subordinate their govern SEC. 5. Such corporation when duly formed shall have power to Power to charter institute and charter subordinate lodges of said order within this lodges and make State, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute, and es- rules, etc., for tablish such general laws and by-laws, ordinances and regulations ment. for the government of such subordinate lodges, not repugnant to law or to the constitution or regulations of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias, as to them shall seem proper and necessary; and in case of violation or non-compliance with such ordinances, by-laws, and regulations, to revoke and annul the charter granted to such subordinate lodges: Provided, That the existing subordinate Proviso-existlodges heretofore duly chartered by the Grand Lodge of Michigan, ing lodges under (or of the United States), shall be subject to the control of the Lodge as heresaid Grand Lodge under this act as heretofore, and in the same manner, and to the same extent as those that may hereafter be instituted and chartered under this act. tofore. members of sub ration.. SEC. 6. Any nine or more persons, residents of this State, being Incorporation by members of any subordinate lodge, having been duly chartered by ordinate lodges.. the Grand Lodge of this State, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands Articles of assoand seals, specifying as provided in article two of this act, and file ciation. a copy of such articles with the clerk of the county in which such corporation shall be formed, which shall be recorded by such clerk in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose; and Powers of corpo-thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association; and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law (capable to purchase, hold, enjoy, grant, sell, give, lease and demise real and personal estate), of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, and change and alter the same at pleasure; and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal of the county where the said record is kept, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this State of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation; Provided, That the value of such real and personal Proviso-real estate shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, and that and personal esthey and their successors shall have authority and power to give, poration limited. grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate, or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and income shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent purposes of the Order of Knights of Pythias. tate, etc., of cor a capital stock SEC. 7. Any corporation formed in pursuance of this act may May erect edifice, erect and own such suitable edifice building, or hall, as to such etc., and create corporation shall seem proper, with convenient rooms for the meet- therefor. ings of the lodges of the Order of Knights of Pythias: and for that purpose may create a capital stock of not more than ten thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of not more than ten dollars each; and any such corporation may take, purchase, hold, and own May own groundi such suitable lot or parcel of ground as may be convenient for the purpose of a cemetery, and may make all lawful rules and regula for cemetery. Subject to chapter 130 compiled laws, so far as applicable. Notice of sale. What notice shall contain. Adjournment of sale. May re-sell. Proviso. Penalty for selling without giving notice. tions for the disposition of lots, and the burial of the dead therein as to such corporation may seem proper: Provided, This act shall not be construed to affect municipal regulations in regard to cemeteries. SEC. 8. All corporations formed under this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and thirty of the compiled laws of this State, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act, and the Legislature may alter or amend this act at any time. SEC. 9. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 18.] AN ACT to define the powers and duties of officers authorized to sell real estate in pursuance of decrees of courts of equity, and to prescribe the notice to be given in such cases. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That hereafter the circuit court commissioner or other officer authorized by law, or any person duly authorized by an order of the court to sell real estate in pursuance of any decree or final order of a court of equity, shall, previous to such sale, give notice thereof for the same time and in the same manner as is required by law on sales of real estate by sheriffs on execution. SEC. 2. Every such notice shall also contain the title of the cause, names of the parties, and date of the decree in pursuance of which such sale is to be made. SEC. 3. The commissioner, or other officer or person authorized to make such sale, shall have power to adjourn the same from time to time for reasonable cause, and, if such adjournment be for more than one week, he shall give notice thereof in the newspaper in which the original notice was printed, and immediately following the same, and shall continue the publication of such notices during the time for which such sale shall be adjourned, but shall not be required to post any notice of such adjourned sale, except at the place where said sale is to be made. SEC. 4. In case any person making the highest bid upon such sale shall neglect or refuse to make immediate payment of the sum so bid, such officer or person may immediately, or upon some other day to which he may, in his discretion, adjourn such sale, proceed to re-sell such real estate: Provided, That if such adjournment be for a period of one week or more, notices shall be published as provided in section three of this act. SEC. 5. Any officer or person who shall sell any real estate in pursuance of any such decree or final order of a court of equity, without having given the notices in the manner required by the provisions of this act, shall be liable to the party injured in the sum of one hundred dollars, in addition to such actual damages as he may recover in an action brought therefor. not to purchase. SEC. 6. The circuit court commissioner, or other officer or per- Officer selling son making sale of any real estate as provided in this act, shall not directly or indirectly, purchase or be interested in the purchase of any real estate so sold by him. notice of sale. SEC. 7. The circuit court commissioner, or any other officer or Fees for giving person giving notice of sale under this act, shall be allowed the following fees for posting such notice: when the notice is only required to be posted in the township or city where the sale is to take place, one dollar; when said notice is also required to be posted in the township where the property is located, two dollars, and in addition thereto ten cents a mile for traveling by the nearest traveled route. SEC. 8. All the lawful fees allowed under this act shall be added Fees added to as costs to the amount due upon said decree or final order. Approved March 1, 1877. [No. 19.