Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25
NEW LAWS OF THE STATE
Enaetments by the Michigan Legislature Extraordinary
Session.

| borrow money on the faith and credit OF the
! city, and to issue bonds therefor to an
amount not to exceed one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, which shall be expended Ia
construction of a bridge across Grand River
at Bridge street In said city: Provided, That
a majority of the electors of said city voting
on the question at any special or regular
election at which said question of bonding
shall be submitted shall so determine In
| compliance with the provisions OF this act
| and not otherwise.
| This act Is ordered to take immediate
effect.
Approved January o. 1900.
To Recover the Value of Property.
JOINT RESOLUTION empowering the At
| torney General to Investigate and bring
such legal proceedings as the law may
warrant to recover the value of property
alleged to have been fraudulently obtained
from the State upon the sale of certain
| Military Goods and Supplies, and to REIN
burse the State for damages occasioned by
a fraud alleged TO have been perpetrated
upon the State In the sale and purchase OF
Military Goods and Supplies.
Whereas, 1t is alleged that in the sale Of
certain military goods and supplies of the
State of Michigan made by the military
| board Of this State on or about the thirtieth
| day of June last, and in the subsequent pur
| chase Of military goods and supplies by said
military board for the National Guard Of
said State certain frauds have been perpe-
| trated by which the State of Michigan Is
| alleged to have suffered damages In large
amount.
| Resolved, That the Attorney General of
this State be and Is hereby empowered to
| investigate, and to bring such legal proceed
| ings as he may deem best, and to protect the
interests of the State In all defalcation mat
ters and the Auditor General of this State
is hereby directed TO draw his warrant upon
the Treasurer of this State upon proper
vouchers therefor, signed by said Attorney
| General, for the payment of all costs neces
| Stated herein, and the Treasurer Is hereby
| directed to pay said warrant out OF any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
Approved January s, 1900.
To Redeem and Retire Bonds.
AN ACT to authorize the City OF Ionla to
Borrow Thirty Thousand Dollars and to
issue the Bonds of the city therefor to pay
outstanding City Bonds.
The People of the State Of Michigan
enact:
Section l. That for the purpose of re-
deeming and retiring thirty thousand dollars
| worth of water bonds of the City OF Ionia,
| outstanding and issued in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty-three, the City Of Ionia,
| be and is hereby authorized, acting through
and by the Common Council of said city, to
| borrow thirty thousand dollars on the creG. /.
| of the city at a rate of interest not eXceeu
| Ing four per cent. per apnum and to Issue
the bonds of the said city therefor.
Sec. .. The amount of each bond, place
| OF payment OF principal and interest, timI
and condition Of payment and time Of ma
turity Is left to the discretion of the Com
| mon Council Of the said city.
This act is ordered to take immediate
| effect.
Approved January 8, 1900.
For Relief of Soldiers and Sailors.
AN ACT supplementary to act number one
| hundred and thirty four of the Public Acts
| OF eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, enti
tied IAN Act for the relief of Sick, Dis
abled and Needy ex-Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines of the late Spanish American
| War"
The People of the State of Michigan
enact:
Section 1. The Auditor General Is hereb,
authorized and empowered, upon the presen-
tation Of proof satisfactory to him Of the
correctness and business of the claims, to
draw warrants upon the Treasurer OF the
State for sufficient amounts to pay suc,,
claims for the relief of sick, disabled ana
needy ex-soldlers, sailors and marines Of the
late Spanish American war as may be prop
| erly audited, allowed and filed with said
Auditor General or before the thirty.
first day of January, nineteen hundred, by
virtue Of act number one hundred and thlr
ty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety nine, entitled 'An Act for the relief
of sick, disabled and needy ex-soldiers, sail
ors and marines of the late Spanish-Amer
lean war;" the same to he paid out Of any
moneys in the general fund Of the State not
otherwise appropriated: Provided, That not
! more than forty thousand dollars shall he
paid out under this act, and no claims shah
be paid hereunder until after the thirty frs,
day of January, nineteen hundred, nor until
| all claims to be allowed hereunder shall
| and IL the amount herein appropriated Is
not sufficient TO pay all of said claims the
Auditor General is authorized to divide said
fund among said claimants proportionatey
according to the amount of said claims, pay
ing to each claimant his pro rata share
| thereof or in his discretion in such proper
ton as shall be determined by him to be jusl
and equitable.
This act Is ordered to take immediate
| effect.
Approved January s, 1900.
To Pay Indebtedness.
AN ACT to authorize the Township Beard
of the Township of Springwells, In the
County Of Wayne, to borrow a sum of
money not to exceed twenty thousand dol
lars, in the year nineteen hundred, for the
| purpose of paying Its proportion Of the
cost of constructing bridge over the
Rouge River on Fort street. in said town
ship, and TO pay the present outstanding
obligations and Indebtedness of said town.
ship, and to Issue bonds therefor.
The People CT the State of Michigan
enact:
Section 1. The Township Board of the
Township of Sprngwells, In the County OF
| Wayne. shall have the authority and power
| and is hereby authorized and empowered tv
borrow money on the faith and credit Of said
| township and issue bonds therefor in sum
not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, in
the year nineteen hundred, for the purpose
| of paying its proportion of the cost OF con
structing bridge over the Rouge River. on
Fort street, In said township. and TO pay the
present outstanding obligations and indebt
edness of said township and issue bonds
| therefor Provided, That n majority of the
qualified electors OF said township, voting at
an annual or special election, to he called In
compliance with chapter nineteen of How
ellis Annotated Statutes Of Michigan and tn
Of such lean or bond issue In the manner
therein specified and not otherwise.
Sec. 2. II such bond Issue or loan shall be
authorized by majority Of said qualified
electors, said bonds shall be issued In de-
nominations of five hundred dollars each
and shall be payable at such times and
amounts at any time within twenty years
from the date of the issue as fixed and deter
mined by said Township Board and with a
rate of interest not exceeding four per cent
per annum, and such bonds shall be signed
by the Supervisor and Clerk of said town
ship, and be negotiated by and under the.
direction OF the Township Board NJ eatd