accrued under said acts, which acts done and rights accrued This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Who and when to make census of children. [No. 218.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of chapter three of an act, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred eighty-one, being compiler's section four thousand six hundred eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven of the State of Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of chapter three of an act, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred eighty-one, being compiler's section four thousand six hundred eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven of the State of Michigan, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 22. It shall be the duty of the director or such other person as the district board may appoint, within fifteen days next previous to the first Monday in September in each year, to take the census of the district and make a list in writing of the names, ages and residences of all the children between the ages of five and twenty years residing therein, and also the names and residences, giving street and number in cities and villages, of all the parents or guardians of such children, and a copy of said list shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the person taking such census, by affidavit appended thereto or endorsed thereon, setting forth that it is a correct list of the names and residences of all children between the ages aforesaid, residing in the district, which affidavit may be made before the clerk of the township; and said list shall be returned with the annual report of the director to the township clerk. Children in almshouses, prisons or asylums, not otherwise residents of the district and not attending school, shall not be included in said census; nor shall Indian children be included, unless they attend the school or their parents are liable to pay taxes therein. Approved June 16, 1903. [No. 219.] AN ACT to amend section thirty-eight of chapter one hundred ninety-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, entitled "Judgments and Executions," being compiler's section ten thousand three hundred thirtyfive of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section thirty-eight of chapter one hundred Section ninety-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred amended. seventy-one, entitled "Judgments and Executions," being compiler's section ten thousand three hundred thirty-five of Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: attached and SEO. 38. Any share or interest of any stockholder in any Stock may be bank, insurance company or any joint stock corporation or sold. any other corporation, whether the same be organized for the purpose of mercantile pursuits, or for social, intellectual or other pleasurable objects, that is or may be incorporated under the authority of or authorized to be created by any law of this State, may be attached or taken in execution and sold in the following manner. Approved June 16, 1903. [No. 220.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number eighty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies, and defining their powers and duties, and to repeal chapter ninety-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, and also act number ninety-four of session laws of eighteen hundred seventyone, approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred seventy-one," and being compiler's section seven thousand two hundred sixty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety seven. amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number eighty-two of the Section public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance. companies, and defining their powers and duties, and to repeal chapter ninety-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, also act number ninety-four of session Property, may insure. laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred seventy-one, and being compiler's section seven thousand two hundred sixty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. Any number of persons not less than seven, may associate together and form an incorporated company for the purpose of mutual insurance of the property of its members against loss by fire or damage by lightning, which property to be insured may embrace schoolhouses, town halls, literary and grange halls, society or other fraternal halls, churches, agricultural societies, buildings, dwelling houses, barns accompanying outbuildings, and their contents, farm implements, hay, grain, wool and other products, live stock, wagons, carriages, harness, household goods, wearing apparel, provisions, musical instruments and libraries, being upon farms as farm property, or dwellings, accompanying outbuildings, and such other buildings as are specified in this section, that constitute detached risks in villages and cities, and their contents, as the charters and by-laws of said companies may provide, and belonging to members of said companies. Approved June 18, 1903. Section amended. [No. 221.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred sixty-eight, session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to amend sections one, two, three, four, five and six, of an act establishing a state agency for the care of juvenile offenders," approved April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred seventy-three, as amended by an act to amend section one of said act, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred seventy-five, and as amended by act number one hundred seventy-seven, of the session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, being section two thousand two hundred sixty-one 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 one hundred sixty-eight, session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to amend sections one, two, three, four, five and six, of an act establishing a state agency for the care of juvenile offenders," approved April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred seventy-three, as amended by an act to amend section one of said act, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred seventy-five, and as amended by act number one hun dred seventy-seven, of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, being section two thousand two hundred sixtyone of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and is hereby amended to read as follows: to notify county agent. mons to issue. SEC. 2. Whenever a complaint is made or pending against When court any boy under the age of sixteen years, or any girl under the age of seventeen years, for the commission of any offense not punishable by law with imprisonment for life, before any court or magistrate having competent jurisdiction thereof, it shall be the duty of such court or magistrate at once, and before any further proceedings are had in the case, to give notice in writing of the pendency to said agent, if there shall be one in said county who shall have opportunity allowed him to investigate the charge or charges; and upon Agent to investigate. receiving such notice the agent shall immediately proceed to inquire into and make a full examination of the parentage and surroundings of the child, and of all the facts and circumstances of the case, and report the same to the said court or magistrate, who shall advise and counsel with the agent, and if upon such consultation after full investigation of the offense charged it shall appear to the court that the public interest, and the interest of the child, will be best When sumsubserved thereby (a summons shall issue requiring the person having custody or control of the child, or with whom the child may be, to appear with the child at a place and time which shall be stated in the summons; if such said person is other than the parent or guardian of such child then said parents or guardians shall be notified of the pendency of the case. If persons so summoned as herein provided, shall fail, In case party without reasonable cause, to appear with the child and abide fails to appear. the order of the court he may be proceeded against for contempt of court under and in accordance with the provisions of chapters thirty-eight and three hundred one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. In case the When warrant summons cannot be served or the parties served fail to obey the summons, and in any case when it shall appear to the court that such summons will be ineffectual, a warrant may issue either against the parent or guardian or other person having custody of the child, or with whom the child may be, or against the child itself: Provided, That when a warrant Proviso. is so issued the prosecuting attorney of the county shall be notified of the case pending, and shall appear in the case for the people if such appearance does not result in an undue delay in the disposition of the case. On return of the summons or other process to hear, or as soon thereafter as may be,) the court shall proceed to hear and dispose of the case, on proof of the offense charged, if it shall appear to the When court court that the public interest and the interest of such child may order will be best subserved thereby he may make an order for the return of such child to his or her parents, guardians or friends; or impose a fine, or suspend sentence for a definite or indefinite period, (and may place such child while so on summoned may issue. return of child. Proviso. Further proviso. In case child suspended sentence under the charge of the county agent on probation: Provided, That the court may in its discretion, appoint some discreet person of good character other than the county agent to so have the child in charge: Provided further, That the person so appointed other than the agent, shall receive no compensation from the public treasury for the duties performed under such appointment. The child may be thus placed for such time and upon such conditions as the court shall determine; and such child so released shall be furnished with a written statement of the terms and conditions of his release). If the child be found guilty of the found guilty. offense charged and appears to be wilfully wayward and unmanageable, the court may cause him or her to be sent to the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing, the Industrial Home for Girls at Adrian, or to any state institution authorized by law to receive such boy or girl, subject to such condi tions of sex and age as are provided by law for the reception of children in said school, home or institution; and in such case the report of the county agent shall be attached to the mittimus, and the child shall be placed in charge of the county. agent, or some person designated by him, to be conveyed under his direction to the institution; for which service the same fees shall be allowed as are paid sheriffs in like cases. Approved June 18, 1903. Section amended. [No. 222.] AN ACT to amend section thirteen 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," said section thirteen having been inserted in said act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven by act number two hundred seventy-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section thirteen 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," said section thirteen of chapter six having been inserted in said act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, by act number two hundred seventy-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: |