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[No. 131.]

AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of companies or associations having for their objects the insurance of bicycles and to define their powers and duties," the same being act number one hundred fiftyseven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Act number one hundred fifty-seven of the pub Act repealed. lic acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of companies or associations having for their objects the insurance of bicycles and to define their powers and duties," is hereby repealed. Approved May 26, 1909.

[No. 132.]

AN ACT to provide for the transfer to the current expense fund of certain unexpended appropriations for the Industrial Home for Girls.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

pense fund.

SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred dollars for painting Transfer to interior of school house, and the sum of nine hundred dollars current exfor one green house appropriated for the State Industrial Home for Girls under the provisions of act number two hundred forty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, is hereby transferred and made available to the current expense fund of the Industrial Home for Girls, and when so transferred the said sums may be expended under the provisions of the accounting laws of this State for current expenses. SEC. 2. The sum of one hundred dollars received by the Idem. board of guardians of the Industrial Home for Girls from the sale of one worn out boiler is hereby appropriated to and transferred to the current expense fund, and when so transferred may be expended for current expenses in accordance with the provisions of the accounting laws of this State. Approved May 26, 1909.

Annual statement, when filed.

Certificates of authority.

Proviso. corporations organized under

specific acts.

Certificates, certain expiring by limitation.

Proviso.

[No. 133.]

AN ACT to regulate the filing of annual statements by insurance companies doing business in this State, and the issuance of certificates of authority thereto by the Commissioner of Insurance.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The annual statement required by law to be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Insurance by any insurance company, including fraternal beneficiary societies, doing business under the provisions of any insurance law of this State, shall hereafter be filed on or before the fifteenth day of February of the year following that covered by the statement.

SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Insurance shall, on or before March first of each year, issue certificates of authority to such companies as have filed their annual statements as required by section one of this act and have otherwise complied with the statutes under which they desire to be authorized to do business, which certificates shall bear date as of March first and shall expire on the last day of February following unless sooner revoked: Provided, That certificates of authority issued to corporations organized or doing business under the provisions of act number one hundred eighty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven and act number one hundred nineteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, and amendments thereto, shall be issued on or before April first following the filing of the annual statement, shall bear date as of April first and shall expire by limitation on the last day of March following their issuance unless sooner revoked.

SEC. 3. All certificates of authority issued by the Commissioner of Insurance to insurance companies doing business in this State and expiring by limitation before March one, nineteen hundred ten, are hereby extended to that date and all certificates of authority issued by the Commissioner of Insurance prior to the taking effect of this act and expiring by limitation after March one, nineteen hundred ten, shall be deemed to expire February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred ten: Provided, That the certificates of authority of corporations doing business under the provisions of act number one hundred eighty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, and act number one hundred nineteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, and amendments thereto, issued prior to the taking effect of this act, shall expire by limitation on March thirty-one, nineteen hundred ten.

clause.

SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts contravening the pro- Repealing visions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 26, 1909.

[No. 134.]

AN ACT to amend section six of act number one hundred eighty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the indeterminate sentence as a punishment for crime, upon the conviction thereof, and for the detention and release of persons in prison or detained on such sentence, and for the expense attending the same," approved June seven, nineteen hundred five, and to add three new sections to said act to stand as sections eighteen, nineteen and twenty.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

sections

SECTION 1. Section six of act number one hundred eighty- Section four of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An amended, act to provide for the indeterminate sentence as a punish- added. ment for crime, upon the conviction thereof, and for the detention and release of persons in prison or detained on such sentence, and for the expense attending the same," is hereby amended and three new sections are hereby added to said act to be known as sections eighteen, nineteen and twenty, said amended and added sections to read as follows:

SEC. 6. Application shall be made to the Governor or to Applications, the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons upon uniform where made. blanks prescribed by the Governor and the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons acting jointly and supplied by the secretary of the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons to the wardens or superintendents of the penal institutions named in section one of this act. It shall be the duty of Duty of warden. the warden or superintendent, when requested by a prisoner whose minimum term of imprisonment has expired and is eligible to a parole, to furnish such prisoner with a blank application for parole. The application shall be filled out Application, and delivered to the warden or superintendent who shall im- delivered. mediately forward the same to the Governor or to the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons, with his recommendation endorsed thereon. Upon receipt of such application Investigation. and recommendation, the Governor or the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons shall make such investigation in the matter as they may deem advisable and necessary and may, in their discretion, grant such application and issue a parole or permit to such applicant to go at large without the en

to whom

Convict

entitled to good time.

