court.

her by the name he or she has usually borne, is adopted as the child of such person or persons first above referred to, and that he, she, or they intend to make such child his, her, or their heir, and stating the full name they desire such child shall bear; and the execution of the said instrument shall be by the persons so signing the same acknowledged before any officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and thereupon the same may be pre- Where filed. sented to and filed with the judge of probate of the county where such person or persons adopting such child reside. Such probate Order of probate judge on being satisfied of the good faith of such proceeding, and that the person or persons adopting such child is or are suitable to have charge thereof, shall make an order, to be entered in the journal of the probate court, that such person or persons do stand in the place of a parent or parents to such child, and that the name of such child be changed to such name as shall be so designated in said instrument for that purpose, whereupon said child shall be Effect thereof.. thereafter known and called by said new name, and the said person or persons so adopting such child shall thereupon stand in the place of a parent or parents to such child in law, and be liable to all duties and entitled to all the rights of parents thereto, and such child shall thereupon become an heir-at-law of such persons, the same as if he or she were in fact the child of such person or

AN ACT relative to insane convicts in the State Prison and other

penal institutions.

insane prisoners to Asylum.

medical superin.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Transfer of if any person after being convicted of any offense and committed to the State Prison or any penal institution of this State, and before the execution in whole or in part of the sentence of the court, shall show symptoms of insanity, the warden shall give notice to the physician Duty of warden.. thereof and the medical superintendent of the asylum for the insane at Kalamazoo. The physician and medical superintendent aforesaid Physician and upon receiving such notice, shall forthwith examine such convict, tendent to exam. and if upon such examination they shall be of opinion that said ine, etc. convict is insane, they shall certify the same to the warden of the prison who shall forthwith put such lunatic or insane convict in the prison department prepared for that purpose, and immediately notify the Governor of the State of the insanity of said convict, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the facts, and he may pardon Governor may such lunatic, or commute or suspend, for the time being, the execution in such manner or for such period as he may think proper, and may, by his warrant to the warden of the State prison, or any penal institution of this State, order such lunatic to be conveyed to

order prisoner sent to Asylum..

Transfer of insane person lunatic depart.

to

one of the State asylums for the insane, and there kept at the expense of the State until restored to his reason, unless his sentence shall sooner expire, in which case, or if restored to reason before the expiration of the time of his sentence, he shall be returned to the prison to serve out the unexpired time of his sentence, the time of such suspension shall count on the time for which sentenced.

SEC. 2. Whenever a convict in the State prison or any penal institution of this State shall show symptoms of insanity, the warment in prison. den shall give notice to the physician thereof and to the medical superintendent of the asylum for the insane at Kalamazoo. The physician and medical superintendent aforesaid, upon receiving such notice shall forthwith examine such convict, and if upon such examination they shall be of opinion that said convict is insane, they shall certify the same to the warden of the prison or any penal institution of this State, who shall forthwith put such lunatic or insane convict in the prison department prepared for that purpose.

Duty of prison

physician as to

When lunatic

adjudged re

SEC. 3. The physician for said prison or any penal institution of Lunatic convicts. this State shall give such medical and surgical aid to the lunatic convicts who may not be removed by order of the Governor as provided by section one hereof, as the nature of their cases and circumstances will permit and require; and whenever any lunatics or insane convicts shall be adjudged to be restored to their proper stored, duty of minds, or so far restored that it may be considered safe to put them at labor, under their sentence, and certified so by the physician and medical superintendent as aforesaid, the warden of the prison or any penal institution of this State shall again put such restored convicts at hard labor, according to their sentence. SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved May 22, 1877.

warden.

Persons deemed

[No. 190.]

AN ACT to maintain political purity.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That guilty of bribery the following persons shall be guilty of bribery, and shall be punrupt voters by ished accordingly:

who shall cor.

The offer or

or valuable con.

First, Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself promise of money or by any other person on his behalf, give, lend, or agree to give sideration. or lend, or shall offer or promise any money or valuable consideration or promise or endeavor to procure any money or valuable consideration to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any person in order to induce any voter to vote or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of such voter having voted or refrained from voting for any person, candidate or ticket at any public election in this State;

Second, Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf give or procure, or agree

promise of office,

to give or procure, or offer or promise any office, place, or employ- The offer or ment, or promise to procure or to endeavor to procure any office, place, or employ place, or employment to or for any voter, or to or for any other ment. person in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting for any person, candidate or ticket, at any such election;

of others to cor

Third, Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by him- The employment self or by any other person on his behalf, make any gift, loan, rupt voters, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement, as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure or endeavor to procure the election of any person to any public office in this State, or the vote of any voter at any such election;

receive gift, etc.,

Fourth, Every person who shall upon, or in consequence of any Who shall such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement, procure and in conseor engage, promise or endeavor to procure the election of any per- quence attempt son or persons to any public office or offices in this State, or the vote of any voter at any such election ;

to corrupt voters.

bribery of a

Fifth, Every person who shall advance, or pay, or cause to be who shall adpaid any money to, or to the use of, any other person, with the vance money for intent that such money or any part thereof shall be expended in voter." bribery at any such election, or who shall knowingly pay or cause to be paid any money to any person in discharge or repayment of any money, wholly or in part, expended in bribery at any such election.

sections.

ses.

SEC. 2. Any person offending, according to the provisions of the Penalty for viopreceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and lating preceding on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars; but the bona fide payment by any candidate for office or Legitimate other person for the fair and reasonable cost of printing tickets election expen. and slips or pasters, and of advertising in the newspapers or by posters any political meeting, and the reasonable and bona fide expenses of holding such meetings and procuring speakers, and getting out the people to the same, of obtaining and distributing papers and tickets and of bringing voters out to the polls; shall be held to be expenses lawfully incurred, and the payment thereof shall not be a contravention of this act.

SEC. 3. The following persons shall also be deemed guilty of others deemed bribery and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed guilty of bribery. n the preceding section:

refrain from

money, etc.

First, Every voter who shall, before or during any election, Person who of directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his be- fers to vote or half, ask, solicit, receive, agree or contract for any money, gift, voting for loan or valuable consideration, office, place, or employment for himself or any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting for any person, candidate, or ticket at any public election in this State;

money, etc., for

Second, Every person who shall after any election directly or person who ́after indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, receive election receives any money or valuable consideration on account of any person hav- having voted or ing voted or refrained from voting, or having induced any other voting.

refrained from

Candidate shall not provide

purpose of cor. rupting voter.

person to vote or to refrain from voting for any person, candidate, or ticket at any such election.

SEC. 4. No candidate for any public office shall corruptly, by refreshments for himself, or by or with any person, or by any other way or means on his behalf, at any time either before or during an election, directly or indirectly give or provide or cause to be given or provided, or shall be accessory to the giving or providing, or shall pay wholly or in part any expenses incurred for any meat, drink, refreshment, or provision to or for any person, in order to be elected or for being elected, or for the purpose of corruptly influencing such person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote at such election; and every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of corrupt practice, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five or more than two hundred dollars.

Penalty.

Others shall not provide refreshments for pur.

ing voter.

SEC. 5. The giving or causing to be given to any voter on any election day, on account of such voter being about to vote, or pose of corrupt having voted, any meat, drink, or refreshment, or any money or ticket to enable such voter to procure refreshment, shall be deemed a corrupt practice, and persons convicted thereof shall be punished as provided in the preceding section.

Intimidation of

ening discharge, excom. municate, etc.

SEC. 6. Any person who shall directly or indirectly discharge or voter by threat threaten to discharge any person who may be in his employ for the purpose of influencing his vote at any election in this State, and any priest, pastor, curate or other officer of any religious association or society, who shall impose or threaten to impose any penalty of excommunication, dismissal or expulsion, or who shall command or advise under pain of religious disapproval, for the purpose of influencing any voter at an election in this State, shall be deemed guilty of corrupt practice, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as provided for in section four of this act.

Penalty.

Election of can

mits bribery

void.

SEC. 7. If any candidate for any public office at any election in didate who com this State shall commit bribery, or any corrupt practice, as defined in this act, the election of such candidate, if he has been elected, shall be void, and if he shall enter into the office for which he was elected, an information in the nature of a quo warranto to oust him from such office, may be filed in the Supreme Court or the proper circuit court, under chapter two hundred and twenty-five of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one: Provided, Such bribery or corrupt practice shall be proved by at least two witnesses.

Proviso.

Attempt to cor.

rupt vote of Legislator for U. S. Senator, by offer of office,

SEC. 8. Any person who shall directly or indirectly by himself or

by any other person on his behalf, offer or promise any office, place, or employment under the government of the United States, or deemed felony. promise to procure or to endeavor to procure any such office, place or employment, to or for any member of the Legislature, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such member of the Legislature to vote or refrain from voting for any person for the office of United States Senator from this State, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of any member of the Legislature having voted or refrained from voting as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be pun

ished by imprisonment in the State prison for a period not exceed- Penalty. ing five years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

liquor, sale of on

SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter, or Spirituous give away any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, on the day of any election day election held within this State, under the constitution or laws prohibited. thereof; and it shall be the duty of all mayors of cities, presidents of villages, and supervisors of townships, within five days previous to the days of election as aforesaid, to issue a proclamation, warning the inhabitants of the provisions of this act, and that all violations of the same will subject the offender to prompt and speedy punishment, and requiring sheriffs, marshals, constables, and police officers to close, and it shall be the duty of such officers to close all houses or places found violating the provisions of this act, and to report forthwith all violations of this act, to the prosecuting attorney and mayor, president or supervisors aforesaid, and whose duty it shall be to immediately prosecute such violations of this act. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, Penalty for sale shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of. thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and costs of prosecution, and on failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days, nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 22, 1877.

[No. 191.]

partnership asso

AN ACT authorizing the formation of partnership associations, in which the capital subscribed shall alone be responsible for the debts of the association, except under certain circumstances. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That who may form when any three or more persons may desire to form a partnership ciation. association, for the purpose of conducting any lawful business or occupation within the United States or elsewhere, whose principal office or place of business shall be established and maintained within this State, by subscribing and contributing capital thereto, which capital shall alone be liable for the debts of such association, it shall and may be lawful for such persons to sign and acknowledge, before some officer competent to take the acknowledgment of deeds, a statement in writing, in which shall be set forth the full statement, what names of such persons, and the amount of capital of said associa- to set forth. tion subscribed for by each; the total amount of capital, and when and how to be paid; the character of the business to be conducted, and the location of the same; the name of the association, with the word "limited" added thereto as part of the same; the contemplated duration of said association, which shall not in any case exceed twenty years, and the names of the officers of said association