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter fifty-five of compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four, relating to the observance of the first day of the week. decree. shops, etc., not to be kept open on first day of SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion one of chapter fifty-five of compiled laws of eighteen hundred amended. and seventy-one, being compiler's section one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four, be so amended as to read as follows: (1984.) SEC. 1. No person shall keep open his shop, warehouse, or workhouse, or shall do any manner of labor, business, or work, or be present at any dancing, or at any public diversion, show, or entertainment, or take part in any sport, game, or play on the first day of the week. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to works of necessity and charity, nor to the making of mutual promises of marriage, nor to the solemnization of marriages. And every person so offending shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars for each offense. Approved March 2, 1877. [No. 20. ] AN ACT to amend section five thousand six hundred and fiftyfour of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section four of an act entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a State Reporter," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. week, etc. Not to apply to works of necessi ty or charity or to marriages. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section five thousand six hundred and fifty-four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section four of an act entitled An act to provide for the appointment of a State Reporter," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sev 66 Duty of State reporter. Section amended. Personal service commencement of suit. enty-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (5654.) SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the State Reporter to attend each session of the Supreme Court, and he shall faithfully and truly prepare all such decisions for publication, and shall report therewith a brief statement of the case, the points made by counsel therein, and the authorities cited by said counsel. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 7, 1877. [No. 21. ] AN ACT to amend section five of chapter two hundred and two of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section six thousand four hundred and forty-three, entitled "Proceedings against Garnishees." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section five of chapter two hundred and two, being section six thousand four hundred and forty-three of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (6443.) SEC. 5. The personal service of a summons upon such garnishee shall be deemed the commencement of suit in the name of the plaintiff against such garnishee, which summons may be served in the same or adjoining county in this State, and require the appearance of such garnishee before such justice at his office in the same or any adjoining counties of this State, and a constable or Proviso-fees for sheriff of either county may serve the same: Provided, The lawful fees for travel and attendance shall be paid or tendered to such garnishee at the time of such service, and such suit may be entered on the docket as suits in other cases. travel, etc. Appropriation. Approved March 9, 1877. [No. 22.] AN ACT to provide an appropriation for the benefit of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, for the years of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there is hereby appropriated from the general fund for each of the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and eighteen hundred and sevty-eight, to the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, the sum of How expended. five hundred dollars, to be expended from time to time, whenever needed for the purpose by said society, in collecting, embodying, arranging, and preserving in authentic form, a library of books, pamphlets, maps, charts, manuscripts, papers, paintings, statuary, and other materials, illustrative of the history of Michigan, to rescue from oblivion the memory of its early pioneers, to obtain and preserve narratives of their exploits, perils, and hardy adventures; to secure facts and statements relative to the history, genius, progress or decay, of our Indian tribes; to exhibit faithfully the antiquities, and the past and present resources of Michigan, but no part of such annual appropriation shall ever be paid for service rendered by its officers to the society. SEC. 2. The money appropriated by this act may be drawn from How drawn. the State Treasury from time to time, on the warrant of the Auditor General, based on the requisition of the proper officer of the society, subject to the requirements of law in regard to filing vouchers and accounts. Approved March 9, 1877. [No. 23.] AN ACT to provide for the making of abstracts of lands, sold for taxes and unredeemed, by the Auditor General. made by Auditor SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Abstracts to be Auditor General shall make, or cause to be made, on proper appli- General. cation, for the benefit of any county in the State, complete abstracts of all lands sold for taxes and unredeemed in such county, giving in such abstracts the date of sale, the year of the tax, amount for which sold, the name and residence of the person or persons to whom sold, and, if deeded, the name and residence of the person or persons to whom deeded; which abstracts shall, on like application, be supplemented annually thereafter; for which service the Auditor Fees General shall receive for the use and benefit of the State, from any county so applying, one cent for each description of land for each year so abstracted. Sec. 2. Such abstracts shall be made upon application of the To be made on board of supervisors of any county, payment therefor being made board of supervi by the county so applying. sors. to provide books and transcribe Sec. 3. The register of deeds of each county procuring such Register of deeds abstracts shall provide the necessary book, at the expense of the county, in which he shall transcribe such tax abstracts; for which abstracts. service he shall receive from the county one-half cent for each description of land for each year transcribed; and such register of Fees deeds shall furnish to any person applying, copies of such abstracts, upon payment of three cents for each description of land for cach year so abstracted. Approved March 9, 1877. |