county jail for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. constitutional SEC. 24. Should the courts of this State declare any sec- Effect of untion or provision of this act unconstitutional or unauthor- provision. ized, or in conflict with any other section or provision of this act, then such decision shall affect only the section or provision so declared to be unconstitutional or unauthorized and shall not affect any other section or part of this act. SEC. 25. Act one hundred forty-three of the Public Acts Act repealed. of nineteen hundred thirteen and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 9, 1915. [No. 47.] AN ACT to provide for the preparation, transportation and care of a Michigan exhibit at the national exhibition to be held in connection with the half century anniversary of negro freedom, in the city of Chicago in August and September, nineteen hundred fifteen; to create a commission to manage the said exhibit; and to make an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: appointed. SECTION 1. Wilmot A. Johnson, Mary E. McCoy and Delegates Francis H. Warren, of Wayne county; Charles A. Warren, of Cass county; William R. Roberts, of Ingham county; Ellsworth S. Curtis, of Berrien county; S. Henri Browne, of Kent county; Margaret Williams, of Kalamazoo county and Oscar Baker, of Bay county; having heretofore been appointed by the Governor of the State of Michigan, delegates to the half century anniversary of negro freedom, to be held in the city of Chicago, state of Illinois, from the twentysecond day of August to the twenty-third day of September, nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby created a commission to Constituted represent the State of Michigan at the exhibition to be held in connection with said celebration. The members of the commission, so constituted, shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable traveling, hotel and other expenses, actually and necessarily Expenses. incurred in the performance of their duties: Provided, That Proviso, the secretary of said commission shall receive such reason- compensation. able compensation as said commission may determine. The Officers. commission shall elect a president and a secretary from among its members. commission. secretary's SEC. 2. Within a reasonable time after this act takes ef- Election of fect, the commission shall organize by the election of a presi officers. Notice of organization. Duty of commission. Amount appropriated. Payment of bills. Portion returned. Tax clause. dent and secretary; a notice of the organization with the names of the president and secretary, with their signatures, shall be filed with the State Treasurer and the Auditor General. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the commission to collect, prepare, install and care for, at said exhibition, an exhibit of inventions and handiwork in art, science, manufacture and agriculture; and to prepare a manual showing the professional, political, religious and educational achievements of citizens of this State in whole or part of negro descent. SEC. 4. The sum of five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the general fund in the State treasury, to be used in the discretion of the said commission in carrying out the provisions of this act. All bills shall be paid when rendered upon proper vouchers, drawn by the secretary of the commission, countersigned by the president of said commission, and approved by the Board of State Auditors. Any portion of the sum hereby appropriated which shall not be used shall remain in the general fund in the State treasury. SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred fifteen the sum of five thousand dollars, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, and shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. [No. 48.] AN ACT to amend section seven of chapter one of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the comdemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within the State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section seven of chapter one of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hun dred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 7. Any person being a freeholder, or a holder of Appeal. lands by homestead right within the township, who may conceive himself aggrieved by the determination of a commissioner in laying out, altering or discontinuing any highway, or in his award of damages, or in his refusal to lay out, alter or discontinue any highway, may, within ten days after such determination or refusal, appeal therefrom to the township board. Every such appeal shall be in writing, signed by the To be in appellant and addressed to the township board and filed writing. with the township clerk, and there shall be deposited with the township clerk the sum of twenty-five dollars to cover the cost of such appeal, and the said appeal fee shall be deposited in the general fund of the township unless said ap- Deposit. peal shall be sustained, and if said appeal be sustained, the appeal fee so deposited shall be returned to the person mak- Disposition ing the appeal, and the township clerk shall, as soon as of fee. may be after the time limited for taking appeals shall have expired, call a meeting of the township board to consider Meeting such appeal. Such clerk shall, at least ten days before the time appointed for such meeting, cause notice in writing of Notice. the time and place of such meeting to be served upon the appellant and the commissioner, or left at their respective places of residence. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 14, 1915. of board. Section amended. Sections added. Who to be admitted. Proviso, who not admitted. Proviso, ad mission upon payment. Acceptance of gifts. Title. [No. 49.] AN ACT to amend section eleven of act one hundred fiftytwo of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," as last amended by act two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, extra session, and to add thereto two new sections to be known as sections eleven-a and eleven-b. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section eleven of act one hundred fifty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," is hereby amended and two new sections added to stand as sections eleven-a and eleven-b, said amended section and added sections to read as follows: SEC. 11. All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who have served in the army or navy of the United States in the late war of the Rebellion, in the Mexican war, the Spanish-American war, or the war in the Philippines, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living and who would be otherwise dependent upon public or private charity, shall be entitled to be admitted to said home, subject to the rules and regulations that shall be adopted by the board of managers to govern the admission of applicants to said home: Provided, That no applicant shall be admitted to said home unless he served in a Michigan regiment or was accredited to the State of Michigan or was a resident of the State of Michigan for at least five years next preceding the date of his application for admission to said home: Provided, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the board of managers from admitting to membership in said home any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine otherwise qualified, but who has adequate means of support and is not dependent upon public or private charity, upon condition that such applicant pay to the board of managers in advance for the use and benefit of the State of Michigan, such sum for his support as said board of managers may determine to be proper. SEC. 11a. The board of managers shall have power and authority to accept for the use and benefit of the State of Michigan from any soldier, sailor or marine, who is or may hereafter become a member of the home, any gift of real estate or money. Instruments conveying title to such real estate shall run to the State of Michigan as grantee: Pro condition vided, That said board of managers shall accept no gift of Proviso, real estate unless the donor shall possess an unencumbered of acceptance. title in fee simple to the same. of moneys. SEC. 11b. Any moneys which may be received by the said Disposition board of managers by virtue of and under the provisions of sections eleven and eleven-a shall be reported to and turned over to the Auditor General of the State of Michigan and credited to the general fund of the State. Approved April 14, 1915. [No. 50.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of common rats. The People of the State of Michigan enact: offered. SECTION 1. Every person being an inhabitant of this Bounty State who shall kill any black, brown, grey, or Norway rats commonly known as the house rat, barn rat or wharf rat in any organized township, village or city in this State, shall be entitled to receive a bounty of five cents for each rat thus killed, to be allowed and paid in the manner hereinafter provided. certificate. SEC. 2. Every person applying for such bounty shall Clerk to give take the heads of such rats, in lots of not less than five, to the clerk of the township, village or city within which such rats shall have been killed, in a state of good preservation, and if satisfied with the correctness of such claim, said township, village or city clerk shall issue a certificate stating the amount of bounty to which such applicant is entitled and deliver the same to said applicant, and shall destroy the heads of such rats by burning. for amount. SEC. 3. Such certificate may be presented by the claim- Warrant ant or his agent to the county clerk of the county in which such rats have been killed, who shall thereupon draw a warrant for the amount on the treasurer of said county, and said treasurer shall, upon presentation of said warrant, pay the same from the general or contingent fund of such Payment county. Approved April 14, 1915. of warrant. |