Unlawful to fish except line. [No. 66.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the Grand river and its tributaries in the townships of Portland and Danby in the county of Ionia. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or perwith hook and sons to spear or attempt to spear, or catch or attempt to catch any fish in any other manner except with hook and line in the waters of the Grand river or its tributaries in the townships of Portland and Danby in the county of Ionia. Penalty for violation. Repealing clause. SEC. 2. Any person offending against the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined a sum not to exceed twenty dollars or twenty days imprisonment in the county jail, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Board of review. AN ACT to amend section ten of chapter nine of act number three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyfive, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," being section two thousand eight hundred sixty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section ten of chapter nine of act number three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," being section two thousand eight hundred sixty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 10. The assessor and two qualified freeholders and electors of the village, to be annually appointed by the council, shall constitute a board of review of the assessments. At the time appointed for the review, the board shall meet at the place designated in the notice and continue in session duties. two days, for the purpose of reviewing and correcting such or a United States census the said council may, in their length of session. [No. 68.] AN ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the State of Michigan to make contracts for the cure of drunkenness, the morphine and cigarette habits, and other like addictions. The People of the State of Michigan enact: petition for drunkards, SECTION 1. Any inhabitant of this State may petition Any inthe board of supervisors of the county, wherein any indi- habitant may gent person addicted to the excessive use of any intoxicating treatment of liquors or of morphia, laudanum, cocaine, opium or other etc. narcotics to such an extent as to become an habitual drunkard, resides, for leave to send such drunkard, at the expense of the county, to any reputable institute for the treatment of such cases, designated by such board of supervisors under the conditions hereinafter contained, which Petition, petition shall set forth the name, age and condition of such what to set drunkard, that such drunkard is not financially able to incur the expense of such treatment, and that such habitual drunkard is willing and has agreed to attend such institute forth. Verification of petition, etc. When supervisors may make contract for treatment. Drunkard, defined. Contract to Michigan institution. for the cure of drunkenness, which petition shall be verified by the person making such request and shall contain in addition thereto the written agreement of such drunkard to take such treatment, if allowed by the board, and a further statement signed by three reputable taxpayers of the county, and the supervisor of the township, ward or village, where such drunkard resides, stating that they are familiar with the facts set forth in the petition and with the financial circumstances of the drunkard and that they deem it a proper case for such action by the board of supervisors. When such petition is filed, the board of supervisors may, if satisfied that the facts set forth in the petition are true, make and enter into a contract with the institution for the cure of such cases, for the treatment of the same, and the said board of supervisors shall order that the expense for the treatment, not exceeding one hundred dollars, be paid out of the county treasury in the manner that other claims and bills against the county are paid. SEC. 3. A drunkard, as defined herein, shall include all persons who use alcoholic, spirituous, malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors, or morphia, laudanum, cocaine, opium or other narcotic to such an extent as to deprive him or her of a reasonable degree of self-control. SEC. 4. Such contract with such institute for the cure be made with of said cases shall be made and entered into with one which is located in the State of Michigan, that can satisfy said board that not less than seventy-five per cent. of the persons having taken a full course of treatment, consisting of not less than four weeks, have been cured and have remained cured for at least one year thereafter. Persons treated may reimburse county. Repealing clause. SEC. 5. Any person who shall be treated at any institute under the provisions of this statute may at any time reimburse the county by paying to the county treasurer the amount thereof, and the treasurer shall give him a receipt for the amount so paid, which receipt shall state that such payment is for reimbursement, as aforesaid, and the amount so paid shall be turned into the general fund. SEC. 6. All acts or parts of acts contravening any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved April 30, 1907. [No. 69.] AN ACT to repeal act number ninety-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to amend the title and sections one and two of act number one hundred four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetynine, entitled 'An act for the protection of fish in the Kalamazoo river and its tributaries in the townships of Saugatuck and Manlius in the county of Allegan.'" The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number ninety-three of the public acts Act repealed. of nineteen hundred three is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 30, 1907. [No. 70.] AN ACT to amend act number sixty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the use of any thoroughly tested and reliable voting machine at any election held in this State," as amended by act number two hundred thirty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, and by act number two hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, by adding a new section thereto to stand as section seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number sixty-one of the public acts of Act amended. eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the use of any thoroughly tested and reliable voting machine at any election held in this State," as amended by act number two hundred thirty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred three and by act number two hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to stand as section seventeen and to read as follows: challenged. SEC. 17. When the right of any person offering to vote Proceedings, has been challenged, the inspectors of election shall tender when voter is to him such of the oaths required by the election laws of the State, as he may claim to contain the grounds of his qualification to vote. If such person, so challenged, will take either of the oaths provided by law his vote shall be received, and he shall have the right to cast a ballot in the manner provided in section eleven of this act for voting an Proviso. irregular ballot, or in the ballot box provided in section five of act sixty-one, public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, for voting on any question or matter not provided for by the voting machine: Provided, The ballot so cast shall comply with the provisions of sections three thousand seven hundred twenty and three thousand seven hundred twenty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety seven. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. When society rate. corporation. [No. 71.] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of a mutual benefit society in the county of Mason, State of Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any society heretofore or hereafter organized, may incorpo- the membership in which, at the time of becoming members, is confined to the residents of Mason county, and having for its object the payment of a sum or sums of money to designated beneficiaries, on the death of a member, or the payment of sick or funeral benefits, or all or any one of such objects, may become a body corporate in the following Manner of in- manner: At any regular meeting of such society, due notice having been given at the preceding regular meeting, a vote shall be taken on the question, "Shall this society become a body corporate?" And when said question shall have been adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting thereon, said society shall file in the office of the Secretary of State, and also in the office of the county clerk, a copy of the constitution and by-laws of said society, and also a copy of the above vote, certified to by the president and secretary of said society, and said society shall thereupon become a body corporate and may sue and be sued. Rights of eorporation. Funds. Mortuary fund. SEC. 2. No corporation formed in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall issue stock or borrow money, or hold invested funds, or acquire or hold real estate, except such as may be necessary for the transaction of its business. SEC. 3. The funds of such corporation shall be derived from assessments upon its members and shall be collected and applied only as prescribed in its constitution and bylaws. SEC. 4. Such corporation may provide, in its constitution and by-laws, and in its certificates of membership, that each person, upon becoming a member of such society, shall pay an equal and stipulated sum, into its mortuary fund, to be |