Misdemeanor; penalty. police officers, or other law enforcement officers of this state upon demand by such officer. SEC. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of the foregoing sections, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by any court of competent jurisdiction, by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail of the county where the offense is committed, for a period of not exceeding ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, together with the costs of prosecution. Approved April 30, 1927. Poultry, penalty for larceny of. Idem. Second offense. "Poultry" defined. [No. 101.] AN ACT to provide for the protection of poultry and to provide a penalty for the larceny thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Every person who shall commit the crime of larceny by stealing any poultry of another, where the value of such poultry stolen shall exceed the value of twenty-five dollars, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year nor more than five years. SEC. 2. In case such poultry stolen shall not exceed the value of twenty-five dollars, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed ninety days or by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. Upon conviction for a second offense where the value of the poultry stolen shall be less than twenty-five dollars, such person shall be imprisoned in the state prison for not more than five years. SEC. 4. The term "poultry" as mentioned in this act shall mean chickens, turkeys, geese or ducks or any other domestic fowls, or any combination thereof. Approved April 30, 1927. [No. 102.] AN ACT to promote the safety of railroad employes and the traveling public by providing that snowplows or other cars equipped with devices for clearing the tracks of snow, coupled ahead of the locomotive or motor, be equipped with proper signaling and air-braking devices, and authorizing and empowering the Michigan public utilities commission to make and enforce rules relative thereto, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: etc., device. SECTION 1. Every snowplow or other car equipped with Signaling, devices for the removal of snow from the tracks, coupled ahead of the locomotive or motor, operated by any common carrier by railroad operating in the state of Michigan, shall be equipped with suitable signaling or air-braking devices so as to enable the operator of such snowplow or car to readily communicate with the engineer on the locomotive or motor and to reduce the speed of or bring the locomotive or motor to a stop when necessary. violation. SEC. 2. Any railroad violating any of the provisions of this Penalty for act or neglecting or refusing to comply with the order, rule or regulation of the commission made in pursuance thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Any superintendent, trainmaster, or other officer or agent of the railroad company, officer of any court, receiver or any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, who shall order or permit any such violation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in any county jail, workhouse, or other prison authorized to receive prisoners for a term of not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court for each offense. Each instance of violation shall constitute a separate offense. SEC. 3. The provisions of this act will not apply to the When not operation of snowplows or other cars equipped with devices applicable. for the removal of snow from the tracks within yard limits or upon industrial tracks. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Michigan public utilities commission to enforce the provisions of this act. Approved April 30, 1927. May construct, etc., barracks, etc. Appropriation. When warrants issued. [No. 103.] AN ACT to provide for the construction and equipment of barracks and garage for the department of public safety and to make appropriations therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The state administrative board is hereby authorized and empowered to build and equip barracks and a garage for the use of the department of public safety and to determine the location and construction thereof in accordance with plans and specifications therefor to be submitted to said board by the department of public safety. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the purpose of building and equipping such barracks and garage and improvement to lands as hereinbefore specified, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, the sum of ninety thousand dollars. Said amount shall be used solely for the specific purposes hereinbefore stated, subject to the supervisory control thereof by the state administrative board. SEC. 3. Upon the orders of the state administrative board, the auditor general shall issue his warrants upon the state treasurer for such sums as shall be allowed by said board for the aforesaid purposes, not exceeding in all the appropriation authorized in this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sale authorized. [No. 104.] AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain lands owned by the state of Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The board of managers of the Michigan soldiers' home is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the state administrative board, to sell all the right, title and interest of the state of Michigan in the south twenty-five acres of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section six, township seven north of range eleven west, Kent county, Michigan, and especially an easement and privilege in said premises heretofore conveyed and granted to the board of managers of the Michigan soldiers' home for and in behalf of the people of the state of Michigan for the use and benefit of the state of Michigan, for the use and benefit of the Michigan soldiers' home. SEC. 2. In the event of such sale the governor of the state Conveyance. of Michigan is hereby authorized to execute the conveyance for such transfer and the proceeds of such sale shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the general fund of the state. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 105.] AN ACT to protect the public health; to provide for the manufacture and distribution by the state commissioner of health of antitoxin and other biological products for use in the control of communicable diseases; and to repeal act three hundred seventy of public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: etc., distri SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the state commissioner Antitoxin, of health to manufacture and distribute throughout the state, bution of. antitoxin and other biological products for use in the control of communicable diseases. Said commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations governing such distribution. Subject to the rules and regulations so prescribed, health officers and health boards of the various counties, cities, villages and townships of the state may from time to time make requisition on the state commissioner of health for such antitoxin and other products, which requisitions shall, if deemed reasonable and necessary, be honored in the order in which the same are presented to said commissioner. plies, etc. SEC. 2. The commissioner may purchase such number of May puranimals as may be required, and may employ necessary labor chase supand purchase supplies requisite for the manufacture and distribution of such products. SEC. 3. Act three hundred seventy, public acts, nineteen Act hundred twenty-one, is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. repealed. When unlawful to sell. Standard clinical thermometer defined. Enforcement. Proviso. Penalty. [No. 106.] AN ACT to regulate the sale, possession and use of clinical thermometers; to define the standard clinical thermometer and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, dealer, agent or employe of any corporation, directly or indirectly, to use, sell or offer for sale, give away or offer to give away, any clinical thermometer that does not comply with the definition stated in this act for a standard clinical thermometer. SEC. 2. A standard clinical thermometer is a certified thermometer and is one that registers accurately at every reading and is standardized by the United States bureau of standards for thermometers. These thermometers must not have a variance of over two-tenths of a degree. All clinical thermometers that are used or sold must comply with the United States bureau of standards. If there is a correction there must be a correction slip on the certificate that goes with the thermometer, showing either minus or plus to the amount of the correction but the variance must not exceed two-tenths of a degree. SEC. 3. The board of pharmacy shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this act. It shall be the duty of said board of pharmacy to investigate all complaints under this act and take all steps necessary to its enforcement: Provided, That no person, dealer, or employe of any corporation shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this act when he can establish a guarantee, signed by a wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer or other parties residing in this state, from whom such thermometer or thermometers were purchased, to the effect that the said clinical thermometer or thermometers so purchased were certified to comply with section two of this act. SEC. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |