etc.

estate, the amount of its debts and of its credits, the name of each
stockholder and the number of shares held by him at the date of
such report; which report shall be signed by a majority of the
directors and verified by their oath and the oath of the secretary
of said corporation and be filed in the office of the clerk of the
county where the business of such corporation shall be carried on,
and a certificate thereof shall be filed in the office of the Secretary Where filed,
of State, which report shall be filed within said month of January,
and if any of said directors of such corporation or the secretary
thereof shall willfully neglect or refuse to make the report Liability for not
required by this section and to verify the same they shall each be etc.
liable for all the debts of such corporation and subject to a penalty
of twenty-five dollars and in addition thereto a sum of five dollars
for each and every day after the first day of March in each year
during the pendency of such neglect or refusal.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 8, 1889.

making report

[No. 141.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of act number eighty-two
of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire
insurance companies, and defining their powers and duties, and
to repeal chapter ninety-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen
hundred and seventy-one; and, also, act number ninety-four
of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one," as
amended by act number thirty-eight of the public acts of eight-
een hundred and seventy-seven, being section four thousand
two hundred and sixty-seven of Howell's Annotated Statutes.
SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section
section twenty-two of act number eighty-two of the session laws
of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide
for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies and
defining their powers and duties, and to repeal chapter ninety-
seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one;
and also act number ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen
hundred and seventy-one," as amended by act number thirty-eight,
public acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, being section
four thousand two hundred and sixty-seven of Howell's Annotated
Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:

amended..

insurance.

(§ 4267.) Companies heretofore organized in this State, or General which may organize or re-organize hereafter, for the purpose of mutual fire insurance of the property of its members may, under this act, insure any and every class of buildings and contents, such risks being duly classified according to the degree of hazard, as Classification shall be determined by said companies, and which shall be set of risks. forth in the charter or by-laws of such companies, and not incon

Proviso.

sistent with the constitution and laws of this State: Provided, That the class of companies set forth in this section shall not insure farm property, and except as provided in this section, shall be governed by all the provisions of the act of which this is amendatory.

Approved June 8, 1889.

How incorporation may be renewed, etc.

[No. 142.]

AN ACT to provide for the re-organization of corporations for mining, smelting and manufacturing iron, copper, silver, mineral coal and other ores or minerals, the term of existence of which has heretofore expired, or may hereafter expire by limitation, and to fix the duties and liabilities of such renewed corporations.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful for any corporation heretofore or hereafter organized under the general laws of this State for mining, smelting, or manufacturing purposes, whose corporate term has expired, or shall expire by limitation, at a special meeting of its stockholders called for that purpose, by a vote of at least four-fifths of its capital stock, to direct the continuance of its corporate existence for such further term, not exceeding thirty years from the expiration of its former term, as may be expressed in a resolution for that purpose. Such meeting may be called in accordance with the by-laws of the corporation and the laws of this State applicable to the same class of corporations whose term has not expired, by order of the directors de facto of the corporation. Upon the adoption of such resolution by a vote in person, or by proxy duly filed, of a majority of at least four-fifths of the capital stock, it shall be the duty of the president and secretary of the stockholders' meeting to make, sign and acknowledge duplicate articles of association, as in the case of a new corporation, to which shall be appended a copy of the proceedings of such stockholders' meeting certified by the secretary and verified by his oath, which articles of association shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of the county where the corporation carries on its business, and be by both recorded in their respective offices, Record of, to be at the expense of said corporation; and the copies so filed, the record thereof, or a certified copy of either of such records shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited; but said articles of association need not set forth in the case of corporations existing under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twentythree of Howell's Annotated Statutes, the cash value of property conveyed to the corporation contemporaneously with its re-organization, nor the names of the directors for the first year: Provided nevertheless, That this act shall not be applicable to any corporation whose term may expire after this act takes effect, unless its

Making and filing duplicate articles.

Where filed.

evidence, etc.

Proviso.

meeting be held within two years after such expiration; nor to
any corporation whose business has been or may be wound up and
property sold pursuant to the voluntary action of the stockholders
or of any court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, That no Idem.
corporations, except corporations organized to carry on business.
in the counties of Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon, shall be
permitted to re-organize hereunder which for the past ten years
have ceased to carry on the business for which they were organ-
ized.

begin, etc.

