Canned fruits, etc., to be free from deleter ious substances. fraud and deception in the manufacture and sale of articles of food and drink," the same being section five thousand twenty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 14. No packer or dealer in preserved or canned fruits and vegetables, or other articles of food, shall sell or offer for sale such canned articles, unless such articles shall be entirely free from substances or ingredients deleterious to To be labeled. health, and unless such articles bear a mark, stamp, brand or label bearing the name and address of the firm, person or corporation that packs or distributes the same. All Soaked goods "soaked or bleached goods" or goods put up from products dried before canning, shall be plainly marked, branded, stamped or labeled as such, with the words "soaked or bleached goods," in letters not less than two-line pica in size, showing the name of the article and the name and address of the packer or distributor. Approved May 13, 1915. how labeled. Standard gauge Test for galvanizing. [No. 227.] AN ACT to provide a standard test and gauge of galvanized wire fence within this State, to provide for the grading of such fence according to such test and gauge, to regulate the use of tags or labels in connection with the sale of such fence within this State, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Washburn and Moen gauge is hereby declared to be the standard gauge for testing galvanized wire fence within this State. SEC. 2. The following test as to quality of galvanizing is hereby declared to be the standard test of the galvanizing of such fence within this State. The wire shall be thoroughly cleansed with a solution of soap, using a soft cloth or cotton waste. It shall then be immersed in a solution of copper sulphate neutralized with copper oxide and filtered, of a density of 1.186 at sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit. It shall be kept in this solution at a temperature of from sixty to seventy degrees Fahrenheit for one minute, then immersed in clear water and afterward wiped dry. After such immersion and drying, if the wire does not show a deposit of copper indicating that some portion of the zinc coating is entirely removed, it shall be considered as "one minute wire" as hereinafter mentioned. This test shall be immediately repeated and the wire shall be graded according to the number of immersions it may be able to stand without showing a deposit of copper, and such grades shall be designated as "one minute," "two minute," "three minute," "four minute," etc. wire, in accordance with the number of minutes during which such wire respectively stood such test without showing a deposit of copper: Provided, however, That all tests shall be made on Proviso, how straight sections of stay or line wire and not on locks, wraps or winds of such fence. tests made. grades. The different grades of galvanized wire fence, as standard determined by the test provided by section two of this act, are hereby declared to be the standard grades of such fence within this State. attached. SEC. 4. Any manufacturer or dealer manufacturing or Label to be selling galvanized wire fence, whether such fence is manufactured within or without this State, shall, after complying with the provisions of this act, be permitted to attach to each and every bundle of such fence the tag or label prescribed by section six of this act, showing such fence so tagged or labeled to be of the standard grade and gauge as defined in this act. where filed. SEC. 5. Before any person shall attach any tag or label Copy of label, specified in section six of this act to any galvanized wire fence to be sold or offered for sale within this State, he shall file with the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture a certified copy of each variety of tag or label proposed to be attached to such fence, and shall also deposit annually with Wire to be the secretary not less than ten feet of wire of each grade deposited. and gauge to be used in the manufacturing of any fence which is to be offered for sale in this State, and at the same time shall pay to the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture Fee. a fee of ten dollars for each gauge of wire so deposited. agriculture to SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agri- State board of culture to test all samples of galvanized wire fence submitted test samples. to them for that purpose and to determine whether such fence is of the standard gauge and grades provided in this act. If they shall find such fence to be of such standard gauge and Certificate. grades, they shall issue to the manufacturer or dealer applying therefor a certificate, good for one year from the date thereof, permitting such manufacturer or dealer manufactur ing or selling such galvanized wire fence, to attach to each and every bundle of such fence of the same gauge and grades so tested, a tag or label bearing the following statements: 1. Name and address of manufacturer or dealer; 2. Date of expiration of certificate; 3. Date of manufacture of such fence; 4. Galvanizing test,-whether "one minute," "two minute," "three minute;" 5. Gauge of top wire; 6. Gauge of bottom wire; 7. Gauge of line wire; 8. Gauge of stay wire. Statements. SEC. 7. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale any Unlawful galvanized wire fence tagged or labeled with the tag or label sales. enalty. Liability for damages. Proviso, variation. Samples may be taken. Proviso, how tests made. Publication of tests. Expenses, how paid. Effect prescribed in section six of this act without having the same tested as prescribed in this act and without paying the required fee and procuring the certificate provided for by this act, or which is found to be of an inferior grade or gauge to that specified on such tag or label, when submitted to the test provided for in section eight of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail or house of correction for a period not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and in addition to such fine and imprisonment, such convicted person shall be liable for all damages sustained by the purchaser on account of such misrepresentation. The State Board of Agriculture shall have authority to institute prosecutions through the proper officers for all violations of this act: Provided, That an average maximum variation of three one-thousandths of an inch will be permitted in the gauge of such wire of which the fence is composed. SEC. 8. The State Board of Agriculture, by any duly au thorized agent, may take from any bundle of galvanized wire fence so tagged and labeled and which is being offered for sale in this State, a sample of such fence not exceeding twelve inches in length, the same to be measured along the length of the fencing and comprise the whole width thereof, such sample to be kept by said State Board of Agriculture and tested for the purpose of ascertaining whether the manufacturer or dealer has complied with the terms of this act: Provided, That in making all tests or measurements for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not such fence is inferior grade or gauge to that specified