cash actually paid, if any, on the capital stock of the consolidated corporation since its formation; Fifth, The place where the business offices of the corporation Location of are located within and (if there be any such) without this State, offlceiwhich places shall be the same places where such offices have been located since the formation of the corporation; Sixth, The county or counties within this State where the busi- wherebosineu ness -of the corporation is and has been carried on since its forma-carrled ontion; Seventh, The number constituting the board of directors, which Number con»ushall be (within the limits prescribed by this act) the same num- e?c'.ng board' ber which has formed its board since its formation by consolidation under the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-one aforesaid; Eighth, The term of its existence, which term may be, but shall Term of iu not exceed thirty years from the date of the filing in the office of cxlatencethe Secretary of State the certificate mentioned in section one of said act number nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventyone. Such articles of association shall be signed and acknowledged Articles, how in duplicate by the president and secretary of the consolidated °lgned>etc' corporation in behalf of the stockholders thereof, and shall be filed and recorded in the offices mentioned in section five of this where act at the expense of the corporation, and such articles so filed, the record thereof, or copies of such articles certified by the Sec- Copyof retary of State or the county clerk shall be prima facie evidence cvldence«etcin all courts and proceedings of the organization of such corporation as of the date of filing in the office of the Secretary of State, the certificate mentioned in section one of the said act number nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and as in such articles set forth; and all corporate acts and transactions done and performed by such consolidated corporations since their formation by consolidation under said acts of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, in accordance with the provisions of this act, or of the laws of this State in force preceding this act relating to mining corporations, shall be, and be held to be as valid and effectual as if such consolidated corporations had been certain »cu formed iu the ordinary manner under this act, or under said pre- valldceding laws; and such consolidated corporations may and shall continue to have, hold, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and franchises conferred by the laws of this State relating to mining corporations, under the corporate name, and for and during the corporate term in such articles of association set forth. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 10, 1887. [No. 27.] AN ACT to incorporate the Woman's Christian Temperance May incorporate Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact. That the Woman's Christian Temperance Unions may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act. Ten or more Sec. 2. Any ten or more persons, residents of this State, and exw-ute "article* members of any society of the "Woman's Christian Temperance of a«Bociation. TJuion" of the State of Michigan, desirous to become incorporated, may, on the consent of said society, make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, wh;ch said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this State having authority to take acknowledgment of deeds, and shall set forth: what to tet" First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance, forth< and their places of residence; Second, The name and location of the society of which they are members; Third, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law; Fourth, The object and purposes of such association and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years. copy of, where Sec. 3. A copy of said articles of association shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and a duplicate of said articles shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such corporation shall be found and located, and shall be recorded at length by such clerk in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose; and thereupon the persons who shall have signed Body corporate, such articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate, by thfe name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in law capable to purchase, take, receive, hold and enjoy to them and their successors, estates, A common seal, real and personal; of suing and being sued ; and they and their successors may have a common seal, which may be changed and Proviso limiting altered at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of their real and «ute. personal estate shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, and that they and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, devise, mortgage and dispose of said real and personal estate, or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents and increase shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent purposes of the By-iawt. Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Said corporation shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules, regu'ations and by-laws for regulating and governing all the atlairs and business of said corporation not contrary to the laws of this State oncer.. and the United States, and to designate, elect or appoint from among their members such officers under such names and sty.c as shall be in accordance with the constitution or charter of said society, who shall have the supervision, control and management of the affairs of said corporation. Seo. 4. A copy of the record of such articles of association, copy of records under the seal of the county clerk where the said record is kept, and M' "'''Me'etc' duly cenified to by him, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all the courts of this State of the existence and due incorporation of such societies. Sec. 5. Any corporation formed in pursuance of this act may corporation erect and own suitable edifices, buildings or hall, as such corpora- "wJ bunding. tiou shall deem proper, and for that purpose may create a capitaletcstock of not more than one hundred thousand dollars, and any such corporation may take, purchase, hold and own a suitable lot or parcel of ground in any lawfully established cemetery for the interment of the deceased members of said corporation. Sec. 6. All the corporations formed under the provisions of this subject to act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter seventy-three of the gene'rau'aw' compiled laws of this State, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect Approved March 10, 1887. [No. 28.] AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a game and fish warden and to prescribe his powers and duties. Section 1. TJte People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appointment of it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint some person, a resi- ^MxTa!!1"1 fl*h dent of this State, game and fish warden. Said warden shall hold Term of office, his office for four years, or until his successor has been appointed and qualified, unless removed' for cause by the Governor; he shall salary ot receive a salary pf twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and shall also be reimbursed his actual expenses necessarily incurred by him while engaged in the performance of his duties, to be paid on the warrant of the Auditor General, monthly, on the approval of his vouchers therefor. