149. An act to provide for the adoption and use of a standard form of fire insurance policy, approved May 12.. PAGE. 141 150. An act to provide for the enrollment of contributing members in each company and battery of state troops, approved May 12............... 144 151. An act for the protection and preservation of deer, ruffed grouse, colin or quail, pinnated grouse, wild turkey, speckled trout, and grayling, approved May 13... 144 152. An act to authorize the board of control of State swamp lands to make an appropriation of State swamp lands to drain and reclaim certain swamp and overflowed lands in the township of Pavilion, in Kalamazoo county, approved May 13.... 153. An act to provide for the appointment of a commission to prepare and report a bill for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes, and to prescribe their duties and provide for their compensation, approved May 13................. 145 146 148 154. An act to amend section seventeen of an act entitled "An act in relation to life insurance companies transacting business within this State," approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, being section two thousand nine hundred and fifty-two of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved May 17.. 146 155. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of companies for the detention and apprehension of horse thieves and other felons, and defining their powers," the same being act number fifty-five of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved May 19... 147 156. An act to amend sections one, four, six, and eight, of act number two hundred and sixty-eight, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of the business of manufacturing and selling spirituous and intoxicating, malt, brewed or fermented liquors," approved May thirtyone, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine," approved May 19.... 157. An act to authorize the incorporation of a Michigan Millers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, approved May 19...158. An act to amend sections eight and fourteen and to restore and amend section thirteen of chapter twelve of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended and repealed by act numbered forty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and to amend section one hundred and three of chapter twelve of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventyone, as amended by act number [numbered] one hundred and ninety-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventynine, relative to township officers, approved May 19... 159. An act to amend sections three, six, seven, and ten of chapter fiftythree, being compiler's sections nineteen hundred and sixty-two, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and nineteen hundred and sixty-nine of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to disorderly persons, approved May 20..... 160. An act relative to jurors of courts of record in the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne, approved May 20. 150 154 156 157 161. An act to amend section twenty-two of chapter two hundred and thirteen, being compiler's section six thousand seven hundred and forty-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventyone, and to repeal section twenty-three of said chapter, being compiler's section six thousand seven hundred and forty-eight of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the action of replevin, approved May 20..... PAGE. 159 162. An act to amend section thirty-three of act two hundred and thirteen of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, as amended by act fourteen of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, relative to the compensation of inspectors and salaries of officers and keepers of the State prison, approved May 20 159 163. An act to detach the unorganized county of Montmorency from the county of Alpena, and to organize the same into a separate county by name of Montmorency, and to create therein the townships of Montmorency, Rust, and Briley, approved May 21... 164. An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act, approved May 21..... 165. An act to re-organize the fourteenth judicial circuit and to create the twenty-seventh judicial circuit, approved May 24... 166. An act to amend section eighty of chapter twelve of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section seven hundred and twenty-three, relative to constable's security, approved May 26....... 167. An act to provide for the republication and disposition of thirty thousand copies of Robertson's "Michigan in the War," and such additional copies as may be required to supply the demand therefor, approved May 26. 168. An act to provide for the assessment and taxation of telegraph and telephone lines within the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number seventy-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, approved May 26..... 169. An act to revise and consolidate the several acts relating to the care and management of the State library, approved May 31.. 170. An act to provide for the participation by the State of Michigan in the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Yorktown, approved May 31.... 171. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to re-enact and amend chapter eighty-four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the formation of corporations to construct canals or harbors and improve the same, by adding two new sections thereto, and by restricting its operation to the upper peninsula," as amended by act number thirty-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, by adding one new section thereto, approved May 31.. 172. An act to amend section seven of an act, entitled "An act relative to the service of process upon insurance companies not incorpo 160 163 200 202 202 204 205 207 208 rated under the laws of this State," approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved May 31.. 173. An act to repeal the several acts relative to the payment of bounties to volunteers included in and constituting chapter nineteen of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved May 31.... 174. An act to prevent the spread of the yellows, a contagious disease among peach, almond, apricot and nectarine trees, and to provide measures for the eradication of the same, and to repeal act thirtytwo of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, approved May 31.... PAGE. 175. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a commissioner of railroads, and to define his powers, duties, and to fix his compensation," approved April ten, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, as amended by acts amendatory thereof, by adding five new sections thereto to stand as sections twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, and thirty, approved May 31. 176. An act to empower overseers of highways to construct sidewalks and 179. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to appoint a crier of the 209 210 210 212 213 213 213 214 180. An act to amend section twenty-one of an act, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of companies for mining, smelting, and manufacturing iron, copper, silver, mineral coal, and other ores or other minerals, and to fix the duties and liabilities of such corporations," approved May eleven, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, approved May 31..... 181. An act to provide for the payment of interest on the educational funds, and to repeal section ten of chapter one hundred and thirtyone of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section three thousand four hundred and seventyseven, approved May 31.. 214 215 182. An act to provide for the incorporation of pipe line companies, and to define their powers and duties, approved May 31... 215 No. LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS, 1881. TITLE. xxi PAGE. 183. An act to compel steam vessels navigating the waters of the State, 184. An act to amend section three of an act entitled "An act to revise 186. An act to amend sections sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen of chapter 187. An act in relation to the form of deeds and mortgages of real estate, and to the form of the acknowledgments of the same, approved June 1..... 188. An act requiring the holders of unrecorded deeds to record such 225 225 226 226 227 228 190. An act to provide for the safety of brakemen and other employés 192. An act to amend section thirty-five of act one hundred and ninetyfour of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the organization, regulation, and management of the asylums for the insane, and effectually to provide for the care, maintenance, and recovery of the insane," approved May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, approved June 1 ... 229 229 230 230 193. An act to amend section six of an act entitled "An act to regulate express companies and their agents and individuals prosecuting the express business, not incorporated by the State of Michigan," being compiler's section sixteen hundred and twenty-four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved March twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved June 1.. 231 194. An act to amend section two thousand eight hundred and nine, being section four of chapter ninety of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relating to "the formation of co-operative associations by mechanics, laboring men, or others," approved June 1.... 232 195. An act to amend section two of "An act to regulate and define the duties of the judges of probate in certain cases," being act number ninety-five of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventythree, approved June 1.... 196. An act to amend act number two hundred and forty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to prevent animals from running at large in certain cities and villages within this State," by adding four sections thereto to stand as sections nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, relating to the impounding and rescuing of animals from officers and other persons in charge of the same, and for the punishment of persons so offending, approved June 1.... 19%. An act to amend act number one hundred and eighty-five of the ses- 198. An act to amend sections twelve, fifteen, sixteen, and twenty-five 200. An act to amend section fourteen, being compiler's section two 201. An act to amend sections two, six, eight, ten, twelve, and fifteen of an act entitled "An act to establish an institution under the name and style of the Michigan reform school for girls," being act number one hundred and thirty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, approved June 1...... 202. An act to amend section two of act number fifty-six, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, approved April twenty, PAGE. 232 233 234 235 237 237 239 |