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tion. The commission shall be authorized to receive by deed Authorized to to the State, from the owners, any tracts of land which in its judgment may be suitable as forest reserves, to be kept by the State: Provided, however, That this act shall not be construed Proviso. so as to affect in any manner the rights or interests of any person to or in any lands which such person may have acquired previously to the day on which this act shall go into effect.

to whom and

printed.

SEC. 5. Said commission shall make an annual report to the Annual report, Governor, on or before the first day of December in each year, when made. of such facts and statistics as it may deem of public interest, and recommend such legislation as may be necessary for the preservation and restoration of the timber and forestry of the State, or any portion thereof, and cause such number of re- Report to be ports, not exceeding two thousand copies, to be printed each year for public use and distribution, which report shall be printed by the Board of State Auditors. The expense of the Expenses, how commission, as provided in section one of this act, shall be paid on vouchers certified by the president of the commission to the Auditor General and paid by the State Treasurer, out of the general fund, upon the warrant of the Auditor General: Provided, That not more than two thousand dollars shall be Proviso limiting expenses. expended by the State in any one year under the provisions of this act. Approved June 7, 1899.

paid.

[No. 228.]

AN ACT to amend section three of act number twenty of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred forty-two, relative to the public funds, and moneys receivable for debts, taxes and other dues to the State, the same being compiler's section eleven hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. That section three of act number twenty of the Section Public Acts of eighteen hundred forty-two, relative to the public funds and moneys receivable for debts, taxes and other dues to the State, the same being Compiler's section eleven hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

bank draft to

SEC. 3. (308) Whenever any check or bank draft shall be When check or tendered for the payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation operate as due to the State or to any municipality therein, such check or payment. draft shall operate as a payment made on the date said check or draft was received and accepted by the receiving officer,

Proviso as to tender.

if it shall be paid on presentation without deduction for exchange or cost of collection: Provided, however, That no receiving officer shall be required to receive in payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation collectible or receivable by him any tender other than gold or silver coin of the United States, United States treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certifi cates, or national bank notes.

Approved June 7, 1899.

Horseshoers in

certain cities

[No. 229.]

AN ACT to Regulate the Practice of Horseshoeing in the State of Michigan.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That no person shall practice horseshoeing as a to be registered. master or journeyman horseshoer in any city of this State of a population of ten thousand or upwards, unless he is duly registered and has been granted a certificate by the Board of Examiners, as hereinafter provided.

Board of examiners, of who to consist.

Who to appoint.

Term of office.

Board to elect president and secretary.

SEC. 2. A board of examiners, consisting of one veterinary surgeon, two master horseshoers and two journeyman horseshoer is hereby created, all of whom shall be residents of this State and shall have had at least five years practical experience in their respective professions, and whose duty it shall be to carry out the provisions of this act. The members of said board shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, and the term of office shall be five years, except that the members of said board first appointed shall hold office for the terms of one, two, three, four and five years, as may be designated by the Governor, and until their successors shall be duly appointed and shall have qualified. SEC. 3. Said board shall within thirty days after its appointment, meet and organize by the election of a president and secretary from its own members, who shall be elected for the term of one year, and shall perform the duties prescribed by the board. It shall be the duty of the board of examiners to examine all applications for registration submitted in proper form; to grant certificates of registration to such persons as may be entitled to the same under the provisions of this act; to investigate complaints and to cause the prosecution of all persons violating its provisions; and to report annually to the Governor, which said report shall contain a record of the proceedings of said board for the year, and also the names of all the master and journeyman horseshoers regisMeetings, when tered under the provisions of this act. The board shall hold and where held, meetings for the examination of applicants for registration

Duty.

Report.

or the transaction of such other business as shall pertain to its duty, at least once in six months, said meetings to be held on the first Tuesdays of March and September in each year, and as much oftener and at such times and places as they may deem necessary; it shall make by-laws for the proper fulfillment of its duties under this act, and shall keep a book of registration in which shall be entered the names and places of business of all persons registered under this act. The records of said board, or a copy of them or any part thereof, certified by the secretary to be a true copy, and attested by the seal of the board, shall be accepted as competent evidence in all courts of the State. Three members of said board shall constitute a quorum.

SEC. 4. The secretary of the board and the treasurer thereof, Compensation if such office be created separately, shall receive a salary which of board. shall be fixed by the board, and the members of said board shall receive the amount of their traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, and a per diem salary of three dollars. Said salaries, per diem and expenses shall be paid out of the fees received under this act and not otherwise, and in no case shall the expenses and per diem provided for by this section be paid by this State. All moneys received by the said board in excess of said per diem allowance and other expenses above provided for shall be paid into the State Treasury at the end of each year, and so much thereof as shall be necessary to meet the current expenses of said board shall be subject to the order thereof, if, in any year, the receipts of said board shall not be equal to its expenses. The board shall make an annual report and render an account to Annual statethe Board of State Auditors of all moneys received and dis- ment. bursed by it pursuant to this act.

SEC. 5. Every person who shall, within six months after who may be this act takes effect, forward to the board hereby created satis- registered. factory proof, supported by his affidavit, that he was engaged in practicing, either as a master or a journeyman horseshoer, in this State at the time of the taking effect of this act, shall, upon the payment of a fee of three dollars to the Fee. board, be registered as a master or journeyman horseshoer and be granted a certificate to practice as such: Provided, Proviso. That in case of failure or neglect to register as herein provided, then such person shall, in order to receive a certificate pass an examination provided for in section six of this act.

SEC. 6. No person shall be entitled to register under this Who entitled act, except as provided in section five, unless such person shall to register. be of the age of eighteen years, and shall have passed a satisfactory examination touching his competency before the Board of Examiners created under the provisions of this act, and shall have been granted by the board a certificate to practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer: Provided however, Proviso. That upon satisfactory proof, the secretary of the board, when the board is not in session, may grant a temporary certificate

Proviso as to examination.

Violation of act

a misdemeanor.

to any person making an application for examination, which temporary certificate shall entitle the said person to practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer until his examination by the said board. Every person applying for a certificate under the provisions of this act shall, before an examination is granted, furnish satisfactory evidence that he is of temperate hibits, and pay to the board a fee of three dollars, and appear before said board at such time and place as said board may direct: Provided, In case of failure of any applicant to pass a satisfactory examination, the money shall be held to his credit for a second examination at any time within one year.

SEC. 7. Any person who shall exhibit any certificate which has been fraudulently obtained, or shall practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer without conforming to the requirements of this act, or shall otherwise violate or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Approved June 8, 1899.

Section amended.

Cases in which courts of record

misconduct.

[No. 230.]

AN ACT to amend section one of chapter one hundred twentyone of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and fortysix, relative to Contempt Proceedings to enforce Civil Remedies, the same being Compiler's section seven thousand two hundred and fifty-seven of Howell's Annotated Statutes and section ten thousand eight hundred ninety-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That section one of chapter one hundred twentyone of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, relative to contempt proceedings to enforce civil remedies, the same being compiler's section seven thousand two hundred and fifty-seven of Howell's annotated statutes and section ten thousand eight hundred ninety-one of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 1. Every court of record shall have power to punish may punish for by fine and imprisonment, or either, any neglect or violation of duty, or any misconduct, by which the rights or remedies of a party in a cause or matter depending in such court, or triable therein, may be defeated, impaired, impeded or prejudiced in the following cases:

1. All attorneys, counsellors, solicitors, clerks, registers, sheriffs, coroners, and all other persons in any manner duly elected or appointed to perform any judicial or ministerial ser

vices, for any misbehavior in such office or trust, or for any wilful neglect or violation of duty therein; for disobedience of any process of such court, or any lawful order thereof or of any lawful order of a judge of such court, or any officer authorized to perform the duties of such judge.

2. Parties to suits for putting in fictitious bail or sureties, or for any deceit, or abuse of the process or proceedings of the court.

3. Parties to suits, attorneys, counsellors, solicitors, and all other persons, for the non-payment of any sum of money ordered by such court to be paid, in cases where by law execution cannot be awarded for the collection of such sum; the disobedience of [or] refusal to comply with any order of such court for the payment of alimony, either permanent or temporary, made in any suit for divorce; and any other disobedience to any lawful order, decree or process of such court.

4. All persons for assuming to be officers, attorneys, solicitors or counsellors of any court, and acting as such without authority; for rescuing any property or persons, which shall be in the custody of an officer by virtue of process issued from such court; for unlawfully detaining any witness or party to a suit, while going to, remaining at, or returning from the court where such suit shall be noticed for trial; and for any other unlawful interference with the process or proceedings in any action.

All persons summoned as witnesses, for refusing or neg lecting to obey such summons, or to attend, or to be sworn, or answer as such witness.

6. Persons summoned as jurors in any court, for improperly conversing with any party to a suit to be tried at such court, or with any other person in relation to the merits of such suit; for receiving communications from any such party, or from any other person in relation to the merits of such suit, without immediately disclosing the same to the court.

7. All inferior magistrates, officers and tribunals, for disobedience of any lawful order or process of a superior court, or for proceeding in any cause or matter contrary to law, after such cause or matter shall have been removed from their jurisdiction; and

8. All other cases where attachments and proceedings as for contempts have been usually adopted and practiced in courts of record to enforce the civil remedies of any party, or to protect the rights of any such party.

Approved June 9, 1899.

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