People ex rel. Hubbard v. Township Board

By act No. 414 of 1871, the governor was empowered to appoint three commissioners to improve Fort street from the western limits of the city of Detroit to the Dearborn road — the entire work being in the township of Springwells. The commissioners were not required to reside in the town, and, in fact, a majority did not. The work to be done included macadamizing and draining the street, with some other necessary finishing, and when done it was to be paid for by issuing bonds of the township, the interest of which was to be met by a general tax on the township, and the principal by an…