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of association and affidavit shall be recorded by the county clerk. A copy thereof, duly certified by the clerk of such county, shall have the same force and effect as evidence as is provided in section two of this act. A certified copy of such articles may be filed with the secretary of State in the same manner, and shall have the same force and effect as evidence as is provided in said section.

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SEC. 5. Every corporation formed pursuant to the provisions of Corporations this act may take and hold personal and real property, so far as the may take and same may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of the erty, etc. organization, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount, and may convey, incumber, and deal with the same as it may from time to time determine by a majority vote of all members in good standing: Provided, That no property held and owned by such cor- Proviso. poration shall be sold or incumbered except at a regular or special meeting of the assembly, five days' written notice of which shall have been given to every member in good standing, and at the time being within the jurisdiction, which notice shall briefly state the disposition intended to be made of such property, describing it, and shall be signed by the district recording secretary or recording secretary, as the case may be, and with the seal of the assembly attached.

and business.

SEC. 6. The management, direction, and control of the property Management, and business of such corporation shall be vested in such of its offi- etc., of property cers and members as a majority of its members present and acting thereon at any regular meeting of the assembly shall from time to time determine.

This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved June 6, 1883.

[No. 160.]

AN ACT to amend act number one hundred and seventy-eight, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, approved May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to authorize suits to be brought against insurance companies organized under the laws of this State, in the circuit court of any county of this State, in which the plaintiff shall reside, and said company issue policies or take risks."

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That act Act amended. number one hundred and seventy-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, approved May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to authorize suits to be brought against insurance companies organized under the laws of this State in the circuit court of any county in this State in which the plaintiff shall reside, and such company issue policies or take risks," be amended so as to read as follows:

SECTION 1. That suits may be commenced, tried, and disposed of where suits against insurance companies, or coöperative and mutual benefit against insurassociations, having for their object insurance against accidents, may be brought.

ance companies

How suits may be commenced.

Sections amended,

Registration, how made.

organized under the laws of this State, by any member of said com-
pany or association, or other person, in the courts of any county in
this State in which the plaintiff resides, and such company issues
policies,certificates of membership, or take risks, in the same manner
and with the like effect as if the suits were brought in the county
where such company or association has its principal office.

SEC. 2. Such suits may be commenced by declaration or by writ,
which may be served upon any agent of such company or associa-
tion, residing or found within the county by the sheriff of the
county where the suit is brought, or by the sheriff of any county
where an agent may be found, or by the sheriff of the county
where the principal office of such company or association is located.
Approved June 6, 1883.

[ No. 161. ]

AN ACT to amend sections eleven and eighteen, of an act entitled
"An act further to preserve the purity of elections, and guard
against the abuses of the elective franchises," approved February
fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, being sections one
hundred and sixty-nine and one hundred and seventy-six, of the
compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended
by act number one hundred and forty-two, of the public acts of
eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That
sections eleven and eighteen, of an act entitled "An act further to
preserve the purity of elections, and guard against the abuses of the
elective franchises," approved February fourteen, eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine, being sections one hundred and sixty-nine and one
hundred and seventy-six, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, as amended by act number one hundred and forty-
two, of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, be and
the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows:

(169.) SEC. 11. After the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, it shall be the right of any such qualified elector residing in the township, and entitled to vote at the next election therein, and whose name has not been registered, on any day except Sunday, the days of the session of the board of registration, and the days intervening between them and the next approaching election, to apply to the supervisor, township treasurer, or township clerk, in person, for the registration of his name, and if, upon such examination, as is required by the next following section of this act, the supervisor, treasurer, or clerk shall be satisfied that such applicant is a resident of the township, and otherwise qualified and entitled to vote in such township at the next election to be held therein, the name of such applicant shall be written, either by himself or by the supervisor, treasurer, or clerk, upon a separate paper to be kept by the supervisor, treasurer, or clerk, his residence described, and the date of the entry noted, as required in the two last preceding sections, which paper shall be laid before the board of

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registration of each township, at its next meeting for examination and review, and the names of such persons appearing thereon as the board shall be of opinion are qualified electors at the then next election, and entitled to vote thereat, may, by some member of the board, and under their direction, be entered in a proper register, in the manner above set forth, and every applicant to the supervisor, treasurer, or clerk, so causing his name to be entered upon such separate paper, knowing or having good reason to believe himself not to be such resident and qualified to vote in such township at the then next election, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by fine and imprisonment, as provided in the thirteenth section of this act.

registration.

