Amount of assessment. [ No. 32. ] AN ACT to extend aid to the University of Michigan, and to repeal an act entitled "An act to extend aid to the University of Michigan," approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, being sections three thousand five hundred and six and three thousand five hundred and seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That that there shall be assessed upon the taxable property of this State, as fixed by the State Board of Equalization in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and in each year thereafter, for the use and maintenance of the University of Michigan, the sum of one-twentieth of a mill on each dollar of said taxable property, to be assessed and paid into the treasury of the State in like manner as other State taxes are How paid. by law levied, assessed, and paid; which tax, when collected, shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the Board of Regents of the University, in like manner as the interest on the University Fund is paid to the treasurer of said board: Provided, That if at any time prior to the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one the said one-twentieth of a mill upon such valuation shall exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars, then only fifty thousand dollars shall be so assessed. And the Regents of the University shall make an annual report, to the Governor of the State, of all the receipts and expenditures of the University. Proviso. Section repealed. SEC. 2. Sections one and two of an act entitled "An act to extend aid to the University of Michigan," being sections three thousand five hundred and six, and three thousand five hundred and seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred Taxes levied and seventy-one are hereby repealed; but the taxes levied and assessed under the sections hereby repealed shall be collected tions, to be and paid to the treasurer of the Board of Regents, as though and assessed under re pealed sec collected. said sections had not been repealed. * Received at the Executive Office, March 4th, 1873. *Becomes a law under section 14 of Article IV. of the Constitution, without the approval of the Governor. [ No. 33. ] AN ACT making an appropriation for the support of the State Agricultural College, to pay the arrearages of the same, to pay the expenses of the State Board of Agriculture, and for buildings and other improvements at the Agricultural College. ations for That Appropri SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, there shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the treasury the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and the sum of thirteen thousand dollars for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, for the use and support of the State Agricultural College, and to pay the expenses of the State Expenses of Board of Agriculture; also the sum of six thousand seven arrearages. hundred and ninety-six dollars, to pay the arrearages of the State Agricultural College, which said arrearages shall be paid in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. Board and ations for provements, SEC. 2. There shall be and is hereby appropriated out of Approprithe State treasury the sum of eighteen thousand dollars to houses, imerect and finish a president's house and two professors' houses; library, etc. also eight thousand dollars to erect a greenhouse; also three thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars for the improvment of buildings and grounds at said college; also the sum of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars for the library and chemical laboratory of said college, said amounts embraced in this section, aggregating thirty-one thousand two hundred and four dollars, to be paid, one-half of the same in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and one-half of the same in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four; which said moneys provided for in this act, or so How drawn much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended under ded. the direction and control of the State Board of Agriculture for the purposes aforesaid, and shall be drawn from the treasury on the presentation of the proper certificates of the said board to the Auditor General, and on his warrant to the State Treasurer. and expen How raised. SEC. 3. There shall be assessed upon the taxable property of the State in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventythree the sum of thirty-seven thousand three hundred and ninety-eight dollars, and in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four the further sum of twenty-eight thousand six hundred and two dollars, assessed and levied in like manner as other State taxes are by law levied, assessed, and paid, which tax when collected shall be credited up to the general fund, to re-imburse to the same the sum to be drawn therefrom, as provided in sections one and two of this act. SEC. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 18, 1873. Mutual marine companies, ted. [ No. 34. ] AN ACT to allow mutual marine insurance companies to transact business within this State. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That insurance it shall be lawful for such mutual insurance companies, organhow admit- ized under the laws of any other State, as transact the business of marine or inland insurance exclusively, to do business in this State, with the consent of the Commissioner of Insurance of this State, upon filing the statements, making the applications, and complying in all respects, so far as applicable with the provisions of an act entitled "An act relative to the organization and powers of fire and marine insurance companies transacting business in this State," chapter ninety-nine (99) of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and all acts amendatory thereof; and the Commissioner of Insurance is hereby authorized to admit such mutual insurance companies to do marine and inland insurance exclusively, upon their complying with all the provisions of said act, except the requirement as to paid in capital stock: Provided, Said Commissioner of Insurance may at any time, when he shall have knowledge or good reason to believe any such company is not Proviso. sound, or has made any false statement of its condition, to [ No. 35. ] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of an act approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An act further to preserve the purity of elections, and to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise by a registration of electors," being section one hundred and eighty of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one. amended. SECTION. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section twenty-two of an act entitled "An act further to preserve the purity of elections and to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise by a registration of electors," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: VILLAGE ELECTIONS. inspectors. (180.) SEC. 22. Whenever any village shall be set off, organ- Duty of ized, or incorporated, by act of the Legislature, or by the board of supervisors of any county, pursuant to the laws of this State, it shall be the duty of the persons named or appointed to act as inspectors of the first election to be held in such village, to procure from the clerk of the township or of the townships respectively, within which such village may Duty of township clerk. wholly or in part lie; and it is hereby made the duty of the township clerk to furnish to them, at the expense of such village, from the register of the electors of the township or townships within which such village is situated, a true copy of the names of all the electors residing within the limits of such village, contained upon the registration books of such township or townships, for a village election register for such first election, such copy or list to be certified to by the clerk of the township, and to be delivered to the said inspectors of election appointed for such village, to be used for the purpose of such first village election, in the same manner and to the same effect as is above provided for the general election and township meetings in townships, as near as may be; and there are hereby Inspectors given to the inspectors of any such village election, the same and appli- power and authority, and to applicants for registration the registration. same rights and privileges, which are given to township of election cants for ies must be inspectors, and to applicants at township elections respectively, at such elections; and such inspectors and applicants, and other persons mentioned in the foregoing provisions, regulating elections in townships, are charged with the same duties and subject to the same penalties and liabilities as are provided in like cases at such elections in townships; and the vote of no person shall be received at such election whose name is not written in such register, or in the copy thereof used by the When cop- inspectors of such first election. Such copy of the township furnished. election register for the use of such village election, shall be furnished at least ten days previous to the time fixed for holding such first village election, on the application of the persons named as such inspectors, or either of them; and if no persons are named as such inspectors, upon the written request of any three qualified electors in said village, to be delivered to the proper inspectors when appointed and chosen, aud to be used Duty, etc., as above specified and provided. It shall be the duty of the and trustees president and trustees of every village, after the same shall be of president after village is organized, fully organized, to conduct the registration of electors in such in regard to elections. |