be the same as at a regular election held within said village, except that those electors voting for said loan shall have written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, on their Form of ballot. ballots the words "To bond the village of Durand for the purpose of constructing and equipping a system of water works, Yes." And those voting against the loan shall have written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, on their ballots "To bond the village of Durand for the purpose of constructing and equipping a system of water works, No." Vote required for bond issue. Bonds, how signed and negotiated Tax levy. SEC. 3. If such a loan shall be authorized by a majority of such electors who are tax payers, as shown by the last assessment roll of the village, said bonds may be issued in such sums not exceeding the amount hereinbefore stated, and payable at such time and with such rate of interest, not exceeding five per cent per annum, as the village council may direct, and such bonds shall be signed by the president of said village, and countersigned by the clerk of said village, and negotiated by and under the direction of the said village council, for a sum not less than their par value, and the money arising there. from shall, under the direction of the village council, be applied for the purpose for which such money was raised and for no other purpose, and said village council shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to raise by tax upon the taxable property of said village such sum or sums as shall be sufficient to pay the amount of said bonds and interest thereon when the same shall become due. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Act amended. [No. 332.] AN ACT to amend act number three hundred sixty-five of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to reorganize the townships of Fort Gratiot and Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair, and defining the boundary line and name of each township," approved April fourth, eighteen hundred ninety-five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number three hundred sixty-five of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to reorganize the townships of Fort Gratiot and Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair, and defining the boundary line and name of each township" be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: tached. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Territory deThat all that portion of the township of Fort Gratiot lying south of the center line of Black River be and is hereby detached from said township and attached to and made a part of the township of Port Huron; and that all of the territory now embraced in the township of Port Huron, together with that part of the township of Fort Gratiot south of the center line of Black River, shall be known as the township of Port Townships, how Huron, and all that portion of Fort Gratiot township north of that line shall hereafter constitute and be known as the township of Fort Gratiot. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. known. [No. 333.] AN ACT to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of the township of Arenac, in the county of Arenac, State of Michigan, the question of the relief of John Buck, extreasurer of the township of Arenac, in said county, from liability on account of the loss of township funds occasioned through the failure of the Arenac county bank of Standish. The People of the State of Michigan enact: ity, vote re SECTION 1. The township of Arenac, in the county of Are- Relief of treas nac, may, by a majority vote of the qualified electors of said urer from liabil township, voting at any local or general election, relieve John quired. Buck, ex-treasurer of the said township of Arenac, from liability on account of the loss of township funds occasioned through the failure of the Arenac county bank of Standish. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 23, 1899. [No. 334.] AN ACT to change the name of the village of Sand Beach, in the county of Huron, to that of Harbor Beach. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Beach. SECTION 1. That the name of the village of Sand Beach, in Name changed the county of Huron, by which name said village is known to Harbor and was incorporated under the laws of this State, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Harbor Beach, by which name said village shall be known hereafter. Said change of This act is ordered to take immediate effect. May erect asy. lum and issue bonds. Proviso. etc., to be ers. [No. 335.] AN ACT to authorize the County of Saginaw to submit the question of issuing bonds to the qualified voters of said County, for the purpose of erecting an Asylum for the care and maintenance of the Insane. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That the county of Saginaw is hereby authorized to erect, within the limits of said county, an asylum for the care, maintenance and treatment of the insane; and to issue bonds therefor in the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, however, That said asylum shall not be erected until the question of the erection of said asylum or of the issuance Issue of bonds, of said bonds shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualimitted to elect-fied electors of said county, at the general election, to be held in said county on Monday, April third, eighteen hundred ninety-nine; And provided further, That notice of said election, for the purposes aforesaid shall be given by the sheriff of said county, by causing the same to be published in two or more newspapers, published and circulated in said county, at least ten days previous to said election, and said notice shall be directed to the electors of said county; and by posting notices in twenty of the conspicuous places in said county, at least six days previous to said election. Further proviso. Notice, how given. Form of ballot. Vote, how canvassed. SEC. 2. The election commissioners of said county are hereby instructed and directed to print upon the official ballot, to be used at said election, as follows: "Shall the County of Saginaw issue bonds, in the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of erecting an asylum for the care and maintenance of the insane?" And immediately below and upon different lines shall be printed the word "Yes" and the word "No." SEC. 3. Said vote shall be taken, certified, canvassed and returned by the Inspectors of Election, of the different wards and townships, to the county clerk; and the same vote shall be canvassed, counted and certified by the county board of canvassers, the same as prescribed by the general laws of the State of Michigan. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 336.] AN ACT to authorize the Township of Carrollton in the County of Saginaw to borrow money on its faith and credit, and to use the same in the construction of a Stone Road on the highway, known as the Carrollton Road in said Township, from the point where the said Carrollton Road intersects the main line of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad, thence northerly along said highway to the south line of the Township of Zilwaukee and to empower said Township to issue its bonds for the money so borrowed. The People of the State of Michigan enact: borrow money. SECTION 1. That the township board of the township of When board to Carrollton in the county of Saginaw, when duly authorized by vote of the electors of said township, as herein provided, be and is hereby empowered to borrow on the faith and credit of the said township, the sum of six thousand dollars, for a term not exceeding ten years at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent per annum, and to execute the coupon bonds of said township therefor, in such form as said board shall determine, which bonds shall in no case be disposed of for less than their par value. Any bonds issued for such purpose shall be signed by the supervisor and countersigned by the clerk of said township. be given. SEC. 2. Before any money shall be borrowed on bonds is- Submitted to sued by said township for the purpose of constructing the said electors. stone road, the question of borrowing said money shall first be submitted to a vote of the electors of said township at a general township or special election, in the manner herein provided. Before submitting the proposition to raise said money Public notice to to the electors of said township, the township board shall give written notice of the time and place, when and where said question will be voted upon, by posting such notices in five public places in the said township, at least ten days before the township meeting or the general or special election at which said question is to be submitted, which said notice shall state the amount proposed to be borrowed. If the electors of said township, voting upon such proposition, at any general, township or special election, shall fail by a majority vote thereof to authorize the said money to be borrowed and said bonds to be issued, the question shall not be again submitted to a vote of the electors of said township, within six months thereafter, except at a general or township election. voting; what SEC. 3. The manner of voting upon the proposition to make Manner of said loan shall be by ballot, either written or printed, or partly ballot shall written or partly printed. Ballots in favor of such proposi- contain. tion shall be in the following words, "For the Stone Road Loan, Yes," and the ballots against the same shall be in the Election, how conducted. to make following words, "For the Stone Road Loan, No." And it shall be the duty of said township board to provide at the polls of such election, during the whole time while the same shall be open, a sufficient number of ballots both for and against such proposition printed or written in the form above indicated to furnish all the electors desiring to vote thereon. The election shall be conducted and the votes canvassed in all respects as in other annual or special township elections, and immediately upon the conclusion of such canvass the inspectors of Certificate, who the elections shall make and sign a certificate, showing the whole number of votes cast upon such proposition and the number for and against the same, respectively, and not later than the day following such election, such inspectors shall endorse upon such certificate, a declaration in writing over their hands and seals of the result of such election, which declaration and certificate shall then forthwith be filed with the clerk Certified copy, of said township to be preserved by him among the archives of said township. Immediately after the same shall have been filed, said township clerk shall make a certified copy thereof, and file the same in the office of the county clerk of said county of Saginaw, to be preserved by said county clerk with the returns of election from said township. where filed. Bond issue, when made. Moneys, how expended. SEC. 4. If a majority of the electors of said township voting upon said proposition at any election, after notice given as herein provided, shall vote in favor of borrowing said money for the purpose of building said stone road, the township board shall cause the necessary bonds and coupons to be prepared and shall solicit proposals for the purchase thereof and shall sell them to the person or persons whose bid therefor is deemed by said board to be most advantageous to said township. The money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be paid into the township treasury and shall be paid out under the direction of the township board, upon orders signed by the supervisor and countersigned by the township clerk of said township. SEC. 5. Any money borrowed under the provisions of this act shall be expended in the construction of a stone road (as the township board of said township may determine) over and along the public highway of said township known as the Carrollton road from a point in section thirteen, town twelve north, range four east, Carrollton township, where the said Carrollton road intersects the main tracts of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad, running thence northeasterly along said Carrollton road, through the village of Carrollton in said township, to a point where the said Carrollton road intersects the south line of the township of Zilwaukee in said county, and for the necessary expenses incident to the issue of said bonds and for the carrying out of the provisions of this act and for no other purpose whatever. |