or Detroit House of Correction for a period of not more than This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Co-ordinate power of each judge. [No. 29.] AN ACT to amend section two of act twenty-five of the pub- The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number twenty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for three additional circuit judges for the third judicial circuit," approved March ninth, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, said section being compiler's section number two hundred seventy-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as last amended by act number one hundred nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, approved June ninth, eighteen hundred ninetynine, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. Whenever any cause, matter or proceeding, or any motion, application or other business shall be assigned to one of said judges, a journal entry thereof shall be made by the clerk of the court and the said judge shall proceed to hear, try and dispose of the business so assigned to him with the same force and effect as if he were the only judge of said circuit and subject to and with the power and authority conferred by all the rules of practice and of the law applicable to circuit courts having only one judge, and thereupon said judge may proceed with the trial or hearing or other business, so assigned to him, in the principal court room or in a separate room attended by the clerk, or one of his deputies, by a stenographer and by jurymen not engaged in the trial of other causes, if it be a cause to be tried by a jury, and such judge while so sitting for the transaction of business shall have all the powers of any circuit judge sitting in any circuit court in this State, and the proceedings shall how regarded. be regarded as proceedings of the circuit court had in open court and at a session of said circuit court. If a sufficient Proceedings, Jurors. number of jurors shall not be in attendance upon the court and not engaged in the trial of other causes, said judge may direct talesmen to be summoned as required by law. The said judges may make rules from time to time in relation to the making up of the trial docket and as to the disposition of the business of the court, not inconsistent with any general laws of this State. The Governor of the State may upon Clerk, apthe recommendation of said judges appoint a clerk who may pointment of. *be removed in like manner and his successor appointed. The business of said clerk shall be to render such assistance as said judges may require in arranging the business of said courts. He shall receive a salary of two thousand five hun- Salary. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 30.] AN ACT to amend section twenty of chapter two hundred ninety-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "Proceedings against debtors by attachment," being compiler's section ten thousand five hundred seventy-four. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section twenty of chapter two hundred nine- Section ty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, entitled "Proceedings against debtors by attachment," being compiler's section ten thousand five hundred seventyfour of the Compiled Laws, is hereby amended to read as follows: ing declara SEC. 20. The plaintiff shall file his declaration in said Manner of filattachment in the same manner and within the same time tion. and serve the same as is provided by the rules and practice governing proceedings in circuit court in other cases in assumpsit. If a copy of the attachment shall not have been Right of plaintiff upon served upon any of the defendants and none of them shall åling affidavit appear in the suit, the plaintiff, on filing an affidavit of pub. of publication. lication of the notice herein before required for six successive weeks, or on filing due proof of personal service of such notice on any defendant not less than fifteen days prior to the filing of such proof, may proceed in such suit as if a copy of such attachment had been personally served upon the defendants. Approved March 27, 1907. Sections amended. Secretary to be custodian of documents. Minor associa associations. [No. 31.] AN ACT to amend sections six and seven of act number one hundred fifty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of State, county or municipal historical, biographical and geographical societies," approved April twenty-five, eighteen hundred seventy-three, being sections eight. thousand one hundred ninety-five and eight thousand one hundred ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections six and seven of act number one hundred fifty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventythree, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of State, county or municipal historical, biographical and geographical societies," approved April twenty-five, eighteen hundred seventy-three, being sections eight thousand one hundred ninety-five and eight thousand one hundred ninetysix of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 6. The secretary of any State association organized under this act shall be the custodian of all collections of documents, publications, periodicals, newspapers, books, maps, pictures, specimens and curiosities which may be made by such association, and shall prepare and have custody of and distribute the printed reports of the association. SEC. 7. District, county, town, city or village associations to trans- tions shall, within thirty days after their transactions are mit copy of transactions. published, transmit a copy of said published transactions to Dissolution of the secretary of the State association. Whenever such association shall be dissolved, or for any cause cease to exist as a corporation, all collections which may be made by said State society shall be placed in the State Library in charge of the State Librarian and shall be regarded as State property. Approved April 3, 1907. Act repealed. [No. 32.] AN ACT to repeal act number one hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of rabbits in Washtenaw, Oakland, Charlevoix, St. Clair and Lake counties." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number one hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to pro vide for the protection of rabbits in Washtenaw, Oakland, [No. 33.] AN ACT to amend act number one hundred twenty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to authorize the consolidation of street railway, electric light and gas light companies, or any two thereof," as amended by act number fifty of the public acts of nineteen hundred three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section SECTION 1. Section two of act number one hundred amended. twenty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetynine, entitled "An act to authorize the consolidation of street railway, electric light and gas light companies, or any two thereof," as amended by act number fifty of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, is hereby amended to read as follows: formed. transferred. SEC. 2. Upon making the agreement mentioned in the When new preceding section, in the manner required therein, and filing corporation a duplicate thereof in the office of the Secretary of State, the said three corporations or any two thereof, mentioned or referred to in this section, shall be merged into the new corporation provided for in such agreement, to be known by the corporate name therein mentioned, and the details of such agreement shall be carried into effect as provided therein. And all and singular the rights and franchises of each Rights, etc., and all of said three corporations, or any two thereof, so consolidating, parties to such agreement, and all and singular their rights and interest in and to every species of property and things in action, shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in such new corporation, without any other deed or transfer, and such. new corporation shall hold and enjoy the same, together with all other rights of property, in the same manner and to the same intent, as if the said three corporations, or any two thereof so consolidating, parties to such agreement, should have continued to retain the title and transact the business of such corporation; and the titles and the real estate acquired by any of the said three corporations, or any two thereof so consolidating, shall not be deemed to revert or be impaired etc. etc. Proviso, liens, by means of anything in this act contained: Provided, That all rights of creditors and all other liens upon the property of any of said corporation parties to the said agreement shall be and hereby are preserved unimpaired, and the respective corporations shall continue to exist so far as may be necessary to enforce the same: And Provided further, Proviso, debts, That all the debts, liabilities and duties of any or all of said companies shall thenceforth attach to such new corporation, and be enforced against the same, to the same extent and in the same manner as if such debts, liabilities and duties Proviso, where had been originally incurred by it: And Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall apply only to the counties of Marquette, Muskegon, Newaygo, Allegan, Jackson, Kalamazoo and Calhoun; and to street railway, electric light and gas companies in the county of Manistee, whether organized under the acts herein specified or under act number two hundred thirty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred three. to apply. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. [No. 34.] AN ACT to amend sections eighty-one and eighty-two of act two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, being "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," being sections three thousand nine hundred four and three thousand nine hundred five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections eighty-one and eighty-two of act two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, being "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and con |