How paid out. Tax clause. tion is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire six thousand dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if, in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General, it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated under the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Industrial School for Boys at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of one hundred nineteen thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of one hundred thirteen thousand dollars, which amounts when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amount appropriated. How paid out. Tax clause. [No. 109.] AN ACT making appropriation for the purchase of land for the use of the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula for farming purposes, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing land for the use of the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula for farm purposes. SEC. 2. The sum appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of said State House of Correction and Branch Prison in Marquette, at such time and in such manner as the board of control of the State House of Correction and Branch Prison at Marquette shall deem necessary. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred fifteen the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, which sum when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 110.] AN ACT to prohibit selling, giving, furnishing or delivering any vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or any mixed liquors or beverages, any part of which is intoxicating at lumber camps, or mills or yards which are connected with lumbering operations, or on, or along right of way of logging railroads to any employe therein, and to provide a penalty for violations of the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of liquor. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, Unlawful sale give, furnish or deliver any vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or any mixed liquors or beverages, any part of which is intoxicating, at any lumber camp where logs, poles, bolts, railroad ties, tan bark or other timber products are cut, piled, skidded, drawn by teams or loaded on cars, or at any saw mill, planing mill, shingle mill. lath mill, stave or heading mill, or the yard or yards connected therewith to any employe therein when such mills or yards are operated or are owned or controlled by the same individual, firm or corporation owning, operating or controlling such lumber camp, or on or along the right of way of any logging railroad to any one employed thereon: Pro- Proviso, vided, That this shall not prevent any individual employer or company engaged in these lines of industry, or his or their agent or foreman, when authorized by said employer, from furnishing any of the above mentioned liquors for necessary medical use, nor any legally qualified physician from prescribing the same in his regular professional attendance on any such employe. medical use. SEC. 2. Any person on conviction of violating any of the Penalty. provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, for the first offense, and for any subsequent violation of the provisions of this act he shall be punished by a fine of not less than twentyfive dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution or be confined in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Logging railroad defined. SEC. 3. For the purposes of this act a logging railroad is declared to be a railroad owned or controlled by the same individual, firm or corporation owning, operating or controlling such lumber camp as described in section one. Approved April 29, 1915. Section amended. Trespass. Liability. [No. 111.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter one hundred eleven of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of trespasses on lands," being section eleven thousand two hundred four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred eleven of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of trespasses on lands," being section eleven thousand two hundred four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Any person who shall cut down or carry off, any wood, underwood, trees or timber, or shall girdle or otherwise despoil or injure any trees on the land of any other person, or shall dig up or carry away any stone, ore, gravel, clay, sand, turf, or mould from such land, or any roots, fruit or plant there being, or cut down or carry away any grass, hay, or any kind of grain standing, growing or being on such land, without the leave of the owner thereof, or on the lands or commons of any city, township, village or other corporations without license therefor given, shall be liable to the owner of such land, or to such corporation, in three times the amount of damages which shall be assessed therefor in an action of trespass, by a jury, or by a justice of the peace in the cases provided by law. Approved April 29, 1915. [No. 112.] AN ACT making an additional appropriation for the department of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, and the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. In addition to the appropriation made by act Additional one hundred nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred appropriation eleven, there is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of the State, not otherwise appropriated for the expenses of the department of the Attorney General, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of eight thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, the sum of eight thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The appropriation herein made shall be used in How used. the payment of salaries of assistants employed in said department. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 113.] AN ACT prescribing the powers and duties of township boards with relation to the care of rural cemeteries. The People of the State of Michigan enact: cemeteries. SECTION 1. The township board of each township shall Powers over have the authority and it shall be its duty to cause all cemeteries within its township, except private cemeteries and cemeteries owned by cities and villages located in such townships, to be properly taken care of, and may spend not to exceed two hundred dollars per year in improving such cemeteries, the same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the township. day. SEC. 2. The third Wednesday in August of each year is Cemetery hereby designated as "cemetery day" and is set aside as a day upon which the people in townships may devote a portion of their time to the improvement of their cemeteries. The township boards shall direct the manner of making such improvements. Approved April 29, 1915. Section amended. Mill tax levied. [No. 114.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred thirty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five and act number two hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred thirtytwo of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five and act number two hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. There shall be assessed in the year nineteen hundred fifteen and each year thereafter, upon the taxable property of the State, as fixed by the State Board of Equalization in the year nineteen hundred fourteen and every consecutive second and fifth year thereafter, for the use of Michigan Agricultural College, the upper peninsula experiment station and such other experiment stations as have been or may hereafter be established for all college extension work, including the co-operative agricultural extension work provided for by an act of Congress approved May eight, nineteen hundred fourteen, and entitled "An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of the act of Congress approved July two, eighteen hundred sixty-two, and of acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture," for demonstration and experimental work, including investigations in farm management and for making soil surveys and gathering crop and other agricultural statistics, the sum of one-fifth of a mill on each dollar of said taxable property: Provided, That an amount not exbuilding, etc. ceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars may be used for building or other extraordinary expenses before July one, nineteen hundred sixteen. The secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall make an annual report to the Governor of the State of all the receipts and expenditures of the Michigan Agricultural College, the upper peninsula experiment station and such other experiment stations as have been or may hereafter be established, and of all other matters in connection with which the funds of the State have been expended under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 29, 1915. Proviso, limit of Report. |