of record. and name of persons employed. Surveyor to keep original field notes. part Such diagrams shall be considered a part of the record. When the courses of the lines are given by the magnetic needle, the record shall show the amount and direction of the allowance made by the surveyor for the difference between the magnetic meridian and Date of survey the true meridian. The record shall show the date of the survey, the name of the person or persons for whom it was made, and of the persons employed as chain men on the survey. The surveyor shall certify upon the record that he has carefully compared the record with the original field notes taken by him at the time of the survey, and that it is a true statement of the facts of such survey as shown by said original notes. Each county surveyor and his deputies shall keep the original field notes of all surveys made by them for permanent purposes in books of convenient size and well bound in leather, to be furnished by the county surveyor, at the expense of the county. These notes shall be taken and set down in the manner in which field notes of the United States surveys are kept, and shall contain all the details of each survey in the order in which the survey was made, including in full all calculations made by the surveyor to determine areas, or for measuring inaccessible distances, such as lake and river crossings, or for any other purpose required by the survey. Diagrams may be used for purposes of illustration, but shall not be used instead of the written notes required to be kept. Each field book shall contain an index referring to the surveys of which it contains the field notes. It shall also contain the certificate of the surveyor who made the surveys, that the field notes therein contained are the complete original field notes of the surveys therein referred to and described. These original field notes shall be a part of the record required to be kept by the county surveyor, and the books containing them shall be deposited and kept with the other surveyor's records of the county. Each deputy county surveyor, whenever one of these books shall be filled with field notes by him, shall deposit the same in the office of the county surveyor, and whenever his own term of office expires, shall turn over to the county surveyor such books as have been partly filled by him. Approved May 17, 1889. Section amended. [No. 101.] AN ACT to amend section five thousand seven hundred of Howell's Annotated Statutes, being section four thousand two hundred and forty-two of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the recording of conveyances of real estate. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section forty of chapter one hundred and fifty of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section five thousand seven hundred of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michi gan, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: veyances, etc., (§ 5700.) SEC. 40. All conveyances of real estate heretofore Effect of conmade and acknowledged or proved, in accordance with the laws of acknowledged this State, in force at the time of such making and acknowledg-law in force. ment or proof, shall have the same force as evidence, and be recorded in the same manner, and with the like effect, as conveyances executed and acknowledged in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter. And where any conveyance, with an unacknowledged contract in writing attached, annexed or appended thereto, and referred to in the body of such conveyance as being thereto attached, appended or annexed, has been heretofore recorded, or that may be hereafter recorded, the record, or a The record as transcript of the record of such conveyance and contract, certified by the register in whose office the same may have been recorded, may be read in evidence in any court within this State without further proof thereof; but the effect of such evidence may be rebutted by other competent testimony. Approved May 17, 1889. evidence. [No. 102.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the lake known as Swains' lake, in the township of Pulaski, Jackson county, for a period of five years. in certain SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it Unlawful to kill, shall not be lawful to catch, kill or destroy fish with seines or with or catch sh any species of continuous net, or with any form of spears, or with manner. any description of fire arms in the inland lake known as Swains' lake, in Jackson county, for a period of five years from and after the passage of this act. SEC. 2. It shall not be lawful for any person, or persons, between the first day of December in each year and the first day of April next succeeding, to fish with a hook and line, or in any other manner, in the lake known as Swains' lake in Jackson county. Time when any manner unlawful to fish in in Swains' Lake. SEC. 3. Any person offending against any of the provisions of Penalty for. this act shall, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, be liable to a fine of not over one hundred dollars or to imprisonment in the county jail not over sixty days. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 21, 1889. [No. 103.] AN ACT to amend section six of act number one hundred and fifty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eightyfive, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home Section amended Compensation board. for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section six of act number one hundred and fifty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 6. Each of the members of said board shall be entitled to of members of receive three dollars per day for each day he shall be engaged with the business of the board and his actual and necessary expenses, the accounts for such expenses and compensation to be allowed by the board of State auditors and paid from the general fund in a similar manner to those for members of other boards of the several State institutions. