etc. estate, the amount of its debts and of its credits, the name of each This act is ordered to take immediate effect. making report [No. 141.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of act number eighty-two amended.. insurance. (§ 4267.) Companies heretofore organized in this State, or General which may organize or re-organize hereafter, for the purpose of mutual fire insurance of the property of its members may, under this act, insure any and every class of buildings and contents, such risks being duly classified according to the degree of hazard, as Classification shall be determined by said companies, and which shall be set of risks. forth in the charter or by-laws of such companies, and not incon Proviso. sistent with the constitution and laws of this State: Provided, That the class of companies set forth in this section shall not insure farm property, and except as provided in this section, shall be governed by all the provisions of the act of which this is amendatory. Approved June 8, 1889. How incorporation may be renewed, etc. [No. 142.] AN ACT to provide for the re-organization of corporations for mining, smelting and manufacturing iron, copper, silver, mineral coal and other ores or minerals, the term of existence of which has heretofore expired, or may hereafter expire by limitation, and to fix the duties and liabilities of such renewed corporations. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful for any corporation heretofore or hereafter organized under the general laws of this State for mining, smelting, or manufacturing purposes, whose corporate term has expired, or shall expire by limitation, at a special meeting of its stockholders called for that purpose, by a vote of at least four-fifths of its capital stock, to direct the continuance of its corporate existence for such further term, not exceeding thirty years from the expiration of its former term, as may be expressed in a resolution for that purpose. Such meeting may be called in accordance with the by-laws of the corporation and the laws of this State applicable to the same class of corporations whose term has not expired, by order of the directors de facto of the corporation. Upon the adoption of such resolution by a vote in person, or by proxy duly filed, of a majority of at least four-fifths of the capital stock, it shall be the duty of the president and secretary of the stockholders' meeting to make, sign and acknowledge duplicate articles of association, as in the case of a new corporation, to which shall be appended a copy of the proceedings of such stockholders' meeting certified by the secretary and verified by his oath, which articles of association shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of the county where the corporation carries on its business, and be by both recorded in their respective offices, Record of, to be at the expense of said corporation; and the copies so filed, the record thereof, or a certified copy of either of such records shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited; but said articles of association need not set forth in the case of corporations existing under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twentythree of Howell's Annotated Statutes, the cash value of property conveyed to the corporation contemporaneously with its re-organization, nor the names of the directors for the first year: Provided nevertheless, That this act shall not be applicable to any corporation whose term may expire after this act takes effect, unless its Making and filing duplicate articles. Where filed. evidence, etc. Proviso. meeting be held within two years after such expiration; nor to begin, etc. SEC. 2. The renewed term of such corporation shall begin from When term to the expiration of the former term thereof, and the corporation thus renewed shall hold and own all the property held and owned by the corporation before renewal, and shall be liable to all its debts, liabilities and obligations as fully as if the former corporate term had not expired; and the directors and officers, who were such in fact at the time of the meeting, shall hold and continue in their offices until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify: Provided, nevertheless, That if the call for the meeting Proviso. to extend the corporate term shall embrace a notice that a number of the directors will be elected at such meeting, such election may be then held accordingly, and the directors then elected shall, when they shall qualify, become and be the directors of such renewed corporation. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 143.] AN ACT to amend section seven thousand four hundred and amended. (§8989.) SEC. 27. When a suit shall be commenced in any when security court: First, For or in the name of the trustee of any debtor; or, Second, For or in the name of any person being insolvent who shall have been discharged from his debts pursuant to law, brought for the collection of any debt contracted before the assignment of his estate; or, Third, For or in the name of any person committed in execution for a crime; or, for costs may be required. Fourth, In the name of any infant whose next friend has not given security for costs. The court, in all such cases, may require such plaintiff to file security for the taxable costs of the defendant in such suit, for which an execution may issue. Approved June 8, 1889. Appropriation. Purpose of. How drawn. Uses limited. [No. 144.] AN ACT providing for the erection of two infirmaries, one for SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That SEC. 2. The moneys hereby appropriated may be drawn fron the State treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor General, in such sums and at such times as shall be made to appear to him necessary. The sums thus appropriated shall be expended only for the purposes specified in this act, and their receipts and Accounting for. disbursements shall be accounted for by duplicate vouchers and monthly accounts current, as provided by act number one hundred and forty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Tax. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation and purposes of. [No. 145.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the use and maintenance SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That for the use and maintenance of the University of Michigan the following sums, to-wit: For the year eighteen hundred and eightynine, one hundred and sixteen thousand and eighty-nine dollars and eight cents, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, ninety thousand and seven hundred dollars, for the following purposes: For repairs, for the year eighteen hundred and eightynine, the sum of four thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of four thousand dollars; for the homeopathic college and hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of eight thousand two hundred dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of eight thousand two hundred dollars; for the University hospital, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of six thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of six thousand dollars; for the dental college for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of ten thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of ten thousand dollars; for reimbursing the University for expenses of the transportation and placing of the Rogers collection of statuary, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of five thousand dollars; for books for libraries, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars; for the completion of the engineering laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of two thousand dollars; for reimbursing the University for the expense of completing the boiler house and steam connections, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of five thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and forty-five cents; for reimbursing the University for the expense of constructing the anatomical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of seven thousand Line hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents; for quipment for the engineering laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of four thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of three thousand dollars; for the purchase of instruments for instruction. in civil engineering, for the year eighteen hundred and eightynine, the sum of one thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of one thousand dollars; for furniture and apparatus for the hygienic laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of three thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of three thousand dollars; for the enlargement of the dental college. building, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of three thousand dollars, and for building a fence around the University grounds, five hundred dollars; for an addition to the chemical laboratory, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty |