reports, fiscal intendents of SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of all officers, boards or in- Institutional stitutions, from whom annual or biennial reports are re- year. quired, to make their several reports for the fiscal period or periods defined in section one of this act: Provided, That Proviso, superprovisions of this act shall not apply to the reports required the poor. of the superintendents of the poor as provided in section twenty-eight of act number one hundred forty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixty-nine. Approved May 8, 1913. [No. 284.] AN ACT to amend section three of act number sixty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act relative to pandering, to define and prohibit the same; to provide for the punishment thereof, and for the competency of certain evidence at the trial thereof." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section three of act number sixty-three of Section the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act relative to pandering, to define and prohibit the same, to provide for the punishment thereof, and for the competency of certain evidence at the trial thereof," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 3. Any person who shall knowingly accept, receive, Acceptance of levy or appropriate any money or other valuable thing with without conout consideration from the proceeds of the earnings of any sideration. woman engaged in prostitution, or any person, knowing a female to be a prostitute, shall live or derive support or maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings or proceeds of the prostitution of said prostitute, or from moneys loaned or advanced to or charged against her by any keeper or manager or inmate of a house or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, shall be deemed guilty of Felony. a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than twenty years. Any such acceptance, receipt, levy or appropriation of such Evidence of money or valuable thing shall, upon any proceeding or trial lack of confor violation of this section, be presumptive evidence of lack of consideration. Approved May 8, 1913. Fee in addition to premium ful. [No. 285.] AN ACT to prohibit agents or agencies of authorized fire insurance corporations in this State from collecting from the insured any fees or charges in addition to the premium charge made by such insurance company for assuming any risk insured under any insurance policy. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any aucharge, unlaw- thorized agent or agency of any fire insurance corporation, except mutual companies transacting business in this State, to collect from the insured any fee or charge whatsoever in addition to the premium charge made by such insurance company for assuming the risk insured under policy of fire in Revocation of certificate. surance. SEC. 2. Upon satisfactory evidence of the violation of section one of this act by any authorized agent or agency of a fire insurance company being presented to the Commissioner of Insurance, it shall be the duty of said Commissioner of Insurance to revoke the certificate of authority of such agent to transact business for any fire insurance company for which he may be the authorized agent in this State, for a period not exceeding six months. Approved May 8, 1913. Appointment of commission, duty of. [No. 286.] AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a commission to prepare and report bills for the revision and consolidation of the general laws of this State relating to civil practice and procedure, domestic relations, and transactions and other general laws, and to prescribe their duties and provide their compensation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint a commission consisting of three persons, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party, whose duty it shall be to prepare separate bills for the consolidation and revision of the general statutes of this State upon the following subjects: (a) The law relating to civil practice and procedure; (b) The law relating to domestic relations; (c) The law relating to general taxation; and to report the same to the Governor on the completion thereof. SEC. 2. The plan and scope of said work shall follow that Plan and scope adopted in the negotiable instruments law, the general sales of work. law, and the general law for the. government of municipal corporations, so far as practicable. Said commissioners shall suggest such omissions, contradictions and other imperfections as may appear to them in the existing statutes so proposed to be revised and consolidated, with recommendations for the amendment thereof, and they shall provide for the repeal of the statutes which would be superseded or covered by the several general statutes so reported by said commissioners. Said commissioners may also prepare and report to the Governor, separate bills for the consolidation and revision, in like manner, of such other general statutes of this State, as such commissioners may consider most in need of consolidation and revision. SEC. 3. In case of the death, refusal or inability to act, of Vacancies. any member of said commission before its labors are completed, the Governor shall appoint some suitable person to fill the vacancy. SEC. 4. Upon said bills being so reported, it shall be the Printing of duty of the Governor to cause the same to be printed by the bills. State printer, and forward to any person within the State applying therefor, a copy thereof, and submit the same to the Legislature, if then in session, and if not, then at the next general or extra session thereof. SEC. 5. After the submission of said several bills to the Hearing of committee. Legislature, the members of said commission shall be entitled to a hearing before the committee or committees of the Legislature to whom said bills may be respectively referred, for the purpose of explaining the provisions of said several bills. SEC. 6. The members of said commission shall receive Compensation. reasonable compensation for services and expenses, to be fixed and allowed by the Board of State Auditors. Such commissioners may employ a stenographer at a compensation to be approved and allowed by the Board of State Auditors. Approved May 8, 1913. Land, authority to sell. Description. Truman Cobb fund. [No. 287.] AN ACT to authorize the board of control of the State Public School to sell certain lands belonging to said school and invest the proceeds derived therefrom and use the income thereof for the wards of such school. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The board of control of the State Public School is hereby authorized to sell a certain tract of land now owned by the said school, devised to it by one Truman Cobb, and described as follows: That part of the west half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-three in town five south of range seven west, Branch county, Michigan, lying north of the Coldwater river, containing fifty acres more or less, subject, however, to rights of flowage; said board of control being authorized to sell said lands either as a whole or subdivided into smaller tracts, whichever, in the judgment of said board, may be most advantageous, and to give a warranty deed or deeds for said tract or tracts. SEC. 2. The said board of control is hereby authorized to hold the net proceeds derived from such sale or sales in a fund, apart from the other moneys belonging to said school, to be known as the Truman Cobb fund, to be kept invested in first class securities, to be approved by said board of control, and the income to be used by said board of control for the benefit of the wards of said school. Approved May 8, 1913. Act repealed. [No. 288.] AN ACT to repeal act number thirteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to regulate the taking and catching of fish in all lakes, rivers and streams in Benzie county." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number thirteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to regulate the taking and catching of fish in all lakes, rivers and streams in Benzie county," is hereby repealed. Approved May 8, 1913. [No. 289.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-five of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number ninety-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, approved May twelve, nineteen hundred three, 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," the same being section three hundred eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-five of act number one hundred Section eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety- amended. seven, approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninetyseven, as amended by act number ninety-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, approved May twelve, nineteen hundred three, 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," the same being section three hundred eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 25. In the twelfth circuit the stenographer shall be Salary. paid an annual salary of three thousand dollars. Approved May 8, 1913. [No. 290.] AN ACT to create a commission of inquiry to make the necessary investigation and to prepare and submit a report to the next Legislature, or to any special session of the present Legislature, setting forth a comprehensive plan and recommending legislative action, providing for minimum wages for female employes; and to appropriate the necessary moneys for the expense thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There shall be a commission of inquiry to con- Commission of sist of three members to be appointed by the Governor from inquiry. among the citizens of this State, to investigate conditions and problems involved in the question of wages paid to female employes with special reference to whether such wages paid are adequate for the necessary cost of living and to main |