53. An act to provide for the payment of the salaries of the military officers for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-nine and eighteen hundred and seventy, approved March 22.. 54. An act to amend act number two hundred and thirtythree, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, being an act entitled "An act to facilitate the commencement of suits against joint defendants residing in several counties," approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, approved March 22... 55. An act to provide for the safe keeping of public libraries, approved March 22.... 56. An act to amend "An act to provide for the appointment of trustees in certain cases," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, approved March 24.... 57. An act to amend section fifteen of an act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages," approved February 17, 1857, being section two thousand one hundred and twelve of the compiled laws, approved March 24..... 58. An act making appropriation for the support of the State Agricultural College, to pay the expenses of the State Board of Agriculture, and for the erection of a new building for the State Agricultural College, approved March 24..... 59. An act to provide for taxing the property of Masonic and Odd Fellows' Lodges, and other benevolent societies, approved March 26.. PAGE. 100 101 102 102 103 103 .... 104 60. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of gas light companies," approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, approved March 26..... 105 61. An act to amend section eight of "An act to provide for the incorporation of Masonic lodges," as amended by an act approved March twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved March 26..... 105 62. An act to amend act number one hundred and twentynine, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act rendering persons disqualified for sitting as jurors in certain cases," by adding two new sections thereto, to stand as sections three and four, approved 63. An act making appropriation for the Michigan Asylum 64. An act to prevent injury to the navigation of Saginaw river, approved March 26... PAGE. 106 107 108 109 65. An act to provide for the further geological survey of the State, approved March 26.......... 66. An act to authorize and require the Commissioner of the Land Office to furnish certified copies of field notes, maps, records, and other papers pertaining to land titles, and to declare the effect thereof as evidence in suits at law or equity, approved March 26 112 67. An act to declare and establish the practice in charging or instructing juries, and in settling the law in cases tried in circuit courts, approved March 26.............. 113 68. An act to prevent the careless use of fire-arms, approved March 26..... 114 115 69. An act to amend section two of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Michigan," approved April 2nd, 1849, approved March 26.. 70. An act to amend section one, of act number eightynine, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, being an act entitled "An act to amend sections five, ten, and twenty-four, of an act entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of corporations for mining, smelting, or manufacturing iron, copper, mineral coal, silver, or other ores or minerals, and for other purposes,' approved February five, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, being sections eighteen hundred and three, eighteen hundred and eight and eighteen hundred and twenty-two, of the compiled laws," approved March 26.... 116 71. An act to amend section seven, of chapter nineteen, of the compiled laws; also, section fifteen, of chapter twenty-one, of the compiled laws, as amended by act number one hundred and ninety-nine, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; also, section seventeen of said chapter twenty-one, and also to add three new sections to said chapter, to stand as section [s] twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four, relating to duties of overseers of high ways and commissioners of highways, approved 72. An act to repeal act number two hundred and thirty- PAGE. 117 120 73. An act for the incorporation of societies of marksmen, approved March 30.... 120 74. An act to provide a tax for the expenses of the State Government, approved March 30... 122 75. An act to provide for the payment of the interest of 123 124 77. An act in relation to Life Insurance Companies transacting business within this State, approved March 30 124 78. An act to amend section four thousand five hundred and eighty-one, of the compiled laws, being section 79. An act to authorize judges of probate of certain counties to appoint a register, and prescribing his duties and compensation, approved March 30..... 144 80. An act to prevent the obstruction of the free passage of fish along the streams and inland rivers, by the 81. An act to amend section seven, of act number one 82. An act to amend sections twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, of chapter one hundred and fifty-four, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and fortysix, being sections five thousand seven hundred and fifty-six, five thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven, 145 146 five thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight, and 83. An act to amend section two, of act number two hun- 84. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend sections four thousand three hundred and thirtynine, four thousand three hundred and forty, four thousand three hundred and forty-one, and four thousand three hundred and forty-two of the compiled laws, in relation to the competency of witnesses, and examination of parties in certain cases," approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, approved March 30.... 85. An act to amend section two thousand four hundred and thirty-five, and section two thousand four hundred and sixty-three, of the compiled laws, relative to the payment of moneys by purchasers of the trust fund and swamp lands to county treasurers, and the forfeiture and redemption of said lands, approved March 30..... 86. An act regulating the selection of lands appropriated for the construction of State roads in certain cases, and to provide for taxing the same, approved March 30...... ... 87. An act authorizing the Board of Control of the State Reform School to convey certain real estate, approved March 30.... ᏢᎪᏀᏒ . 147 148 149 150 152 153 88. An act requiring corporations doing business in this State, whose principal offices are out of the State, to keep a list of their stockholders and a transfer book within this State, approved March 30............. 154 89. An act to amend section twenty-four, of chapter one hundred and forty, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section five thousand three hundred and eighty-four, of the compiled laws, relative to the limitation of personal actions, as amended by act number thirty, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved April 2... 155 90. An act to amend section five hundred and sixty-nine, of the compiled laws, in reference to the bond of township treasurers, approved April 2... 91. An act to amend section five, of chapter one hundred and fifty-eight, of the revised statutes, being section fifty-eight hundred and sixty, of the compiled laws, of offenses against chastity, morality and decency, approved April 2... ... 92. An act to provide for the appointment of a sten- 94. An act to amend act number three hundred and fifty, 96. An act to amend section twenty-nine of an act entitled "An act to authorize the business of banking," approved February sixteenth, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, approved April 2..... 97. An act to provide for the graduation of the price of swamp lands, and to authorize payment thereon in swamp land scrip, approved April 2..... 98. An act to amend act number one hundred and fiftythree, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, being an act to provide for holding the circuit courts in case of death, resignation, removal, absence, or inability of the circuit judge, approved April 2.... 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