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NOTE. The words and sentences enclosed in brackets in the following acts were in the bills as passed by the Legislature, but not in the enrolled copies as approved by the Governor.

LIST OF LOCAL ACTS

PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF 1899.

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TITLE

274. An act to legalize the assessment roll for the township of Polkton, Ottawa county, Michigan, for the year eighteen hundred ninety-eight. Approved January 17, 1899.....

275. An act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Midland to issue bonds of said county for the purpose of funding and paying the bonded and other indebtedness of said county, and to legalize the action of the board of supervisors in directing the issue of funding bonds of the county to the amount of twenty-nine thousand five hundred seventy-seven dollars and ten cents. Approved January 24, 1899...

276. An act to authorize the village of Boyne City to borrow four thousand dollars and to issue bonds therefor. Approved February 8, 1899....

277. An act to authorize the townships of Benton and Inverness in the county of Cheboygan to borrow money for the construction of a bridge over the Cheboygan river dividing said townships. Approved February 8, 1899..

278. An act to authorize and empower and enable the city of Ann Arbor to construct and maintain a system of sewers, and to raise the necessary money therefor, and to provide for the reassessment of all taxes heretofore levied under and by virtue of act number four hundred thirteen, of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, and act number three hundred thirteen, of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, and which heretofore shall have been or hereafter may be declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction. And to legalize an ordinance of said city relative to such sewer system passed by the common council of the city of Ann Arbor May twenty-first, eighteen hundred ninety-four, and approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred ninety-four. Approved February 16, 1899...

279. An act to change the name of William H. Linenger to William Henry Wagner. Approved February 16, 1899..

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280. An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of the township of Home, in the county of Montcalm, in the State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Charles E. Taylor, treasurer of the township of Home, in said county, from liability on account of the loss of township funds occa sioned through the failure of the Edmore Exchange Bank. Approved February 16, 1899...

281. An act to revise the laws relating to the incorporation of the public schools of the city of Muskegon. Approved February 16, 1899 ....

282. An act to vacate the township of Wheatfield, in the county of Montmorency, Michigan, and to incorporate the territory comprised therein in the township of Vienna, in the county of Montmorency, Michigan. Approved February 16, 1899. 1899...... 283. An act to vacate the townships of Blaine, Grove, Ball and Center Plains, in the county of Crawford, and to incorporate the territory comprised therein with the townships of Maple Forest, South Branch, Beaver Creek and Grayling, in said county. Approved February 16, 1899...

284. An act to detach certain territory from the city of West Bay City in the county of Bay, and attach the same to the township of Bangor in said county. Approved February 16, 1899.. 285. An act to change the name of Ale Buursma to Ale Bursma. Approved February 21, 1899...

286. An act to provide an additional voting precinct in the town-
ship of Holmes, county of Menominee, to be known as voting
precinct number three. Approved February 24, 1899...

287. An act to provide for two voting precincts in the township of
Sault Ste. Marie, in the county of Chippewa, and the conduct
of elections thereat. Approved February 24, 1899...
288. An act to authorize the board of supervisors of Roscommon
county, State of Michigan, to issue not to exceed ten thou
sand dollars of bonds for the purpose of paying matured
orders and existing indebtedness. Approved February 24,
1899 ...

289. An act to change the name of Eva Louise Davies, of Detroit,
Wayne county, Michigan, to Eva Louise Littell. Approved
March 2, 1899..

290. An act to legalize the action of the board of supervisors of Saginaw county in detaching certain territory from the township of Zilwaukie, and attaching the same to the township of Buena Vista, in said county. Approved March 2, 1899.... 291. An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors, of the township of Broomfield, in the county of Isabella, State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Henry D. Wright, treasurer of the township of Broomfield, in said county, from liability on account of the loss of township funds occasioned through the failure of the People's Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant. Approved March 2, 1899..

292. An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors

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of the township of Deerfield, in the county of Isabella, in the State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Alvah D. Weston, treasurer of the township of Deerfield, in said county, from liability on account of the loss of township funds occasioned through the failure of the People's Savings Banks of Mt. Pleasant. Approved March 2, 1899.. 293. An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of the township of Nottawa, in the county of Isabella, in the State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Charles A. Hibbreln, treasurer of the township of Nottawa, in said county, from liability on account of the loss of township funds through the failure of the People's Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant. Approved March 2, 1899.

294. An act to incorporate the public schools of the township of Matchwood, in the county of Ontonagon. Approved March 7, 1899 ...

295. An act to legalize certain bonds issued by the city of Gladstone for the construction of Water Works. Approved March 7, 1899 ..

296. An act to authorize the city of Gladstone, in the county of Delta, to raise money to redeem or refund bonds to the amount of thirty-five thousand dollars, issued for the construction of water works. Approved March 7, 1899.....

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297. An act to vacate the village of Ewen, in the county of Ontonagon. Approved March 7, 1899...

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298. An act to legalize certain bonds of the township of Brooks, in
Newaygo county. Approved March 7, 1899.....
299. An act to provide for a board of public works for the township
of Springwells in the county of Wayne and to define the duties
and powers thereof. Approved May 17, 1899. ...
300. An act authorizing the supervisors of Wayne county to hold a
special meeting in February or March, in the year one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-nine, to consider and deter-
mine the necessity of borrowing money on the faith and
credit of said county of Wayne, for the purpose of fully com-
pleting the court house of said county and furnishing the
same throughout, and to provide for submitting the question
of raising by loan upon the bonds of said county such sums
of moneys as they may deem necessary therefor, not to ex-
ceed the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars, to the vote
of the electors of said county; and providing notice of such
special meeting of said supervisors, and the mode of sub-
mitting the question of said loan to the vote of the electors
of said county. Approved March 7, 1899...
301. An act prescribing the manner in which the city of Ionia may
be incorporated under and be subject to the provisions of act
number two hundred and fifteen of the public acts of eighteen
hundred ninety-five of the State of Michigan, entitled "An act
to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class."
Approved March 8, 1899...

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302. An act to authorize school district number one of the township
of Portage, in the county of Houghton, to borrow money and
issue bonds therefor, for the erection and furnishing of a
school building in said district. Approved March 8, 1899...
303. An act to confer power and authority upon the common coun-
cil of the village of Harbor Springs to extend the electric
light plant of said village beyond its corporate limits, so as
to light the Roaring Brook, Wequetonsing, Harbor Point,
Emmet Beach and Idlewild summer resorts, and to purchase
and acquire property and to erect all proper and necessary
structures in connection therewith. Also to have the power
to fix such just and equitable rates as may be deemed advis
able for supplying the inhabitants of said resorts with lights.
Approved March 9, 1899..

304. An act to authorize the common council of the city of Pontiac
to provide that all the moneys collected in said city under the
provisions of act one hundred and ninety-eight of the session
laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, as amended by
act one hundred and seventy-nine of the session laws of eight-
een hundred and ninety-five in excess of the amounts required
under the provisions of said act to be paid to satisfy losses
caused by the killing or injuring of sheep by dogs, may be
used for the support and maintenance of a certain library in
said city. Approved March 9, 1899....
305. An act to change the boundaries of school districts numbers
one and three in the township of Union, county of Isabella,
and State of Michigan. Approved March 9, 1899.
306. An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors
of the county of Montcalm, in the State of Michigan, the ques-
tion of the relief of George Douglass, ex-treasurer of said
county, from liability on the account of the loss of county
funds occasioned through the failure of the City National
Bank of the city of Greenville, Michigan, and the bank of
C. W. Chapin & Company, of the city of Stanton, Michigan.
Approved March 9, 1899..

307. An act to allow the village of Capac, in the county of St. Clair
and State of Michigan, to borrow money and issue bonds in
the sum of not exceeding twelve per cent of the assessed valu-
ation of said village, as shown by the last preceding tax roll,
to be used exclusively for the purpose of purchasing, con-
structing and maintaining water works, as provided for in
act number three of the session laws of eighteen hundred
ninety-five. Approved March 9, 1899.....

308. An act to legalize the taxes assessed in the township of Ithaca, in the county of Gratiot, for the year eighteen hundred ninetyeight. Approved March 9, 1899...

309. An act to consolidate school district number eighteen fractional, of the city and township of Niles, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, with graded school district

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