Section amended. [No. 92. ] AN ACT to amend section four, of chapter ninety-eight, of compiled laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section two thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, relating to life insurance companies transacting business within this State. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section four, of act number seventy-seven, of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, entitled "An act in relation to life insurance companies transacting business within this State," approved March thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixtynine, being compiler's section two thousand nine hundred and thirtynine, of the compiled laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. The capital of any stock company, organized under this act, shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, which capital stock may be increased by a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders present or represented at any regular meeting called for the purpose, to not more than five No company to hundred thousand dollars; and no such stock company, and no Capital stook, shares, etc. issue policies, etc., until deposit is made with State treasurer. Proviso. company, organized to do business on the mutual plan, shall be authorized to issue policies, or assume any risks whatever, until they shall have deposited with the State treasurer, as security for any liability to insured parties, stocks, or bonds of this State, or of the United States, to the amount, in par value, exclusive of interest, of not less than one hundred thousand dollars, which stock or bonds shall be retained by the State treasurer, and disposed of as hereinafter directed: Provided, however, That personal obligations secured by first mortgages on improved and productive real estate, within this State, worth, exclusive of all buildings, at least double the amount of the lien, and bearing interest of not less than six per centum per annum, may be received by the State treasurer, instead of the bonds or stocks herein before provided for in this section. Such mortgages shall be properly assigned to the State treasurer, as provided for in section twenty-one of this act; but any examination by the State treasurer, or under his direction, to satisfy him respecting the title or value of the property mortgaged, shail be at the expense of such company; and no mutual insurance company shall commence business, by issuing policies, until they shall have received at least five hundred applications for insurance, on which the premiums shall amount to at least five thousand dollars, nor until the examination by the attorney general and commissioners, as hereinafter provided. Ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 93. ] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of chapter three, and section CHAPTER III. amended. studies, etc. SECTION 15. The district board shall specify the studies to be pur- Board to specify sued in the schools of the district: Provided always, That provis- Proviso. ion shall be made for instructing all pupils in every school in physiology, and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics generally, upon the human system: Provided further, That the text books used in giving the Further provise. foregoing instruction shall have received the joint approval of the State board of education, and State board of health. The said district board shall prescribe the text books to be used, which shall be uniform in each subject that may be taught; but text books once adopted, under the provisions of this act, shall not be changed within five years, except by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the district present at an annual meeting. Each school board, making a selection of text books under this act, shall make a record thereof in their proceedings. CHAPTER XII. certificates which examinations to be SECTION 4. The board of school examiners shall grant certificates Granting to teachers, in such form as the superintendent of public instruction to teachers. shall prescribe, licensing as teachers all persons who, on thorough and full examination, shall be found qualified in respect to good moral character, learning, and ability to instruct and govern a school; but no certificate shall be granted to any person who shall Subjects upon not pass a satisfactory examination in orthography, reading, writing, grammar, geography, arithmetic, theory and art of teaching, passed. United States history, and civil government, and after September first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in physiology and hygiene, with particular reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics upon the human system. All certificates shall Certificates. be signed by the secretary and chairman of said board. No person Qualifications shall be considered a qualified teacher, within the meaning of the of teachers. school law, nor shall any school officer employ or contract with any Certificates heretofore granted. person to teach in any of the public schools, who has not a certificate in force, granted by the board of school examiners of the county, or other lawful authority: Provided, That the certificates heretofore granted by the township superintendents of schools shall be valid for the time for which they were given, unless sooner suspended or revoked by the board of school examiners: Provided also, That the several chairmen of township boards of school township boards inspectors may examine and license teachers for their respective Powers of chairman of to examine teachers, etc. townships until the county school examiners are duly elected and Duty of boards, officers, etc., to take bonds to of workmen, material, etc. [No. 94. ] AN ACT to insure payment of wages earned, and for materials used, in constructing, repairing, or ornamenting public buildings, and public works. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That when public buildings, or other public works, are about to be insure payment built, repaired, or ornamented under contract, at the expense of this State, or of any county, city, village, township, or school district thereof, upon which buildings or works liens might attach for labor or materials, if belonging to private persons, it shall be the duty of the board, officers, or agents contracting on behalf of the State, county, city, village, township, or school district, to require sufficient security, by bond, for the payment by the contractor, and all sub-contractors, for all labor performed or materials furnished in the erection, repairing, or ornamenting of such building. Execution, approval, of bonds. SEC. 2. Such bond shall be executed by such contractor to the conditions, etc., people of the State of Michigan, in such amount, and with such sureties as shall be approved by the board, officer, or agent acting on behalf of the State, county, city, village, township, or school district as aforesaid, and conditioned for the payment by such contractor, or any sub-contractor, as the same may become due and payable, of all indebtedness which may accrue to any person, firm, or corporation, on account of any labor performed, or materials furnished in the erection, repairing, or ornamenting of such building or works. Such bond shall be deposited with, and held by, such board, officer or agent, for the use of any party interested therein. Where deposited. Suit on bond, etc. SEC. 3. Such bond may be prosecuted, and recovery had, by any person, firm, or corporation, to whom any money shall be due and. payable, on account of having performed any labor, or furnished any materials in the erection, repairing, or ornamenting of such building, or works, in the name of the people of this State, for the use and benefit of such person, firm, or corporation: Provided, Proviso. That the people of this State shall, in no case brought under the provisions of this act, be liable for costs. Approved May 16, 1883. [No. 95.] AN ACT to amend section nine, of chapter four, of act number sixty-two, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventyfive, entitled "An act granting and defining the powers and duties of incorporated villages." amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion nine, of chapter four, of act number sixty-two, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An act granting and defining the powers and duties of incorporated villages," be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: duties of village SEC. 9. The village treasurer shall have the custody of all mon- Powers and eys, bonds other than official, mortgages, notes, leases, and evi- treasurer. dences of value belonging to the village; he shall receive all moneys belonging to, and receivable by the corporation, and keep an account of all receipts and expenditures thereof; he shall pay no money out of the treasury, except in pursuance of, and by authority of, law, and upon warrants signed by the clerk and president, which shall specify the purpose for which the amounts thereof are to be paid; he shall keep an account of, and be charged with all taxes and moneys appropriated, raised, or received for each fund of the corporation, and shall keep a separate account of each fund, and shall credit thereto all moneys raised, paid in, or appropriated therefor, and shall pay every warrant out of the particular fund raised, for the purpose for which the warrant was issued; but no person Eligibility. shall be eligible to the office of village treasurer for more than two years in succession. Approved May 16, 1883. [No. 96.] AN ACT making appropriations for certain expenses of the university of Michigan. tion made. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropriathere shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury, for certain expenses of the university of Michigan, and for the purposes herein named, the following sums, to-wit: For books for the library, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty three, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for books for the library, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for the increase of the heating capacity of the Tax for. university, by the purchase and placing additional boilers, making connections, and work necessarily pertaining thereto, eight thousand dollars, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three; but any of said appropriation, not used in the said year, may be drawn and used for the said purposes in the year following; for the purchase of apparatus for the physical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the purchase of apparatus for the physical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the employment of an assistant, assistants, or assistance in the mechanical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eightythree, one thousand dollars; for the employment of an assistant, assistants, or assistance in the mechanical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars; for the purchase of apparatus for the mechanical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the purchase of apparatus for the physiological laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two thousand dollars; for the homeopathic college, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two thousand dollars; for the homoeopathic college, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand dollars; for the dental college, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six thousand dollars; for the dental college, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars; for the university hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eightythree, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the university hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the homoeopathic hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two thousand dollars; for the homoeopathic hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eightyfour, two thousand dollars; for the addition of a professorship in the homœopathic college for the year eighteen hundred and eightythree, two thousand two hundred dollars; for the addition of a professorship in the homœopathic college, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand two hundred dollars. SEC. 2. There shall be assessed upon the taxable property of the State, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the sum of thirty-seven thousand two hundred dollars, and in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, the sum of twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars, which sums shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as other State taxes are assessed, levied, and collected, and which taxes, when collected, shall be credited up to the general fund, to reimburse the same for the amounts drawn therefrom, as provided in section one of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |