manner as is provided in chapter twenty of the revised This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Mexican war soldiers to be diers' Home. [ No. 44. ] AN ACT to amend section eleven of act number one hundred and fifty-two of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," approved June 5, 1885, being compiler's section number one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four k, of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section eleven of act number one hundred and fifty-two of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," approved June fifth, eighteen hundred eighty-five, being compiler's section number one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four k, of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 11. All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and admitted to Sol- marines, who have served in the army or navy of the United States in the late war of the rebellion, or in the Mexican war, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living, and who would be otherwise dependent upon public or private charity, shall be entitled to be admitted to said home, subject, to the rules and regulations that shall be adopted by the board of managers to govern the admission of applicants to said home: Provided, That no applicant shall be admitted to said home who has not been a resident of the State of Michigan for one year next preceding the date of the original passage of this act, unless he served in a Michigan regiment or was accredited to the State of Michigan. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 29, 1891. Proviso. [No. 45. ] AN ACT to prohibit the use of oleomargarine, butterine, or any other substitute for butter in any of the public institutions of this State, and to provide the punishment therefor. garine, etc., pro SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Use of olecmarThat the use of oleomargarine, butterine, or any other sub- hibited. stitute for butter, in any of the public institutions of this State, be and the same is hereby prohibited. SEC. 2. Any warden, superintendent or other officer of Misdemeanor. any such institution, who shall knowingly violate the provisions of section one of this act, or shall knowingly permit the same to be violated shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and every violation shall constitute a separate offense and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a Penalty. fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars, together with costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county in which said institution is situated, not exceeding ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Approved April 29, 1891. [ No. 46. ] AN ACT to amend sections twenty-six and twenty-nine of an Sections amended. Stenographer five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twentynine, approved May twenty-third one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections twenty-six and twenty-nine of act number one hundred and forty-seven of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to revise and amend sections six, eleven, thirteen, nineteen and twentyone of the act entitled 'An act to provide for a municipal court in the city of Grand Rapids to be called the superior court of Grand Rapids,"" being act number forty-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred. and seventyfive, as amended by act number one hundred of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to amend sections twenty-six, twenty-eight and twenty-nine of act number one hundred and forty-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven entitled 'An act to revise and amend sections six, eleven, thirteen, nineteen and twenty-one of an act entitled 'An act to provide for a municipal court in the city of Grand Rapids to be called the superior court of Grand Rapids,' being act number forty-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and to add six new sections to the act to stand as sections twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine, approved May twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine,"" be and they are hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 26. It shall be the duty of said stenographer to to attend court. attend upon the court, during the term thereof, and to take full stenographic notes of all testimony given and proceedings had upon the trial of each issue of fact before the court or jury; said stenographer shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, to be paid in monthly installments, from the general fund, in the same manner as other demands against the city. Salary. furnish copies of notes. Stenographer to SEC. 29. It shall be the duty of said stenographer to furnish without delay, copies of the notes taken by him, written out in legible English, to any party who may request the same; and he shall be entitled to demand and receive therefor not to exceed six cents for each folio of one hundred words for the first copy and two cents per folio for each additional copy. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 47. ] AN ACT to provide for the committing of pauper insane persons to the Wayne county insane asylum, and for the transfer of such persons to the State asylum, and from the State asylum to [the] said county asylum, and to provide for the support and maintenance of such insane persons. may be com asylum. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Pauper insane That the judge of probate for the county of Wayne may, mitted to Wayne in his discretion, commit any pauper insane who persons would be a charge against the said county of Wayne, to the Wayne county insane asylum, instead of the State asylum, in the same manner and under the same procedure as provided for the admission of pauper insane into the State asylum, by section twenty-six act one hundred thirtyfive of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five; When to be a and the support and maintenance of such insane persons, State. after two years, shall be a charge against the State and shall be allowed by the Board of State Auditors, on proper accounts, certified by the board of superintendents of the poor for said county and the medical superintendent of said county asylum, upon the certificate of the State Board of Corrections and Charities, that such insane persons have received proper treatment and care. charge agains into treatmen SEC. 2. The State Board of Corrections and Charities who to examin may, from time to time, with the aid of the medical super- etc. intendent of said county asylum and the medical superintendent of one of the State asylums to be selected by said board, examine into the treatment and care of patients in said county asylum, and said board in its discretion, may at any time direct that any of such patients be transferred to a State asylum, and it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the poor of said county to make such transfer, and as to the patients so transferred there shall be deducted from the two years, for which their support and maintenance in the State asylum may be charged against the said county, the time for which they may have been confined in said county asylum. certain insane. SEC. 3. The medical superintendent of either of the State Transfer of asylums may, with the consent of the trustees thereof, transfer to said Wayne county asylum any indigent or pauper insane person whose support and maintenance would be a charge against said county, and after the expiration of two years, including any time for which they may have been supported and maintained at the expense of said county, the support and maintenance of such patients in said county Maintenance of. asylum shall be allowed by the Board of State Auditors, on proper accounts, certified by the said superintendents of the poor and the medical superintendent of said county asylum. The medical superintendent of the Eastern [Michigan] Med- Idem. ical Asylum may, with the consent of the trustees thereof, transfer to said Wayne county asylum any indigent or pauper insane person or persons under treatment at the expense of the State of Michigan, who have been committed to the Eastern Michigan Asylum from Wayne county, and the account for the maintenance of such patients shall be allowed by the Board of State Auditors, and paid by the State of Michigan, on proper accounts, certified, as provided Proviso as to cost in section one of this act: Provided, That no greater sum of maintenance. than the actual cost per week, which shall at no time exceed three dollars per week, shall be allowed and paid, under the provisions of this act for the support and maintenance of any patient at said county asylum. Books open to inspection, SEC. 4. The books of said superintendents of the poor shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Governor of the State and all persons whom he, or the Board of State Auditors, may appoint to examine the same for the purpose of verification of claims against the State. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Authorized to incorporate. [ No. 48. ] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred and ninety-two, of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of associations, conventions, conferences or religious bodies for literary, religious or other benevolent purposes," approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, being section four thousand seven hundred and twenty-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes, as amended by act number thirteen, public acts of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, approved March sixth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section one of act one hundred and ninety-two of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of associations, conventions, conferences or religious bodies for literary, religious or other benevolent purposes," approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, being section four thousand seven hundred and twenty-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes, as amended by act number thirteen, public acts of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, approved March sixth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SECTION. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful for any number of persons, not less than nine, who may be desirous of forming themselves into |