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said game and fish warden to Duties of. enforce the statutes of this State for the preservation of moose, wapiti, deer, birds and fish, and to enforce all other laws of this State for the protection and propagation of birds, game and fish, now in force, or hereinafter enacted, and to bring or cause to be brought actions and proceedings in the name of the people of this State to punish any parties for the violation of said statutes and laws. Such actions and proceedings may be brought in the name Actions, now of The People, in the like cases, in the same courts, and under the brouK'ltsame circumstances as they may now or at any time hereafter be brought by any individual or by the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties under and by virtue of any laws now existing or hereafter enacted. commencement Sec 3. Said warden may make complaint and cause proceedof proceedings. jn^g ^o ^e commence(i against any person for the violation of any of the laws for the protection or propagation of game or fish without the sanction of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such proceedings are commenced, and in such case he shall not be obliged to furnish security for costs. Power oi Sec. 4. Said game and fish warden shall have the same power praocdeTM,t»°tc.erTe to serve criminal process as sheriffs, and shall have the same right as sheriffs to require aid in executing such process. Said warden may arrest, without warrant, any person caught by him in the act of violating any of the aforesaid laws for the protection or propagation of birds, game or fish, and take such person forthwith before a justice of the peace, or other magistrate having jurisdiction, who shall proceed without delay to hear, try and determine the matter,, and the same proceedings shall be had as near as may be, as in other criminal matters triable before a justice of the peace, or other snnd»y arrests, magistrate having jurisdiction. Such arrests may be made on Sunday, in which case the person arrested shall be taken before a justice of the peace, or other magistrate having jurisdiction, and proceeded against as soon as may be, on a week day following the arrest. Account,when Sec. 5. Said warden shall, in the month of December in each andwhereflled year, file in the office of the Auditor General, an account in writing, stating the days and parts of days spent in the discharge of his duty, the kind of service rendered and the places where rendered, and the expenses paid or incurred in the time of the disverincd. charge of such duties, which account shall be verified by the oath of said warden stating that the same is correct and true in every particular. Monthly report, Sec. 6. Said warden shall, at the close of each calendar month, wh«nandwhere g]e wjth the Secretary of State a leport in wrfting, and in detail, stating the service performed by him during the last preceding month, including an account of the suits commenced at his instance, as herein provided for, the disposition made of the same, the result of any brought to trial, and the condition of any undisposed of, and any other particulars he may think proper, and no payment for services performed or expenses paid by said warden shall be made until he shall present to the Auditor General, in addition to the usual oath of performance and payment, a certificate from the said secretary that he has made the report Reports to be required by this act. The Secretary of State shall cause the Legislature.t0 monthly reports of said warden, or so much thereof as may be of interest to the public, to be transmitted annually to the liegislature when in session. Deputy warden. Sec. 7. The said game and fish warden shall have power to appoint a deputy or deputies, not exceeding three, in each county, who shall be residents thereof; said deputies shall have the same powers in their respective counties as herein provided for the warden himself, subject to the supervision and control of the compensation, warden. Said deputy warden or wardens shall receive such compensation as the board of supervisors of the counties in which such deputy warden or wardens reside may allow and provide for, except in the county of Wayne, where such compensation shall be Exception. fixed by the board of county auditors. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 15,1887. [No. 29.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of English sparrows. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Who entitled to every person, being an inhabitant of this State, who shall kill btmntle8an English sparrow, in any organized township, village or city in this State, shall be entitled to receive a bounty of one cent for each sparrow thus killed, to be allowed and paid in the manner hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. Every person applying for such bounty, ehall take such Application for. sparrow, or the head thereof, in lots of not less than twenty-five, to w'uom'made. the clerk of the township, village or city, within which such sparrow shall have been killed, who shall thereupon decide upon such application, and if satisfied of the correctness of such claim, shall issue a certificate stating the amount of bounty to which such ap- certificate or plicant is entitled, and deliver the same to said applicant, and shallamountdestroy the heads of such sparrows. Sec. 3. Such certificate may be presented by the claimant or his Bounties, how agent to the county treasurer of the county in whicli such sparrow pa'd•r sparrows may have been killed, who shall pay the same out of the contingent fund of said county. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 15,1887. [No. 30.] AN ACT to amend section seventy-six, of chapter fourteen, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section five hundred and eighty-six, Uowell's Annotated Statutes, relating to the powers and duties of sheriffs. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section section seventy-six, of chapter fourteen, of the revised statutes of »mendedeighteen hundred and forty-six, being section five hundred and eighty-six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended t > read as follows: (§586.) Sec. 76. The sheriff, in person or by his under sheriff snerta to exeor deputies, shall serve or execute, according to law, all process w'msj'ew8" writs, precepts and orders issued or made by lawful authority and to him directed, and in any action where an under or deputy sheriff is a party, any process may be served on such under or deputy |