CHAPTER CII.

CHEESE MANUFACTURES.

Authority to organize.

Power to hold real estate, etc.

An Act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing cheese and other products from milk.

[Approved March 26. 1867. Laws of 1867, p. 142.]

(3022.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That corporations for the purpose of manufacturing cheese and other products from milk, with a capital stock of not less than one thousand dollars, may be formed under and in compliance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of corporations for mining, smelting, or manufacturing iron, copper, mineral coal, silver, or other ores or minerals, and for other manufacturing purposes," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; and every such corporation, and the officers, directors, and stockholders thereof, shall have and possess all the rights, and be subject to all the liabilities, conditions, and obligations in and by said act, and the acts amendatory thereof, provided and imposed upon corporations formed thereunder, and upon the officers, directors, and stockholders thereof, except as herein otherwise provided.

(3023.) SEC. 2. Every corporation organized pursuant to the provisions and by authority of this act, shall, by its corporate name have power to acquire, own, and hold all such real and personal estate as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of carrying on the business of such corporation, and the same, or any part thereof, convey, lease, or demise, mortgage, use, and dispose of at pleasure.

(3024.) SEC. 3. Corporations formed under this act shall be sub- Laws subject to. ject to all general laws of this State relating to corporations that

may be applicable thereto; and the Legislature may amend or repeal

this act at any time.

SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect.

CHAPTER CIII.

HEALTH INSTITUTIONS.

An Act to provide for the formation of corporations for establishing health institutions.

[Approved March 13, 1867. Laws of 1867, p. 63.]

incorporate.

(3025.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Authorized to That corporations for the purpose of establishing institutions for the treatment of disease, and imparting instruction in the principles of hygiene, may be formed under and in compliance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize formation of corporations for mining, smelting or manufacturing iron, copper, mineral, coal, silver or other ores or minerals, and for other manufacturing purposes," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; and every such corporation, and the officers, directors and stockholders thereof, shall have and possess all the rights, and be subject to all the liabilities, conditions and obligations, in and by said act and the acts amendatory thereof, provided and imposed upon corporations formed thereunder, and upon the officers, directors and stockholders thereof, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations organized by authority of this act.

Property the

hold.

(3026.) SEC. 2. Any corporation formed by authority of this act, may hold and own personal property, not exceeding one hundred corporation may thousand dollars in value, and may hold sufficient real estate for the location of its buildings, and for its actual use in connection

Liable to tax.

Subject to laws

of other corporations.

therewith; and the same and all its personal property may sell, mortgage and dispose of at pleasure. Such real and personal estate shall be subject to taxation the same as other real and personal estate.

(3027.) SEC. 3. Corporations formed under this act shall be subject to all general laws of this State relating to corporations, that may be applicable thereto, and the Legislature may amend or repeal this act at any time.

SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect.

CHAPTER CIV.

HOSPITALS OR ASYLUMS.

Corporations authorized.

An Act for the incorporation of hospitals or asylums in cases where valuable grants or emoluments have been made to trustees for such purposes.

[Approved March 20, 1863. Laws of 1863, p. 425.]

(3028.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enaci, That in all cases where lands, or any other property, amounting in value to five thousand dollars or upwards, have been or shall hereafter be given, granted, devised, or bequeathed to one or more trustees for the purpose of founding or endowing a hospital or other charitable asylum within this State, for the care or relief of indigent or other sick or infirm persons, and it shall, for the more effective and perfect administration of such trust, be deemed expedient by such trustees to organize themselves as a corporation, then the trustees in whom said lands and other property are for the time Articles of in- being vested, may become incorporated by executing under their hands, and acknowledging before some person in this State authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, duplicate articles of

corporation.

incorporation, one of which shall be filed in the office of the Sec

recorded.

