The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-26
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 20, 1859.
LEGISLATIVE.


Senate and will doubtless be approved by
the House, 10 wit: Donating GAO acres
Of land to Mrs. II. d. Rogers, Of Saginaw,
who presented her husband on New
Years day with the magnificent gift of
four "little responsibilities"
Another bill that has passed the SEN
ate with good prospect of becoming a
law, is the appointment of Deputy
Superintendent of Public instruction, at
salary of 5000 u annum.
The bill to consolidate the Port Huron
and Detroit and Milwaukee Railways has
also passed the Senate.
The bill for the organization of the
New County of Muskegon has been pre-
scented and ordered printed, which is as
follows:
A Bill to organize the County Of Muskegon:
SECTION 1. The People ofhe State of Michi-
eleven and twelve north of ranges numbered
fifteen, sixteen, seventeen and the fractional
townships lying west thereof TO Lake Michigan,
and township ten north Of range thirteen,
and townships nine and ten north Of range
fourteen, be and the same are hereby organized
into the county Of Muskegon.
SEC. 2. The county seat of said county shall
be and is hereby located at the village of Mus
kegon, upon such grounds as shall be donated
10 nea Nl,aN
include at least one of land, and Thomas j.
Rand, George A. Kilbourn and Joseph ID. Da-
Wis, of said county, are hereby appointed COM
missioners to select such location.
SEC. 3. At the State election to be held in
November, 1860, the electors of said county may
elect one Representative to the House of Repre-
sentatives of this State.
SEC. 4. At the annual township election to be
held in April next, the proper county officers for
said county shall be elected, whose terms of Office
shall expire on the 1st day of January, 1861, and
when their successors are elected and qualified |;
said officers so elected, on or before the LIST of
juno next, shall take and subscribe the oath of
Office prescribed to be taken by county officers
by the Constitution and laws of this State and
shall have and possess all the powers, and dis
charge the duties conferred upon or required of
county officers in this State and shall enter up
on the discharge of such duties on the LIST day
of June aforesaid.
Sec 5. The Supervisors now in Office in and
for the towns of Muskegon, Norton, Cazenovia,
White River and Ravenna are hereby consttu-
ted Board Of Canvassers for said county for the
first election of county officers Of said county,
and required 10 meet at the village Of Muskegon
on the I'd Tuesday in April next, to canvass the
votes cast in the townships of said county Of
Muskegan for county officers, to which Board
the proper Township officers are required to
make returns of such votes on or before tho day
Of meeting of said Board, as provided in this
section and said Board is also authorized, and
it is hereby made their duty to approve the prop
or bonds Of the county officers.
SEC. 6. Said county is hereby created and de-
clared body corporate and polite, with all the
powers and duties conferred upon or required Of
organized counties by the Constitution and laws
Of this State.
Sec. Z. The County Register of said sounty
shall make transcripts Of all records in other
counties, necessary to be and appear upon the
records of the said county of Muskegon.
SEC. 8. All acts and parts Of acts contraven-
ing the provisions of this act are hereby declar-
ed imperative and void within the county of
Muskegon hereby organized.
The fate of this bill is doubtful, very
strong lobby influence is brought TO bear
for and against its passage, with the usual
accomplishments of petitions and remon-
strances.
A petition of l76 citizens of our vii
lage for an amendment to the Liquor Law,
so as to include wine, malt liquors, &C.,
among the intoxicatings and to bring the
sale of them under the penalty of the law,
has been received at Lansing in company
with scores of Others on the same subject,
and referred to the appropriate committee.
The prospect of the passage of an Act
in accordance with the prayer of these pc
titions is quite favorable. We truly hope
it may prevail.
The bill for the establishment of School
District Libraries in the place of Town
ship Libraries, has been presented 10 the
Senate, amended, and referred back to the
committee having the matter under SUI
pervision.
We sincerely hope the odious feature
of this bill which leaves the selection of
the books to State authorities will be ex-
plunged. We disapprove of it in toto,
and feel assured that the good sense Of
our State Legislature will cause its an-
initiation, and that no such censurable
feature will mar its otherwise commenda-
bic provisions.
We favor School District Libraries for