on the tags or labels thereof, the State Board of Agriculture, by its duly authorized agent or agents, shall select five separate samples of such fence from five separate bundles thereof, and if, after applying the standard gauge and test prescribed by this act, three or more of such samples shall not equal the gauge and grade indicated on such tags or labels, then such fence from which the five samples were taken shall be deemed to be of inferior gauge or grade as the case may be. SEC. 9. The secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall publish in his annual report a correct statement of all tests made under this act, together with a statement of all moneys received from fees and the amount of the same expended in making such tests. All expenses incurred by said board under the provisions of this act shall be paid from the funds arising from the fees provided in section five of this act, and any surplus from the total of such fees remaining on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall be placed to the credit of the experimental funds of the board. SEC. 10. The provisions of this act shall not take effect until January one, nineteen hundred sixteen. Approved May 13, 1915. [No. 228.] AN ACT to license and regulate the loaning of money in cities of this State in sums of three hundred dollars and less, upon real and chattel securities, or endorsement, or upon salaries or wage earnings, or without security, and prescribing rates of interest and charges therefor, and penalties for violations thereof, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No person, partnership or corporation shall License engage in the business of making loans of three hundred dol- required. lars or less, upon real and chattel securities of any kind whatsoever, or upon endorsement or guarantee of third persons, or upon salaries or wage earnings, or without security, when a higher rate of interest than seven per cent per annum is charged, without first having obtained a license from the clerk of the city in which the business is to be carried on. SEC. 2. Any person, partnership, or corporation intending Application. to engage in the business provided for in this act shall make application for a license in writing and file the same with the Where filed. clerk of the city in which he desires to do business, which application shall state fully the name or names of the per- Statements. son, partnership or corporation, and every member of the partnership, the street and number and the building and room in which the applicant proposes to do business, and, in the case of a corporation, shall also state the date and place of its incorporation and the name of its statutory agent upon whom process may be served with his address, and shall pay to such clerk at the time of filing such application a license fee of fifty dollars. Such applicant shall also, Fee. at the time of filing his application, file with such clerk a bond to the people of the State of Michigan, in the penal sum Bond. of one thousand dollars, executed by the principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in this State, or by two sureties who shall be male residents and freeholders of the city in which such business is proposed to be carried on, and who shall severally depose on oath and in writing attached to said bond that he is worth in real estate situated within the county in which such business is proposed to be carried on, a sum equal to the amount of the bond over and above all indebtedness and exemptions from sale on execution; the conditions of such bond shall be that if the principal Conditions. shall pay any judgment which may be recovered against him in any court of competent jurisdiction and all damages and costs by the borrower resulting from any violation of the provisions of this act, then said obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. Upon filing the applica- License. tion and bond as above required, and upon payment by the applicant of the license fee required, the clerk of the city shall Where to transact business. Borrower to be given card. Statements: Receipt for payments. Statement on back of card. Blank spaces to be filled. Husband or wife. Rate of interest. forthwith issue a license to such applicant, for a period of one year, which license shall state fully the name or names of the person, partnership or corporation, and of every member of the partnership, the street and number and the building and room in which the business is to be conducted, and in the case of a corporation, shall also state the date and place of its incorporation, and the name of its statutory agent, upon whom process may be served, with his address. The licensee shall not make any loan or transact any business provided for by this act at any other place than that stated in such license; and such license shall not be transferable to any other person, partnership or corporation; if a change of his place of business is made during his license period, the licensee shall make and file with the clerk an affidavit stating in full the place to which his business has been removed, and thereupon the clerk shall endorse upon the license his consent to such change. SEC. 3. Every person, partnership or corporation licensed as herein provided shall give to each borrower a card upon which shall be written in ink, or typewritten, or printed, the name of the person, partnership or corporation making such loan, the name of the borrower, the amount of the loan, the amount and date of each payment to be made, the amount of expense charged, exclusive of interest, the time for which such charge is made, the date when the loan is made and the date when payable; and shall also give the borrower a receipt for each payment of principal, interest or any other charge made on the loan, and if any payment shall consist of principal and interest or any other charge, such receipt shall specify the amount of each. Upon the back of such card or immediately attached thereto, shall be printed in English, in type as large as that which the Public Acts of this State are printed, the following words: If interest or charges in excess of the amount fixed by the laws of this State are asked or received, this loan is void and of no effect; and the borrower cannot be made to pay back the money loaned, or any interest, or any charges, or any part thereof. SEC. 4. No such person, partnership or corporation so licensed shall receive any assignment of salary or wage in blank, but all blank spaces shall be filled in with ink or typewritten with the proper names and figures, showing the name of the person, partnership or corporation by whom the person making the assignment is employed. If the borrower is married the assignment shall be void unless it contains the signature of the husband or wife, as the case may be, of the bor rower. SEC. 5. Any person, partnership or corporation licensed as herein provided may lawfully charge upon any such loan a rate of interest not to exceed three per cent per month where such loan does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and not to exceed two per cent per month where such loan exceeds the sum of one hundred dollars and does not exceed |