The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections one, two and five of act number two Sections hundred twenty-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act establishing a lien for labor and services upon lumber, shingles, logs, timber, cedar posts, telegraph poles, railroad ties, bark, shingle bolts, stave bolts, staves, cord wood, pulp wood, hop poles, hoop poles, veneering wood and all other forest products, and to repeal act number one hundred forty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled 'An act establishing a lien for labor and services upon logs, timber, cedar posts, telegraph poles, railroad ties, tan bark, shingle bolts and staves,' and to repeal act number one hundred eighty-five of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled 'An act establishing a lien for labor and services upon logs and timber, as amended by act number two hundred fifty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred seventy-nine,'" being sections ten thousand seven hundred fifty-six, ten thousand seven hundred fifty-seven and ten thousand seven hundred sixty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Any person or persons who perform any labor or Labor lien. services in manufacturing lumber or shingles in or about any lumber or shingle mill, or in cutting, skidding, falling, hauling, scaling, banking, driving, running, rafting, or booming any logs, timber, cedar posts, telegraph poles, railroad ties, bark, shingle bolts, stave bolts, staves, cord wood, pulp wood, hop poles, hoop poles, veneering wood or any other forest products in this State, or his or her assignee, shall have a lien thereon for the amount due for such labor or services, and the same shall take precedence of all other claims or liens thereon. The words "person or persons" in this section shall be interpreted to include cooks, blacksmiths, artisans and all others usually employed in performing such labor and services. SEC. 2. No such debt, demand or claim shall remain a lien Statement on any of the above mentioned products unless a statement to be filed. thereof in writing, made under oath by the claimant, or his or her assignee, or some one in his or her behalf, or for and on behalf of his or her assignee, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which such labor or services were performed: Provided, When a lien is claimed for work and Proviso. labor performed in running or driving said logs, timber, cedar posts, telegraph poles, railroad ties, tan bark, shingle bolts, stave bolts, staves, cord wood, pulp wood, hop poles, hoop poles or veneering wood, then said statement shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where the drive terminates. Enforcement by attachment. SEC. 5. Any person or persons, or the assignee of any person or persons, having a lien upon or against any of the said products may enforce the same by attachment against any of such products in the circuit and justice courts of the county in which said products, or any portion of the same, may be situated at the time of commencement of suit, and such suit may be commenced to enforce such liens, if the same be due, immediately after the filing of such statement, and such lien claim shall cease to be a lien upon the property named in such statement unless suit be commenced within three months after the filing of such statement. In all such suits the person, company or corporation liable for the payment of such debt or claim shall be made the party defendant. Approved May 1, 1913. Tax homestead deeds, record of copies of. Duty of registers of deeds. [No. 137.] AN ACT to require the Commissioner of the State Land Office to make a record of all deeds issued by him for tax homestead lands; to make such record a legal record; to authorize him to make certified copies of such records, and to give to such certified copies the same force and effect as the original deed. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the State Land Office to record in a suitable book or books kept for that purpose, true copies of all deeds issued by him for tax homestead lands, under the laws of this State providing for the disposal of such lands, and such copies of deeds heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be issued, are hereby declared to be legal records, and such record or a transcript thereof, duly certified by the Commissioner of the State Land Office, or other officer having custody of such records, may be read in evidence in all courts of this State, with the same force and effect as the original tax homestead deed. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of registers of deeds in the several counties of this State, to receive for record, and record all such copies of tax homestead deeds, duly certified to by the Commissioner of the State Land Office, or other officer having the custody of the records of the State land office, and the record of such certified copy shall have the same force and effect as the record of the original deed. fee for mak SEC. 3. The Commissioner of the State Land Office, or Certified copy, other officer having charge of such records, shall, upon appli- ing, etc. cation from any person, make a certified copy of any tax homestead deed, as herein provided, upon the payment by applicants of one dollar fifty cents for each certified copy: Provided, That as a condition precedent to the recording Proviso. of a copy of the deed, there shall