Certain acts not repealed. "Value" is any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. An antecedent or pre-existing claim, whether for money or not, constitutes value where goods or documents of titles are taken either in satisfaction thereof or as security therefor. (2) A thing is done "in good faith" within the meaning of this act when it is in fact done honestly, whether it be done negligently or not. (3) A person is insolvent within the meaning of this act who either has ceased to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business or cannot pay his debts as they become due, whether he has committed an act of bankruptcy or not, and whether he is insolvent within the meaning of federal bankruptcy law or not. (4) Goods are in a "deliverable state" within the meaning of this act when they are in such a state that the buyer would, under the contract, be bound to take delivery of them. SEC. 76a. Act does not apply to existing sales or contracts to sell. None of the provisions of this act shall apply to any sale or to any contract to sell, made prior to the taking effect of this act. SEC. 76b. No repeal of uniform warehouse receipt act, uniform bills of lading act or bulk sales act. Nothing in this act or in any repealing clause thereof shall be construed to repeal or limit any of the provisions of the act to make uniform the laws of warehouse receipts or of the act to make uniform the laws of bills of lading or of act number two hundred twenty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred five regulating the sales, transfers and assignments of sales of goods, merchandise and fixtures in bulk. All acts or SEC. 77. Inconsistent legislation repealed. SEC. 78. This act may be cited as the uniform sales act. [No. 101.] AN ACT to fix the number of assistant prosecuting attorneys, clerks, stenographers and investigators for prosecuting attorneys; to fix the terms of office and salaries of such assistants, clerks, stenographers and investigators, and to define the powers and duties of the same, in counties in this State having over three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants. The People of the State of Michigan enact: attorneys, etc. SECTION 1. In each county in the State of Michigan having Assistant a population of over three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants prosecuting the prosecuting attorney of such county is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint eight assistant prosecuting attorneys, to be known and designated as follows: Chief assistant prosecuting attorney, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth assistant prosecutors, one chief clerk, one stenographer, one assistant stenographer and one investigating officer. SEC. 2. The salary of the chief assistant prosecuting at- Salaries. torney shall not be less than three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; of the second and third assistant prosecutors, not less than three thousand dollars per annum, each; of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth assistant prosecutors, not less than two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, each; of the chief clerk, not less than eighteen hundred dollars per annum; of the stenographer, not less than eighteen hundred dollars per annum; of the assistant stenographer, not less than fifteen hundred dollars per annum; and of the investigating officer, not less than fifteen hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 3. The salary of the said chief assistant prosecuting Who to fix. attorney, said assistant prosecutors, and of the chief clerk, stenographer, assistant stenographer and investigating officer shall be fixed by the board of supervisors, and shall not be diminished during the term for which they shall be appointed, but in no instance at a figure less than that specified in section two above. office. SEC. 4. Said chief assistant prosecuting attorney, said Tenure of assistant prosecutors, chief clerk, stenographer, assistant stenographer and investigating officer shall hold office during the pleasure of the prosecuting attorney. SEC. 5. Said chief assistant prosecuting attorney and said Duties. assistant prosecutors shall perform such duties as may be required of them by the prosecuting attorney, and shall have the qualifications of the prosecuting attorney, and shall be subject to all the disqualifications and disabilities of the Oath of office. prosecuting attorney, and shall, before entering on the duties of their office, each take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this State. Chief assist ant, when absent, etc. Resignation, etc., of prosecuting attorney, etc. Statement of appointments. Section amended. SEC. 6. The chief assistant prosecuting attorney shall, in case of the absence, disability or sickness of the prosecuting attorney, discharge all the functions and perform all the duties of the office of prosecuting attorney; and in case of the absence, disability or sickness of both the prosecuting attorney and the chief assistant prosecuting attorney, the next ranking assistant shall discharge all the functions and perform all the duties of the office of prosecuting attorney. SEC. 7. In case of the death, resignation or removal of the prosecuting attorney, the chief assistant prosecuting attorney shall fill the vacancy in the office of prosecuting attorney, thus created, until the next general election, and until a prosecuting attorney is regularly elected and quali fied, and shall receive the salary fixed for the prosecuting attorney by lawful authority; and in case of the death, resig nation or removal of both the prosecuting attorney and the chief assistant prosecuting attorney, the next ranking assistant shall fill the vacancy in the office of prosecuting attorney, thus created, until the next general election, and until a prosecuting attorney is regularly elected and qualified, and shall receive the salary fixed for the prosecuting attorney by lawful authority. SEC. 8. The prosecuting attorney shall, within ten days after entering on the execution of the duties of his office, file in the office of the county clerk a statement, in writing, of his appointments. SEC. 9. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved April 22, 1913. [No. 102.] AN ACT to amend section fourteen of act number one hundred forty-six of the Laws of eighteen hundred fifty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the organization of the supreme court, pursuant to section two of article six of the constitution," approved February sixteen, eighteen hundred fifty-seven, as amended by act number one hundred eighty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, the same being compiler's section one hundred eightysix of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fourteen of act number one hundred forty-six of the Laws of eighteen hundred fifty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the organization of the supreme court, pursuant to section two of article six of the constitution," approved February sixteen, eighteen hundred fifty-seven, as amended by act number one hundred eighty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, the same being compiler's section one hundred eighty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 14. Each justice of the supreme court shall receive Salary. an annual salary of seven thousand dollars, payable out of the moneys in the State treasury belonging to the general fund not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That at least Proviso. one justice shall at all times be at the seat of government: Provided further, That all justices who have their residence Further elsewhere than in Lansing shall bear their own traveling Province. expenses between their homes and Lansing. Approved April 22, 1913. proviso, [No. 103.] AN ACT to prevent unlawful discrimination in the purchase of poultry, eggs, milk, cream and butter-fat, and to provide a punishment for the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: crimination, SECTION 1. Any person, firm, copartnership or corporation Unfair disengaged in the business of buying poultry, eggs, milk, cream what deemed. or butter-fat for the purpose of manufacture, who shall with the intention of creating a monopoly or destroying the business of a competitor, discriminate between different sections, localities, communities or cities of this State by purchasing such commodity at a higher price or rate in one locality than is paid for the same commodity by said person, firm, copartnership or corporation in any other locality, after making due allowance for the difference, if any, in the actual cost of transportation from the locality of purchase to the locality of manufacture, shall be deemed guilty of unfair discrimination, and upon conviction thereof shall be punish- Penalty. ed by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months. Approved April 22, 1913. Current expenses. How paid out. Tax clause. [No. 104.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Soldiers' The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for current expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fourteen, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Soldiers' Home 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. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred fourteen, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby approriated.. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 22, 1913. Defendant, when placed on probation. [No. 105.] AN ACT to provide a uniform system of probation throughout the State of Michigan; the appointment of probation officers and to prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of such officers; to provide a penalty for the violation of his duties; and to repeal act number ninety-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, as amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. In all prosecutions for crimes or misdemeanors, except murder and treason, where the defendant has been found guilty, upon verdict or plea, and where the court has power to sentence such defendant to fine or imprisonment, and where it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is not likely again to engage in an offensive or |