SEC. 7. (i) SEC. 8. (k) SEC. 2. [9]. This act shall take effect immediately. An Act making Appropriations in Aid of the Michigan Asylums. [Approved February 12, 1855. Laws of 1855, p. 239. SECTION 1, 2, 3. (1) Principals of Subordinate Off (1543.) SEC. 4. The Trustees shall have power to increase Salaries of the the salaries of the Principals of the Asylums, whenever, in Asylums and of their opinion, the interests of those institutions shall demand cers. it, beyond the limitation fixed by the act of April 3d, 1848: Provided, The salary of each of said Principals shall not exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum. They shall also have power to fix salaries of the subordinate officers: Provided, The amounts so paid shall not exceed such reasonable compensation as is paid for the like services in similar institutions. SEC. 5. (m) This act shall take effect immediately. An Act to Provide for the Election of a Board of Trustees for each of the Michigan Asylums. (Approved February 9, 1857. Laws of 1857, p. 185.) Trustees for Dumb, and Blind, office. (1544.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Appointment of That the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Asylum for Deaf, Senate and House of Representatives, in joint Convention and their term of assembled, shall, during the session of the Legislature in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, appoint three Trustees of the Michigan Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, to hold their offices as follows, to wit: one shall be elected for the term of six years, one shall be elected for the term of four years, and one for the term of two years, whose term of office shall commence on the second Tuesday of February, of the year in which they are elected, and shall continue until their (j) Related to term of office of the members of the board, and is superseded. (k) Temporary. (1) Appropriate $100,000 for building, and specify the mode of expenditure. (m) Temporary. (n) Amends Sec. 7 of the Act of April 3, 1848, as given above. successors are appointed and qualified, and who shall constitute the Board of Trustees of the said Asylum; and at each succeeding session of the Legislature, there shall be appointed in like manner one Trustee, who shall hold his office six years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The LegisVacancies, how lature shall also fill, by election as aforesaid, all vacancies that may occur in said board. filled. Trustees for In their term office. of Appointment of (1545.) SEC. 2. There shall also be appointed, as provided sane Asylum, and in the foregoing section, three Trustees of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane; one shall be appointed for the term of six years, one for the term of four years, and one for the term of two years, whose term of office shall commence on the second Tuesday of February, of the year in which they are appointed, and continue until their successors are appointed and qualified, who shall constitute the Board of Trustees of said Asylum; and at each succeeding session of the Legislature thereafter, there shall be appointed in like manner one Trustee, who shall hold his office six years, and until his sucVacancies, how cessor is appointed and qualified; and the Legislature shall fill, by appointment as aforesaid, all vacancies that may occur in said board. filled. Power of Gover nor to fill vacancies. Powers and duties of Boards of Trustees. (1546.) SEC. 3. The Governor shall have power, and it shall be his duty, whenever any vacancy shall occur in either of said boards, by death, removal or otherwise, to appoint some suitable person or persons to fill such vacancy, who shall hold their office until the next session of the Legislature, and until such vacancy shall be filled by the Legislature. (1547.) SEC. 4. The said Board of Trustees of the Asylum. for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, shall have the sole and exclusive control and management of said Asylum and its affairs, in as full and ample manner as the existing Board of Trustees; and the said Board of Trustees of the Asylum for the Insane shall have like control of said Asylum and all its affairs. SEC. 5. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. An Act making Appropriations in Aid of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind, at Flint. [Approved February 12, 1857. Took effect May 19, 1857. Laws of 1857, p. 216.] SECTION 1. (0) SEC. 2. (p) SEC. 3. (q) SEC. 4. (r) Sec. 5. (8) furnished to In tain cases. (1548.) SEC. 6. In cases where persons, residents of this Clothing to b State, who are deaf and dumb, or blind, but who, on account mates of Asylum for Deaf, Dumb, of their poverty, are unable to furnish themselves with and Blind in cer suitable clothing, and other necessary expenses for attending school at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, the Board of Trustees shall have discretionary power to render them such assistance, not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each person, and for that purpose may issue a certificate directed to the Auditor General, that such amount is necessary for the benefit of such individual, who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor, and any such sums are hereby appropriated, and shall be paid out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated; and the Auditor General shall charge all such moneys so drawn to the county of which such person is a resident, or to which he or she belongs, to be collected and returned to the general fund as any State taxes are required to be by law. (1549.) SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts contravening the Repeal of contraprovisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. vening Acts. (2) Appropriates $37,500 for 1857, and the same amount for 1858. (p) Provides for expenditure of appropriation for building purposes, and for sustaining the Institution. (9) Directs the appointment of one of the Trustees as Building Commissioner, with salary of $800. (r) Trustees directed to deposit contracts for building with the Auditor General, and make report to the Legislature as to their expenditures. (8) Auditor General directed to cause to be raised $15,000 for 1857, and the same amount for 1858, with the other State taxes. For similar provisions appropriating $50,000 for building purposes for the Asylum for the Insane, see Laws of 1857, p. 205. TITLE XV. OF THE INTERNAL POLICE OF THE CHAPTER XLII. Of Disorderly Persons. STATE. CHAPTER XLIII. Of the Maintenance of Illegitimate Children. CHAPTER XLIV. Of the Observance of the First Day of the Week, and the Prevention and Punishment of Immorality. CHAPTER XLV. Of the Law of the Road, and the Regulation of Public Carriages. CHAPTER XLVI. Of Timber and Lumber Floating upon Waters, or Carried upon Adjoining Lands. CHAPTER XLVII. Of Lost Goods, and Stray Beasts. CHAPTER XLVIII. Of the Disposition of Unclaimed Property in Certain Cases. CHAPTER XLXIX. Of Fire Departments in Cities and Villages. CHAPTER L. Of Certain Municipal Regulations of Police. CHAPTER LI. Of the Destruction of Wolves, and other Noxious Animals. CHAPTER LII. Of the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Drinks as a Beverage. Chapter Thirty-Nine of Revised Statutes of 1846. N. Y. Rev. Stat., Title 5, Chap. 20, Part 1. deemed Disorder (1550.) SECTION 1. All persons who threaten to run away and what Persons leave their wives and children a burden on the public; all 1y. persons pretending to tell fortunes, or where lost or stolen goods may be found; all common prostitutes and all keepers of bawdy houses, or houses for the resort of prostitutes; all drunkards, tiplers, gamesters, or other disorderly persons; all persons who have no visible calling or business to maintain themselves by, but who do for the most part support themselves by gaming; all jugglers, common showmen, and mountebanks, who exhibit or perform for profit any puppet show, wire or rope dancing, or other idle shows, arts or feats; all persons who keep in any public highway, or in any public place, any gaming table, wheel of fortune, box, machine, instrument or device for the purpose of gaming; all persons who go about with such table, wheel or other machine, instrument or device, exhibiting tricks or gaming therewith; all persons who play in the public streets or highways, with cards, dice, or any instrument or device for gaming, shall be deemed disorderly persons. offenders, and se behavior. (1551.) SEC. 2. Upon complaint made on oath to any Justice Apprehension of of the Peace against any person as being disorderly, he shall curity for good issue his warrant for the apprehension of the offender, and cause him to be brought before such Justice for examination; and if it shall appear by the confession of the offender, or by competent testimony, that he is a disorderly person, the Justice may require of the offender a recognizance, with sufficient sureties, for his good behavior for the term of one year thereafter. conviction to be der committed. (1552.) SEC. 3. In default of such sureties being found, the when record of Justice shall make up, sign and file in the County Clerk's made, and offenoffice, a record of conviction of such offender, as a disorderly person, specifying generally the nature and circumstances of the offence, and shall, by warrant under his hand, commit such offender to the common jail of the county, there to remain until such sureties be found, or such offender be discharged according to law. breach of recog (1553.) SEC. 4. The committing of any of the acts which con- What deemed a stitute the person so bound a disorderly person, shall be nizance. deemed a breach of the condition of such recognizance. (1554.) SEC. 5. Upon a recovery being had upon any such |