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increased annual appropriation for agricultural experimental stations and regulating the expenditure thereof," is hereby granted and the moneys thereby appropriated are accepted under the conditions and terms named in said act.

how used.

SEC. 2. All moneys derived by authority of said act shall Moneys, be exclusively used in support of the department designated as "an agricultural experimental station" in connection with the State Agricultural College of Michigan. Approved March 31, 1909.

[No. 21.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-one 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," approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being section three hundred eighty-three of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section twenty-one of act one hundred eighty- Section 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," approved May twentyninth, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, being section three hundred eighty-three of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

assistant.

SEC. 21. In the eighth circuit the stenographer shall be paid Salary, an annual salary of two thousand dollars. Such stenographer shall from time to time under the provisions of this act furnish at his own expense an assistant when necessary. Approved March 31, 1909.

Sureties, additional.

the office of the Secretary of State. The Attorney General and the Commissioner of Insurance whenever they deem the sureties on the bond of the State Treasurer to be insufficient security for the said sum of three hundred thousand dollars may demand, and the State Treasurer shall give additional bonds with sureties to be approved by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Insurance.

Approved March 23, 1909.

Constitutional manual.

Distribution

of.

Remaining copies.

Supervision of work.

[No. 16.]

AN ACT to provide for the publication, distribution and preservation of the manual of the Michigan Constitutional Convention of nineteen hundred seven; and prescribing the duties of the State Librarian appertaining thereto.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The State Librarian shall cause to be prepared and published twelve hundred fifty copies of a manual to be known as the "Manual of the Constitutional Convention of Michigan of nineteen hundred seven," to be distributed by said State Librarian to the persons and officers hereinafter named, as follows: Two copies to each delegate elected or appointed to said convention; one copy to each of the officers and employes of said convention; one copy to each of the members of the present legislature.

SEC. 2. The number of copies remaining after the distribution, as above provided for, shall remain in the custody of the State Librarian for the purpose of preservation, distribution and exchange.

SEC. 3. All work to be performed in the preparation and publication of the said manual shall be under the direction and supervision of the State Librarian, and the printing and binding and plates necessary for the publication of said manual shall be furnished by the Board of State Auditors as part of the printing and binding for the State.

Approved March 23, 1909.

[No. 17.]

AN ACT to prohibit the bringing into prisons of all weapons, or other implements which may be used to injure any convict or person or in assisting any convict to escape from punishment, or the selling or furnishing of same to convicts; to prohibit the bringing into prisons of all spirituous or fermented liquors, drugs, medicines, poisons, opium, morphine or any other kind or character of narcotics, or the giving, selling or furnishing of spirituous or fermented liquors, drugs, medicines, poisons, opium, morphine or any other kind or character of narcotics to convicts or paroled prisoners and providing a penalty for the violation hereof.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

allowed

permit.

SECTION 1. No spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medi- Prisoners not cine, poison, opium, morphine or any other kind or character liquor, etc. of narcotics shall, on any pretense whatever, be sold or given away in any prison, or in any building appurtenant thereto, or on the land granted to or owned or leased by the State for the use and benefit of the prisoners; nor shall any kind of spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine, or any other kind or character of narcotics be brought into any prison, or any building appurtenant thereto, on or to the land granted to or owned or leased by the State for the use and benefit of the prisoners, without a written Written permit, signed by the physician of such prison, specifying the quantity and quality of the liquor or narcotic which may be furnished to any convict, or employe in the prison, the name of the prisoner or employe for whom, and the time when the same may be furnished, except the ordinary hospital sup- Ordinary ply of the prisons, which permit shall be delivered to and supply. kept by the warden of the prison; nor shall any spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine, or any other kind or character of narcotics be sold, given away or furnished, either directly or indirectly, to any convict either in, or anywhere outside of the prison or be disposed of in such manner or in such a place, that it may be secured by any prisoner or employe of the prison; nor shall any Paroled spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine, or any other kind or character of narcotics be knowingly sold, given away, or furnished to any paroled prisoner, without a written prescription of a duly licensed physician.

hospital

prisoners.

conditional

SEC. 2. No permit or prescription shall be granted or Permit, etc, given unless it shall satisfactorily appear to the physician grant of. granting or giving the same, that the liquor or narcotic allowed to be furnished is necessary for the health of the per

Weapons, etc.

Visitors, etc., may be searched.

Violation deemed felony.

son named therein, for whose use it is permitted, which shall be stated in such permit or prescription.

SEC. 3. No weapon or other implement which may be used to injure any convict or person, or in assisting any convict to escape from imprisonment, shall be sold, given away or furnished to any convict in any prison, or any building appurtenant thereto, or on the land granted to or owned or leased by the State for the use and benefit of the prisoners; nor shall any weapon or other implement which may be used to injure any convict or person, or in assisting any convict to escape from imprisonment, be brought into any prison or any building appurtenant thereto, or onto the land granted to or owned or leased by the State for the use and benefit of the prisoners; nor shall any weapon or other implement, which may be used to injure any convict or person, or in assisting any convict to escape from imprisonment, be sold, given away, or furnished, either directly or indirectly, to any convict either in or anywhere outside of the prison, or be disposed of in such a manner, or in such a place that it may be secured by any convict in the prison.

SEC. 4. The warden of the prison is hereby authorized to search, or to have searched, any person coming to the prison as a visitor, or in any other capacity, who is suspected of having any weapon or other implement which may be used to injure any convict or person or in assisting any convict to escape from imprisonment, or any spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine, or any other kind or character of narcotics upon his person.

SEC. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the State prison not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved March 23, 1909.

[No. 18.]

Notaries public, certain acts unlawful.

AN ACT concerning notaries public who are stockholders, directors, officers or employes of banks or other corporations.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any notary public who is a stockholder, director, officer or employe of a bank or other corporation to take the acknowledgment of any party

to any written instrument executed to or by such corporation, or to administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employe or agent of such corporation, or to protest for non-acceptance or non-payment bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable instruments which may be owned or held for collection by such bank or other corporation: Provided, It shall not be lawful for any notary Proviso. public to take the acknowledgment of an instrument by or to a bank or other corporation of which he is a stockholder, director, officer or employe, where such notary is named as a party to such instrument, either individually or as a representative of such bank or other corporation, or to protest any negotiable instrument owned or held for collection by such bank or other corporation, where such notary is individually a party to such instrument.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Repealing act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 23, 1909.

clause.

[No. 19.]

AN ACT to amend section ninety-eight (a) of act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three; entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," as amended by act number two hundred twelve of the public acts of nineteen hundred five.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section ninety-eight (a) of act number two Section hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and dis

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