(h) Whenever it shall or may be necessary to construct, maintain, repair or improve any highway or portion of any highway in this state, it shall be lawful for such construction, maintenance, repair or improvement to be made on any portion, part, side or along such highway or portion of such highway as may be necessary to perform such work, and in so doing the provisions of law as to right of way shall not apply: Provided, however, That in all cases of such con- Proviso. struction, maintenance, repair or improvement, a suitable warning sign or red flag shall be erected or planted at each approach to the zone where such work is being performed and in case of work being done of such nature as requires a unit of equipment to move progressively along the highway, such equipment shall display, prominently, a red flag or suitable sign that due notice may be had thereof. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 19, 1927. [No. 58.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections one, two, three and four of act number one hundred sixteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, entitled, as amended, "An act to authorize township boards to make improvements in certain platted lands in such townships, the plats of which have been duly approved and recorded and in unplatted lands adjacent thereto by grading, curbing, graveling or cinderizing streets, laying storm sewers to care for surface water in such streets and making extensions of water mains to provide water for fire protection and domestic uses; to provide for making, levying and collecting of special assessments to pay the cost thereof, and to issue special assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of such special assessment taxes to provide the money with which to pay the cost of such improvement," approved May second, nineteen hundred twenty-three, as amended by act number two hundred sixty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. The title and sections one, two, three and four Title and of act number one hundred sixteen of the public acts of nine- sections teen hundred twenty-three, entitled, as amended, "An act to authorize township boards to make improvements in certain platted lands in such townships, the plats of which have been duly approved and recorded and in unplatted lands adjacent thereto by grading, curbing, graveling or cinderizing streets, May make improvements. When empowered. laying storm sewers to care for surface water in such streets and making extensions of water mains to provide water for fire protection and domestic uses; to provide for making, levying and collecting of special assessments to pay the cost thereof, and to issue special assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of such special assessment taxes to provide the money with which to pay the cost of such improvement," approved May second, nineteen hundred twenty-three, as amended by act number two hundred sixty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, are hereby amended to read as follows: TITLE An Act to authorize township boards to make improvements in certain platted lands in such townships, the plats of which have been duly approved and recorded and in unplatted lands, adjacent thereto, by grading, curbing, graveling or cinderizing the streets, laying storm sewers to care for surface water in such streets, constructing sidewalks, purchasing or constructing waterworks and making extensions of water mains to provide water for fire protection and domestic uses; to provide for making, levying and collecting of special assessments to pay the cost thereof, and to issue special assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of such special assessment taxes to provide the money with which to pay the cost of such improvements, and to advance the amount necessary to pay such bonds and to reimburse the township for such advances, and if necessary thereto to re-assess the district. SEC. 1. In any township where there are platted lands, the plats of which have been duly approved and recorded, lying outside of the boundaries of incorporated villages, the township board shall have authority to make improvements by grading, curbing, graveling or cinderizing streets, laying storm sewers to care for surface waters in such streets, constructing sidewalks, purchasing or constructing water works, and making extensions of water mains to provide water for fire protection and domestic uses in any such platted lands, and in unplatted lands contiguous thereto; to levy and collect special assessments to pay the cost thereof and to issue bonds in anticipation of the collection of said special assessments, upon filing the petition and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. Upon the filing of petitions verified both as to signature and ownership, signed by the record owners of sixty-five per centum of the land to be made into a special assessment district, in which any of the improvements specified in section one are desired by the owners of such land, the township board shall have power to construct and maintain such improvements, to determine the cost thereof, and to create, define and establish a special assessment district upon which the cost of such improvement shall be levied. etc. issued. SEC. 3. Before commencing any of the above authorized Maps, plans, improvements, the township board shall obtain from competent sources, maps, plans and estimates of the proposed improvement, shall determine by resolution the cost of the proposed improvement, and shall provide for the making of a special assessment upon each and every parcel of land in the special assessment district by benefits, and for the issuing and sale of special assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of said special assessment taxes. No such bonds Bonds, when shall be issued prior to the final confirmation of the assessment roll by the township board. All proceedings relating to the making, levying and collection of special assessments herein authorized and issuing bonds in anticipation of the collection thereof, shall conform, as near as may be, to the proceedings for levying special assessments and issuing special assessment bonds by villages, for like improvements, as set forth in act number three of the public acts of Michigan for eighteen hundred ninety-five, as amended, being chapter seventy-two of the compiled laws of Michigan for nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended. If any such special assessment when fund fund is insufficient to pay such bonds and interest thereon when due, the township board shall advance the amount necessary to pay such bonds, and shall be reimbursed from such assessments when collected, or by re-assessment of the deficiency if necessary. insufficient. lected, etc. SEC. 4. No special assessments shall be levied upon any Assessments, property in excess of twenty-five per cent of its assessed val- how coluation for the cost of any one such improvement, and the collection of all such special assessments shall be by installments as provided by act number three of the public acts of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as hereinabove specified: Provided, That assessments for the purchase or Proviso. construction of waterworks may be divided into any number of annual installments, not exceeding thirty. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Title and sections amended. [No. 59.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections one and two of act number one hundred sixteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide a tax on state tax homestead and state swamp lands under control and supervision of the public domain commission, for highway improvement purposes; to provide for the payment of such tax; and to repeal section fifty-five of act number fiftynine of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen", approved April twenty-five, nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title and sections one and two of act number one hundred sixteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide a tax on state tax homestead and state swamp lands under control and supervision of the public domain commission, for highway improvement purposes; to provide for the payment of such tax; and to repeal section fifty-five of act number fifty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen," approved April twenty-five, nineteen hundred seventeen, are hereby amended to read as follows: Tax, when payable. TITLE An Act to provide a tax on state tax homestead and state swamp lands under control and supervision of the department of conservation, for county, township and school purposes; to provide for the payment of such tax; and to repeal section fifty-five of act number fifty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen. SEC. 1. On the first day of December, nineteen hundred seventeen, and on the first day of December in each and every year thereafter, there shall be paid into the treasury of each county in this state in which may be located any state tax homestead or state swamp lands under the control and supervision of the department of conservation, a tax of ten cents per acre, or major portion thereof, of all such lands as shall belong to the state on the first day of December in each year, which tax shall be in lieu of all other taxes now levied against such state land under any existing law. The auditor general who to pre- shall make a detailed statement of account between the state and each county in which such lands are situated, which shall include the descriptions of such lands, and render the same to the county treasurer of each such county and draw a warrant on the state treasurer payable for such amount as is shown to be due such county. The county treasurer of each county shall forthwith make up a detailed statement of the account between the county and each township and school Statement, pare, etc. Account prorated. district, prorating said amount received by the county among the different townships and school districts, according to the number of acres of such lands located in each township and school district. The amount shall be further prorated in each township and school district, according to the amount of township and school taxes levied in such township and school district during the preceding year not including, however, taxes levied for state and county purposes. The county treasurer shall forthwith issue his warrant to each of said townships and school districts according to said statement. conserva SEC. 2. The department of conservation shall enter upon Duty of their records against each description of said lands the tion departamounts provided by this act and shall certify the same to ment. the auditor general, who shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer therefor, to be paid out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. Such amounts shall be forwarded by the department of conservation to the county treasurers. Approved April 22, 1927. [No. 60.] AN ACT for the suppression of contagious diseases among bees in the state of Michigan; placing the enforcement in the hands of the commissioner of agriculture; to fix penalties, to allow boards of supervisors of the several counties to appropriate money for the purpose herein stated, and to repeal act number two hundred sixty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: inspection SECTION 1. The commissioner of agriculture is hereby Apiary authorized to establish apiary inspection and to have charge established. of the inspection of apiaries as hereinafter provided. Said commissioner shall investigate or cause to be investigated outbreaks of bee diseases, and cause suitable measures to be taken for their eradication or control. apiaries. SEC. 2. The commissioner shall, when notified in writing Examinaby the owner of an apiary, or by any three disinterested tax- tion of payers, examine all reported apiaries and others in the same when made. locality not reported, and ascertain whether or not the disease known as American foul-brood or European foul-brood or any other disease which is infectious or contagious in its nature, and injurious as to honey bees in their eggs, larval, pupal or adult stages, exists in such apiaries, and of this the commissioner shall be the sole judge, and should any of the When dissaid diseases exist in such apiaries it shall be the duty of the ease exists. |