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bonds, etc.

of his office, and they may require such officer or any deputy, Require reports,
assistant or clerk to give such bonds or further or additional bonds
to the people of this State as shall be reasonable or necessary for
the faithful performance of their respective duties; but the giv
ing of a bond by any such deputy, assistant or clerk shall not be
held to release any such officer upon any bond theretofore given
by him;

for offices, etc.

Seventh, To make all contracts and leases for county offices, Lease buildings court rooms and other buildings for the use of the county and provide the necessary heating and lighting of the same, procure the necessary furniture and fixtures for them and make all necessary repairs thereto: Provided, That when the estimated cost Proviso. of any work or materials to be provided by said board under this act shall exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars the same shall be done or furnished by contract on bids received therefor after publication of notice for at least five days, in one or more daily papers published in the city of Detroit: And provided further, That this act shall not be construed to give said board the power to contract for the erection of any new buildings or the purchase of any land for any purpose whatever;

Eighth, To procure and furnish for the county offices and for Procure books, the several courts all necessary books, stationery, blanks and blanks, etc. printing;

Ninth, To procure the necessary plans and specifications for Plans, etc., for and supervise the construction of any buildings erected by the buildings. county, excepting such as the superintendents of the poor may

construct;

Tenth, To represent the county and have the care and manage- Care of county ment of the property and business of the county in all cases where property, etc. no other provision is made.

to have

SEC. 9. The board of supervisors of said county shall not have Supervisors not or exercise the power herein conferred upon said board of audi- authority, etc.

tors.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 23, 1889.

[No. 64.]

AN ACT making appropriations for constructing a cement side-
walk, and for increasing the water supply at the Michigan
Asylum for the Insane.

viz:

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropriation. there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the State treasury, to the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, For constructing a cement sidewalk on the west side of the street fronting the asylum grounds, three thousand two hundred and fifty feet in length and six feet in width, one thousand six hundred dollars; and for increasing the water supply, two thousand dollars.

Money, how drawn, etc.

Tax.

SEC. 2. That the money appropriated hereby may be drawn from 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 disbursements shall be accounted for by duplicate vouchers and monthly accounts current, as provided for by act number one hundred and forty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

SEC. 3. That the Auditor General is hereby authorized to incorporate the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars in the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and when collected place the same to the credit of the general fund. This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Approved April 24, 1889.

Elk or deer,

when may be

Blanc Island.

[No. 65.]

AN ACT to preserve deer and elk on the island of Bois Blanc, in the State of Michigan.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That no killed on Bois person or persons shall pursue or hunt or kill, by any means whatsoever, any elk or deer on the island of Bois Blanc, in Lake Huron, until the first day of November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

a misdemeanor, etc.

SEC. 2. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Violation of law act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than ninety days or by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of

Acts repealed.

the court.

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here with are repealed.

Approved April 25, 1889.

Appropriation

[No. 66.]

AN ACT making an appropriation for the building of a dormitory, hospital, root-house, receiving vault, improvement of the grounds, an electric light plant and the current expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home and other expenses necessary to the maintenance and improvement thereof, for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there be and hereby is appropriated from the general fund, the sum of ninety-six thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars

for the current expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home, and other expenses necessary to the maintenance and improvement thereof, for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety: Provided, That of the amount Proviso. hereby appropriated it shall not be lawful for the board of managers to draw a sum exceeding sixty-one thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars in the year eighteen hundred and eightynine, and the sum of thirty-five thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars in the year eighteen hundred and ninety.

expended.

SEC. 2. The amount thus appropriated and allowed to be drawn Amount for for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine shall be expended 1889, how as follows: For dormitory building, twelve thousand dollars; for building a hospital for said Soldiers' Home, twenty thousand dollars; for improvement of grounds, three thousand dollars; for root-house, seven hundred and twenty-five dollars; for receiving vault, four hundred and seventy-five dollars; for electric light plant, six thousand dollars; for subsistence, salaries and other expenses necessary to the maintenance of said Home, in addition to the amounts received from the United States government for balance of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight and for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as provided by act of Congress, approved August twenty seven, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, the sum of nineteen thousand one hundred and seventy-two dollars.

