Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this provision being to make the entire seventy-five thousand nine hundred dollars available for the purposes stated in section one.

SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid out. of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Reformatory at such times and in such manner as the accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder: Provided, Proviso. That the board of control of the Michigan Reformatory may obtain money under this section before July first, nineteen hundred thirteen, in such amounts as they may, by requisition, certify to the Auditor General for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount when the appropriation becomes available.

SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen the sum of seventy-five thousand, nine hundred dollars, which amount 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. Approved March 26, 1913.

[No. 25.]

AN ACT detaching certain territory from the counties of Presque Isle and Cheboygan, and organizing the said detached territory into a new county to be known as the county of Forest.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

territory

SECTION 1. Surveyed townships thirty-three, thirty-four, Forest county, thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven north, range two east, comprising. and surveyed townships thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five and thirty-six north, range three east, are hereby detached from the county of Presque Isle; surveyed townships thirtythree, thirty-four and thirty-five north, range one east; and surveyed townships thirty-three, thirty-four and thirty-five north, range one west, are hereby detached from the county of Cheboygan; the territory so detached is hereby organized into a new county to be known as the county of Forest.

SEC. 2. The county of Forest is hereby created and de- Creation of. clared a body corporate, with all the rights, powers and duties conferred upon or required of organized counties by the constitution and laws of the State of Michigan.

Alteration of townships.

When vacancy created, how filled.

County seat.

Board of supervisors, meeting of.

Suits pending.

Register of

SEC. 3. Surveyed township thirty-three north, range one west, is hereby attached to and made a part of the township of Maple Grove in said county of Forest; the west half of surveyed township thirty-five north, range one west, is hereby attached to and made a part of the township of Walker in said county of Forest.

SEC. 4. In the event of a vacancy in any office in a township or townships erected or altered by the creation of said county, said officer or officers, and all county officers of the county of Forest, shall be appointed by the Governor. On and after the taking effect of this act the officers so appointed, when duly qualified, shall enter upon and discharge the duties of their respective offices, and each shall hold same, subject to general law, until the next regular election of county and township officers respectively, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Any supervisor appointed under the provisions of this act, or to whose township territory is hereby attached, shall be entitled to a transcript of the tax roll in so far as the same applies to the territory lying within his township, and it shall be the duty of the supervisor in possession of said roll, or the State Tax Commission, to furnish said transcript at least thirty days prior to the October meeting of the board of supervisors. Said transcript shall be treated as the assessment roll of said township for the year nineteen hundred thirteen, and shall have all the force and effect of the original roll.

SEC. 5. The county seat of the county of Forest is hereby located at the city of Onaway.

SEC. 6. The board of supervisors of the county of Forest shall meet in regular session at the county seat on the second Monday of October, nineteen hundred thirteen, and when organized, may transact all business regularly to come before it.

SEC. 7. All suits or proceedings now pending or which might heretofore have been commenced in any of the courts of said counties of Presque Isle or Cheboygan, may be commenced or prosecuted to final judgment or execution therein.

SEC. 8. The register of deeds of the county of Forest shall deeds, duty of. transcribe, or cause to be transcribed, the records of deeds, mortgages and other instruments and writings from the records of other counties so far as the same relate to lands in the county of Forest. The said register of deeds, and such other person or persons as he may appoint, shall have access to the books in the several offices of other counties for that purpose. Such transcribed records shall be taken and received in all cases with like effect as the original records. The board of supervisors of the county of Forest shall make provision for the expense thereof and of all other transcripts as herein provided.

SEC. 9. All settlements and adjustments between the Settlements, county of Forest and the counties of Presque Isle and Che- etc., basis of. boygan shall be made on the basis of the last equalized valuation of the respective territories.

SEC. 10. The county of Forest shall be in the same con- How gressional, representative, senatorial and judicial districts districted. as the county of Cheboygan.

SEC. 11. This act shall not take effect until approved by Referendum. a majority of the electors voting thereon in the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle at the first general election held after the passage of this act. The question of such approval shall be submitted to the electors of said counties. The vote Ballot, upon such proposition shall be by ballot which shall be substantially in the following form:

"Vote on proposition to detach certain territory from the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle and organize the same into a new county to be known as the county of Forest.

