Acts repealed, Proviso. (4883.) SEC. 27. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed, saving and reserving all rights existing thereunder: Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not in any manner interfere with the duties of the superintendents of the poor, or other officers in regard to the State public school for neglected and dependent children, or the reform school, or other benevolent or reformative institutions for children. Approved May 31, 1883. Governor au patent. [No. 127. ] AN ACT for the relief of David H. Helt. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the thorized to issue Governor be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be issued to David H. Helt a patent for the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section eleven, town nine north, range two west, upon his presenting the certificate of the commissioner of the State land office, showing that he has fully complied with the provisions of section one, of act number two hundred and seventy-five, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the disposition of certain lands granted to the State of Michigan for railroad purposes, by act of congress, June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and by act of the legislature of the State of Michigan of February fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, were conferred upon the Detroit and Milwaukee railway company, and by act of the United States of March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, were fully vested in the State of Michigan for all purposes, approved June eleven, eighteen hundred and eighty-one." Sections amended, This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 128. ] AN ACT to amend sections (15) fifteen, (18) eighteen, and (19) nineteen, of act number nine (9), of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-two (1882), entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property, and the levy and collection of taxes thereon," approved March fourteen, eighteen hundred and eighty two. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections fifteen, eighteen, and nineteen of act number nine, of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property, and the levy and collection of taxes thereon," approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be and the same are hereby severally amended so as to read as follows: ner of making supervisors, etc. SEC. 15. On or before the third Monday of May in each year, in Time and manthe townships of Hamtramck and Springwells, in the county of assessment roll Wayne the third Monday in June, the supervisor shall make and and duties of complete an assessment roll, upon which he shall set down the name of every person liable to be taxed for personal property in his township, and also a full description of all the real property liable to be taxed in such township. If the name of the owner or occupant of any such tract or parcel of real property is known, he shall enter the name of such owner, or occupant, opposite to the description thereof; in all other cases the real property, described on such roll, shall be assessed as owner unknown. Each description shall show the number of acres contained in it, as determined by the supervisor. It shall not be necessary for the assessment roll to specify the quantity of land comprised in any town, city, or village lot. The supervisor shall estimate according to his best information and judgment, the true cash value of every parcel of real property, and set the same down opposite such parcel. He shall also estimate the true cash value of all the personal property, except such as the law exempts, of each person, and set the same down opposite the name of such person. In determining the property to be assessed, and in estimating such values, he shall not be bound to follow the statements of any person, but shall exercise his best judgment. Property assessed to any other than the owner, or owners, shall be assessed separate from his, or their property, and shall state in what capacity it is assessed to him, or them. Two or more persons not being co-partners, owning personal property in common, may each be assessed severally for his portion thereof. Undivided interests in lands owned by tenants in common, or Assessment of joint tenants not being co-partners, may be assessed to the owners interests. thereof. undivided constitute, SEC. 18. After the annual township meeting, and on or before Board of the first Monday in May, of each year, in the townships of Ham- review. tramck and Springwells, in the county of Wayne, the first Monday in June, the township board shall appoint two suitable tax-paying electors of the township, to serve as members of the board of review for that year, who shall take the constitutional oath of office. The supervisor and the two electors so appointed, shall consti- Who to tute the board of review for such township. The township board may fill any vacancy which shall occur in the membership of Vacancies. such board of review. A majority of said board of review shall Quorum. constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and a majority vote of those present shall decide all questions. On the Tuesday next following Meeting of, the third Monday of May, in the townships of Hamtramck and Springwells, in the county of Wayne, the third Monday of June, to board. the board of review of each township shall meet at the office of Assessment roll the supervisor, at which time the supervisor shall submit to said to be submitted board the assessment roll for the current year, as prepared by him, and the said board shall proceed to examine and review the same, and during that week, said board, of its own motion, or on suffi- Proceedings cient cause being shown by any person, shall add to said roll the of board. Approval of roll. Meeting of board on fourth Monday in May. names of persons, the value of personal property, and the description and value of real property liable to assessment in said township, omitted from such assessment roll; they shall correct all errors in the names of persons, in the description of property upon such roll, and in the assessment and valuation of property thereon, and they shall cause to be done whatever else may be necessary to make said roll comply with the provisions of this act. The board shall pass upon each valuation, and enter the valuation as fixed by it in a separate column. The roll, as prepared by the supervisor, shall stand as approved and adopted as the act of the board of review, except as changed by a vote as herein provided. If for any cause a quorum does not assemble during the week above mentioned, the roll, as prepared by the supervisor, shall stand as if approved by the board of review. SEC. 19. Said board of review shall also meet at the office of the supervisor on the fourth Monday in May, in the townships of Hamtramck and Springwells, in the county of Wayne, the fourth Monday in June, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and continue in session during that day, and the day following, and as much longer as may be necessary, to complete the