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Title and sections amended.

Section added.

[No. 62.]

AN ACT to amend the title and sections three and five of act number one hundred thirty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, as last amended by act number one hundred fifty-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, and act number thirty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act empowering the State Board of Health to examine, determine the qualifications of and issue licenses to persons engaging in the business of embalming, undertaking or funeral directing, and to provide for the revocation of such licenses in certain cases; to regulate the practice of embalming, shipping and caring for dead human bodies and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act," being sections six thousand nine hundred eight and six thousand nine hundred ten of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and to add a new section to said act to stand as section twelve.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The title and sections three and five of act number thirty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, as last amended by act number one hundred fifty-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, and as amended by act number thirty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, being an act entitled "An act empowering the State Board of Health to examine, determine the qualifications of and issue licenses to persons engaged in the business of embalming, undertaking or funeral directing, and to provide for the revocation of such licenses in certain cases; to regulate the practice of embalming, shipping and caring for dead human bodies, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act," being sections six thousand nine hundred eight and six thousand nine hundred ten of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended and a new sec tion is added to said act to stand as section twelve thereof, said amended title, amended sections and added section to read as follows:

TITLE

An Act empowering the State Board of Health to examine, determine the qualifications of and issue licenses to persons engaging in the business of embalming, undertaking or funeral directing, and to provide for the revocation of such licenses in certain cases; to provide for embalmers' apprentices and their registration; to regulate the practice of embalming, shipping and caring for dead human bodies, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act.

fee, etc.

SEC. 3. No person shall be granted a license under this act, License, when granted. unless he shall have had at least two years actual, practical instruction in embalming and disinfecting under a licensed embalmer in this state, or at least one year of such instruction and has completed a course in some school of embalming whose standing is recognized by the State Board of Health, or who shall have been actively engaged in the practice of embalming for five years last past prior to the date of his examination. Each applicant for a license shall be examined Examination. orally and in writing in the following subjects: Anatomy, sanitary science and disinfection, the care, preservation, embalming, transportation and burial of dead human bodies, and shall, at the request of the board, demonstrate his proficiency as an embalmer, by operation on a cadaver. All ap- Applications, plications under this act shall be upon blanks furnished by the State Board of Health and shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars and a photograph of the applicant. All applicants for license to practice embalming shall have attained the age of twenty-one years and must furnish a certificate of good moral character, signed by three responsible citizens, who have been personally acquainted with the applicant for at least one year. All applicants shall furnish the State Board of Health satisfactory evidence that they have had at least two years' practical experience under a licensed embalmer in this state, or have had a practical experience of not less than one year under a licensed embalmer in this state and have completed the regular course of instruction in a school of embalming recognized as being in good standing by said board: Provided, That any person now Proviso. holding an embalmer's license issued by the State Board of Health under authority of act number one hundred thirtytwo of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, shall be deemed to be a licensed embalmer under the provisions of this act, but such license shall terminate and expire on the thirtyfirst day of July, nineteen hundred seven, unless sooner revoked or cancelled, who shall be entitled to registration without examination upon payment of the fee herein provided for: Provided further, That any person holding a valid, un- Further revoked, and unexpired license in another state or territory reciprocal having substantially similar requirements to those existing licenses. in this state, provided such states or territories recognize licenses issued by the Michigan State Board of Health, may be granted a license to practice in this state upon filing with the secretary of this board a certified statement from the secretary of the examining board of the state or territory in which the applicant holds a license, showing the rating upon which said license was granted, together with his recommendation, and if satisfactory to this board it shall, upon receipt of a fee of twenty-five dollars grant such license. The License, copy owner of any license or renewal provided for in this act shall of, when filed. cause a copy of same to be filed in the office of the local regis

proviso,

Proviso, transportation permit.

Proviso.

Renewal of license, fee.

Proviso.

Apprentice, registration as.

trar of each city or village wherein he intends to practice the art of embalming, and no transportation permit shall be issued by the local registrar to any person who has not a copy of such license or renewal on file: Provided, That any local registrar is hereby authorized to grant a transportation permit to any embalmer coming from beyond the jurisdiction of said registrar upon the exhibition of a copy of said license or renewal to said registrar. It shall be unlawful for any railway agent, express agent, baggage master, conductor, or other person acting as such, to receive the dead body of any person for shipment, or transportation by railway or other public conveyance, to or from any point in this state or to a point outside of this state, unless said body be accompanied by a removal or shipping permit signed by the health officer of the local board of health, and a certificate, attached to the outside box containing such body, showing the name and official number of the embalmer by whom it was prepared, and the method of preparation employed: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the shipment of dead bodies intended for use for anatomical purposes within this state when the same are so designated by the shipper. All persons who prior to July one, nineteen hundred twenty-five, apply for a license under this act shall furnish the State Board of Health satisfactory evidence of their proficiency in a common school education.

