of said institutions as are reported to them by the warden hire expert physicians. SEC. 3. In case an institution has no physician at its head when may authority is given to the board of managers to cause such operation to be performed, to hire expert physicians to examine and report on the condition of the subject, and to perform the operation with such other assistants as may be necessary: Provided, Before said operation is ordered there Proviso. shall first be secured from two physicians having qualifications prescribed by law for examiners in insanity, a written statement or report that such operation is desirable in the interests of the patient or the good of the community: And Provided further, That these physicians shall be allowed for Further their services the compensation fixed by statutes for the examination and certification of an insane person. The several sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this act shall be certified to be correct by the respective boards and shall be paid out of the general fund of the State upon the warrant of the Auditor General. proviso, compensation. Records, when filed, what to set forth. Proviso. Penalty for illegal operation. SEC. 4. In relation to each individual person sterilized under the provisions of this act, the board of control of the institution in which said person is an inmate shall file with the State Board of Public Health of Michigan, a written record setting forth the name, age, sex, nationality, type or class of mental defectiveness of said person, the nature of the operation performed, the subsequent mental and physical condition as affected by said operation: Provided, That said records shall not be for public inspection, but may be open to inspection of the members of the board of control of the aforesaid institutions and of the members of the immediate family of the person operated upon, or any physician or surgeon designated by them. SEC. 5. Except as authorized by this act, every person who shall perform, encourage, assist in or otherwise promote the performance of either of the operations described in section one of this act, for the purpose of destroying the power to procreate the human species, or any persons who shall knowingly permit either of such operations to be performed upon such person, unless the same shall be a medical necessity. shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in the State Prison not more than five years, or both in the discretion of the court before whom the said person or persons were so convicted. Approved April 1, 1913. Section amended. [No. 35.] AN ACT to amend section five of act number one hundred ninety of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to prescribe the manner of conducting and to prevent fraud and deception at elections in this State," being section three thousand six hundred sixteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number sixty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section five of act number one hundred ninety of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to prescribe the manner of conducting and to prevent fraud and deception at elections in this State," being section three thousand six hundred sixteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number sixty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: open. SEC. 5. On the day of election the polls thereof shall be Polls, when open at seven o'clock in the forenoon or as soon thereafter as may be, and shall be continued open until five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day and no longer; but in townships the board may adjourn the polls at twelve o'clock, noon, for one hour, in its discretion. The inspectors shall cause Proclamation. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. extend time [No. 36.] AN ACT to amend section seven of act number two hundred five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a Banking Department for the supervision of such business," being compiler's section six thousand ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act two hundred fortyseven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section seven of act number two hundred five Section amended. of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a Banking Department for the supervision of such business," being compiler's section six thousand ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, as amended by act two hundred forty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: commissioner SEC. 7. Whenever articles of incorporation are filed with Banking, the Commissioner of the Banking Department, as provided to make in this act, and the bank transmitting the same notifies the examination. commissioner that at least fifty per cent of its capital has been duly paid in, and that such bank has complied with all the provisions of this act required before the bank shall be authorized to commence business, the commissioner shall examine into the condition of such bank, ascertain the amount of money paid in on account of it's capital, the name and place To issue certificate. Proviso, refusal. Further proviso. Per diem expenses. of residence of each of its directors, and the amount of capi- Civil suit, when dairy and food may bring. [No. 37.] AN ACT to provide for the collection of registration, license and other fees due the State Dairy and Food Department, by means of a civil suit in the State courts. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whenever any corporation, firm or person engaged as a dealer, manufacturer, storer or transporter of any commissioner food or beverage product for man or animal, doing business within the State shall for thirty days after the same becomes due refuse or neglect to pay any registration or license fee which the laws of Michigan require said corporation, firm or person to pay to the State Dairy and Food Department, the State Dairy and Food Commissioner may bring a civil suit in the name of the people of the State of Michigan for the use and benefit of the State Dairy and Food Department for the recovery of said registration or license fee. commenced. SEC. 2. Said suit may be commenced in the circuit court Where for the county of Ingham or in the circuit court of the county where the principal business office of such defendant corporation, firm or person shall be located and shall be prosecuted in like manner as in civil suits between individuals, and judgment and execution may follow in like manner and costs may be recovered to be taxed as in other civil cases, and all moneys recovered shall be paid into the State treasury for the use and benefit of the State Dairy and Food Department: Provided, That no suit as authorized by this Proviso, act, shall be commenced until thirty days after the defendant in such suit has been duly notified of his or her delinquency, either personally or by registered letter. notice. SEC. 3. All expenses incurred by the State Dairy and Expenses, how Food Commissioner under this act shall be defrayed by the defrayed. State Dairy and Food Department out of its annual appro priation. Approved April 4, 1913. [No. 38.] AN ACT to prohibit the practice of palmistry, clairvoyancy, astrology or fortune telling by cards or other devices for money or gain, and to provide a penalty for violation of the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: what deemed. SECTION 1. Any person who shall pretend for money or Misdemeanor, gain, to predict future events by cards, tokens, trances, the inspection of the hands of any person, mind reading so called, or by consulting the movements of the heavenly bodies, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by a Penalty. fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than five days nor more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 2. Whoever shall pretend for money or gain, to tell Idem. fortunes or foretell future events by other means than those aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished as provided in section one of this act. SEC. 3. Any person or persons who shall pretend by or Idem. through means of palmistry, clairvoyancy, astrology or fortune telling by cards or other devices for money or gain, to enable any one to get or recover lost or stolen property, or |