Proviso. of any plank road or toll road company for that portion of their road situated in their respective townships, and draw their orders on the township treasurer for the same, in the same manner as orders are drawn for the support of roads and bridges: Provided, That no contract shall be binding, and no orders shall be drawn or money paid until the qualified voters of the township in which such road is located shall at some township meeting, or at some special meeting called for that purpose, so order. In case the qualMoney raised by ified voters shall order the money paid or orders issued, it shall be lawful for the supervisor of such township to levy the amount upon the taxable property of the township in the same manner as township taxes are levied. tax. On purchase public highway. SEC. 2. When such purchase is made and completed said road road to become shall become a public highway and be subject to all the provisions of law the same as other township roads. Approved April 27, 1875. [No. 138. ] AN ACT to amend sections one, two, and three, of chapter sixty- SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That (2110.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any member of either of the following boards of officers, to wit: the board of health of any city, village, or township in the State, the mayor or common council of any city, and any officer or board having direction, management, charge, or control in whole or in part of any prison, house of correction, or jail in the State, shall deliver the dead bodies of such persons as may be required to be buried at the public expense, when so requested by letter or otherwise, to any member of the medical faculty of the University of Michigan, or Detroit Medical College, when there shall be de-posited with such board or officer sufficient money to defray the expense and trouble of packing and preparing the same for shipment, which shall not exceed the sum of fifteen dollars for each subject, shall deliver, within forty-eight hours after the death of such person, to the express company or freight company at the nearest railroad station, properly placed in a plain coffin as for burial, and inclosed in a strong box, plainly directed to the person medical faculty of University. shipment to take students. and place as directed by the consignee making such deposit, to be shipped to such consignee to be used by him for the advancement of anatomical science, preference being always given to the faculty Preference to of the medical department of the University of Michigan for their ey use in the instruction of medical students, and after they have made their orders and deposit of money as aforesaid; and such Officer making board or officers shall take the usual shipping receipt for such receipt, etc. packages, and shall notify the consignee of such shipment by letter, mailed on the day the packages are delivered to the express company or freight company at the railroad depot. In no case shall the Cost of bodies to faculty or the regents be entitled to require or receive from any medical student or students for any such body furnished therein, any sum of money in excess of the actual cost of procuring the same. Any of said officers who shall neglect to comply with any Penalty for negsuch request after being tendered or receiving the money so re- body. quired to be deposited, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each body that he neglects to ship as aforesaid, one-half of which shall go to the party making the demand and deposit as aforesaid: Provided, That the University and each and every med- Proviso. ical institution shall not receive into their possession such bodies as are procured in this State other than those provided for by the provisions of this act, and every individual or party violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. lect to furnish to be surren (2111.) SEC. 2. No such dead body shall be shipped as aforesaid. When bodies not if within twenty-four hours after death or before such body shall dered, be shipped any relatives or friends of the deceased who will bury the body at his own expense, or shall require to have the body buried; or if such deceased person was a stranger or traveler, the dead body shall in all such cases be buried. taken out of (2112.) SEC. 3. No such dead body shall be sold or delivered to Bodies must not any person to be taken out of the State, nor shall any such dead be sold to be body be shipped to any person or place out of the State, or be State, etc. used within the State for any purpose except for the prosecution of anatomical science. Any person violating any of the provisions Penalty for violating provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty, or brinet. more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one or more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved April 27, 1875. [No. 139. ] AN ACT to provide for paying the expenses of the supervision of such products of soil and mine, works of art, and manufactured articles as the citizens of Michigan may send to the Centennial Exhibition to be held in Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Board of manthe Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a board of managers, duties. agers and their Proviso. Expense. Appropriation. How drawn consisting of four persons, representing the agricultural, pomological, mining, and manufacturing interests of this State, whose duty it shall be to supervise the forwarding to the place of the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, to be held between the months of April and October, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, all such articles, whether of art, or the products of soil and mine, or of manufacturers, that any of the citizens of Michigan may desire to send to such exhibition, and shall provide storage for them at the place of shipment, and make such arrangements for freight and conveyance as shall best serve the interest of the owners of said articles: Provided, That the cost of transportation shall be paid by the owners of said articles. SEC. 2. The members of said board of managers shall be entitled, for their services, to a sum sufficient to defray their actual and necessary disbursements in the discharge of their duties, and for personal expenses while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of said board. SEC. 3. That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the purpose of paying the expenses of said board, as above described. SEC. 4. Upon satisfactory vouchers of expenses incurred, exfrom treasury. hibited by the managers to the Governor, it shall be the duty of the Auditor General, upon the requisition of the Governor, to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for such sum or sums not exceeding the amount hereby appropriated, as may be necessary, to be used for the purpose herein before prescribed. Governor to be chairman of board, etc. SEC. 5. The Governor shall be chairman of the board of managers, and shall have power to remove any of said managers, for good and sufficient cause, and to appoint others in their place. SEC. 6. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved April 28, 1875. [ No. 140. ] AN ACT to amend sections one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, one thousand seven bundred and ninety-four, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and one thousand eight hundred of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being sectious one, two, three, four, five, six, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, seventeen, eighteen, and twenty-three of chap ter forty-eight, relative to establishing water-courses, and locating ditches or drains. amended SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Sections sections one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, one thousand seven hundred and eightyfive, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and one thousand eight hundred of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being sections one, two, three, four, five, six, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, seventeen, eighteen, and twenty-three of chapter forty-eight, relative to establishing watercourses, and locating ditches or drains, be amended so as to read as follows: township drafa commissioner. (1778.) SECTION 1. There shall be elected at the annual township Election of meeting in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and biennial- oder ly thereafter, in each of the organ zed townships of the State, one township drain commissioner, who shall hold his office for the term of two years, or until his successor is elected and qualified. Before entering upon the duties of his office, and within ten days Oath of office. after his election or appointment, each drain commissioner shall subscribe and take the oath required by the constitution of this State, before the township clerk of his township, or some other officer authorized to administer oaths, and file the same with the township clerk. The drain commissioner of each township shall Powers. have power under this act to establish and open water-courses, to locate and construct ditches or drains in his township, and to alter, enlarge, extend, and clear those already located, laid out, and estab lished under any law of this State: Provided, That whenever a Proviso-vacanVacancy shall occur in the office provided for in this act, the same cy in office. shall be filled by the township board of such township; and it shall be their duty to fill such vacancy within thirty days after such vacancy shall occur: Provided further, That the drain com- Further provimissioner [commissioners] elected in the several townships at the 60th present last annual township meeting held therein, shall continue to hold to continue in his office until his successor is elected and qualified. so-time commissioners office. course,construot (1779.) SEC. 2. When any person or persons shall make applica- Action of comtion to the drain commissioner of any township to establish and m application to open a water-course, or to locate and construct a ditch or drain, open a waterand shall give such commissioner good and sufficient security, in ditch or drain. writing, to pay all costs and expense of whatever kind pertaining to the action of said commissioner about such application in case such application shall not be granted, the drain commissioner shall immediately proceed to examine, personally, the line of the proposed water-course, ditch, or drain, and if in his opinion it is proper cause for appli termine. for costs and expenses. Appointment of time and place for examination upon application and notice thereof. or necessary, and for the good of the public health that the application should be granted, he shall try to obtain a conveyance to the county of the lands necessary therefor, and a release of the damages from every person through whose land such water-course, ditch, drain, or drains are to pass; if he obtains such conveyance and release, he shall proceed to make such examination, by surveys or otherwise, as may be necessary to determine the route, width, length, and dimensious thereof, and the lands to be benefited thereby; he shall establish such water-course, or locate such ditch or drain. He shall proceed to apportion the opening or construction of the same, and the apportioning of the cost and expenses in the same manner as provided in sections six and nine of this ac; but If not sufficient if on such examination it shall appear that there was not sufficient cation, commis- cause for making such application, the commissioner shall so deBliner to so de- termine. Said applicants shall be liable to said commissioner for Applicants liable the amount of all costs and expenses incurred by him in making such determination; and if the said applicants shall neglect to pay the same on demand thereof being made, said commissioner may recover the same in an action of assumpsit, or on the case, before any justice of said county. If the drain commissioner does not decide adversely to the application, or cannot obtain a conveyance and a release of the damages, as aforesaid, from every person through whose land such ditch, drain, or water-course is to pass, he shall at once appoint a time and place for an examination upon such application, and shall give notice thereof, in writing, to all persons interested in such ditch, drain, or water-course who reside in such township, which notice shall be served upon each of such persons at least five days before the day appointed as aforesaid, by delivering a copy to such persons, or by leaving a copy at the residence of such persons, with some person of suitable age; and when any person or persons interested in such water-course, ditch, or drain, reside out of such township, or any minor, minors, insane, or incompetent person or persons are interested in such watercourse, ditch, or drain, the drain commissioner shall publish snch notice once a week for three successive weeks, next before such day appointed, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such township lies, or when there is no newspaper in said. county, in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining county, unless he shall serve written notice as above provided, on all such persons living out of such townships, and on the guardian or guardians whose wards are interested in such water-course, ditch, or drain; in which case the person upon whom such notice is made shall have one day's notice for every twenty miles travel (excluding Sundays) from their residence to such place appointed, in addition to the five days' notice provided above; and a copy of such notice, with an affidavit of service, or publication, or both, shall be taken as evidence that the same has been regularly served or published. Said drain commissioner may administer any oath provided for in this chapter. When notice to be published, etc. Commissioner may admiuister oach. (1780.) SEC. 3. Said drain commissioner, at the time and place appointed, as provided in the preceding section, shall hear all per |