contained shall authorize the taxing of the capital stock of such Sec. 2. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section mended] x for the payment of nd interest [No. 22. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to authorize the several townships in any of the counties on the line of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad to aid in the construction of said road," approved February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section four of an act entitled "an act to authorize the several townships in any of the counties on the line of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad to aid in the construction of said road," approved February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 4. The township board of any such township authorized principal by this act, and the proper officers of any such city or incorporated village, shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to raise by tax or otherwise, such sum or sums as shall be sufficient, from time to time, to pay the principal and interest of said bonds, or other obligations, as often as they become due: ProBonds not to vided, That no bonds or other evidences of debt, issued under be sold for! than par the provisions of this act, shall be sold for less than their par value, nor such bonds or other evidences of debt, or the moneys When mon arising from the sale of the same, be delivered cr paid over to a company said railroad company, until the ties shall be furnished and eys to be p d delivered on the line of the road, and the road-bed thereof, ineluding all bridges, culverts, cattle-guards, and road crossings, shall be fully completed and ready for the iron within the municipalities rendering such aid: And provided, also, That in case the line of said road does not pass within the limits of any such municipality, then no such bonds, evidences of debt, or moneys, shall be so delivered until said road shall be com- Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 23. ] AN ACT to amend section four, of chapter eighty-six, of the revised statutes, being section three thousand three hundred and two of the compiled laws, relative to the appointment of guardians for minor children. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section four, of chapter eighty-six, of the revised statutes, be- section ing section three thousand three hundred and two of the compiled laws, be so amended as to read as follows: amended. nation may by justice of etc. Sec. 4. When such minor, being above the age of fourteen when nomiyears, shall reside more than ten miles from the place of hold-be certified ing the probate court, his nomination of a guardian, made in the peace, writing, and signed by himself, may be certified to the judge of probate by a justice of the peace, or by the township clerk of the township in which such minor resides, which shall have the same effect as if made in the presence of the judge: Provided, That if such minor shall be temporarily away from this when to be State, in any other State or Territory of the United States, such of the State. nomination may be certified with like effect by any civil or military officer of the United States in such State or Territory, holding a commission from the President of the United States, or the Governor of this State. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. certified out ded. [No. 24. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the townships of Monroe, Summerfield, Bedford and Ida, in the county of Monroe. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Time exten- time for collection of taxes in the townships of Monroe, Summerfield, Bedford and Ida, in the county of Monroe, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be and the same is hereby extended until the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. Power of treasurers. Sec. 2. The treasurers of the said townships are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as they could in the lifetime of their warrants, and to make returns at any time before the first day of March next, Warrants and said warrants are hereby revived and continued in full force and virtue, for the purpose aforesaid, until the first day of March next. continued in force. Duty of treasurers. bonds. Return of unpaid tax Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurers of the said townships, before they shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the lifetime of Renewal of their warrants, as is now provided by law, and to renew their official bonds to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county. Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes, returnable to the county treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed for the same time, as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. es. Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 25. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the townships of Grosse Point and Greenfield, in the county of Wayne, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfour. ded. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the time for the collection of taxes in the townships of Grosse Time exten Point and Greenfield, in the county of Wayne, is hereby extended to the twentieth day of February next. treasurers. Sec. 2. The treasurers of the townships of Grosse Point and Power of Greenfield aforesaid, are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes, in the same manner as during the lifetime of their warrants, and to make returns to the county treasurer on or before the twentieth day of February Warrants next, and the said warrants are hereby continued in full force, force. for said purpose, until said time. continued in. treasurers. bonds. unpaid Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said treasurers of said Duty of townships, before they shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over all moneys collected by them during the lifetime of their warrants, as provided by law, and to renew their Renewal of official bonds to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county. Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes, returnable to the Return of county treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, taxes. shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed from the same time, as other taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfour, duly returned to the Auditor General for non-payment. Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved February 2, 1865. [ No. 26. ] AN ACT to legalize the tax roll of the township of Sylvan, in the county of Washtenaw, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the same. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Tax roll le the tax roll of the township of Sylvan, in the county of Wash. galized. tenaw, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be and the same is hereby declared to be as valid and legal as though the supervisor of said township had been duly authorized by law to levy and assess, upon the taxable property of said township, the sum of fourteen hundred and eighty dollars, in a separate column on said roll, for the payment of said sum borrowed by the said township for the purpose of filling its quota under the draft ordered by the President of the United States on September fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, Time for col- and that the time for the collection of the taxes in said townlaction extended. ship for said year be and the same is hereby extended to the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Duty of treasurer. continued in force. Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township of Sylvan is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes, and to make his returns on or before the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and sixty five, and said warrant is Warrant hereby revived and continued in force until the said first Monday of March; and it shall be the duty of said treasurer, before be shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, to pay over to the county treasurer all such moneys as he may already have colRenewal of lected on account of county or State taxes, and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of said county. Return of Sec. 3. A transcript of all unpaid taxes, returnable to the county treasurer in pursuance of the foregoing provisions, shall be returned to the Auditor General as soon as practicable, and such unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with interest computed for the same time, as other taxes bond. unpaid taxes. |