Proviso, residence of paroled convict.

Clothing and transportation.

Duty of warden.

Issuance of

clerk of board.

closure of the prison. The convict so paroled, while at large by virtue of such parole, shall be deemed to be still serving the sentence imposed upon him, and shall be entitled to good time the same as if confined in prison: Provided, That whenever the convict so paroled shall have been committed to or confined in any such prison or reformatory from a county other than the county in which the prison or reformatory in which he has been last confined is situated, it shall be made a condition of his parole that he shall not live or remain in the county in which the prison or reformatory in which he was last confined is situated, without the express consent of the officer or board granting such parole, which consent may be granted or revoked by such officer or board, for cause shown at any time before such convict is finally discharged.

SEC. 18. Whenever any prisoner is released upon parole he shall receive from the State, clothing not exceeding ten dollars in cost and a non-transferable ticket at his own expense to the county where his first friend resides. The warden may, in his discretion, at the risk of the State, advance to any paroled prisoner the cost of a ticket as above provided and expenses not to exceed two dollars, and failure on the part of the paroled prisoner to return the money so advanced within sixty days may be declared a violation of parole warranting the return of the violator to prison.

SEC. 19. Whenever the parole of any prisoner shall be parole, duty of ordered by the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons or the Governor, the clerk of the said board shall at once notify the sheriff of the county or the chief of police of the city to which he is paroled, of the issuance of such parole, naming the county where convicted, the crime for which convicted, the name and address of first friend and the length of time which said prisoner shall be required to report before receiv ing final discharge.

First friend, compensation,

etc.

SEC. 20. Any sheriff, chief of police or truant officer shall, upon request of the Governor or the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons act as first friend and advisor for paroled prisoners while on parole from any prison or reformatory in the State, and shall, upon the approval of the secretary of the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons, be paid from the general fund of the State not otherwise appropriated, one dollar per month for each paroled prisoner for such services. Whenever the term of office of any such officer acting as first friend shall expire while any such parole is in force, the duties of such first friend shall be assumed by the successor in office of such officer.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 26, 1909.

[No. 135.]

AN ACT authorizing the appointment of certain officers for the supreme court.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The supreme court may appoint a crier for Crier, how appointed, said court, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of salary, duty. the court. The said crier so appointed shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. He shall have sole charge of the supreme court room and of the rooms assigned to the justices of the supreme court in the capitol, and shall perform such other duties as shall from time to time be required by the said court. The said crier may with the con- Assistant sent of the court appoint an assistant crier, who shall re- etc. ceive a salary of ten hundred dollars per annum, and shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the court.

crier, salary,

orders,

SEC. 2. The person so appointed crier shall, upon filing When crier with the clerk of said court such bond as is required by law may serve to be given by sheriffs, to be approved by the chief justice of writs, etc. said court, have power to serve all orders, processes or writs issued from said court, and shall collect for such service the fees allowed by law to sheriffs. Any and all fees collected Fees, where by the crier shall be paid into the State treasury to be ac- paid. credited to the general fund.

how paid.

SEC. 3. The salary of the crier and of the assistant crier Salaries, shall be paid by the State Treasurer monthly out of any money in the general fund in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated in the manner now provided for the payment of salaries of other State officers. The Auditor General Tax levy. shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nine and every year thereafter a sufficient amount to reimburse the general fund in the State treasury for the amounts appropriated by this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 26, 1909.

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