personal SEC. 16. The shares of any company formed under this act shall Shares deemed be deemed personal property, and may be transferred as shall be property. prescribed by the by-laws of such company. SEC. 17. Service of any legal process against any such corporation Service of legal may be made on the president, treasurer, or upon any of the process against, directors of such company. Ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 21, 1883. [No. 40.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the support of insane soldiers at the Michigan asylum for the insane. for support of SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there Appropriation be and hereby is appropriated from the State treasury to the Mich- insane soldiers. igan asylum for the insane, the sum of one thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-four cents, the amount due for the support of insane soldiers from February first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, to June second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, admitted under the provisions of act ninety-one, laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three. This amount is to be paid out of the general fund. Approved April 21, 1883. [ No. 41. ] AN ACT to amend section nine of an act to provide for the incorporation of Holland christian reformed churches, approved April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section nine of an act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of Holland christian reformed churches," approved April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, be amended so as to read as follows: may incorporate SEC. 9. The congregation of any church, the trustees of which How churches have been incorporated under any law of this State, may elect to now incorporated dissolve their existing organization and take corporate powers under under this act. this act: Provided, That the consent of two-thirds of all persons Proviso. present and entitled to vote under such law at a public meeting, be obtained therefor, of which meeting due notice of time, place and object thereof shall be given in the manner prescribed in section three thousand and fifty-seven of the compiled laws. If such consent shall be obtained, a certificate thereof shall be executed and acknowledged by the presiding officer and secretary of such meeting, and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the original certificate of incorporation was recorded; and on compliance with the provisions of this act providing for the creation Appropriation for overdrafts. How drawn and accounted for. Section amended. Officers ap of trustees, of such corporations, all the property, powers, duties, trusts and This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 42. ] AN ACT making appropriations for overdrafts made at the State house of correction and reformatory at Ionia, Michigan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the following named sums be and the same are hereby appropriated from the general fund for overdrafts on the several appropriations hereinafter named for the State house of correction and reformatory at Ionia, Michigan, to wit: For barn, stable, horses, and cows, eleven dollars and forty-eight cents; for engine and steam heating, fifty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents; for work shops, one hundred thirty-five dollars and eighty-two cents; for furnishing three hundred and twelve cells, forty-one dollars and thirty-six cents. SEC. 2. The above amounts may be drawn from the State treasury and accounted for in the manner provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 24, 1883. [ No. 43. ] AN ACT to amend sections eight and nine of public act number one hundred and ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the organization, regulation, and management of the asylums for the insane, and effectually to provide for the care, maintenance, and recovery of the insane." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections eight and nine of public act number one hundred and ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventyseven, shall be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 8. The boards of trustees shall severally appoint a medical pointed by boards superintendent, who shall be a well educated physician, experienced in the treatment of the insane; and a treasurer, not one of their own number, who shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his trust in such sum and with such sureties as the auditor general of the State shall approve. They shall also appoint upon the nomination of a medical superintendent, a steward, chaplain, and matron, and also in like manner an assistant medical superintendent SECTION 1. The People of the State of Mu... shall be the duty of the commissioner of the State re-assess taxes. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of the township Supervisors to receiving such list to reassess the taxes therein reported upon the same land. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the township treasurer to collect Collection and and return the same in the same manner as provided for the collec- return of taxes, tion and return of other taxes. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 24, 1883. [No. 45.] AN ACT to amend section four thousand nine hundred and seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the supreme court. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section four thousand nine hundred and seven of the compiled laws amended, of eighteen hundred and seventy-one be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: argument of (4907.) SEc. ↑. Upon all questions arising under the exercise of Court may order such jurisdiction, when argument of counsel may be desired or counsel at any intended by the parties, or may be requested by the court, the court term. may order such arguments to be had at any of said terms. And after Case not to be the arguments of any cause, or when the same is submitted on not raised by briefs, if the court is of opinion that a certain point or legal prop- opportunity is osition is involved which is material to the decision of the case and given to argue which has not been raised or argued by counsel on either side, the decided on point counsel until same. Appropriation for overdrafts. How drawn and accounted for. Section amended. Officers ap of trustees, of such corporations, all the property, powers, duties, trusts and This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 42. ] AN ACT making appropriations for overdrafts made at the State house of correction and reformatory at Ionia, Michigan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the following named sums be and the same are hereby appropriated from the general fund for overdrafts on the several appropriations hereinafter named for the State house of correction and reformatory at Ionia, Michigan, to wit: For barn, stable, horses, and cows, eleven dollars and forty-eight cents; for engine and steam heating, fifty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents; for work shops, one hundred thirty-five dollars and eighty-two cents; for furnishing three hundred and twelve cells, forty-one dollars and thirty-six cents. SEC. 2. The above amounts may be drawn from the State treasury and accounted for in the manner provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 43. ] AN ACT to amend sections eight and nine of public act number one hundred and ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the organization, regulation, and management of the asylums for the insane, and effectually to provide for the care, maintenance, and recovery of the insane." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections eight and nine of public act number one hundred and ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventyseven, shall be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 8. The boards of trustees shall severally appoint a medical pointed by boards superintendent, who shall be a well educated physician, experienced in the treatment of the insane; and a treasurer, not one of their own number, who shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his trust in such sum and with such sureties as the auditor general of the State shall approve. They shall also appoint upon the nomination of a medical superintendent, a steward, chaplain, and matron, and also in like manner an assistant medical superintendent and three assistant physicians. All medical officers shall constantly reside in the asylums. SEC. 9. The boards of trustees shall severally from time to time Salaries of determine the annual salaries and allowances of the officers, and officers, such salaries shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of ten thousand dollars for any one year. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 44. ] AN ACT to provide for the assessment of delinquent taxes assessed on part-paid lands in certain case's. sequently 37 SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it Lists of part-paid shall be the duty of the commissioner of the State land office, on taxes have been lands upon which the first day of October of each year, to prepare lists showing the assessed subdescriptions of lands upon which taxes have been assessed for the patented. current year while the lands were part-paid, but which had been patented by the State, and upon which taxes have not been paid, and forward the same to the supervisor of the township where the lands lie. re-assess taxes. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of the township Supervisors to receiving such list to reassess the taxes therein reported upon the same land. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the township treasurer to collect Collection and and return the same in the same manner as provided for the collec- return of taxes, tion and return of other taxes. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 24, 1883. [No. 45.] AN ACT to amend section four thousand nine hundred and seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the supreme court. amended. counsel at any SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section four thousand nine hundred and seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (4907.) SEC. t. Upon all questions arising under the exercise of Court may order such jurisdiction, when argument of counsel may be desired or argument of intended by the parties, or may be requested by the court, the court term. may order such arguments to be had at any of said terms. And after Case not to be the arguments of any cause, or when the same is submitted on not raised by briefs, if the court is of opinion that a certain point or legal propcounsel until opportunity is osition is involved which is material to the decision of the case and given to argue which has not been raised or argued by counsel on either side, the decided on point same. |