Lighting of unincorporated villages.

Proviso.

Proviso.

SEC. 1. The township board of any township in which there is situated an unincorporated village, at any regular meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose, may vote a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars for any one year to provide for the lighting by artificial means of any of the highways in such village, the expense of such lighting to be paid out of the highway improvement fund: Provided, That in townships having an assessed valuation of at least eight million dollars the township board may vote a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars for any one year for such purpose: Provided also, That where such unincorporated village is situated in two or more townships, such provision shall be made by a majority vote of all the township boards in which such village shall be situated at a joint meeting of such township boards held for that purpose and the proportion of such expense to be paid by each of such townships shall be determined at such joint meeting. Approved April 20, 1923.

Sections amended.

Consent required.

Parents.

Mother.

[No. 70.]

AN ACT to amend sections two, four and five of chapter sixty-four of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen," being sections fourteen thousand one hundred thirty-nine, fourteen thousand one hundred forty-one, and fourteen thousand one hundred forty-two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections two, four and five of chapter sixtyfour of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen," being sections fourteen thousand one hundred thirty-nine, fourteen thousand one hundred forty-one, and fourteen thousand one hundred forty-two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Such adoption and, in case a change of name is desired, such change of name shall be with the consent of the persons hereinafter described, viz. :

1. In case the parents of such child, or either of them, are living, then with the consent of such parents, or the survivor of them;

2. In case said child be illegitimate, then with the consent of its mother, and if such mother be a minor, then with

the additional consent of a guardian ad litem to be appointed for her by the judge of probate in the county where such proceedings are pending;

kin.

3. In case such child is an orphan, then with the consent Nearest of of the nearest of kin or guardian of such child, or of the principal officer of any incorporated society, asylum, hospital or home to which said child may have been duly committed by a court of competent jurisdiction;

rights, sur

4. In case the parents or surviving parent of such child, Parental or the mother, if such child be illegitimate, has or have sur render of. rendered and released in a writing, duly executed and acknowledged before the judge of probate or a register of the probate court of the county in which said parents reside or may be, all his, her or their parental rights in and to such child, and the custody and control thereof, to an incorporated society, asylum, hospital or home, of which such child may be an inmate, for the purpose of enabling such incorporated society, asylum, hospital or home, to have such child adopted by some suitable person, and its name changed when a change is desired, and the child made an heir-at-law under the provisions of this chapter, then with the consent of the principal officer of such incorporated society, asylum, hospital or home, and the aforementioned release executed by the parent or parents, as aforesaid, to said society, asylum, hospital or home, shall be filed with the instrument of adoption in the probate court. The effect of the surrender and release as herein provided shall be fully explained by the judge of probate or probate register to the parent or parents executing same;

public school.

5. In case said child is legally an inmate of the state public when inmate school, then with the consent of the superintendent of such of state school, and the county agent of the state welfare commission, for the county wherein the person adopting such child resides;

6. In case said child shall have been committed by an officer of order of a court of competent jurisdiction, to the care of any society. incorporated society, asylum, hospital or home, embracing in its objects the purpose of caring for, or obtaining homes for dependent or neglected children, which has been duly licensed and approved by the state welfare commission, then with the consent of the principal officer of such society, asylum, hospi tal or home;

7. In any case heretofore described, if such child be over Child. the age of ten years, then with the additional consent of such child;

8. In case any person herein designated as a parent with Guardian of whose consent such adoption or change of name is desired, parent. shall be insane or mentally incompetent, then such adoption or change of name shall be with the consent of the general guardian of such insane or mentally incompetent parent, and such consent of the general guardian shall have the same force and effect as if made by the insane or mentally incompetent person while in sound mind.

Acknowledg

ment.

Investigation by county agent, etc.

Entry on journal.

Section amended.

SEC. 4. The execution of such instrument shall be acknowledged by the person or persons so signing the same, before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, and thereupon the same shall be presented to, and filed with the judge of probate of the county where such person or persons adopting such child reside.

SEC. 5. Such judge of probate with whom such instrument is filed, shall thereupon direct a full examination and investigation by the county agent of said county, or a duly appointed probation officer of said court, who shall file a report in writing of his findings with such judge of probate; and if such judge of probate from an examination of said report, and after due consideration of said matter, shall satisfy himself as to (1) the genuineness of consent to such adoption and the legal authority of the person or persons signing such consent, (2) the good moral character, ability to support and educate such child, and the suitableness of the home of the person or persons adopting such child, and (3) that the best interests of such child will be subserved by such adoption, he shall make an order to be entered on the journal of the probate court that such person or persons do stand in the place of a parent or parents to such child, and in, case a change of name is desired, that the name of such child be changed to such name as shall be designated in said instrument for that purpose. Whereupon such child shall, in case of a change of name, thereafter be known and called by said new name, and the person or persons so adopting such child shall thereupon stand in the place of a parent or parents to such child in law, and be liable to all the duties and entitled to all the rights of parents thereto, and such child shall thereupon become and be an heir-at-law of such person or persons, the same as if he or she were in fact the child of such person or persons.

Approved April 20, 1923.

[No. 71.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of subdivision four of chapter one, part three of act number two hundred fiftysix 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."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of subdivision four of chapter one, part three 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," is hereby amended to read as follows:

purposes.

SEC. 14. Any number of persons, not less than thirteen, Incorporation, may associate together and form an incorporated company for the following purposes, to-wit:

First, To insure railway employes against loss of position resulting from discharge or retirement;

Second, To insure any person against bodily injury or death by accident, or against disability on account of sick

Dess;

Third, To insure the lives and health of persons and every insurance pertaining thereto, and to grant, purchase or dispose of annuities.

Approved April 20, 1923.

[No. 72.]

AN ACT to amend section forty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, 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," being section fourteen thousand five hundred seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number two hundred thirty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section forty of act number one hundred eighty- Section three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, amended. 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," being section fourteen thousand five hundred seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number two hundred thirty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 40. In the twenty-seventh circuit the stenographer Salary. shall be paid an annual salary of sixteen hundred dollars. Approved April 20, 1923.

Minnows taken with seine, unlawful to transport.

Trout stream

defined.

Penalty.

[No. 73.]

AN ACT to protect fish in the trout streams of this state, and to regulate the manner of taking and transportation of fish from said waters, to provide penalties for violation of this act, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts conflicting therewith.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to transport or carry away minnows taken for bait with a seine or in any other manner from the waters of any trout stream within the boundary of the state of Michigan.

SEC. 2. A trout stream within the terms of this act shall be construed to mean any stream of water which contains any of the following kinds of fish; to-wit, brook trout, German brown trout, rainbow trout, Loch Leven trout and grayling or any stream which has been stocked with any of the said kinds of fish by the state of Michigan.

SEC. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or be committed to the county jail for not more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved April 20, 1923.

Certain taxes

cancelled.

[No. 74.]

AN ACT authorizing the auditor general to cancel the taxes of the years eighteen hundred eighty-five and eighteen hundred eighty-six on all descriptions of land on which the taxes remain unpaid.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The auditor general is hereby authorized to cancel the taxes of the years eighteen hundred eighty-five and eighteen hundred eighty-six upon all descriptions of land on which the taxes remain unpaid as shown by the records in his office. Such cancellation when made shall operate to extinguish the lien of the state and any municipality thereof for the taxes of such years. Upon the cancellation of the amount of such tax, the state, county, township, city or village shall stand the loss of their portion of such tax.

Approved April 20, 1923.