Sureties, additional. the office of the Secretary of State. The Attorney General and the Commissioner of Insurance whenever they deem the sureties on the bond of the State Treasurer to be insufficient security for the said sum of three hundred thousand dollars may demand, and the State Treasurer shall give additional bonds with sureties to be approved by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Insurance. Approved March 23, 1909. Constitutional manual. Distribution of. Remaining copies. work. [No. 16.] AN ACT to provide for the publication, distribution and preservation of the manual of the Michigan Constitutional Convention of nineteen hundred seven; and prescribing the duties of the State Librarian appertaining thereto. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The State Librarian shall cause to be prepared and published twelve hundred fifty copies of a manual to be known as the "Manual of the Constitutional Convention of Michigan of nineteen hundred seven," to be distributed by said State Librarian to the persons and officers hereinafter named, as follows: Two copies to each delegate elected or appointed to said convention; one copy to each of the officers and employes of said convention; one copy to each of the members of the present legislature. SEC. 2. The number of copies remaining after the distribution, as above provided for, shall remain in the custody of the State Librarian for the purpose of preservation, distribution and exchange. Supervision of SEC. 3. All work to be performed in the preparation and publication of the said manual shall be under the direction and supervision of the State Librarian, and the printing and binding and plates necessary for the publication of said manual shall be furnished by the Board of State Auditors as part of the printing and binding for the State. Approved March 23, 1909. [No. 17.] AN ACT to prohibit the bringing into prisons of all weapons, or other implements which may be used to injure any convict or person or in assisting any convict to escape from punishment, or the selling or furnishing of same to convicts; to prohibit the bringing into prisons of all spirituous or fermented liquors, drugs, medicines, poisons, opium, morphine or any other kind or character of narcotics, or the giving, selling or furnishing of spirituous or fermented liquors, drugs, medicines, poisons, opium, morphine or any other kind or character of narcotics to convicts or paroled prisoners and providing a penalty for the violation hereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: allowed SECTION 1. No spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medi- Prisoners not cine, poison, opium, morphine or any other kind or character liquor, etc. of narcotics shall, on any pretense whatever, be sold or given away in any prison, or in any building appurtenant thereto, or on the land granted to or owned or leased by the State for the use and benefit of the prisoners; nor shall any kind of spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine, or any other kind or character of narcotics be brought into any prison, or any building appurtenant thereto, on or to the land granted to or owned or leased by the State for the use and benefit of the prisoners, without a written Written permit, signed by the physician of such prison, specifying the permit. quantity and quality of the liquor or narcotic which may be furnished to any convict, or employe in the prison, the name of the prisoner or employe for whom, and the time when the same may be furnished, except the ordinary hospital sup- Ordinary hospital ply of the prisons, which permit shall be delivered to and supply. kept by the warden of the prison; nor shall any spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine, or any other kind or character of narcotics be sold, given away or furnished, either directly or indirectly, to any convict either in, or anywhere outside of the prison or be disposed of in such manner or in such a place, that it may be secured by any prisoner or employe of the prison; nor shall any Paroled spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine, or any other kind or character of narcotics be knowingly sold, given away, or furnished to any paroled prisoner, without a written prescription of a duly licensed physician. prisoners. conditional SEC. 2. No permit or prescription shall be granted or Permit, etc., given unless it shall satisfactorily appear to the physician grant of. granting or giving the same, that the liquor or narcotic allowed to be furnished is necessary for the health of the per Compensation. Record and report. SEC. 12. No prisoner shall be entitled to any compensation either from the county, township, city or village in which he is employed for any services performed in accordance with the requirements of this act. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to keep a record of the number of days worked by each prisoner and the township, city or village in which such work was performed, and report in full to the board of supervisors at each regular session. Approved March 18, 1909. Section amended. [No. 11.] AN ACT to amend section fourteen of act one hundred eleven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to protect fish and to regulate fishing in the waters of this State, by providing close seasons for certain kinds of fish, by prohibiting the catching of fish in certain specified ways, by prohibiting the catching of fish of certain sizes and in certain waters and for certain purposes, by prohibiting the catching and killing in the lakes, rivers and streams of this State of more than a certain number of certain specified kinds of fish in any one day, by prohibiting the taking away and having possession of more than a certain number of such fish at any point away therefrom, by prohibiting the obstruction of the free passage of fish, and by prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of fish, to protect persons engaged in fish culture, and to repeal inconsistent acts," being compiler's section five thousand eight hundred seventy-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fourteen of act one hundred eleven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to protect fish and to regulate fishing in the waters of this State, by providing close seasons for certain kinds of fish, by prohibiting the catching of fish in certain specified ways, by prohibiting the catching of fish of certain sizes and in certain waters and for certain purposes, by prohibiting the catching and killing in the lakes, rivers and streams of this State of more than a certain number of certain specified kinds of fish in any one day, by prohibiting the taking away and having possession of more than a certain number of such fish at any point away therefrom, by prohibiting the obstruction of the free passage of fish, and by prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of fish, to protect persons engaged in fish to any written instrument executed to or by such corporation, or to administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employe or agent of such corporation, or to protest for non-acceptance or non-payment bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable instruments which may be owned or held for collection by such bank or other corporation: Provided, It shall not be lawful for any notary Proviso. public to take the acknowledgment of an instrument by or to a bank or other corporation of which he is a stockholder, director, officer or employe, where such notary is named as a party to such instrument, either individually or as a representative of such bank or other corporation, or to protest any negotiable instrument owned or held for collection by such bank or other corporation, where such notary is individually a party to such instrument. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Repealing act are hereby repealed. Approved March 23, 1909. clause. [No. 19.] AN ACT to amend section ninety-eight (a) of act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three; entitled "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 acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," as amended by act number two hundred twelve of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section ninety-eight (a) of act number two Section hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety- amended. three, entitled "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 dis Section amended. Suit, how commenced. [No. 13.] AN ACT to amend section five of chapter one hundred eight of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "The action of ejectment," being compiler's section ten thousand nine hundred fifty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section five of chapter one hundred eight of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "The action of ejectment," being compiler's section ten thousand nine hundred fifty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. The suit shall be commenced by the filing of a declaration and serving of a copy of the declaration and notice of the rule to plead in the same manner as in personal actions, except as hereinafter provided; and in such declarations the names of the real claimants shall be inserted as plaintiff's, and all the former provisions of law concerning lessors of a plaintiff shall apply to such plaintiffs. Approved March 23, 1909. Section amended. [No. 14.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number two hundred twenty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyfive, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a board of commissioners who shall have the management and control of the Mackinac Island State Park, and defining its powers and duties," being section one thousand two hundred fifty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number two hundred twentytwo of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a board of commissioners who shall have the management and control of the Mackinac Island State Park, and defining its powers and duties," being section one thousand two hundred fifty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: |