Legacies, etc. Endowment funds. Action legalized. and to issue the bonds of said school district to meet any Section amended. Attorney, how compensated. [No. 23.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred nine of the laws of Michigan for eighteen hundred fiftyseven, entitled "An act to provide for feeing an attorney when appointed by the court," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred fifty-seven, as amended by act number ninety-six of the public acts of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-three, the same being compiler's section twelve thousand eighteen of the Compiled Laws of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred nine of the laws of Michigan for eighteen hundred fifty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for feeing an attorney when appointed by the court," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred fifty-seven, as amended by act number ninety-six of the public acts of Michigan for eighteen hundred ninetythree, the same being compiler's section twelve thousand eighteen of the Compiled Laws of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Whenever any person charged with having committed any felony or misdemeanor shall be unable to procure counsel, and the presiding judge shall appoint some attorney to conduct the defense, the attorney so appointed shall be entitled to receive from the county treasurer on the certificate of the presiding judge that such services have been duly rendered, such an amount as the presiding judge shall in his discretion deem reasonable compensation for the services per murder. formed: Provided, That the compensation allowed in any Proviso, one case in which murder is charged shall not exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars, and in any other one case shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars. Approved March 24, 1911. [No. 24.] AN ACT to amend section five of chapter nineteen of act number two hundred eighty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preserving of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section five of chapter nineteen of act number Section two hundred eighty-three of the public acts of nineteen hun- amended. dred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preserving of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant or Hedges, etc., person having charge of lands in this State, to cut or trim, or trimming of. cause to be cut or trimmed, to a height not exceeding four and one-half feet and a width not exceeding three feet, all hedges or hedge rows along or on the public highway or adjacent thereto in each and every year, except such hedges as shall have been set out for the protection of fruit trees and nursery stock. Trimmings or brush from such hedge rows shall not be left lying within the limits of the highway, but shall be forthwith removed: Provided, That this section Proviso. shall not apply to streets or highways within incorporated cities. Approved March 24, 1911. Section amended. Certificates of to make, etc. Physicians, qualifications of. [No. 25.] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of an act, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws organizing asylums for the insane and to regulate the care, management and use thereof, and to provide for the apprehension of persons believed to be insane, and for their care and custody," the same being act number two hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, as amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fifteen of act number two hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws organizing asylums for the insane and to regulate the care, management and use thereof, and to provide for the apprehension of persons believed to be insane, and for their care and custody," as amended by act number one hundred fifty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 15. Certificates of insanity must be made by two repuinsanity, who table physicians, under oath, appointed by the probate court of the county where such alleged insane person resides, or is an inhabitant, to conduct the examination. The physicians must be permanent residents of the State, duly registered according to law, have the qualifications prescribed by the laws of this State for the practice of medicine and surgery therein, and shall not be related by blood or marriage to the alleged insane person nor to the person applying for such certificate, and such qualification shall be certified to by the clerk of the county in which such physicians reside, which certificate shall be in the following form: Form. State of Michigan, County of..... SS. I hereby certify that of . is a duly registered physician and surgeon, and has the (Seal) County Clerk. Neither of such physicians shall be a trustee, superintendent, proprietor, officer, stockholder, or have any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, or be an attending physician, in the institution to which it is proposed to commit such person. Examination. The physicians are empowered to go where said alleged insane person may be and make such personal examination of him as what to show. to enable them to form an opinion as to his sanity or insanity, and no certificate of insanity shall be made except after such personal examination. Certificates of insanity must show that Certificates, it is the opinion of the physicians that the alleged insane person is actually insane, and shall contain the facts and circumstances upon which the opinion of the physicians is based, and show that the condition of the person examined is such as to require care and treatment in an asylum for the care, custody and treatment of the insane. A copy of such physicians' certificates together with a copy of the application for commitment of the patient shall accompany the order of commitment. Each physician making such examination and cer- Fees, etc. tifying the condition as to the sanity of such alleged insane person, shall, regardless of whether he finds such person to be insane or not, be entitled to receive for such services a sum of not less than five dollars, and ten cents per mile for travel necessarily performed in going to the place of such examination, and such further sum for expenses as the probate court shall allow. Approved March 31, 1911. i [No. 26.] AN ACT to legalize the proceedings taken by any village in the State of Michigan, incorporated under act number three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as amended, authorizing the issuance of bonds for the purpose of securing an additional water supply and extending the municipal lighting plant of any such village. actions legal The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any and all actions and proceedings heretofore Certain taken by any village in the State of Michigan, incorporated ized. under act number three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as amended, and the actions and proceedings taken by the council and officers of any such village, in voting to issue bonds of such village for the purpose of securing an additional water supply and extending the municipal lighting plant of such village, the proposition to issue such bonds having been approved by two-thirds or more of the qualified voters, present and voting at a regular election or a special election called for that purpose, are hereby ratified, confirmed and legalized, regardless of any and all irregularities that may have occurred in the calling and conducting of any election called for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of such village, the question of the issuance of such bonds, and regardless of any and all irregularities that may have occurred in the manner of the submission of such quesProviso. tion to such qualified voters: Provided, That the bonds so authorized to be issued are not in excess of any constitutional or statutory limitation as to amount. SEC. 2. It is hereby declared that this act is necessary for the protection of the public health. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Salary. [No. 27.] AN ACT to amend section twenty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, 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-ninth, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being section three hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, 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-ninth, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being section three hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 20. In the seventh circuit the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of two thousand dollars. Approved March 31, 1911. |