To be incorporated in State tax. What considered advance payments. amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax of eighteen hundred ninety-nine the sum of four thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars and in the year nineteen hundred the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, and in the year nineteen hundred and one the sum of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. Two thousand five hundred dollars included in the tax of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, and the two thousand five hundred dollars tax for nineteen hundred being to cover the amount appropriated by section two, act twenty-five, session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, for which no tax clause was provided. SEC. 5. The appropriations made by act twenty-five, session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, approved March twentynine, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, for the years eighteen hundrd ninety-nine and nineteen hundred, are hereby made to cover the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, and June thirty, nineteen hundred and one, respectively, and any payments made thereunder prior to July first, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, shall be considered as advance payments under this act up to the amount appropriated hereby. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 21, 1899. Section a mended. Who to be a party to suit to [No. 141.] AN ACT to amend section seventeen of chapter six of act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto," the same being compiler's section four thousand three hundred seventy of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section seventeen of chapter six of act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 17. In any suit brought to set aside any drain tax, or set aside drain in any way attacking the legality of any drain proceedings, the county drain commissioner shall be made a party to said tax. drain proceed suit, and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of Who to defend the county where said drain is situated to defend said drain ings. proceedings. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 142.] AN ACT to repeal section eight of act number two hundred six of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the uniform regulation of certain State institutions," and amendments thereto, being section two thousand two hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and to provide for a change from the calendar to the fiscal year for all limited and standing appropriations where the specific act of appropriation does not so provide. The People of the State of Michigan enact: pealed. SECTION 1. Section eight of act number two hundred six Section reof the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the uniform regulation of certain State institutions and to repeal section seven of act number one hundred forty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, act number one hundred sixty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, act number thirty-one of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-five, section seventeen of act number two hundred thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred seventy-five, section seventeen of act number one hundred seventy-six of the laws of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, section sixteen of act number one hundred thirty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred seventy-nine, section twenty of act number two hundred fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred seventy-nine, and all acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act," and any and all amendments thereto, being section two thousand two hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same are hereby repealed. eral to keep SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall keep all accounts with Auditor Genappropriations made for any State institution or board by accounts. fiscal years, and whenever provision therefor is not contained in the act making the appropriation, and the tax for meeting the same is provided in the specific appropriation bill, the appropriation met by such tax levied in the legislative year shall be for the period ending June thirty of the succeeding year, and the tax levied in the succeeding year shall be appropriated for the period ending June thirty following: Proviso. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the ap- When cor porate existence may be extended. Extension, how authorized. When banking commission er examination. [No. 143.] AN ACT to provide for an extension of the corporate life of commercial banks, savings banks and banks having departments for both classes of business, heretofore organized under the laws of this State, whose term of existence would otherwise expire, and to fix the duties and liabilities of such renewed corporations. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any bank, organized under the laws of this State, whose term is about to expire by limitation, may at any time within two years next preceding the expiration of such term, and with the approval of the Commissioner of the Banking Department, to be granted as hereinafter provided, extend its corporate existence for a term of not more than thirty years from the expiration of the period named in said articles of association, and shall have succession for such extended period unless sooner dissolved, in the manner provided by law. SEC. 2. Such extension shall be authorized by the consent in writing of shareholders owning not less than two-thirds of the capital stock of the association; and the board of directors shall cause such consent to be certified under the seal of such banking corporation by its president or cashier, to the Commissioner of the Banking Department, accompanied by an application made by the president or cashier of any such banking corporation for the approval of the extension by the Commissioner of the Banking Department, and such extension shall not be valid until the Commissioner of the Banking Department shall give to such banking corporation a certificate under his hand and seal that the banking corporation making such application has complied with all the provisions required by law. SEC. 3. Upon the receipt of the application and certificate to cause special provided for in the preceding section, from any such banking corporation, the Commissioner of the Banking Department shall cause a special examination to be made of the banking corporation making such application, for the purpose of determining its condition, and if, after such examination, it ap pears to him that such banking corporation is in a satisfactory condition, he shall, upon the payment of such a franchise fee as such bank would be required to pay if a new corporation were organized, grant his certificate of approval provided for in the preceding section. articles of SEC. 4. Within twenty days from and after the issuing of To prepare triplicate such certificate of approval to any banking corporation as copies of heretofore provided, such banking corporation shall prepare association. triplicate copies of its articles of association providing for such extension, and the certificate of approval issued by the Commissioner of the Banking Department, to be verified by the oath of the president or cashier of such banking corporation. One of said triplicates shall be filed in the office of the Where filed. Secretary of State, one in the office of the Commissioner of the Banking Department, and one with the clerk of the county where the principal office of the banking corporation is located, and shall be recorded at the expense of said banking corporation, and the triplicates so filed and the record thereof, or certified copies of either of said records, shall be prima facie evidence of the extension of the corporate life of any extension. such banking corporation. Evidence of SEC. 5. The renewal term of such banking corporation Renewed term when to begin. shall begin from the expiration of the former term, and a banking corporation whose term has thus been renewed shall be the same corporation, and own all its property, and be subject to all its liabilities, and have the same stockholders and members and the same officers. The rights of all persons interested in said banking corporation shall continue as before such extension. The articles of association and by- Articles may be laws thereof may be changed or amended by the corporation in the manner required by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. amended. [No. 144.] AN ACT providing a uniform method for computing fractional payments in the public service of the State of Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: al to establish tables; what to SECTION 1. That the Auditor General is hereby authorized Auditor Generand directed to establish a uniform system for the payment uniform system of all employes in the service of this State, wherever it is for payment of State employes. necessary to pay only a fractional unit of said salary or wages. SEC. 2. As soon after the passage of this act as practicable To prepare the Auditor General shall formulate the uniform method re- set forth, etc. quired by section one, and prepare tables accompanied by the necessary instructions for their use, setting forth the exact amount due upon any fractional period, for any rate of salary or wages, and furnish a copy to each institution, or officer Fractional payments, how made. whose duty it is to make disbursements to officers or employes in any branch of the State's service. SEC. 3. Commencing with July first, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, all fractional payments shall be made in accordance with the method prescribed by the Auditor General as provided by this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation etc. [No. 145.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the purpose of erecting, equipping and furnishing a workshop and general purpose building on the grounds of the Industrial School for Boys, to replace stores and supplies recently destroyed by fire, to enlarge windows in the east wing of the main building, and to provide a temporary building for such institution. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That there be and is hereby appropriated from for workshop, the general fund the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting a workshop and general purpose building on the ground of the Industrial School for Boys. For furnishing supplies, etc. SEC. 2. That the further sum of seventeen thousand six shop, replacing hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the purpose of equipping and furnishing such workshop and general purpose building, and to replace stores and supplies recently destroyed by fire. Temporary buildings. Windows in main building. How drawn. Auditor General to incor porate in State tax. SEC. 3. That the further sum of eighteen hundred dollars is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the purpose of erecting a temporary building on the grounds of the Industrial School for Boys, for the temporary use of said school during the erection of the building provided for in section one. SEC. 4. The further sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the purpose of enlarging the windows of the east wing of the main building. SEC. 5. That the moneys hereby appropriated may be drawn from the State Treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor General, in such sums and at such times as shall be made to appear to him necessary. SEC. 6. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year eighteen hundred ninety-nine the sum of forty-two thousand four hundred dollars, which sum, |