Mattress, etc., defined.

Machine carding.

Unlawful

sale, etc.; penalty.

How enforced.

for any purpose whatever, unless the same shall have been so cleaned, sterilized or renovated as to become thoroughly safe and healthful, nor shall any person within this State sell, offer for sale or give away, any such mattresses or comforts.

SEC. 8. A mattress or comfort within the meaning of this act, shall include any quilted bed or pad, tufted or not tufted, stitched or otherwise finished bed or pad, stuffed with excelsior, cotton, jute, hair, husks, sea moss, bamboo, wool, fibre, kapock, felted cotton, felt, shoddy, African fibre, Louisiana tree moss, or other material used for this purpose, sterilized feathers excepted.

SEC. 9. If labeled felt or felted cotton, it is understood that the cotton or material has all been carded in layers or sheets by a Garnett or cotton felting machine.

SEC. 10. A person, corporation or firm, who sells, offers for sale, gives away, manufactures, or causes to be manufactured with intent to sell, any mattresses or comforts which are not branded or labeled, pursuant to the provisions of this act, or who falsely brands or labels any mattresses or comforts, or who knowingly fails or neglects to state the true and actual quantity and quality of the materials used in any mattress or comfort, or otherwise violates any provisions of this act, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both.

SEC. 11. When any peace officer, inspector, health officer or any other person has reason to believe that any of the provisions of this act are being violated, or that used material has been used again without being so cleaned, sterilized or renovated as to become thoroughly safe and healthful, he shall fully advise the prosecuting attorney of the district and said prosecutor shall without delay proceed to enforce this act.

SEC. 12. All acts or parts of acts in any way inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved April 17, 1917.

[No. 55.]

AN ACT to authorize the incorporation of grand and subordinate councils of the Eskimos.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

tion.

SECTION 1. The grand council and subordinate councils Incorporaof the Eskimos may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.

association.

SEC. 2. The five principal officers of the grand council of Articles of the Eskimos of the State of Michigan desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seal, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of the State having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:

First, The names of the persons associated in the first instance, and their place of residence;

Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known;

Third, The place of its principal business office;

Fourth, The period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years;

Fifth, The object and purposes of the association, which shall be to protect and aid its members and their families, to promote the general welfare and the social and moral condition of its members, but neither such purposes nor condition of membership in such association shall include any requirements from the members to discriminate against any person in respect to civil rights because of religious belief or affiliation.

Filing with

state.

SEC. 3. A copy of said articles of association together with a copy of the constitution of said association shall be filed secretary of with the Secretary of State, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, and known in the law and in fact by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be a person in the law, capable of purchasing, taking, receiving, owning and enjoying, through them and their successors, estates real and personal, of suing and being sued, and to have a com mon seal which may be changed or altered at their pleasure, and they and their successors shall have power to give, grant, sell, demise and dispose of such real and personal estate, or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and income shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes of such association, as mentioned and defined by the constitution thereof.

Rules, etc.

Records,

facie evidence.

SEC. 4. Said association shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules and regulations for the governing of all the affairs and business of said association, according to the laws of this State and the United States, and to designate, elect or appoint from its members such officers, under such names and styles as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand council.

SEC. 5. A copy of the records of such articles of associa copy of, prima tion under seal of the State, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this State of the existence and due incorporation of such association; such association, when duly formed, shall have the power to institute and charter subordinate councils, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such constitution, general laws and by-laws as the grand council shall adjudge proper for the organization and government of such subordinate councils not repugnant to the laws of this State.

Subordinate councils, incorporation of.

Proviso, limitations.

Office, where located.

SEC. 6. Any number of persons, not less than ten, residents of this State, being members of a subordinate council of the Eskimos of the State of Michigan, having been duly chartered by the grand council thereof, desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, specifying and providing as in section two of this act, and file a copy of the same with the clerk of the county in which such association shall be formed, which shall be recorded by such clerk in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose; and thereupon, the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate, known by the name expressed in said articles of association, and provided by the grand council chartering such subordinate council, and by such name they and their associates shall have successsion, and shall be persons in the law capable to pur chase, give, lease and demise real and personal estate, of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and a certified copy of such articles of association, under the seal of the county where the records are kept, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this State of the existence and due incorporation of such association: Provided, That said association shall be limited to the powers and provisions of section three of this act, regarding real and personal estate and the proceeds thereof under the rules and regulations of the grand council, and may elect or ap point from among its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of such grand council.

SEC. 7. The business office of the grand council shall be located in the village of L'Anse, county of Baraga, and State of Michigan, and subordinate councils shall have their business office where said subordinate council shall have

been chartered and organized, and the location of the business office of the grand council may be changed at any time by said grand council, upon filing a written notice of such change in the office of the Secretary of State within twenty days from the time of the change from such location.

insurance

funeral

SEC. 8. Corporations in pursuance of this act shall not Not deemed be considered as engaged in the business of life insurance, company. nor shall they be subject to the provisions of the statute relating to life insurance companies or associations: Pro- Proviso, vided, Nothing in this act contained shall permit the making benefits. of any contract of insurance except that associations hereunder may make provisions for the payment of a funeral benefit not to exceed two hundred dollars. Approved April 17, 1917.

[No. 56.]

AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Soldiers' Home for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eighteen, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nineteen, and to provide a tax therefor.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

expenses.

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for current ex- Current penses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eighteen, the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nineteen, the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Soldiers' Home 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.

out.

SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred seventeen the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eighteen the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, which 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 April 17, 1917.

Special purposes.

Idem, 1919.

How paid out.

Tax clause.

[No. 57.]

AN ACT making an appropriation for the Michigan State Prison at Jackson for special purposes for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eighteen, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nineteen, and to provide a tax to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The sum of ninety-one thousand two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the Michigan State Prison at Jackson, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighteen, for purposes and in amounts as follows: For the purchase of land for farming purposes, fifty-nine thousand two hundred dollars; for removing present brick and tile plant to clay pit, and purchase of additional machinery for same, the sum of thirty-two thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated the further sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars for the Michigan State Prison at Jackson, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth. nineteen hundred nineteen, for purposes and in amounts as follows: For the purchase of land for farming purposes, one hundred twenty thousand dollars: Provided, however, That the land purchased shall lie in Jackson county, east of the Grand river and north of the northern boundary line of the city of Jackson.

SEC. 3. The amount appropriated by section one shall be paid out of the general fund in the treasury of the State of Michigan to the warden of the Michigan State Prison, in accordance with the general accounting laws of the State and the disbursing officer of said institution shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereof.

The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seventeen the sum of ninety-one thousand two hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eighteen the sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars, which amounts, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund in the State treasury to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 17, 1917.