or diminished. holders to cancel or issue stock. by the corporation in such manner as the by-laws of the corporation may prescribe. Capital stock. SEC. 14. The capital stock and number of shares may be How increased increased or diminished at any annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any meeting duly called for that purpose, by a vote of two-thirds of the capital stock of the corporation, Power of stock and at such meeting the stockholders shall have power to make all necessary provisions for calling in and canceling the old and issuing new certificates of stock, but nothing herein contained shall in any way operate to discharge any company which many diminish its capital stock from any obligation or demand that may be due from said company. When Directors' cer any such corporation shall so increase or diminish its capital stock increased stock, the president and a majority of the directors shall make a certificate thereof, which shall be signed by them, and recorded and returned, as is provided herein for recording and returning the Articles of Association, and such increase or When said in diminution shall commence and be operative from and after the date when the certificate is received for record in the office of Secretary of State. or diminished. erease or dimi nution takes effect. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Additional per diem for Upper Peninsula members. [No. 2.] AN ACT to fix the per diem compensation of members of the State Legislature from the Upper Peninsula for and during the session of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That in addition to the compensation, mileage and allowance for stationery as fixed by law, for members representing the several senatorial and representative districts in the Upper Peninsula, there shall be allowed and paid two dollars per diem extra compensation during the legislative session of the year one thousand eight hundred and ninetynine. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 3.] AN ACT to repeal act number one hundred and twenty of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as amended by act number two hundred and seventy-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to prevent the spearing of fish in the waters of Long Lake in Genesee county." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That act number one hundred and twenty of the Act repealed. public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as amended by act number two hundred and seventy-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to prevent the spearing of fish in the waters of Long Lake in Genesee county," be and the same is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 4.] AN ACT to authorize the Prosecuting Attorney for the county of Lapeer to appoint an assistant Prosecuting Attorney and to prescribe his duties, powers and compensation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: prosecutor to SECTION 1. That the prosecuting attorney of the county of Power of Lapeer is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint an as- appoint sistant prosecuting attorney for Lapeer county, which appoint- assistant. ment shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of said county. SEC. 2. Said assistant prosecuting attorney shall receive Compensation. no salary except such compensation as shall be paid to him by the prosecuting attorney of said county. SEC. 3. That said assistant prosecuting attorney shall hold Term of office. his office during the pleasure of the prosecuting attorney of said county. SEC. 4. That said assistant prosecuting attorney shall and he is hereby given authority to perform such duties as may be Duties of. required of him by the prosecuting attorney, and shall be subject to all the disqualifications and disabilities of the prosecuting attorney in other cases, and shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath of office pre- Oath of office. scribed by the constitution of this State and file the same, together with his acceptance, with the county clerk of said county. Duty of prosecutor in case of assistant's removal. SEC. 5. That in case of the removal from office of said assistant prosecuting attorney, by the prosecuting attorney of said county, he shall file such revocation of appointment in the office of the clerk of said county. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Land patents authorized and directed. Acts repealed. [No. 5.] AN ACT to authorize and direct the Commissioner of the State Land Office of this State, to issue a patent to James O. Ferguson and Cora A. Ferguson, for the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, of section sixteen in township number three south, of range number four west, confirming the title thereto in James O. Ferguson and Cora A. Ferguson. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That the Commissioner of the State Land Office, of the State of Michigan, is authorized and directed to issue a patent for the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section sixteen in township number three south, of range number four west, to James O. Fer guson and Cora A. Ferguson, of the township of Albion, Calhoun county, Michigan, upon the surrender by the said James O. Ferguson and Cora A. Ferguson, of primary school certificate number three thousand eight hundred and ten, together with all assignments thereof and the payment by said James O. Ferguson and Cora A. Ferguson, of all taxes that may have been assessed upon said lands and now remaining unpaid, and all rights and title to such lands herein before described shall be delivered and be and become the absolute and equitable property of the said James O. Ferguson and Cora A. Ferguson, in fee. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts, and all executive or other official orders or decrees made thereunder, in any way conflicting with this act, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 6.] AN ACT to provide for the rental of the Armories of the The People of the State of Michigan enact: to pay rent. paid. SECTION 1. That the State Military Board may pay out Military board of the military fund to the several companies of the Michigan State National Guard, the rents for the armories of the respective companies in like manner and for the same amounts that said companies respectively received from the State Military Board prior to April one, eighteen hundred ninety-eight. These several sums shall be paid in behalf of the several companies where the same Money, how have not resigned or left the service of the State, and where they have either resigned or have been mustered out of the State service, and have enlisted, or a majority of them have enlisted in the volunteer service of the United States, and the same shall be paid to the trustees or other proper person having the custody of the several armories used by the respective companies before their entry into the service of the United States. Such payments shall continue to be made until the Payments to mustering out of the Michigan Volunteers from the service of the United States, or until the respective companies shall be discharged from the service of the Michigan State National Guard, or until payments for the rent of the armories shall be otherwise provided for. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. continue. [No. 7.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the current and running expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home until the general appropriation for that purpose shall be available. The People of the State of Michigan enact: appropriated. SECTION 1. That there be and is hereby appropriated for the Amount Michigan Soldiers' Home, out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, for the purpose mentioned in section two of this act. SEC. 2. Said money hereby appropriated shall be im- When mediately available, and shall be used for the purpose of pay- How used. ing the current and running expenses of said home from January first, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, until the regular and ordinary appropriation for that purpose shall be made. available. available, and the sum hereby appropriated shall be deducted This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Unlawful to catch fish Penalty. [No. 8.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the lakes known as Eagle lake, in the townships of Bloomingdale and Cheshire, in the counties of Van Buren and Allegan, and the lakes known as Pugsley's lake and Four-mile lake, in the township of Paw Paw, in the county of Van Buren, for a period of ten years. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That it shall not be lawful to catch, kill or destroy fish with seines or with any species of continuous net or with any form of spears, or with any description of firearms or other explosives in the inland lakes known as Eagle lake in the townships of Bloomingdale and Cheshire, in the counties of Van Buren and Allegan, and Pugsley's lake and Four-mile lake, in the township of Paw Paw, county of Van Buren, for a period of ten years from and after the passage of this act, except that it shall be lawful and permitted to spear pickerel in said lakes through the ice in the months of December, January, February and March of each year. SEC. 2. Any person or persons offending against any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, before any court of competent jurisdiction, be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not less than five nor more than sixty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with the pro Acts repealed. Visions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |