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fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars in amount or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court; and every day said warehouseman shall so refuse shall Per diem penalty. be deemed a distinct and separate offense and shall subject said warehouseman to the penalty herein provided for. Approved March 31, 1909.

[No. 25.]

AN ACT to punish the making or use of false statements to obtain credit.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

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SECTION 1. Any person who, either individually or in a False representative capacity: First, shall knowingly make a false statements. statement in writing to any person, firm or corporation engaged in banking or other business respecting his own financial condition or the financial condition of any firm or corporation with which he is connected as a member, director, officer, employe or agent, for the purpose of procuring a loan or credit in any form, or an extension of credit from the person, firm or corporation to whom such false statement is made, either for his own use or for the use of the firm or corporation with which he is connected as aforesaid, or; Second, hav- Previous ing previously made, or having knowledge that another has statements. previously made, a statement in writing to any person, firm or corporation engaged in banking or other business respecting his own financial condition or the financial condition of any firm or corporation with which he is connected as aforesaid, shall afterwards procure on faith of such statement from the person, firm or corporation to whom such previous statement has been made, either for his own use or for the use of the firm or corporation with which he is so connected, a loan or credit in any form, or an extension of credit, knowing at the time of such procuring that such previously made statement is in any material particular false with respect to the present financial condition of himself or of the firm or corporation with which he is so connected, or; Third, shall Statements deliver to any note broker or other agent for the sale or negotiation negotiation of commercial paper, any statement in writing, paper. knowing the same to be false, respecting his own financial condition or the financial condition of any firm or corporation with which he is connected as aforesaid, for the purpose of having such statement used in furtherance of the sale, pledge or negotiation of any note, bill or other instrument for the

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payment of money made or endorsed or accepted or owned in whole or in part by him individually or by the firm or corporation with which he is so connected, or; Fourth, havment for sale ing previously delivered or having knowledge that another has previously delivered to any note broker or other agent for the sale or negotiation of commercial paper, a statement in writing respecting his own financial condition or the financial condition of any firm or corporation with which he is connected as aforesaid, shall afterwards deliver to such note broker or other agent for the purpose of sale, pledge or negotiation on faith of such statement, any note, bill or other instrument for the payment of money made or endorsed or accepted or owned in whole or in part by himself individually or by the firm or corporation with which he is so connected, knowing at the time that such previously delivered statement is in any material particular false, as to the present financial condition of himself or of such firm or corporation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty for which shall be a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved March 31, 1909.

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[No. 26.]

AN ACT to provide for the transfer of certain military property belonging to the State to the State Board of Agriculture and the board of trustees of the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. When application is made therefor by the State Board of Agriculture or the board of trustees of the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing, the Quartermaster General, with the approval of the State Military Board, is authorized to transfer to said State Board of Agriculture for use at the Agricultural College or the board of trustees of the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing such of the guns, belts, bayonets and bayonet scabbards belonging to the State and now in the possession of the Quartermaster GenControl, where eral, as the applicants desire. Such property so transferred shall remain subject to the control of the State Military Board if any emergency arise which may make it necessary to use any of such property.

to remain.

Approved March 31, 1909.

[No. 27.]

AN ACT defining the powers and duties of local health officers and boards of health in the matter of the protection of the people of the State of Michigan from the disease known as tuberculosis.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Reports by physicians and others. Tuberculosis is hereby declared to be an infectious and communicable disease. It shall be the duty of every physician in the State of Michigan to report in writing on a form to be furnished as hereinafter provided, the name, nativity, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and address, of every person known by said physician to have tuberculosis, to the health officer of the township, city or village in which said person resides, within twenty-four hours after such fact comes to the knowledge of said physician. It shall also be the duty of the chief officer having charge for the time being of any hospital, dispensary, asylum or other similar private or public institution in said State of Michigan, to report in like manner the name, nativity, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and previous address of every patient having tuberculosis who comes into his care or under his observation, within twenty-four hours thereafter.

SEC. 2. This report shall be upon a blank form furnished by the State Board of Health, and such blank, in addition to the name, color, age, sex, nativity, occupation, place where last employed and present address, as stated above, shall give also the evidence upon which the diagnosis of tuberculosis has been made, the part of the body affected and the stage of the disease. All cases in which the sputum, urine, faeces, pus or any other bodily discharge, secretion or excretion shall contain the tubercle bacillus shall be regarded as open cases of tuberculosis, and the rules given below providing for disinfection of premises occupied by cases of tuberculosis shall apply only to such open cases. All other cases shall be reported for statistical purposes and shall be subjected to frequent examinations. In the event of these becoming open cases they shall become subject to the same restrictions as herein provided for all open cases. For each complete report sent in the physician reporting shall be allowed a fee of one dollar after said report has been accepted by the State Board of Health.

SEC. 3. Examination of sputum.-It shall be the duty of every health officer of a township, city or village, when so requested by any physician or by authorities of any hospital or dispensary, to make or cause to be made a microscopical

examination of the sputum or other bodily secretion or discharge forwarded to him as that of a person having symptoms of tuberculosis, which shall be forwarded to such officer in a package specified by the State Board of Health, accompanied by a blank giving name, nativity, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and address of the person whose sputum it is. It shall be the duty of said health officer promptly to make a report of the results of such examination free of charge to the physician or person upon whose application the same is made: Provided, That the examinations provided for in this section shall be made, on request of local health officers, by the State Board of Health.

SEC. 4. Protection of records. It shall be the duty of every health officer of a township, city or village to cause all reports made in accordance with the provisions of the first section of this act, and also all results of examinations showing the presence of the bacilli of tuberculosis made in accordance with the provisions of the third section of this act, to be recorded in a register to be furnished by the State Board of Health, of which he shall be the custodian, and a copy of which he shall transmit quarterly to the State Board of Health. Such register shall not be open to inspection by any person other than the health authorities of the State and of the said township, city or village, and said health authorities shall not permit any such report or record to be divulged so as to disclose the identity of the person to whom it relates, except as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. Disinfection of premises. In case of the vacating of any apartment or premises by the death or removal therefrom of a person having open tuberculosis, it shall be the duty of the attending physician, or if there be no such physician or if such physician be absent, of the owner, lessee, occupant or other person having charge of the said apartments or premises, if he knows or has been notified that such deceased person or persons who have been removed therefrom had open tuberculosis, to notify the health officer of said township, city or village of said death or removal within twenty-four hours thereafter, and such apartments or premises so vacated shall not again be occupied until duly disinfected, cleansed or renovated by the local board of health, in accordance with the methods endorsed and recommended by the State Board of Health.

SEC. 6. Health officer to direct disinfection, cleansing or renovation. When notified of the vacating of any apartments or premises as provided in section five hereof, the local health officer or one of his assistants or deputies shall within twenty-four hours thereafter visit said apartments or premises and shall order and direct that, except for purposes of - cleansing or disinfection, no infected article shall be removed

therefrom until properly and suitably cleansed or disinfected; and said health officer shall determine the manner in which such apartments or premises shall be disinfected, cleansed - or renovated in order that they may be rendered safe and suitable for occupancy. If the health authorities determine that disinfection is sufficient to render them safe and suitable for occupancy, such apartments or premises, together with all infected articles therein, shall immediately be disinfected by the health authorities at public expense. Should the health authorities determine that such apartments or premises are in need of thorough cleansing and renovation, a notice in writing to this effect shall be served upon the owner or agent of said apartments or premises, and said owner or agent shall thereupon proceed to the cleansing or renovating of such apartments or premises in accordance with the instruction of the health authorities, and such cleansing and renovation shall be done at the expense of the said owner or agent.

SEC. 7. Prohibiting occupancy until order of health officer is complied with.-In case the orders or directions of the local health officer requiring the disinfection, cleansing or renovation of any apartments or premises or any articles therein as herein before provided, shall not be complied with within forty-eight hours after such orders or directions shall be given, the health officer may cause a placard in words and form substantially as follows to be placed upon the door of the infected apartments or premises: "Tuberculosis is a communicable disease. These apartments have been occupied by a consumptive and may be infected. They must not be occupied until the order of the health officer directing their disinfection or renovation has been complied with. This notice must not be removed under the penalty of the law except by the health officer or other duly authorized official."

SEC. 8. Prohibiting carelessness of a person having tuberculosis. Any person having tuberculosis who shall dispose of his sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion so as to cause offense or danger to any person or persons occupying the same room or apartment, house, part of a house or premises, shall, on complaint of any person or persons subjected to such offense or danger, be deemed guilty of a nuisance and any person subjected to such a nuisance inay make complaint in person or writing to the health officer of any township, city or village where the nuisance complained of is committed. It shall be the duty of the local health officer receiving such complaint to investigate, and if it appear that the nuisance complained of is such as to cause offense or danger to any person occupying the same room, apartment, house, part of a house or premises, he shall serve a notice upon the person so complained of, reciting the alleged cause of offense or danger and requiring him to dispose of his sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion in such a manner as to remove all reasonable cause

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