PUBLIC ACTS, 1877. [No. 1.] AN ACT making a special appropriation for the "State House of Correction" at Ionia. for steam heat SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Appropriation Auditor General is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the ing and incidenState Treasurer, to be paid out of the general fund, for such sums tal expenses. of money as may be necessary to enable the commissioners of the "State House of Correction" at Ionia, to proceed with the work of steam heating, and to provide for necessary incidental expenditures; such sums not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. No warrant under this appropriation shall be drawn by Warrant, how the Auditor General, except as provided for by act number ninety-six drawn. of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An act providing for the location, establishment, and organization of a State House of Correction' and making provisions therefor," approved April twenty-two, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. SEC. 3. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 2.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section four thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, relative to guardians and wards. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section twenty-eight, of chapter one hundred and seventy-two, of amended. the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being compiler's section four thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, relative to guardians and wards, be so amended as to read as follows: (4837). SEC. 28. The marriage of any female who is under Marriage of guardianship, as a minor, shall terminate such guardianship as to terminates guarthe guardian's care and custody of the person of his ward; but dianship of persuch guardian shall continue the management of all the estate of estate. female ward son, but not of his ward until she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, unless he shall be sooner discharged by the judge of probate; and the guardian of any minor, spendthrift, insane, or other person, may be discharged by the judge of probate, when it shall appear to him, on application of the ward, or otherwise, that such guardianship is no longer necessary. And the probate court shall have power ment of guardi. to appoint guardians of infant married women on proper application therefor. Infant married women, appoint ans of Approved January 24, 1877. Laws relative to [ No. 3.] AN ACT to provide for the compilation, printing and distribution of the laws relative to the support of poor persons. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Publication of Secretary of State is hereby required and directed, as soon as practicable after the adjournment of this Legislature, to compile and publish in pamphlet form all [of] the laws of this State now in force relating to the support of poor persons, and forward to each county a sufficient number of copies to furnish one copy to each of the Distribution of. following named officers: Judge of probate, superintendents of the poor, supervisors, director or overseer of the poor, and prosecuting attorney. Approved January 24, 1877. Section amended. Auditor General to advance from general fund. [No. 4.] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the heating and ventilating apparatus for the new capitol, and for improvements in said building," approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section four of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the heating and ventilating apparatus for the new capitol, and for improvements in said building," approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 4. Should any portion of the amounts appropriated by sections one and two of this act be required by the board of State Building Commissioners before the same shall be collected and placed to the credit of the State building fund, the Auditor General is hereby authorized to advance the amount so required from the general fund, the amount so advanced to be returned to the general fund when the same shall have been collected. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 5.] AN ACT to amend section six thousand four hundred and four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section eight, of chapter two hundred and one, relative to proceedings against debtors by attachment. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section six thousand four hundred and four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section eight of chapter two hundred and one, relative to proceedings against debtors by attachment, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: enter on land. stockholders in (6404.) SEC. 8. In attaching real estate, or any right or interest Not necessary to in land, it shall not be necessary that the officer should enter upon the land or be within view of it; and in attaching shares of stock, How interest of or the interest of a stockholder in any corporation organized under corporation atthe laws of this State, the levy shall be made in the manner provided by law for the seizure of such property on execution. Approved February 7, 1877. tached. [No. 6.] AN ACT to define the powers of notaries in certain cases. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall not be lawful for notaries public who are attorneys and counselors at law, or solicitors in chancery, to administer oaths in causes in which they may be professionally engaged. Approved February 7, 1877. [No. 7. ] AN ACT to amend section four thousand eight hundred and nineteen of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section ten of chapter one hundred and seventy-two relative to testamentary guardians. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section four thousand eight hundred and nineteen of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section ten of chapter one hundred and seventy-two, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: by will. (4819.) SEC. 10. Every father may, by his last will in writing, Guardian, ap. appoint a guardian or guardians for any of his children, whether pointment of born at the time of making the will or afterwards, to continue during the minority of the child, or for any less time, and every such testamentary guardian shall have the same powers, and shall perform the same duties with regard to the person and estate of the ward, as a guardian appointed by the judge of probate: Provided, To be approved That when the mother of such children shall survive the father, by judge of probate. the appointment of guardian by such will shall not be operative until approved by the judge of probate, and after opportunity afforded to the mother to show cause in opposition thereto. An appeal shall lie from the order of approval of the judge of probate, as in the case of other orders and decrees of the probate court. Approved February 7, 1877. Appeal. Section amended. When supervisor to deliver up roll and warrant to sheriff. [No. 8.] AN ACT to amend section sixty-one of chapter twenty-one, being section one thousand and twenty-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the assessment and collection of taxes. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section sixty-one of chapter twenty-one, being section one thousand and twenty-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the assessment and collection of taxes, be amended so as to read as follows: (1027.) SEC. 61. In case the township treasurer shall neglect or refuse to file his bond with the county treasurer, in the manner and within the time prescribed by law, and the township board shall fail to appoint a treasurer who shall give such bond and deliver a receipt for the same to the supervisor by the tenth day of December, the supervisor shall deliver the tax roll and warrant to the sheriff of Powers and du. the county, who shall by himself or his deputy, before he receives said tax roll, execute and deliver the bonds required of the township treasurer, and make like collections and returns, and shall be entitled to the same compensation allowed to the township treasurers on all taxes so handed over to him for collection, and, for the purpose of collecting the same, shall be vested with all the powers conferred upon the township treasurer. Approved February 7, 1877. ties of sheriff Commissioner, appointment of To make annual report to Gov. ernor. [No. 9.] AN ACT to authorize the appointment of a Commissioner of Mineral Statistics, and defining the duties and compensation of the same. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State of Michigan to appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, a Commissioner of Mineral Statistics for the State; whose duty it shall be to make an annual report to the Governor, setting forth in detail the mineral statistics for the year; with the progress and development of its mining and smelting industries. SEC. 2. It shall further be the duty of such Commissioner to veys, to record make such geological and other surveys as are needed for fully car- To make surrying out the purposes of this act; to observe, and to record by maps, etc. maps and plans, when necessary, especial facts which may be developed in the progress of mining and exploration. mens of ores, SEC. 3. And it shall also be his duty to collect each year, typical To collect specisuites of specimens of the copper, iron, and other ores, and rocks rocks, etc. from the Archæn formations, not less than ten in number, of the State; and examine them microscopically; to name and classify them; showing by geological sections their stratigraphical positions. Such collections to be at the disposal of the State Board of Educa- Collection, how tion, to be distributed among the educational institutions of the State. distributed. priation. SEC. 4. That an annual appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars Annual approbe made, which sum shall cover the compensation and expenses of said Commissioner, and for all surveys and explorations made by him or under his directions; and also include the cost of publication, under his direction and control, of one thousand copies of his report. SEC. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. [No. 10.] AN ACT to provide for the purchase of books for the State Library. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Appropriation. sum of one thousand five hundred dollars for each of the years one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of books for the State Library. SEC. 2. The money so appropriated shall be drawn from the State How drawn. Treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor General, and shall be expended by the State Librarian with the advice and consent of the Governor, for the purpose aforesaid. Approved February 10, 1877. NOTE.-This act given immediate effect by Joint Resolution approved March 10th, 1877. [No. 11.] AN ACT to prohibit any person from obstructing the regular operation and conduct of the business of railroad companies or other corporations, firms or individuals. ness of railroad SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, If any Obstructing busi person or persons shall willfully and maliciously by any act, or by companies, etc., means of intimidation, impede or obstruct, except by due process of penalty for. law, the regular operation and conduct of the business of any rail |