from the secretary of state a certificate of title. Said certi-
ficate, when so assigned and returned to the secretary of state,
together with any subsequent assignments or reissues thereof,
shall be retained by the secretary of state and appropriately
filed and indexed, so that at all times it will be possible to
trace title to the motor vehicle designated therein: Provided, Proviso.
When the ownership of any motor vehicle shall pass by opera-
tion of law, the person owning such motor vehicle may upon
furnishing satisfactory proof to the secretary of state of
such ownership procure a title to said motor vehicle regard-
less of whether a certificate of title has ever been issued.

issue

before.

of title.

SEC. 8. If the secretary of state shall determine at any When may time that an applicant for a certificate of title of a motor refuse to vehicle is not entitled thereto, he may refuse to issue such certificate. certificate or to register such vehicle, and may for a like reason and after notice and hearing revoke registration al- Revocation, ready acquired on any outstanding certificate of title. Said hearing, etc.. notice shall be served in person or by registered mail. SEC. 10. In the case of dealers in motor vehicles or motor Dealers' cycles, including manufacturers who sell to others than certificates dealers, all of whom are intended to be covered by this and all other provisions of this section, a separate certificate of title, either of such dealer's immediate vendor, or of the dealer himself, shall be required in the case of each motor vehicle in his possession, and the secretary of state shall determine the form in which application for such certificates of title and assignments thereof shall be made: Provided, Proviso, new however, That no such certificate shall be required in the case vehicles. of new motor vehicles sold by manufacturers or dealers as the term "Dealers" is defined in section one of this act.

' motor

motor

SEC. 13. Report of stolen and recovered motor vehicles. Stolen, etc., It shall be the duty of the sheriff of every county of the vehicles, state and of the chief of police or commissioner of police report of. of every city to make immediate report to the secretary of state of all motor vehicles reported to him as stolen or recovered, upon forms provided for by the secretary of state. Failure on the part of any officer shall be deemed to be mis- Failure to feasance in office and shall constitute grounds for removal. report. Upon receipt of such information, the secretary of state shall file the same in an index to be known as the "Stolen and re- Index of. covered motor vehicle index." It shall also be the duty of the secretary of state to file reports of stolen and recovered motor vehicles reported to him from other states. The secre- Publication tary of state shall publish once a month a list of all motor whom furvehicles stolen or recovered during the previous month and nished. forward a copy of the same to every sheriff, the commanding officer of the Michigan state police, and all police departments in cities over ten thousand inhabitants. Such list shall also be forwarded to the secretary of state, or other proper official, in each state of the United States. Before issuing a certificate of title, as heretofore provided, the secretary of state shall check the motor and serial number on the

of lists, to

Licensing of second-hand dealers.

Annual license.

Application,

form, etc.

motor vehicle to be registered against the "Stolen and recovered motor vehicle index."

SEC. 14. Licensing of second hand dealers. That after the first day of January, nineteen hundred twenty-two, it shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or conduct in this state the business of buying, selling or dealing in used vehicles or parts thereof, unless and until he shall have received a license from the secretary of state authorizing the carrying on or conducting of such business. Such license shall be furnished annually by the secretary of state and shall run from the first day of January, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and annually thereafter for each year, beginning on the first day of January. The application for said license shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the said secretary of state and subject to such rules and regulations How verified. With respect thereto as may be so prescribed by him. Such application shall be verified by oath or affirmation and shall contain a full statement of the name or names of the person or persons applying therefor, the name of the firm or copartnership with the names and places of residence of all the members thereof, if such applicant be a firm or copartnership, the name and residence of the principal officers, if the applicant be a body corporate or other artificial body, the name of the state under whose laws the corporation is organized, the location of the place or places at which such business is to be carried on and conducted, and said application shall contain such other relevant information as may be required by the secretary of state. It shall be accompanied by a statement of two reputable persons of the community in which the principal place of business is to be located, certifying to the good moral character of the person or persons applying for such license. Upon making such application the person applying therefor shall pay to the secretary of state a fee of five dollars. A license certificate shall be issued by the secretary of state in accordance with such application when the same shall be regular in form and in compliance with the provisions of this section, and such license, when so issued, shall entitle the licensee to carry on and conduct the business of buying and selling and dealing in used vehicles and parts thereof, for a period of one year from the first day of January of the current year. The secretary of state shall have the power to make suitable rules and regulations for the issuance of such licenses to expire upon the first day of January of the succeeding year, when the application therefor shall be made. during the current year, and upon payment of a license fee of three dollars provided application is made after July first of any year. Any person conducting the business of buying, selling or dealing in used vehicles and having received a license therefor, shall, before removing any one or more of his places of business, or shall, before opening any additional places of business, apply to the secretary of state for, and obtain, a supplemental license, for which no fee shall be

Fee.

Rules and regulations, may make.

