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 court. property. SEC. 3. Every corporation formed pursuant to the provisions of May hold this act, may take and hold personal and real property, so far as may be necessary for the proper purposes of the organization, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount, and convey, Limit of. dispose of and deal with the same as it may from time to time determine by a two-thirds vote of members present at any regular meeting and voting thereon at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called especially for that purpose. etc. SEC. 4. The management, direction and control of the property Management, and business of such corporation shall be vested in such of its officers and persons as the constitution and by-laws of such subordinate court may direct, but when no special rule exists, then as a two-thirds majority of the members present at any regular meeting and acting thereon shall from time to time determine. Approved May 29, 1889. [No. 117.] AN ACT to make an appropriation for completing the decorations of the rooms, halls, corridors and library of the State capitol. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropriations. the sum of ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the general fund in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of completing the decorations of the rooms, halls, corridors and library of the State capitol. Board of state auditors & com SEC. 2. The board of State auditors shall constitute a commission to supervise and control the work mentioned in this act, and mission to superare hereby authorized to enter into a contract for the completion Vise work, etc. of the decoration of the rooms, halls, corridors and library of the State capitol, including the entire building above the basement, on the same general plan and design as pursued heretofore, and shall have the right to reject any and all proposals submitted, and shall award the contract to such person or persons and in such manner as they shall deem for the best interests of the State. made, etc. SEC. 3. The commission shall require of him or them, a bond Bond required. to be approved by them conditioned for the faithful performance of said contract. Payments on account of said contract shall be Payments, how made in the manner following, to-wit.: An itemized estimate of all articles or labor furnished by said contractor or contractors shall accompany each voucher for the same, and be submitted to the board at any stated meeting of said board, and if it shall appear to said board that the estimate and vouchers submitted are correct and in accordance with the contract, they shall audit and This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation, purposes, etc. How paid, etc. To be incorporated in taxes of 1889-90. [No. 118.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the support of the State Public School for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety, for making improvements at that institution and to provide a tax for the same. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the sum of thirty-three thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the general fund to meet the current expenses of the State Public School for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; and that the further sum of thirty-three thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the general fund to meet the current expenses of the State Public School for the year eighteen hundred and ninety; and that the further sum of six thousand and five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the general fund for the following named purposes for the State Public School: For general repairs on buildings and for painting, two thousand five hundred dollars; for two steam boilers for the engine house and for repairs and improvements on the steam and water-works, two thousand five hundred dollars; for furniture and bedding for the cottages and main building, one thousand dollars; and for the completion of the cement walks, five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. That the several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be passed to the credit of the State Public School and paid to the board of control of that institution, or its treasurer, at such times and in such amounts and manner as is now provided by law and this act and as may be made to appear to the Auditor General to be necessary. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate with the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine the sum of thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety the sum of thirty-three thousand dollars, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sums, when collected, shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse it for the sums appropriated by section one of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. . [No. 119.] AN ACT to amend act number two hundred thirty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act making an appropriation of swamp lands for the construction of a drain in the townships of Wisner and Gilford, Tuscola county." amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section act number two hundred thirty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act making an appropriation of swamp lands for the construction of a drain in the townships of Wisner and Gilford, Tuscola county," approved June twentyfourth, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: drain, etc. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Description of for the purpose of constructing a dredge-cut or drain, beginning at the Quanicassee river on section thirty-two, in the township of Wisner, to section twelve in the township of Gilford, in the county of Tuscola, a distance of six and one-half miles, and for the purpose of drainage, public health and reclamation, the board of control of State swamp lands is hereby directed and required to appropriate not to exceed twenty sections of State swamp lands, Land appropri in the lower peninsula, not otherwise appropriated, to aid in the construction of said dredge-cut or drain. ated for. SEC. 2. The appropriation aforesaid and the expenditure thereof, Who to have and the improvement herein contemplated, shall be under the control of. supervision and direction of said board of control. Approved May 31, 1889. [No. 120.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section six thousand seven hundred and seventy-six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to oaths of executors, administrators, guardians, etc., in proceedings in probate courts. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section six thousand seven hundred and seventy-six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to oaths of executors, administrators, guardians, etc., in proceedings in probate courts, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: administered by (§ 6776.) SEC. 22. All oaths required to be taken by executors, Oath may be administrators, guardians, trustees, commissioners, appraisers, Juuge, justice, and dividers of estates, or by any other person in relation to any etc. proceeding in the probate court, may be administered by the This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. [No. 121.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number two hundred and seventy-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eightyseven, approved June twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the ascertaining, adjudicating and determining who are or were the legal heirs, minor heirs or legal representatives of certain deceased persons, and entitled to the lands of which the said deceased died seized, and to repeal act number fifty-three of the laws of Michigan of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved March thirteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, being compiler's sections four thousand three hundred and ninety-eight, four thousand three hundred and ninety-nine and four thousand four hundred of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended by act number forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, approved April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the same being sections five thousand nine hundred and ninety, five thousand nine hundred and ninety-one and five thousand nine hundred and ninety-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to proceedings to ascertain and determine the heirs of deceased persons. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of act number two hundred and seventy-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, approved June twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the ascertaining, adjudicating and determining who are or were the legal heirs, minor heirs or legal representatives of certain deceased persons, and entitled to the lands of which the said deceased died seized, and to repeal act number fifty-three of the laws of Michigan of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved March thirteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, being compiler's sections four thousand three hundred and ninety-eight, four thousand three hundred and ninety-nine, and four thousand four hundred, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended by act number forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, approved April twentysix, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the same being sections five thousand nine hundred and ninety, five thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, and five thousand nine hundred and ninety-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes relative to proceedings to ascertain and determine the heirs of deceased persons,"" be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: how made and SEC. 2. The application shall be made by filing a petition in Application, said court, subscribed by the petitioner or petitioners, his, her or form of, etc. their attorney, duly verified, setting forth the name of the deceased, that he died seized of lands in this State, or that a conveyance or grant was made to the legal representatives, or heirs, or minor heirs of the deceased, as the case may be, of certain lands, a portion of which, and describing such portion, the petition shall show to be located in the county where said petition is to be filed; the names and residences of the heirs, minor heirs or legal representatives of said deceased person, so far as the same are known to the petitioner, and shall conclude with a prayer for the determination and adjudication aforesaid, and thereupon said court shall make an order setting forth the time and place of hearing Court to make such petition, and shall cause notice of such petition, and of the order setting time and place assigned for the hearing thereof, to be published for three successive weeks in such newspaper as the said court shall direct. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. forth hearing. [No. 122.] State to prepare and published. AN ACT to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this State now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to repeal all existing laws providing for the publication and distribution of said laws, documents or reports. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Secretary of the Secretary of State be and he is hereby directed and required, acts for within twenty days after the close of any session of the Legislature publication, of this State, to carefully examine and classify the acts passed and prepare the same for publication in bound volumes, as follows: All acts of a general character which affect the people How classified of the whole State, all joint and concurrent resolutions, amendments to the constitution of the State adopted after the publication of the laws of the previous session of the Legislature, and so much of the annual report of the State Treasurer of the year in which there is a regular session of the Legislature as shall give an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the public moneys, shall be published in one volume, properly arranged with side notes and indexes thereto, as the session laws are usually published, lettered on the back, "Public acts, Michigan, Public Acts. session of 18—.” All acts of a local or municipal character, Local Acts. which do not affect the people of the whole State, and the copies of proceedings of boards of supervisors organizing new townships, |