(176.) SEC. 18. At every session of the board of registration of Board to review any township or ward, after the year one thousand eight hundred and correct lists. and fifty nine, it shall be their duty to review the list of names in their register, and if it shall have come to their knowledge that any person, whose name has been registered, has died, or has removed therefrom, and ceased to reside therein, they shall place the letter "D" against the name of the deceased person, and the letter "R" against the name of the person who has so removed, with the date of the entry, and the initials of the member making it, so as to show by whom and when made, and thereafter such name shall be considered and treated as no longer on the list, and shall be omitted in the copies above provided for. But if it shall happen Provisions for a that such entry was erroneously made, and such person shall there- subsequent after appear at any election and claim the right to vote thereat, his name may, on his application, be again registered upon the following terms: He shall, upon his oath or affirmation, which any mem- Oath to be taken ber of the board of inspectors or the board of registration may administer, declare that he has not removed from, but is still a resident of the township or ward, and is otherwise a qualified elector and entitled to vote; and on making such oath or affirmation, his name may be registered in the manner above described, either by the board of registration or the board of inspectors; and False swearing, if such applicant shall swear or affirm falsely, he shall be subject to the pains and penalties of perjury. But in case such entry shall Penalty for be made falsely, maliciously, and without credible information, the false entry. member of the board making it shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as such, and the party aggrieved shall be entitled to recover of him in an action on the case, treble damages for the injury, and treble costs of suit in any court having jurisdiction of the cause, and the record of the defendant's conviction of the criminal offense, duly authenticated, shall be prima facie evidence of his liability.

Approved June 6, 1883.

[ No. 162.]

AN ACT to prevent malicious annoyance by writing. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That every person who shall knowingly send or deliver, or shall make,

by applicant.

perjury.

Penalty for

malicious annoy.
ance by writ-
ing, etc.

and for the purpose of being delivered or sent, shall part with the possession of any letter, postal card, or writing, containing any obscene language, with or without a name subscribed thereto, or signed with a fictitious name, or with any letter, mark, or other designation, with the intent thereby to cause annoyance to any person, or with a view or intent to extort or gain any money or property of any description belonging to another, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail or State house of correction not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Approved June 6, 1883.

Appropriation made,

Apportionment in State tax.

[No. 163. ]

AN ACT making appropriation for necessary improvements at the
State house of correction, at Ionia.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the sum of seven thousand two hundred dollars, if so much shall be necessary, be appropriated for necessary improvements at the State house of correction at Ionia, as follows: For one steam boiler, repairing boilers, purchasing hose, supplying water pipe for discharge of water from roofs of buildings, repairing brick work, etc., three thousand dollars; for one steam water pump, five hundred dollars; for washing machines, six hundred dollars; ventilating shops, two hundred dollars; table furniture, two hundred dollars; general repairs, two thousand dollars; to provide more efficient heating apparatus for the dry kilns, four hundred dollars; for extra room for boiler, three hundred dollars.

SEC. 2. The amount appropriated by section one of this act, shall be apportioned by the auditor general in the State tax, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and when collected shall be placed to the credit of the general fund.

Ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 6, 1883.

Appropriation made.

[ No. 164. ]

AN ACT to provide for an appropriation for the preparation, publication, and distribution of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the Michigan superintendents of the poor, for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-three and eighty-four.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, for each of the years eighteen hundred and eighty-three and eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to be

expended for the preparation, publication, and distribution of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the Michigan superintendents of the poor, for each of said years.

SEC. 2. Said moneys shall be expended under the direction of Expending the secretary of the State board of charities, who shall report to money, etc. the governor on or before the first day of July in each of said years, giving an itemized account of the manner of such expenditures, and the auditor general shall issue his warrant for the payment of said moneys, on presentation to him of the order of the president of the State board of charities, countersigned by the secretary thereof.

Ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 6, 1883.

[No. 165.]

AN ACT to authorize the quartermaster general to deposit arms and accoutrements at the agricultural college.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Arms, etc., to be deposited with quartermaster general be authorized, with the advice and consent State board of of the military board, to deposit with the State board of agricult- agriculture. ure, at the agricultural college, arms and accoutrements for the use of said college.

Ordered to take immediate effect.

Approved June 6, 1883.

[No. 166.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-seven, of chapter one, of act number two hundred and forty-three, of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, being an act entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the establishment, opening, improvement, and maintenance of highways and private roads, and the building, repairing, and preservation of bridges within this State," approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty

one.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion twenty-seven, of chapter one, of act number two hundred and amended, forty-three, of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, being an act entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the establishment, opening, improvement, and maintenance of highways and private roads, and the building, repairing, and preservation of bridges within this State," approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 27. In laying out any highway, under the provisions of

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