[No. 108.] AN ACT making appropriations for building and special purposes for the State Agricultural College for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, and June thirty, nineteen hundred one, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amount of. SECTION 1. That there be and hereby is appropriated for Appropriation, the State Agricultural College for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, and the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred one, the sum of one hundred thirtytwo thousand dollars, by amounts and purposes as follows: Purposes. Eighty-three thousand dollars for a woman's building; twelve thousand dollars for heating and furnishing the same; fifteen thousand dollars for a dairy building; four thousand dollars for a farm barn; ten thousand dollars for repairs of buildings; two thousand five hundred dollars for renewing heating apparatus in Williams and Wells Hall; five hundred dollars for fire escapes for Williams and Wells Halls; five thousand dollars for students' labor-a total of one hundred thirty-two thousand dollars, of which total appropriation one-half shall be made for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, and one-half for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred one, and shall apply to such specific items.as best suits the needs of the management of the college. drawn. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of Money, how this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. porated in SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State To be incortax for the year eighteen hundred ninety-nine the sum of sixty- State tax. six thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall. be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Co-ordinate power of each judge. [No. 109.] AN ACT to amend section two of Act number twenty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to Provide for Three Additional Judges for the third Judicial Circuit," as amended by Act number one hundred thirteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five. entitled "An Act to Amend section two of Act number twenty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven," approved March nine, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled 'An Act to Provide for Three Additional Circuit Judges for the third Judicial Circuit,' so as to provide for. the appointment of a clerk for the Judges of said Circuit," the same being section six thousand four hundred eighty b volume three of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and section two hundred seventy-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section two of Act number twenty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for three additional judges for the third judicial circuit." as amended by act number one hundred thirteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled, "An act to amend section two of act number twenty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven," approved March nine, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled 'An act to provide for three additional judges for the third judicial circuit.' so as to provide for the appointment of a clerk for the judges of said circuit," the same being section six thousand four hundred eighty b, volume three of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and section two hundred seventy-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. Whenever any cause, matter or proceeding, or any motion, application or other business shall be assigned to one of said judges, a journal entry thereof shall be made by the clerk of the court, and the said judge shall proceed to hear, try and dispose of the business so assigned to him with the same force and effect as if he were the only judge of said circuit, and subject to and with the power and authority conferred by all the rules of practice, and of the law applicable to circuit courts having only one judge, and thereupon said judge may proceed with the trial or hearing or other business so assigned to him in the principal court room, or in a separate room attended by the clerk, or one of his deputies, by a stenographer and by jurymen not engaged in the trial of other causes, and if it be a cause to be tried by a jury, and such judge while so sitting for the transaction of business shall have all the powers of any circuit judge sitting in any circuit court in this State, and the proceedings shall be regarded as proceed- Proceedings. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. appoint clerk. [No. 110.] AN ACT to provide for Prior Liens against the Property of Railroad Companies and Street Railway Companies in certain cases. The People of the State of Michigan enact: corporations to lien. SECTION 1. That when any person shall have any claim for Labor claims the labor of himself or any minor child against any railroad against certain company or street railway company, organized and doing busi- constitute a ness under any of the laws of this State, and which claim shall be duly presented to the proper officer of said company, and shall remain unpaid for a period of ten days after such presentation, said claim shall constitute a lien upon all the property, both real and personal, of said corporation, and shall be a prior lien to any and all judgments or attachments which may be existing against said corporation, by reason of any other debt, claim or demand, than those claims or demands against said corporation for personal work or labor. All persons employed by said corporation shall have the advantages of this act, in whatever capacity they may be employed. claims after constitute lien. SEC. 2. All claims arising out of the death or personal in- Death or perjury of any person, when such death or personal injury shall sonal injury result from the negligence of any street railway company or judgment to steam railroad company, organized and doing business under the laws of this State, shall, after judgment is obtained therefor, against any such corporation, constitute a lien upon all of the assets of said corporation, and all of the property thereof, Duty of courts. and all of its rights and franchises, and over any and all other judgments, executions or attachments levied upon said property, except such as may be issued in favor of persons having obtained judgments for personal work and labor of themselves or their minor children. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of all courts of this State, in which proceedings may be pending, for the foreclosure of any mortgage, trust deed or other lien upon any of the property of any street railway company or steam railroad company, doing business in this State, to cause said company, before final decree is entered in said cause, to file with said court, through the register thereof, a statement of all claims and demands made against said company by any and all persons for personal work or labor, and for damages resulting from death or personal injuries, and which claim shall have arisen within six years prior to the date of filing the same with said court. And it shall be the duty of said court, upon the filing of the same, to notify any and all persons interested in said claims, or their attorneys, to be and appear before said court upon a certain day to present their said claims, and the proof thereof, when such claims are claims for personal work and labor, and to inform said court in case of claims for personal injury or death, whether it is the design of said claimant to prosecute the same to final judgment or not. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Open and closed season in certain waters.. [No. 111.] AN ACT to prohibit the Catching of Bass in Bear Lake, in The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful, and is prohibited to for taking bass take, catch, or kill, or attempt to take, catch or kill, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, in the waters of Bear Lake, in Charlevoix county, or any waters tributary thereto, any Bass from and after the First day of November in each year, and up to and including the succeeding fourteenth of June of each year. Violation a misdemeanor. Penalty. SEC. 2. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than ten dollars and not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days and not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the dis- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 112.] AN ACT to amend section thirty-four of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, being section three hundred ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section thirty-four of act number one hun- Section dred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety- amended. seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twentyninth, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, being section three hundred ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: of sten SEC. 34. In the twenty-first circuit the stenographer shall Compensation be paid an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars, and the ographer. circuit judge shall forthwith apportion the same in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 9, 1899. 21 |