How used. Proviso. Further proviso. How paid. Proviso as to vouchers. Michigan State Agricultural Society for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, the sum of five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, the sum of five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The amounts appropriated by section one of this act are to be used by said society for the payment of premiums to be awarded at the annual fair of nineteen hundred five and at the annual fair of nineteen hundred six, on agricul tural, horticultural, manufactured and domestic products, grown or produced in the State of Michigan; said premiums to be awarded under the direction of the executive committee of said society: Provided, That the said society shall award and pay the further sum of five thousand dollars in premiums at each of the annual fairs in the years above mentioned: Provided further, That the sum of five thousand dollars in premiums, to be paid by the Michigan State Agricultural Society, shall be exclusive of any premiums paid by said society for speed purposes. SEC. 3. The five thousand dollars appropriated by this act for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury, to the treasurer of the Michigan State Agricultural Society, on presentation of a requisition signed by the president and business committee of said society, accompanied by a certificate of the secretary and treasurer of said society, that the amount of five thousand dollars has been awarded and paid in premiums upon exhibits at the annual fair in nineteen hundred five, exclusive of any premiums paid by said society for speed purposes: Provided, That within thirty days after the payment of the said five thousand dollars by the State, the secretary shall file vouchers with the Auditor General showing the amount of premiums paid on account of said fair in Further proviso. nineteen hundred five: Provided further, That in case the said premiums, exclusive of those paid by said society for speed purposes, shall amount to less than ten thousand dollars as shown by the vouchers filed with the Auditor General, the treasurer of the society shall accompany the vouchers with a draft in such amount as added to the total payments repreFurther proviso. sented by the vouchers, will equal ten thousand dollars: Provided further, That the five thousand dollars appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, shall be subject to the same requirements as provided for the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six. To be incorpo SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State rated in state tax. tax for the year nineteen hundred five, the sum of five thousand dollars and for the year nineteen hundred six the sum of five thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 293.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Northern State Normal School for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, and for building and special purposes for the said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: for current SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Appropriation expenses of the Northern State Normal School, for the fiscal expenses. year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, the sum of forty-one thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, the sum of forty-one thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of fifteen thousand dollars is Further appropriation. hereby appropriated for the said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, by purposes and amounts as follows: To build the north wing to Peter White How used. Hall of Science, complete, fifteen thousand dollars, and to complete the north building, one thousand dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Sate Board of Education, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. rated in state tax. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State To be incorpotax for the year nineteen hundred five for the Northern State Normal School the sum of forty-eight thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred six for the said institution the sum of forty-one thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 59 Township officers' guide, when and by whom compiled. Style, etc. Number to be published. To whom delivered. Receipts. Secretary may [No. 294.] AN ACT to provide for the compilation, publication and distribution in book form of all laws now in existence in regard to the powers and duties of township officers, to supply the same to certain township officers, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall compile, prepare and publish, as soon as possible after the adjournment of the present legislature, all existing laws concerning the powers and duties of township officers, in book form, with suitable forms to be a guide for such township officers in the performance of their several duties, and to be known as "Township Officers' Guide." The style of printing and binding of the said Township Officers' Guide shall be similar to that of the public acts, as published at the present time. All books distributed to the township officers hereinafter named, shall have branded on the cover the words "State Property." SEC. 2. There shall be published of the volume entitled "Township Officers' Guide," a sufficient number of copies to supply one copy each to the following officers, viz.: The several supervisors, township clerks, township treasurers, commissioners of highways, and each justice of the peace in the several townships in the State, and in addition to the foregoing there shall be published of said Township Officers' Guide, five hundred copies which shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State for sale and future distribution. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the said Secretary of State to cause to be delivered to the clerk of each county a sufficient number of copies of said work to supply each of the aforesaid township officers in his county, and it shall be the duty of said clerks respectively to cause a sufficient number of copies thereof to be delivered to the clerk of each township in his county, who shall deliver a copy thereof to each of the aforesaid officers in his township, taking their receipts therefor in the same manner as for other books. SEC. 4. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to sell extra copies. sell in his discretion, at a fair price, such extra copies of the Township Officers' Guide as will not be required for distribution and which sale shall be at not less than the actual cost thereof, and shall account for the same to the State Treasurer and pay the money received therefor into the State treasury monthly. Books to be delivered to successor. SEC. 5. Every township officer who shall receive a copy of said book shall deliver the same, with any supplement or supplements thereto, in his hands, to his successor in office when such successor shall be elected or appointed and qualified and the delivery thereof may be compelled in the manner now provided by law for compelling the delivery of books and papers by public officers to their successors in office. published. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, as Supplement to be soon as practicable, after the close of each session of the legislature hereafter, during which any important changes shall be made in the laws relating to townships or the powers and duties of township officers, to cause a supplement to the treatise aforesaid, embracing such changes, and forms adapted thereto, to be prepared and published in pamphlet form, and To whom a copy thereof to be delivered to each of said township officers, delivered. in the manner aforesaid. SEC. 7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- Repealing clause. visions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 295.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan School for the Deaf for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: expenses. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Appropriation expenses of the Michigan School for the Deaf, for the fiscal for current year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of sixteen thousand nine hundred Further twenty-five dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year appropriation. ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for purposes and amounts as follows: To pay for two silos, four hundred How used. twenty-five dollars; for the purchase, erection and equipment of a battery of new boilers, and all appliances necessary therefor, fourteen thousand dollars; for roofs and gutters, one thousand dollars; for increasing and maintaining the pupils' library and reading rooms, five hundred dollars; for repairing the old fire-escapes, and building new ones, and providing additional fire extinguishers, one thousand dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act, shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan School for the Deaf, at such times and To be incorporated in state tax. in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five, the sum of one hundred one thousand nine hundred twenty-five dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred six, the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. License fees required. Proviso [No. 296.] AN ACT to amend section eighteen of chapter twenty-one of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Hawkers and peddlers," the same being section five thousand three hundred twenty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section eighteen of chapter twenty-one of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Hawkers and peddlers," the same being section five thousand three hundred twenty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 18. Every such applicant, before he shall be entitled to a license, shall pay into the State treasury the following duties: If he intend to travel on foot, the sum of five dollars; if he intend to travel and carry his goods with a single horse or other beast, carrying or drawing a burden, the sum of twenty dollars; if he intend to travel with any vehicle drawn by more than one horse or other animal, the sum of forty dollars; if he intend to travel by railroad, steamboat, or other public conveyance, the sum of one hundred dollars; if he intend to travel in any manner for the purpose of taking or ders for goods, wares or merchandise, by exhibiting samples, lists, catalogues, or otherwise, the sum of fifty dollars: Provided, That no license shall be issued or fees accepted under this act for a less term than one year. Approved June 17, 1905. |