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Consent of child.

Incompetency of parents, etc.

any incorporated association, embracing in its objects the purpose of caring for, or obtaining homes for dependent or neglected children, approved by the State Board of Corrections and Charities, then with the consent of the principal officer of such association;

(h) In any case heretofore described, if such child be above the age of ten years, then with the additional consent of such child;

(i) In case any person herein designated as a parent with whose consent such adoption and change of name, where such change is desired, shall be insane or mentally incompetent, then such adoption and change of name, where change of name is desired, shall be with the consent of the general guardian of such insane or mentally incompetent parent, and such consent of the general guardian shall have the same force and effect as if made by the insane or mentally incompetent person while in sound mind. Approved April 25, 1911.

Section amended.

Deeds, etc., recording of.

[No. 122.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-seven, entitled "An act relative to recording deeds, mortgages and instruments of record, and to declare the effect thereof," being section eight thousand nine hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of act number twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-seven, entitled "An act relative to recording deeds, mortgages and instruments of record, and to declare the effect thereof," being section eight thousand nine hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. Every register of deeds shall upon the payment of his proper fees, record, or cause to be recorded at length upon the pages of the proper record book in his office, in a plain and legible hand writing, or in print, or partly in writing and partly in printing, all deeds, mortgages, maps and instruments or writings authorized by law to be recorded in his office, and left with him for that purpose; and unless such record shall be made in continuous successive lines, he shall rule the blank space with lines running diagonally across the same. He shall carefully compare the record with the original instrument, and before attesting the same shall note on the margin of such record over his initials all eras

ures and interlineations made in the record to make same conform to the instrument recorded, and when he shall have received any instrument to be recorded he shall not deliver it up to the parties, or either of them, or permit the same to go out of his office until it has been duly entered at large upon the record.

Approved April 25, 1911.

[No. 123.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-one of act number two hundred eighty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a Department of Labor; to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," approved June two, nineteen hundred nine.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section twenty-one of act number two hun- Section dred eighty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a Department of Labor; to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," approved June two, nineteen hundred nine, is hereby amended to read as follows:

labor law

SEC. 21. The prosecuting attorney of any county of this Complaints of State is hereby authorized and shall, upon the complaint on violation. oath of the Commissioner of Labor or any factory inspector, or of any citizen of the United States, if approved by any factory inspector, prosecute to termination before any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the people of the State, actions or proceedings against any person or persons reported to him to have violated any of the provisions of this act.

Approved April 25, 1911.

Tax author

agricultural

advertising.

[No. 124.]

AN ACT empowering boards of supervisors of any of the several counties of the State of Michigan to levy a special tax for the purpose of advertising the agricultural advantages of the county or for displaying the products and industries of any county in the State at domestic or foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products of the State.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The boards of supervisors of the several counized for county ties within the State of Michigan, or any of them, are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a special tax on the taxable property within their respective counties, for the purpose of creating a fund not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one year in any one county, to be used for advertising the agricultural advantages of the county or for collecting, preparing and maintaining an exhibition of the products and industries of the county at any domestic or foreign exposition, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products of the State: Proviso, limit. of Michigan: Provided, That the total tax levies for such purposes in any one year shall not exceed five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in the county, ac cording to the assessment rolls, the sum so raised to be used as directed by the board of supervisors of the county. Approved April 25, 1911.

Title and section amended.

[No. 125.]

AN ACT to amend the title and section one of act number one hundred twenty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act relative to gifts for religious, educational, charitable and benevolent purposes," approved June four, nineteen hundred seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The title and section one of act number one hundred twenty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act relative to gifts for religious, educational, charitable and benevolent purposes," approved June four, nineteen hundred seven, are hereby amended to read as follows:

An act relative to gifts for religious, educational, charitable or benevolent purposes or for the maintenance of cemeteries, or anything therein contained.

religious,

SEC. 1. No gift, grant, bequest or devise to religious, Bequests, for educational, charitable or benevolent uses, or for the pur- cemetery, etc., pose of providing for the care or maintenance of any part purposes. of any cemetery, public or private, or anything therein contained, which shall in other respects be valid under the laws of this State, shall be invalid by reason of the indefiniteness or uncertainty of the persons designated as the beneficiaries thereunder in the instrument creating the same, nor by reason of the same contravening any statute or rule against perpetuities. If in the instrument creating such a gift, When title to grant, bequest or devise, there is a trustee named to execute vest in the same, the legal title to the lands or property given, granted, devised or bequeathed for such purposes, shall vest in such trustee. If no trustee shall be named in said instru- If no trustee ment, or if a vacancy occurs in the trusteeship, then the trust shall vest in the court of chancery for the proper coun ty, and shall be executed by some trustee appointed for that purpose by or under the direction of the court; and said court may make such orders or decrees as may be necessary to vest the title to said lands or property in the trustee so appointed.

Approved April 25, 1911.

trustee.

named.

[No. 126.]

AN ACT to amend section eight of act number one hundred seventy-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of associations not for pecuniary profit," and to add another section thereto to stand as section nine.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended and

SECTION 1. Section eight of act number one hundred sev- Section enty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, en- added. titled "An act to provide for the incorporation of associations not for pecuniary profit," is hereby amended, and a new section is hereby added thereto to stand as section nine, and to read as follows:

of fraternal

SEC. 8. Any association or society whose purpose is to Organization provide for the relief of distressed members, visit the sick, societies, etc. bury the dead, pay a weekly sick benefit, and a funeral benefit not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars must organize and operate under this act.

Act, how applied.

SEC. 9. This act shall not apply to any company, association or society engaged in payment of funeral benefits only.

Approved April 25, 1911.

Rebates of insurance premiums prohibited.

[No. 127.]

AN ACT to prohibit rebates on premiums on all policies or contracts issued by any company or association doing business in this State, insuring against loss or damage by fire or issuing surety or fidelity bonds, or insuring any person against bodily injury or disablement resulting from accident and against disablement resulting from disease, or insuring against loss or damage resulting from accident to or injury sustained by an employe or other person for which accident or injury the insured is liable, or insuring against loss or damage by burglary, theft or house-breaking, or insuring against glass breakage, or insuring against loss from injury to persons or property which results accidentally from steam boilers, elevators, electrical devices, engines and all machinery and appliances used in connection therewith or operated thereby, or insuring against loss resulting from accidental damage to automobiles, or caused accidentally by automobiles, or insuring against loss or damage by water to any goods or premises arising from the breakage or leakage of sprinklers and water pipes, or insuring against loss or damage resulting from accident to or injury suffered by any person, for which loss or damage the insured is liable, or insuring persons, associations or corporations against loss or damage by reason of the giving or extending of credit, or insuring against loss or damage by reason of encumbrances upon or defects in the title to real estate, and against loss by reason of the nonpayment of the principal or interest of bonds, mortgages or other evidences of indebtedness, or insuring against any other casualty which may be lawfully made the subject of insurance or contract; defining the term "agent"; providing penalties for the violation of this act, and declaring an emergency.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. No insurance corporation, association, partnership, Lloyds or individual underwriters, authorized to do business in the State of Michigan, or any officer, agent, solicitor, or representative thereof, or any other person insuring against fire, damage by wind, hail or water, damage by the risks of inland navigation, or issuing surety or fidelity bonds,

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