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admitted to said asylum as a

It is further ordered, That

is hereby authorized and directed to remove said

.patient.
be and

to said asylum, with full power and authority for that purpose.

Judge of Probate.

No person shall be admitted to any such institution under such order after the expiration of thirty days from and inclusive of the date thereof.

Approved April 16, 1913.

[No. 81.]

AN ACT to provide for the treatment in certain institutions of this State of persons desiring and applying for treatment for mental disorders.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

tients, mental

SECTION 1. The medical superintendent or keeper of any Voluntary painstitution, public or private, to which insane persons may disorder. be committed, may, when there is room for such voluntary patients therein, after providing ample accommodation for all public and private patients entitled to admission to said institution, receive and detain as a boarder and patient, any resident of this State who is desirous of submitting himself to treatment as a private patient, and who makes written application therefor, and whose mental condition is such as to render him competent to make such application: Pro- Proviso. rided, The approval of the judge of probate of the county in which such person resides shall be obtained in writing, and such person shall not be detained for more than three days after having given notice in writing of his intention or desire to leave such institution. The rate of charge for insane Rate of patients, and the rules for admission of insane patients so charge, etc. far as not inconsistent, shall apply to such voluntary patients. Approved April 16, 1913.

Section amended.

Bonds of state officers, etc.

Cost.

[No. 82.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number three hundred eleven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act relative to the cost of bonds to be furnished by State officers," as amended by act number one hundred forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number three hundred eleven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act relative to the cost of bonds to be furnished by State officers," as amended by act number one hundred forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. Whenever a bond is required by the laws of this State to be given by the Auditor General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the State Land Office, Attorney General or Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the deputy or deputies of said officers, or any other civil or military officer of the State, or any officer of any State institution, whether elected or appointed, who is charged with the duty of being the custodian of any State or institution funds, money or property, such State or institution officer may procure the required bond from any surety company authorized by the laws of this State to execute same, and the cost thereof, not exceeding one-half of one per cent per annum, shall be paid out of the treasury of the State of Michigan, upon the warrant of the proper officer, after being first allowed by the Board of State Auditors.

Approved April 18, 1913.

Section amended.

[No. 83.]

AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to prohibit the taking, killing, trapping or molesting of certain fur-bearing animals at certain times, and to prohibit the destruction or molesting of the houses of certain fur-bearing animals at all times," approved June one, nineteen hundred nine, relative to the killing of bear and skunk within this State.

The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number one hundred eightythree of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to prohibit the taking, killing, trapping or molest

ing of certain fur-bearing animals at certain times, and to
prohibit the destruction or molesting of the houses of certain
fur-bearing animals at all times," is hereby amended to read
as follows:

season for.

SEC. 2. No person shall take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or Skunk, muskmolest or attempt to take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or molest rat, etc., open any skunk, otter, fisher, martin, fox, mink or raccoon from and including the first day of April to and including the thirty-first day of October of each year, nor muskrat from and including the fifteenth day of April to and including the thirty-first day of October of each year. It shall be unlawful Firearms, etc. to use any firearms or explosives in hunting muskrats, nor shall any person knowingly have in possession the carcass or skin of any one of the fur-bearing animals herein named that was killed during the time when the killing thereof is by this act prohibited.

Approved April 18, 1913.

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[No. 84.]

AN ACT making an appropriation for the relief of the suffer-
ing and destitute inhabitants of Ohio, and providing for
the distribution of such relief.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amount and fund of the State treasury, from any moneys therein not purpose. otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the relief of the suffering and destitute inhabitants

of Ohio.

SEC. 2. The said sum hereby appropriated shall be paid Disbursement. over to the Governor, to be by him disbursed as will, in his judgment, best meet the purposes for which said appropriation is made.

SEC. 3. The Auditor General is hereby authorized and di- Warrant. rected to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay said sum to the Governor immediately upon receipt of said warrant.

SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate Tax clause.
in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen, the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which sum when col-
lected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the
same for the money hereby appropriated.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 18, 1913.

Section amended.

Courthouse,

etc., repairs.

raise, etc.

[No. 85.]

AN ACT to amend section seven of act number one hundred fifty-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred fifty-one, as amended, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," being compiler's section two thousand four hundred eighty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section seven of act number one hundred fiftysix of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred fifty-one, as amended, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," being compiler's section two thousand four hundred eighty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of such board, as often as shall be necessary, to cause the courthouse, jail, and all other public buildings and public offices of the county, to be duly reAmount may paired at the expense of such county. The board of supervisors of any county may in any one year levy a tax of onetenth of one mill on the assessed valuation of said county for the construction or repair of public buildings or bridges, or may borrow an equal sum for such purposes; and, in any county where the assessed valuation is less than ten million dollars, the board may levy a tax or borrow for such purposes to the amount of one thousand dollars; but no greater sum shall be raised for such purposes in any county in any one year, unless submitted to the electors of the county and approved by a majority of those voting thereon.

Approved April 21, 1913.

[No. 86.]

AN ACT to amend section fifty-one of chapter fourteen of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled “Of county officers," being compiler's section two thousand five hundred forty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine; so as to provide for more than one judge of probate in certain cases.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fifty-one of chapter fourteen of the Re- Section vised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of amended. county officers," being compiler's section two thousand five hundred forty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, is hereby amended to read as follows:

etc.

SEC. 51. The judge of probate for each organized county Judge of probate, election, shall be elected at the general election for the term of four years and shall have possession of the seal, records, books, files and papers belonging to the court of probate, and shall keep a record of all orders, decrees and other official acts made or done by him, which records may be inspected by all persons interested without charge. In counties having two Additional judges. hundred fifty thousand inhabitants there shall be two judges of probate and in counties having five hundred thousand inhabitants there shall be three judges of probate who shall be elected as hereinafter provided. They shall have equal powers, Powers, etc. duties and compensation, except that the power of appointment, nomination and removal of the several employes provided by law for such court and the offices connected therewith, and the general direction and control of the business of such court, including the division of the work between the judges, shall be vested in the judge having served for the longest period continuously. Whenever the United States census Vacancy, what deemed, shall show that any county has two hundred fifty thousand how filled, etc. inhabitants and it has but one judge of probate, the additional office first herein provided for shall be deemed to be created and vacant and whenever the United States census shall show that any county has five hundred thousand inhabitants the additional office next herein provided for shall be deemed to be created and vacant, which vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor and the person so appointed shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. At the next general election a successor to such officer shall be elected who shall hold office until his successor shall be elected at the next alternate biennial election provided for in section fourteen of article seven of the constitution, and shall have qualified.

Approved April 21, 1913.

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