[ No. 13. ] AN ACT to amend section three of act one hundred thirtyfive of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred sixty-seven, entitled "An act for the incorporation of industrial and other charitable schools," the same being section four thousand six hundred of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan. amended, trustees. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Section That section three of act number one hundred thirty-five of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred sixty-seven be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 3. The affairs of such corporation shall be managed Number of by not less than five nor more than fifty trustees, to be chosen by the members thereof, and to hold office for one year, and until their successors be chosen; and the regular officers thereof except the treasurer and secretary, shall form a part of said trustees, and the treasurer and secretary shall be chosen from said trustees. The officers may be chosen How officers are by said trustees, or by the members of such corporation, as the articles shall prescribe. The by-laws of such corporation shall be adopted by such trustees, who may change them at their pleasure. A majority of the trustees shall be a quorum Majority of to transact business, and all of such trustees shall be citizens trustees a of the United States, and residents of the state of Michigan. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 12, 1891. chosen. quorum. [ No. 14. ] AN ACT to provide for the appointment of an assistant prosecuting attorney for the county of Saginaw, and to prescribe his duties and powers. prosecuting SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Appointment of That the prosecuting attorney of the county of Saginaw is t hereby authorized and empowered to appoint an assistant attorney. prosecuting attorney for Saginaw county, which appointment shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of said county. SEC. 2. Said assistant prosecuting attorney shall hold his Term of office. office during the pleasure of the prosecuting attorney of said county. SEC. 3. The salary of said assistant prosecuting attorney Salary. shall be one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid monthly by the treasurer of said county out of the funds of said county. SEC. 4. Said assistant prosecuting attorney may sign and Duties., verify informations, and shall perform all the duties required by law of the prosecuting attorney during the sickness, absence Official oath. Official acts valid. Revocation of appointment to be filed. or other disability of the prosecuting attorney. He shall also perform such other duties as may be required of him by the prosecuting attorney, and shall be subject to all the disqualifications and disabilities of the prosecuting attorney in other cases, and shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this State, and file the same, together with his acceptance, with the county clerk of said county. SEC. 5. All official acts of said assistant prosecuting attorney within the scope of the duties of the prosecuting attorney and the powers granted by this act, shall be prima facie valid. SEC. 6. In case of removal the prosecuting attorney of said county shall file with the clerk of said county a revocation of such appointment. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Persons affected with communi cable diseases entering public places, etc. [No. 15. ] AN ACT to prevent the spread of dangerous communicable diseases, by providing for the punishment of willful offenders. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That no person affected with small-pox, diphtheria or scarlet prohibited from fever, shall willfully enter a public place or a public conveyance, nor shall in any way willfully subject another person to danger of contracting such disease; no person shall knowingly and willfully take, aid in taking, or cause to be taken, a child or other irresponsible person, while affected with any of the aforesaid diseases, into a public place or public conveyance, nor in any way knowingly and willfully subject another person to danger of contracting any one of the aforesaid diseases from such child or irresponsible person; no person shall knowingly and willfully subject another person to danger of contracting any of the aforesaid diseases from the body of a person deceased therefrom; no person shall in any way knowingly and willfully expose, aid in exposing, or cause to be exposed a child or other irresponsible person, to danger of contracting any one of the aforesaid diseases: Provided, That this section shall not apply to necessary transportation of patients suffering from such diseases in proper vehicles provided for such purposes. Proviso. Violation a misdemeanor, penalty. SEC. 2. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than twenty days, nor more than ninety days. Approved March 27, 1891. [ No. 16. ] AN ACT to amend sections one and two of act number two hundred sixty-one of the public acts of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An act to require railroad corporations within this State to cut and destroy the noxious weeds which grow on the land occupied by them," being sections two thousand three hundred and seventy-six and two thousand three hundred and seventy-seven compiled laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and sections three thousand four hundred and forty-three and three thousand four hundred and forty-four of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Sections That sections one and two of act number two hundred and sixty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred and fiftynine, entitled "An act to require railroad corporations within this State to cut and destroy the noxious weeds which grow on the land occupied by them," the same being sections two thousand three hundred and seventy-six, and two thousand three hundred and seventy-seven, compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one; and sections three thousand four hundred and forty-three, and three thousand four hundred and forty-four of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: noxious weeds. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Shall destroy That all railroad corporations doing business in this State shall, each year, between the fifteenth day of June and the first day of July, and again between the fifteenth day of August, and the first day of September, cause all noxious weeds growing upon lands occupied by them in any city, village, or organized township in this State to be cut down and destroyed. for expense on SEC. 2. In case any railroad company shall refuse or neg- Company liable lect to comply with the requirements specified in the first neglect or section of this act, then it shall be lawful for any highway refusal, officer to cut said noxious weeds, between the first and fifth days of July, inclusive, and between the first and fifth days of September, inclusive, in each year, at the expense of the corporation on whose lands said noxious weeds shall be so cut, at the rate of three dollars per day for the time necessarily occupied in cutting, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State. Approved March 27, 1891. Appraisal of improvements remitted, [No. 17.] AN ACT authorizing and directing the Commissioner of the SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Commissioner of the Land Office of the State of Michigan be and is hereby directed to remit the sum of fifty dollars appraised as improvements upon the following described parcel of primary school land situate and being in the township of Crockery, county of Ottawa, and State of Michigan, and described as follows: The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section sixteen, of town eight north, of range fifteen west. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Act amended, Mutual fire insurance companies may [ No. 18. ] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies, and defining their powers and duties, and to repeal chapter ninety-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and also act number ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, by adding a new section thereto to stand as section twentythree. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That an act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies and defining their powers and duties and to repeal chapter ninety-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and also act number ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the said act being chapter one hundred and thirty-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto, to stand as section twenty-three and to read follows: as SEC. 23. Any mutual fire insurance company of this State having no capital stock and lawfully doing business at the extend their cor- time this section shall take effect, or organized under the act of which this is amendatory, may at any time within two years next preceding the expiration of its charter, by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any annual meet porate existence. organization. ing, or at any special meeting called for the purpose, determine to extend its corporate existence for a period not exceeding thirty years from the date of the expiration of its charter and thereupon the corporate existence of said mutual fire insurance company shall be extended as so determined, and such determination shall be deemed a reorganization of such company, and it shall succeed to all the rights and be Deemed a resubject to all the liabilities of the corporation so reorganized, and it shall not be necessary to change the policies or books or mode of the doing of the business of the said company: Provided, That a statement of the proceedings to Proviso as to reorganize such company by the making of such determina- reorganize. tion, duly certified by the officers of the meeting so determining, shall be presented to the Attorney General for his approval and be approved by him and such certified proceedings and approval be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Insurance of this State before the expiration of the term of the corporate existence of such mutual fire insurance company: And provided further, That a written Further proviso. or printed notice of such determination shall be mailed to each member of said company at least sixty days before the expiration of the charter, and that it shall be the right of any member of the company who shall give notice to the secretary before the time of the expiration of said charter, to withdraw from said company at that time, he remaining liable for his equitable share of the losses incurred to that date or entitled to his equitable share of any surplus fund which, after the payment of all debts and liabilities to that date, may remain in the hands of the treasurer of the company, as the case may be. Ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 19. ] AN ACT making an appropriation for the current expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home and other expenses necessary to the maintenance and improvement thereof for the years one thousand eight hundred ninety-one and one thousand eight hundred ninety-two. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Appropriation. That there be and hereby is appropriated from the general fund the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, for the current expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home and other expenses necessary to the maintenance and improvement thereof, for the years eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and eighteen hundred and ninety-two: Provided, That of the amount hereby appro- Proviso. priated it shall not be lawful for the board of managers to draw a sum exceeding ninety-one thousand dollars in the year |