[No. 40.]

AN ACT to amend section twelve 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," as amended, being compilers' section seven thousand nine hundred seventynine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section twelve of act number two hundred Section 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," as amended, being compilers' section seven thousand nine hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

directors, how

SEC. 12. The affairs of each bank shall be managed by a Board of board of not less than five directors, who shall be elected by elected, etc. the stockholders and hold office for one year, and until their successors are elected and have qualified. A majority of Quorum. the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business: Provided, That when the number Proviso. .of directors shall exceed nine, they shall once in three months designate by resolution nine members, any five of whom shall constitute a quorum. In the first instance the directors shall be elected at a meeting held before the bank is authorized to commence business by the commissioner, and afterwards at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on the second Tuesday in January of each year; and if for any cause an election is not had at that meeting it may be held at a subsequent meeting called for that purpose, of which due notice shall be given as provided in the by-laws adopted by such bank. At a meeting of stockholders for election of Who may directors each share shall entitle the owner to one vote for vote. each director, but no stockholder shall be entitled to vote who is indebted to the bank upon any obligation past due. A stockholder may vote at any meeting of the corporation Proxy. by proxy in writing signed by him. Every director must own and hold in his own name not less than ten shares of the capital stock of such bank. He shall take and subscribe Oath of office. an oath that he will diligently and honestly perform his duties in such office, and will not knowingly violate, or permit to be violated, any provisions of this act; that he is the owner in good faith of stock in the bank, as required to qualify him for such office, standing in his name on the books of the bank, and that such stock is not pledged as security for any debt; such oath shall be transmitted to the commissioner

filled.

Vacancy, how and filed in his office. Any vacancy in the board of directors shall be filled by the board, and the directors so appointed shall hold office until the next election. Approved April 7, 1921.

Section amended.

Purposes for which real

estate may be held, etc.

How conveyed.

When sold.

[No. 41.]

AN ACT to amend section eleven of 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," being section seven thousand nine hundred seventy-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section eleven of 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," being section seven thousand nine hundred seventy-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 11. A bank may purchase, hold and convey real estate for the following purposes, but no other:

First, Such as shall be necessary for the convenient transaction of its business, including with its banking office, other apartments to rent as a source of income, but which shall not exceed fifty per cent of its paid in capital and its surplus; Second, Such as shall have been conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its business;

Third, Such as it shall purchase at sale under judgments, decrees or mortgage foreclosures under securities held by it; but a bank shall not bid at any such sale a larger amount than to satisfy its debt and costs. Real estate shall be conveyed under the corporate seal of the bank and the hand of its president, or vice-president, and cashier or treasurer. No real estate acquired in the cases contemplated in the second and third sub-sections above shall be held for a longer time than five years. If not sold before the expiration of said five years it must be sold at private or public sale within thirty days thereafter.

Approved April 7, 1921.

[No. 42.]

AN ACT to amend section five of act number two hundred seventy-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to protect the public health; to prevent the spreading of venereal diseases, to prescribe the duties and powers of the State Department of Health and of local health officers and health boards with reference thereto, and to make an appropriation to carry out the provisions hereof."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section five of act number two hundred sev- Section enty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to protect the public health; to prevent the spreading of venereal diseases, to prescribe the duties and powers of the State Department of Health and of local health officers and health boards with reference thereto, and to make an appropriation to carry out the provisions hereof," is hereby amended to read as follows:

restricted.

SEC. 5. After October first, nineteen hundred nineteen, it Prescriptions shall be unlawful for any druggist, pharmacist, or other person to sell, barter, or give away any drug, medicine, or other remedy whatsoever for the treatment of any of the diseases specified in section one hereof, except upon the prescription of a duly registered and practicing physician. Such prescription shall be marked "C. V. D.," and shall set forth the name and address of the patient and the date when given: Pro- Proviso, designation. vided, That in any such prescription the physician giving the same may designate the patient by number instead of by name and address, but in each such case, the name and address of the patient and the number assigned thereto shall be immediately reported by the physician to the State Commissioner of Health on the regular report blank. All pre- Numbering. scriptions filled by any druggist or pharmacist hereunder shall be numbered consecutively, and shall be kept on file. for a period of not less than two years. Each prescription Date. shall have stamped or written thereon the date of filling. All such prescriptions so kept on file shall be subject to inspection by the prosecuting attorney of the county, or by any duly authorized police officer or by any representative or inspector of the State Department of Health. On the first Monthly reday of each month each said druggist and pharmacist shall not druggists, etc. make a detailed report to the State Health Department in such form as may be prescribed thereby, covering such prescriptions. No physician, druggist or pharmacist shall administer any treatment or remedy whatsoever for any of said diseases; nor shall any physician sell or give to a patient so affected any drug, remedy or medicine therefor: Provided, Proviso. That a duly registered and practicing physician may give

