employ others to peddle goods not his own manufacture, ex- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 226.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of English sparrows. The People of the State of Michigan enact: bounty; SECTION 1. Every person being an inhabitant of this State, Two cent who shall kill an English sparrow in any organized town- certain ship, village or city in this State, during the months of months. December, January and February of each year, shall be entitled to receive a bounty of two cents for each sparrow thus killed, to be allowed and paid in the manner hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. Every person applying for such bounty shall take Duty of such sparrow, in lots of not less than ten, to the clerk of the applicant. township, village or city within which such sparrow shall have been killed, in a state of good preservation, and if satisfied with the correctness of such claim, shall issue a certifi- Certificate. cate stating the amount of bounty to which such applicant is entitled and deliver the same to said applicant, and shall destroy such sparrows by burning. SEC. 3. Such certificate may be presented by the claimant Payment of or his agent to the county clerk of the county in which such certificate. sparrows have been killed, who shall thereupon draw a warrant for the amount on the treasurer of said county, and said treasurer shall, upon presentation of said warrant, pay the same from the general or contingent fund of said county. penalty. SEC. 4. Any person who collects or attempts to collect any Misdemeanor, bounty under the provisions of this act, on any bird other than what deemed; English sparrows, or who collects or attempts to collect such bounty upon any sparrows not killed in the county in which such collection or attempt to so collect is made, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved June 27, 1907. 38 Tax levy for 1907, disburse ons. [No. 227.] AN ACT to provide a tax to meet the amounts disbursed by The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Auditor General shall add to and incorment for pris- porate with the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars for the purpose of reimbursing the State treasury for money disbursed under existing laws on account of current expenses for the Michigan State Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, and the Michigan Reformatory, during the fiscal year ending June thirty, Amounts dis- nineteen hundred five, by institutions, as follows: For the Michigan State Prison, the sum of fifty-four thousand dollars; for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, the sum of forty-two thousand dollars; for the Michigan Reformatory, the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars. bursed. For 1908. Amounts disbursed. Moneys collected, how credited. How paid. SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate with the State tax for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of one hundred twelve thousand dollars, for the purpose of reimbursing the State treasury for money disbursed under existing laws on account of current expenses for the Michigan State Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, and the Michigan Reformatory, during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, by institutions, as follows: For the Michigan State Prison, the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars; for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars; for the Michigan Reformatory, the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars. The money arising from the taxes levied under the provisions of this act, shall, when collected, be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the same for the money previously expended. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated or disbursed by the provisions of law for which this tax is levied shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the proper board or officer of the respective institutions, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render bis accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 228.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan School for the Blind for repairs and special purposes, and for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: propriated for SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Amount apexpenses of the Michigan School for the Blind for the fiscal current exyear ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of penses. thirty-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars. penses. propriations. SEC. 2. The further sum of five thousand three hundred For specific exfifty dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, for the purposes and amounts as follows: Fencing, four hundred fifty dollars; steam cooker, kitchen furniture and piping, two thousand dollars; general repairs, two thousand dollars; pianos, six hundred fifty dollars; walks, two hundred fifty dollars: Pro- Proviso as to vided, If the amount designated in this section for any one transfers of apof the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchase specified in this section may, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire five thousand three hundred fifty dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if, in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities, and Auditor General, it is deemed advisable to make the transfer for which provision is hereby made: Provided further, That the board of con- Proviso as to trol may obtain money under this section before July one, vanced nineteen hundred seven, in such amounts as it may, by requi- moneys. sition, certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available. obtaining ad paid. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions Appropriaof this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the is, how treasurer of the Michigan School for the Blind at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of forty thousand three hundred fifty dollars, and for the year Appropriation for cur [No. 229.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, for current expenses and for building and special purposes, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current rent expenses. expenses of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. For specific expenses. How used. How paid. Tax clause. SEC. 2. The further sum of three thousand eight hundred twenty dollars is hereby appropriated for the said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, by purposes and amounts as follows: For one warehouse, two thousand dollars; for plants and shrubs, five hundred dollars; for land, six hundred seventy dollars; and for one new boiler, six hundred fifty dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of twenty-eight thousand eight hundred twenty dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 230.] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Board of Fish Commissioners for current expenses and for building and special purposes for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: cur rent expenses. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Appropriaexpenses of the State Board of Fish Commissioners for the tion for fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of thirty-four thousand six hundred ninety dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of thirty-three thousand seventy-five dollars: Provided, That not more than five hundred dollars may be spent traveling exin each year by said board for traveling and incidental expenses outside of the State. Proviso as to penses. tion for spe SEC. 2. The further sum of eleven thousand five hundred Appropriadollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June cific expenses. thirty, nineteen hundred eight, for purposes and amounts as follows: For the Paris station, two thousand dollars; for How used. the Mill Creek station, six hundred dollars; for the Drayton Plains station, three thousand four hundred dollars; for the Harrietta station, five thousand dollars; for the Sault station, including auxiliary Bass station at Duck Lake, five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Fish Commissioners at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of forty-six thousand one hundred ninety dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of thirty-three thousand seventy-five dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |