LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF 1885. NO. PAGE. 1 2 2 TITLE. 1. An act to amend section one of act number seventy-seven of the ses sion laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled "An act in relation to life insurance companies transacting business within this State," approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, being compiler's section two thousand nine hundred and thirty-six of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-one of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, [and to add to said act one new section, to stand as section thirty,] approved January 27 .... 2. An act to prohibit justices of the peace, or any judge or justice of any police court, from sentencing or committing persons to the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, in certain cases, approved January 31 ... 3. An act for the formation of corporations for the cultivation of art, approved February 16... 4. An act to authorize the killing of “ English sparrows,” approved February 17..... 5. An act to establish uniform time in the State of Michigan, approved February 17.... 6. An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual insurance compan ies to insure against cyclones, wind storms, and tornadoes, and defining their powers and duties, approved February 25..... 7. An act to amend section one of act number one hundred and fifty seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, being section four thousand three hundred and nine, of Howell's Annotated Statutes, entitled “ An act to authorize the incorporation of a Michigan Millers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company.” approved Feb ruary 25... 8. An act to extend the time for the collection of taxes of eighteen hun dred and eighty-four within this State, approved February 26.-..-9. An act to provide for the incorporation, and to define the objects of the order of the Sons of Industry, approved March 4... io. An act amend an act entitled “Ăn act to protect fish and preserve the fisheries of this State,” [and] being act number three hundred NO. TITLE. PAGE. and fifty of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred sixty-five, Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, approved March 4.. circuit, and attach the same to the twenty-third judicial circuit, approved March 11.. 12. An act to change and fix the boundary line between the counties of Houghton and Baraga, approved March 12... 13. An act providing for an exemption from poll-tax of discharged sol diers, sailors, and marines, resident in the State of Michigan, approved March 12.. Howell's Annotated Statutes, being compiler's section six thousand one, relative to the trial of issues of fact, approved March 13.-.... 16. An act to attach the county of Isle Royal to the county of Houghton for judicial purposes, approved March 13... seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, for common return days for said writs, approved March 13... sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, Annotated Statutes, approved March 13.... the winter season, for the safety of foot travelers, approved March 13 20. An act to provide for the payment of certain drain taxes apportioned on State lands, in accordance with the provisions of section twenty- approved March 17... one, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, as TITLE. PAGE. 17 No. hundred and sixty-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred 16 23. An act to organize the county of Alger, approved March 17. 24. An act to amend section fifty-three of an act entitled “ An act to regulate and govern the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia,” approved May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and to add a new section thereto, to stand as section sixty-seven, approved March 17.. 18 25. An act to amend sections two and three of act one hundred and ninety-two of the general laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of associations, conventions, conferences, or religious bodies, for literary, religious, or other benevolent purposes," approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, being sections thirty-one hundred and thirty-two and thirty-one hundred and thirty-three of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and section five of act four of the public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, amendatory thereto, being sections forty-seven hundred and twenty-three, forty-seven hundred and twenty-four, and forty-seven hundred and twenty-six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, approved March 19... 19 26. An act to provide for the inspection of commercial fertilizers and to regulate the sale thereof, approved March 20. 20 27. An act to regulate the sale of adulterated honey, approved March 20 22 28. An act making an appropriation for the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-five and 22 29. An act to amend section three of act number ninety-seven of the gen eral laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled “ An act to pro- 23 30. An act to amend section two of act number forty-three of the general laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled “ An act to pro- 24 |