Further proviso.

office treatments:

Provided further, That any physician in any town within this state may fill a prescription, given to a patient affected with any disease specified in section one if there is no drug store or pharmacy conducted within a distance of five miles therefrom or he is the authorized physician of any corporation who dispenses drugs Report of pre- or medicines to the employes of said corporation. All such prescriptions so filled by any physician shall be immediately reported to the State Health Department, and shall be kept on file by the physician, subject to inspection in the same manner as is above provided for the inspection of similar Misdemeanor, prescriptions filled by druggists and pharmacists. Any

scriptions.

penalty.

May revoke license.

physician, druggist, pharmacist, or other persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to the penalty hereinbefore provided in section four. Any such violation by physician, druggist or pharmacist shall also be deemed sufficient reason for revoking the license granted thereto. Approved April 12, 1921.

Department of labor and industry created.

Commission, membership.

[No. 43.]

AN ACT to protect and promote industrial and labor interests of the people of the state of Michigan; to create a Department of Labor and Industry and prescribe the powers and duties thereof; to provide for the transfer to said department of powers and duties affecting labor and industrial matters now vested in certain other state boards, commissions, departments and officers and to abolish the boards, commissions, departments and offices the powers and duties of which are hereby transferred.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a department to be known and designated as the Department of Labor and Industry of the state of Michigan, which shall possess the powers and perform the duties hereby granted and imposed. The administration of said powers and duties shall be vested in a commission of three members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Each member of the commission shall devote his entire time in the perOath of office. formance of the duties of his office. Each member of said commission shall qualify by taking and filing the constitutional oath of office and shall hold office until the appointment and Vacancy, how qualification of his successor. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as appointments are made in the first instance.

filled.

The chairman of such commission shall be appointed by the Chairman. Governor, and shall have general charge of and supervision over the administrative affairs of such department in so far as relates to the division and assignment of the work thereof. It shall be the duty of the Board of State Auditors to provide suitable offices at the city of Lansing for the department hereby created.

regulations.

oath of office,

SEC. 2. The commission may adopt rules and regulations Rules and not inconsistent with law for the governing of its own organization and procedure. It shall also adopt a suitable seal, Seal. of which all the courts shall take judicial notice, and all orders and official proceedings shall be authenticated thereby. The commission shall have power to appoint such deputies, Assistants, etc. assistants and employes as may be necessary for the performance of the duties hereby imposed, the compensation to be paid thereto and the number of such deputies, assistants and employes to be subject to the approval of the State Administrative Board. Each of such deputies shall take and file the Deputies, constitutional oath of office and shall possess all of the power etc. and authority conferred by act number ten of the Public Acts of Michigan, of the first extra session of nineteen hundred twelve, and the amendments thereto, upon the deputy members of the Industrial Accident Board, and by act number two hundred eighty-five of the Public Acts of Michigan of nineteen hundred nine, and amendments thereto, upon the Deputy Commissioner of Labor. Each member of the com- Annual salary mission shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dol sioners. lars; and all officers and employes of the department shall be entitled to their necessary expenses incurred while traveling in performance of any of the duties hereby imposed. All Salaries, etc., salaries and expenses hereby authorized shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries and expenses of other state officers and employes are paid.

of commis

how paid.

transferred.

abolished.

SEC. 3. The powers and duties now vested by law in the Powers, etc., Industrial Accident Board, the Department of Labor, the State Labor Commissioner, the Board of Boiler Rules, created by act number one hundred seventy-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, and the Industrial Relations Commission are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Labor and Industry hereby created. Immediate- Boards, etc., ly on the taking effect of this act, the boards, departments, commissions and officers whose powers and duties are hereby transferred shall be abolished and whenever reference thereto is made in any law of the state reference shall be deemed to be intended to be made to the Department of Labor and Industry. Any hearing or other proceeding pending before Hearings pending. any such department, board, commission or officers shall not be abated but shall be deemed to be transferred to the commission provided for in section one of this act, and shall be conducted and determined thereby in accordance with the provisions of the law governing such hearing or proceeding.