Section amended. Penalty for carnally knowing any female under sixteen years of age. 105 114 119 [ No. 70. ] AN ACT to amend section nine thousand ninety-four of SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, § 9094. SEC. 20. If any person shall ravish and carnally Appropriation commissioners. [ No. 71. ] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Board of SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, for board of fish That the sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the year commencing July first, eighteen hundred ninety-five, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; and the sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the year commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the necessary current expenses of the State Board of Fish Commissioners during those years; all of which the State Treasurer State Treasurer shall pay to said board, on the warrants of the Auditor General, from time to time, as their vouchers. for the same shall be exhibited and approved. to pay on warrant of Auditor General. Further SEC. 2. The further sum of five thousand dollars be appropriation, and the same is hereby appropriated for use by said board for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for the construction of ponds and erection and repair of buildings and purchase of lands for the several stations, for the propagation of fish and for the prosecution of the work entrusted by law to said board. to incorporate in SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorpo- Auditor General rate with the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and state tax amount ninety-five, the sum of thirty-two thousand five hundred appropriated. dollars. He shall also add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six the further sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; all of which shall be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sums, when collected, shall be paid into the State treasury to reimburse the same for the amounts to be drawn as provided in sections one and two of this act: Provided, That Money not to be no moneys appropriated by this act shall be used for the pald to other payment of any labor other than that performed by citi-States citizens. zens of the United States. · This act is ordered to take immediate effect. than United [ No. 72. ] AN ACT to repeal act one hundred and eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the collection and compilation of statistics of municipal indebtedness and taxation." SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Act repealed. That act one hundred and eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the collection and compilation of statistics of municipal indebtedness and taxation," approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved April 15, 1895. [ No. 73. ] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of act number one hundred and ninety-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Board of Education," approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred eighty-nine. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Section That section fifteen of act number one hundred and ninetyfour of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty Meetings of education to ex and grant certificates, nine, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Board of Education," be amended to read as follows: a SEC. 15. Said board shall hold at least two meetings each year, at which they shall examine teachers, and shall amine teachers grant certificates to such as have taught in the schools of the State at least two years, and who shall, upon thorough and critical examination in every study required for such certificate, be found to possess eminent scholarship, ability and good moral character. Such certificate shall be signed by the members of said board, and be impressed with its seal, and shall entitle the holder to teach in any of the public schools of this State without further examination, and shall be valid for life, unless revoked by said board. No certificate shall be granted except upon the examination herein prescribed: Provided, That the said State Board of Education may, in its discretion, endorse State teachers' certificates or normal school diplomas granted in other states, if it be shown to the satisfaction of such board that the examinations required or courses of study pursued are fully equal to the requirements of this State. Proviso as to normal school diplomas. Approved April 16, 1895. Number required to incorporate. Contents of articles of association. Names. Corporation name. Objects of organization, Terms and conditions of membership. AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of the State Association of Young Men's Christian Associations of the State of Michigan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any ten or more persons, representing five or more local associations who desire to become incorporated as "The State Association of Young Men's Christian Associations of the State of Michigan," may execute under their hands and acknowledge before some person in this State, duly authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, one or more duplicate articles of association for that purpose, one copy of which shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 2. The articles of association shall contain: First, The names of the persons associated in the first instance and their places of residence; Second, The name of such corporation and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years; Third, The objects for which it is organized expressly stated; Fourth, The terms and conditions of membership, provided that all regularly chosen delegates from local Young Men's Christian Associations in this State, incorporated or unincorporated, shall be eligible to membership under such regulations as said articles shall prescribe. board of classified and SEC. 3. The affairs of such corporation shall be man- Corporation to aged by a board of directors, composed of not less than be managed by nine nor more than twenty-five members, who shall be directors, chosen by the members of said corporation in convention assembled, and whose terms of office shall not exceed three years. They shall be elected by classes so that the terms Directors, how of one-third of such directors shall expire each year. elected. Vacancies occurring in such board by death, resignation vacancy, how or otherwise, may be filled by said board of directors, and persons so appointed shall hold their office until the next annual meeting or convention of said corporation, at which time said vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the usual manner. filled. and place for SEC. 4. Said board of directors shall, in each year, fix Board of directthe time and place for holding the annual meeting of one to fix time such corporation, of which meeting notice of at least thirty holding annual days shall be given to each body represented in such corporation. meetings, as State execu SEC. 5. Said board of directors shall be known as the Board of directState executive committee of the Young Men's Christian ors to be known Association, and shall have power to elect from their num- tive committee ber the officers of said corporation, and to enact, alter and repeal all necessary by-laws for the management of the affairs of said corporation and the conduct of its officers. of. SEC. 6. Said corporation may own and hold such real May hold and personal estate, not to exceed one hundred thousand property. dollars, as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of this corporation, and which shall be used exclusively for such purposes. SEC. 7. A full statement of all the affairs of said cor- Statement to poration shall be made by its officers whenever required be made. by the Attorney General, Secretary of State, or either house of the State Legislature. Approved April 16, 1895. AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hun- Section SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section one of act number one hundred sixty-five of amended, the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-one, entitled 'An act 66 Judge of probate may order executor to for certain purposes. to authorize and empower judges of probate to license as to [§ 6105.] SECTION 1. The several judges of probate may, by order, license and empower any executor, administrator mortgage estate or guardian, for the purpose of paying the debts against the estate of any deceased person or supporting or paying the debts of any ward, or making necessary repairs to buildings belonging to such estate or ward (or in case of an incompetent ward, for the purpose of completing the erection of buildings begun by the ward prior to his having been adjudged incompetent), to borrow money by way of mortgage on the estate of such deceased person or ward, or any part thereof, or otherwise pledge the same. Approved April 16, 1895. Township, vil use Abbott voting machine. [ No. 76. ] AN ACT to permit and authorize the use of the Abbott voting machine or any other voting machine which complies with the requirements of this act, at all elections held in this State. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, lage or city may That hereafter any township, village or city within this State may, by a unanimous vote of the township board of any township, or by a majority vote of the council or common council of any village or city, authorize, purchase and order the use of the Abbott or other voting machine in any one or more voting precincts at any election held within such township, village or city, and thereafter at all elections in such township, village or city, unless otherwise ordered by said board or council, or common council, the Abbott or other voting machine shall be used as hereinafter provided: Provided, That the township board ordering voting of any township may, in their discretion, submit, at any regular township meeting, to a vote of the electors, the question of providing and ordering such voting machine. Proviso as to machine. Voting machine to be tested before purchase. Who to be inspectors. SEC. 2. Before such township board, council or common council shall order, contract for, purchase, agree to purchase or order the use of any voting machine, they shall first test such machine by using the same under conditions, similar, as near as may be, to those of an actual election. Said township board, village or city council shall select three or more electors of said township, |