91 served on do ration. upper penin Foreign cor- entitled "An act to amend section thirty of act number two hundred and sixty-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled 'An act to authorize proceedings by garnishment in the circuit courts and the district court of the Upper Peninsula,' being section eight thousand and eighty-six of Howell's Annotated Statutes," approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, said section thirty now standing as compiler's section ten thousand six hundred and twenty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 30. Any corporation, domestic or foreign, other than Writ, how municipal, may be garnisheed under this act. If domestic, mestic corpothe writ of garnishment may be served upon the president, secretary, cashier or treasurer, superintendent or general agent, or such other officer as the corporation may appoint or the court direct; and the officer served and such other officer as the court or commissioner may order by rule or citation, as hereinbefore provided for, shall make disclosure and the same shall be considered the answer of the corporation: Provided, That in the Upper Peninsula of this State garnishee Proviso as to process under this act may be served on the clerk of companies sula. organized under the general mining laws of this State as well as on the other officers above mentioned. If a foreign corporation, the writ of garnishment may be served upon any officer or agent of the corporation, upon the conductor of any railroad train, or upon the master of any vessel belonging to and in the service of the corporation found within this State, whether said officer or agent be in this State upon the business of said corporation or not, and said officer or agent shall make disclosure and the same shall be considered the answer of the corporation: Provided, further, That in all cases of foreign Further corporation if said officer or agent shall neglect or refuse to file disclosure to said writ, as herein before in this chapter provided, the default of said foreign corporation may be entered as in other cases, and upon the entry of judgment against the principal defendant, judgment may be entered in said garnishee proceedings against said foreign corporation for the amount thereof, including costs: Provided, further, Further No judgment on default shall be rendered against said foreign proviso. corporation until the expiration of sixty days after the entry of judgment against the principal defendant, and the plaintiff shall within twenty days after judgment against the principal defendant, serve notice by mail on the foreign corporation at its home office that judgment (had) has been obtained against the principal defendant, and that at the expiration of sixty days from the date of said judgment application would be made for judgment against it, as hereinbefore provided. Said notice to be substantially as follows: proviso. costs, was entered in said court against the above named principal defendant, and at the expiration of sixty days from the entry of said judgment, application will be made to said court for the entry of judgment against you as garnishee defendant in said cause. Yours, etc., Plaintiff's Attorneys. Approved April 30, 1903. Aet amended, Officers to report strikes. [No. 69.] AN ACT to amend act number two hundred thirty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the amicable adjustment of grievances and disputes that may arise between employers and employes, and to authorize the creation of a State Court of Mediation and Arbitration," the same being sections five hundred fifty-nine to five hundred sixty-eight, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, by adding two new sections thereto to stand as sections eleven and twelve of said act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number two hundred thirty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the amicable adjustment of grievances and disputes that may arise between employers and employes and to author ize the creation of a State Court of Mediation and Arbitration." the same being sections five hundred fifty-nine to five hundred sixty-eight, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended by adding two new sections thereto to stand as sections eleven and twelve of said act and to read as follows: SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the mayor of any city, the supervisor of any township, or the president of any village to promptly furnish, or cause to be furnished to the court provided for in this act, information of the threatened or actual occurrence of any strike or lockout within his jurisdiction. ber printed, SEC. 12. There shall be printed biennially ten thousand Report, numcopies of the report of the court, together with the act under etc. which the court was instituted, for distribution among labor unions and the public generally. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 70.] AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a chief clerk in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, specify his duties, and fix the salary for the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction Salary, etc. is authorized to appoint in his office a chief clerk, at a salary not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum, the same to be paid out of the general fund upon the warrant of the Auditor General, in the same manner that salaries of State officers are now paid. etc. SEC. 2. The said chief clerk shall take the constitutional Oath, duties, oath of office, and shall perform the usual duties of a chief clerk, and such other duties as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may direct. