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INSURANCE COMPANIES-DUTIES CONCERNING.

To approve articles of insurance companies.

Of life: §§ 7194, 7204 C. L.

Of fire and marine: §§ 7233, 7262 C. L.

Of mutual fire: §§ 7271, 7279, 7286 C. L.

Of mutual fire limited: §§ 7292 and 7295 C. L.

Of Michigan Miller's Mutual fire: §§ 7307, 7210 C. L.

Of Manufacturers' mutual fire: §§ 7322, 7325 C. L.

Of cyclone, windstorm, etc.: § 7358 C. L.

Of log and timber insurance: § 7364 C. L.

Of farm stock: §§ 7378 and 7398 C. L.

Of plate glass: $7407 C. L.

Of bicycles: § 7414 C. L.

Of co-operative and mutual benefit associations: $$ 7500 and 7527 C. L.

Duty to prosecute for certain offenses against the insurance laws upon being notified thereof by the Commissioner of Insurance: § 5115 C. L.

To collect penalty for use of other than standard policies by any person, company or corporation issuing insurance: § 5176 C. L.

Unlawful for the Attorney General to approve the articles of any mutual insurance association or any renewal or amendment thereof prior to the payment of an approval fee as required by law: § 8579 C. L.

To sue life insurance companies for doing business in this State without making the deposit required to the State Treasurer: § 7199 C. L. To enforce penalty against insurance companies for making forbidden discriminations: §§ 7219 and 7220 C. L.

To take action in the Supreme Court for closing up unsound companies: 7201 C. L.

To take action for forfeiture of their franchise for making fraudulent reports: $7202 C. L.

To prosecute any person or persons for issuing insurance except as provided by the statutes of this State: § 7211 C. L.

To enforce penalty for doing business for an unauthorized company: § 7217 C. L.

To prosecute any insurance company on request of the Secretary of State: § 7249 C. L.

To prosecute fire and marine insurance companies for all penalties imposed by law: § 7252 C. L.

Upon request of the Commissioner of Insurance and upon proper proof, to notify farm stock insurance companies to cease to do business: § 7396 C. L.

To enforce penalty against bicycle insurance companies for doing business when they have not filed the statement required by law: §§ 7421, 7422 C. L.

CO-OPERATIVE AND MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATIONS.

Upon request of the Commissioner of Insurance to institute proceedings against co-operative and mutual benefit associations: § 7511 C. L. To prosecute violations of act relative to co-operative and mutual benefit associations: § 7515 C. L.

To prosecute persons acting as agents for unauthorized corporations: § 7515 C. L.

To notify a foreign corporation to cease to do business upon its failure to make annual statement as required by law; and in case of home corporations, duty of to institute proper proceedings for such failure: § 7518

C. L.

When deemed necessary is authorized to require full detailed reports of the affairs of all co-operative associations, and to make personal investigation of their books, papers and securities: § 7551 C. L.

FRATERNAL BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATIONS.

Upon being informed by the Commissioner of Insurance of their failure to make report required by law, to commence an action against such association to enjoin the same from carrying on any business in this State: § 7756 C. L.

WRITS.

HABEAS CORPUS.

Officers to whom writ of habeas corpus shall be issued on application of the Attorney General, liable to him for failure to deliver and return said writ according to command thereof: § 9857 C. L.

When it appears from the return of the writ that the party is detained upon criminal accusation, notice thereof to be given to the Attorney General, in case there be no prosecuting attorney within such county: § 9886 C. L.

SCIRE FACIAS.

Duty of in case of judgment vacating or annulling any act of incorporation, to institute proper proceedings to close up the affairs of such corporation: § 9938 C. L.

May issue in behalf of the people of the State upon his own relation for purpose of annulling any letters patent, granted by the people of this State, in the following cases:

1. When obtained by fraud or concealment of material fact;

2. When issued through mistake and in ignorance of some material fact;

3. In case the patentee shall permit some act of forfeiture: § 9921 C. L.

4. May issue to vacate or annul acts of incorporation for statutory reasons: § 9922 C. L.

QUO WARRANTO PROCEEDINGS.

May file information in the nature of quo warranto against any individual as matter of course, upon his own relation or the relation of any private parties:

1. When any person shall usurp, intrude into or unlawfully hold or exercise any public office, civil or military, or any franchise within this State, or any office in any corporation created by the authority of this State;

2. Whenever any public officer, civil or military, shall have done or

suffered any act which by the provisions of law shall work a forfeiture of his office;

3. Where any association or number of persons shall act as a corporation within this State without being legally incorporated: § 9939 C. L.

In case of usurpation of office, may set forth in information the name of the person rightfully entitled to such office with an averment of his right thereto: § 9941 C. L.

QUO WARRANTO-IN RE CORPORATIONS.

Upon judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction against a corporation, to institute proceedings for closing up its affairs: § 9963 C. L.

Forfeited Property.

Authorized to institute proceedings for the recovery thereof in the circuit court-for personal property, by action of trover, and for real property, by action of ejectment: § 9965 C. L.

Information may be filed upon his own relation or the relation of any private party or on leave granted against any corporate body, whenever any such corporation shall:

1. Offend against any of the provisions of the act or acts creating, altering or renewing such corporation; or,

2. Violate the provisions of any law, by which such corporation shall have forfeited its charter by misuser; or,

3. Whenever it shall have forfeited its privileges and franchises by non-user; or,

4. Whenever it shall have done or omitted any acts which amount to a surrender of its corporate rights, privileges and franchises; or,

5. Whenever it shall exercise any franchise or privilege not conferred upon it by law: § 9950 C. L.

WRITS OF ERROR AND CERTIORARI.

Duty to receive notice upon judgments of conviction for treason or for murder in the first degree prior to the issuance of writ of error by a justice of the Supreme Court: § 10,489 C. L.

SCHEDULE B.

This schedule contains a statement of all criminal cases brought to the supreme court on exception, writ of error, certiorari and habeas corpus, whether disposed of or pending, in which the Attorney General has appeared, or which are of general interest to those entrusted with the administration of the criminal laws of the state.

PEOPLE v. CARRELL, ISAAC W., ET AL.

(Supreme Court. July 18, 1898.)

Exceptions from Allegan circuit court.

This is a case wherein defendants were convicted of obstructing the view of room, and appeal. Supreme court affirmed the conviction.

PEOPLE v. DOUGLASS CARTER.

(Supreme Court. July, 1899.)

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Error to recorder's court of Detroit.

Above is a case wherein defendant was convicted of the crime of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, and brings error. Affirmed by supreme court.

PEOPLE v. ALEXANDER DOW.

(Supreme Court. July 12, 1898.)

Error to recorder's court of Detroit.

This is a case wherein defendant was convicted of a violation of factory inspection law, and brings error. Reversed.

PEOPLE v. M. A. ENGLE.

(Supreme Court. October 3, 1898.)

Exceptions from Van Buren circuit.

This is a case wherein defendant was convicted of selling liquor in violation of liquor law, and brings exceptions. Case reversed by supreme court.

PEOPLE v. RALPH B. GOULD.

(Supreme Court. July 18, 1898.)

Exceptions from Jackson circuit.

Above is a case wherein defendant was convicted of embezzlement and brings exceptions before sentence. Judgment is advised by supreme court.

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