cial meeting. Proviso. bers present at any special meeting called by the president and secretary of said company for the purpose, determine to reorganize and extend its corporate existence for a period of not exceeding thirty years from the date of the expiration Notice of spe- of its said charter. The notice of such special meeting shall be mailed to each member of said company at least fifteen days before the date fixed for such meeting, and thereupon the corporate existence of said mutual fire insurance company shall be extended as so determined, and such determination shall be deemed a reorganization of such company, and it shall succeed to all the rights and be subject to all the liabilities of the corporation so reorganized, and it shall not be necessary to change the policies or books or mode of the doing of the business of said company, and all the acts and doings of the officials of said company and the business and proceedings thereof done in the interim, between the date of the expiration of such charter and such determination, the character of which would have been legal and valid if done Lefore such expiration, is hereby legalized and deemed legal and valid, and the officers of said company at the time of such determination may continue to hold office until the next regular annual meeting of said company thereafter, as fixed by charter or by-laws of said company: Provided, That a statement of proceedings to reorganize such company by the making of such determination, duly certified by the president and secretary of said company, at said meeting so determining, shall be presented to the Attorney General for his approval and be approved by him, and such certified proceedings and approval be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Insurance of this State, and also in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the principal office of the company is located, within sixty days after such apFurther pro- proval: And Provided further, That a written or printed notice of such determination shall be mailed to each member of said company within ninety days after such approval by Members may the Attorney General as aforesaid, and that it shall be the right of any member of said company who shall give notice to the secretary thereof within thirty days after the mailing of such notice, to withdraw from said company at that time, he remaining liable for his equitable and proportionate share of the losses incurred to that date, and entitled to his equitable and proportionate share of any surplus fund, which after the payment of all debts and liabilities of said company to that date, may remain in the treasury of said company: And Provided further, That from and after the date of the approval of this act all companies organized and doing business under and by virtue of this chapter shall print upon all policies thereafter issued by said companies, the date to which said company is chartered to do business. viso. withdraw. Further proviso, date of charter. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 17.] AN ACT to amend section sixteen of act number one hundred eighty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act one hundred eighty- Section three of the session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is amended to read as follows: ographer. SEC. 16. In the third circuit, the stenographer of each Salary of stendivision of said court shall be paid.an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 18.] AN ACT to provide for the selection of jurors in Houghton county, and to repeal certain acts in conflict therewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: jurors. SECTION 1. Hereafter in selecting jurors in the county of Selecting Houghton the board provided by law shall select such jurors from the various poll lists of each voting precinct in said county instead of from the poll list of each township and ward as now provided. clause. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provi- Repealing sions of this act are hereby repealed in so far as they apply to Houghton county. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation. mediate use. [No. 19.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Prison at Jackson for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, for the purpose of rebuilding the building known as shop number twenty, recently destroyed by fire. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the State Prison at Jackson for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of sixty thousand dollars for the purpose of rebuilding shop number twenty, recently Money for im- destroyed by fire: Provided, That the board of control of the State Prison may obtain money under this section before July first, nineteen hundred seven, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts, thus advanced, shall be deducted from the total amount when the appropriation becomes available. Money, how expended. How paid. SEC. 2. The amount of money hereby appropriated shall be expended for a new building of fireproof construction, including excavation, concrete, steel reinforcement and all that is necessary for the full and complete construction of such building in a fireproof manner; for electric lighting, a complete heating system, elevators and plumbing. SEC. 3. The sum appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the warden of the State Prison at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Open season for trout. [No. 20.] AN ACT to regulate the taking and catching of fish in the brook, known as Coldbrook, emptying into Crystal lake at Beulah, Benzie county, Michigan, or any of its tributaries in the county of Benzie. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take or catch any brook trout or rainbow trout or any other kind of trout in Coldbrook creek or any of its tributaries in Benzie county, State of Michigan, except from the first day of June to the first day of September, both inclusive. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 21.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the waters of Portage lake, in Crawford county, and to regulate the time and manner of taking and catching fish therefrom, and providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: fish. season for SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful to take, catch or kill Unlawful to any fish by any means whatsoever from the waters known as Portage lake, located in township twenty-six, north of range four west, in Crawford county: Provided, however, It Proviso, open "shall not be unlawful to take and catch fish from the waters hook and line. of said lake from the first day of May until the first day of November in each year, by means of a hook and line controlled directly by the person fishing. SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act Penalty. shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. evidence of SEC. 3. In all prosecutions under this act, it shall be Prima facie prima facie evidence, on the part of the people, of the viola- violation. tion of the provisions of this act, to show that the defendant was found upon the waters of said lake, with any other device, or devices, than herein mentioned, for the catching and taking fish from the said waters. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Rules and regulations governing State Park. Enforcement. Territory where effective. Repealing clause. [No. 22.] AN ACT defining the power and authority of the board of commissioners of Mackinac Island State Park, to authorize and empower it to make, publish and enforce rules and regulations for the care, order and preservation thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The board of commissioners of the Mackinac Island State Park shall have authority to make, publish and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations for the care and preservation of the Mackinac Island State Park, for the maintenance of good order, for the protection of property and for the welfare of said park, as shall from time to time be deemed necessary or expedient by said board. SEC. 2. Whenever said board shall make any rules or regulations pertaining to the management or welfare of said park, it shall have authority to enforce same and to cause offenders and persons violating any rules and regulations prescribed to be punished therefor in the manner set forth and indicated in act number eighty of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. SEC. 3. All rules and regulations made by said board under authority of this or any other act shall be effective within the whole territory covered by said park, and said board shall have the power and authority to prescribe and enforce rules and regulations relative to any part or portion thereof, notwithstanding any contrary or inconsistent ordinance, regulation or by-law of the city of Mackinac Island. SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 14, 1907. [No. 23.] AN ACT to amend section forty-three of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," being section four hundred five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, |