wish to purchase or lease it: Provided, That any corporation Proviso, electricity. organized under this act which shall engage in the business of generating, transmitting, selling or distributing electricity shall be subject to the relevant provisions of all laws of this State relative to the regulation of the business of generating, transmitting, selling or distributing electricity for any of the purposes mentioned in this act. Approved May 2, 1919. [No. 180.] AN ACT to regulate the number and the salaries of undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and other clerks and employes of the sheriffs in the several counties of the State; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts, whether general, local, or special, contravening the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: fected. SECTION 1. In counties having a population of one hun- Counties afdred fifty thousand and not more than three hundred thousand, the sheriff shall appoint an under-sheriff, a chief deputy sheriff who shall be a competent accountant and shall keep the books of the office, and such number of deputy sheriffs as shall be fixed by resolution of the board of supervisors. The under-sheriff and the chief deputy sheriff in such counties shall each receive a salary of two thousand dollars per year, payable monthly, in lieu of all fees or other compensation. The deputy sheriffs shall each receive a salary of twelve Deputy hundred dollars per year, payable monthly, in lieu of all fees or other compensation. The board of supervisors in such counties may by resolution provide for increase in said salaries, when, in their judgment, deemed necessary. Salary of etc. under-sheriff, sheriffs. Increase. of more than Salary of etc. under-sheriff, SEC. 2. In counties having a population of more than In counties three hundred thousand, the sheriff shall appoint an under- 300,000. sheriff, a chief deputy sheriff, a cashier, an execution clerk, a bookkeeper, a turnkey and such number of deputy sheriffs, and other clerks and employes as may be fixed by the board of supervisors. The salary of the under-sheriff shall be two thousand dollars per year, of the chief deputy sheriff shall be three thousand dollars per year, of the turnkey shall be three thousand dollars per year and such salaries shall be payable monthly in lieu of all fees or other compensation. The number and the salaries of the other deputies, clerks, Other depuand employes shall be fixed by resolution of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors in said counties may by resolution provide for increase in said salaries, when, in Increase. their judgment, deemed necessary. Approved May 2, 1919. ties, etc. Department created. term. Successors. Executive officer. [No. 181.] AN ACT to provide for the prevention and suppression of contagious, infectious and communicable diseases of live stock; to provide for the creation of a Department of Animal Industry of the State of Michigan; to authorize and require the appointment of a State Commissioner of Animal Industry, of two advisory commissioners and of a State Veterinarian; to prescribe the powers and duties of said officers, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby created a Department of Animal Industry for the State of Michigan with the powers and duties herein prescribed. Immediately on the taking Commissioner effect hereof the Governor, with the advice and consent of the appointed, Senate, shall appoint a State Commissioner of Animal Industry, who, in the first instance, shall hold his said office to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred twenty-five. Thereafter the successors of said commissioner shall be appointed as aforesaid for terms of six years beginning on the first day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-five, and each six years thereafter. The Commissioner of Animal Industry shall be the executive officer of the Department of Animal Industry hereby contemplated, and shall be a practical agriculturalist engaged in the live stock industry. Any commissioner chosen hereunder shall hold his said office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The Governor shall also appoint two advisory commissioners of animal industry whose terms of office shall be coextensive with that of the commissioner and whose duties shall be advisory only. Said advisory commissioners shall meet with the State Commissioner of Animal Industry at such times and places as the latter may require and shall counsel with him with reference to the performance of the duties of his said office. Tenure. Advisory commissioners. Duties. Appointment of State Veterinarian, term. Successor. Qualifications. SEC. 2. On the recommendation of the State Commissioner of Animal Industry, the Governor shall appoint a State Veterinarian who shall hold his office in the first instance to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred twenty-five. Thereafter his successor shall be appointed in like manner for terms of six years, beginning on the first day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-five and each six years thereafter. No person shall be appointed to the office of State Veterinarian other than a graduate of a college of veterinary surgery which is legally entitled to confer the veterinary degree. Said veterinarian shall also be skilled in the diagnosis, treatment and control of contagious and infec- his successor. commissioner. Expenses of advisory com missioners. SEC. 3. Said State Commissioner of Animal Industry shall Per diem of receive the sum of ten dollars per day for the time actually spent by him in the discharge of his duties together with expenses necessarily incurred by him in the performance of the duties of his office. The advisory commissioners shall receive no compensation but shall be entitled to their actual expenses incurred while attending meetings called by the commissioner, or while assisting him in the manner contemplated by this act. The State Veterinarian shall receive compensasuch compensation as may be fixed by the State Commissioner of Animal Industry subject to the approval of the Board of Auditors. Said State Commissioner of Animal Industry may employ at the expense of the State such persons, and may purchase such material and supplies as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act and the orders and regulations of the commissioner made pursuant hereto. All salaries and expenses contemplated hereby shall be paid out of the specific appropriations for said purpose. tion of veterinarian. Duty of commissioner. Quarantines. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Animal Industry to have general charge and oversight of the protection of the health of the domestic animals of the State and the guarding of the same from all contagious or infectious diseases. To such end said commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain and enforce in accordance with this act such quarantine, sanitary and other regu lations as may be deemed necessary. It shall be the duty of Duty of vetthe State Veterinarian to carry out the directions of the Commissioner of Animal Industry, and to devote his entire time to the performance of his official duties. It shall be office facilithe duty of the Board of Auditors of the State to furnish proper office facilities at the city of Lansing for the State Commissioner of Animal Industry and for the State Veterinarian, including a laboratory for the investigation of infec- Laboratory. tious diseases of all live stock. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of any person who discovers, suspects, or has reason to believe that any domestic animal belonging to him or in his charge, or that may come under his observation, belonging to other parties, is affected with any disease, whether it be a contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report such fact, belief, or suspicion to the State Commissioner of Animal Industry, or to the local board of health or some member thereof. It is hereby made the duty of all local boards of health, to whom cases of contagious or infectious diseases are reported, to immediately investigate the same, either in person by some member or members of the board, or by the employment of a competent and skilled veterinarian; and should such investigation show a erinarian. ties. Reporting of contagious, etc., dis eases. Duty of local health. boards of Temporary quarantines. Expense. Commissioner to examine, etc. Rules and regulations. To regulate handling, etc. Right of entry. May kill animals. reasonable probability that a domestic animal is affected with a contagious or infectious disease of a malignant character, the local board of health shall immediately establish such temporary quarantine as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the disease, and report all action taken to the State Commissioner of Animal Industry; and the acts of local boards of health establishing temporary quarantine shall have the same force and effect as though established by the commissioner, until such time as the commissioner may take charge of the case or cases, and relieve the local board of health. All expenses incurred by local boards of health in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid in like manner as are other expenses incurred by said boards in the discharge of other official duties. SEC. 6. The commissioner to whom the existence of any infectious or contagious disease of domestic animals is reported, shall forthwith, either in person or by authorized representative, proceed to the place where such domestic animal or animals are and examine the same, and if in his opinion any infectious or contagious disease does exist he is authorized to call upon the State Veterinarian or other competent and skilled veterinarian to proceed to the place where said contagious or infectious disease is said to exist and examine said animal or animals, and report his or their finding to the said commissioner, who then shall prescribe such rules and regulations as in his judgment the exigencies of the case may require for the effectual suppression and eradication of the disease, and for that purpose the said commissioner may list and describe the domestic animals affected with such disease and those which have been exposed thereto and included within the infected district or premises so defined and quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead to their identification, and no domestic animal liable to become infected with the disease or capable of communicating the same shall be permitted to enter or leave the district, premises or ground so quarantined, except by authority of the commissioner. The said commissioner shall also from time to time give and enforce such directions and prescribe such rules and regulations as to separating, mode of handling, treating, feeding and caring for such diseased and exposed animals as he shall deem necessary to prevent the two classes of animals from coming in contact with each other, and perfectly isolate them from all other domestic animals which have not been exposed thereto and which are susceptible of becoming infected with the disease, and the said commissioner and veterinarian are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions of this act. When in the opinion of the commissioner, or his authorized representative, it shall be necessary to prevent the further spread of any contagious of quarantine. or infectious disease among the live stock of the State, to destroy animals affected with or which have been exposed to any such disease, he shall determine what animals shall be killed, and appraise the same, as hereinafter provided, and cause the same to be killed and the carcasses disposed of as in his judgment will best protect the health of domestic animals of that locality. Said commissioner shall also have May quarantine dogs. power to declare and enforce a quarantine on dogs in any district of this State in which there is an outbreak of rabies, hog cholera, hoof and mouth disease, or any other contagious or infectious disease among live stock; and may order that all dogs in said district shall be securely chained or otherwise confined. Any dog found at large in contravention of the terms of such quarantine or order may be killed. It shall be Enforcement the duty of the sheriff of each county in the district affected and of his deputies, constables and other municipal police officers to see to it that such quarantine and orders are enforced. Any officer killing a dog pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not be subject to any liability therefor. SEC. 7. When the commissioner shall have determined the To notify quarantine and other regulations necessary to prevent the spread among domestic animals of any malignant, contagious or infectious disease found to exist among the live stock of the State, and give his order as hereinbefore provided, prescribing quarantine and other regulations, he shall notify the Governor thereof, who shall issue his proclamation pro- Proclamation. claiming the boundary of such quarantine and the orders, rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner, which Publication. proclamation may be published by written or printed hand bills posted within the boundaries or on the lines of the district, premises, places or grounds quarantined: Provided, Proviso, limThat if the commissioner decides that it is not necessary, by reason of the limited extent of the district in which such disease exists, that a proclamation should be issued, then none shall be issued, but such commissioner shall give such Notice. notice as may seem best to make the quarantine established by him effective. Governor. ited districts. demned. SEC. 8. Whenever the commissioner shall direct the kill- Appraisal of animals coning of any domestic animal or animals it shall be his duty to appraise the animal or animals condemned, and in fixing the value thereof he shall be governed by the value of said animal or animals at the date of appraisement. When any Certificate. live stock shall be appraised and killed by order of the commissioner, he shall issue to the owner of the stock so killed a certificate showing the number and kind of animals killed, and the amount in his judgment, to which the owner is entitled, and report the same to the Governor of the State, which certificate, if approved by the Governor, shall be presented to the Auditor General, who shall draw his war- Warrant for rant on the State Treasurer for the amount therein stated, payable out of any money in the treasury not otherwise payment. |