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 71.] AN ACT to amend Section one of act number two hundred seventeen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetynine, entitled "An act to amend section one of act number one hundred forty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled 'An act to regulate the use of steam engines, steam wagons or other vehicles, which are in whole or in part operated by steam, on the public highways of this State, and to prohibit the blowing of steam whistles upon the public highways of this State,' being section five thousand five hundred forty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section one of act number two hundred section seventeen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, amended. entitled "An act to amend section one of act number one hun Unlawful to stand on bridge. To send person ahead. dred forty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, entitled 'An act to regulate the use of steam engines, steam wagons or other vehicles, which are in whole or in part operated by steam on the public highways of this State, and to prohibit the blowing of steam whistles upon the public highways of this State,' being section five thousand five hundred forty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven," be amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation owning or controlling any carriage, vehicle, traction or other engine propelled by steam, by themselves, their servant, agent or employe, to allow the same to stand upon any bridge or culvert in any highway for taking a supply of water, or other purpose; and it shall also be unlawful to permit or use the same to pass over, through or upon any public highway, road or street, unless such owner, owners, agent, servant or employe shall send before the same a person of mature age, at least ten rods and not more than forty rods in advance except that incorporated cities and villages such persons shall be not less than four rods and not more than ten rods in advance], to notify and warn persons traveling or using said highway, road or street with horses or other domestic animals, of the approach of such carriage, vehicle or engine. When to stop. And upon the approach of any person or persons with horse or horses, or other domestic animals, from behind or in front, said owner or owners, agent, servant, or employe of such steam vehicle, carriage or engine having the same in charge, shall cause the same to be stopped, and the steam of such engine to be immediately shut off, and to render such assistance as will enable such team or teams of horses, or other domestic animals to pass in safety; and at night such persons shall carry a red light; and such persons shall carry and use plank sufficient to plank all crosswalks: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not be construed to apply to automobiles: Provided further, That no township shall be liable for any damages sustained by the breakage of any bridge or culvert by any steam engine or steam vehicle weighing more than six tons. Proviso. Further proviso. Approved May 4, 1903. [No. 72.] AN ACT to amend section four of act number seventy-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act in relation to life insurance companies transacting business within this State," as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof, and to add a new section to said act to stand as section thirty-three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section four of act number seventy-seven of Section the public acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act in relation to life insurance companies transacting business within this State," as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof is hereby amended so as to read as follows, and a new section is hereby added to said act to stand as section, thirty-three, and to read as hereinafter recited: SEC. 4. The capital of any stock company organized under Amount of capital stock. this act shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, which capital stock may be increased by a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders present or represented at any regular meeting called for that purpose to not more than five hundred thousand dollars; and no To make such stock company, and no company organized to do busi- deposit. ness on the mutual plan, shall be authorized to issue policies or assume any risk whatever until they shall have deposited with the State Treasurer, as security for any liability to insured parties, stocks or bonds of the United States or of this State, or of any city or county in this State authorized by act of Legislature to issue the same (or first mortgage bonds of corporations organized under the laws of the State of Michigan), to the amount in par value, exclusive of interest, of not Amount of. less than one hundred thousand dollars, which stocks or bonds shall be retained by the State Treasurer, and disposed of as hereinafter directed: Provided, however, That personal obli- Proviso. gations secured by first mortgage on improved and productive real estate within this State, worth at least double the amount of the lien and bearing interest of not less than five per centum per annum, may be received by the State Treasurer instead of the bonds or stocks herein before provided for in this section. Such mortgages shall be properly assigned to the State Treasurer as provided for in section twenty-one of this act, but any examination by the State Treasurer or under his direction to satisfy him respecting the title or value of the property mortgaged shall be at the expense of such company; and no mutual insurance company shall commence business, Mutual comby issuing policies, until they shall have received at least five panies. hundred applications for insurance, on which the premiums. shall amount to at least five thousand dollars, nor until the examination by the Attorney General and commissioner as |