The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-19

lently obtained from the State upon the
sale OF certain Military Goods and Sup
plies. and to reimburse 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. IL Is alleged that In the sale
OF certain military goods and supplies OF
the state of Michigan made by the mill
tary board OF this State on or about the
thirtieth day OF June last, and in the
subsequent purchase of military goods
and supplies by said military board for
the National Guard Of said State, certain
frauds have been perpetrated 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 pro-
ceedings as he may deem best, and TO pro-
tect the interests of the State in all defal,
cation matters, and the Auditor-General
OF this State Is hereby directed to draw
his warrant upon the treasurer or TINS
| State upon proper vouchers therefor,
| signed by said Attorney-General, for the
! payment of all costs neceSsitated herein,
| and tho treasurer is hereby directed TO
| pay said warrant out of any moneys In
| the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
| Approved January s, 1900.
| AN ACT to authorize the City of Ionia 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 dol
| lars worth of water bonds of the City OF
| Ionia, outstanding and issued In the year
| eighteen hundred eighty-three. the cay
| of Ionia, be and Is hereby authorized
| acting through and by the common couh-
! ell of said city, to borrow thirty thou
! sand dollars on the credit of the city at
! rate of interest not exceeding four per
cent per annum and TO issue the ponus Oh
! the said city therefor. -.
Sec. 2 The amount of each bond, place
! of payment of principal and interest, tms
and condition of payment ana tiIae ~ %
! maturity Is left 10 the discretion OF the
| common council OF the said city. 49,.
This act is ordered to take Immediate
| effect. ,ooo
| AN ACT supplementary to act NUMBER
| one hundred thirty-four. or the Fupllc
Acts of eighteen hundred nlnety-9niin nts'
! entitled IAN Act for the RELIEF or SICK,
! Disabled and Needy eX-Soldiers Sailors
and Marines Of the late Spanlsh-Aiheri-
The The People of the State of Michigan
Section /. The Auditor General Is here
by authorized and empowered, upon ths
pTesentatlon of proof satisfactory to him
of the correctness and business Oh tle
claims to draw warrants upon the treas
urer of the State for suthclent amounts
to nay such claims for the relief or SICK,
disabled and needy eX-soldlers, salloIs
and marines Of the late spanish american
war as may be properly audlteu, all2"eu
and filed with said Auditor General on
or before the thirty-frst day Of January
nineteen hundred by virtue or act mum
her one hundred thirty-four OF the laws
Of eighteen hundred nnety-nlne, entltieu
IAN act for the relief of SICK, Disabled
and needy eX-soldiers, sailors ana hi9iit tSe
of the late Spanish-American war, the
| same TO be paid out of any moneys III
! the general fund of the state, not other-
wise appropriated: PROVIDED, dmat Mi MI
| more than forty thousand dollars sndll
! he maid out under this act and no claims
shall be paid hereunder until aIter Ine
thirty-first day of January hiheees ai,dttad
! dred, nor until all cai ms to be ailowed
| hereunder shall have been oresenteu ~
! the Auditor General, and If the amount
! herein appropriated Is not sumclent 70
! nav ali of said claims the Auditor General
! is authorized to divide said fund AMONG
| said claimants proporuonately accoruin ~
| TO the amount Of said claims, paying 70
! each claimant his pro rata share thereoI,
| or in his discretion in such proportion az
| shall be determined by him to be just ana
This act is ordered to take immediate
Approved January s. 1900.
! Board of the Township of Springwells'
in the County of Wayne, to borrow a
sum Of money not TO exceed twenty
| thousand dollars in the year nineteen
hundred for the purpose of paying It's
| proportion of the cost of constructing
Bridge over the Rouge RIVER on F0rt
Street in said Township, and to pay the
| present outstanding obligations and IN
! debtedness of said Township, and to is
S Tbe ij People of the state of Michigan
Section /. The township board OF the
/ Township of Springwells, i'm the County
| Of Wayne shall have the authority and
| power. and is hereby authorized and en-
! powered to borrow money on the ialtn
| and credit of said township ana issue
bonds therefor in a sum not TO eNGeeu
| twenty thousand dollars in the year nine
teen hundred, for the purpose of paying
| it's proportion of the cost of constructing
| n bridge over the Rouge River on Fort
! Street in said township, and to pay the
| present outstanding obligations ana IN
| dabtedness Of said township. and issue
! bonds therefor: Provided, That ma
jority OF the qualified electors of said town
ship, voting at an annual or special cleo
! tion. to be called in compliance with
| chapter nineteen Of Howelrs Annotated
Statutes Of Michigan and the acts amend
| atory thereto. shall vote in favor of such
I loan or bond issue in the manner therein
| specified and not otherwise. ,
Sec. 2 If such bond issue or loan shall
| he authorized by a ma jority of said quail
fed electors. said bonds SHAH be issued
| in denominations 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 liked
! and determined by said township board ana
with n rate of interest not exceeding four
ner cent per annum, and such bonds shall
be signed by the supervisor and clerk OF
said township. and be negotiated by and
under the direction of the township
! board OF said township and the money
arising from the sale thereof shall be ap-
| propriated in such manner as said town.
| ship board shall determine for the pur-
pose aforesaid and not otherwise, and the
said township board shall have the power,
and II shall be it's duty to raise by taxa
ton upon the taxable property Of said
township such sum or sums as shall be
sufficient to pay the amount of said bonds
and the interest theron as fast as the
same shall become due, as hereinbefore
stated.
Sec. g. The vote upon such proposition
shall be printed by ballot and shall be In
the following words:
For the issue Of township bonds
Yes. {
For the issue Of township bonds
No
This act is ordered to take immediate
effect.
Approved January 8, 1900
AN ACT to repeal act number four hun
dred seventeen of the Local Acts of
eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled,
IAN Act to change the name OF frac-
tional school district number two of Ply
mouth and NoW townships in the coun-
ties OF Wayne and Oakland in the
State of Michigan to fractional school