etc. volumes for printing, which shall be printed by the State printer, Size of volume, under the direction and superintendence of said Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, and said volumes shall not contain more than seven hundred and thirty pages each, and shall be printed and published in kind of type, quality of paper, style of binding and printing similar to the "Pioneer Collections," heretofore published by said Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society; and Said Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society shall not publish or issue more than three thousand copies of each of said volumes published as provided for in this act. Number of copies. Disposition of. How money to be drawn. SEC. 3. Five hundred copies of each volume published, as heretofore in this act provided for, shall be deposited in the State library of Michigan for exchange with the Pioneer and Historical Societies of domestic and foreign States and governments; and the officers of said Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society shall make a further distribution of one copy of each of said volumes to each of the duly and legally incorporated public libraries in the State of Michigan when authoritatively and officially requested so to do by the legally elected officers or other legally constituted managers of said public libraries, and the residue and remainderof said copies of said volumes shall be delivered to and be in the custody and care of the State Librarian, to be sold by said librarian at a price not less than seventy five cents per copy, and the moneys arising from such sales shall be deposited in the State treasury to the credit of the general fund. SEC. 4. The moneys appropriated by this act shall be drawn from the State treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor General whenever he shall be requested to issue such warrant by the proper officer or officers of said Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, subject to the requirements of the laws in regard to filing vouchers and accounts. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation. How drawn. [No. 89.] AN ACT making appropriations for the current expenses of the State Normal School for the years one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine and one thousand eight hundred and ninety. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the State Treasurer shall transfer from the general fund to the Normal School interest fund the sum of forty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine and the sum of forty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety, which sums are hereby appropriated for the current expenses of the State Normal School for the years abovenamed, and shall be drawn from the treasury on the presentation. of properly certified requisitions of the State board of education SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax Tax for. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 90.] AN ACT to provide for the purchase and distribution of a volume containing the general laws of this State, with a digest of court decisions thereon and to be known as volume three, Howell's Annotated Statutes. State directed purchase a sufficient number. SECTION 1., The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Secretary of the Secretary of State be and is hereby directed to purchase as to soon as published for the use of the various State, county and township officers such number of copies of the work entitled "Howell's Annotated Statutes," volume three, containing all general statutes in the State of Michigan in force passed subsequent to and not contained in Howell's Annotated Statutes, volumes one and two, including the general acts of the present session, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, with notes and digest of the decisions of the Supreme Court relating thereto, compiled and annotated by Andrew Howell, as may be required for the use of the State and for the supply of and distribution to the officers and others to whom the "Public Acts" of each session of the Legislature are supplied and distributed under and by the present existing provisions of law: Provided, That said work shall con- Proviso. tain not less than eight hundred pages and shall be furnished. to the State complete in one volume, bound in full sheep binding, printed on good paper and in clear type; the size of page, type used, quality of paper, material and binding to be equal in all respects to the sample of volumes one and two of Howell's Annotated Statutes now in the State library. Said work to be delivered to the Secretary of State and the same shall be paid for by the State when delivered. SEC. 2. The book or volume of said work, when received by the Distribution of. Secretary of State, shall be distributed by him to the officers and others to whom the "Public Acts" of the Legislature are supplied and distributed as herein before mentioned under and in accord Price to State. To public. Authority of said volume. ance with the laws now regulating the distribution of said "Public Acts.' SEC. 3. The price to be paid by the State for all copies of said work which now or hereafter may be needed, shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents per copy, to be paid to the publisher or publishers of said work by the State Treasurer, on the warrant of the Auditor General, out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, the account thereof to be first certified to by the said Secretary of State, and the publishers shall sell said work to the citizens of this State at a price not exceeding three dollars and fifty cents per copy. SEC. 4. Said volume three, compiled and annotated by Andrew Howell, shall be received and admitted in all courts and proceedings and by all officers in this State as evidence of the existing laws thereof, with like effect as if published by the authority of the State. Approved May 13, 1889. Carrying or sending explosives in public conveyances, etc. A felony. Penalty. Liability of consignee. [No. 91.] AN ACT to punish any person who sends, takes, or carries, or attempts to send, take, or carry, or procure to be sent, taken, or carried, dynamite, nitro-glycerine, or other explosive substances, either as freight or baggage, on any passenger boat or vessel, or any railroad car, or train of cars, or on any street car, stage or vehicle used wholly or partly for carrying passengers. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That no person shall order, send, take or carry, or attempt to order, send, take or carry dynamite, nitro-glycerine or any other explosive substance which explodes by concussion or friction, concealed in any bag, satchel, valise, trunk, box, or in any other manner whatever, either as freight or baggage, on any passenger boat or vessel, or any railroad car or train of cars, street car, stage or other vehicle used wholly or partly for carrying passengers. SEC. 2. In case any person violates any of the provisions of section one of this act, he shall be deemed guilty of felony, and the offense shall be deemed to be committed in any county through which such person procures or attempts to procure the transportation of such dynamite, nitro-glycerine or other explosive substance, and upon conviction he shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not to exceed ten years: Provided, That such person shall be imprisoned for life or any number of years in case such dynamite, nitro-glycerine, or other explosive substance, explodes and destroys human life while in possession of any carrier, or on any boat, vessel, railroad car, street car, stage, or other vehicle, contrary to any of the provisions of section one of this act. SEC. 3. Any consignee to whom any such dynamite, nitroglycerine, or other explosive substance has been consigned by his procurement in violation of any of the provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be punished This act is ordered to take effect sixty days after its approval. [No. 92.] AN ACT to amend section seven of act number one hundred and twenty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eightyone, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment, defining the duties and fixing the compensation of a stenographer for the circuit court for the county of Saginaw," being section six thousand five hundred and twenty-nine of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and to amend sections five and eight of said act number one hundred and twenty-five, being sections six thousand five hundred and twenty-seven and six thousand five hundred and thirty of Howell's Annotated Statutes, as amended by act number two hundred and seventeen of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Sections section seven of act number one hundred and twenty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment, defining the duties and fixing the compensation of a stenographer for the circuit court for the county of Saginaw," being section six thousand five hundred and twenty-nine of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and sections five and eight of said act number one hundred and twenty-five, being sections six thousand five hundred and twenty-seven and six thousand five hundred and thirty of Howell's Annotated Statutes, as amended by act number two hundred and seventeen of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended so as to read as follows: stenographer. SEC. 5. The stenographer so appointed shall receive as compen- Compensation. sation for such services the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and as soon as this act shall take effect an additional Additional stenographer shall be appointed by the Governor, on the recommendation of the two judges, who shall receive as compensation How appointed. for such similar services the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per Compensation annum, which sum shall be paid in monthly installments out of of, how paid. the county treasury, upon the order of the clerk of said court, such clerk being hereby authorized and directed to draw such orders, and the county treasurer to pay the same upon presentation: Provided, That one of the judges of said circuit court shall Proviso. certify thereon that the services have been faithfully performed. The provisions of act number one hundred and twenty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, as amended by act two hundred and seventeen of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended by this act, shall apply to said additional stenographer. Stenographer may appoint assistants. Proviso. Board of supervisors to Proviso. SEC. 7. Each stenographer so appointed shall have the power to appoint one or more assistants, subject to the approval of the court, whose duties shall be subject to and whose compensation shall be paid by the stenographer so appointing: Provided, The stenographer so appointing or any circuit judge of the circuit court for said county shall have the power to revoke such appointment at any time. SEC. 8. To make up and pay the salary specified in section five make appropria- of this act, the board of supervisors shall annually appropriate the tions for salary. sum of three thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount already appropriated for such purpose for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine shall be applied on the payment of such salary or salaries for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine: Further proviso. Provided further, That any deficiency for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine may be paid by the county treasurer of said county out of the general fund. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Church or [No. 93.] AN ACT to amend section three thousand and sixty-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section four thousand six hundred and thirty of chapter one hundred and seventy of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to churches and religious societies. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section three thousand and sixty-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section four thousand six hundred and thirty of chapter one hundred and seventy of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (§ 4630.) Such church, congregation or society shall have change time of power, at a meeting regularly called for that purpose by like annual meeting. notice as is required for the calling of a meeting for the election of trustees, to change the time of holding its annual meeting for Clerk must give the election of trustees, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of notice to minister, priest, etc. Minister, etc., shall notify members, etc. said trustees at least one month before the time regularly fixed for the holding of such annual meeting, to give notice thereof in writing to the minister, priest, curate, rector, parson, or officiating clergyman, or in case of his death or absence to the elders or church wardens, or if there be no elders or church wardens then to the deacons or vestrymen of any such church, congregation or society, specifying in such notice the names of the trustees whose cffice will expire; and the minister, priest, curate, rector, parson, or other officer receiving such notice shall, in manner aforesaid, notify the members of such church, congregation or society of such |