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111. An act to providing for the appointment, defining the duties and

fixing the compensation of a stenographer for the thirty-third
judicial circuit. Approved May 29, 1891.

128 112. An act to amend section ten of chapter one hundred fifty of

the compiled laws of one thousand eight hundred seventy-one
being compiler's section five thousand six hundred sixty of
Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to deeds and convey-
ances. Approved May 29, 1891.

131 113. An act to provide for actions of ejectment, and for suits in

equity to quiet title to real estate, against private business
corporations whose term of existence has expired and provid-
ing for substituted service upon such corporations therein.
Approved May 29, 1891.

131 114. An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the

State Normal School for the years one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-one and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
two. Approved June 1, 1891

133 115. An act conferring upon cities and villages in this State the

power to construct, acquire by purchase, operate and maintain
works for the purpose of supplying such cities and villages
and the inhabitants thereof with gas, electric and other lights.
Approved June 1, 1891

134 116. An act to amend sections two and three of act number thirty

nine of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five, entitled "An act to regulate the employment of
children, young persons and women in certain cases," being
compiler's sections 1997b' and 1997b?, Howell's Annotated
Statutes. Approved June 1, 1891.

135 117. An act making an appropriation for the use of the Michigan

Asylum for Insane Criminals. Approved June 3, 1891. 136 118. An act to amend section twenty-three of act number one hun

dred and sixty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred
and eighty-five, entitled “An act to establish the police court
of the city of Detroit,” approved June ninth, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-five, as amended by act number two hundred
and eighty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven. Approved June 3, 1891.

137 119. An act authorizing the introduction of the kindergarten method

in the public schools of this State. Approved June 5, 1891. 137 120. An act to provide for the incorporation of the great hive and

subordinate hives of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the State
of Michigan. Approved June 5, 1891

138 121. An act to secure to the people of the State of Michigan certain

rights on any of the navigable or meandered waters of this
State where fish have been or hereafter may be propagated,
planted or spread at the expense of the people of this State or
the United States. Approved June 9, 1891

140 122. An act to amend the general railroad law, relative to

solidations, being sections twenty-nine and thirty of article
two of the act entitled “An act to revise the laws provid-
ing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to
regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties

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TITLE. and liabilities of all (railroad] railroads and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this State," being chapter ninety-one of Howell's Annotated Statutes, as the same is ameneded by act number one hundred and seventyfour of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and eightythree, the same being Howell's sections three thousand three hundred and forty-three and three thousand three hundred

and forty-four as amended. Approved June 12, 1891.------- 141 123. An act to amend an act entitled “ An act to revise the laws

providing for the incorporation of railroad companies and
to regulate the running and management, and to fix the
duties and liabilities of all railroads and other corporations
owning and operating any railroad in this State,” approved
May first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
as subsequently amended, by adding three sections
relative to consolidated roads to stand as sections forty-nine,
fifty and fifty-one of article two of said act. Approved June 12,
1891

144 124. An act to provide for the incorporation of regiments and

companies of the Deutcher Landwehr-Unterstuetzungs-Verein.
Approved June 12, 1891..

145 125. An act to amend sections one and two, of act numb e two

hundred and seventy-five of the public acts of one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to pro-
hibit railroad companies from taking up

up their tracks
abandoning their stations, and failing to operate their roads
in certain cases. Approved June 12, 1891.

147 126. An act to amend sections seven, ten and fifteen, and to change

the numbers of sections sixteen and seventeen, and to add
new sections known as numbers sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two,

twenty-two, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-
eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two and thirty-
three to act number one hundred eight of the public acts
of one thousand eight hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An
act to provide for the incorporation of trust, deposit and
security companies, and to repeal act fifty-eight of the ses-
sion laws of one thousand eight hundred seventy-one,
approved March twenty-nine, one thousand eight hundred
seventy-one, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorpora-
tion of trust, deposit and security companies,' being chap-
ter eighty-eight, of Howell's Annotated Statutes; also to
repeal act number one hundred twenty-three, of session
laws of one thousand eight hundred eighty-three, approved
May twenty-five, one thousand eight hundred eighty-three,
entitled ' An act to amend section nine, of act fifty-eight, of
the session laws of one thousand eight hundred seventy-
one,' approved March twenty-nine, one thousand eight
hundred seventy-one, being compiler's section two thousand
two hundred ninety, relative to the corporate rights of
trust, deposit and security companies. Approved June 12,
1891

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127. An act to repeal act number two hundred and fifty-nine of

the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
entitled “An act to provide for an Independent Forestry
Commission of the State of Michigan, and to define its
duties and powers and to provide for the expense thereof."
Approved June 12, 1891.

157 128. An act to establish a State road in the township of Merritt, county of Bay. Approved June 12, 1891

157 129. An act to establish a State road in Bay county, to be known

as the Bay City and Saginaw State road. Approved June
12, 1891..

158 130. An act to amend section two of chapter three of act number two

hundred and forty-three of the public acts of one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and
consolidate the laws relating to the establishment, opening,
improvement and maintenance of highways and private roads,
and the building, repairing and preservation of bridges
within this State." Approved June 12, 1891.

