Supervisory powers. Duty of officials, etc. Approval by governor. Powers, transfer of. Rules and regulations. Other powers and duties. SEC. 3. The State Administrative Board shall exercise general supervisory control over the functions and activities of all administrative departments, boards, commissioners, and officers of the state, and of all state institutions. Said board may in its discretion intervene in any matter touching such functions and activities and may, by resolution or order, advise or direct the department, board, commission, officer or institution concerned as to the manner in which the function or other activity shall be performed, and may order an interchange or transfer of employees between departments, boards, commissions and state institutions when necessary. It is hereby made the duty of each and every official and employee connected with any administrative department, office or institution of the state to follow the direction or order so given; and to perform such services in the carrying out of the purposes and intent of this act as may be required by the board. Failure so to do shall be deemed to constitute malfeasance in office and shall be sufficient cause for removal. In no case shall any order issue under this act without the written approval of the Governor. SEC. 4. The powers and duties now vested by law in the State Budget Commission and in the Budget Director are hereby transferred to and vested in the State Administrative Board and shall be exercised thereby in accordance with said law, except as hereby modified. Whenever the term State Budget Commission or Budget Director may be used in any law of the state, reference shall be deemed to be made to the State Administrative Board hereby created. The board may also adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with any provision of the law for the more efficient handling and expediting of such work. SEC. 5. The State Administrative Board shall also be vested with the powers, and shall perform the duties, granted to and imposed by law on the State Purchasing Agent and on the Advisory Board in the Matter of State Purchasing. Purchases, etc. The board may adopt regulations governing the making of purchases and the handling of accounts, not inconsistent with law. Whenever the term State Purchasing Agent or Advisory Board in the Matter of State Purchasing is used in any law of the state, reference shall thereby be understood to be made to the State Administrative Board. State account Architects, board may employ. SEC. 6. In addition to the foregoing powers and duties ing, to control. the State Administrative Board is hereby granted control over the system of state accounting and the manner of handling such work. The board may also engage suitable and necessary architectural service for the state, and for state, and public educational institutions and may appoint or employ one or more competent architects or superintendents of construction for the supervision of the construction and reCompensation. pair of state buildings and other state works. The compensation of any architect or superintendent so appointed or employed shall be fixed by the board. how paid. SEC. 7. The expenses of the administration of this act Expenses, shall be paid out of the state treasury. The Auditor General shall estimate and include in the state tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-one and nineteen hundred twentytwo, a sufficient amount to reimburse the general fund for all moneys drawn therefrom under the provisions hereof for the current fiscal year, and for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-three. boards, etc., SEC. 8. The State Budget Commission, the Advisory Certain Board in the Matter of State Purchasing, and the offices of abolished. the State Budget Director and State Purchasing Agent are hereby abolished. Any moneys appropriated by the acts creating said offices, and now remaining in the treasury of the state, shall be available for use under the provisions. hereof in carrying out the respective purposes for which such appropriations were made. SEC. 9. All acts and parts of acts in any way contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 10. This act is hereby declared to be immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 3.] AN ACT to provide for the auditing of claims against the state. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Except as herein otherwise provided all claims Claims, who against the state of Michigan shall be audited by the Auditor to audit. General of the state, and if allowed, shall be paid out of the state treasury from any moneys available therefor. All claims arising out of the administration of the duties imposed by law on the Auditor General shall be audited by the Board of State Auditors and, if allowed, paid as above provided. The auditing, allowance and payment of all claims, Who to whether such auditing is done by the Auditor General or by the Board of State Auditors, shall be done under the control of the State Administrative Board and subject to the regulation and review thereby: Provided, That nothing Proviso, legisherein contained shall apply to, or affect, the auditing, allow. lative claims. ance, or payment of claims for printing, supplies, or other expenses incurred by the legislature or by either house there of. control. SEC. 2. This act is hereby declared to be immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Penalty for importing, etc., diseased sheep. [No. 4.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred eighty-five of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred sixtythree, entitled "An act to prevent the importation, running at large and sale of diseased sheep," the same being section seven thousand three hundred forty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number twenty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred eightyfive of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred sixty-three, entitled "An act to prevent the importation,, running at large and sale of diseased sheep," the same being section seven thousand three hundred forty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen as amended by act number twenty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. It shall not be lawful for the owner of sheep or any person having the same in charge to import or drive into this state sheep having any contagious or infectious disease, and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; and in default of the payment thereof by imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months. It shall also be unlawful to bring any sheep into the state between March thirty-first and October first of any year for breeding or grazing purposes, except by the written permission of the Commissioner of Animal Industry or State Veterinarian unless such sheep have been dipped at least once under government supervision. Any persons so offending shall be liable to the penalty above imposed. Approved March 8, 1921. [No. 5.] AN ACT to amend section fourteen of chapter two of act number one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," as amended, being section five thousand six hundred sixty-one of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section fourteen of chapter two of act num Section ber one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," as amended, being section five thousand six hundred sixty-one of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 14. The annual meeting of all school districts, ex- Annual school meeting, when cept where otherwise provided by special enactment, shall held. be held on the second Monday of July in each year. The school year shall commence on that day, and the trustees and officers of the district shall date their terms of office from said day, and until their successors are elected and qualified: Provided, That any school district organized and Proviso. operating under a special act may vote at an annual or special meeting to hold its annual meeting on the second Monday in July. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Title and section amended. a [No. 6.] AN ACT to amend the title and section one of act number one hundred nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the badge or button of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion of the United States, or the United Spanish War Veterans, and to repeal section eleven thousand seven hundred sixty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven," being section fifteen thousand five hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title and section one of act number one hundred nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the badge or button of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion of the United States, or the United Spanish War Veterans, and to repeal section eleven thousand seven hundred sixty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven," being section fifteen thousand five hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: Unlawfully wearing badge, etc. TITLE. An Act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the badge or button of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion of the United States, the United Spanish War Veterans, Military Order of Foreign Wars, or the American Legion, or of any legally incorporated organization composed of honorably discharged veterans of any war in which the United States has been, or may be, a participant, and to repeal section eleven thousand seven hundred sixty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. SEC. 1. Any person who shall wear the badge or button of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion of the United States, the United Spanish War Veterans, Military Order of Foreign Wars, or the American Legion, or of any legally incorporated organization composed of honorably discharged veterans of any war in which the United States has been, or may be, a participant, without being entitled to use or wear the same under the rules and regulations of such several organizations, or who shall use or wear the badge or button thereof to obtain aid or assistance thereby within the state of Michigan shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and |