cer duly authorized to make an arrest, including the State Game and Fish Warden and his deputies, may arrest without warrant any person caught by him in the act of violating any of the provisions of this act, when requested so to do by the owner or lessee of the lands or premises trespassed upon. Such arrest may be made on Sunday, in which case the person Arrest may be made on Sunday. arrested may be taken before a justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and proceeded against as soon as may be on a week day following the arrest. arrests. SEC. 4. The State Game and Fish Warden and his deputies Fees for making shall receive the same fees for making arrests under this act that other officers now do for like services. Nothing herein shall prevent said warden or his deputies from receiving such further compensation as may be made by the board of supervisors of said county. SEC. 5. The word "Sunday" as used in this act shall be con- Sunday, how strued to mean the first day of the week. Approved April 19, 1905. construed. [No. 63.] AN ACT to amend section thirteen of act number one hundred ninety-one of the public. acts of eighteen hundred seventyseven, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of partnership associations, in which the capital subscribed shall alone be responsible for the debts of the association, except under certain circumstances," being chapter one hundred sixty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, as amended by act number two hundred forty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section thirteen of act number one hundred Section amended. ninety-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventyseven, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of partnership associations, in which the capital subscribed shall alone be responsible for the debts of the association, except under certain circumstances," being chapter one hundred sixty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number two hundred forty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, be amended and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: to make. SEC. 13. Every partnership association heretofore or here- Annual report, after organized under this act shall annually, in the month of January or February, make duplicate reports for the fiscal year last ending, of such association, on suitable blanks to be furnished by the Secretary of State, as hereinafter provided. What to state. Secretary of State to mail blanks. Reports by whom signed. Duty of Secretary of State. Duty of county clerk. Penalty for Such report shall state the amount of capital subscribed, and the amount thereof actually paid in, in cash, and the amount thereof paid in property, if any; the amount of capital invested in real and personal estate, and the present actual value of the same as near as may be estimated; the amount of debts of the association, and the amount of credits, and the present estimated value of the credits; the name and postoffice address of each member and the amount of capital held by each at the date of such report; the name and postoffice address of each officer and manager of the association and such other information as the Secretary of State may require. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State in the month of December, in each year, to mail to each such association suitable blanks on which shall be printed a copy of this section. Such reports shall be signed by a majority of the managers and verified by the oath of the secretary of the association, and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State within the said month of January or February. The Secretary of State shall carefully examine such reports, and if upon such examination they shall be found to comply with all the requirements of this section, he shall file one of them in his office and shall forward the other by mail or express to the county clerk of the county in which the principal office, in this State, for the transaction of the business of said association is situated. And it shall be the duty of such county clerk, upon receipt of such report to immediately cause the same to be filed in his office. If any of the managers of any such association shall wilfully neglect or refuse to make and deposit the report required by this section, within the time herein specified, they shall each be liable for all the debts of such association contracted during the period of such neglect or refusal, and subject to a penalty of twentyfive dollars, and in addition thereto the sum of five dollars for each and every secular day after the first of March in each year during the pendency of such neglect or refusal, which penalty shall be for the use and benefit of the general fund of this State. The Secretary of State shall, during the last week Attorney General. Of June of each year, report to the Attorney General in writ ing, the name and postoffice address of each and every association which has failed to comply with the provisions of this Duty of Attorney section. And upon the receipt of such report, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction, to collect said penalties, and all necessary expenses incurred by the Attorney General in such proceedings shall be audited by the Board of State Auditors, and paid from the general fund of the State. And in case notice of dissolu- an association organized or doing business under the provisions of this act shall be dissolved by process of law, or whose term of existence shall terminate by limitation, or whose property and franchises shall be sold at mortgage sale or at private sale, it shall be the duty of the last board of managers of such association, within thirty days thereafter, to neglect or refusal to make report. Associations to be reported to General. Board of Managers to give tion, etc. neglect. deemed wilful. tice of neglect. give written notice of such change to the Secretary of State and the county clerk of the county where the principal office of such association is located, signed by a majority of such By whom signed. last board of managers, which said notice shall be recorded as amendments are required to be recorded. And in case of neg- Penalty for leet to give such notice, they shall be subject to the same penalties provided in case of neglect to make annual reports, which said penalties shall be collected and applied in the same manner as in case of neglect in making annual reports. The neglect or refusal to file the reports, required by this section When neglect to be filed, shall be deemed to be wilful when the report required is not filed within the time herein limited. Whenever Secretary of any association has neglected or refused to make and file its State to give noreport within twenty days after the time limited in this section, the Secretary of State shall cause notice of that fact to be given by mail to such association, and to each last known officer and manager thereof, directed to their respective postoffice addresses. The certificate of the Secretary of State or his Prima facie evideputy, of the mailing of such notices, shall be prima facie notices. evidence in all courts and places of that fact, and that such notices were duly received by said association. All actions and When suits suits based on the neglect or refusal of the officers or managers commenced. of such associations to make and file the reports required by this section, shall be commenced within two years next after such neglect or refusal has occurred, and not afterwards. Approved April 19, 1905. dence of mailing [No. 64.] AN ACT to authorize the formation of women's clubs. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any number of women, not less than five, of Number who full age, who may by articles of association executed under the may incorporate. provisions of this act, associate themselves for educational, literary, aesthetic, social, scientific, philanthropic, and sociological culture and inquiry, or any or all such purposes, shall constitute a body corporate, under the name assumed by them in such articles. ation, to be SEC. 2. The articles of association of every such corporation Articles of associshall be signed by the persons associating and be acknowledged signed and acbefore some person authorized to take the acknowledgment of knowledged. deeds, and shall state: First, The name of such corporation, and the township, vil- What to state. lage, city, county or counties, or territory within this State, where its meetings are to be held. Second, The period for which it is incorporated, not exceed ing thirty years; State corporations, and federations, how formed. Articles of associ- Powers of corporations. laws. Third, The names and places of residence of the persons associating; Fourth, The objects for which the corporation is formed, which shall be limited to the purposes hereinbefore stated. SEC. 3. State corporations, and federations composed of three or more associations of the same county, or two or more adjoining counties, may be organized as representative associations under this act, and may be composed of members of county, city, village or other local associations, under such conditions as to representation of such local associations as may be prescribed by the articles of association of such State or federated association. SEC. 4. Before any corporation formed under this act shall be deemed duly organized, its articles of association, or a duplicate thereof, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of this State, and a copy of such articles, certified by the Secretary of State, or his deputy, shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated, and of the incorporation of such association. SEC. 5. All corporations organized under the provisions of this act shall have all the powers necessary or incidental to the furtherance of the purposes of its organization, and shall be Shall adopt by subject to all the liabilities imposed upon it by law. They shall adopt by-laws prescribing the qualifications and conditions of membership, the time and place of annual or general meetings, the mode of calling special meetings, the mode in which the governing body shall be elected and constituted, titles, duties, and terms of office of all officers and such other matters as may not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State. They shall have power to provide also by by-law what number of members less than a majority shall constitute a quorum and be competent to transact business at any general or special meeting of the members. They may take by gift, purchase, devise, or otherwise, and may hold property, real and personal, to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. They shall file with the Secretary of State in the month of January in each year, a report giving the names and postoffice addresses of their executive officers, and shall report such other facts as may be required by law. May prescribe number to transact business. May purchase and hold property. Annual report, where filed, etc. Articles may be amended. Where filed. SEC. 6. The articles of association of said corporation may be amended in any manner not inconsistent with this act, at any general or special meeting of the members called for the purpose; and, thereupon, said corporation may file amended articles of association in the office of the Secretary of State, duly executed, certified and acknowledged by the executive of ficers of said association. [No. 65.] AN ACT to repeal act number one hundred thirty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to provide for the lawful taking of suckers from the waters in Wall lake, township of Hope, Barry county, Michigan." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number one hundred thirty-five of the Act repealed. public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to provide for the lawful taking of suckers from the waters of Wall lake, township of Hope, Barry county, Michigan,” is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 66.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the lakes and streams of the county of Montcalm, State of Michigan, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: except with hook SECTION 1. No person shall fish or catch fish or attempt Unlawful to take to catch fish in any of the lakes or streams, except Flat river, and line. of the county of Montcalm, Michigan, except with hook and line, held in the hand or in immediate reach. spears, etc. now seines. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to fish or catch fish, or to at- Unlawful to take tempt to catch fish in any of the lakes or streams, except Flat with set lines, river, of the county of Montcalm, Michigan, with set lines, spears, nets of any kind, explosives, or in any manner whatsoever, except as provided in section one of this act: Pro- Proviso as to vided, That it shall be lawful to use a landing net to save landing net, minfish lawfully caught with hook and line, and to use minnow seines for the purpose of taking minnows for bait, except as the catching or sale of minnows is now prohibited or regu lated by local or general acts: And further provided, That Further proviso it shall be lawful for the State Board of Fish Commissioners Fish Commissionto take fish in any manner and for the purpose stated, as provided in section four of act sixty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five: Provided further, That it Further proviso shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, company or corporation, to purchase, buy or sell, or attempt to purchase, buy or sell, any fish of any kind taken in any manner or by any means or at any season of the year, from the lakes and streams of the county of Montcalm. as to board of ers. as to purchase and sale. |