review of such assessment roll, not to exceed four days in all. Such board shall continue its session at least six hours each day, and at the request of any person whose property is assessed thereon, or of his agent, and on sufficient cause being shown, shall correct the assessment as to such property, in such manner as in their judgment will make the valuation thereof relatively just and equal. To that end said board may examine on oath the person making such application, or any other person, touching the matter. Any member of said Statement to be board may administer such oath. After said board shall complete the review of said roll, a majority of said board shall endorse thereon, and sign a statement to the effect, that the same is the assessment roll for said township, for the year in which it has been prepared and approved by the board of review. Said statement may be in the following form, viz.: endorsed on roll. Form of endorsement. "Assessment roll for the township of.... for the Validity of roll. Upon the completion of said roll, and its endorsement in manner aforesaid, the same shall be conclusively presumed by all courts and tribunals to be valid, and shall not be set aside except for causes hereinafter mentioned. The omission of such endorsement shall not affect the validity of such roll. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 129.] AN ACT for the organization of telephone and messenger service companies. of companies SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any Organization three or more persons may organize a corporation under this act in authorized. the manner following, to wit: The persons associating for such Articles of organization, shall make, subscribe, and acknowledge, before any officer competent to take such acknowledgment, articles which shall contain: First, A statement that the same are entered into for the purpose of organizing a corporation under this act; Second, The name of the corporation to be organized; Third, The place where the principal business office in this State is to be located; Fourth, The term of the existence of such corporation, which shall not exceed thirty years; Fifth, The amount of its capital stock, and the number of shares into which the same shall be divided; the amount of the capital stock subscribed at the time of the execution of such articles, and the amount paid thereon; Sixth, The number of directors, which shall not be less than three, to manage the affairs of said corporation; Seventh, The names of the persons to act as the first directors. Each subscriber shall set opposite his name, his place of residence and the number of shares of stock by him subscribed. Such articles shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal business office of such corporation is to be located, and a copy thereof filed in the office of the secretary of State, and thereupon such corporation shall be deemed fully organized. association. SEC. 2. The stock, property, and affairs of every corporation Management of organized hereunder shall be managed by its directors. The direct- affairs, eto. ors shall be chosen annually by the stockholders, at such time and Election of place as shall be provided by the laws, and shall continue in office directors, etc. for one year and until others shall be chosen in their stead. No person except a stockholder shall be a director. SEC. 3. The stock of every such corporation shall be divided Number of into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be deemed shares, personal property. and mainte SEC. 4. Every such corporation shall have power to construct and Construction maintain lines of wire or other material, for use in the transmission nance of lines of telephonic messages along, over, across, or under any public of wire, etc. places, streets, and highways, and across or under any of the waters in this State, with all necessary erections and fixtures therefor: Provided, That the same shall not injuriously interfere with other Proviso. public uses of the said places, streets, and highways, and the navigation of said waters; to construct, provide, and furnish instruments, devices, and facilities for use in the transmission of such messages, and to construct, maintain, and operate telephone exchanges and stations, and generally to conduct and carry on the business of pro etc., stock in certain corporations, etc. viding and supervising communication by telephone, and also the business of furnishing messenger service in cities and towns. And May purchase, it shall be lawful for any such corporation to purchase and hold a portion of the stock of any corporation owning or controlling by patent, or otherwise, the use of any instrument or device necessary or convenient for use, in the transmission or reception of telephonic messages, and to purchase and hold all real property necessary to carry out the purposes of its organization. Service of legal SEC. 5. Service of legal process against any such corporation may process against. be made upon any officer of such corporation found within the county in which the action shall have been commenced, or by leaving a copy of such process at any exchange or business office of such corporation within such county, with the person in charge thereof. Penalty for wires and property of. SEC. 6. Any person who shall unlawfully injure or molest any injury, etc., to line of wire, or property, of any such corporation, appurtenant thereto, or any of the instruments or apparatus of such corporation, shall on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the court in which such conviction shall be had. Liability of stockholders. Proviso. What laws corporations subject to. SEC. 7. The stockholders of all corporations organized under this act shall be individually liable for all labor performed, and materials furnished for said corporation during the time they were stockholders as aforesaid, which said liability may be enforced against any stockholder, founded on this statute, at any time after an execution shall be returned not satisfied against such company: Provided, always, That if any stockholder shall be compelled by any such action to pay such debts of any creditor, or any part thereof, he shall have the right to call upon all [the] stockholders to contribute their part of the sum so paid by him as aforesaid, and may sue them jointly or severally, or any number of them, and recover in such action the ratable amount due from the person or persons so sued. SEC. 8. Every corporation organized hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and thirty of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, so far as applicable, and of act number one hundred and sixty-eight, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, approved May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of and taxation of telegraph and telephone lines within the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number seventy-seven, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy nine, approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy nine." This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |