The Owosso times., 1881-08-19
Laws of General Interest.

ing a more stringent
TAX ON DOGS.
Act No. 2S3 provides that whenever
any person shall sustain loss by the
killing or wOunding of his sheep or
lambs by dog or dogs, he may call on
a disinterested justice of the peace of
the township or city where such offense
occurred, not of kin to such persons and
not a member of the township board OF
city council. He shall view the sheep
or lambs so killed or wounded. and II
satisfied that the same were killed or
wounded by dog or dogs, he shall make
certificate thereof in writing, stating
the amount of damage sustained by such
persons, and shall deliver the same to
the clerk of the township or city, who
shall file and record it in his Office.
The justice shall receive for his services
the sum of 81, to be paid out Of the
fund arising from the dog tax.
At the annual meeting of the town.
ship board in each year and the meet
ing of the common council of each city
in April of each year, all certificates Of
damages filed by the clerk during the
preceding year shall be examined, and
if found to be correct they may be order
ed to be paid out of the dog-tax fund,
if it be sufficient for that purpose; if
not sufficient, they may order prop
Ortionate payment of each claim. The
said board or council las the case may
be) shall have power to reduce the
claims filed, if found to be excessive.
No payments of loss shall be ordered
unless the party claiming shall show
that he has made all due efforts, and
has not been able to obtain satisfaction
from the owner of the dog or dogs.
A new section has also been added,
providing that any person or persons
who shall knowingly keep any dog
known to be sheep killing dog shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanOr,
and may be punished by fine of $50
and Imprisonment in the county Jail
for three months.
PROBATE COURT.
Act No. 234 provides that each Judge
of probate may appoint clerk, to be de-
nominated the probate clerk, and may
revoke such appointment at his pleas
ure. The supreme court shall by gen.
eral rules from time to time prescribe
the powers and duties of such clerk.
The board of supervisors may provide
for the compensation of such clerk, but
unless they do so, his salary shall be
paid by the Judge of probate.
Act No. 186prOvides that if judge of
probate shall remove out of the county,
die, resign, or otherwise become lncapac-
itated for performing the duties of his
office, the Judge of the circuit court for
such county shall hold the court, unless
he also shall be incapacitated for pre-
forming such duties, in which case the
Judge Of any other circuit may act in
his stead, and the Judge so acting shall
have all the powers and preform all the
duties of Judge OF probate, until anoth-
er Judge of probate shall be elected or
appointed and qualified. When the
Judge of probate, his wife or chi d.
shall be an heir or legatee, or when such
Judge shall be IN executor or admins
traitor of deceased person. or credit
or or otherwise interested in any ques-
ton to be decided, he shall he deemed
incapacitated for performing the duties
of his Office in relation to that estate,
and the Judge of the circuit court for
said county shall perform those duties.
STATE TAXES.
Act No. 43 provides that the auditor
general shall apportion the state tax
among the several counties in proper
ton to the valuation of taxable proper
ty therein, as determined by the last pre-
ceding state board of equalization, and
shall, before the October session of the
board of supervisors, make out and
transmit to the clerks of the several
boards the amount of such tax so appOr-
toned by him TO the county, and shall
charge the several amounts of such APP
pOrtiOnments to the counties respective
ly on the first day of March next follow
ing.
The auditor general shall also include
in the amount of state tax so appOrtion-
ed to any county, the amount of indebt-
edness of such county to the state, as
shall be shown by the statement of &C
count between the county and the state
on the first day of July next preceding,
which amount shall be apportiOned by
the board of supervisors of the proper
county at the same time as all the state
taxes contained in such appOrtiOnment
of the auditor general, and shall be lev
led in the same manner as, and become
a portion of the county taxes of the
same year. Provided the amount of
county Indebtedness included in such
apportiOnment shall not be included in
the amount of state tax charged to the
counties, as provided in the first clause
of this act.
sECTION-CORNERs AND QUARTER-POsTs.
Act No. 70 authorizes the boards of
supervisors of the several counties to es-
tabiish and prepetuate any government
section-corners or quarter-pOsts in their
counties, which they may
have good reason to believe are lost,
or are in danger of being lost, by the
of surveyor therefor,
who shall keep full and complete re-
cord of his work, giving in detail the
evidences by which any ,corner is idcn-
titled, also themanner in which lost cor
ners are identified and reestablished,
which record shall be kept in the same
book provided by the county forsurvey-
or's records, and kept in the Office of the
county surveyor, which record shall be
received in evidence in all the courts of
this State. Such work shall be done
only in townships where majority of
the voters shall vote to raise the neces-
sary money, not exceeding $3.50. This
act shall not apply to lands where sec