Testimony. Supplemental inquiry. Unlawful soliciting, etc. Power of court. Rules. nish and file in said court a bond to the people of the State of Michigan in the penal sum of not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be approved by said court, or in lieu thereof, to deposit in said court a sum of money not exceeding one hundred dollars as security for the payment of such costs as may be assessed by said court against said obligee under the provisions of this section. SEC. 6. The testimony taken at said hearing shall be taken and reported in the same manner as the testimony in other proceedings before said court. When said testimony is taken stenographically the said court may, in its discretion, order a transcript thereof to be made and filed in said court by the party on whose behalf said solicitations are made, or are to be made. All information obtained and all records relating thereto shall be open to the public, and the court may from time to time issue in pamphlet form or by means of newspaper advertisement or otherwise, any and all information regarding any or all of said matters which it shall deem to be of public interest and advantage. SEC. 7. In event that any petition or petitions shall be filed in said court praying inquiry in relation to any matter whereupon a previous inquiry has been had within the preceding two years, the same shall be treated as a supplemental inquiry, and said court shall limit the inquiry to facts not adduced at said former hearing or hearings, as shown by the records thereof on file. All pending petitions and hearings thereon in relation to the same matters shall be consolidated by said court. SEC. 8. If it shall appear to said court that there is probable cause to believe that any person has been guilty of any crime or misdemeanor in relation to the soliciting, selling of memberships, procuring, using, handling, managing or disbursing of any gifts, contributions or donations, or the proceeds thereof, obtained from the public for charitable, educational, philanthropic, beneficial or benevolent purposes or uses, the court shall cause the same to be reported to the prosecuting attorney of said county for such action thereon as the facts and law in such case made and provided shall warrant. SEC. 9. Said court shall have the same power to punish for contempt as is applicable to other proceedings before said court, and may exercise all incidental powers whatever that are necessary to enable it to perform its duties hereby imposed and conferred, and to discharge the functions therein vested. SEC. 10. Subject to paramount authority, said court is empowered to adopt, publish and revise rules relating to practice and procedure in relation to said proceedings not inconsistent herewith. Approved May 10, 1917. [No. 195.] AN ACT to amend section three of act number one hundred twenty-eight of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eightyseven, entitled "An act for the requiring of a civil license in order to marry, and the due registration of the same, and to provide a penalty for the violation of the provisions of the same," being section one thousand one hundred thirty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section three of act number one hundred twen- Section ty-eight of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act for the requiring of a civil license in order to marry, and the due registration of the same, and to provide a penalty for the violation of the provisions of the same," being section one thousand one hundred thirty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: County clerk not of age. consent of SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the county clerk on ap- License, plication being made to him to fill out the blank spaces to fill out. of the license according to the sworn answers of the applicant, taken before him or some person duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Whenever it shall appear from When female said affidavit that the said applicant applies for a license for the marriage of a female who has not attained the age of eighteen years, then it shall be the duty of said county clerk to require that there shall first be produced the writ- Written ten consent of one of the parents of said female or of her parents or legal guardian to the marriage of said female, and to the guardians. issuing of the license for which application is made, and such consent shall be given personally in the presence of the county clerk or be acknowledged before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths unless such female have no parent or guardian living. No license shall be issued by said county clerk in such cases until the said requirement is complied with. Such written consent shall Filing of. be preserved on file in the office of said county clerk. If it shall appear that the parties are legally entitled to be married, the county clerk shall sign the license in certifi cation of the fact that it is properly issued, and he shall make a correct copy thereof in the books of registration. For his services connected therewith he shall be entitled to Clerk's fee. a fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the party applying, and at the time of the issuing of the license. He shall give the license thus filled out and signed by him, together with the blank form of certificate, to the party applying for delivery Return of license. Filing of. to the clergyman or magistrate who is to officiate at the Complaint, filing of. Witness, attendance of. Compensation. Apprehension of persons [No. 196.] AN ACT to authorize proceedings for the discovery of crime, and to provide penalties for a violation of such procedure. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whenever by reason of the filing of any complaint, which may be upon information and belief, any justice of the peace, police justice or judge of a court of record shall have probable cause to suspect that any crime, offense, misdemeanor or violation of any city ordinance, shall have been committed within his jurisdiction, and that any person may be able to give any material evidence respecting such offense, such justice or judge in his discretion may, and upon the application of the prosecuting attorney, or city attorney in the case of suspected violation of ordinances, shall require such person to attend before him as a witness and answer such questions as such justice or judge may require concerning any violation of law about which he may be questioned; and the proceedings to summon such witness and to compel him to testify shall, as far as possible, be the same as proceedings to summon witnesses and compel their attendance and testimony, and such witnesses shall be entitled to the same compensation as in other criminal proceedings. SEC. 2. If upon such inquiry the justice or judge shall suspected. be satisfied that any offense has been committed and that there is probable cause to suspect any person or persons to be guilty thereof, he may cause the apprehension of such person or persons by proper process, and, upon the return of such process served or executed, the justice or judge shall proceed with the case, matter or proceeding in like manuer as upon formal complaint, and in respect of communicating or divulging any statement made by such witnesses during the course of such inquiry, the justice, judge, prosecuting attorney and other person or persons who may, at the discretion of such justice, be admitted to such inquiry, shall be governed by the provisions of law relative to grand jurors. witness to SEC. 3. Any witness neglecting or refusing to appear in Refusal of response to such summons, or to answer any questions which appear. such justice or judge may require material to such inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a contempt, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days or both at the discretion of the court: Provided, That if such witness, Proviso. after being so sentenced, shall appear and answer such question, the justice or judge may in his discretion commute or suspend the further execution of such sentence. SEC. 4. No person shall upon such inquiry be required to Incriminating answer any questions the answers of which might tend to incriminate him, except upon motion in writing by the prosecuting attorney which shall be granted by such justice or judge, and any such questions and answers shall be reduced to writing and entered upon the docket or journal of such justice or judge, and no person required to answer such questions upon such motion shall thereafter be prosecuted for any offense concerning which such answers may have tended to incriminate him. Approved May 10, 1917. answers. [No. 197.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the erection of a State armory in the city of Flint. The People of the State of Michigan enact: construc SECTION 1. The State Military Board is hereby authorized Authorizin and directed to construct an armory in the city of Flint for tion of. the use of the national guard organizations now or hereafter located within said city, which armory shall be constructed for the accommodation of at least four company units. SEC. 2. In the construction of the said armory the State Provisions Military Board shall be governed by all of the provisions of ex- governing. isting law relative to the construction of armories, except as provided for herein. tion. SEC. 3. There is hereby appropriated out of the general Appropriafund of the State not otherwise appropriated the sum of sixty thousand dollars for the purposes of this act, which sum Deed of lands. shall be immediately available to The State Military Board when the terms of this act have been complied with. No part of the appropriation hereby made shall be available for the erection of the said armory until and unless there shall be deposited with the said State Military Board a deed of suffi cient land upon which to erect said armory, and until there shall have been deposited with the Treasurer of the State, on the part of the said city of Flint or individual citizens, or the county of Genesee, or any combination of the same, the sum of at least fifteen thousand dollars, which sum when so Armory fund. deposited shall constitute a part of the Flint armory fund, and which shall be used in connection with the appropriation herein made for the erection and completion of the said armory: Provided, That the appropriation hereby made shall take the place of all benefits for erection of an armory or armories at the city of Flint, now or hereafter to be paid under any law of this State. Proviso. Tax clause. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seventeen the sum of thirty thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eighteen the sum of thirty thousand dollars, which amounts 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. Sections amended. [No. 198.] AN ACT to amend sections five and six of act number one hundred eighty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the indeterminate sentence as a punishment for crime, upon the conviction thereof, and for the detention and release of persons in prison or detained on such sentence, and for the expense attending the same," being compilers' sections fifteen thousand eight hundred sixty-three and fifteen thousand eight hundred sixty-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections five and six of act number one hundred eighty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the indeterminate sentence as a punishment for crime, upon the conviction thereof, and for the detention and release of persons in prison or detained on such sentence, and for the expense attending the same," being |