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thousand eight hundred seventy-six and three thousand eight hundred eighty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number one hundred thirty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred one, and act number two hundred thirteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, are hereby amended to read as follows:

payment.

under protest.

SEC. 53. Any person may pay the taxes, or any one of the Partial several taxes on any parcel or description of land, or on any undivided share thereof and the treasurer shall note across the face of the receipt in ink any portion of the taxes remaining unpaid. He may pay any tax, whether levied on Payment personal or real property,' under protest, to the treasurer, specifying at the time, in writing, signed by him, the grounds of such protest, and such treasurer shall minute the fact of such protest on the tax roll and in the receipt given. The person paying under such protest may, within thirty days and not afterwards, sue the township for the amount paid, and recover, if the tax is shown to be illegal for the reason shown in such protest. When payment of the taxes on any Payment of parcel or description of land or on any undivided share there divided share. of, is made to any city, village or township treasurer, said treasurer shall place or cause to be placed upon the face of the receipt the following certificate: "I hereby certify that Certificate. application was made to pay all taxes due and payable at this office on the description shown in this

receipt.

(Signed)..

Treas."

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Any person owning an undivided share or other part or parcel of real property assessed in one description may pay on the part thus owned, by paying an amount having the same relation to the whole tax as the part on which payment is made has to the whole parcel. The person making such payment shall accurately describe the part or share on which he makes payment, and the receipt given, and the record of the receiving officer shall show such description, and by whom paid; and in case of the sale of the remaining part, or share for non-payment of taxes, he may purchase the same in like manner as any disinterested person could. Any person hav- Holders of ing a lien on property may, after thirty days from the time the tax is payable, pay the taxes thereon, and the same may be added to his lien and recovered with the rate of interest borne by the lien. A tenant of real estate may pay the taxes thereon and deduct the same from his rent, unless there be an agreement to the contrary. Such payment may be made to the township treasurer while the tax roll is in his hands, or afterwards to the county treasurer. The receipt given shall be evidence of such payment.

lien, etc., may

pay tax.

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SEC. 58. After the return of lands for unpaid taxes, the County treascounty treasurer is authorized to receive, under like provisions ceive taxes reas in section fifty-three of this act, the amounts of the several turned. taxes or any of them due, and the board of supervisors in

Duplicate receipts.

Proviso.

Further proviso.

each county may authorize notice to be given to all delinquent
taxpayers so far as known. The county treasurer shall issue
duplicate receipts for all such taxes received by him, which
shall be countersigned by the county clerk, and one of such
duplicates shall be left with said clerk, who shall make an
entry of the amount for which every such receipt was given,
with the name and post office address of the person paying
such taxes in a book provided for that purpose, and shall on
the first Monday of each month forward all such receipts
to the Auditor General, in such manner as he may direct:
Provided, That if any description of land is held by the State
subject to sale as State tax land, the county treasurer shall
not be authorized to receive the amounts due for years sub-
ject to payment, where payment thereof is tendered in con-
templation of an application to the Auditor General to pur-
chase the land for taxes of prior years as State tax land
under the provisions of section eighty-four of this act: Pro-
vided further, That when payment of the taxes on any parcel
or description of land, or on any undivided share thereof, is
made to any county treasurer, said treasurer shall place or
cause to be placed upon the face of the receipt or redemption
certificate, the following certificate: "I hereby certify that
application was made to pay all taxes due and payable at
this office on the description
shown in this
receipt.

(Signed)

Approved April 16, 1913.

Treas."

Locomotive headlights.

[No. 77.]

AN ACT to require railroads to equip locomotives with proper

headlights.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Every railroad corporation operating a railroad or a part of one in this State, shall on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred fourteen, equip each of its locomotives, except locomotives used exclusively in yard service, with a headlight of such construction, and with sufficient candle power to render plainly visible at a distance of not less than three hundred fifty feet in advance of such engine, whistling posts, land marks and other warning signs, and it shall be unlawful, after such date for any such railroad to use a locomotive, except locomotives used exclusively in yard service, upon any part of its road lying within this State, that is not equipped with a headlight of such con

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struction and candle power as will enable the engineer to see
whistling posts, land marks and other warning signs at a dis-
tance of not less than three hundred fifty feet in advance of
the engine: Provided, That not less than thirty per cent of Proviso.
all the locomotives herein before required to be provided with
such headlights shall be so equipped on or before March one,
nineteen hundred fourteen.

commission.

SEC. 2. The State Railroad Commission shall from time to Inspection by time inspect or cause to be inspected the headlights of all locomotives found in use on any railroad in this State. On discovering any defective headlight, the commission shall report the fact to the superintendent or other officer having charge of the road on which it is found, and the railroad corporation receiving such notice, shall thereupon cause such defective headlight to be immediately repaired, and if so ordered by the Railroad Commission shall put the locomotive containing such defective headlight out of service until repaired and put in good working order: Provided, That Proviso. should a headlight on any locomotive become defective when being used in transportation, it shall not be considered a violation of the provisions of this act to continue the operation of said locomotive to its destination.

SEC. 3. Any railroad corporation using or permitting to Penalty. be used on its line in this State, a locomotive in violation of any provision of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation, to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the prosecuting attorney in the circuit court of the county having such jurisdiction in the locality where such violation occurred. Upon duly verified information being given him of such violation, such prosecuting attorney shall bring such suits. The Railroad Commission shall give the proper prosecuting attorney such information of any such violations as may come to its knowledge.

Approved April 16, 1913.

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printed.

[No. 78.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of act number forty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers, and public institutions of this State, now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replac· ing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirtyone, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act," approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, as last amended by act number forty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, relative to the printing of reports of various State officers and departments.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of act number forty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers, and public institutions of this State, now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and the legis lative manual of the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act," approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, as last amended by act number forty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 14. Of all other reports not specifically enumerated ports, number in this act there shall be printed and bound one hundred copies for deposit in the office of Secretary of State, two hundred copies, in either paper or permanent binding, for deposit in the State library, as provided in section twenty of this act, and any additional number in the discretion of the

number.

Board of State Auditors. It shall be the duty of each officer or department when making requisition for the printing of his or their report, to certify to said board the number of copies which in his or their estimation, should be printed or printed and bound. In determining the additional number of Additional copies to be printed or printed and bound, it shall be the duty of the Board of State Auditors to take into consideration the value of the contents of said report, the demand for the same and the certification of the officer or department as to the required number in their estimation. Upon such determination the number of copies decided upon, and no more, shall be printed, or printed and bound.

Approved April 17, 1913.

[No. 79.]

AN ACT to amend sections two, nine and ten of part five of act number ten of the Public Acts of the first extra session of nineteen hundred twelve, entitled "An act to promote the welfare of the people of this State, relating to the liability of employers for injuries or death sustained by their employes, providing compensation for the accidental injury to or death of employes and methods for the payment of the same, establishing an Industrial Accident Board, defining its powers, providing for a review of its awards, making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act, and restricting the right to compensation or damages in such cases to such as are provided by this act.”

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Sections two, nine and ten of part five of act Sections number ten of the Public Acts of the first extra session of nineteen hundred twelve, entitled "An act to promote the welfare of the people of this State, relating to the liability of employers for injuries or death sustained by their employes, providing compensation for the accidental injury to or death of employes and methods for the payment of the same, establishing an Industrial Accident Board, defining its powers, providing for a review of its awards, making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act, and restricting the right to compensation or damages in such cases to such as are provided by this act," are hereby amended to read as follows:

fund."

SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Insurance shall immediately "Accident upon assuming the administration of the collection and disbursement of the moneys referred to in the preceding section,

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