Make a cross in the appropriate square below:

form of.

furnish.

[ ] Shall the new county of Forest be organized?—Yes. [ ] Shall the new county of Forest be organized?-No." Such ballots shall be furnished by the county boards of elec- Who to tion commissioners of said counties and shall be deposited in a ballot box provided for that purpose. Such ballots shall be cast, counted and canvassed in the same manner as is provided by law respecting ballots cast for the election of county officers. The result shall be certified to the boards of supervisors of the respective counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle, and to the Secretary of State.

effective.

If a majority of the electors voting upon such proposition When in said counties shall vote in favor of the organization of the new county of Forest, then this act shall be in full force and effect, and not otherwise.

Approved March 26, 1913.

[No. 26.]

AN ACT to amend act number two hundred five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a Banking Department for the supervision of such business," by adding thereto a new section to be known as section twenty-two (a).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Act number two hundred five of the Public Act Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a Banking Department for the supervision of such

Reserve cities for state banks, approval of.

Reserve

moneys, daily

business," is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to be known as section twenty-two (a), which said section shall read as follows:

SEC. 22 a. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Banking Department to annually designate and approve certain cities as reserve cities for State banks coming within the provisions of this act, and any incorporated bank or banks therein may become legal depositories for reserve funds hereinafter provided for in sections twenty-four and twenty-seven of this act. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the statement of. Banking Department to require all banks in reserve cities to furnish each depositing State bank a detailed daily statement of account of all reserve moneys so deposited on active Certain banks, account. Any bank in any city in this State of less than one hand required. hundred thousand inhabitants, hereafter designated as a reserve city, shall keep on hand at least twenty per centum of deposits received from other banks, one-half of which shall be lawful money in its own vault: Provided, however, That should any bank in any reserve city not keep on hand the funds as above required, or otherwise should violate this act, the Commissioner of Banking may prohibit such bank from acting as a legal depository for reserve funds. Approved March 26, 1913.

deposits on

Proviso.

Certain in

of.

[No. 27.]

AN ACT relative to inmates of the Home for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic who became inmates prior to the eighteenth day of May, nineteen hundred nine; and to provide for giving such patients the same status as inmates committed to said home after said date.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. All inmates in the Michigan Home for the mates, status Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, upon the date of the taking effect of this act, who were accepted or admitted into said home prior to May eighteenth, nineteen hundred nine, whether by direct application to the board of control or on the recommendation of the superintendents of the poor of the several counties of the State, shall be considered and deemed to have the same status in all respects as inmates admitted to said home after said date, upon the completion of the procedure provided for hereinafter.

Application of superintendent, what to state.

SEC. 2. Within twenty days after this act shall take effect it shall be the duty of the superintendent of said home to make application in writing to the judge of probate of each county in the case of any inmates in said home who were ad

mitted from the county for which each such judge of probate is acting, and to state therein the date of admission, the parents, guardians, or other relatives or persons with whom such inmates resided at the time of admission or who have subsequent thereto been substituted therefor; the principal reasons why each such inmate was originally admitted to said home, and his or her present condition; whether such inmate was admitted as a public or a private charge, and whether such inmate is now a public or a private charge; and if a private charge, the name of the person or persons responsible for his or her support in said home. Upon the re- Hearing, ceipt of such application it shall be the duty of the judge of notice, etc. probate to set a day of hearing thereon and to give notice thereof to the next of kin of said person if they can be found in the county, and to the person or persons who are providing for the support of such inmate, if any; and if upon the hearing the court shall find such person to be feeble-minded or epileptic, the court shall enter an order committing said person to the Michigan Home for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic as a public or private charge, as the case may be. Upon the entry of such order, a certified copy thereof shall forthwith be sent by mail to the superintendent of said home, who shall file the same, and make a report thereof at the next meeting of the board of control of said home. Approved March 26, 1913.

[No. 28.]

AN ACT to amend section fifty-two of act number two hundred five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a Banking Department for the supervision of such business," being section six thousand one hundred forty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number two hundred sixty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine and act number two hundred sixty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five and act number three hundred twenty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fifty-two, of act number two hundred Section five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, en- amended. titled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a Banking Department for the supervision of such business," being section six thousand one hun

« AnteriorContinuar »