of labor to

number.

etc., not to

applicants.

for situations

SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Labor shall organize, estab- Commissioner lish and control the free employment bureaus authorized by organize, etc. section one of this act: Provided, That not more than five Proviso as to such bureaus shall be established, and that no two thereof shall be located within a radius of twenty-five miles. No com- Compensation pensation or fee shall be charged or received, directly or in- be charged directly, from persons applying for employment or help through any such bureau. It shall be the duty of said Commissioner of Labor to use all diligence in securing the cooperation of employers of labor with the purpose and objects of said employment bureaus. To this end it shall be com- To advertise petent for said commissioner to advertise in the columns of or help. newspapers or to use other mediums, for such situations as he has applicants to fill, and for such help as may be called for by employers. He may also advertise in a general way for the cooperation of large contractors and employers, in such trade journals or special publications as reach such employers, whether such trade journals are published within the State of Michigan or not, and may pursue such other methods as, in his judgment, will best tend to accomplish the purpose of this act: Provided further, That one such bureau, as Proviso as to above provided for, shall be established at the city of Kalama- bureaus in zoo, and one at the city of Saginaw.

establishing

certain cities.

SEC. 3. When the Commissioner of Labor shall establish a Office to be free employment bureau under the provisions of this act, the provided. Board of State Auditors shall provide a suitable office for the same, with necessary furniture, and all printing, binding, blanks, stationery and supplies shall be done and furnished under any contract which the State now has, or shall hereafter have, for similar work with any party or parties, and the expense thereof shall be, in the discretion of the Board of State Auditors, audited and paid for in the same manner as other State printing and supplies are paid for.

SEC. 4. Said Commissioner of Labor is authorized to ap- Assistants, appointment point such assistants as may be necessary. All such assistants of. shall be under the control and direction of the Commissioner of Labor, and shall receive such compensation as he shall determine. All compensation for services and expenses pro- How paid. vided for in this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Auditor General, in the same manner as other salaries and expenses are paid.

tions, amount

SEC. 5. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much Appropriathereof as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of of, annually. Labor, is hereby appropriated annually for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and for each fiscal year thereafter, out of which shall be paid all salaries, advertising and contingent expenses authorized by sections two and four of this act.

SEC. 6. The Auditor General is hereby directed to add to Tax clause. and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of five thousand dollars, and for each fiscal year thereafter the sum of five thousand dollars, which,

Act repealed.

when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated.

SEC. 7. Act number thirty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the estab lishing and maintaining of free employment bureaus," approved March thirty, nineteen hundred five, is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907.

Who may incorporate.

Form of articles.

[No. 282.]

AN ACT to authorize the incorporation of a retail lumber dealers' mutual insurance association.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any number of retail lumber dealers not less than twenty-five who collectively shall have capital invested in the retail lumber business, to the aggregate value of not less than fifty thousand dollars, to organize a mutual insurance association, for the purpose of insuring their stock of lumber, sheds, offices and fixtures generally kept in a retail lumber yard, against loss or damage by fire and lightning by complying with the following conditions, viz.: They shall sign articles of organization which shall be substantially in the following form:

"The undersigned retail lumber dealers of the State of Michigan and owners of more than fifty thousand dollars capital invested in the retail lumber business, do hereby associate together, by forming a mutual insurance association, under the name of The Retail Lumber Dealers' Mutual Insurance Association of Michigan, for the purpose of insuring the stock of lumber, sheds, offices and fixtures generally kept in a retail lumber yard, against loss or damage by fire and lightning. The elective officers of said association shall be a president, and a board of directors of six members, to be elected at the first meeting by the signers of the articles of association, three of said directors shall be elected and hold their office until the first annual meeting and three until the second annual meeting, or until their successors shall be elected. At the first annual meeting, and thereafter, three members of said board of directors shall be elected annually, for a term of two years each. The president shall be elected annually, and by virtue of his office as president of the association shall be a member of the board of directors, and president of the board. The board of directors shall fix the time and place for holding the annual meeting and shall elect the secretary and treasurer and such other officers as may be provided for in the by-laws of the association.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names

this ... hundred seven."

day of

A. D. nineteen

SEC. 2. Such articles of organization shall be subscribed Number shall to by at least twenty-five retail lumber dealers of the State subscribe. of Michigan, who are owners of not less than fifty thousand dollars' worth of stock in retail lumber yards, which shall be insured by such association, and when so signed shall be filed in the office of the Insurance Commissioner of this State. After the articles of association have been filed with the com- Certificate, missioner, with proof that policies to cover the amount of when issued. insurance has been applied for, they shall be examined by the Attorney General, and if found in conformity with the law, the Commissioner of Insurance shall issue a certificate that said association is duly organized and is entitled to do business under the laws of this State.