Supplemental license.

purchases,

charged. Every such licensee shall keep a book or record Record of
in such form as may be prescribed or approved by the secre- etc.
tary of state, in which he shall keep a record of the pur-
chase, sale or exchange or receipt for the purpose of sale, of
any second-hand vehicle or parts thereof, a description of
such vehicles or parts, together with the name and address
of the seller, of the purchaser, and of the alleged owner or
other person from whom such vehicle or parts were purchased
or received, or to whom they were sold or delivered, as the
case may be. Such description in the case of motor vehicles Description,
shall also include the engine number, if any, the maker's num- etc.
ber, if any, chassis number, if any, and such other numbers
or identification marks as may be thereon, and shall also in-
clude a statement that a number has been obliterated, de-
faced or changed, if such is the fact. In the case of a trailer
or semi-trailer, the record shall include the manufacturer's
number and such other numbers or identification marks as
may be thereon. He shall also have in his possession a duly
assigned certificate of title from the owner of said motor
vehicle in accordance with the provisions of another section
of this act, from the time when the motor vehicle is delivered
to him until it has been disposed of by him. Any person Violations
guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section shall felony,
be deemed guilty of a felony and punished by a fine of not penalty.
more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in any
penal institution within this state for not more than three
years, or both at the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 4, 1923.

deemed

[No. 17.]

AN ACT to repeal act number two hundred eighty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the collection of agricultural statistics by township and city supervisors or other assessing officers," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred twenty-one.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Act number two hundred eighty-seven of the Act public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An repealed. act to provide for the collection of agricultural statistics by township and city supervisors or other assessing officers," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 6, 1923.

Section amended.

Salary.

[No. 18.]

AN ACT to amend section thirty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, 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 four hundred ninety-six of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, amended by act number three hundred thirty of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

as

SECTION 1. Section thirty 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 four hundred ninety-six of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred thirty of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 30. In the seventeenth circuit the stenographer of each division of said court shall be paid an annual salary of three thousand dollars.

Approved April 6, 1923.

Device, etc., filing of description

of.

Proviso.

[No. 19.]

AN ACT to provide for the regulation of the business of furnishing laundered articles for hire.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of supplying towels, coats, aprons, toilet devices, or other kindred articles or supplies, for hire or compensation, used for the purpose of providing cleanliness and sanitation, and which said articles or supplies are, shall, or may have a name, or trade mark or device branded, stamped, marked, sewed or otherwise impressed thereon, may file in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal place of business is situated, a description of such name, mark or device, and cause such description to be printed once in each week for three weeks successively in a newspaper published in such county: Provided, That if the principal place

of business of any such person, firm or corporation is in another state, the filing of such description shall be made in the office of the county clerk in any county of this state in which business is done, and printed for three weeks successively in any newspaper published in such county. When Deemed any such person, firm or corporation shall have complied proprietor. with the provisions of this section, he, she, or it shall thereupon be deemed the proprietor of such name, mark or device, and of every such towel, apron, coat, toilet cabinet or toilet device, so used as aforesaid, upon which the said mark may be branded, stamped, marked, sewed, or otherwise impressed or produced thereon, upon the filing with the county clerk as herein before referred to, such name, mark or device, and Fee. there shall be paid to the county clerk two dollars for each such name, mark or device so filed.

where filed.

SEC. 2. When any person, firm or corporation having Assignment, complied with the provisions of the preceding section of this certificate of, act, assigns by sale or otherwise, the business of supplying towels. coats, aprons, toilet cabinets, towel devices, or any other kindred articles of supplies used for the purpose of cleanliness and sanitation, such assignee shall, upon such assignment, file in the office of the clerk of the county in which his or its principal place of business is situated, a certificate of said assignment, and cause such certificate to Publication. be printed once each week for three weeks successively in a newspaper published in such county. If the principal place of business of such assignee is in another state, the filing of such certificate of assignment shall be made in the office of the county clerk in any county of this state in which business is done and printed once each week for three weeks successively in a newspaper published in such county.

erase, etc..

SEC. 3. No person, firm or corporation other than pro- Unlawful to vided in section one hereof, shall use any towels, coats, aprons, mark or detoilet cabinets, towel devices, or any other articles or sup- vice. plies used for the purpose of cleanliness and sanitation, by supplying, furnishing, selling, transferring or renting the same for hire or compensation, or otherwise, or shall deface, erase, obliterate, cover up, or otherwise remove or conceal said mark or device thereon, or shall give, take or otherwise dispose of such towels, coats, aprons, toilet cabinets or other toilet devices, so branded and marked, as herein provided for without the written consent of the owner or owners, whose mark or device shall be or have been upon such article or articles as provided in section one hereof: Provided, how- Proviso. ever, That the use of such article or articles at the place where the same are placed or delivered by the owner or owners under an agreement, lease, or license from such owner, shall not be unlawful: And provided further, That Further nothing herein contained shall make it unlawful for any bona proviso, fide hotel, restaurant, cafe, or other public hostelry, to permit and allow the use of such towels, coats, aprons or other toilet device to any guest, boarder, or any regularly hired employe

hotels, etc.