refusing to comply with, or violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the penalty for which neglect, refusal or violation is not specified in this section, or in section fourteen-c, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars upon conviction thereof. Approved April 11, 1923. Section amended. continued. [No. 52.] AN ACT to amend section twelve of chapter one of part two of act number two hundred fifty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and classify the laws of the state of Michigan, relating to the insurance and surety business; to regulate the incorporation of domestic insurance and surety companies and associations and the admission of foreign companies; and to provide for the departmental supervision and regulation of the insurance and surety business within this state," approved May ten, nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twelve of chapter one of part two of act number two hundred fifty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and classify the laws of the state of Michigan relating to the insurance and surety business; to regulate the incorporation of domestic insurance and surety companies and associations and the admission of foreign companies; and to provide for the departmental supervision and regulation of the insurance and surety business within this state," approved May ten, nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: Corporate ex- SEC. 12. That it shall be lawful for any insurance coristence, how poration, whose term is about to expire by limitation, at any time within two years next preceding the expiration of such term, by a vote of two-thirds of its capital stock, or of its members, present and voting, as the case may be, at any annual meeting, or at any special meeting of its stockholders or members called for that purpose, to direct the continuance of its corporate existence for such further term not less than thirty years from the expiration of the existing term, as may be expressed in a resolution for that purpose. The president and secretary of such members' or stockholders' meeting shall make and sign triplicate copies of such resolution, and its passage shall be verified by the oath of such secretary attached to each of such duplicates. One of said copies shall be filed in the office of the commissioner of in Resolution, who to sign. Where filled. franchise surance and one with the clerk of the county where the principal office of the corporation is located, and both shall be recorded at the expense of said corporation and the copies so filed, or the record thereof, or certified copies of either of such records, shall be prima facie evidence of the passage of such resolution and of the extension of said corporate life: Provided, That the franchise fee, which may be provided by Proviso, law for new corporations, shall be paid before such term shall fee, when be extended. Such action may likewise be taken within paid. eighteen months next after the expiration of such charter, with the consent in writing of the commissioner of insurance. The renewal term of such corporation shall begin from the Renewal expiration of the former term, and the corporation whose when to term has thus been renewed shall be the same corporation, begin. and own all its property, and be subject to all its liabilities, have the same stockholders and members and the same officers. The rights of all persons interested in said corporation shall continue as before such extension. The articles of association and by-laws shall continue the same until changed or amended by the corporation in the manner required by law. Approved April 11, 1923. term, [No. 53.] AN ACT to amend sections four and five of act number one of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to fix the compensation and mileage of members and of certain officers and employes of the legislature, to provide the manner of paying said compensation and mileage, and to make appropriation therefor," approved January seventeen, nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections four and five of act number one of Sections the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to fix the compensation and mileage of members and of certain officers and employes of the legislature, to provide the manner of paying said compensation and mileage, and to make appropriation therefor," approved January seventeen, nineteen hundred nineteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: of senate SEC. 4. The per diem compensation of the first assistant Per diem secretary of the senate, the second assistant secretary, the compensation chief proof reader, the financial clerk, and the clerk of the employes. committee on finance and appropriation, shall be seven dollars each; of the assistant proof reader, the sergeant-at-arms, and the law clerk of the senate, six dollars each; of the other Idem, house employes. clerks or stenographers employed by the senate or by a superior officer or any standing or special committee with the consent of the senate, five dollars each; of the assistants to the sergeant-at-arms, the mailing clerks, the president's messenger, the secretary's messenger, the keeper of the document room and the keeper of the cloak room, and their authorized assistants, and the janitors of the senate, four dollars each; of the pages, three dollars each; of all other employes of the senate, not in this act or in any other act specifically provided for, four dollars each; which compensation shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature for which they are elected or appointed by the senate or appointed by a superior officer. SEC. 5. The per diem compensation of the journal clerk of the house of representatives, the bill clerk, the chief proof reader, and the financial clerk, shall be seven dollars each; of the reading clerk, six dollars; of the assistant proof readers. six dollars each; of the law clerk, six dollars; of the assistant journal clerk, six dollars; of the clerk of the committee on ways and means, six dollars; of the assistant bill clerk, five dollars; of the sergeant-at-arms, six dollars; of the clerks or stenographers employed by the house of representatives, or by a superior officer or any standing or special committee with the consent of the house of representatives, five dollars each; of the assistants to the sergeant-at-arms, four dollars each; of the janitors, four dollars each; of the speaker's messenger, four dollars; of the clerk's messenger, four dollars; of the press messenger, four dollars; of the proof room messenger, three dollars; of the keeper of the cloak room and the keeper of the document room and their authorized assistants, four dollars each; of the mailing clerk and the assistant nailing clerk, four dollars each; of the pages, three dollars each; of all other employes of the house of representatives, not in this act or in any other act specifically provided for, four dollars each; which compensation shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature for which they are elected or appointed by the house of representatives or appointed by a superior offi cer. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 54.] AN ACT to provide for standard grades for grapes, to provide for inspection, to provide penalties for violation, and to repeal act number one hundred seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being sections six thousand four hundred ninety-five to six thousand four hundred ninety-seven, inclusive, of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: grapes." SECTION 1. Choice table grapes. Grapes packed in closed "Fancy table containers, of less than sixteen pounds, twelve quart capacity, shall be known as "Fancy table grapes" and shall be mature and of one variety. The individual bunches shall be compact for variety and free from damage caused by weather conditions, dirt, disease, or insects, and practically free from damage caused by mechanical means. The container shall be free from loose berries, dirt, and foreign matter. Except only for bunches containing immature berries of less than one-half the diameter of normal ripe berries, a tolerance of Tolerance. ten per cent by count shall be allowed, with five per cent additional for less compact bunches. The name and address Labeling. of the person, firm, or association under whose authority the grapes are packed, sold, or offered for sale, and the name of the grade "Choice table grapes"-and net contents, shall be legibly printed or stamped upon the top of the container. SEC. 2. Choice grapes. Grapes packed in closed containers "Choice of sixteen pounds, twelve quart or larger capacity, which grapes." conform to the standard for fancy table grapes, excepting an allowance for less compact bunches, shall be known as "Choice grapes." Except only for bunches containing immature berries of less than one-half the diameter of normal ripe berries, a tolerance other than compactness of bunches, Tolerance. of fifteen per cent by count, shall be allowed. The name and Label. address of the person, firm or association under whose authority the grapes are packed, sold, or offered for sale, and the name of the grade "Choice grapes" and net contents, shall be legibly printed or stamped upon the top of the container. SEC. 3. No. 2 grapes. Grapes packed in closed containers "No. 2 of sixteen pounds, twelve quart capacity, or larger, which do grapes." not comply with either of the foregoing grades, and which consist of marketable fruit, shall be known as "No. 2 grapes." A tolerance of twenty-five per cent by count, shall be allowed. Tolerance. The name and address of the person, firm, or association un- Label. der whose authority the grapes are packed, sold, or offered for sale, and the name of the grade "No. 2 grapes"-and net contents, shall be legibly printed or stamped upon the top of the container. To conform to standard. Penalty. Second offense. Act repealed. SEC. 4. All grapes packed in closed containers in this state for sale or consignment, shall conform to the standard set forth in sections one, two and three of this act. It shall be the duty of the department of agriculture of the state of Michigan to have supervision and control of the enforcement of this act, and to make all rules and regulations necessary for proper inspection and the enforcement thereof. SEC. 5. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof for the first offense, be subject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Any person convicted for the second and subsequent violations shall be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or thirty days in jail, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court or magistrate before whom such conviction may be had. SEC. 6. Act number one hundred seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being sections six thousand four hundred ninety-five to six thousand four hundred ninetyseven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1923. Section amended. Penalty for importing, [No. 55.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred eighty-five of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixtythree, entitled "An act to prevent the importation, running at large and sale of diseased sheep," the same being section seven thousand three hundred forty-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number four of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred eightyfive of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixty-three, entitled "An act to prevent the importation, running at large and sale of diseased sheep," the same being section seven thousand three hundred forty-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number four of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. It shall not be lawful for the owner of sheep or etc., diseased any person having the same in charge to import or drive into this state sheep having any contagious or infectious disease, sheep. |