158 131. An act making appropriations for the State board of fish

commissioners for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-two and the year ending June thirtieth,

eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Approved June 12, 1891. 159 132. An act to provide for the incorporation of union churches and societies. Approved June 12, 1891

160 133. An act to provide for the taxation of railway or railroad com

panies organized and existing under any special act or acts
of incorporation or consolidation, or which have heretofore
been taxed under any special act or acts, and to repeal all
acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this
act. Approved June 12, 1891.

161 134. An act making appropriations for building and repairs at the

Michigan State Prison, at Jackson. Approved June 12. 1891. 161 135. An act to provide for an extension of the East Saginaw and

Au Sable State road in Buy county, Michigan, now known
as the Kawkawlin road, to be known as the “ Center avenue
extension of the Kawkawlin road,” and to provide for the
opening and improvement of the same. Approved June 12,
1891..

162 136. An act to provide for the incorporation of the high and sub

ordinate courts of the Independent Order of Foresters for
the State of Michigan. Approved June 16, 1891...

166 137. An act to amend sections two, seven, eight, fifteen and seven

teen, of act number two hundred and sixty-two, of the
session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled

An act for the winding up of mining and manufacturing
corporations whose charters have expired,” and to repeal
sections twelve, thirteen and fourteen of said act number
two hundred andsixty-two. Approved June 16, 1891.
.

168 138. An act providing for the payment by the State of bounties

offered to soldiers and sailors under the call of the President of the United States of February first, one thousand

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eight hundred and sixty-four, and remaining due to them and
their heirs. Approved June 16, 1891..

171 139. An act to require all corporations, associations, joint stock com

panies and persons, natural or artificial, however organized or named, who are engaged in the business of mining, smelting or refining ores in this State, to pay taxes for State and other purposes upon all their property, real and personal; and to repeal act number two hundred of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An act authorizing the supervisors of the several towns in the upper peninsula to assess and collect the State taxes upon all mining companies, real estate or other property,” approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the same being continuous paragraphs eleven hundred eighty-six, eleven hundred eighty-seven and eleven hundred eight-eight of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred and thirty-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act imposing a specific tax upon corporations and chartered companies engaged in the business of mining, smelting and refining ores in this State," approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, as amended by act number one hundred and ninety-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, by act number one hundred and eleven of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and by act number fifty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, said act number one hundred and thirty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, as thus amended, being continuous paragraphs twelve hundred twenty-six and twelve hundred twenty-seven of said annotated statutes, as amended by act number one hundred and eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. Approved June 16, 1891 ..

172 140. An act to provide for a State board of inspectors who shall per

form the duties now performed by the advisory board in the
matter of pardons and who shall have the complete manage-
ment and control of the State Prison at Jackson, the State
House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, the Michigan
Asylum for Insane Criminals at Ionia, the branch of the State
Prison at Marquette, the Reform School for boys at Lansing,
and the Industrial Home for Girls at Adrian, and to abolish
all existing boards and to annul all existing appointments.
Approved June 17, 1891..

174 141. An act to repeal act number two hundred and fourteen of the

public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled
"An act to amend act number one hundred and ninety-eight
of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven,
entitled 'An act to provide for a tax upon dogs and to create
a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed
or wounded by them in certain cases' approved May twenty-
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, as amended ; by
act number two hundred and eighty-three of the public acts
of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, approved June eleventh,

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eighteen hundred and eighty-one, by adding four new sections thereto to stand as sections eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen,” and to provide for the payment of the moneys now in the hands of the county treasurers, on account of said act, to the several township and city treasurers to which the same belong respectively, upon demand therefor. Approved June 17, 1891..

178 142. An act to make an appropriation for the erection of water

closets at the State Normal School in Ypsilanti, and for providing the necessary sewer connections therewith. Approved June 17, 1891..

179 143. An act to exempt from taxation the property of the [Women's ]

Woman's Auxiliary Association of the University of Mich-
igan. Approved June 19, 1891..

179 144. An act to authorize the faculty of the department of litera

ture, science and the arts, of the University of Michigan, to give teachers' certificates in certain cases. Approved June 19, 1891..

180 145. An act authorizing the board of managers of the Michigan Sol

dier's Home to sell certain real estate now belonging to the State of Michigan, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the improvement of the grounds and buildings of that insti. tution. Approved June 19, 1891

180 146. An act to amend sections three, four and five of act number two

hundred and six of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the uniform regulation of certain State institutions and to repeal section seven of act number one hundred and forty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, act one hundred and sixty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred (and seventy-three, act number thirty-one of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, section seventeen of act number two hundred and thirteen of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, section seventeen of act number one hundred and seventy-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, section sixteen of act number one hundred and thirty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, section twenty of act number two hundred and fifty of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and all acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act," the same being sections four hundred and fourteen, four hundred and fifteen and four hundred and sixteen of Howell’a Annotated Statutes. Approved June 19, 1891..

181 147. An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of

schools, for the appointment of school examiners, [and] to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act. Approved June 19, 1891.

183 148. An act to amend section ten of an act in relation to life insurance

companies transacting business within this State, being general act number seventy-seven of the laws of one thousand eight