or commission shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. apportioned. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall apportion each year the Tax, how This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 320.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan State Prison for general repairs and special purposes for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of twenty-eight thousand one hun- Appropriation. dred thirty dollars is hereby appropriated for the Michigan State Prison, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for purposes and amounts as follows: For boil- Purposes. ers, fourteen thousand dollars; for dynamo, two thousand five hundred dollars; for lathe, six hundred fifty dollars; for shaper, four hundred fifty-five dollars; for washing machine, two hundred fifty fifty dollars; for knitting machine, fifty dollars; for button-hole machine, one hundred twenty-five dollars; for hospital building repairs, five hundred dollars; for general repairs, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That if the amount designated in this section for Proviso as to any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the transfer of funds. work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchase specified in this section may, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing, before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire twenty-eight thousand one hundred thirty dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made: Provided further, That the Proviso as to board of control may obtain money under this section before obtain. July one, nineteen hundred five, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General as necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be de when may How paid. To be incorpo ducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the warden of the Michigan State Prison 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. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State rated in state tax. tax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of twentyeight thousand one hundred thirty dollars, which amount 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. Approved June 17, 1905. Appropriation for fire protection. Further appropriation for cottage. Transfer of funds. [No. 321.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Eastern Michigan Asylum at Pontiac for the biennial period ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, for building and special purposes, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for furnishing additional fire protection. SEC. 2. The further sum of forty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, for the purpose of creating additional room to accommodate not less than one hundred patients, either by changing and remodeling the present buildings or by erecting one new detached cottage as in the judgment of the board of trustees of said asylum shall appear more feasible or more desirable. SEC. 3. It is hereby provided that if the amount designated in sections one and two of this act for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchases, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchases, may by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing, before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire fifty thousand dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State when may Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made: Provided further, That the board of trustees Proviso as to of the Eastern Michigan Asylum at Pontiac may obtain money obtain. under this section before July one, nineteen hundred five, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid. this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Eastern Michigan Asylum in such amounts and at such times as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State To be incorpotax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of ten thousand rated in state tax. dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred six the sum of forty 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. 322.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number forty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to prevent the practice of mutilating horses, known as docking," approved April eighth, nineteen hundred one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. That section one of act number forty-five of the Section public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to prevent the practice of mutilating horses, known as docking," be amended to read as follows: horses tails. SECTION 1. Whoever shall cut the bone of the tail of any horse Unlawful to dock for the purpose of docking the tail, or whoever shall cause or knowingly permit it to be done upon the premises of which he is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or whoever shall assist in or be present at such cutting, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penalty. House of Correction not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That Proviso as to such cutting of the bone of the tail of any horse for the pur- certificate. pose of docking the tail shall be lawful when a certificate of veterinary's a regularly qualified veterinary surgeon shall first be obtained This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. Salt to be inspected. Penalty for violation. Proviso Salary of salt inspector. [No. 323.] AN ACT to amend sections one, three, four, five and eight of act number twenty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act to regulate the manufacture, and provide for the inspection of salt," being sections four thousand nine hundred eleven, four thousand nine hundred thirteen, four thousand nine hundred fourteen, four thousand nine hundred fifteen and four thousand nine hundred eighteen, respectively, of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact; SECTION 1. Sections one, three, four, five and eight of act number twenty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act to regulate the manufacture, and provide for the inspection of salt," being sections four thousand nine hundred eleven, four thousand nine hundred thirteen, four thousand nine hundred fourteen, four thousand nine hundred fifteen and four thousand nine hundred eighteen, respectively, of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. That no salt manufactured or mined in this State, after this act takes effect, shall be sold within or exported from this State until the same shall be duly inspected, as provided in this act. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall pay, for the use of the people of this State, as a fine, the sum of one dollar for each barrel or portion thereof of salt sold or exported contrary to the provisions of this act. In case any manufacturer or producer of salt shall, knowingly, sell or export, or permit to be sold or exported, salt, contrary to the provisions of this act, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days: Provided, That nothing in this act shall apply to salt packed or purchased and in the hands of producers or dealers when this act takes effect. SEC. 4. The inspector shall be entitled to receive an anFurther allowance nual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; he shall also be allowed the further sum of three hundred dollars, annually, for the expenses of providing and furnishing his office and for for office, printing, etc. expenses. clerk hire, stationery, books, and printing; and such further sum as he may actually and necessarily expend in traveling, and other expenses, in an amount not to exceed seven hundred dollars per annum, which shall be incurred in the proper discharge of his duties; his deputy shall be entitled to such sums Deputy. in each case as he may approve, not exceeding, in any case, the sum of one hundred dollars per month for the time actually employed: Provided, That such deputy inspectors may be Proviso as to allowed their necessary expenses in addition to the above sum when employed outside their respective districts. All salaries and expenses provided for by this act shall be retained by the inspector out of the money received, under the provisions of section five of this act, and accounted for and paid out by him, as provided by this act, which salaries shall be paid monthly: Provided, That in case the amount of money re- Proviso. ceived for the inspection of salt, according to the provisions of section five of this act, shall not be sufficient to pay salaries and expenses of the inspector and his deputies, as provided for herein, that the amount of such deficiency shall be deducted from said salaries, pro rata to each. refusal to pay SEC. 5. Each person, firm, company, and corporation en- Fees for gaged in the manufacture or production of salt, or for whom inspection. any salt shall be inspected, shall, from time to time, as salt is inspected, or offered for inspection, pay on demand, to the salt inspector or the deputy of the district where the salt is inspected, three mills for each two hundred eighty pounds of salt inspected or offered for inspection: Provided, That the Proviso. same may be required by the inspector to be paid in advance: And provided further, That but one inspection fee shall be Further proviso. paid upon the same salt. In case any person, firm, company, Liability for or corporation shall neglect or refuse to pay such inspection fees. fees on demand at his, their, or its office, manufactory, or mine, the party so refusing, shall be liable in an action therefor, in the name of the inspector, and the certificate of inspection, with the proof of the signature of the inspector or deputy inspector, giving the same, shall be prima facie proof of the liability and the extent of liability of the party so in default; and it shall be lawful for the inspector and his deputy to refuse to inspect salt manufactured at the works, manufactory, or mine so in default, until the amount due is paid. All money received by or paid to any deputy inspector, under this section, shall be forthwith paid to the inspector. The Inspector to keep inspector shall keep just and true accounts of all money received under this section, and an account of the amounts received from or paid by each person, firm, company, and corporation engaged in the production of salt, and all other things appertaining to the duties of the office, and the said books and accounts shall always, during office hours, be subject to the inspection and examination of any person who may wish to examine them, and shall be handed over to his successor in office, together with all the money and effects appertaining to said office. accounts. |