ing of certain fur-bearing animals at certain times, and to prohibit the destruction or molesting of the houses of certain fur-bearing animals at all times," is hereby amended to read as follows: season for. SEC. 2. No person shall take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or Skunk, muskmolest or attempt to take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or molest rat, etc., open any skunk, otter, fisher, martin, fox, mink or raccoon from and including the first day of April to and including the thirty-first day of October of each year, nor muskrat from and including the fifteenth day of April to and including the thirty-first day of October of each year. It shall be unlawful Firearms, etc. to use any firearms or explosives in hunting muskrats, nor shall any person knowingly have in possession the carcass or skin of any one of the fur-bearing animals herein named that was killed during the time when the killing thereof is by this act prohibited. Approved April 18, 1913. [No. 84.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the relief of the suffering and destitute inhabitants of Ohio, and providing for the distribution of such relief. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amount and fund of the State treasury, from any moneys therein not purpose. otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the relief of the suffering and destitute inhabitants of Ohio. SEC. 2. The said sum hereby appropriated shall be paid Disbursement. over to the Governor, to be by him disbursed as will, in his judgment, best meet the purposes for which said appropriation is made. SEC. 3. The Auditor General is hereby authorized and di- Warrant. rected to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay said sum to the Governor immediately upon receipt of said warrant. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate Tax clause. in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which sum 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. Section amended. Courthouse, etc., repairs. raise, etc. [No. 85.] AN ACT to amend section seven of act number one hundred fifty-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred fifty-one, as amended, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," being compiler's section two thousand four hundred eighty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section seven of act number one hundred fiftysix of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred fifty-one, as amended, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," being compiler's section two thousand four hundred eighty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of such board, as often as shall be necessary, to cause the courthouse, jail, and all other public buildings and public offices of the county, to be duly reAmount may paired at the expense of such county. The board of supervisors of any county may in any one year levy a tax of onetenth of one mill on the assessed valuation of said county for the construction or repair of public buildings or bridges, or may borrow an equal sum for such purposes; and, in any county where the assessed valuation is less than ten million dollars, the board may levy a tax or borrow for such purposes to the amount of one thousand dollars; but no greater sum shall be raised for such purposes in any county in any one year, unless submitted to the electors of the county and approved by a majority of those voting thereon. Approved April 21, 1913. [No. 86.] AN ACT to amend section fifty-one of chapter fourteen of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of county officers," being compiler's section two thousand five. hundred forty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine; so as to provide for more than one judge of probate in certain cases. amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fifty-one of chapter fourteen of the Re- Section vised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of county officers," being compiler's section two thousand five hundred forty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, is hereby amended to read as follows: bate, election, etc. SEC. 51. The judge of probate for each organized county Judge of proshall be elected at the general election for the term of four years and shall have possession of the seal, records, books, files and papers belonging to the court of probate, and shall keep a record of all orders, decrees and other official acts made or done by him, which records may be inspected by all persons interested without charge. In counties having two Additional judges. hundred fifty thousand inhabitants there shall be two judges of probate and in counties having five hundred thousand inhabitants there shall be three judges of probate who shall be elected as hereinafter provided. They shall have equal powers, Powers, etc. duties and compensation, except that the power of appointment, nomination and removal of the several employes provided by law for such court and the offices connected therewith, and the general direction and control of the business of such court, including the division of the work between the judges, shall be vested in the judge having served for the longest period continuously. Whenever the United States census Vacancy, what deemed, shall show that any county has two hundred fifty thousand how filled, etc. inhabitants and it has but one judge of probate, the additional office first herein provided for shall be deemed to be created and vacant and whenever the United States census shall show that any county has five hundred thousand inhabitants the additional office next herein provided for shall be deemed to be created and vacant, which vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor and the person so appointed shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. At the next general election a successor to such officer shall be elected who shall hold office until his successor shall be elected at the next alternate biennial election provided for in section fourteen of article seven of the constitution, and shall have qualified. Approved April 21, 1913. Section amended. Health certifi etc. etc. [No. 87.] AN ACT to amend section eight of act number three hundred nineteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the examination, regulation, licensing and registration of nurses, and for the punishment of offenders against this act.” The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section eight of act number three hundred nineteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the examination, regulation, licensing and registration of nurses, and for the punishment of offenders against this act," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 8. Any person properly registered under the procate, renewal, visions of this act shall, before entering any service in that capacity, furnish a certificate of good health from a properly registered physician, showing that he or she is free from tuberculosis or any specific or infectious disease; said cer Visiting nurse, tificate to be renewed semiannually. The Michigan State appointment, Board of Registration of Nurses is hereby authorized to employ or appoint a registered nurse who has had not less than five years' experience in nursing since graduation, three years of which have been spent as superintendent of a training school approved by said board, who may also be one of the members of said board, to act as a visitor and inspector of training schools for nurses, to the end that the rules and regulations adopted by said board may be promoted and upheld throughout the State. Such visitor and inspector shall act under the direction of the Michigan State Board of RegisCompensation. tration of Nurses. The compensation of such visitor and inspector shall be determined by said board and shall be paid only from funds collected in the registration of nurses and in a similar way in which the incidental and traveling expenses of the members of the board are now paid, as provided for in section six of said act. Approved April 21, 1913. [No. 88.] AN ACT empowering boards of supervisors of any of the several counties of the State of Michigan to levy a special tax for the purpose of advertising the agricultural advantages of the State or for displaying the products and industries of any county in the State at domestic or foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products of the State, and to permit the board of supervisors out of any sum so raised to contribute all or any portion of the same to any development board or bureau to be by said board or bureau, expended for the purpose herein named. The People of the State of Michigan enact: limited. SECTION 1. The boards of supervisors of the several coun- Advertising of ties within the State of Michigan, or any of them, are here- advantages by agricultural by authorized and empowered to levy a special tax on the counties. taxable property within their respective counties for the purpose of creating a fund not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one year in any one county, to be used for advertis ing agricultural advantages of the State or county or of any part of the State, or for collecting, preparing and maintaining an exhibition of the products and industries of the County at any domestic or foreign exposition, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and increasing the trade in the products of the State of Michigan: Provided, That the Proviso, tax total tax levied in any one year shall not exceed five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property within the county, according to the assessment rolls, the sum so raised to be used as directed by the board of supervisors of the County: Provided further, That said board of supervisors Further may appropriate the said sum so raised, or any part of the proviso. same to the support and work and maintenance of a legal association, development bureau or board organized under the laws of Michigan, not organized or conducted for profit, and which is engaged in the purpose of advertising the advantages of and encouraging immigration, and increasing the trade of the said county and other adjoining counties of the State. SEC. 2. Act number one hundred twenty-four of the pub- Act repealed. lie acts of nineteen hundred eleven is hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1913. |