract of country to Ottawa county, 133 76. An act to amend " An act to incorporate the mechanics' society 78. An act regulating sales at auction, and for other purposes, 79. An act to provide for the laying out and establishing certain 83. An act to provide for the apportionment of a fine assessed in 84. An act to authorize certain persons to administer oaths, 85. An act to authorize the county commissioners of Washtenaw 87. An act relative to township assessments and the returns thereof, 159 88. An act to provide for regulating the terms of circuit courts in certain counties, and for other purposes, 89. An act to authorize the commissioners of internal improvement 93. An act to incorporate the Detroit typographical society, 94. An act to amend an act to provide for the appointment of state 96. An act to incorporate the Dexter branch canal company, 97. An act to organize a certain township in the county of Genesee, 185 98. An act to provide for the payment of certain claims therein. No, Title. Page. 101. An act authorizing the superintendent of public instruction to grant certain privileges to Elisha Doan of Kalamazoo county, 189 102. An act to provide the circuit courts of certain counties with seals, 189 103. An act to change the name of the first presbyterian church and society of Sharon and Bridgewater, 190 104. An act for the regulation of internal improvements, and for the appointment of a board of commissioners, 105. An act to amend the chapter of the revised statutes, entitled "Of Primary Schools," 190 199 205 106. An act entitled "An act to legalize the annual township meetings for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtynine, 107. An act to legalize the late township meeting in the township meeting in the township of Holly, in the county of Oakland, 205 108. An act for the relief of David Brown and Samuel Clark, 109. An act to amend an "An act to incorporate the Saginaw and Genesee railroad company," 205 206 110. An act to legalize the official acts of John Dewey, a justice of peace in Jackson county, 206 111. An act for the relief of the Detroit and Pontiac railroad company, 207 112. An act to amend "An Act to establish the 'State Bank of Michigan,'" 113. An act amendatory to "An act to provide for the government and discipline of the state penitentiary and for other purposes," 207 207 114. An act to incorporate the Genesee and Saginaw navigation company, 208 115. An act to amend the revised statutes and to supply certain omissions therein, 214 116. An act to provide for the further construction of certain works of internal improvement, 234 117. An act making appropriations for the year 1839, to defray the expenses of the government and for other purposes, 235 RESOLUTIONS. Title. No. Page. 1. A joint resolution in relation to Blois' Gazetteer, 247 2. Joint resolution appointing commissioners to examine the Oakland county bank and the Macomb county bank, 247 3. A preamble and joint resolution in relation to the erection of a light-house, &c. at the mouth of the Clinton river, 248 4. A joint resolution, 248 5. A joint resolution 249 |