dred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 7. Any person being a freeholder, or a holder of Appeal. lands by homestead right within the township, who may conceive himself aggrieved by the determination of a commissioner in laying out, altering or discontinuing any highway, or in his award of damages, or in his refusal to lay out, alter or discontinue any highway, may, within ten days after such determination or refusal, appeal therefrom to the township board. Every such appeal shall be in writing, signed by the To be in appellant and addressed to the township board and filed writing. with the township clerk, and there shall be deposited with the township clerk the sum of twenty-five dollars to cover the cost of such appeal, and the said appeal fee shall be deposited in the general fund of the township unless said ap- Deposit. peal shall be sustained, and if said appeal be sustained, the appeal fee so deposited shall be returned to the person mak- Disposition ing the appeal, and the township clerk shall, as soon as of fee. may be after the time limited for taking appeals shall have expired, call a meeting of the township board to consider Meeting such appeal. Such clerk shall, at least ten days before the time appointed for such meeting, cause notice in writing of Notice. the time and place of such meeting to be served upon the appellant and the commissioner, or left at their respective places of residence. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. of board. Section amended. Sections added. Who to be admitted. Proviso, who not admitted. Proviso, admission upon payment. Acceptance of gifts. Title. [No. 49.] AN ACT to amend section eleven of act one hundred fiftytwo of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," as last amended by act two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, extra session, and to add thereto two new sections to be known as sections eleven-a and eleven-b. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section eleven of act one hundred fifty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a home for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the State of Michigan," is hereby amended and two new sections added to stand as sections eleven-a and eleven-b, said amended section and added sections to read as follows: SEC. 11. All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who have served in the army or navy of the United States in the late war of the Rebellion, in the Mexican war, the Spanish-American war, or the war in the Philippines, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living and who would be otherwise dependent upon public or private charity, shall be entitled to be admitted to said home, subject to the rules and regulations that shall be adopted by the board of managers to govern the admission of applicants to said home: Provided, That no applicant shall be admitted to said home unless he served in a Michigan regiment or was accredited to the State of Michigan or was a resident of the State of Michigan for at least five years next preceding the date of his application for admission to said home: Provided, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the board of managers from admitting to membership in said home any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine otherwise qualified, but who has adequate means of support and is not dependent upon public or private charity, upon condition that such applicant pay to the board of managers in advance for the use and benefit of the State of Michigan, such sum for his support as said board of managers may determine to be proper. SEC. 11a. The board of managers shall have power and authority to accept for the use and benefit of the State of Michigan from any soldier, sailor or marine, who is or may hereafter become a member of the home, any gift of real estate or money. Instruments conveying title to such real estate shall run to the State of Michigan as grantee: Pro condition vided, That said board of managers shall accept no gift of Proviso, real estate unless the donor shall possess an unencumbered of acceptance. title in fee simple to the same. SEC. 11b. Any moneys which may be received by the said Disposition board of managers by virtue of and under the provisions of of moneys. sections eleven and eleven-a shall be reported to and turned over to the Auditor General of the State of Michigan and credited to the general fund of the State. Approved April 14, 1915. [No. 50.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of common rats. The People of the State of Michigan enact: offered. SECTION 1. Every person being an inhabitant of this Bounty State who shall kill any black, brown, grey, or Norway rats commonly known as the house rat, barn rat or wharf rat in any organized township, village or city in this State, shall be entitled to receive a bounty of five cents for each rat thus killed, to be allowed and paid in the manner hereinafter provided. certificate. SEC. 2. Every person applying for such bounty shall Clerk to give take the heads of such rats, in lots of not less than five, to the clerk of the township, village or city within which such rats shall have been killed, in a state of good preservation, and if satisfied with the correctness of such claim, said township, village or city clerk shall issue a certificate stating the amount of bounty to which such applicant is entitled and deliver the same to said applicant, and shall destroy the heads of such rats by burning. for amount. SEC. 3. Such certificate may be presented by the claim- Warrant ant or his agent to the county clerk of the county in which such rats have been killed, who shall thereupon draw a warrant for the amount on the treasurer of said county, and said treasurer shall, upon presentation of said warrant, pay the same from the general or contingent fund of such Payment county. Approved April 14, 1915. of warrant. Boats to be equipped with mufflers, etc. Mufflers to be kept closed, etc. Penalty. [No. 51.] AN ACT to require all motor boats, launches, or other water craft propelled by gasoline or other internal combustion engines, operated on the inland waters of this State, to be equipped with mufflers, underwater exhausts or other suitable devices to deaden sound; and to provide penalties for violations. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Hereafter any motor boat, launch, or other water craft, the motive power of which is an internal combustion engine using gas, gasoline, naphtha, or other like energy, operated on the inland waters of this State, shall be equipped with a muffler, underwater exhaust, or other modern or improved device to deaden the sound of the exhaust of such engine; and such muffler shall be kept and remain closed, or such exhaust or device shall be kept in proper working order by any person or persons operating or in charge of such motor boat, launch, or other water craft, at all times when such engine or engines are in operation, except while engaged in any formally arranged and publicly announced race. SEC. 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Approved April 14, 1915. Section amended. [No. 52.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred forty-seven of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eightynine, entitled "An act to regulate the uniformity of, and to provide free school text-books in public schools throughout the State, and the distribution of the same, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section four thousand seven hundred seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred fortyseven of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to regulate the uniformity of, and to provide free school text-books in public schools throughout the State, and the distribution of the same, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section four thousand seven hundred seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: to purchase text-book on SEC. 1. From and after June thirty, eighteen hundred When board ninety, each school board of the State shall purchase, when books. authorized as hereinafter provided, the text-books used by the pupils of the schools in its district. Text-books once No change adopted under the provisions of this act shall not be for five years. changed within five years: Provided, That the text-book on Proviso, the subject of physiology and hygiene must be approved by hygiene. the State Board of Education and shall in every way comply with section fifteen of act number one hundred sixty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, approved June nine, eighteen hundred eighty-seven: And Pro- Further vided further, That all text-books used in any school district proviso, shall be uniform in any one subject. Approved April 14, 1915. uniformity. [No. 53.] AN ACT to provide for a State brand for Michigan butter, for the purpose of insuring a higher standard of excellence and quality, a more uniform butter market, and to insure a more healthful product for consumption at home and abroad, and to regulate the use of such mark or brand. The People of the State of Michigan enact: may use SECTION 1. Any person, firm or corporation manufactur- Any person ing butter in this State may use the brand, mark or label brand, etc. therefor as provided in this act. SEC. 2. Said trade mark or brand and its use and regula- Who to have charge. tion shall be in charge of and under the control of a commission of three members consisting of the State Dairy and Food Commissioner, the president of the Michigan State Dairymen's Association and the president of the Michigan State Butter Makers' Association. SEC. 3. The State trade mark or brand shall be con- Rules and regulations. trolled, used, manufactured and issued under such rules and regulations as may be found necessary from time to time by the said commission. Said commission or commissioners shall have power to make such changes in the rules and regulations for the use of said trade mark or brands as it may deem necessary from time to time. |