SEC. 5. Any person holding an embalmer's license under this act may have the same renewed for not to exceed one year, and not longer than to July thirty-first, following the date of such renewal, by making and filing with the secretary of the said board an application therefor within thirty days preceding the expiration of his license, upon blanks prescribed by the said board and upon payment of two dollars and fifty cents renewal fees: Provided, however, That any person neglecting or failing to have his license renewed as above may have the same renewed by making application therefor during the month of August following, and upon payment of ten dollars revival and renewal fees.

SEC. 12. Any person may enter the employ of a licensed embalmer as an apprentice. Any such person becoming such apprentice shall forthwith apply to the State Board of Health for registration as an apprentice, which application shall state his name, age, the date his apprenticeship commenced; the name and place of business of the embalmer whose service he has entered, and shall be accompanied by an affidavit from such embalmer, showing the correctness of the statements contained in the application, and a fee of one dollar. The State Board of Health, on receipt of such application, shall register such apprentice in a book provided for that purpose. If at any time thereafter such apprentice leaves the employ of the embalmer whose service he has entered, it shall be the duty of the embalmer whose service such apprentice has left

to give to such apprentice an affidavit showing the length of time he has served as an apprentice with him, which affidavit shall be filed with the State Board of Health and made a matter of record in the office of said board, and, if such apprentice shall thereafter enter the employ of another embalmer in the state of Michigan, he shall forthwith report such employment to the State Board of Health for record in the office of the state board. In all applications of apprentices for licenses as an embalmer under this act, the eligibility of the applicant shall be determined by the records in the office of the State Board of Health.

Approved April 15, 1921.

[No. 63.]

AN ACT to amend the title and section one of act number eighty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act empowering boards of supervisors of any of the several counties of the state of Michigan to levy a special tax for the purpose of advertising the agricultural advantages of the state, or for displaying the products and industries of any county in the state at domestic or foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products of the state, and to permit the boards of supervisors out of any sum so raised to contribute all or any portion of the same to any development board or bureau to be by said board or bureau, expended for the purposes herein named," approved August fourteen, nineteen hundred thirteen, being section two thousand three hundred fifteen of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

section

SECTION 1. The title and section one of act number eighty- Title and eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, en- amended. titled "An act empowering boards of supervisors of any of the several counties of the state of Michigan to levy a special tax for the purpose of advertising the agricultural advantages of the state, or for displaying the products and industries of any county in the state at domestic or foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products of the state, and to permit the board of supervisors out of any sum so raised to contribute all or any portion of the same to any development board or bureau to be by said board or bureau expended for the

purposes as herein named," are hereby amended to read as follows:

Advertising agricultural advantages, fund for.

TITLE

An Act empowering the board of supervisors of any of the several counties of the state of Michigan to levy a special tax, or by appropriating from the general fund for the purpose of advertising the agricultural advantages of the state or for displaying the products and industries of any county in the state at domestic or foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products of the state, and to permit the boards of supervisors out of any sum so raised, or out of the general fund, to contribute all or any portion of the same to any development board or bureau to be by said board or bureau expended for the purposes herein named.

SEC. 1. The boards of supervisors of the several counties within the state of Michigan, or any of them, are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a special tax on the taxable property within their respective counties for the purpose of creating a fund not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one year in any one county; or to appropriate out of the general fund an amount, not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one year in any one county, to be used for advertising agricultural advantages of the state or county or any part of the state, or for collecting, preparing or maintaining an exhibition of the products and industries of the county at any domestic or foreign exposition, for the purpose of encourag ing immigration and increasing the trade in the products of Michigan: Provided, That the total tax levied in any one year shall not exceed five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property within the county, according to the assessment rolls, the sum so raised or appropriated out of the general fund to be used as directed by the board of supervisors of the county: Provided further, That said board of superviso, how may visors may appropriate the said sum so raised by special tax, or appropriated out of the general fund, or any part of the same to the support and work and maintenance of a legal association, development bureau or board organized under the laws of Michigan, not organized or conducted for profit, and which is engaged in the purpose of advertising the advantages of and encouraging immigration, and increasing the trade of the said county, and other adjoining counties of the

Proviso, limit.

Further pro

appropriate.

state.

Approved April 15, 1921.

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