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Eighth, The term of years the corporation is to exist, Term which shall not be to exceed thirty years;

istence.

diminished.

Ninth, The names of the stockholders, their respective resi- Stockholders. dences, and the number of shares subscribed for by each. How capital The amount of the capital stock and number of shares of stock inevery corporation organized under this act may be increased creased or or diminished at any annual meeting of the stockholders, or at a special meeting expressly called for that purpose, by a vote of two-thirds of the capital stock of the corporation. In voting upon the increase of the capital stock, the stockholders shall have power, by the same statutory majority, to fix the value of, and the price at which, the increase of the capital shall be subscribed and paid for by the stockholders, but not less than par, as well as the time and manner of the subscription and payment, and by the same vote to authorize the directors of the corporation to sell, at not less than the price so fixed, any part of such increase not subscribed by the stockholders, after they have had a reasonable opportunity to make subscription of their proportionate shares thereof; and to make provision for calling in and cancelling the old and issuing new certificates of stock; but nothing herein contained shall in any way operate to discharge any company, which may diminish its capital stock, from any obligation or demand that may be due from said company. When a corporation shall so increase or diminish Certificate of its capital stock, the president and a majority of the directors decrease. shall make a certificate thereof, which shall be signed by them and recorded and returned as provided herein for recording and returning the original articles of incorporation, and such increase or diminution shall commence and be operative from the date when such certificate is recorded in the office of the Secretary of State: Provided, That in order to Proviso, as entitle such certificate to be recorded it must show that at to amount paid in. least fifty per cent of the total authorized stock, after such increase, has been subscribed, and that at least ten per cent of the total authorized capital has been actually paid in. The articles of incorporation, besides defining the purposes Further profor which the corporation is formed, as provided in subsection second above, may also contain any provision which the incorporators may deem advantageous for the regulation of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation and any provision creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the corporation, the directors and the stockholders, or any class or classes of stock and stockholders: Provided, The same be not inconsistent with this Proviso. act, or the general statutes of this State regulating corporations.

Approved June 12, 1907.

increase or

visions in articles.

Section amended.

Supervisors, meetings of.

Annual meeting.

Notice of, by clerk.

Proviso.
Proviso,
Lenawee
county.

[No. 147.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred fifty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred fifty-one, the same being section two thousand four hundred seventyfive of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, said section having been amended by act number twentysix of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, said act being entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers."

The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred fiftysix of the public acts of eighteen hundred fifty-one, the same being section two thousand four hundred seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number twenty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, said act being entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The supervisors of the several townships and cities in each of the counties in this State shall meet annually in their respective counties for the transaction of business as a board of supervisors; they may also hold special meetings when necessary, at such times and places as they may find convenient, and shall have power to adjourn from time to time as they may deem necessary. The annual meeting of the board of supervisors shall be held on the second Monday of October in each year at the court house in their respective counties if there be one, and if there be none, then at some place at the county seat, if there be one, and if no county seat be established, then at such place in the county as the clerk of such county may appoint, of which said clerk shall give three weeks' public notice by publishing the same in some one or more newspapers printed and circulated in said county, if there be any such, and if none, then in some one or more newspapers nearest thereto having a general circulation in said county: Provided. That but one legal newspaper rate for printing the same shall be allowed: Provided further, That a regular meeting of the board of supervisors in and for the county of Lenawee shall be held on the Tuesday following the second Monday of April in each year at the court house in said county.

Approved June 12, 1907.

[No. 148.]

AN ACT to prohibit the free distribution of medicines.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

tion of

SECTION 1. The free distribution of all medicines of Free distribuevery kind and nature from house to house, or from any medicines, vehicle, is hereby prohibited.

prohibited.

SEC. 2. Any person, firm or corporation, or any servant, Penalty. agent or employe thereof who violates the provision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved June 12, 1907.

[No. 149.]

AN ACT for the protection of fish in Jordan lake in the counties of Barry and Ionia, and the waters of Tupper lake and Long lake in the county of Ionia.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

unlawful.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- Spearing sons to spear, or attempt to spear, at any time any fish in the waters of Jordan lake, located in the counties of Barry and Ionia, and Tupper lake and Long lake located in the county of Ionia.

Any person violating the provisions of this act Penalty. shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 12, 1907.

Fish, unlawful to catch, etc., except with

hook and line.

Evidence of violation.

Penalty.

[No. 150.]

AN ACT for the protection of fish in Grand river in the township of Lyons, in the county of Ionia, and in Mill creek in the township of Boston in said county.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill or spear, or attempt to kill or spear or catch or attempt to catch any fish in any manner except with hook and line in the waters of Grand river in the township of Lyons, in the county of Ionia, or in the waters of Mill creek in the township of Boston in said county.

SEC. 2. In all prosecutions under this act, it shall be prima facie evidence on the part of the people of the violations of the provisions of this act to show that the defendant was found upon the waters or banks of said river or creek with spear, net, jack or artificial light of any kind, or with dynamite, giant powder, or any other explosive substance or combination of substances.

SEC. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor exceeding twenty-five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate.effect.
Approved June 12, 1907.

Sections amended.

[No. 151.]

AN ACT to amend sections one, two, three, eight and nine of act number one hundred thirty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, being an act, entitled "An act empowering the State Board of Health to determine the qualifications necessary, examine and license persons qualified to practice the art of embalming and regulate the practice of embalming dead human bodies, and to repeal act number two hundred thirty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred one."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections one, two, three, eight and nine of act number one hundred thirty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, being an act, entitled "An act empowering the State Board of Health to determine the qualifications

necessary, examine and license persons qualified to practice the art of embalming and regulate the practice of embalming dead human bodies, and to repeal act number two hundred thirty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred one," are hereby amended to read as follows:

license, by

to have

embalmers.

SEC. 1. The State Board of Health is hereby authorized Embalmers and empowered to determine the qualifications necessary to and to whom enable any person to properly embalm dead human bodies issued, etc. and disinfect the premises. The said board, or some member thereof, shall examine all applicants for an embalmer's li cense, and shall issue an embalmer's license to all persons who successfully pass such examination. No person shall embalm any dead human body, unless he shall hold a valid unrevoked and unexpired license from the Michigan State Board of Health authorizing him to practice the art of embalming. All persons who are engaged in the business of Undertakers undertaking, or who profess to be engaged in such business, certificate. or who hold themselves out to the public as undertakers, or embalmers, shall be required to possess a certificate showing that they are licensed embalmers or have constantly employed a licensed embalmer. Any person embalming or at- who deemed tempting to embalm, or caring or attempting to care for a dead human body, either as an embalmer or as assistant embalmer or undertaker, except under the immediate and personal direction of a licensed embalmer, shall be deemed to be practicing the art of embalming, and any person so embalming or caring, or attempting to care for a dead human body, or who shall prepare for transportation or burial or otherwise dispose of any dead human body, or hold himself out as practicing embalming, without being the holder of an embalmer's license granted by the State Board of Health, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this act. The term "Embalming" embalming as used in this act shall be taken to mean the disinfection or preservation of the dead human body, entire or in part, by the use of chemical substances, fluids or gases ordinarily used, prepared or intended for such purpose, either by outward application of such chemical substances, fluids or gases on the body, or by the introduction of same into the body by vascular or hypodermic injection or by direct application into the organs or cavities. The finding of Evidence of any such chemical substance, fluid or gas ordinarily used penalty. in embalming, or any trace, evidence or appearance thereof upon a dead human body, the use of which is prohibited except by licensed embalmer, or the placing thereof on a dead human body by any person who is not a holder of an embalmer's license shall constitute prima facie evidence of the violation of the terms of this act: Provided, That nothing in Proviso. this act shall apply to any person who prepares dead human bodies for burial without the assistance of an undertaker or embalmer, or without acting in the capacity of an embalmer or undertaker.

defined.

violation,

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