The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-28
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ii-13y n recent act OF tho Legisla-
lature, County Trcasprers can only
hold their efficcs for four years out
of elk. Tho law is as follows:
a Sic. IS. Tie county treasurer shall
be elected ut the general election fcrthe
term. of TIVE Years, and shall he iucapta-
Die Of holding the Office of county tre,.s-
ursFl Longer than four i'm ANY period Of
six years. He shall give bond for the
faithful and proper discharge Ut the du-
ties Of his office as hereinafter directed.
= Approved May 10, 1877. aae
aaA stringent act relative to pun
ishment Of bank, safe and vault rob-
berry, reads thus: r
SEcTI0N j. The People ofMe Slate
Of Michigan enact, That whoever, with
the intcntto commit the crime of lar
ccny or any felony, shall confinc, MAIN,
injurc, or wound, or attempt, or threat-
en- to confne, Kill, MAIN, injurc, or
wound, or shall put In fsnr any person
for the purpose Of stealing from any
building, hank, safe, or other depository
Of money, bonds, or other valuables, or
shall by intimidation, far, or theats
compel or attempt to compel any per-
son to disclose or surrender the means
Of opening my hailding, bank, safe,
vault, Or other depository of money,
bonds, or other vuluahlcs, OF shall at
tempt to, hreak, burn, blow up, or 9TH
crwise injure or destroy any safe, vault,
or other depository Of money, bonds,
ar other valu,lbles In any building or
place; ,shnli, whether he succeeds ar
fails In the pcrpetratiOn of such larceny
or felony lc punished by Imprisonment
ittlieI State Prison for life or any term
of yesrs. T9veE al.r4fe 9sor iif
rlslApprovcsl May 10, 1877. rb99 q
|ai Tswhsliip Treasures are no long
or cligibls to that office for period
greater than two years, in success
siOn:ua ~ isouia - ,iamg} .
SEC. "a. Tic township treasurer shall
receive and take charge of all moneys
belonging to the township, Or which arc
|Ibx law requlrcd to bc paid into the
township Treasury, including al, mon
eys that may accrue to Ills township on
account OF noii-rcsident Highway taxes,
aid shall pay over and account for the
same, according to tho order of such
| TOWNSHIPS, ar the officers thereof duly
| authorized In that, behalf and shall per-
form all, such otlicydutics as shall be re-
qtffrtd OF HIN BY law; hut no person,
siian Bccligible to tic Office of township
treasurer for more thun two years III
= s'' sprssaRta My "a, 1877.
|, Tho following has been enacted
i6rsgard to boundaries Of lands:
T., SEGTIoN,l. Tie People Jthe State %
| ,tlicl.iga,f gnaef, That the boarsls Of su.
al, the' several, counties are
| hereby ,tliorizcd tn establish and per.
| pctuat to ANY. !, government corners III
|; their respective cn;u,ties which they
|, may have gDod reason to believe are
lost, or ,jl danger of being lost, by the
iempl,Yineiit g,f u surveyor therefor; nd
\ tle SURVEYOR 50 establishing the same
y. charge the lalds bcncfitted there
by with, flc .laOunt Nfrhis legal fees,
and Tor labor and materials, furnished
| the same us Ia Cases of surveys Mallt
OH application of resident owners.
Approved May u, 1877.
| An act defining duties and pow.
crs Of Boards Of Supervisors, read.
]sos sollowsls ~ ~ ied'T 2 'ti'aili
4 "o iVlv"S'yt 49, 80 lStg .giH
SECTION lsy THO Pcofle' of tl.e Stat,
4 Of Michigan enact, That compiler.
section four hunAfcta and seventy -sev
Ell, tcimpter tel, complied laws Of eigll
teen hundred md 'seventy-onc, N
1fhineffdeQ 20 ~ 10 fpsd as follows:
lis SEC. 2. t477.) BEc. II. The said sew
eral bOarls Of supervisors shall have
| power, and they are hereby auehorizesl
| ut any nleeting thereol lawfully held
I , Ftrrls ~ purchase for the use Of the
! county my real cstafeneccssary for Inc
erection OF kuildinGy for tho support q
| the poor Of such county, and for firm
to Ike used In connection herewith;
/ p SECOND: 10 purchase any real estate
! i,ecoASsfyfdf tiiesite 81 my court house
1 juII; Cierk' n ofIicc, OF an y Itlitr. county
buHdlHR iii sucli count, . :, US w l'.t
\ sfkiyyL, To fix 9pOp and determine til,
cite Of any such '6uildihg,, " not pc
yivusly located: }iiNl srs - y "f'7 .
~ ESwrlA, 40 autl,oriEe tic sale Or lc,ss
iug u envy read estate belonging To slicl
4 cosIsAtSt md to prUeOrile tho mode IN
iwbiclIlany ;cssvcysncc thereof be exc
c0te<lfs yfor vn~E xnf,1N 1JN tDf
IL ,FJih, To relnove, ar dcsiynate new
site for any county tlutldiwgB i required
TO liz Vt the county seats, when such ~
4 yriovaf shall not exceed the iltnlts Oftss
4 VIVA IL 6rsctfy ht, w Ich the county sea-
I Il sitiistctl, rs previously located; ~
1ei Sinh, no csiiise to be erected tho nee
eaehry 6dildings ftr'pdor Abuses, jails
fcierks' of5tcts, and other county build
liti9J, atnit0 pfcscribe the tinIe and man
ner Of erecting the same: b
=, ScyeNAh, no bSrrow % ruiss by Ia,
1 upOu 6alclI county nny suuss ~ money
\ perrnsary' for nsiS II. the purposes men
4 tIoped liz tl<is lce:f f'r0rSsistl, That n
grvutof susns tllssr, ea,e thournssd dollar
slaah W borrowed er rn1Betll by tax IN
lang Ope yoxry for the purpose Of con
striscting ar repairing Pablic buildings
highways, or brialegs, unless authorized
by u majority Of the. electors Of suol
teSen!t Is! voting thtfsfo * - i'erslnafts
REiSx 70 rrvvias for the payyncn
ar my loan made BY them. w tax up
4 8n 'Aicli county, Which shah IN All case
Sss.ss Ysa s|!ssd years nom the p''
N7afh, 10 prescribe md TX tbcc6m