1890, how

SEC. 3. The amount thus appropriated and allowed to be drawn Amount for for the year eighteen hundred and ninety shall be expended as expended. follows: For subsistence, salaries, and other expenses necessary to the maintenance of said Soldiers' Home, in addition to the amounts received from the United States government for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, as provided by act of Congress approved August twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars two hundred and ninety-five dollars: Provided, That the provisions of section four hundred and nineteen of Howell's Annotated Statutes are hereby extended to and made applicable to the Michigan Soldiers' Home. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in Tax for. the State taxes for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine the sum of sixty-one thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety the sum of thirtyfive thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sums when collected shall be passed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the amounts appropriated under the provisions of this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1889.

Sections amended.

Executor, etc., may mortgage estate, etc.

Order for, how obtained, etc.

[No. 67.]

AN ACT to amend sections forty-six hundred and twenty-five and forty-six hundred and twenty-six of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being sections sixty-one hundred and fire and sixty-one hundred and six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to mortgaging of estates by executors, administrators and guardians.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections forty-six hundred and twenty-five and forty-six hundred and twenty-six of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being sections sixty-one hundred and five and sixtyone hundred and six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows:

(§ 6105.) SEC. 1. The several judges of probate may, by order, license and empower any execntor, administrator or guardian, for the purpose of paying the debts against the estate of any deceased person or supporting or paying the debts of any ward, or making necessary repairs to buildings belonging to such estate or ward, to borrow money by way of mortgage on the estate of such deceased person or ward or any part thereof, or otherwise pledge the same. (§ 6106.) SEC. 2. Such order shall be obtained by a petition to the proper judge of probate, which petition shall contain the like statements as are required in a petition for license to sell real estate by such executor, administrator or guardian, of which application the same notice shall be given, with the same effect, as is required in the case of an order to sell the estate of deceased persons or wards; and such order shall specify the amount to be secured by such mortgage or other security, the rate of interest to be given, and the length of time for which such mortgage or other security shall be given, and also the description of the property to be mortgaged or otherwise pledged; which mortgage or other security the said executor, administrator or guardian shall execute with all the formalities required by law for such securities. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 3, 1889.

Section amended.

[No. 68.]

AN ACT to amend section four thousand three hundred and seventy-nine of the compiled laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, being section five thousand eight hundred and forty-nine of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to the administration and distribution of estates of intestates.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section four thousand three hundred and seventy-nine of the compiled laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, being section five thousand eight hundred and forty-nine of Howell's

Annotated Statutes, relative to the administration and distribution of estates of intestates, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

letters of

SEC. 4379. Administration of the estate of a person dying who entitled to intestate shall be granted to some one or more of the persons administration. hereinafter mentioned, and they shall be respectively entitled to the same in the following order:

First, The widow, husband or next of kin, or a grantee of the interest of one or more of them, or such of them as the judge of probate may think proper, or such person or persons as the widow, husband, next of kin or grantee may request to have appointed, if suitable and competent to discharge the trust;

Second, If the widow, husband, next of kin or grantee, or the person selected by them shall be unsuitable or incompetent, or if the widow, husband, next of kin or grantee shall neglect for thirty days after the death of the intestate to apply for administration, or to request that administration be granted to some other person, the same may be granted to one or more of the principal creditors, if any such are competent and willing to take it;

Third, If there be no such creditor competent and willing to take administration, the same may be committed to such other person or persons as the judge of probate may think proper. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 3, 1889.

[No. 69.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number forty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to facilitate the disposal and settlement of taxes on vacant or part paid swamp, school, and other lands," approved March twenty-four, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

mendel.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section section one of act rumber forty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to facilitate the disposal and settlement of taxes on vacant or part paid swamp, school, and other lands," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

amount

certain taxes

SEC. 1. That it shall be lawful for the township board of any Board may township or the common council of any city of this State to make determine a compromise settlement and determine thereby the sum which to distinguish the Commissioner of the State Land Office may receive in extin- previous to 1885. guishment of the ditch, drain, or other taxes charged against any description of vacant or part paid swamp, school, or other State lands, lying in such township or city, previous to the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, which sum when so determined by the said sum may township board of such township or common council of such city and certified to the Commissioner of the State Land Office as to any

be paid in lieu of such taxes.

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