Publication of the laws. Laws print ed in state paper legal Sec. 3. He shall publish forthwith in said paper, every certified copy of a law which shall be delivered to him for that purpose by the secretary of state, who shall furnish the same immediately on the passage thereof, a proof copy of which shall be furnished to the secretary, to be by him revised and corrected. Sec. 4. Every law so published may be read in evidence from the paper in which it shall be contained in all courts of justice in evidence for this state, and in all proceedings before any officer, body or board in which it shall be necessary to refer thereto, for six months after the adjournment of the session in which it became a law. six months. Duties. Notices, &c. Printing of bills &c. Volumes of printed an nually. Sec. 5. He shall publish in said paper all proclamations of the executive; all general militia orders; the current accounts and statements furnished the legislature from time to time by the state treasurer and auditor general, and all such other public documents as may at any time be required by the executive, secretary of state, treasurer or auditor general. Sec. 6. He shall publish without delay in said paper, at the expense of the person or company requiring such publication, upon being paid therefor in advance, all notices and advertisements delivered to him for that purpose, which by law are or shall be required to be published in the state paper. Sec. 7. He shall print for the use of the members of the legis lature during its session one hundred and sixty copies of every bill, report, memorial, or other document, the printing of which shall be ordered by either house, and when an extra number of copies shall be ordered he shall in like manner print the same. The copies so printed shall be delivered by him to the proper officers of the respective houses. Sec. 8. He shall print in volumes of the octavo size so many the laws to be copies of the laws of each session, with the concurrent resolutions and indices that shall be delivered to him for that purpose by the secretary of state, as shall be annually directed by the secretary, who shall also revise and correct the proof sheets. Laws deliv Sec. 9. He shall deliver such copies, bound in boards, to the ered bound. secretary of state within three months after the close of the session in which such laws and concurrent resolutions were passed. Sec. 10. All laws passed by the legislature may be read in evidence from the volumes printed by the state printer, in all courts of justice in this state, and in all proceedings before any offi Volumes of laws legal evidence. cer, body, or board, in which it shall be thought necessary to refer there to. both houses. Sec. 11. He shall, within six months after the close of each Printing session, print five hundred copies of the journals of each house, o under the supervision of its respective secretary or clerk, which shall be delivered by him bound in boards to the secretary of state: Provided, That in case of the resignation or other inabili- Proviso. ty of the secretary or clerk to superintend the printing of their respective journals during vacation, the president or speaker of the respective houses, shall appoint a secretary or clerk pro tempore, until the next ensuing meeting of the legislature. ties. Sec. 12. All printing required by law, or by any concurrent Further duresolution of the senate and house of representatives, or by any resolution of either house to be done for this state, or for either of the executive officers thereof who are required by law to hold their offices at the seat of government, shall be executed by the state printer, unless otherwise specially provided for by law. Compensa Sec. 13. For the services performed for the state under the provisions of this act, said printer shall receive such compensa- tion. tion as shall be provided for by the legislature in the appropriation bill or bills of each session: Provided, said compensation shall not exceed the amount to which said printer would be entitled by the current prices for printing. tices and ad Sec. 14. For publishing such notices and advertisements as are prices of noor shall be required by law to be published in the state paper, he vertisements shall receive not more than fifty cents per one hundred words, for the first insertion and twenty cents for each subsequent insertion. Sec. 15. So much of the act approved March 16, 1836, as re- Repealing quires notices of application to the legislature to be published in clause. the state paper is hereby repealed: Provided, such notice be Proviso. published in a paper printed in the county from which such application is to be made. Approved March 3, 1837. Will legalized. Proviso. Relinquishment. Restriction. ers. [No. XXVII.] AN ACT in relation to the last will and testament of Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the last will and testament of Joseph Salato, late of the county of Calhoun, in this state, executed on the fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and to which, there are but two subscribing witnesses, be, and the same is hereby made as valid in law as if it had been witnessed by three persons, according to the statute in such case made and provided; and that the judge of probate of said county is hereby authorized to take the usual proof as to the authenticity in other respects of said will, and grant probate thereon if he shall deem proper. Sec. 2. All right, title and interest of this state in and to the real and personal estate of said Joseph Salato is hereby released, and forever quit-claimed. Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the claim of any heirs of the said Salato. Approved March 4, 1837. [No. XXVIII.] AN ACT to incorporate the Detroit and Pontiac turnpike company. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaCommission- tives of the State of Michigan, That William Morris, Benjamin B. Morris, John W. Hunter, John S. Axford and William G. Stone be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners, under the direction of a majority of whom subscriptions may be received to the capital stock of the Detroit and Pontiac turnpike company, Books open- hereby incorporated, and they shall cause books to be opened at Hamilton's tavern, so called, in the township of Bloomfield, and county of Oakland, for the space of two successive days, at such time as a majority of them shall direct, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said company; first giving five days notice of the time and place of taking such subscriptions, by posting up notices thereof in Detroit, Bloomfield, Pontiac ed. Notices, tion. Privileges. and Rochester; and the subscribers thereto, their successors and assigns, for the period of twenty years after the passage of this act, be, and the same are hereby, ordained, constituted and Incorporadeclared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the Detroit and Pontiac turnpike company; and by that name they and their successors, for the period aforesaid, shall and may have succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, and in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal; and that they and their succes- Powers. sors, by the name aforesaid, shall in law be capable of purchasing and holding any lands, tenements, hereditaments and real and personal estate whatsoever: Provided, That it shall be necessary for the construction, preservation, or repair of said road, or the erection of toll-gates and all toll-houses thereon. Sec. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty-five capital stock thousand dollars, to consist of and be divided into five hundred shares, of fifty dollars each. Officers. tors. Sec. 3. For conducting the business of said company, which shall be the improvement of the present Saginaw turnpike, from the city of Detroit to Hamilton's tavern, in the town of Bloomfield, in the county of Oakland, there shall be three directors, one of whom they shall annually elect their president, who shall hold their offices for one year, or until others shall be elected in their stead. That Benjamin B. Morris, William Morris and John W. First direcHunter, becoming stockholders in said company, shall be the first directors, that Benjamin B. Morris, be the president for the present year. That the election of directors shall be held on the third Tuesday of January, at such time and place as the directors shall determine, a notice thereof being first given by publication in some newspaper, at which meeting each stockholder may vote in person or by proxy, each share being entitled to one vote: Provided, That this corporation shall not be deemed to be dis- Proviso, solved by reason that the annual election is not held at the time above mentioned. Sec. 4. That for the furtherance of the object of this corpora- Power to oction, and for the promotion of internal improvements, the said naw turncompany be, and they are hereby, authorized to take immediate D pike. Improve View of road tion. Report. possession of the Saginaw turnpike, from the city of Detroit to Hamilton's tavern, ia the town of Bloomfield, in the county of Oakland, one hundred feet in width; that they shall cause the present Saginaw road to be so improved of a convenient width as to make the same a good tar pike at all seasons of the year; they shall have power, and are required to cut a ditch on either or both sides of said road sufficiently deep to drain the water from said road and the marshes adjoining, and carry it off from the said road into the Detroit river, if said company shall deem it advisable; and that said road shall be completed in good and workmanlike manner, and that the said ditches on either side, whenever other roads intersect the said turnpike, shall be so constructed and covered as to allow the convenient passage of carriages and sleighs. Sec. 5. That so soon as the president and directors shall have on compie completed the said road, or ten miles thereof, it shall be lawful for the said president and directors to give notice thereof to the person administering the executive department of the government of this state for the time being, who shall thereupon forthwith nominate and appoint three discreet freeholders commissioners, who are in no way interested in said road, to view the same, and to report to him in writing whether such part of the road is completed in a workmanlike manner, according to the true intent and meaning of this act; and if the report shall be in the affirmative, it shall be the duty of the person administering the executive department of the government for the time being in this state, and he is hereby required, by license under his hand and the seal of this state, to permit the said president and directors to make and erect so many gates and turnpikes upon and across said road as be necessary and sufficient to collect the duties and tolls hereinafter granted to the said corporation from all persons travelling or using the same: Provided, however, That they shall not have on said turnpike, from Detroit to Hamilton's tavern, more than one gate for taking whole toll, and two gates for taking half toll, or in that proportion for so much of said road as may at the time be finished; only two of which, one for taking whole and the other for taking half toll, shall at any time be placed between the city of Detroit and where said turnpike is intersected by the Paint Creek road, so called, Licence to eric gates and collect lous. 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