[No. 8.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation for the State Industrial Home for Girls to reimburse the treasury of said home for an amount expended in enlarging boiler house for which no appropriation was made, and to levy a tax to meet the same. WHEREAS, Section two, act number one hundred twenty-two, public acts of nineteen hundred three, appropriated three thousand nine hundred dollars for three new boilers for the State Industrial Home for Girls; and WHEREAS, It was necessary to enlarge the boiler house before the new boilers could be placed in position; and WHEREAS, No amount was included in said act number one hundred twenty-two, nor in any other appropriation act, for the purpose of enlarging said boiler house; and WHEREAS, It became necessary for the board of guardians of said home to enlarge said boiler house at an expense of one thousand one hundred one dollars and forty cents in order to utilize the new boilers for which provision was made in said act number one hundred twenty-two; Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the sum of one thousand one hundred one dollars and forty cents be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for the purpose of meeting the expense incurred in enlarging said boiler house: Provided, That the board of guardians may obtain the money appropriated by this joint resolution before July one, nineteen hundred five, which amount thus advanced shall be charged against the appropriation made by this joint resolution when the same becomes available: Provided further, That the amount appropriated by the provisions of this joint resolution shall be accounted for as required by the general accounting laws of the State and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts thereunder: Provided further, That the Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five, the sum of one thousand one hundred one dollars and forty cents, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This joint resolution is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 9.] JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Auditor General to issue a deed to the city of Clare, for a certain description of State tax land for use of said city. WHEREAS, All that part of the southwest quarter of section thirtyfive in township seventeen north range four west, south of the right of way of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, except the east thirtysix rods thereof in the city of Clare, county of Clare and State of Michigan, is held on the records of the Auditor General's department for unpaid taxes of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, eighteen hundred ninety-eight, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, nineteen hundred one, nineteen hundred two and nineteen hundred three; and WHEREAS, Said described tract is not occupied and is useful only for the purposes of said city; now therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Auditor General be, and he is hereby authorized and directed in consideration of the sum of twenty-five dollars to be paid to him by the said city, to convey in the same form and manner as to an individual, the said above described land to the common council of the city of Clare, and to their successors in office for the sole and only use, benefit and purposes of said city. This joint resolution is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 10.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing and empowering the Governor of the State of Michigan to deed and convey certain land and riparian rights upon and along Carp river, in Marquette county, to the Pioneer Iron Company. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Governor of the State of Michigan be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to deed and convey to the Pioneer Iron Company, a corporation organized, existing and doing business under the laws of the State of Michigan, by a suitable and appropriate instrument in writing, for the sum of two hundred fifty dollars in cash, the following described parcels of land in Marquette county, Michigan, to-wit: That part of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-five of township forty-eight north, range twenty-five west, lying north of the Carp river, containing one and twenty-five onehundredths acres more or less, and also an irregular shaped parcel of land in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said section thirty-five, lying between the south line of land conveyed by the Carp River Iron Company to the Pioneer Iron Company on the fourteenth day of December, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, recorded in liber thirtyfour of deeds, page four hundred sixty-six, in the office of the register of deeds, and the Carp river, containing three acres more or less, together with all of the riparian rights appertaining to said Carp river, including both banks thereof, over and across the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said section thirty-five, which said premises constitute a part of the grounds of the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula; excepting and reserving, however, to the people of the State of Michigan from such conveyance the right, privilege and easement to take from Carp river so much water as can be drawn through a pipe six inches in diameter, for use at said State House of Correction, and to cross the land of the Pioneer Iron Company, if necessary, with pipes and ditches and all needful appliances for carrying said water thereto, and the right to discharge the sewage from said State House of Correction and other buildings erected in connection therewith, across the land of said Pioneer Iron Company into said Carp river, and at all times to enter upon said lands for all necessary purposes to repair, replace and otherwise care for such water and sewage pipes, which rights shall constitute a perpetual servitude upon the adjoining lands of the Pioneer Iron Company necessarily crossed in the exercise of such privileges. Said deed or conveyance when executed shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Marquette county and shall then be delivered to the Pioneer Iron Company. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 11.] JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the semi-centennial celebration of the completion of the Lake Superior Ship Canal, including the participation of the United States government in the same, and other purposes connected therewith, and making an appropriation therefor. WHEREAS, In the month of July, nineteen hundred five, will occur the completion of half a century of service of the ship canal around the Falls of the St. Mary's River at the outlet of Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan; and WHEREAS, During that period it has developed the greatest concentration of marine tonnage in the world and has been of inestimable advantage to the nation, especially in enabling the iron and steel industries of the states bordering on the Great Lakes to attain the front rank which the same now occupy, also affording the most ample and economical outlet for the vast grain fields products of the trans-Mississippi regions; and WHEREAS, It was for two-thirds of those years under the control and management of the State of Michigan as a trust for the national benefit, the administration of which reflected great honor upon the officials of this State who wisely performed the duties therewith devolved upon them, until the United States assumed its control, in A. D. eighteen hundred eighty-eight, and has greatly enlarged the same on a scale commensurate with the requirements of the vast national traffic passing through it; and WHEREAS, Congress has, by an act approved March third, nineteen hundred five, appropriated ten thousand dollars for the purpose of assisting in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of the canal, occurring the present year; Resolved, That the State of Michigan will most cordially co-operate with the United States in rendering such celebration a notable event in the history of the Great Lake region. First. By the erection, near the canal, of a monolith column of most durable stone, on the four sides of which to be inserted four or more memorial bronze tablets; one for names of United States officials prominently connected with the inception and improvement of canal; one for the names of State of Michigan officials in similar capacities; one for the names of the original constructors; and one for the names of those prominently connected with the celebration proceedings, including the Semi-Centennial Association as promoters of the same. Second. By the publication of an artistic statistical and memorial volume, furnishing views of the canal at the different stages of development, condensed statistics of the first fifty years of traffic, with illustrated biographical sketches of the persons whose names appear upon the before mentioned memorial tablets. Third. By such arrangements as shall be deemed appropriate for the reception of the President of the United States and other invited national, State, or other officials, also of members of Congress and of this legislature and of other states, when attending the dedication of the memorial monument; at such date and with such ceremonies and adjuncts as the commission hereinafter authorized shall determine and announce. Resolved, That the management of said celebration proceedings shall be vested in a Commission, to be known as The Lake Superior Canal Semi-Centennial Celebration Commission of Nineteen Hundred Five, and to consist of three persons to be appointed by the Governor, who shall serve without salaried compensation, but be reimbursed for actual incidental expenses while promoting or conducting the same; a majority to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and with power to appoint a marshal and such other assistants as may be found advisable; also Resolved, That the Governor be, and is hereby authorized and requested to invite the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota to join in the aforesaid celebration and in any courtesies to be extended to members of Congress or other invited guests in connection therewith; also Resolved, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to defray such expenses as shall be necessarily incurred in carrying into effect the provisions of this joint resolution, such expenses to be certified by said commission to the Board of State Auditors and allowed by them. The sums so allowed shall be paid from the State treasury on the warrant of the Auditor General, and charged to the appropriation account of said commission: Provided, That in no event shall the State of Michigan be held responsible or be made liable for any sum in excess of the amount appropriated by this joint resolution: Provided further, That the Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This joint resolution is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 3, 1905. [No. 12.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the board of control of the State Public School to use for other purposes an appropriation made by section two of act number sixty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to make appropriations for the State Public School for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred five, and to provide a tax to meet the same," for the purpose of building a grain barn. WHEREAS, The sum of one thousand two hundred dollars was appropriated by section two of act number sixty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, for the purpose of building a grain barn at the State Public School, which appropriation has not been used; and, WHEREAS, It is the opinion of the board of control of said school that by building two silos adjacent to the cow barn, a corn house, and new floor and stalls in horse barn, ample accommodations will be provided for all grain raised upon the farm, and be of greater convenience and value to the institution than would be the building of a separate grain barn; therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the board of control of the State Public School, be authorized to use said appropriation of one thousand two hundred dollars, for the purpose of building silos, a corn house, and a new floor and stalls in the horse barn, the same to be in lieu of the grain barn for which said appropriation was originally made. This joint resolution is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 13.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation for the State Industrial Home for Girls to provide for the losses sustained by fire at Bliss cottage in April, nineteen hundred five, to the furnishings, clothing and bedding; to restore the building and repair the damages thereof and to reimburse the city of Adrian for additional water supply and the services of its fire department in extinguishing the said fire, and to levy a tax to meet the same. WHEREAS, In the month of April, just passed, an accidental fire at the State Industrial Home for Girls destroyed a quantity of clothing, |