... in Defendant, known and identified as Cause No. Description of Real Estate Clerk of the court. Dated..... SEC. 4. The register of deeds of the county in which such Notices court is located shall properly keep and file all such notices filed, etc. of lien and notices of discharge as hereinbefore provided as may be filed with him, and shall keep in addition thereto a book or record in which he shall properly index such notices of lien and notices of discharge as may be filed with him. The said register of deeds shall receive no fees or compensation whatever for the filing of said notices of lien and notices of discharge. courts not SEC. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed as limiting Powers of or qualifying in any way the power of any of such courts or limited. any of the judges thereof to release any accused person upon his personal recognizance, or upon a recognizance executed by a surety in accordance with the provisions of act two hundred twenty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, or upon the deposit with the clerk of such court of any cash bail or other security in accordance with the provisions of section six of act three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. Whenever such when lien surety deposits with the clerk of such court the penal amount released. of such recognizance in cash or in other security satisfactory to such court, an order shall issue releasing the lien on the real estate. Nothing in this act shall be construed as qualifying or in any way changing the usual and legal and existing procedure of collecting upon forfeited recognizances, as provided by law. deemed. SEC. 6. Any surety who shall swear falsely to any of the Perjury, material facts set up in his affidavit of justification shall be what deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with the law in such case made and provided. SEC. 7. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Commission created. May adopt rules, etc. Meetings. To make investigation. Report of. May subpoena witnesses. Examine under oath. Expenses allowed. Audit. [No. 18.] AN ACT creating a legislative commission to make inquiry into the receipts, expenditures and disbursements of the Michigan patriotic fund transferred to the American Legion, Department of Michigan, by act number three hundred sixteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. A commission is hereby created consisting of six members, three to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and three to be appointed by the president of the senate. Such commission shall be known as the "Commission to Investigate the Disposition of the Michigan Patriotic Fund" and shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Commission". SEC. 2. The commission shall form its own organization and adopt its own rules of procedure and may employ such legal and clerical assistants as it shall deem necessary and fix the compensation thereof. SEC. 3. Meetings of the commission may be called at the pleasure of the chairman to be held at such place as he may designate. SEC. 4. The commission shall investigate the disposition of funds paid to the American Legion, Department of Michigan, under and by virtue of the provisions of act number three hundred sixteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one. A report of its investigation and findings shall be made to the governor on or about the first day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and a report shall also be made. to the regular nineteen hundred twenty-seven session of the legislature. SEC. 5. The commission or any member thereof shall have power to subpoena witnesses. A subpoena issued by said commission may be served by any person authorized to serve subpoenas from courts of record in this state, and shall be entitled to the same compensation therefor. The attendance of witnesses may be compelled by attachment issued by any circuit court in the state upon proper showing that such witness has been properly subpoenaed and has refused to appear before the commission. The commission or any member thereof shall have the power to examine witnesses under oath and any member of said commission shall have authority to administer an oath to such witness. SEC. 6. Each of the members of said commission shall be allowed his actual and necessary traveling or other expenses incurred in the exercise of his duties as a member thereof, but shall receive no salary or other compensation therefor. SEC. 7. The expenses of the commission for necessary legal services, clerical help, stationery, traveling, hotel and other expenses incurred in the performance of its duties shall be This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 19.] AN ACT to amend sections three and fifteen of chapter one hundred thirty of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, being chapter two hundred forty-nine of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "Of the foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement," being sections fourteen thousand nine hundred fifty-one and fourteen thousand nine hundred sixty-three of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and to add one new section to be known as section twenty. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections three and fifteen of chapter one hun- Sections dred thirty of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred fortysix, being chapter two hundred forty-nine of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "Of the foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement," and being sections fourteen thousand nine hundred fifty-one and fourteen thousand nine hundred sixty-three of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended, and a new section to be known Section as section twenty is hereby added to said chapter, said added. amended sections and added section to read as follows: SEC. 3. Notice that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a Publication sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, shall be of notice. given by publishing the same for twelve successive weeks, at least once in each week, in a newspaper published in the county where the premises included in the mortgage and intended to be sold, or some part of them, are situated, if there be one; and if no newspaper be published in such county, then such notice shall be published in a paper published nearest thereto, and within thirty days after the first publication of such notice, a copy of such notice shall be served personally upon the individual in charge of said premises, in case same are occupied, or a true copy shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon any part of the premises described in such notice. SEC. 15. Any party desiring to perpetuate the evidence of May proany sale made in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, vit of, etc. may procure: cure affida May enter upon premises. 1. An affidavit of the publication of the notice of sale, and of any notice of postponement, to be made by the publisher of the newspaper in which the same was inserted, or by some person in his employ knowing the facts; and 2. An affidavit of the fact of any sale pursuant to such notice, to be made by the person who acted as auctioneer at the sale, stating the time and place at which the same took place, the sum bid, and the name of the purchaser, and 3. An affidavit setting forth the time, manner and place of posting or serving a copy or copies of such notice of sale to be made by the person posting or serving the same. SEC. 20. Incident to the foreclosure of a mortgage pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the mortgagee, his agents and assigns shall have a right to enter upon the mortgaged premises for the purpose of posting or serving the notices required by this chapter. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. [No. 20.] AN ACT to amend sections four and six of act number three hundred two of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto operated upon the public highways of this state; and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," being sections four thousand eight hundred and four thousand eight hundred two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number one of the public acts of nineteen hundred twentyfive. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections four and six of act number three hundred two of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto operated upon the public highways of this state, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," being sections four thousand eight hundred and four thousand eight hundred two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number one of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. Upon receipt of the license fee and satisfactory Number proof of title registration, the secretary of state shall assign assigned. a number to each motor vehicle so registered and deliver to the applicant two license plates containing the abbreviation "Mich.", the number and the year assigned. A duplicate of Duplicate a lost, mutilated or destroyed number plate may be secured plates. upon filing an affidavit with the secretary of state showing the facts and the payment of one dollar, or upon the payment of two dollars and fifty cents for duplicate of a manufactur etc. er's or dealer's lost, mutilated or destroyed license plate. All To be propsuch plates shall remain the property of the state of Michi- tate.f gan, and the secretary of state, or any agent thereof, is hereby authorized to confiscate and take possession and custody of any such plate found attached to any motor vehicle for which it was not issued, or when the licensee of such plate has made or is making any unlawful use thereof. Any person Penalty for wilfully destroying, mutilating or counterfeiting any such destroying, plate or chauffeur's badge, or using any forged or counterfeited plate or plates, or excepting as herein otherwise provided using a plate issued for any other than the year for which issued, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the state prison for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 6. All registrations under this act shall expire on the Expiration. last day of December of each year, and shall be renewed annually between the first day of December and the first day of January in each year, in the same manner and upon payment of the same tax as provided in section seven for original registration: Provided, That the secretary of state Proviso, may for good cause extend the time of renewal for not to exceed thirty days from and after the said first day of Janu ary. Approved March 13, 1926. extension. [No. 21.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the Michigan training school for women for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, for buildings, equipment and maintenance. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amount and fund of the state for buildings, equipment and the mainte- purposes. |