No. Title. Page Brethren in Christ, in said village, approved Febru- 131. An act to authorize the Marshall and Ionia plank road 177 177 178 12, 133. An act to provide for the manner of equalizing the assessment rolls by the board of surpervisors of the county of Wayne, approved March 12,........... 178 134. An act to authorize the Jackson county agricultural society to borrow money and mortgage certain real estate to secure the payment of the same, approved March 12, ... .. 135. An act to amend chapter one hundred and fifty, of the revised statutes of one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, it being chapter one hundred and seventyfive of compiled laws, authorizing the judge of probate of the county of Wayne to appoint a register, approved March 12,..... 179 180 .. 180 136. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to revise the .... ... 203 138. An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Lansing, approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, approved March 13, 210 139. An act to prevent the adulteration of coal oil-, approved March 13,... .... 140. An act relative to the interest on contracts between citizens of this State and other States and countries, payable elsewhere than in this State, approved March 13, .... 141. An act to amend sections six thousand one hundred and thirty-eight and six thousand one hundred and forty of the compiled laws, being sections ten and twelve, of chapter two hundred and one, providing for the employment of prisoners confined in the County jails, approved March 13,.... 220 220 222 142. An act to facilitate trials and proceedings by jury, approved March 13,.... 223 No. Title. Page .... 223 143. An act to exempt sewing machines from levy and sale ... 223 145. An act to authorize the people of Gratiot and other new counties to work out the amount of their indebtedness to this State on the highways in said. counties, approved March 13,... . 146. An act to amend sections four hundred and four and four hundred and five of the compiled laws, being sections sixty-three and sixty-four, of chapter ten, enabling county clerks to appoint deputies, approved March 13,..... 226 227 147. An act to amend sections two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and seventeen of the compiled laws, in reference to religious societies, so as to authorize the recording of articles of association, and to give trustees, wardens and vestrymen authority to execute securities upon church property in certain cases, approved March 13,.... .... 228 148. An act to provide for the signing of decrees, records and journals of courts of record, approved March 13, 229 149. An act to provide a tax for the expenses of the State government, approved March 13,...... 150. An act making appropriation of certain swamp land 229 for the relief of James Maycroft, approved March 13, 230 151. An act to amend an act entitled an act relative to 231 convicts sentenced to solitary confinement in State prison for life, approved April second, eighteen hundred and forty uine, being section six thousand two hundred and thirty of compiled laws, approved March 13,...... 152. An act to authorize the First Congregational Church and Society of the village of Hudson to sell their church lot, or any part thereof, approved March 13, 231 153. An act to incorporate the public schools of the city of Adrian, approved March 13... 154. An act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Outonagon to raise money by tax or otherwise, for the protection and improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon river, approved March 13,................ 155. An act to amend section one of an act entitled an act to provide for the drainage and reclamation of swamp lands by means of State roads and ditches, 232 236 No. Title. Page. being act number one hundred and seventeen of ses- 156. An act making an appropriation for the support of 236 238 239 157. An act making appropriation for the Michigan asylum for the insane, approved March 13,..... 158. An act to amend section two thousand and thirty-three of the compiled laws, relative to gifts, bequests and legacies to religious societies, approved March 13,. 239 ́ 159. An act granting to the Grand River Valley railroad company the right of way over certain lands of this State, and extending the time for the construction of the same, approved March 15,..... .... 240 160. An act to amend an act entitled an act to authorize proceedings against garnishees, and for other purposes, approved March twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, being chapter one hundred and forty-one of the compiled laws, approved March 15, 241 161. An act to quiet title in the county of Kent, approved March 15,..... 243 251 ... 262 162. An act for the apportionment of Senators in the State legislature, approved March 15,... 163. An act relative to laying out, altering and discontinuing highways, approved March 15,...... .... 256 164. An act to establish the Detroit house of correction and authorize the confinement of convicted persons therein, approved March 15,..... 165. An act to authorize and empower judges of probate to license executors, administators and guardians to mortgage or otherwise pledge estate for the settlement of debts against the same, approved March 15, 270 166. An act to amend an act entitled an act relative to State prison, approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, being sections six thousand two hundred and thirty-one and six thousand two hundred and thirty-three of compiled laws, approved March 15,.... 167. An act to authorize the several townships in the counties of Muskegon, Oceana, Mason and Manistee, to levy taxes for the improvement of harbors and rivers within their respective counties, approved March 15, 271 272 Title. 168. An act granting swamp land to the county of Genesee to aid in cutting drains through a certain swamp in said county, approved March 15,.. Page. 273 169. An act to amend section ninety-three of an act to provide for holding general and special elections, approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, relating to the fees of county clerks and district canvassers, compiled laws, paragraph one hundred and seventeen, approved March 15,....... 274 10. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and eighty-one of the compiled laws, being section four of an act entitled "an act to provide for the collection of tolls and for the care, charge and operating of the Saint Mary's Falls ship canal," approved February twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, approved March 15,... 171. An act relative to the letting of contracts by State officers, boards of control, inspectors or commissioners, approved March 15,.... 274 275 172. An act to preserve the purity of elections, approved March 15,.. 277 173 An act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," approv ed February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, approved March 15,.. 174. An act to regulate proceedings in case of recoupment, approved March 15,..... 277 282 ... 283 175. An act to grant twenty-five thousand acres of State 284 298 177. An act to amend section two thousand four hundred and thirty five of the compiled laws, relative to the payment of moneys by purchasers of the trust funds to county treasurers, approved March 15,......... 292 178. An act to regulate the manner of attaching unorgan ized territory to organized counties for judicial and municipal purposes, approved March 15,..... 179. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide against the recovery of damages done by beasts on lands not enclosed by a lawful fence," approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fortyseven, being section six hundred and twenty-eight of compiled laws, approved March 15,... 994 No. Title. Page 180. An act to amend section fifty-nine, chapter six, of the compiled laws, concerning the canvassing of votes at elections, approved March 15,.................. ... 294 181. An act to divide the State into six Congressional dis tricts, approved March 15,. . . . . . 295 182. An act to amend sections three thousand five hun- State agricultural college and the State board of ... 297 184. An act to amend section twenty six, chapter one hundred and one, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section three thousand and sixty-four of compiled laws, relative to the sale of real estate of deceased persons, approved March 15, 185. An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide a military fund in aid of the uniformed volunteer militia, approved February fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, approved March 15,............. ..... .... 297. 298 186. An act to amend act number two hundred of the session laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, being an act to encourage the manufacture of salt in the State of Michigan, approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty nine, approved March 15,... 305 187. An act to assess a special tax for the improvement of the meridian line road between Lenawee and Hillsdale counties, approved March 15, ..... 188. An act to reorganize the agriculture college of the State of Michigan, and to establish a State board of agriculture, approved March 15,.... .... 306. 307 .. 316 189. An act to amend an act to incorporate the city of 322 |