[No. 340.] AN ACT to amend sections three and five of act number ninety-nine, Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, maintenance and improvement of federal aided roads; to authorize townships, good road districts and counties, to raise money by taxation and by loan for the purpose of contributing thereto; to validate and legalize proceedings heretofore taken to raise money for the purpose contemplated by this act; and to provide an appropriation for paying the State's portion of the expense incurred hereunder." The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sections SECTION 1. Sections three and five of act number ninety- amended. nine, Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, maintenance and improvement of federal aided roads; to authorize townships, good roads districts and counties, to raise money by taxation and by loan for the purpose of contributing thereto; to validate and legalize proceedings heretofore taken to raise money for the purpose contemplated by this act; and to provide an appropriation for paying the State's portion of the expense incurred hereunder," are hereby amended to read as follows: Counties' rata share SEC. 3. Counties working under the so-called county road system having a valuation per trunk line mile of less than fifty of cost. thousand dollars, shall pay five per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than fifty thousand dollars and less than seventy-five thousand dollars shall pay seven and one-half per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than seventy-five thousand dollars and less than one hundred thousand dollars shall pay ten per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than one hundred thousand dollars and less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars shall pay twelve and one-half per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars and less than two hundred thousand dollars shall pay fifteen per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than two hundred thousand dollars and less than three hundred thousand dollars shall pay seventeen and one-half per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than three hundred thousand dollars and less than four hundred thousand dollars shall pay twenty per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than four hundred thousand dollars and pro Preliminary work, etc. Determination of valuation. Pro rata share of townships, etc. Valuation, how determined. Tax levy. Contracts. less than five hundred thousand dollars shall pay twenty-two and one-half per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of more than five hundred thousand dollars shall pay twenty-five per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; in each case the State paying the remainder of the cost from the State funds appropriated for this purpose and from such funds as may be allotted to each project by the federal government. The cost of preliminary work, including surveys and plans shall be paid by the State. The valuation per trunk line mile of any county shall be determined by dividing the latest State equalized valuation by its allotted trunk line mileage, computed on the basis of the number of surveyed townships in each county, under the provisions of act three hundred thirty-four, Public Acts nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended. Townships and good roads districts shall pay toward the construction of federal aided roads the same percentages in accordance with their valuation per trunk line mile as shown by the above schedule for counties. The valuation per trunk line mile of a township or good roads district shall be determined by dividing its assessed valuation as shown by the assessment roll of the last preceding year by the actual number of trunk line miles including proposed federal aided roads within its borders as determined and established by the State Highway Commissioner under the provisions of act three hundred thirty-four, Public Acts nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended. SEC. 5. Townships, good roads districts and counties in which federal aided roads shall be built are hereby required to levy annually and raise by general taxation their proportion of the cost of maintenance of said federal aided roads, which proportion shall be computed on double the basis as that provided for construction in section three of this act. Contracts and agreements between the State Highway Commissioner and the boards of county road commissioners, the boards of commissioners of the good roads districts, and the township boards of any township, providing for the maintenance of federal aided roads under the direction, supervision and control of the State Highway Commissioner, are Duty of town hereby expressly authorized. It shall be the duty of the township board, in case such road is a township road, and said board is hereby authorized, to order such amount to be raised. In the event that such road is constructed, maintained or improved for a good roads district or a county, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to order spread the amount contemplated by the provisions of this section. The moneys so collected shall be paid into the State treasury and credited to the maintenance fund for each specific federal aided road project for which the money was raised, to be paid out by the State Highway Commissioner, who is hereby authorized to maintain all federal aided roads in accordance with the directions of the secretary of agriculture, under the provisions ship board. In case of county, etc. Accounting. Balance of cost, how of federal aid road act herein referred to and any amendments Approved May 13, 1919. [No. 341.] AN ACT to amend section nine of act number two hundred eighty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a Department of Labor; to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," being section five thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section nine of act number two hundred eighty- Section five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a Department of Labor; to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," being section five thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: Employment of males un der eighteen and females. SEC. 9. No male under the age of eighteen years and no female shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any factory, mill, warehouse, workshop, clothing, dressmaking or millinery establishment or any place where the manufacture of any kinds of goods is carried on, or where any goods are prepared for manufacturing, or in any laundry, store, shop, or any other mercantile establishment, or in any office or restaurant, theatre, concert hall, music hall, hotel, or operating an elevator, or on street or electric railways, for a period longer than an average of nine hours a day, or fifty- Hours of four hours in any week, nor more than ten hours in any one day; and all such establishments shall keep posted a copy of this section printed in large type, in a conspicuous place; labor. Copies of law to be posted. Proviso, per ishable goods. in establishments having a time clock such copy shall be posted near the time clock. Copies of this section suitable for posting shall be furnished upon the application of any employer by the Commissioner of Labor: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section in relation to the hours of employment shall not apply to nor affect any person engaged in preserving perishable goods in fruit and vegetable canning Females un- establishments. No female under the age of eighteen years der eighteen and children. shall be employed in any manufacturing establishment between the hours of six o'clock p. m. and six o'clock a. m. No child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed in any manufacturing establishment or workshop, mine or messenger service in this State, between the hours of six o'clock p. m. and six o'clock a. m. No child under the age of eighteen years shall be employed between the hours of ten o'clock p. m. and five o'clock a. m. in the transmission, distribution or delivery of messages or merchandise. Approved May 13, 1919. "First aid" facilities. [No. 342.] AN ACT to provide for the better protection of lives of passengers and employes on railroad trains and interurban electric trains and cars. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. On and after the first day of November, nineteen hundred nineteen, every railroad company owning and operating any steam railway or any interurban electric railway wholly or partly within this State, shall provide and carry in one coach on every train owned or used by said company for the conveyance and carriage of passengers, a first-aid cabinet near the door thereof and within easy view, reach and access of passengers occupying such car, which cabinet shall at all times contain the various contents specified in section two, to be used for the safety and aid of passengers in case of emergencies: Provided, This section shall freight trains, not apply to caboose cars on freight trains nor to electric street cars operated wholly within cities for local traffic. SEC. 2. The first-aid cabinet shall at all times be equipped with and contain the following contents in a clean and sanitary condition: Proviso, etc. Equipment in detail. (1) Eight standard first-aid packages for wounds, each one of which shall contain one dozen pieces of antiseptic lin tine or felted cotton, one dozen gauze bandages with compress attached, and one triangular bandage. (2) Ten ounces absorbent lint. (3) Two burn dressing packets. (4) Four packages absorbent gauze, each containing our yard. (5) Six packages absorbent cotton, each containing four ounces. (6) One spool adhesive plaster, one inch wide. (7) Twelve cotton roller bandages, two inches wide. (8) Twelve cotton roller bandages, two and one-half inches wide. (9) Eight linton gauze bandages, one inch wide. (10) Eight linton gauze bandages, two inches wide. (11) Twelve linton gauze bandages, two and one-half inches wide. (12) One four-ounce bottle aromatic spirits of ammonia. (13) One pint of tincture of iodine. (14) Twelve wooden splints. removal. SEC. 3. Any person or employe of any railroad company Penalty for who shall remove or carry away from their proper place, except in case of an accident or emergency, any of the contents specified in section two which are required to be kept in the passenger cars and interurban cars by the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 4. Any railroad company or interurban railway company failing, refusing or neglecting to carry out the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense. Penalty for comply. failure to SEC. 5. The provisions of this act shall be enforced by the Enforcement. State Board of Health. Approved May 13, 1919. |