Penalty for at the approach of a train of cars or of a locomotive, and to keep it open at all other times; and it shall be the duty of the gatekeeper on either side of one or more tracks to close the gate of which he is in charge on the approach of a train of cars or locomotive on either track. For every neglect of such duty such person, upon conviction thereof, neglect of duty. shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail for the period of ninety days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The expense incurred in the erection and maintenance of the gates provided for in this section and of the necessary gatekeepers shall be shared equally by the railroad companies along side whose tracks the gates shall be located. Any person who shall open or raise such gate when closed or lowered, or attempt so to do, or shall attempt to gain access with teams or vehicles to such crossing while the gate is closed or lowered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, with the alternative of imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than thirty days. Approved April 26, 1893. Unauthorized persons operating gates a misdemeanor. Penalty. Appropriation. For what purposes. Incorporated in [ No. 46. ] AN ACT making an appropriation for the use of the Michigan Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there shall be, and is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury for the use of the Michigan Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane, the sum of six thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars for the following purposes: For reservoirs, hydrants, water pipe, boiler, pump, pump house, hose and other necessary material for construction of fire protection plant, the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars; for general repairs, six hundred dollars; for improvement of grounds, fencing farm, farming utensils, and hay scales, ten hundred and twenty-five dollars; for refrigerators and ice house, seven hundred dollars; for horses, four hundred and fifty dollars. SEC. 2. The Auditor General is hereby authorized to incorporate in the State tax, for the year eighteen hundred ninety-three, the sum of six thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, and which taxes, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the amount drawn therefrom as provided in section one of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 47. ] AN ACT to amend sections one, two and three of act number two hundred and thirty, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the prevention of the introduction and spread of cholera and other dangerous communicable diseases," and to add four new sections thereto to stand as sections four, five, six and seven. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Sections That sections one, two and three of act number two hundred and thirty of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-. five, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and eightyfive, entitled "An act to provide for the prevention of the introduction and spread of cholera and other dangerous communicable diseases," be and the same are hereby amended, and four new sections are added thereto to stand as sections four, five, six and seven, so that said sections as amended and the sections added thereto shall read as follows: dangerous or SECTION 1. Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction Existence of of the State Board of Health that cholera, diphtheria, or communicable other dangerous communicable disease exists in any foreign diseases. country, neighboring state, or locality within this State whereby the public health is imperiled, and it shall be further shown that immigrants, passengers or other persons seeking to enter this State or to travel from place to place within this State, are coming from any locality where such dangerous communicable disease exists, and are likely to carry infection of such dangerous communicable disease, the State State Board of Board of Health shall be authorized to establish a system of lish quarantine. quarantine for the State of Michigan or for any portion thereof. Health to estab SEC. 2. Such quarantine shall be for the purpose of pre- The purpose of venting all immigrants, passengers or other persons, under such quarantine. the circumstances mentioned in section one of this act, from entering the State or from going from place to place within the State, who, in the opinion of the State Board of Health, or in the opinion of an inspector duly appointed by said Board, are likely to carry infection of cholera, small-pox, diphtheria or other dangerous communicable disease; and for the detention of all such persons outside the borders of the State, or if already within the State, at the places where they may be or at the place they have been exposed to or have contracted such dangerous communicable disease, or at such suitable place as such Board may provide, during the period of the incubation of such disease, or of its existence if already developed, and until in the opinion of the State Board of Health such persons are free from all danger of infection. SEC. 3. The State Board of Health is authorized to estab- General rules. lish general rules, and, by an inspector acting by virtue thereof, to detain railroad cars or other public or private tain railroad cars and other conveyances. May remove, isolate, or place Inspector to de- Conveyances whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of such Board, or to the inspector as provided in such rules, that such cars or other conveyances contain any passenger, person or property which has been exposed to cholera, diphtheria, or other dangerous communicable disease, or when it shall be shown to the satisfaction of such Board or inspector as aforesaid, any passenger, person or property, are being transported on such railroad cars or other public or private conveyance from any locality within or without this State where any such dangerous communicable disease exists and where under the circumstances shown to such Board, such persons or property are likely to carry infection of such as is considered dangerous communicable disease. In such case said Board may, by its duly constituted inspectors, remove, isolate, place under the care of local boards of health, order to be returned to the places whence they came, or dispose of in any other manner it may consider proper, all railroad cars, or other conveyances, all passengers in such railroad cars or other conveyances, when there is reason, as aforesaid, to believe such may have contracted or become infected with any dangerous communicable disease, or have been exposed or infected by any such disease in a manner likely to render Shall have right them bearers of