Acts repealed. confined in the county jail until such fine and costs shall be paid; but such confinement shall not exceed thirty days. SEC. 15. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions contained in the foregoing act, except special acts applying to inland lakes in certain counties in this State, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Power to sell, etc. Meeting for, how called, etc. Proviso. May organize with power to [No. 112.] AN ACT to authorize any corporation organized under the laws of this State, to sell its property, franchise, rights and privileges to any other corporation organized under the same or any similar laws of this State for the same corporate purpose. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any corporation formed under any general law of this State may at any general or special meeting of its stockholders, with the consent of three-fourths of its capital stock, sell and convey all its property and franchises, rights and privileges or any portion of its real property or franchises to any other corporation formed under the same or any similar law for corporate purposes of the same character. No such meeting of stockholders of any corporation shall be legal or valid, or the proceedings thereof of any force or effect unless the directors or other officers or parties calling the same shall cause a notice of the time, place and. object of holding the same to be published in accordance with the provisions of the law or laws of this State under which such corporation is organized: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing any railroad corporation to consolidate its stock, property, or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line. SEC. 2. Any number of persons désiring to purchase the purchase, etc. property, franchises, rights and privileges, of any existing corporation may organize a corporation under the law under which said corporation is formed, or any similar law, and in accordance with its requirements and provisions, and the corporation so organized, or any corporation already organized under such law, shall have power to purchase the property, [franchises] franchise, rights and privileges of any such existing corporation: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall release in whole or in part said selling corporation from any or all' Further proviso. of its liabilities previously contracted: Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to corporations organized or existing under an act entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of companies for mining, smelting and manufacturing iron, copper, silver, mineral coal and other ores, minerals, and to fix the duties and liabilities of such Proviso. corporations," approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 113.] AN ACT ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over a strip of land in the county of Macomb and State of Michigan, three hundred feet wide and fourteen hundred and fifty feet long; off from the south side of the following described land, to-wit: Commencing on the south bank of the Clinton river, south seventy-four degrees west, four hundred and eighty feet from a stone on the north bank of the river at the east line of the city limits of the city of Mt. Clemens, the same being the line between the townships of Clinton and Harrison (old survey), thence south fifty-seven degrees east, fourteen. hundred and fifty feet to the south bank of the Clinton river, thence northerly, westerly, and southerly, meandering the river bank to the place of beginning, containing about six and three-quarters acres of land, more or less, which said strip of land so cut off from said piece of land is to be used by the United States for the purpose of constructing a canal, during the time the United States shall be and remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of the State of Michigan and the service of civil processes thereon. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Territo y ceded. the State of Michigan hereby cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over a strip of land in the county of Macomb, and State of Michigan, three hundred feet wide and fourteen hundred and fifty feet long, off from the south side of the following described land, to-wit: Commencing on the south bank of the Clinton river, south seventy-four degrees west, four hundred and eighty feet from a stone on the north bank of the river at the east line of the city limits of the city of Mt. Clemens, the same being the line between the townships of Clinton and Harrison (old survey), thence south fifty-seven degrees east, fourteen hundred and fifty feet to the south bank of the Clinton river, thence northerly, westerly and southerly, meandering the river bank to the place of beginning, containing about six and three-quarters of an acre of land more or less, which said strip of 1 and so cut off from said piece of land is to be used by the United Purpose. States for the purpose of constructing a canal, during the time Time. the United States shall be and remain the owner thereof, for all purposes, except the administration of the criminal laws of the Exception. State of Michigan and the service of civil processes thereon. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 29, 1889. Further or other bond not required. [No. 114.] AN ACT to amend act number two hundred and seventy-six of the How may incorporate. Vote on. Articles of association, [No. 115.] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of subordinate temples of honor and temperance. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any subordinate temple of honor duly organized within this State, under and pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of the Supreme Council of Templars of Honor and Temperance of the United States may become a body corporate and politic in the manner following: First, At some regular meeting of such subordinate temple, held under and pursuant to the constitution and laws thereof, a resolution may be put to vote of the members thereof expressing the desire and determination of said subordinate temple to be incorporated, and directing the officers thereof to perfect such. incorporation, and if such resolution receives a two-thirds vote of the members present it shall be declared passed, otherwise lost; Second, On such resolution being so passed, the worthy chief contents of, etc. templar and the worthy recorder shall prepare articles of association under their hands and the seal of said subordinate temple, setting forth the number of persons then in good standing in the temple desiring incorporation, the name by which the temple is known, the date of its organization, a copy of the resolution mentioned in the first subdivision of this act, the corporate name by which the temple shall be known in the law, the object and [purposes] purpose of the association, which shall in no way conflict or be inconsistent with the object and [purposes] purpose of the Supreme Council of Templars of Honor and Temperance of the United States as stated in its constitution, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years; Third, A copy of such articles of association shall be filed with copy to be filed. the county clerk of the county in which such corporation shall be formed, and shall be recorded, with the affidavit hereafter named, by such clerk, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose; Affidavit to be Fourth, The worthy chief templar and the worthy recorder annexed, etc. executing such articles of incorporation shall make and annex thereto, before filing, an affidavit stating that they are respectively members of and occupy the official positions above named in said temple, that the resolution, a copy of which is set out in the articles of association, was duly passed at a regular meeting of said temple, and received a two-thirds majority of all members present, and that all the statements in said articles of association are true, to the best of their and each of their knowledge and belief, and that said temple is legally organized and was acting under a charter duly granted by the Supreme Council of Templars of Honor and Temperance of the United States. SEC. 2. When all the foregoing requirements are complied Shall be a body with, the subordinate temple shall be a body corporate and corporate, etc. politic by the name expressed in said articles of association, and by that name shall be a person in the law capable of suing and being sued, with full power and authority to transact the business of said association, and a copy of said articles of association and affidavit, duly certified by the clerk in whose custody the same may be, under the seal of the proper county, shall be prima facie evidence in all the courts of this State of the existence and incorporation of said subordinate temple. property, etc., SEC. 3. Every corporation formed pursuant to this act may take May hold and hold personal and real property, so far as may be necessary limit of." for the proper [purposes] purpose of the organization, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount, and convey, dispose of and deal with the same as it may from time to time determine by a two-thirds vote of members present and voting thereon, at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called especially for that purpose. SEC. 4. The management, direction and control of the Management, property and business of such corporation shall be vested in such etc. of its officers and persons as the constitution and by-laws of such subordinate temple may direct, but when no special rule exists then as a two-thirds majority of the members present and acting thereon shall from time to time determine. Approved May 29, 1889. 17 How may incorporate. Vote on. Articles of incorporation, contents, etc. Copy to be filed. Affidavit to be annexed, etc. Shall be a body [No. 116.] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of subordinate courts of the Ancient Order of Foresters. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any subordinate court of the Ancient Order of Foresters duly organized within this State, under and pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society may become a body corporate and politic in the manner following: First, At some regular court of such order a resolution shall be put to vote of the members thereof expressing the desire and determination of said court to be incorporated, and directing the officers thereof to perfect such incorporation, and if such resolution receives a two-thirds vote of the members present it shall be declared passed, otherwise lost; Second, On such resolution being so passed, the worthy chief ranger and the recording secretary shall prepare articles of association under their hands and the seal of the court, setting forth the number of persons then in good standing in the court desiring incorporation, the name by which the court is known, the date of its organization, a copy of the resolution mentioned in the first subdivision of this act, the corporate name by which the court shall be known in the law, the object and [purposes] purpose of the association, which shall in no way conflict or be inconsistent with the object and [purposes] purpose of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society as stated in its constitution, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years; Third, A copy of such articles of association shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such corporation shall be formed, and shall be recorded, with the affidavit hereafter named, by such clerk, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose. Fourth, The worthy chief ranger and the recording secretary executing such articles of association or incorporation shall make and annex thereto, before filing, an affidavit stating that they are respectively members of and occupy the official positions above named in said court; that the resolution, a copy of which is set out in the articles of association, was duly passed at a regular meeting of said court, and received a two-thirds majority of all members present, and that all the statements in said articles of association are true, to the best of their and each of their knowledge and belief, and that said court is organized and acting under the constitution of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society. SEC. 2. When all the foregoing requirements are complied with, corporate, etc. the subordinate court shall be a body corporate and politic by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name shall be a person in the law capable of suing and being sued, with full power and authority to transact the business of said association, and a copy of said articles of association and affidavit, duly |