No. TITLE 265. An act relative to elections, approved April 2, 267. An act to prevent the transportation of pickled fish without in- PAGE 355 356 360 } JOINT RESOLUTIONS. No. TITLE. 1. Joint resolution relative to postage, approved January 4, 3. Joint resolution 'respecting documents, approved January 5, 5. Joint resolutions directing the secretary of state to furnish cer- 6. Joint resolution for the relief of John Lee, approved January 31. 10. Preamble and joint resolution relative to removing and storing the 11. Joint resolution authorizing the settlement of certain claims growing out of the raising, subsisting and mustering into service of the Michigan volunteer regiment called to serve in the late war with Mexico, approved February 17, PAGE 361 361 362 362 363 363 364 364 365 365 366 367 12. Joint resolutions proposing an amendment to the constitution, relative to certain public officers, approved February 22, 13. Joint resolutions relative to the claims of John W. Palmer, Edward N. Greeley and Alvin T. Crossmin, approved February 22, 368 14. Joint resolution relative to certain claims growing out of the expenses incurred from the raising, subsisting and mustering into service of the first regiment Michigan volunteers, approved March 1, 15. Joint resolution in relation to the transportation of the United States mail through Canada, approved March 1, 16. Joint resolution relative to publishing the reports of the superintendent of public instruction, approved March 2, 17. Joint resolutions relative to moneys advanced by the State of 18. Joint resolution relative to furnishing certain laws and documents 19. Joint resolution requiring reports from certain special commission 369 870 371 871 .372 No. TITLE. PAGE ers, approved Ma.ch 6, 373 20. Joint resolution relative to salt spring lands in the town of Saline, approve! March 9, 374 21. Jo nt resolutions recommending a revision of the constitution of the state of Michigan, approved March 12, 22. Preamble and joint resolution relative to the construction of a road from Saginaw to Michilimackinac and the Saut Ste Marie, approved March 16, 23. Joint resolutions instructing our senators and requesting our representatives in congress to use their influence in favor of a reduction of postage, approved March 16, 24. Joint resolution relative to the pay of the late Herman C. Noble, approved March 16, 375 376 377. 377 25. Joint resolution of thanks to Mr. Vattemare, approved March 19, 378 26. Joint resolution relative to the distribution of the session laws, journals and documents of the legislature of the year eighteen hundred forty-nine, approved March 19, 27. Joint resolution authorizing the commissioner of the state land office to issue a certificate et purchase of certain school lands to Thomas B. Abell, approved March 21, 378 379 28. Joint resolution in relation to a settlement with the Palmyra and Jacksonburg railroad company, approved March 21, 379 29. Joint resolution relative to certain state property, approved March 26, 380 30. Joint resolution relative to a donation of lands by the general goverment for the erection of state asylums for the insane, blind deaf and dumb, approved March 29. 380 31. Joint resolution authorizing the auditor general to draw certain warrants, approved March 28. 380 32. Preamble and joint resolutions relative to Moore and Hascall's harvesting machine, approved March 30, 381 33. Joint resolution relative to the surrender of certain internal improvement warrants, approved March 30, 382 34. Joint resolution relative to the canstruction of a ship canal around 383 385 36. Preamble and joint resolutions relative to the selection and location of certain internal improvement lands and for other purposes, approved April 2, 385 37. Joint resolution relative to publishing certain acts passed by the legislature of 1849, approved April 2. 387 38. Joint resolutions relative to slavery and the slave trade in the dis. trict of Columbia, approved April 2, 387 39. Joint resolution relative to the discharge of a certain mortgage, approved April 2, 388 40. Joint resolution relative to a certain appropriation of internal improvement lands, approved April 2, 388 41. Joint resolution making certain appropriations and for other purposes, approved April 2, 389 LAWS OF MICHIGAN. [ No. 1. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the Township of Jackson, in the County of Jackson. collection of Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the time for the collection of Time for taxes in the township of Jackson, in the county of Jackson, for the taxes extenyear eighteen hundred and forty-eight, is hereby extended to the fifteenth day of March next. ded. Dutyof town Sec. 2. The treasurer of said township is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes as fully as he could treasurer. have done during the life time of his warrant, and make his return at any time on or before the fifteenth day of March next, and the said warrant is hereby continued in full force and virtue for the purpose aforesaid, until the said fifteenth day of March next. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said treasurer before he shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, to pay over all moneys collected during the life time of his warrant as is now provided by law and to renew his official bond to the satisfaction of the treasurer of the county of Jackson. Ibid. Transcript of unpaid taxes to be audit'r gen'l Sec. 4. A transcript of all unpaid taxes returned 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 returned to shall be collected in the same manner and with interest computed from the same time as other taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, duly returned to the auditor general for non-payment. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 12, 1849. Compensati'n of mem [ No. 2.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of the Officers and Members of the Legislature. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representabers & spea- tives of the State of Michigan, That the compensation of members ker. Pay of el'rks &c. How certi fied. How paid, Supervisor to make new assessment roll for 1848. of the senate and house of representatives shall be three dollars per day each, and that of the speaker of the house, his per diem allowance inclusive, six dollars per day; and the mileage of said members shall be computed at the rate of three dollars for every twenty miles to and from the capital upon the usual traveled route. Sec. 2. The secretary of the senate, and clerks and sergeant-atarms of either house, shall be allowed three dollars per day; the firemen of either house shall be allowed one dollar and fifty cents per day, and the messengers of either house one dollar per day, during the session of the house to which they respectively belong. Sec. 3. Such sums as may be due to the president, or president pro tempore of the senate, shall be certified by the secretary of the senate, and to the speaker of the house by the clerk thereof; and such sums as may be due to the several members and other officers of either house, under the preceding sections, shall be certified to by the presiding officer of the respective houses. Sec. 4. Upon presentation of any such certificate at the state treasury, countersigned by the auditor general, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of any money in the treasury, to the credit of the general fund, not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 12, 1849. [ No. 3. ] AN ACT to extend the time for the collection of certain taxes in the township of Plainfield, in the county of Kent. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the supervisor of the township of Plainfield, in the county of Kent, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make out a new assessment roll and tax |