Appropriation. SEC. 5. There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, fifteen thousand dollars, for the use of said commission, to cover the expenses hereby contemplated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amounts and purposes. [No. 24.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the state board of law examiners for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, for maintenance and operation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the state board of law examiners for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and ten dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and ten dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Personal service Supplies and contractual serv ice ... Equipment Totals For fiscal year ending June 30, 1929 $2,750.00 For fiscal year ending June 30, 1928 $2,750.00 950.00 950.00 Proviso. How paid out. Fees, where deposited. Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board: Provided, That in no case shall the expenditures of said board exceed the fees collected by it. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid. out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said state board of law examiners shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 25.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the board of examiners of barbers for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, for maintenance and operation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: and pur SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amounts fund for the board of examiners of barbers for the fiscal year poses. ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, the sum of eleven thousand seven hundred forty-four dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentynine, the sum of eleven thousand seven hundred forty-four dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board: Provided, That in no Proviso. case shall the expenditures of said board exceed the fees col lected by it. out. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said board of Fees, where examiners of barbers shall be forwarded to the state treasurer deposited. each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Debris, etc., to be removed. Cuttings, etc., disposal of. When disposed of. When not [No. 26.] AN ACT to provide better protection against the spread of forest fires; to provide for the disposal of all cuttings of forest growth, slash and debris from strips of land along the public highways and along the right of way of any railroad that is a common carrier, any telephone, telegraph or power line or other public utility; to prescribe a penalty for violation hereof; and to authorize an action for damages by the owner of property damaged. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any person, firm, association or corporation or any agent or employe thereof who shall cut any forest growth within any public highway or on land bordering on any public highway in the state of Michigan, shall dispose of all cutting, slash and debris resulting therefrom, and all dead stubs and windfalls from the area cut over in such manner that such inflammable material shall not remain within the limits of such highway nor within one hundred feet thereof. SEC. 2. All cuttings of forest growth, slash and debris resulting from the construction and maintenance of any railroad, that is a common carrier, telephone, telegraph or power line or other public utility shall be disposed of by the owner or owners of such railroad, telephone, telegraph or power line or public utility in such manner that such inflammable material shall not remain within the right of way of any such line nor within one hundred feet thereof. SEC. 3. All cuttings of forest growth, slash and debris referred to in sections one and two of this act shall be disposed of within thirty days after cutting the same in such manner as not to injure or endanger public or private property. Any burning of such cuttings of forest growth, slash and debris shall be done at a time when standing timber or cut-over land shall not be endangered by fire. In no case shall such cuttings of forest growth, slash and debris be left in windrows or piles along the limits required to be kept clean under this act. SEC. 4. In case such cuttings of forest growth, slash and disposed of debris shall not be disposed of within thirty days after cutting the same, it shall be the duty of the department of conservation or its duly authorized employes to notify the person, firm, association, corporation or their agent, agents or employes responsible for such cutting, of the requirements of this act by registered mail and if such responsible party shall fail to dispose of such cuttings of forest growth, slash and debris within a period of thirty days after the date of such notice, the department of conservation may cause the same to be disposed of and it shall not be liable in any action of tres conserva pass therefor. The department of conservation shall pay for Duty of the disposal of such cuttings of forest growth, slash and debris tion departout of the forest fire fund and said department of conservation ment. shall keep an accurate account of the expenditures incurred by it in carrying out the provision thereof and shall present a full and complete statement thereof, verified by oath, requiring said person or persons to pay the amount therein set forth; and in case such violator shall refuse or neglect to pay the same within thirty days after such notice and demand, the said department of conservation shall present a duly verified copy of said statement to the township clerk of the township in which such expenses were incurred and thereupon the amount of all such costs and expenditures shall be certified to the supervisor and shall be assessed and levied as a tax on the lands described in the said statement and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected. If the violator be not the owner of assessable property, the supervisor of the township in which such violation occurred shall bring personal action against the violator to recover the amount of such expenses on behalf of the people of the state of Michigan. meanor; SEC. 5. Any person, firm, association or corporation or Misdeany agent, agents, or employe thereof violating any of the pro- penalty. visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. If, through the violation of this act any damage or injury is suffered by the owner of any property, the person, firm, association or corporation or their agent, agents or employe guilty of such violation shall be liable in an action for damages to be recovered in an action of trespass on the case for the benefit of the owner suffering such damage. Approved April 7, 1927. [No. 27.] AN ACT curing omissions in the filing of annual reports by corporations for previous years, and validating business done and contracts entered into notwithstanding such omissions. The People of the State of Michigan enact: etc.. re SECTION 1. Where any corporation shall have heretofore Certain filed in the office of the secretary of state a report for any year liabilities, which shall furnish for such year the information required by moved. act number eighty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred Contracts validated. twenty-one, and has otherwise fully compiled with the pro- Sections amended. [No. 28.] AN ACT to amend sections two, three, four, six, seven, eight and nine of act number seventy-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to regulate the sale of potatoes in the state of Michigan; to fix standard grades for potatoes; to provide for inspection and penalties and violations thereof," approved April twentythree, nineteen hundred twenty-five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections two, three, four, six, seven, eight and nine of act number seventy-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to regulate the sale of potatoes in the state of Michigan; to fix standard grades for potatoes; to provide for inspection and penalties and violations thereof," approved April twenty-three, nineteen hundred twenty-five, are hereby amended to read as follows: |