SEC. 3. The general management of the business of said President and association shall be vested in a president and six directors, six directors. each of whom shall during his term of office be a policy holder in said association, their duties and election shall be as follows: The signers of the articles of association shall elect from their number a president and six directors, of which

the president and three directors shall hold their office until How elected, the first annual meeting or until their successors are elected terms. and three directors until the second annual meeting, and at the first annual meeting and thereafter, three members of said board of directors shall be elected for a term of two years each. The president shall be elected annually by the policy holders, who by virtue of his office as president of the association, shall be member of the board of directors and also president of the same. The board of directors shall fix Annual meetthe time and place for holding the annual meeting and shall ing secretary, elect a secretary, treasurer and such other officers, whose duties and compensation shall be such as may be provided for in the by-laws.

treasurer.

SEC. 4. Such association, before commencing its business By-laws. shall prepare and adopt by-laws, which shall prescribe the duties of its officers, the manner, place and time of electing them, the directors, the place and manner of transacting its business and such other rules and regulations as may be deemed essential for the management of its affairs; such bylaws shall not be annulled, changed, suspended or repealed, except in the manner therein set forth, and a copy of same and of any subsequent amendments thereto or changes therein shall be by the secretary forthwith filed with the Commissioner of Insurance, to be filed in his office.

issue standard

SEC. 5. Such association is authorized to issue standard Authority to policies of insurance signed by the president and secretary, policies. agreeing to pay the person insured thereby against all loss, and damage to the property insured, which he may sustain, by fire or lightning, for a period of not more than three years, not exceeding the amount of three thousand dollars.

SEC. 6. Every holder of a policy of such insurance shall be a member of the association, and be entitled to one vote for each thousand dollars of insurance, or major fraction thereof, in the election of president and directors and shall be eligible to be elected to any office in such association. He shall be liable to the association for his pro rata share of all losses and damages by fire or lightning sustained by any other member and shall also be liable for his pro rata share of the expenses of the management of the business of such association, but this liability shall not exceed five times the amount of the cash premium required by the by-laws to be paid before the policy is issued, in addition to the premium so paid, and shall also be bound and subject to the by-laws thereof. SEC. 7. The association shall in and by its by-laws provide for the manner in which such insurance shall be effected and the terms and conditions thereof, the time and manner in which such losses by it sustained under its policies of insurance shall be determined, proved, adjusted and paid. The time and manner and the officers to whom such assessment shall be paid. It shall also in and by its by-laws provide such other regulations, terms and conditions as it may be necessary for effectively and fully carrying out its plans of insurance, and the said by-laws in force at the time of the date of any policy of insurance issued by the association shall have the force and effect of law in the determination of all questions and claims arising under such policy between the holder thereof and the said association.

SEC. 8. The said association shall also in its by-laws provide the manner, terms and conditions upon which any member thereof may withdraw, or be suspended or policy cancelled.

SEC. 9. The secretary of the association shall prepare and submit to the members thereof at each annual meeting, a detailed statement of the conditions of such association, and its transactions for the preceding year, showing the number of policies and to whom issued, and the amounts assured thereby, the number of assessments made during the year, and the amounts paid in upon each assessment, the losses sustained during the year, and whether the same have been paid or adjusted or remain unpaid or unadjusted or are disputed and the amount of the assessment unpaid, the number of members of the association, the number of new policies issued during the year, and an itemized statement of the expenses of such association during the year, and the amount and conditions of its funds, and such other matters as may be of interest to the members. A copy of such annual statement shall within thirty days after such meeting be filed with and presented to the Insurance Commissioner of this State.

SEC. 10. All the books, papers and files of such association shall at all times be open to the examination of any member thereof, his agent or attorney, and any such mem

ber, agent or attorney shall at all times have the right to make such copies of such books, papers and files as he may wish. The books of the association shall at all times be subject to examination by the Commissioner of Insurance or his deputy.

SEC. 11. All acts and parts of act conflicting with this Repealing chapter are hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Approved June 27, 1907.

clause.

[No. 283.]

AN ACT to amend section nine of act number one hundred eleven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May twenty-four, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to protect fish and to regulate fishing in the waters of this State by providing close seasons for certain kinds of fish, by prohibiting the catching of fish in certain specified ways, by prohibiting the catching of fish of certain sizes and in certain waters and for certain purposes, by prohibiting the obstruction of the free passage of fish, and by prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of fish, to protect persons engaged in fish culture, and to repeal inconsistent acts," the same being section five thousand eight hundred sixty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section nine of act number one hundred Section eleven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May twenty-four, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to protect fish and to regulate fishing in the waters of this State by providing close seasons for certain kinds of fish, by prohibiting the catching of fish in certain specified ways, by prohibiting the catching of fish of certain sizes and in certain waters and for certain purposes, by prohibiting the obstruction of the free passage of fish, and by prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of fish, to protect persons engaged in fish culture, and to repeal inconsistent acts," the same being section five thousand eight hundred sixty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

unlaw.

SEC. 9. It shall not be lawful at any time hereafter for Trout an any person or persons to catch or capture, by any means bass, una or whatever, for the purpose of sale or to ship for the purpose ship. of sale, any brook trout, grayling, large mouth black bass, small mouth black bass or white bass from any of the inland waters of this State.

Approved June 27, 1907.