Punishment for sale, etc. Rebate of highway tax in certain cases. Oath to be made to entitle persons to rebate. fermented, or vinous liquors, or any beverage, liquors, or liquids This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 179. ] AN ACT to regulate the width of wagon tires to be used with lumber wagons. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all persons who shall have used only lumber wagons on the public highways of this State, with rims not less than three and one-half inches in width, for hauling loads exceeding eight hundred pounds in weight, for the year ending on the first day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and each succeeding year thereafter, shall receive a rebate of onefourth of their assessed highway taxes for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and in like manner each succeeding year thereafter. SEC. 2. Any person complying with the provisions of section one of this act, who shall make and subscribe to an affidavit that he or she has for the last preceding year of June first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, or on the first day of June on any succeeding year thereafter, have used only such wagons with rims not less than three and one-half inches in width, for hauling loads exceeding eight hundred pounds in weight on the public highways of this State, shall be credited by the overseer of highways of the road district in which such person resides, with one-fourth of the road tax assessed and levied on the property of such person in the road district in which such person may reside. And any overseer of highways is hereby authorized to administer such oath. Approved June 8, 1883. [ No. 180. ] Township drain commissioners in certain cases to complete, etc. county drains. AN ACT to provide for the completion of county drains in certain cases. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That township drain commissioners of townships in counties where the office of county drain commissioner has been discontinued by a failure to elect or appoint county drain commissioners, are hereby authorized to relay, complete, finish, and maintain any partly constructed county drains heretofore laid out within their respective townships, in the same manner and under the same provisions of law, and upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, except as to time of completion, as the same would or should have been completed under the direction and supervision of the county drain commissioner, if such office had been continued; and for the purpose of relaying, completing, and maintaining such unfinished county drains, the township drain commissioner shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of county drain commissioners, in their respective townships. Approved June 8, 1883. [No. 181.] AN ACT authorizing foreign coöperative corporations or associations to transact business in this State. to do business ence to papers to insurance. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Corporations, any corporation or association organized, or that may hereafter be etc., authorized organized under the laws of any other State, to insure lives on the in this State. assessment plan, or any corporation or association so organized, carrying on the business of life or accident insurance, on the assessment plan, shall be licensed by the commissioner of insurance, upon payment to him, for the benefit of the State, a fee of twenty-five dollars, to do business in this State: Provided, Such corporation or Proviso in referassociation shall first deposit with the commissioner of insurance a be filed with certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation, a copy of commissioner of its statement of business for the preceding year, sworn to by the president and secretary, or like officers, showing a detailed account of expenses and income, the same as is required of life insurance companies doing business under the laws of this State, and setting forth to the satisfaction of said commissioner that it has the ability to pay to the beneficiaries of the members its policies or certificates to the full limit named therein, together with a copy of its policy or certificate of membership, application, and by-laws, which must show death losses, as are in the main provided by assessment upon surviving members, and it shall designate a person or agent, residing Appointment of in this State, to receive service or process for said company: Pro- agent to receive vided, Such service may be made on the commissioner of insurance Service. of this State, who shall be deemed its agent for that purpose, and be shall immediately notify any corporation or association thus served. service. insurance to issue SEC. 2. Upon complying with the provisions of section one of Commissioner of this act, the commissioner of insurance shall issue to such corpora- certificate. tion or association, so complying, a certificate of authority to do business in this State: Provided, The same right is extended by Proviso. the State in which such corporation is organized to similar corporations or associations organized in this State. Annual state sioner of insur. ance, fee, etc. SEC. 3. After any such corporation or association shall have been ment to commis licensed to do business in this State, it shall make annually, March first, to the commissioner of insurance, on blanks furnished by him, the same detailed statement as is provided for in section one of this act, and shall pay on filing such statement a fee of ten dollars, for the use of the State. When commissioner may re voke authority to SEC. 4. Whenever the commissioner of insurance of this State shall have reason to doubt the solvency of any such corporation or do business, etc. association, he may, at the expense of such corporation or association, cause an examination of its books and papers to be made, and if such examination establishes the fact that such corporation or association is not financially sound, or is unable to carry out its contracts with its members in good faith, he may revoke the authority of such corporation or association, and prohibit it from doing business in this State, until it can again comply with the provisions of section one of this act. When such cor. porations, etc., shall be deemed ness unlawfully. Penalty. Proviso. SEC. 5. Any such foreign corporation or association now doing business in this State, that shall refuse or neglect to comply with the to be doing busi. provisions of this act, after a space of thirty days after it takes effect, shall be deemed and held to be doing business unlawfully, and if any officer, agent, or employé, of any such corporation or association shall do business in this State, or assist in, or knowingly permit the same, in violation of the provisions of this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than ninety days, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, This act shall not be construed so as to apply to any secret or fraternal society, lodge, council, or association, now doing business in this State, which is under the supervision of a grand or supreme body, and furnishes insurance to its members, but neither pays any commissions, nor employs any paid agents, whether organized under the laws of this or any other State, but such secret or fraternal societies, lodges, councils, or associations, now doing business in this State, shall be authorized to transact business in this State, and not be subject to the provisions of this or any other act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 8, 1883. Appropriation made. [No. 182.] AN ACT making an appropriation to aid in maintaining the fire and police department in the city of Lansing. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there is hereby appropriated, out of moneys in the treasury to the credit of the general fund not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and a like sum for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, toward the maintenance of the fire and police department of the city of Lansing. SEC. 2. Said money shall be paid on the warrant of the auditor How paid, general to the treasurer of said city, on the first day of December in each of said years, or as soon thereafter as such warrant shall be presented. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 183. ] AN ACT to amend section eight, of act number two hundred and sixty-eight, of the public acts of eighteen hundred and seventynine, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of the business of manufacturing and selling spirituous and intoxicating, malt, brewed, or fermented liquors," approved May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, as amended by act number one hundred and fifty-six, of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, approved May nineteen, eighteen hundred and and eighty-one. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion eight of act number two hundred and sixty-eight, of the public acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of the business of manufacturing and selling spirituous and intoxicating, malt, brewed, or fermented liquors," approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred and seventynine, as amended by act number one hundred and fifty-six, of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, be amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 8. All moneys paid to any county treasurer under the pro- Moneys to be visions of this act, after deducting his fees as herein provided, of contingent placed to credit shall be by him placed to the credit of the contingent fund of the fund. township, village, or city from which the same was collected, and shall be by such county treasurer paid over on demand to the treasurer of such township, village, or city, and the said moneys, so paid over, shall be by such township, village, or city, applied to any township, village, or city purpose whatever, which the township board, village board of trustees, or city council shall direct. The county treasurer shall receive and retain one per cent on all Fees of county [such] moneys paid to him as a recompense, in full for all his services, rendered under the provisions of this act. Approved June 8, 1883. [ No. 184. ] AN ACT to regulate the taking of fish from the inland lakes and streams of the State of Michigan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all treasurer. Fishing except line prohibited. with hook and Catching certain fish for sale prohibited. Punishment for. Section amended. Process to be signed. persons are prohibited after the passage of this act from fishing With any seine, net, or any other device other than hook and line, within three hundred feet of any fish-shute or ladder, below any dam where such shute or ladder may be located, or within one hundred feet of any such shute or ladder, above any such dam. SEC. 2. It shall not be lawful hereafter for any person or persons to catch or capture, by any means whatever, for the purpose of sale or shipment, or to take, catch, or capture and sell or ship any brook trout or grayling from any of the inland waters of this State. SEC. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to a fine for each offense of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 185.] AN ACT to amend section two hundred and thirty-three, of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight, being compiler's section number five thousand four hundred and eighty-one, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to process from justices' courts. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two hundred and thirty-three, of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight, being compiler's section number five thousand four hundred and eighty-one, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (5481.) SEC. 233. All process issued by a justice of the peace shall be signed by him, and may be under seal or without seal. It Contents of affi shall not be necessary in any process to recite any of the contents or conditions of any bond or affidavit required to be made or filed before the issue of such process, but in any case the statement in such process, that such affidavit or bond has been made or filed, shall be sufficient. davit, etc., need not be recited in process. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 186. ] AN ACT to amend section seventy-seven of an act entitled "An act to amend chapter ninety-three, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled 'Of courts held by justices of the peace," " approved February thirteen, eighteen hun |
