The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-04-30
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THE HIGHWAY LAW.

\ bill to amend an act entitled "An act
to repeal chapter twenty five Of the Re
viscd Statutes of 1916; also, Act 2,
entitled an Act to amend chapter TWEEN
ty-iye, of the Revised Statutes Of 1916,
relative to laying out, altering and dis
continuing highways, approved March
Is, 1918; also, Act No. -, entitled
an Act to amend chapter twenty five of
the Revised Statutes Of 1916, approved
March ID, lS4S,' and to provide for
altering, laying out, and discontinuing
highways, approved February II, 1857.
Sec. ]. The People Of the State Of
Michigan enact: That an act to repeal
chapter twenty-five of the Revised Stat
utes Of 1916; also, act twcnty-eight, en-
titled an Act to amend chapter twenty
five Of the Revised Statutes of 1916, rela-
tive to laying out, altering and discontin-
uing highways, approved March eight
eenth, 1913 also, Act No. scventy-two,
entitled an Act 10 amend chapter Lwen-
ty-fvc of the Revised Statutes of lS46,
approved March Is, 1913, and to provide
for altering, laying out and discontinuing
highways, approved February Il, 1857,
be so amended as to read rs follows =
"That whenever any ten or more free
holders of any township shall wish to
have a highway in any part of such town
ship not included within the corporate
limits of any city or village, altered, laid
out or discontinued, they may, by writing
under their hands, make application to
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township for that purpose, who shall pro-
ccod to alter, lay out or discontinue such
highway as hereinafter directed. Hroci-
ded, That no second application shall be
made within twelve months for the same
purpose. Prorii@1, That whenever the
person or persons through whose land the
proposed highway is to be altered or laid
out, shall give his or their consent i'll
writing, according to the provisions of
section seventeen of this act, and release
any claim for damages, the Commissioner
of Highways shall have power to alter or
lay out the proposed highway without the
Intervention Of jury or Commissioners
appointed by Court of Record as herein
after provided, and shall certify their ac-
ton to the township clerk.
Sec. 2. That whenever the Commits
sioners of Highways shall be applied to as
mentioned in the proceeding section to
alter or lay out any highway, they, or any
one of them, shall within five days there
after, make application to Justice of the
Peace of the same or an adjoining township,
for the appointment of 4 jury of twelve
frccholders of the county to ascertain the
necessity of taking the property described
in such application, and to appraise the
damage thereon, which application shall
be in writing, and describe the premises
through which it is proposed to alter or
lay out such highway.
Sec. 3. Upon the receipt of such appli-
cation, the Justice shall appoint time
and place for that purpose, and shall issue
citation or notice stating the object,
time and place of such meeting, which
shall be by the Highway Commissioners
on the owner or occupants of lands thro'
which it is proposed to alter or lay ont
such road, at least ten days before such
time; and In case any such land is unoc.
cupicd, the notice may be served by post.
Ing up the same in three public places in
the township, ten days before the time Of
meeting.
Sec. 4. If the Commissioners or any
one of them, and the owners or occupants
of such lands, or any such as may be pres
cnt cannot agree upon any other mode o.
appointing such jurors, they shall be ap
pointed in the following manner: "Thc
Justice may make a list of twenty-foul
disinterested frceholders residing in the
county, and each party may object to SIX
on the list, and if either party fails to ap
pear, or refuse to act, the Justice and th,
other party, or the Justice alone, may
rtrike cut the nomes Of twelve, and tn,