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dred and fifteen of said charter, be and the same are hereby

repealed.

Sec. 9. This act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 12, 1861.

[ No. 127. ]

AN ACT making the actions of trespass, and trespass on the case, transitory in certain cases.

may be pro

counties other than where the trespass

ted.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That in all cases of trespass upon lands, and in all cases of trespass When suit on the case, for direct or consequential damages, on account of secuted in injury to personal property, when the defendant is not an actual resident of the county in which such lands are situate, was commit-or when such county is unorganized at the time of committing such trespass, the action of trespass, or trespass on the case, may be prosecuted and maintained at law in any county where such defendant may be, as fully and effectually, in all respects, as if commenced and prosecuted in the county where such trespass was committed.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 12, 1861.

[ No. 128. ]

AN ACT to change the boundaries of the county of Houghton, and establish the county seat thereof.

defined.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That in addition to that portion of the county of Houghton not included Boundaries in the county of Keweenaw, there shall be attached to said county of Houghton townships forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one, fiftytwo, fifty-three, and fractional townships fifty-four and fifty-five north, of range thirty-six west, and townships forty-seven, fortyeight and forty-nine north, in ranges thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-seven

County seat

District court.

west, be and the same are hereby attached to the county of Houghton.

Sec. 2. The county seat of said county of Houghton is hereby established in the town of Portage, in said county, upon such ground as shall be donated for that purpose; and Ransom Sheldon, Charles Echweilor and William Frue, or a majority of them, shall be commissioners to select such location.

Sec. 3. The district judge shall fix the time of holding the district court in said county, as now provided by law.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 12, 1861.

Delta coun ty organized

Commis'ion ors to locate

[ No. 129. ]

AN ACT to organize the county of Delta, and define the boundaries of the same.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That townships number thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty and forty-one north, of range twenty-four west; towns thirtyeight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two and forty-three north, range twenty-three west; towns thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty one, forty-two and forty-three north, of range twenty-two west; towns thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two and forty-three north, of range twenty-one west; townships thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two and forty-three north, of range twenty west; towns thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two and forty-three north, of range nineteen west, including all of Summer Island; towns thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two and forty-three north, of range eighteen west, shall constitute and are hereby organized into the county of Delta.

Sec. 2. The county seat for said county shall be located by County seat. David Langly, Jr., Peter Murphy and Thomas J. Streeter, who are appointed commissioners to locate the same.

Eelction of

- Co. officers.

Sec. 3. At the annual township election, to be held in July next, the proper county officers for said county shall be elected,

bend of.

whose terms of office shall expire on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, but not until their successors are elected and qualified; said officers so elected shall, on or Oath and before the first day of August next, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed to be taken by county officers by the constitution and laws of this State, and shall also enter into and execute the bonds directed by law to be given by such county officers; and they shall have and possess all the powers, and Powers. discharge the duties conferred upon or required of county officers in this State, and shall enter upon the discharge of said duties on the first day of August aforesaid.

canvassers.

Sec. 4. Thomas Ashton, Peter Murphy, George Legare, Frank- Board of Co. lin B. Lowell and Thomas J. Streeter, shal! constitute a board of county canvassers for said county, for the first election of county officers to be held therein; and they are required to meet at the office of Luddington & Company, in said county, the. third Monday in July next, to canvass the votes in the townships of said county of Delta, for county officers, to which board the proper township officers are required to make returns of such votes on or before the day of meeting of said board of county canvassers; and said board is also authorized and is To approve hereby required to examine the bonds of said county officers, Co officers. and if the security is deemed sufficient by a majority, to accept and approve of the same, and file them with the proper officers of said county.

Sec. 5. Said county is hereby created and declared a body corporate and politic, with all the powers and duties conferred upon or required of organized counties by the constitution and laws of this State.

the bonds of

of records.

Sec. 6. The register of deeds of said county shall, when the Transcript board of supervisors of said county direct, make, at the expense and cost of the county, transcripts of all records in other counties necessary to be and appear upon the records of said county of Delta.

Nahma,

Sec. 7. That all that part of the county hereby organized, Township of lying east of the line running between ranges twenty-one and boundaries.

Election of township of. ficers.

Township of
Escanaba.

Office of

Mackinaw

&c., purpo

se3.

twenty-two west, and east of Little Bay de Noquette, (socalled,) shall constitute a township to be known as the township of Nahma, and the first meeting of the citizens of said township, for the purpose of electing township officers for the same, and voting for county officers, shall be held on the first Monday of July next, at the office of John S. Reed, in said township; and should the citizens, from any cause, neglect to elect the proper officers for the township aforesaid, they may elect them at any time thereafter, by giving twenty days notice in writing, posted up in at least three public places, and signed by five or more of the resident freeholders thereof, stating the time when, and the place where, said first meeting shall be held. Sec. 8. That all that part of said county of Delta lying westerlyf the western boundary of the township of Nahma, as above described, shall be and the same is hereby organized into a township, and shall be known as the township of Escanaba; and the first meeting of the citizens of said township, for the purpose of electing township officers for the same, and voting for county officers, shall be holden on the first Monday of July next, at the office of Luddington & Company, in the village of Flat Rock, in said township, and the citizens thereof shall be subject to all the conditions, and entitled to all the privileges provided in section seven for the organization of the township of Nahma.

Attached to Sec. 9. All the territory herein described and designated as for judicial, the county of Delta, shall, until organized according to the provisions of this act, remain attached to the county of Mackinaw, for judicial, taxable, and other purposes, and nothing in this act shall in any way interfere with the authority of the officers of the county of Mackinaw from collecting the taxes assessed within said county of Delta for the year eighteen hundred and sixty

Approved March 12, 1861.

[ No. 130. ]

AN ACT to amend an act to authorize the conveyance of a certain lot, in the village of Lansing, to the trustees of the Society of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, in said village, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty

nine.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section one of said act be and is hereby amended so as to read Act amend. as follows:

ed.

of State land

dorse full

certificates.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the When com'r Commissioner of the State Land Office be and is hereby au-office to enthorized and required, upon the payment of five dollars, to en-payment on dorse payment, in full of principal and interest, upon land certificate number one thousand and eighteen, bearing date February sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 12, 1861.

[ No. 131. ]

AN ACT to authorize the Marshall and Ionia plank road company to discontinue a portion of their road, and for other purposes.

authorized

ue and

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Marshall and Ionia plank road company may, by a majority vote Company of the stockholders present of said company, at any regular meet- to discontin ing thereof, discontinue any part of their plank road, and remove gravel. the planks therefrom, and also gravel any part of their said plank road: Provided, That nothing in this section contained shall Proviso. authorize the vacating of any part of said read between the city of Marshall and the junction, in the town of Convis, in Calhoun county.

of parts dis

filed with

Sec. 2. In case said company shall, under the provisions of Discription this act, discontinue any part of said plank road, the directors continued of said companies shall, within sixty days after the vote discon-register of tinuing the same, cause to be recorded in the office of reg

deeds.

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