Articles to whom submitted, where filed. Body corporate. Recording certified. Evidence of incorporation. Articles, when void. When may commence business. Oath, etc. Sixth, Any other matters not inconsistent with this act as may be approved by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Insurance as hereinafter provided. SEC. 4. Upon the execution and acknowledgment of such articles the same shall forthwith be submitted to the Attorney General and Commissioner of Insurance for examination and if such articles shall be found to comply with the provisions of this act, said officers shall respectively endorse the same with their approval and said articles shall thereupon be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State and in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located and a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Insurance. SEC. 5. Upon the recording and filing of such articles as aforesaid, the signers thereof shall, with those who may thereafter become associated with them, become and be a body corporate and politic for the purposes set forth in said articles. The Secretary of State and the county clerk aforesaid shall each certify on said articles the fact of recording as aforesaid, giving the date and book and page of record The original articles or the record thereof or a copy thereof certified by the Secretary of State or the Commissioner of Insurance shall be prima facie evidence in all proceedings, of the due formation, existence and capacity of such corporation; but such articles of association shall become void on the expiration of one year from the date of record thereof unless a certificate of authority to do business has been issued as hereinafter provided. SEC. 6. Such corporation shall not commence business unless it shall have procured bona fide agreements for indemnity therein from at least two hundred eligible persons, which shall be an amount of not less than five hundred dollars each, and shall have received at least one assessment thereon in cash from each of said persons according to the rate and plan set forth in its articles of association, which amount so received in cash shall aggregate at least two hundred dollars; nor until it is fully organized by the election of proper and suitable officers and the secretary and treas urer shall have given good and sufficient bonds to the association, to be held by the president of the association, for the faithful performance of their duties, which bonds shall be not less than two thousand dollars and shall be at least twice the amount of money liable to come into their hands as such officers at any one time, said bonds to be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance. The president and secretary of such corporation shall furnish under oath to the Commissioner of Insurance proof of such agreements for indemnity, giving the name, residence, age and amount of indemnity applied for by each applicant and the amount of assessment actually paid by each applicant, and also proof of the election and qualification of the officers, and the custodian of the funds of such corporation shall furnish to the Commissioner of Insurance a certificate under oath that he has received and holds in trust for the benefit of such applicants the sum of two hundred dollars or more. authority, SEC. 7. Upon compliance with the provisions of this act Certificate of and upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars for the benefit issuance of. of the State to the Commissioner of Insurance, he shall issue to the corporation so complying a certificate of authority to do business in this State for the period of one year from the first day of April of the year of its issue unless the same be sooner revoked. govern. SEC. 8. Except as herein specifically provided and in all Act to respects not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, associations organized hereunder shall be governed by and subject to all the provisions of act number one hundred eighty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of co-operative and mutual benefit associations, and to define the powers and duties and regulate the transaction of the business of all such corporations and associations doing business within this State," as amended and now in force. Approved May 26, 1909. [No. 126.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan State Normal College for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred ten, and June thirty, nineteen hundred eleven, and for building and special purposes for said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred ten, and for building and special purposes for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eleven, and to provide a tax to meet the same. expenses. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Appropriation, expenses of the Michigan State Normal College for the fiscal current year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred ten, the sum of one hundred forty-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of one hundred forty-five thousand dollars. building. SEC. 2. The further sum of six thousand dollars is hereby Training appropriated for said institution for the fiscal year ending school June thirty, nineteen hundred ten, for the completion and equipment of the new part of the training school building. Heating plant. How paid out. Tax clause. SEC. 3. The further sum of twelve thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eleven, for a new building for heating plant. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Education 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. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in. the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nine, for the Michigan State Normal College, the sum of one hundred fifty-one thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred ten, for the said institution, the sum of one hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation, amount of, 1911. [No. 127.] AN ACT to provide for the purchase of books and other material for the Michigan State Library, and books and equipments for the Michigan traveling libraries, and for printing and binding, making an appropriation therefor, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year for 1910 and ending June thirty, nineteen hundred ten, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, for purposes during each of said fiscal years as follows: For the purchase of books for the State state library. Library, six thousand dollars; for such other expenditures as are necessary to the welfare of the State Library, five hundred dollars. Books for Traveling libraries, books and equipment. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase of books and equipment for the Michigan traveling libraries for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred ten, the sum of six thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of six thousand dollars. SEC. 3. The printing and binding necessary to carry on Printing and the work of the State Library and traveling libraries shall be binding. furnished by the State Board of Auditors, and paid for out of the general fund as other State binding and printing is paid for. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions Sums, how of this act shall be paid out of the general fund of the State paid out. treasury to the State Librarian, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State shall prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax levy. tax for the year nineteen hundred nine, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred ten, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, which, 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 May 26, 1909. [No. 128.] AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual provident associations of miners, trammers, timbermen, landers, engineers, blacksmiths, carpenters and all other laborers in and about the iron, gold, silver, lead, copper and coal mines," the same being act number one hundred four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number one hundred four of the public Act repealed. acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual provident associations of miners, trammers, timbermen, landers, engineers, blacksmiths, carpenters and all other laborers in and about the iron, gold, silver, lead, copper and coal mines," is hereby repealed. Approved May 26, 1909. 37 Act repealed. Proviso, [No. 129.] AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to incorporate mutual benefit societies, membership in which is confined to a single city, village or township," except as to existing corporations, the same being act number one hundred ninety-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety- one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number one hundred ninety-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to incorporate mutual benefit societies, membership in which is confined to a single city, village or township," is hereby repealed: Provided, That corporations now existing under and now existing. by virtue of the provisions of said act may continue to do business thereunder as heretofore until the expiration of the period for which they are now lawfully authorized. Approved May 26, 1909. corporations Act repealed. Proviso, corporations now existing. [No. 130.] AN ACT to repeal act number two hundred seventy-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual provident associations of commercial travelers, agents, managers, salesmen, secretaries, cashiers, tellers, bookkeepers, stenographers, correspondents, typewriters, and persons engaged in other clerical work," except as to existing corpor ations. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number two hundred seventy-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual provident associations of commercial travelers, agents, managers, salesmen, secretaries, cashiers, tellers, bookkeepers, stenographers, correspondents, typewriters, and persons engaged in other clerical work," is hereby repealed: Provided, That corporations existing under and by virtue of the provisions of said act may continue to do business thereunder as heretofore until the expiration of the period for which they are now lawfully authorized. Approved May 26, 1909. |