be attached to such certified copy a sworn statement of the grantee named in the said deed or his assign, heir, trustee, or grantee, that the original deed has been lost or is not available for record, and any person swearing falsely under the provisions of this act shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury. Approved May 1, 1913. [No. 138.] AN ACT to amend section seven of act number ninety-one of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred thirty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the recording of town plats, and for vacating the same in certain cases," being section three thousand three hundred seventy-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. ། The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section seven of act number ninety-one of the Section Session Laws of eighteen hundred thirty-nine, entitled "An amended. act to provide for the recording of town plats, and for vacating the same in certain cases," being section three thousand three hundred seventy-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: etc. SEC. 7. The clerk of said court shall give to the applicant Certified copy, a certified copy of such record, for which he shall be entitled fee, recording, to receive the sum of one dollar; and it shall be the duty of such applicant to have such certificate recorded by the register of the county within six months thereafter: Provided, Proviso. That the clerk of said court shall, within thirty days after the entry of such order, forward to the Auditor General a certified copy thereof. Approved May 1, 1913. Specific tax on tiable bonds. [No. 139.] AN ACT to permit the holder of any negotiable bond secured by a mortgage upon or trust deed of real or personal property in Michigan, which mortgage or trust deed is executed to a trustee and was recorded in the State of Michigan at any time prior to January first, nineteen hundred twelve, to pay a specific tax thereon and thereby to be exempt from further general taxes thereon. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. In all cases where negotiable bonds are secured certain nego- by a mortgage upon or trust deed of real or personal property, executed to a trustee for the benefit of the holders of the bonds mentioned, which mortgage or trust deed was recorded in Michigan prior to January first, nineteen hundred twelve, the holder of any bond or bonds thus secured may pay a specific tax of one-half of one per cent upon the principal mentioned in such bond as hereinafter provided. Payment, bond, etc. County treasurer to keep separate account. Exempt from further tax. SEC. 2. The person desiring to pay such specific tax may present any bond as above described to the county treasurer of any county in which he resides or in which he may be, and pay to such county treasurer the tax of one-half of one per cent of the principal sum thereof, and the treasurer shall endorse upon such bond a certificate signed by him that such tax has been paid. SEC. 3. The county treasurer shall keep a separate account of said specific taxes paid to him and a record of the bonds on which the same are paid, and shall on the first day of each month transmit to the State Treasurer one-half of the moneys in his possession belonging to that account, and the county treasurer shall credit to the general fund of the county the specific taxes collected by him as aforesaid. The State Treasurer shall place the same to the credit of the general fund to be used for general State purposes. SEC. 4. The bond on which such specific tax shall have been paid as above provided shall forever thereafter be exempt from further general taxes under the laws of this State, in the hands of whomsoever may hold the same. Approved May 1, 1913. [No. 140.] AN ACT authorizing the common councils of cities of the fourth class to provide by ordinance for the establishment of central polling places. The People of the State of Michigan enact: places. SECTION 1. In any city of this State, organized under the Central polling laws thereof as a city of the fourth class, it shall be lawful for the common council of said city to provide by an ordinance, passed by at least a majority of the aldermen elect of said city, for the establishment of a central polling place, to be centrally located, and to provide for the discontinuance and abolishment of all other polling places in said city. spectors, SEC. 2. The common council of any city establishing a Election incentral polling place may appoint four or more inspectors number, etc. of election at the last meeting of said common council previous to every election, general or special, and said inspectors shall be governed by the general laws of this State in reference to their powers and duties as election inspectors. Approved May 1, 1913. [No 141.] AN ACT to amend section forty-five 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, the same being section four hundred seven of the Compiled Laws for the State of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section forty-five of act number one hundred Section 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 court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, being section four hundred seven of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 45. In the thirty-second circuit the stenographer shall Salary. be paid an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars. Approved May 1, 1913. |