edged by him and in every way following the provisions of this act, except as to the certificates of the county and city treasurer relating to tax titles and tax liens as provided by this act, and showing by reference to this act the authority for the same. Such plat or map when recorded and filed as herein provided by this act, shall be treated in respect to the assessment, collection and return of taxes and the sale of said lands for delinquent taxes, as if the same had been made by the proprietor or proprietors: Provided, That such proceed- Proviso, ings shall not interfere with vested rights: Provided further, vested rights That the expense of making said plat or map, when done by proviso, the supervisor or assessor according to the provisions of this expense. act, shall be paid by the township, city or village in which such plat is located. to describe blocks may consecutive and width SEC. 2. That such maps or plats as are by this act required What maps to be recorded shall particularly set forth and describe such particularly. portion of the government survey as is intended to be platted, and when said premises are not included in the legal subdivisions of the government surveys then the boundaries to be defined by metes and bounds and courses. Said maps or plats shall also particularly set forth and describe all the public grounds, except for streets and alleys by their boundaries, courses and extent, and all streets and alleys by their courses, lengths, widths, names or numbers, by writing or figures upon that portion of the map or plat intended for those uses. And Lots and all the lots intended for sale may be numbered, either by pro- be numbered. gressive numbers, or, if in blocks, progressively numbered in each block, and the blocks progressively numbered or lettered: Provided, That the lots and blocks in numbered additions Proviso, bearing the same name shall be consecutive through the sev- numbering. eral additions. Where all the lots of any block are of the How length same dimensions it shall be sufficient to mark the precise marked. length and width upon one tier thereof; but all gores, triangles, or other lots which are not either squares or parallelograms, shall have the length of their sides plainly defined by figures. Permanent metal monuments of not less than one- Metal half inch in diameter and fifteen inches in length shall be lo- monuments. cated in the ground at all angles in the boundaries of the land platted, and at all the intersections of streets, intersections of alleys, or of streets and alleys, and at the intersections of streets and alleys with the boundaries of the plat, as shown on the map or plat, and when there are permanent objects in the vicinity of such monuments the bearings and distances of such objects shall be noted. The character of the monuments and the bearings and distances of such witness points or objects shall be distinctly given in the most convenient manner on the plat. The surveyor or engineer making such plat shall Certificate of certify that the plat is a correct one, and that the monuments described in it have been planted as therein described. The map so made and recorded in compliance with the provisions Conveyance of this act shall be deemed a sufficient conveyance to vest the of public fee of such parcels of land as may be herein designated for surveyor. places. public uses in the city or villages within the incorporate limits of which the land platted is included, or if not included within the limits of any incorporated city or village, then in the township within the limits of which it is included in trust to and for the uses and purposes therein designated, and for no other use or purpose whatever. Approved May 17, 1915. Acceptance of monument. [No. 252.] AN ACT to provide for the dedication of the monument to be erected at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in memory of the Michigan Union soldiers who participated in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, speaker of the House of Representatives, two ex-soldiers of the Civil war to be appointed by the Governor and two representative citizens of Michigan to be appointed by the Governor, together with the members of the Michigan Vicksburg Monument Commission and their secretary, are hereby authorized to accept in the name of the State, the monument and memorial now being erected in the Vicksburg National Military Park at Vicksburg, Mississippi, when the same shall have been completed by the commission provided for by act number two hundred forty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, act number two hundred thirty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five and act number two hundred eighty-eight Participation of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, and to parin dedication. ticipate in the dedicatory exercises attending the unveiling of said monument and memorial. Conference as to time. Traveling and maintenance expenses. SEC. 2. The commission shall confer with the Governor relative to the time, to be mutually agreed upon, for said dedicatory exercises. SEC. 3. The necessary traveling and maintenance expenses of said committee and said commission shall be paid from the general fund of the State, on vouchers and bill sworn to, to be audited and allowed by the Board of State Auditors. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 17, 1915. [No. 253.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Central Michigan Normal School for current expenses and for special purposes for said institution, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: appropriated. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Amount expenses of the Central Michigan Normal School for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of ninety-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, the sum of ninetyfive thousand dollars. propriation. SEC. 2. The further sum of twenty-six thousand five hun- Further apdred dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, for purposes and by amounts as follows: For the completion and equipment Purposes. of the science and agriculture building and the installation of an additional boiler in the heating plant, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars; for the installation of an independent water system, six thousand dollars; for overhauling and making sanitary two toilets in the training school building, one thousand dollars. of funds. SEC. 3. It is hereby provided that if the several amounts Transfer designated in section two of this bill for any one of the purposes stated, be insufficient to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of other work or purchase specified in said section, may, by obtaining the consent in writing of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General before any expense in excess of the specified appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this provision being to make the entire twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars available for the purposes stated in said section, if, in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfer for which provision is hereby made. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid out. this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Education 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. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of one hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of ninety-five thousand dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropri- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Title and sections amended. Amended title. Secured debt may be sent to county treasurer, Payment of tax. Endorsement and receipt. Record to be kept. [No. 254.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections two and four of act one hundred forty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and the collection of a specific tax upon secured debts other than debts secured or evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property, and which mortgages and liens are recorded in Michigan, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in contravention thereto." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title and sections two and four of act one hundred forty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and the collection of a specific tax upon secured debts other than debts secured or evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property, and which mortgages and liens are recorded in Michigan, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in contravention thereto," are hereby amended to read as follows: TITLE. An Act to provide for the assessment and the collection of a specific tax upon secured debts other than debts secured or evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property and which mortgages and liens are recorded in Michigan, and upon certain foreign municipal bonds, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in contravention thereto. SEC. 2. Any person may take or send to the office of the treasurer of the county where he resides, any secured debt as defined in section one of this act, or any bond issued by any state, county, township, city, village, school district or good roads district outside of this State, or a description of the same, and may pay to the county a tax of one-half per centum on the face value thereof and the treasurer shall thereupon make an endorsement upon said secured debt or municipal bond or shall give a receipt for the tax thereon describing said secured debt or municipal bond, and certifying that the same is exempt from taxation, which endorsement or receipt shall be duly signed and dated by the treasurer or his duly authorized representative. The treasurer shall keep a record of such endorsements and receipts with a description of such secured debt or municipal bond together with the name and address of the person presenting the same and the date of registration. SEC. 4. Such secured debts and municipal bonds, upon Exemption which the specific tax provided for in this act shall be paid, from taxes. shall be exempt from further general taxes under the laws of this State. Approved May 17, 1915. [No. 255.] AN ACT to amend sections nine, ten and eleven of act number two hundred eighty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a Department of Labor, to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," as last amended by act number two hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections nine, ten and eleven of the Public Sections Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide amended. for the creation of a Department of Labor, to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," as last amended by act number two hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 9. No male under the age of eighteen years, and no Employment female shall be employed in any factory, mill, warehouse, of males and workshop, clothing, dressmaking or millinery establishment, or any place where the manufacture of any kinds of goods is carried on, or where any goods are prepared for manufacturing, or in any laundry, store, shop, or any other mercantile establishment, or in any office or restaurant, for a period Hours of labor. longer than an average of nine hours a day or fifty-four hours in any week nor more than ten hours in any one day; and all Copies of law such establishments shall keep posted a copy of this section to be posted. printed in large type, in a conspicuous place; in establishments having a time clock such copy shall be posted near the time clock. Copies of this section suitable for posting shall be furnished upon the application of any employer by the Commissioner of Labor: Provided, however, That the pro- Proviso, vision of this section in relation to the hours of employment perishable shall not apply to nor affect any person engaged in preserv goods. |