Governor or shall be made to appear. And the Governor or the Attorney General may investi- eral, as well as the Legislature, shall at all times be entitled sum gate. May receive school, etc., libraries for safe keeping. marily to investigate the affairs of any such corporation, and to examine witnesses on oath touching the same, without the necessity of commencing legal proceedings. (3169.) SEC. 7. Such associations may receive into their rooms for safe-keeping, any school or other public libraries, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, except that no public board or officers shall be at liberty to transfer to such association any public money, or the ownership or control of any such library, so as in any way to impair the duty or responsibility imposed by law upon such board or officers as custodians of such funds or libraries. CHAPTER CXIV. POMOLOGICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. Five persons may associate. Notice of meet ing for organization. An Act to provide for the incorporation of societies for the promotion of pomology. horticulture, and the kindred sciences and arts in the State of Michigan. [Approved April 15, 1871. Laws of 1871, p. 195.] (3170.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any five or more persons, and their successors, that may hereafter associate together for the purpose of promoting the interests of pomology, horticulture, agriculture, and kindred sciences and arts, may become a body corporate by complying with the requirements of this act. (3171.) SEC. 2. The persons intending to become a body corporate for the above named purpose shall publish a notice of their intention to meet for organization three successive weeks in the newspaper published next nearest to the place where such meeting is to be held; said notice to state the object of the meeting, and when and where it will be held, and to be signed by at least three of the persons interested in establishing such organization; said meeting to be open to the public. association. (3172.) SEC. 3. The articles of association adopted at the meet- Articles of ing provided for in the preceding section shall specify First. The names, officers, and objects of association; Second. The limit of property; Third. The limit of subscription of members; Fourth. The town, city, village, county, district, or extent of the territory in which the operations of the society may be carried on, or to which they are limited. (3173.) SEC. 4. The articles of association, duly acknowledged when recorded. by each stockholder, together with a certificate, signed by the secretary, stating the amount of subscription paid in, must be registered in the office where the association is located, in a book kept for that purpose, and a copy of the same must be forwarded to the Secretary of State. (3174.) SEC. 5. On complying with the requirements of this act Corporate rights as above specified, the association so organized shall be a body corporate, and shall be capable of buying and selling real estate in the same manner as the agricultural societies; of suing and being sued in any court of this State; may have a common seal, and may alter or amend the same at pleasure; and be subject to the laws of the State applicable to agricultural societies; 'may make such by-laws and regulations, not inconsistent with its articles or with this act, as may be found desirable to promote the efficiency of the organization: Provided, That the by-laws shall not exclude any Proviso. citizen of Michigan from membership of the association, attending the exhibitions, or participating in its discussions, who shall subscribe and pay to the funds of the society such sum or sums annually as the by-laws of the association shall prescribe. (3175.) SEC. 6. Should a State association for the promotion of State association pomology, horticulture, agriculture, and kindred sciences and arts be organized under this act, it shall be the duty of the secretary of Annual report. said State society to make and transmit to the Secretary of State a report of the transactions of said society, including copies of papers read at its meetings, reports of exhibitions held, and of facts collected by correspondence or otherwise, at the end of the month of December of each year; said report of transactions to be printed secretary of in similar form and number of copies as the reports and transac- report. State to print PUBLISHING ASSOCIATIONS An Act to provide for the incorporation of associations for the publ [Approved March 7, 1861. Laws of 1861. p (3178.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of MS That any three or more persons may associate ben se body corporate, for the purpose of bising per newspapers, books, tracts, documents, and cher path a ligious, historical, literary, agricultural, scr Character; which corporation shall, so far as the sume applicable, be subject to the provisions of chapter seventy-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (3179.) SEC. 2. Such persons shall, under their hands and seal, Certificate specifying name, etc. make a certificate, which shall specify the name and location of such corporation, the names and places of residence of the shareholders, the number of shares held by each of them, respectively, and the amount of all other property, real or personal, that may be held by such corporation; which certificate shall be recorded in To be recorded. the office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the clerk of the county in which such corporation is located. (3180.) SEC. 3. Upon compliance with the provisions of the pre- Body corporats. ceding section, such association shall be and is hereby declared a body corporate, empowered to hold and possess so much real estate Powers of. purchased by it, or that may be given, granted, or devised to it as a corporation, in accordance with the provisions of law at the time such grant or devise shall take effect, as may be necessary for its use and occupation for the purposes of business, also personal property not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That all property of such association shall be subject to taxation, Property taxable and shall be used for no other purposes than in the legitimate business of the association, and to secure the object of its incorporation. (3181.) SEC. 4. Any association heretofore organized under the Enlargement of laws of this State, for the purposes above mentioned, or that may authorized. be organized under this act, may enlarge its capital stock by a vote of its stockholders, and such enlargement shall take effect upon filing a certified copy of the resolution of such stockholders in the office of the Secretary of State, and of said county clerk.' capital stock An Act to provide for the incorporation of associations engaged in the publication of newspapers, periodicals, books, and other matter. [Approved March 21, 1865. Laws of 1865, p. 647.] authorized. (3182.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan exact, Associations That any three or more persons may associate themselves together for the purpose of procuring intelligence for the newspaper press from all parts of the world, by telegraph or otherwise, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to the liabilities, prescribed in this act. (3183.) SEC. 2. Such persons shall, under their hands and seals, Articles of assosign articles of association, in which shall be specified 1 As amended by Act 817 of the Laws of 1865, p. 668, approved March 21, 1865. As added by Act 817 of the Laws of 1865, p. 668, approved March 21, 1865. ciation. Contents of. Articles, where filled and recorded. Power of assoeiation. Btockholders individually Kable. How enforced. Btockholders paying may recover from their associates. Increase of capital authorized. Property subject to taxation, Powers may be reseinded, etc. First. The name of said association; Second. The capital stock, and the number of shares into which the same shall be divided; Third. The purposes for which such association is established; Fourth. The place where the office of business of said association shall be located; Fifth. The term of the existence of said association, not to exceed thirty years. The said articles shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and a copy thereof recorded in the office of the county clerk where the office of said company is established, and thereupon the said association shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a body corporate, under the name mentioned in such articles of association. (3184.) SEC. 3. It shall be competent for the said association to form by-laws, to provide therein for the annual election of so many directors and such other officers and agents as may be deemed expedient by said association, and generally to do any and all things authorized by chapter seventy-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; and the stockholders of all corporations founded upon this act shall be individually liable for all labor performed for such corporations or associations, which said liability may be enforced against any stockholders founded on this statute, at any time after an execution shall be returned not satisfied, against said company: Provided always, That if any stockholder shall be compelled by any such action to pay the debts of any creditor, or any part thereof, he shall have the right to call upon the stockholders to contribute their part of the sum so paid by him as aforesaid, and may sue them jointly or severally, or any number of them, and recover in such action the ratable amount due from the person or persons so sued. (3185.) SEC. 4. The said association may, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital, but never to exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That all property of such association shall be subject to taxation, and shall be used for no other purpose than in the legitimate business of the association, and to secure the object of its incorporation. (3186.) SEC. 5. The Legislature may at any time, for just cause, rescind the powers of any corporation created pursuant to the provisions of this act, and prescribe such mode as may be necessary or expedient for the settlement of its affairs. SEC. 6. This act shall take immediate effect. |