teen, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended so as to read as follows: assessors to col relative to the insane, deaf, SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the supervisor or assessor Supervisors or of each township and ward in this State at the time of making lect statistics his general assessment and assessment roll for his township or ward in each year, to ascertain and set down in a blank pre- dumb, and blind. pared for that purpose, the names of all insane, deaf, dumb, and blind persons in his township or ward, showing the person's age, general health, habits, and occupation; the kind, degree, and duration of such affliction; the sex; whether married or single or widowed; whether under medical treatment; the pecuniary ability of the person thus afflicted, and of the relatives of such person liable for his or her support, and such further information relative to these classes of persons as may be thought useful. Such super- Blanks containvisor or assessor shall deliver said blank to the county clerk of his be delivered to county on or before the fifteenth [day] of June, and the county clerk county clerk. shall forthwith transmit said blank to the Secretary of State, who Clerk to forward shall present an abstract of the information thus obtained to the Secretary of Governor on the thirtieth day of September, or as soon as practicable thereafter. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. ing statistics to forthwith to State. [No. 53. ] porate. AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of Societies of St. Patrick. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any who may incornumber of persons of Irish birth or extraction, who may now or hereafter be residents of this State, or the descendents of such persons, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act. ciation. SEC. 2. Any ten or more persons, residents of this State, being of Articles of assoIrish birth, or their descendants as aforesaid, desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seals, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this State having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth, First, The names of the persons associating, and their place of What to set residence; Second, The location of the association of which they are members; Third, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law: Provided, That each association incorporated under this act shall be known as "The Society of Saint Patrick" of (the name of the city, village, or township where such association is located, and if more than one such association is located in the same city, village, or township, the same shall be designated by number); Fourth, The object and purpose of such association, which shall forth. be to provide for the relief of distressed members and their families, the visitation of the sick, the burial of the dead, and to aid and assist the widows and orphans of deceased members. The Limit of period period for which such association shall be incorporated shall not exceed thirty years. of incorporation. Copy of articles to be filed and recorded in clerk. SEC. 3. A copy of said articles of association shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such corporation shall be office of county formed, and upon payment of a fee of seventy-five cents shall be recorded by such clerk in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a Body politie and body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal, and the same may change and alter at pleasure, and a certified Copy of record copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal corporate. evidence in court. May hold estates Proviso. eto. of the county where said record is kept, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this State of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation. SEC. 4. Every corporation formed in pursuance of this act shall be capable in its corporate name of purchasing, taking, receiving, holding to itself, and enjoying estates both real and personal: Provided, That the value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, and that they and their successors shall have full authority and power to give, grant, sell, mortgage, lease, devise, and dispose of said real and personal estate, or part thereof, and other estate, real and personal, may acquire instead thereof, at their will and pleasure; and the proceeds shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent purposes set forth in section two, May make by- SEC. 5. Said corporations shall have full force and authority to laws, elect or appoint officers, make and establish rules, regulations, and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation, not contrary to the laws of this State or of the United States, and to designate, elect, or appoint, from among their number such officers, under such names and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution or charter of said society, who shall have the supervision or control and management of the affairs of said corporations. May erect halls, create a capital stock, etc. Bubject to pro Visions of chap Laws. SEC. 6. Any corporations formed in pursuance of this act may erect and own such suitable edifices, buildings, or halls as such.corporations shall deem necessary, with convenient rooms for the meeting of said society, and for that purpose may create a capital stock of not more than sixty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of not more than twenty-five dollars each. SEC. 7. All corporations formed under the provisions of this act ter 78, Compiled shall be subject to the provisions of chapter seventy-three (73) of the compiled laws of this State, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act, and the legislature may alter or amend this act at any time. Approved March 26, 1875. [ No. 54. ] AN ACT to facilitate the inspection of the records and files in the offices of the registers of deeds. furnish proper records and files. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Registers shall the registers of deeds in this State shall furnish proper and reason facilities for able facilities for the inspection and examination of the records inspection of and files in their respective offices, and for making memorandums or transcripts therefrom during the usual business hours, to all persons having occasion to make examination of them for any lawful purpose: Provided, That the custodian of said records and files Proviso--rules may make such reasonable rules and regulations with reference to or records, etc. the inspection and examination of them as shall be necessary for the protection of said records and files, and to prevent the interference with the regular discharge of the duties of said register: And provided further, That said register of deeds may prohibit Proviso-use of the use of pen and ink in making copies or notes of records and probab prohibited. files. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 55.] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the payment of the salaries of the military officers of the State," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section nine hundred and twenty-four, in chapter eighteen of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one. for the protection SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section amended section one of an act entitled "An act to provide for the payment of the salaries of the military officers of the State," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section nine hundred and twenty-four, in chapter eighteen of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropriation. there be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the military fund not otherwise appropriated, the following sums for the salaries of the military officers berein named, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and annually thereafter: for the salary of the Adjutant General, Salarios. the sum of ten hundred dollars; for the salary of the Quartermaster General, the sum of six hundred dollars; for the salary of the Inspector General, the sum of six hundred dollars, and such further sum as may be necessary to pay his actual necessary traveling expenses, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars. Approved March 26, 1875. Bection amended. Stenographer deemed officer of and salary. [No. 56.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number three hundred and sixty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventythree, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a stenographer for the recorder's court of the city of Detroit." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of act number three hundred and sixty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a stenographer for the recorder's court of the city of Detroit," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. The person so appointed shall be deemed an officer of court, his duty the court, and it shall be his duty to attend at each session thereof, and to take full stenographic notes of the testimony and of the charge of the court in all cases brought in the name of the people of the State of Michigan; and in case the judge shall desire it, he shall make a legible transcript of his notes, which shall be filed by the clerk and preserved as part of the files in the cause, subject to the inspection and use of both parties. And for the performance of this duty he shall receive as a compensation a salary not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum, which shall be paid in monthly installments out of the county treasury. Approved March 26, 1875. Aet repealed. Bection amended. [ No. 5%. ] AN ACT to repeal an act to provide for licensing the keeping of dogs. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That "An act to provide for licensing the keeping of dogs," approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect March thirty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Approved March 26, 1875. [ No. 58. ] AN ACT to amend section ten of an act entitled "An act to establish a State Public School for dependent and neglected children," approved April seventeen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to add three new sections to said act (as amended by act number one hundred and forty-four of session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved April twenty-four, eighteen hundred and seventy-three), to be known as sections twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section ten of an act entitled "An act to establish a State Public School for dependent and neglected children," approved April seventeen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended by act number one hundred and forty-four, session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved April twenty-four eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended so as to read as follows: to meet quar urer. SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of said board of control to meet Board of control once in three months on its own adjournments, and oftener if terly. necessary; that the said board shall elect from its own number, a president, secretary, and treasurer, each of whom shall hold his office during the pleasure of said board; that the said treasurer Bond of treasshall give his bond to the people of this State, with two or more sufficient sureties to be approved by said board and the Governor, in the penal sum of at least ten thousand dollars, or in such additional penal sum as said board may require, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of him by law, and to account for and pay over as required by law, all moneys received by him as such treasurer. The said board of control shall establish Government of a system of government for the institution, and shall make all necessary rules and regulations for enforcing discipline, imparting instruction, preserving health, and for the [proper] physical, intellectual, and moral training of the children. The said board shall Officers for appoint a superintendent, a matron, and such other officers, teach-school. ers, and employes as shall be necessary, who shall severally hold their offices or places during the pleasure of said board, and that said board shall prescribe their duties, and fix their salaries, subject to the approval of the Governor. school. SEC. 2. That there shall be added to said act three new sections, Sections added. to stand as sections twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of said act. to read as follows: to report bienni of public in SEC. 20. The said board of control shall make out biennially, and Board of control report to the legislature at its regular session, a detailed statement ally to Legisla of the operations of said institution, for the two years closing with ture. the fiscal year preceding said session, which shall include a report of the treasurer of the board of all receipts and disbursements for the same period. It shall also be the duty of said board to cause to Report to be made out by the superintendent or other proper officer, and for- superintendent warded to the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, struction. on or before the first day of November in each year, a report for the fiscal year, setting forth the condition of the institution, the What to set amount of receipts and expenditures, the number of teachers and forth. other officers and compensation of each, the number of inmates that have received instruction, the studies pursued, and the books used; also the mode of instruction and discipline prescribed, and such other information and suggestions as may be deemed important, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction may require, to embody in the report of his department. The members of said Compensation of board shall be allowed the expenses necessarily incurred by them members of in the discharge of their official duties, and three dollars per day for their official services actually and necessarily performed, which shall be audited by the board of State Auditors. SEC. 21. That whenever the superintendents of the poor of any |