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Jurisdiction over certain lands ceded to the U. S. [No. 104.] AN ACT to cede jurisdiction to the United States of America over lands now owned and occupied and those to be acquired and occupied by the United States in the improvement of the Hay Lake channel, Michigan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That exclusive jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States of America over all such lands as have been selected and purchased or otherwise acquired, and are or shall be used for the improvement of Hay Lake channel, Saint Mary's river, Michigan, by the United States, or which shall hereafter be selected and purchased or otherwise acquired by it and used for the said purpose, saving Right reserved to this State the right to serve civil or criminal process within said land in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed within the State but outside of said lands: Provided, That an accurate description of all such lands shall be filed by the United States with the Secretary of State of this State. to the State. Proviso. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 105.] AN ACT to amend sections two and seven of act number one hundred and sixty-nine of the public acts of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the several acts relating to the care and management of the State library," approved May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. amended SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Sections sections two and seven of act number one hundred and sixty-nine of the public acts of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the several acts relating to the care and management of the State library," approved May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: appointed, SEC. 2. That a State librarian shall be appointed by the Gov- Librarian ernor, by and with the consent of the Senate, who shall hold the term of office, office for the term of two years, whose salary shall be fixed at the etc. sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year, payable monthly out of the State treasury, upon warrant of the Auditor General, and whose duty it shall be to have the sole care and charge of the library, and the affairs pertaining thereto, and who shall make a biennial report to the Legislature, at the commencement of each regular session, as to its condition, and the number and description of the volumes contained therein. rian, appoint SEC. 7. The State librarian is hereby authorized to appoint, Assistant libra with the advice and consent of the Governor, one assistant, who ment of, etc. shall be known as assistant State librarian, and who shall give to the State librarian a good and sufficient bond, approved by the Bond. Secretary of State, for the safe keeping of the property held in charge, and who shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office. It shall be the duty of the assistant State librarian to aid in the care of the books, in the keeping of the accounts, and in rendering such assistance as the State librarian may require to properly perform the duties devolving by law upon that officer. The salary of the assistant State librarian shall be fixed at the Salary. sum of nine hundred dollars per year, payable monthly out of the State treasury, upon the presentation of a voucher, certified to by the State librarian, and drawn upon warrant of the Auditor General from any funds not otherwise appropriated. The assistant State librarian shall be at any time subject to removal, when in the opinion of the State librarian and the Governor the interests of the State library require it. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 106.] AN ACT to exempt the Commercial Telegraph Company, organized at Tecumseh, February fifth, eighteen hundred and eightythree, from the provisions of act number one hundred and sixty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eightyone, approved May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Company the Commercial Telegraph Company, organized at Tecumseh, taxation, etc. exempt from February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, shall be exempt This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Property exempt from taxation. [No. 107.] AN ACT to amend section three of act number one hundred and fifty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eightyfive, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon," approved June ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as amended by act number three hundred and one of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section three of act number one hundred and fifty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon," approved June ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as amended by act number three hundred and one of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 3. The following property shall be exempt from taxation: First, All public property belonging to the United States, to this State, or to any county, city, village, township or district within this State, save lands purchased at tax sales and still-held by the State; Second, The personal property of all posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, library, benevolent, charitable and scientific institutions incorporated under the laws of this State, and such real estate as shall be occupied by them for the purposes for which they were incorporated; Third, All houses of public worship, with the land on which they stand, the furniture therein, and all rights in the pews; and also any parsonage owned by any religious society of this State and occupied as such; Fourth, All property of cemetery associations, and lands used exclusively as burial grounds, and the rights of burial therein, and the tombs and monuments therein, while in use for that purpose: Provided, That the stock of associations organized and carried on for private gain, and all tombs and vaults built within any burying ground, and kept for rent for the purpose of private |