dering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 316.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the streams known as The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to spear or attempt to spear, at any time, any fish in the waters of Grass river or Intermediate river in the county of Antrim. SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the common jail of said county of Antrim, for a period of not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. [No. 317.] AN ACT to amend section seven of chapter fifty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "General provisions relating to corporations," the same being section eight thousand five hundred thirty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section seven of chapter fifty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "General provisions relating to corporations," the same being section eight thousand five hundred thirty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is amended so as to read as follows: be transferred. SEC. 7. Every such corporation may hold land to an amount Corporate rights. authorized by law, and may convey the same and may receive subscriptions to its capital stock in lands situate in the State of Michigan, or may receive donations of lands situate in the State of Michigan, to assist or enable such corporation to perform or complete any work of public improvement in which such company may be engaged in pursuance of its charter, and may sell and convey the same; and whenever the capital stock How stock may of such corporation is divided into shares, and certificates thereof are issued, such shares may be transferred by indorsement and delivery of the certificate thereof, such indorsement being by the signature of the proprietor, or his attorney or legal representative; but such transfer shall not be valid, except between the parties thereto, until the same shall have been so entered on the bocks of the corporation as to show the names of the parties by and to whom transferred, the number and designation of the shares, and the date of the transfer. Where no other provision is especially made any Corporations for profit, how may corporation organized for profit and having a capital stock, amend articles. may at any annual meeting of its stockholders, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the act or acts under which such corporation may be organized, by a resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds in interest of its capital stock; but such amendment shall not become operative until a certificate showing it to have been adopted as herein required, signed by the president and secretary of the corporation shall have been filed or recorded or both filed and recorded in the same manner as required in case of original articles of such corporation. And any corporation not organ- Corporations not ized for profit, and having no capital stock may amend its profit, how may articles of association by a vote of a majority of the members amend articles. of such corporation at any regular meeting, or at any special meeting called for that purpose, but such amendment shall not become operative until a certificate showing it to have been regularly adopted in the manner herein prescribed, signed by the president, or other chief officer, and a majority of the directors or trustees of such corporation shall have been filed, or recorded or both filed and recorded, in the same manner as required in case of original articles of such corporation. Approved June 17, 1905. organized for Assistant secretary, who to appoint. Duties. Salary. [No. 318.] AN ACT to authorize the appointment of an assistant secretary of the State Board of Health; to prescribe his duties and fix his compensation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The secretary of the State Board of Health is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant secretary of said board, which appointment may be revoked at his pleasure. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of such assistant secretary to perform such duties in connection with the department of the State Board of Health as may be assigned to him by the secretary, and during the illness, absence or disability of the secretary he may execute all the duties of that office. He shall be paid the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, from the same fund and in the same manner as deputies in the different State departments are now paid. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amount to be raised. Appropriation, how paid. [No. 319.] AN ACT to provide a tax to meet the several appropriations for which a tax is not otherwise provided for the general expenses of the State government, salaries of the State officers judicial and other expenses of the State departments and expenses of the legislature for the years nine. teen hundred five and nineteen hundred six. The People of the State of Michigan cnact: SECTION 1. There shall be levied upon the aggregate of taxable real and personal property of the State in the year nineteen hundred five the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars; and for the year nineteen hundred six the sum of four hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, to be raised by tax to meet the several appropriations made by law wherein no tax is otherwise provided. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of any act to meet which this act provides a tax shall, so far as moneys are required to be paid to the board or officers of any institution or commission, be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the proper board or officer, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer of such board or commission shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. apportioned. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall apportion each year the Tax, how This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 320.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan State Prison for general repairs and special purposes for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of twenty-eight thousand one hun- Appropriation. dred thirty dollars is hereby appropriated for the Michigan State Prison, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for purposes and amounts as follows: For boil- Purposes. ers, fourteen thousand dollars; for dynamo, two thousand five hundred dollars; for lathe, six hundred fifty dollars; for shaper, four hundred fifty-five dollars; for washing machine, two hundred hundred fifty dollars; for knitting machine, fifty dollars; for button-hole machine, one hundred twenty-five dollars; for hospital building repairs, five hundred dollars; for general repairs, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That if the amount designated in this section for Proviso as to any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the transfer of funds. work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchase specified in this section may, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing, before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire twenty-eight thousand one hundred thirty dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made: Provided further, That the Proviso as to board of control may obtain money under this section before obtain. July one, nineteen hundred five, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General as necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be de when may How paid. To be incorpo ducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the warden of the Michigan State Prison 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. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State rated in state tax. tax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of twentyeight thousand one hundred thirty dollars, which amount 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. Approved June 17, 1905. Appropriation for fire protection. Further appropriation for cottage. Transfer of funds. [No. 321.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Eastern Michigan Asylum at Pontiac for the biennial period ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, for building and special purposes, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for furnishing additional fire protection. SEC. 2. The further sum of forty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, for the purpose of creating additional room to accommodate not less than one hundred patients, either by changing and remodeling the present buildings or by erecting one new detached cottage as in the judgment of the board of trustees of said asylum shall appear more feasible or more desirable. SEC. 3. It is hereby provided that if the amount designated in sections one and two of this act for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchases, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchases, may by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing, before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire fifty thousand dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State |