SEC. 2. The renewed term of such corporation shall begin from When term to the expiration of the former term thereof, and the corporation thus renewed shall hold and own all the property held and owned by the corporation before renewal, and shall be liable to all its debts, liabilities and obligations as fully as if the former corporate term had not expired; and the directors and officers, who were such in fact at the time of the meeting, shall hold and continue in their offices until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify: Provided, nevertheless, That if the call for the meeting Proviso. to extend the corporate term shall embrace a notice that a number of the directors will be elected at such meeting, such election may be then held accordingly, and the directors then elected shall, when they shall qualify, become and be the directors of such renewed corporation.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 8, 1889.

[No. 143.]

AN ACT to amend section seven thousand four hundred and
twelve of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-
one, being section twenty-seven of chapter three hundred and
twelve of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, relative to
costs and the recovery and taxation thereof in civil cases.
SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section
section twenty-seven of chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of
the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being
compiler's section eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine
of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:

amended.

(§8989.) SEC. 27. When a suit shall be commenced in any when security court:

First, For or in the name of the trustee of any debtor; or, Second, For or in the name of any person being insolvent who shall have been discharged from his debts pursuant to law, brought for the collection of any debt contracted before the assignment of his estate; or,

Third, For or in the name of any person committed in execution for a crime; or,

for costs may be required.

Fourth, In the name of any infant whose next friend has not given security for costs.

The court, in all such cases, may require such plaintiff to file security for the taxable costs of the defendant in such suit, for which an execution may issue.

Approved June 8, 1889.

Appropriation.

Purpose of.

How drawn.

Uses limited.

[No. 144.]

AN ACT providing for the erection of two infirmaries, one for
male and one for female patients, and also providing for the
erection of a detached cottage for male patients, on the grounds
of the Northern Michigan Asylum at Traverse City, and making
appropriations therefor.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That
there be and is hereby appropriated from the general fund, for
the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of thirty
thousand dollars, for the erection, fitting and furnishing two
infirmary buildings, one for thirty male and one for thirty female
patients, on the grounds of the Northern Michigan Asylum; and
a further sum of fifteen thousand dollars for building, fitting, and
furnishing a detached cottage for fifty male patients on said
asylum grounds.

SEC. 2. The moneys hereby appropriated may be drawn fron the State treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor General, in such sums and at such times as shall be made to appear to him necessary. The sums thus appropriated shall be expended only for the purposes specified in this act, and their receipts and Accounting for. disbursements shall be accounted for by duplicate vouchers and monthly accounts current, as provided by act number one hundred and forty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

Tax.

SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in
the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine the
amounts appropriated by section one of this act, to be assessed,
levied, and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied, and
collected, which, when collected, shall be passed to the credit of
the general fund to reimburse the same for moneys appropriated
by section one of this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 10, 1889.

Appropriation and purposes of.

[No. 145.]

AN ACT making an appropriation for the use and maintenance
of the University of Michigan.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That
there shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury

for the use and maintenance of the University of Michigan the following sums, to-wit: For the year eighteen hundred and eightynine, one hundred and sixteen thousand and eighty-nine dollars and eight cents, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, ninety thousand and seven hundred dollars, for the following purposes: For repairs, for the year eighteen hundred and eightynine, the sum of four thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of four thousand dollars; for the homeopathic college and hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of eight thousand two hundred dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of eight thousand two hundred dollars; for the University hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of six thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of six thousand dollars; for the dental college for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of ten thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of ten thousand dollars; for reimbursing the University for expenses of the transportation and placing of the Rogers collection of statuary, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of five thousand dollars; for books for libraries, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars; for the completion of the engineering laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of two thousand dollars; for reimbursing the University for the expense of completing the boiler house and steam connections, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of five thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and forty-five cents; for reimbursing the University for the expense of constructing the anatomical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of seven thousand Line hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents; for quipment for the engineering laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of four thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of three thousand dollars; for the purchase of instruments for instruction. in civil engineering, for the year eighteen hundred and eightynine, the sum of one thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of one thousand dollars; for furniture and apparatus for the hygienic laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of three thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of three thousand dollars; for the enlargement of the dental college. building, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of three thousand dollars, and for building a fence around the University grounds, five hundred dollars; for an addition to the chemical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty