Commercial feeding stuff to be labeled.

Copy of analysis.

Concentrated commercial feeding stuff defined.

Proviso,

what not included.

[No. 135.]

AN ACT to provide for the inspection and analysis of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs; to regulate the licensing and sale of such concentrated feeding stuffs; prescribing the duties of the State Board of Agriculture in relation thereto; and to repeal section eighteen of act two hundred eleven of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, as amended by act number twelve of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any manufacturer, company, person or persons who shall sell, offer or expose for sale or for distribution in this State, any concentrated commercial feeding stuff used for feeding live stock, shall furnish with each car, or other amounts shipped in bulk, and shall affix to every package of such feeding stuff, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds in the car or package sold or offered for sale, the name or trade-mark under which the article is sold, the name of the manufacturer or shipper, the place of manufacture, the place or places of business, and a chemical analysis, stating the percentages it contains of crude protein, crude fiber, nitrogen-free extract and ether extract, all constituents to be determined by the methods adopted by the association of official agricultural chemists. Whenever any feeding stuff is sold at retail in bulk or in packages belonging to the purchaser, the agent or dealer shall furnish to him a certified copy of the chemical analysis named in this section.

SEC. 2. The term concentrated commercial feeding stuffs as used in this act shall include linseed meal, cotton seed meal, pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, oil meals of all kinds, gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, mixed sugar feeds, hominy feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, corn and oat feeds, meat meals, dried blood, clover meals, mixed feeds of all kinds, slaughter house waste products; also all condimental stock foods, patented and proprietary stock foods claimed to possess nutritive properties and all other materials intended for feeding to domestic animals: Provided. That such feeding stuffs as defined above, shall not include hays, straws, fodders, ensilage the whole seeds nor the unmixed meals made directly from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, flaxseed, maize, buckwheat, wet brewers' grains, malt sprouts, wet or dried beet pulp when unmixed with other materials. Neither shall it include wheat, rye and buckwheat brans or middlings not mixed with other substances, but sold separately as distinct articles of commerce, nor pure grains ground together.

certificate

sample.

SEC. 3. Before any manufacturer, company, person or per- Analysis and sons shall sell, offer or expose for sale in this State any con- to be filed. centrated commercial feeding stuff, he or they shall, for each and every feeding stuff bearing a distinguishing name or trade-mark, file annually with the State Board of Agriculture a certified copy of the chemical analysis and certificate referred to in this section, and shall deposit with said board Deposit of a sealed glass jar or bottle, containing at least one pound of the feeding stuff to be sold or offered for sale, together with an affidavit that it is a fair sample of the article thus to be sold or offered for sale. He or they shall also pay annually License fee. to the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture a license fee of twenty dollars for each and every brand of feeding stuff he offers or exposes for sale in this State; said fee to be paid on or before April first of each year: Provided, That Proviso. whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the not required license fee, his agents shall not be required to do so. Whenever any manufacturer, importer, agent or seller of any commercial feeding stuff desires at any time to sell such material and has not paid the license fee therefor, he shall pay the license fee prescribed in this section before making any such sale.

when agent

to pay.

license.

SEC. 4. Whenever the manufacturer, importer, agent or Issue of seller of any commercial feeding stuff shall have complied with the requirements of this section, the State Board of Agriculture shall issue or cause to be issued a license permitting the sale of said feeding stuff, which license shall terminate on April first following the date of issue.

SEC. 5. All such analyses of commercial feeding stuffs re- Analyses, quired by this act shall be made under the direction of the how made. State Board of Agriculture and shall be paid for out of the funds arising from the license fees provided for in this act.

samples.

SEC. 6. The State Board of Agriculture by any duly au- Selection of thorized agent is hereby authorized to select from any package of commercial or other feeding stuff exposed or offered for sale in this State, a quantity not exceeding two pounds for a sample, such sample to be used for the purposes of an official analysis and for comparison with the certificate filed with the board and with the certificate affixed to the package on sale.

SEC. 7. Any person or persons who shall sell or offer for Penalty. sale any commercial feeding stuff in this State without first complying with the provisions of this act, or who shall attach or cause to be attached to any such package of commercial feeding stuff an analysis stating that it contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents or ingredients named in this act than it really does contain, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than three hundred dollars for every subsequent offense, and the offender shall also be liable for all damages sustained by the purchaser of such commercial feeding stuffs on account of such mis

Fines, how recovered.

Analyses and

certificates to

representation. All suits for the recovery of fines under the provisions of this act shall be brought under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture.

SEC. 8. The secretary of the State Board of Agriculture be published. shall publish in the annual report a correct statement of all analyses made and certificates filed in his office, together with a statement of all moneys received for license fees, and expended for analysis. Any surplus from license fees remaining on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall be placed to the credit of the experimental fund of said board.

Disposition of surplus.

SEC. 9. All acts or parts of acts in any wise contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 6, 1915.

Certificate of authority required.

To whom issued.

License fee.

Suspension or revocation.

Notice.

Penalty.

[No. 136.]

AN ACT to provide for the licensing of adjusters of companies carrying workmen's compensation insurance and the suspension and revocation of such licenses.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. No person, partnership, association or corporation shall, after this act takes effect, engage in the business of adjusting claims for compensation under act number ten of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred twelve, and acts amendatory thereto, for companies carrying workmen's compensation insurance, without first procuring a certificate of authority to act as such adjuster from the Commissioner of Insurance of this State. The Commissioner of Insurance shall issue such adjuster's certificate of authority only to persons, partnerships, associations or corporations applying therefor, who are trustworthy and competent to transact such business in such manner as to safeguard the interests of the public. Every person, partnership, association or corporation to whom such certificate is issued shall pay to the Commissioner of Insurance as a license fee therefor the sum of two dollars to be paid into the State treasury of this State as other fees paid to such commissioner.

SEC. 2. Such license and certificate of authority may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner of Insurance for fraud or serious misconduct on the part of any such adjuster. Before revoking the license of any adjuster under this act, the commissioner shall give notice in writing to such adjuster of the charges of fraud or misconduct preferred against him, and shall give such adjuster full opportunity to be heard in relation to the same.

SEC. 3. Any person, partnership, association or corporation or their agents or employes violating the provisions of this act

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and in default of the payment thereof shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 6, 1915.

[No. 137.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of chapter eight of act number three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," as last amended by act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine.

amended.

The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of chapter eight of act Section number three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyfive, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," as last amended by act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, is hereby amended to read as follows:

rolls made in five parts.

one to five.

of parts.

SEC. 22. Special assessment rolls to defray the cost of Assessment street paving shall be made in five parts, each part to contain a list of the lots or parcels constituting the special assessment district with the names of the owners or occupants of each lot or parcel, and one-fifth of the cost or expense of the work shall be assessed upon each one of said five parts. Such Numbered parts of the assessment roll shall be numbered one, two, three, four and five, respectively, and any person so electing may pay part one and have an extension of time for the payment Payment of parts two, three, four and five of one, two, three and four years respectively. If part one is not paid on or before the Default in same shall become due, the whole amount of the assessment against any lot or parcel shall be due and no extension of time shall be granted thereon. Deferred payments shall draw Interest interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, and if any de- payments. fault shall be made in the payment of an installment or of the interest thereon, the whole amount of the assessment then remaining unpaid shall mature and become due and payable, Maturity and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had for the collection of the amount still due as are authorized by this act in case the owners or occupants have not elected to pay in

payment.

on deferred

of whole.

Bonds

of village.

Payment by installments.

installments. The village council shall have power to issue bonds of the village bearing not to exceed six per cent interest to the amount of the deferred payments, and pledging the faith and credit of the village for the payment of said bonds Term to run out of the deferred payments when collected. Said bonds shall run for one, two, three and four years, and all payments made on the deferred installments shall be paid into and constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at maturity. Owners and occupants electing to pay by installments shall pay the full amount of the interest on each installment down to the maturity thereof, but may pay the prin cipal and such interest into the village treasury before maturity. Contractors for the laying of street paving may be required to take their pay in street paving bonds, and such bonds shall in no event be sold, or otherwise disposed of, at less than their par value. The village council may issue similar bonds to defray that portion of the cost and expense of any street paving chargeable to street intersections, or to lands belonging to the village, school buildings or other public buildings or grounds, including such portion of said cost or expense as the village council may have decided to pay. from the general highway fund or the street district fund. Approved May 6, 1915.

Contractors, how may be paid.

Cost of paving intersections,

etc.

Section amended.

[No. 138.]

AN ACT to amend section one hundred forty-eight of act two hundred six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyone, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," as added to said act by act number one hundred fifty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, as last amended by act number one hundred fifty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That section one hundred forty-eight of act number two hundred six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assess