Section amended. Funding of moneys. [No. 168.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of chapter thirty of act number two hundred fifteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class," being section three thousand two hundred thirty-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of chapter thirty of act number two hundred fifteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class," being section three thousand two hundred thirty-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 22. All moneys and taxes raised, loaned or appropriated for the purposes of any particular fund, shall be paid in and credited to such fund, and shall be applied to the purposes for which such moneys were raised and received, and to none other; nor shall the moneys belonging to one fund be transferred to any other fund, or be applied to any purpose for which such other fund is constituted, except when there shall be a surplus in any general fund at the close of any fiscal year. In such case the surplus may be transferred to the sinking fund, should there be a deficiency in that fund, otherwise the council may apply such surplus as they shall deem proper. Moneys not received or appropriated for any particular fund shall be credited to the contingent fund: Provided, That moneys raised or collected utility funds. in any fund for operating expense, extension or construction of any municipally owned public utility, in excess of the expenditure requirements of that utility in any year, shall not be transferred to any other fund at the close of the fiscal year, except for the payment of bonds or obligations incurred on account of that utility, or to provide for replacements or extensions of that utility. Approved May 2, 1917. Surplus. Contingent fund. Proviso, [No. 169.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Highway Department for the payment of the additional State reward on trunk line highways, the building or repairing of bridges on such highways, making necessary repairs on such highways, and paying the salaries and running expenses incurred under the provisions of act number three hundred thirty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eighteen, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nineteen, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: ment, appro SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the State High- State highway Department for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nine-way depart teen hundred eighteen, the sum of six hundred thousand dol- priation. lars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nineteen, the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars, which sums so appropriated shall constitute a fund for the Purposes. payment of the additional State reward on trunk line highways, building or repairing bridges on such highways, making necessary repairs on such highways and paying the salaries and running expenses incurred under the provisions of act number three hundred thirty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended. Any moneys remaining in this fund at the close of any fiscal year shall be carried over by the Auditor General and added to the funds which become available for the following year. SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred seventeen the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eighteen the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars, which amounts when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 2, 1917. Offense punishable. [No. 170.] AN ACT making it a felony for any guardian or other person to carnally know any female under the age of eighteen years in his care, custody or employment, and to provide a penalty therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. If any guardian of any female under the age of eighteen years or any other person to whose care or protection any such female shall have been confided shall defile her by carnally knowing her while she remains in his care, custody or employment he shall in any case not otherwise provided for be punished by imprisonment in the State prison for a term not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 2, 1917. Section amended. Act not to apply to certain contracts. [No. 171.] AN ACT to amend section six of act number three hundred twenty-nine of the Session Laws of the State of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred five, being an act entitled "An act relative to agreements, contracts and combinations in restraint of trade or commerce." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section six of act number three hundred twentynine of the Public Acts of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred five, being an act entitled "An act relative to agreements, contracts and combinations in restraint of trade," the same being compilers' section fifteen thousand thirty-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: . SEC. 6. This act shall not apply to any contract mentioned in this act, nor in restraint of trade where the only object of restraint imposed by the contract is to protect the vendee, or transferee, of a trade pursuit, avocation, profession or business, or the good will thereof, sold and transferred for a valuable consideration in good faith, and without any intent to create, build up, establish or maintain a monopoly ; nor to any contract of employment under which the employer furnishes or discloses to the employe a list of customers or patrons, commonly called a route list, within certain territory in which such employe is to work, in which contract the employe agrees not to perform similar services in such territory for another engaged in a like or competing line of business for a period of ninety days after the termination of such contract or services. Approved May 2, 1917. [No. 172.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter fifty of act number three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter fifty of act number three Section hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," the same being compilers' section thirteen thousand seven hundred thirty-six of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: error may course. SEC. 1. Writs of error, upon any final judgment or deter- Writs of mination, where the judgment exceeds in amount five hun issue of dred dollars, may issue of course, out of the Supreme Court, in vacation as well as in term, and shall be returnable to the same court; and in all other cases such writ may issue in the discretion of the Supreme Court upon proper application. Approved May 2, 1917. Section amended. Registration by county treasurer of certain secured debts. Amount of tax. Certificate made. [No. 173.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred forty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and the collection of a specific tax upon secured debts other than debts secured or evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property, and which mortgages and liens are recorded in Michigan, and upon certain foreign municipal bonds and other foreign bonds, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in contravention thereto," as amended by act number two hundred fifty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, being compilers' section four thousand two hundred eighty-three of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number one hundred fortytwo of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and collection of a specific tax upon secured debts other than debts secured or evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property, and which mortgages and liens are recorded in Michigan, and upon certain foreign municipal bonds, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in contravention thereto," as amended by act number two hundred fifty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, being compilers' section four thousand two hundred eighty-three of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. Any person may take or send to the office of the treasurer of the county where he resides, any secured debt as defined in section one of this act, or any bond or other obligation issued by any foreign country or by any state, county, township, city, village, school district, or good roads district or other governmental subdivision outside of this State and may pay to the county a tax of one-half per centum on the face value thereof and the treasurer shall thereupon endorse upon said secured debt or municipal bond a certificate that such tax, stating the amount thereof, has been paid and the date of such payment and certifying that the same is exempt from taxation, which endorsement shall be duly signed and dated by the treasurer or his duly authorized Record kept. representative. The treasurer shall keep a record of such endorsements with a description of such secured debt or municipal bond, together with the name and address of the person presenting same and the date of registration. Approved May 2, 1917. |