or liveryman, registered under this section, may renew their certificate of registration on the payment of two dollars and fifty cents, in the same manner and under the same conditions as are provided for the renewal of owners' licenses in Proviso, gen- section two of this act: Provided, That no general license, issued in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall used on pri- apply or be used upon any motor vehicle which may be owned individually by any member or stockholder of any manufacturing company, firm or association. eral license not to be vate vehícle. Chauffeur, application, what to include, etc. Secretary of ister, deliver certificate, badge, etc. SEC. 8. Every person hereafter desiring to operate a motor vehicle as a chauffeur, shall file in the office of the Secretary of State, on a blank to be prepared and furnished by said Secretary of State, an application which shall include his name and address and contain a statement signed by at least two responsible citizens of this State, setting forth that the applicant is a person of reliability, experienced in the operation of motor vehicles. Upon the filing of said State to reg statement as aforesaid, said Secretary of State shall register such chauffeur in a book or index to be kept for that purpose and assign to him a distinctive number, and deliver to him a certificate of registration together with a badge of aluminum or other suitable metal, which said badge shall be oval in form, approximately two inches in length and shall have stamped thereon the words "Registered Chauffeur No. ..... Michigan Motor Vehicle Law," with the registration number and any other data deemed necessary by the Secretary of State, inserted therein, which said badge shall thereafter at all times be conspicuously worn by such chauffeur while operCertificate of ating a motor vehicle upon the public highways. The said Badge, description of, when worn. registration, what to contain. Passing of vehicle. certificate of registration shall contain the same words and number as the badge, and shall further contain his name and address and the date of registration, which said date of registration shall be the day on which the application is received at the office of the Secretary of State. Said certificate shall remain in force for one year from and after the first day of the month following the date of such certificate. The provisions of section two of this act, relative to the expiration, cancellation and notice of expiration of certificates of registration, and the fees for such certificates and renewals in the registration of motor vehicles shall apply to the registration of chauffeurs. SEC. 17. If a vehicle drawn by a horse or horses or other draft animals, or a motor vehicle, be overtaken by any motor vehicle, and the person in charge of such motor vehicle expresses a desire to pass, it shall be the duty of the driver of any such vehicle or motor vehicle so overtaken as aforesaid, to turn either to the right or to the left of the center of the wrought traveled portion of the highway, and give the person so making the request an opportunity to pass, but in passing, the person in charge of such motor vehicle and the other male occupants thereof over the age of fifteen years shall give such assistance as they are able to the occupant or occupants of the vehicle they are passing, if assistance is asked, and in thus passing, the chauffeurs shall use all due care to avoid accidents. vehicles, to SEC. 27. The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed List of motor each and every year a list of all motor vehicles registered whom furunder the provisions of this act, and shall mail a copy of nished, etc. said list to every city and village clerk, sheriff of every county and chief of police of every city, and marshal of every village in the State of Michigan: Provided further, That a copy of Proviso. said list shall be furnished upon application to each person receiving a motor vehicle license under this law, and to any other person a copy shall be furnished upon the payment of one dollar. Said list shall contain the names of all persons registering vehicles, their place of residence, the make of vehicle and the registered number of the same. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 28, 1907. [No. 305.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred ninety-seven of the public acts of the State of Michigan of the year eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to authorize the consolidation of street railway and electric light companies," being section six thousand four hundred sixty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred nine- Section amended. ty-seven of the public acts of Michigan of the year eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to authorize the consolidation of street railway and electric light companies," being section six thousand four hundred sixty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Any company organized under chapter ninety-five Consolidation of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, entitled "Street authorized. Railway Companies," may consolidate with any company now organized or existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State, for the production and supplying of electricity. for lighting, fuel or other purposes, including as one such company any such company that may have resulted from consolidation heretofore had where such companies are located and carry on business in the same or adjoining or adjacent towns, cities or villages, town, city or village, and may form a single corporation. And for this purpose the directors How effected. of said two corporations may enter into an agreement under the corporate seal of each, for the consolidation of the said two corporations, prescribing the terms and conditions thereof, the mode of carrying the same into effect, the name of the new corporation, the number of directors thereof, and the names of those who shall be the first directors, which shall be deemed and taken to be the first election of the directors of the consolidated company, which number shall not be less than three, nor more than thirteen, the time and place of holding the first election of directors after the consolidation, which time shall not exceed six months after such consolidation has been sanctioned by the stockholders of said two corporations, as hereinafter provided, the number of shares of the capital stock in the new corporation; the amount of each share, which shall not exceed one hundred dollars per share; also, whether the shares of the consolidated company shall be all of one class or shall consist of preferred and common stock, and if more than one class, the shares of each class of stock; also, whether the dividends upon such preferred stock, if any, shall be cumulative or non-cumulative, and whether or not such preferred stock shall be subject to redemption, and at what price not less than par, and in what other respects, if any, such preferred stock shall be entitled to priority over the common stock; the manner of converting the shares of capital stock in each of said two corporations into shares in such new corporation with such other details as they shall deem necessary to perfect such consolidation of said corporations; and such new corporation shall possess duties of new all the powers, rights and franchises conferred upon such two corporations, and shall be subject to all the restrictions, and perform all the duties imposed by the provisions of their respective charters, or laws of organization, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. Such agreement of the directors shall not be deemed to be the agreement of the said two corporations until after the written consent of all the stockholders of each of said corporations has been obtained thereto Provided, however, That where such companies are located and carry on business in the same or adjoining or adjacent towns, cities or villages in the Northern Peninsula of this State, such agreement shall be deemed to be the agreement of the said two corporations after the written consent of stockholders holding and owning three-fourths of the outstanding capital stock of each of said corporations, has been obtained thereto, or in lieu of such written consent, such agreement shall have been approved by a vote of not less than three-fourths of the outstanding capital stock of each of said corporations, at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of said corporations. And when such agreement of the directors has been so sanctioned by the stockholders, in the manner above mentioned, then such agreement of the directors shall be deemed to be the agreement of the said two Powers and corporation, etc. Agreement, when valid. Proviso, in to be evi corporations. A copy of said contract or consolidation agree- Certified copy ment filed in pursuance of this act with the Secretary of dence, etc. State, and certified by him to be a copy, shall in all courts and places be presumptive evidence of the consolidation of said two companies, and of all the facts therein stated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 28, 1907. [No. 306.] AN ACT to provide for a legislative reference and information department in connection with the State Library, to make an appropriation therefor, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: creation of. SECTION 1. There is hereby created and shall be hereafter Information maintained in connection with the State Library, a depart- department, ment to be known as the legislative reference and informa tion department for the use and information especially of members of the senate and house of representatives, the several State departments and such other persons as may desire to consult the same. It shall be located in the State capitol where loas conveniently as possible for members of the senate and cated. house of representatives. of, when and SEC. 2. The State Librarian, within ten days after this Assistant. act shall take effect, shall appoint an assistant, who shall qualifications be a person trained in political economy and otherwise fitted by whom apto perform the duties of this office as herein defined, who pointed. shall have charge of said department under the supervision of the State Librarian and perform the duties hereinafter prescribed. He shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred Salary of dollars, payable in the same manner as the salaries of other assistants in the State Library. The State Librarian shall Clerk, apalso appoint some suitable person, trained in political econ- salary. omy and of known capability in indexing and cataloging, as clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of ten hundred dollars, payable in the same manner as the salaries of other assistants in the State Library are paid. pointment of, from public SEC. 3. The said assistant shall, as soon as possible, make To procure available for ready reference and use, suitable indexes to all information such information as is contained in the various public docu- documents. ments of this State and other states, including senate and house documents and legislative journals, and shall keep a complete file of all bills printed by order of either house of the legislature. He shall procure and compile in suitable and tion in other convenient form, for ready reference and access, information countries. As to legisla states and as to proposed and pending legislation in other states, and shall also investigate the operation and effect of new legislation in other states and countries to the end that either house of the legislature or any committee or member thereof or any citizen of the State may have the fullest information thereon. He shall also give such advice and assistance to drafting bills, the member [members] of the legislature as they may require in the preparation of bills and resolutions, and shall draft bills upon such subjects as they may desire. To assist in etc. To file certain bills, etc. Furnishing of supplies, etc. Tax clause. SEC. 4. At the close of each session of the legislature, the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house, shall, at his request, deliver to the said assistant, to be appropriately filed and preserved, such copies of bills and joint resolutions which shall not have been passed and are still remaining in their hands, also all important petitions and memorials and other legislative documents. SEC. 5. The Board of State Auditors shall furnish, on the requisition of the State Librarian, all such cases as are necessary for the cataloging, indexing and filing of the materials and information collected by said department, and all other supplies of said department shall be drawn by the State Librarian in the manner provided by law. Such printing and binding as may be necessary for said department shall be done as part of the printing and binding for the State. SEC. 6. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate into the State tax the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars annually, and such amount is hereby appropriated from the general funds of the State, which said sum shall be included in the State taxes apportioned by the Auditor General on all taxable property of the State, to be levied, assessed and collected, as other State taxes, and when so assessed and collected, to be paid into the general fund to reimburse said fund for the appropriation made by this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 28, 1907. Co-insurance clause, when may be issued. [No. 307.] AN ACT to provide for co-insurance rider clauses to be attached to the Michigan standard policy of fire insurance. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whenever any person, firm or corporation shall make written application to any insurance company authorized to do business within the State of Michigan, to attach to any existing policy or to one to be issued by such |