infection. In case any person or property is detained by an inspector, for any of the purposes mentioned in this act, the party or parties interested shall have a right to a hearing before the said Board, and the decision of such Board shall be final. proper. to hearing before board. Persons and property to be disinfected. May cause disinfection when deemed necessary. Rules to be published. SEC. 4. All such persons, their baggage and other personal effects, and all such conveyances shall be disinfected under such rules and regulations as the State Board of Health may establish for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, before such persons or baggage or conveyances shall be permitted to enter the State, or to proceed to their or its destination if already in the State. SEC. 5. The State Board of Health is hereby authorized to cause the disinfection of goods, merchandise, conveyance or other property which they have reason to believe may carry the germs of cholera or other dangerous communicable disease, and under the circumstances mentioned in sections two and three of this act, to prohibit the entry of such goods, merchandise or other property into the State, or their being moved if within the State, until such disinfection shall be accomplished. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health to frame and publish rules for the inspection, isolation, detention, and disinfection contemplated in this act. Violation of rules Whoever shall willfully violate the rules of the State Board of Health, made in pursuance of this act, or the order, by its duly appointed inspector, made in obedience to such rules, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to payment of a fine of one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the to be a misdemeanor. Penalty for misdemeanor. county jail for a period not to exceed ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. for. SEC. 7. Upon the written request of the State Board of Expenses of, Health and the Governor, the Auditor General is hereby how provided directed to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer from time to time for such sums of money as may be necessary to be used by the State Board of Health to carry into full effect all the provisions of this act, said warrant to be paid from any money in the State treasury to the credit of the general fund not otherwise appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 48. ] AN ACT to amend section two of act number seventy, of the public acts of one thousand eight hundred and seventyseven, entitled "An act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, being section nine thousand three hundred and ninety-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, section That section two of act number seventy of the public acts amended, of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred seventyseven, being section nine thousand three hundred and ninetytwo of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ing animals for prohibited. a misdemeanor. SEC. 2. Any person who shall keep or use any bull, bear, Keeping or us dog, cock or other animal or fowl or bird, except English fighting, etc., sparrows, for the purpose of fighting or baiting, or as a target or to be shot at, either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship; and any person who shall be a party to or be present as a spectator at any such fighting, baiting or shooting of any bear, dog, cock, or other animal, or fowl or bird, except English sparrows, and any person Violation who shall rent any building, shed, room, yard, ground or premises, for the purpose of fighting, baiting or shooting any animal, fowl or bird, except English sparrows, as aforesaid, or shall knowingly suffer or permit the use of any building, shed, room, yard, ground or premises belonging to him or under his control, for either or any of the purposes aforesaid, shall on conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That no bounty shall be paid Proviso as to for any English sparrow that may be killed when used as a target or to be shot at either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship: And provided, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to engage in the propagation of English sparrows for the purpose allowed in this act or for English sparrow. Incorporation authorized. Proceedings to incorporate. Executive com mittee to prepare articles. What to contain. any other purpose; and that on conviction for each or any This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 49. ] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of the supreme commandery and subordinate commanderies of the United Friends of Michigan. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the supreme commandery of United Friends of Michigan and any subordinate commandery duly chartered by such supreme commandery, pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of said supreme commandery, may become a body corporate and politic in the manner following: First, At some meeting of the executive committee which shall be composed of six members, citizens of the United States, of said supreme commandery, held pursuant to the constitution and laws thereof, a resolution shall be adopted by a vote of two-thirds of said executive committee, expressing the desire and determination of such supreme commandery to become incorporated; Second, On such resolution being passed, the executive committee shall prepare articles of association, under their hands and the seal of such supreme commandery, setting forth the number, name and location of all subordinate commanderies then in good standing, under the jurisdiction of such supreme commandery, the name by which the supreme commandery is known, the date of its organization, a copy of the resolution mentioned in the first subdivision of this act, the corporate name by which the supreme commandery shall be Object of associa known in law; the object and purpose of the association is fraternal insurance, to be conducted under the laws controlling life insurance in this State, in which no insurance shall hereafter be taken on a person under eighteen or over fifty years of age, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years, to which shall be appended a copy of the constitution and laws of the supreme commandery; tion. Supreme secre Third, The supreme secretary shall make and annex to tary to certify. such articles of association, an affidavit stating the official position occupied in the supreme commandery by the several members of the executive committee, that the resolution, a copy of which is set out in the articles of association, was duly passed at a meeting of the executive committee, held pursuant to the constitution, and that the same was passed |