retary of State, and one recorded in the clerk's office of the county To be filed and or counties in this State, in which the office of such incorporation. or association may be located; and upon the execution and acknowl- Body corporate. edgment of such articles, the signers thereof shall become and be

a body politic and corporate, for the objects and purposes set forth

in said articles; and they, their successors, and associates, shall con- Powers of. tinue to be such body corporate and politic, and may sue and be sued, take, hold, and convey real and personal estate, subject to the limitations hereinafter contained; may adopt a common seal, Seal. and change the same, and may exercise all the powers, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, by law conferred and imposed. (3029.) SEC. 2. Said articles shall contain and declare: First. The name of such corporation, the city, town, or county in which such hospital or asylum is, or is to be located, and the period for which it is incorporated;

Second. The objects of said corporation, which shall be stated with all convenient fullness and certainty;

Third. The names of the trustees thereby incorporated;

Fourth. The number of persons who shall constitute the permanent board of trustees of such corporation, the mode of the election or appointment of the first board of trustees, the time for which the trustees shall be elected or appointed, and the mode in which their successors shall be elected or appointed;

Fifth. Such other officers of the corporation as may be deemed necessary;

Sixth. The time of holding the annual meeting;

Seventh. There shall also be annexed to such articles a copy of the deed, will, or other instrument by which the original gift, grant, devise, or bequest was made to such trustees.

Contents of articles.

ees.

(3030.) SEC. 3. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed Boards of trustby a board of trustees, not less than three nor more than fifteen in number, who shall be chosen or appointed in such manner as is fixed. in the articles of the [in]corporation; such trustees shall hold for Term of office. the term or time in such articles fixed, and until their successors are chosen: Provided, That when the number of trustees and Proviso. the mode of the appointment of their successors is fixed in the deed, will, or other instrument of the original founder, the provisions relating thereto shall govern in said corporation, so far as consistent with the laws of this State. tion shall be chosen by the trustees, from their own numbers or otherwise, as the trustees shall determine. A majority of such

The other officers of said corpora- Officers.

by-laws binding

Constitution and cases the constitution and by-laws adopted by such corporation until amended. shall be binding upon and control the same until altered, changed, or abrogated, in the manner that may be prescribed in said constitution: Provided, That any amendment to said by-laws, or motion to repeal the same, shall be made at a meeting next previous to that on which a vote is to be taken to repeal or amend.

Previso.

Corporation may hold real and

(3008.) SEC. 3. Said corporation, by the name and style which personal estate. shall be adopted, may receive and hold property and effects, real and personal, by gift, devise, or purchase, and dispose of the same by sale, lease, or otherwise, said property so held not to exceed at any time the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

Election and appointment of officers.

Committee of reference, arbi

peal.

(3009.) SEC. 4. The time and manner of holding elections, and making appointments of such officers as are not elected, shall be established by the constitution or by-laws of such corporation. The president and vice-presidents shall be ex officio members of the board of directors, and, together with the directors elected, shall manage the business of said corporation.

(3010.) SEC. 5. Said corporation may constitute and appoint tration, and ap- committees of reference and arbitrations, and committees of appeals, who shall be governed by such rules and regulations as may be prescribed in rules or by-laws for the settlement of such matters of difference as may be voluntarily submitted for arbitration by members of such association, or by other persons not members thereof; Powers of chair- the acting chairman of either of said committees, when sitting as arbitrators, may administer oaths to the parties and witnesses, and issue subpoenas and attachments compelling the attendance of witnesses, the same as justices of the peace, and in like manner directed to any constable to execute.

man.

When execution may issue on award.

Bond and oath of officers.

(3011.) SEC. 6. When any submission shall have been made in writing, and a final award shall have been rendered, and no appeal taken within the time fixed by the rules or by-laws, then on filing such awards and submission with the clerk of the circuit court of the county where either of the justices reside, an execution may issue upon such award as if it were a judgment rendered in the circuit court, and such award shall thenceforth have the force and effect of such a judgment, and shall be entered upon the judgment docket of said court.

(3012.) SEC. 7. It shall be lawful for such corporation, when they shall think proper, to receive and require of and from their officers, whether elected [or] appointed, good and sufficient bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties and trusts; and the presi dent, vice-presidents, or secretary is hereby authorized to admin