one, entitled "An act to authorize and regulate within this State the business of plate glass, accident, live stock, steam boiler and fidelity insurance and to repeal acts number fortytwo and seventy-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, as amended by act number one hundred ninety of the public acts of nineteen hundred one" be amended to read as follows: appoint attorney tax. SEC. 3. Such individuals, companies or associations shall Companies to be required to comply with the laws of this State regulating to receive process. the business of life insurance, in respect to the appointment of an attorney to receive process, and making annual statements of financial conditions, and with all the other requirements as far as applicable, and shall, as a condition precedent to the renewal of an annual certificate by the Commissioner of Insurance, make and file in the office of the State Treas- To make and file annual report; urer, annually, in the month of January of each year, on what to state. oath or affirmation, a statement of the number of policies issued by its agents and procured by or written for sub agents, solicitors or brokers upon property owned by resi dents of, or situate in the State of Michigan; also, a like statement of the accident or fidelity insurance business transacted in the State of Michigan, and the gross amount of premiums received or secured thereon, during the year then terminated; and shall pay into the hands of the State Treas- Shall pay specific urer a specific tax of two per cent on the gross amount of all premiums received in money or securities during the said year, which said specific tax may be recovered from any How recovered. company neglecting or refusing to pay the same in any court at the suit of this State, and shall be and hereby is appropriated to the same uses and purposes as the specific tax on such corporations are or hereafter may be; and it shall Duty of State be the duty of the State Treasurer to give his receipt for all moneys paid into the State treasury under the provisions of this act. The Commissioner of Insurance shall compute the Reserve fund, reserve fund to be held by such companies or associations by taking fifty per centum of the premiums received upon all risks not expired at the time of making such computation. And in addition thereto in the case of corporations doing Liability inan employers' liability insurance, the Commissioner of In- ties, how comsurance shall compute the liabilities for unsettled claims puted. in said employers' liability insurance business at not less than fifty per cent of the premiums received and earned during each and every year less the amount paid for losses and expenses incidental thereto, upon claims brought under policies issued during said year: Provided, That such re- Proviso. serve shall not be computed for more than the five years previous to the time of making such computation: Provided Further proviso. further, That to the amount of the reserve so ascertained, there shall be added such amount as is necessary to provide for claims of earlier date, not liquidated. Whenever the When authority capital of any company or association authorized under this cancelled. act shall become impaired to the extent of fifteen per cent treasurer. how computed. surance, liabili of company or shall otherwise become unsafe, it shall be the duty of the This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation for For Michigan traveling libraries. How paid. To be incorporated in State tax. [No. 138.] AN ACT making appropriations for the purchase of books and other material for the Michigan State Library, and books and equipments for the Michigan traveling libraries for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred six and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase of books, and for such other purposes as are necessary to the welfare of the State Library during the fiscal year end. ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred six, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, and during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase of books, and equipment for the Michigan traveling libraries for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred six, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury to the State Librarian at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State shall prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of thirteen thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred six, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 139.] AN ACT to provide for the lawful spearing of whitefish and Mackinaw trout in Pine lake and Round lake, Charlevoix county. The People of the State of Michigan enact: whitefish during SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be lawful, during the month Lawful to spear of November, for any person to take whitefish by means of November. a spear, in the waters of Pine lake and Round lake, Charlevoix county, providing such spearing does not interfere with any other kind of fish. Mackinaw trout months. SEC. 2. It shall hereafter be lawful, during the months Lawful to spear of January, February and March, for any person to take during certain Mackinaw trout by means of a spear, in the waters of Pine lake and Round lake, Charlevoix county, providing such spearing does not interfere with any other kind of fish. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 25, 1905. [No. 140.] AN ACT making an appropriation for furnishing and for completing the equipment of the psychopathic ward upon the hospital grounds of the University of Michigan, and providing for the internal administration of said ward, and for the establishing, equipping and maintaining therein of a clinical laboratory of research for the instruction of medical students and for the benefit of the State hospitals for the insane, and making an annual appropriation for the payment of the salaries of a pathologist in charge of said ward and of an assistant to said pathologist, and for meeting the current annual expenses of maintaining said Jaboratory of clinical research. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The joint board of trustees of the asylums for Clinical psychithe insane of this State, in conjunction with the board of who to appoint. atry investigator, regents of the State University, shall select and employ from time to time an experienced investigator in clinical psychiatry, who shall be placed in charge of the psychopathic ward upon the hospital grounds of the State University, and whose Duty of. duty it shall be to conduct the clinical and pathological investigations therein, to direct the treatment of such patients as are inmates of the psychopathic ward, to guide and direct the work of clinical and pathological research in the several asylums of the State, and to instruct the students of the medical department of the University in diseases of the mind. In the conduct of this work he shall be allowed such graduate assistants as may be necessary and as the joint board of trustees of the State asylums and the board of regents of the State University may from time to time by joint action approve. The joint board of trustees of the State asylums and the board of regents of the State University shall by joint action adopt from time to time suitable rules and regulations for the internal administration of said clinical laboratory of research. SEC. 2. The said clinical investigator shall be known as the "Pathologist of the State Asylums for the Insane and Associate Professor of Neural Pathology." His salary and that of his assistants shall be fixed from time to time by the joint board of trustees of the State asylums in conjunction with the board of regents of the State University, to be paid out of the annual appropriation provided by section five of this act. SEC. 3. The said pathologist shall establish and maintain in said psychopathic ward a clinical laboratory of research in which investigations shall be continuously carried on with a view of determining the nature and causes of insanity and of perfecting the means of prevention and cure of diseases of this nature. SEC. 4. There is hereby appropriated out of any of the moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fourteen thousand dollars for the purpose of furnishing and of completing the equipment of said psychopathic ward and for equipping said laboratory of clinical research in such manner as will fit it to accomplish the work for which it was created. SEC. 5. There shall be annually appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars to meet the payment of the salaries of said pathologist and his assistants, and the current annual expenses of the clinical laboratory of research. SEC. 6. The sums herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the treasurer of the State University upon vouchers rendered to the Auditor General by the treasurer of the State University, and shall be disbursed by joint action of the joint board of trustees of the State asylums for the insane and the board of regents of the State University. Said sums shall be kept by the treasurer of the University entirely separate and distinct from all other funds in his hands. SEC. 7. Said pathologist shall make an annual report to the Governor of the State on or before the first day of July of each year, of the medical work carried on at the psychopathic ward and in the clinical laboratory of research, and copies of such report shall be sent to the several boards of trustees of the various State asylums and to the board of regents of the State University. medical staff SEC. 8. It shall be the privilege of the trustees of each One member of public asylum of the State to have at any and all times at permitted in least one member of the medical staff of said asylum in the laboratory. psychopathic laboratory of clinical research for special study, instruction and research. tax. SEC. 9. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate Amount incorpowith the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five, the rated in State sum of nineteen thousand dollars, and shall likewise add to and incorporate with the State tax each year thereafter the sum of five thousand dollars, which sums, when collected, shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 141.] AN ACT to provide for the exercise by religious societies of corporate powers for certain purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: diocese, etc., nay SECTION 1. When there is organized within this State any When organized diocese, synod, conference, district, or other organization, elect trustees. being an association of congregations or societies of a religious denomination, which shall desire to possess corporate powers in order to effectuate the purposes of such organization, such diocese, synod, conference, or board of district stewards thereof may, at a meeting thereof, held and conducted according to the rules and regulations of such organization or association, elect trustees in number not more than nine nor less than three, and also designate the corporate name by which such trustees and their successors in office shall be known. to give certificate SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the officer presiding over Presiding officer such election to give to such trustees a certificate of their of election. election under his hand and seal, specifying the name by which such trustees and their successors shall thereafter be known. Such certificate shall be acknowledged by the per- Certificate, how son making the same, before some officer authorized to take recorded. acknowledgments of deeds, which certificate and the acknowledgment thereof shall be recorded by the county clerk of the county in which such meeting was held, in a book provided acknowledged and for such or similar purposes; such clerk shall be entitled to Recording fees. |