Proviso. When lawful to spear certain fish. Proviso. Act repealed. next succeeding, to fish with lines attached to bobs or tipits in any of the lakes or streams in Newaygo County: Provided, That it shall not be lawful for any person to use more than ten such lines at any one time. SEC. 2. It shall be lawful for any person, between the first day of December in each year and the first day of April next succeeding, to catch or kill through the ice by the use of a spear, in any of the lakes or streams of Newaygo County, any kind of fish except brook trout, rain-bow trout, German or brown trout, grayling, land-locked salmon and black bass: Provided, That the spearing of fish for the purpose of selling the same shall not be lawful. SEC. 3. Act number one hundred seventy of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to prohibit the spearing of fish in any waters within Newaygo County, State of Michigan," is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Act repealed. [No. 26.] AN ACT to repeal act number two hundred fifty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An Act for the suppression of mob violence." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number two hundred fifty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An Act for the suppression of mob violence," is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 9, 1903. Bureau established. [No. 27.] AN ACT to provide for a central bureau for the receiving and compiling records of the description, measurements and histories of the convicts in the penal institutions of this and other states; to make such descriptions, measurements and histories available to the several circuit courts of this State, and to provide for the expenses necessarily incurred in so doing. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There shall be established at the Michigan State Prison at Jackson a central bureau for receiving and properly compiling all records now made and which hereafter shall be made, at the penal institutions of this State, of the description and measurements, by the Bertillon or other system, and of the criminal history of the convicts in such institutions, as provided by section one, act one hundred eightythree, public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, being section two thousand one hundred fifty, Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and, as far as practicable, of the convicts in the penal institutions in other states. SEC. 2. The several wardens or other officers in charge of Wardens to send copies of the penal institutions of this State shall send to said central records. bureau duplicate copies of records now made, and which shall hereafter be made at their respective institutions, of the descriptions and measurements by the Bertillon or other system, and of the criminal history of the convicts in such institution, together with a photograph of each convict so recorded. SEC. 3. The warden of said Michigan State Prison shall, who to re either himself, or by some competent officer of said prison compile. whom he shall appoint for such purpose, receive and properly compile the duplicate records provided for in section two of this act, in a manner to make such records available for speedy and convenient reference, as provided for in this act; such warden is also authorized and required, as far as practicable, to obtain, by correspondence only, records of the measurements, descriptions, criminal history and photographs of convicts in the penal institutions of other states, such records to be compiled in like manner as is provided for the records of inmates in the penal institutions of this State. The said May exchange warden is also authorized to furnish copies of records of inmates in the penal institutions in this State, in exchange for records from other states, but only on the application of the proper constituted authorities of the states which have furnished records of convicts to him. All necessary expense in- Expense, how curred in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be audited by the Board of State Auditors and paid from the general fund; said expense not to exceed five hundred dollars per annum. copies. paid. may obtain SEC. 4. The several judges of the circuit courts of this Circuit judge State may, when by them deemed advisable, appoint some measureperson, duly competent to perform such duty, to visit any jail ments, etc. in his circuit, to obtain measurements and descriptions, made according to the system adopted by the penal institutions of this State, of such inmates as such judges shall designate, who have been convicted in his court, and who are awaiting sentence by him; and such person so appionted shall take To be comsuch measurements and descriptions, compare the same with records of those on record at the central bureau provided for in the first section of this act, and make a speedy report of all his findings in the case to the judge by whom he is appointed, and to him only. Any person so appointed by a circuit judge shall be given access to the convict, and to the records of the said central bureau for the purpose required, but only upon the pared with bureau. order of the judge appointing him, such order to be attested by the seal of the court making the same. All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section shall become a part of the expense of the trial of the convict so designated by said circuit judge, and be provided for in all respects as such. Approved April 9, 1903. Section amended. Township treasurer to give bonds. [No. 28.] AN ACT to amend section forty-three of act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and dispo sition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," approved June first, eighteen hundred ninetythree, being section three thousand eight hundred sixty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section forty-three of act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," approved June first, eighteen hundred ninety-three, being section three thousand eight hundred sixty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 43. The supervisor of each township, on or before the fifth day of November in each year, shall notify the township treasurer of the amount of the State and county taxes as apportioned to his township, and such treasurer, on or before. the twenty-eighth day of November, shall give to the county treasurer a bond running to the county in double the amount of State and county taxes, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the supervisor of the township and the county treasurer conditioned that he will pay over to the county treasurer as required by law, all State and county taxes which he shall collect during his term of office and duly and faithfully perform all the other duties of his office. The county treas- Where filed. urer shall file and safely keep such bond in his office, and shall give to the township treasurer a receipt stating that he has received the bond required, which receipt the township treasurer shall deliver to the supervisor, on or before the first day delivered. of December. The supervisor, after the delivery of such re- When roll ceipt, and on or before the first day of December, shall deliver to the township treasurer the tax roll of his township. Approved April 9, 1903. [No. 29.] AN ACT to amend section seventy-seven of chapter sixteen of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relating to the bonds of township treasurers, being compiler's section twenty-three hundred fifty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section seventy-seven of chapter sixteen of Section the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relating amended. to the bonds of township treasurers, being compiler's section twenty-three hundred fifty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, being section seven hundred fifty-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes, is hereby amended to read as follows: give bond. SEC. 77. Each township treasurer, within thirty days after Township receiving notice of his election or appointment, and before treasurer to he shall enter upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond to the township in such sum and with such sureties as the supervisor shall require and approve, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and that he will faithfully and truly account for and pay over, according to law, all moneys which shall come into his hands as such treasurer, and the supervisor shall indorse his approval thereon. It shall be the duty of such treasurer to file, within Where filed the time above mentioned, said bond with the township clerk of said township, who shall record the same in a book to be provided for that purpose. The township clerk shall, after recording the same, deliver it to the supervisor, who shall file it in his office. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. and recorded. Section amended. Parties hot to tain cases [No. 30.] AN ACT to amend section one hundred one of act number one hundred twenty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, relative to the competency of witnesses and examination of parties in certain cases, being compiler's section ten thousand two hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act two hundred thirty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one hundred one of act number one hundred twenty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, relative to the competency of witnesses and examination of parties in certain cases, being compiler's section ten thousand two hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act two hundred thirty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 101. When a suit or proceeding is prosecuted or detestify in cer- fended by the heirs, assigns, devisees, legatees, or personal representatives of a deceased person, the opposite party, if examined as a witness in his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person; and when any suit or proceeding is prosecuted or defended by any surviving partner or partners, the opposite party, if examined as a witness, in his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all in relation to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of the deceased partner, and not within the knowledge of any one of the surviving partners. No person who shall have acted as an agent in the making or continuing of a contract with any person who may have died, shall be a competent witness in any suit involving such contract, as to matters occurring prior to the death of such decedent, on behalf of the principal to such contract against the legal representatives or heirs of such decedent, unless he shall be called by such heirs or legal representatives. And when any suit or proceeding is prosecuted or defended by any corporation, the opposite party, if examined as a witness in his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all in relation to matter, which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of a deceased officer or agent of the corporation, and not within the knowledge of any surviving officer or agent of the corporation, nor when any suit or proceeding is prosecuted or defended by the heirs, assigns, devisees, legatees, or personal representatives of a deceased person against a corporation (or its assigns) shall any person who is or has been an officer or agent of any such corporation be allowed to testify at all in relation to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such |