general to forms, etc. SEC. 38. The Quartermaster General, on the written ap- Quarterplication of the commander of the naval brigade, shall fur- master nish to any division of the naval brigade duly organized, furnish unisuitable uniforms, arms and equipment at the expense of the State, under and in accordance with the provisions of law applicable thereto, and shall furnish to those divisions not equipped with an armory furnished by the State, the sum of five hundred dollars a year for armory rental: Provided, Proviso, That the State Military Board may increase the amount may increase allowed to a division, if it deem it necessary, not to exceed six hundred dollars a year to a division. amount. SEC. 2. All acts or portions of acts inconsistent herewith Acts repealed. are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 91.] AN ACT to prevent fraud in the sale of Paris green used as an insecticide, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of, SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of each and every manu- Paris green, facturer of Paris green, commercial aceto-arsenite of copper, samples of to be used as an insecticide within this State, and of every dealer in original packages of said Paris green which is offered or exposed for sale, or sold within this State as an insecticide, to submit to the director of the experiment station, East Lansing, samples of said Paris green, and a written or printed statement setting forth: First, The brand of said Paris green to be sold, the num- Brand, her of pounds contained in each package in which it is weight, etc. put on the market for sale, the name or names of the manufacturers and the place of manufacturing the same; Second, The statement shall set forth the amount of com- Statement. bined arsenic which the said Paris green contains, and the to be a guarantee. statement so furnished shall be a guarantee to the purchaser that every package of such Paris green contains not less than the amount of combined arsenic set forth in the statement. SEC. 2. Every purchaser of said Paris green in original Certificate. packages which is manufactured outside of this State, who intends to sell or expose the same for sale, and every manufacturer of said Paris green within this State, shall, after filing the statement above provided for with the director Failure to comply. Arsenous Examination. of the Michigan agricultural experiment station, at East Lansing, receive from the said director a certificate stating that he has complied with the foregoing statements, which certificate shall be furnished without charge therefor. Said certificate when furnished shall authorize the party when receiving the same to deal in this State, and in the said Paris green. Any person who fails to comply with the terms of section one of this act shall not be entitled to deal in said Paris green within this State. Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to retail or wholesale dealers selling said Paris green which has already been labeled and guaranteed. SEC. 3. Paris green, when sold, offered or exposed for sale oxide, per as an insecticide in this State, shall contain at least fifty cent. required. per centum of arsenous oxide, and shall not contain more than four per centum of the same in the uncombined state. SEC. 4. The director of the Michigan agricultural station, at East Lansing, shall examine or cause to be examined different brands of Paris green sold, offered or exposed for sale within this State, and cause samples of the same to be analyzed and shall report results of analysis forthwith to the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and to the party or parties submitting such samples, and such reports shall be final as regards the quality. Report. Penalty. SEC. 5. Any person or persons, firm, association, company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act, and any person who shall sell any package of Paris green or any part thereof, which has not been labeled as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, together with the cost of the suit in an action caused to be brought by the State Board of Agriculture, through its secretary, in the name of the people of the State of Michigan. Approved May 18, 1909. Commission, appointment of, etc. [No. 92.] AN ACT in relation to the unveiling of the statue of General George A. Custer in the city of Monroe, and making an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the Governor, within thirty days after this act shall take effect, to appoint a commission which shall have charge of all the services in cident to the unveiling of the statue of General George A. Custer in the city of Monroe. The said commission shall consist of six members, and at least three of its members shall be officers or soldiers who served in the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. The Governor shall be ex-officio a member of the said commission. The members of said commission shall Compensation. not receive any compensation for the performance of any services, but shall be entitled to such expenses as are actually and necessarily incurred in order to carry out the provisions have charge of. of this act. The said commission may if practicable arrange Unveiling, to have a section of a battery of artillery and two or more commission to companies of infantry present at the unveiling of said statue; to arrange a program suitable for the occasion and to provide for the expense of procuring speakers; to provide suitable souvenir badges to be distributed to the survivors of Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade; to provide for printing a suitable volume containing the history of the statue and a record of the proceedings and speeches delivered at the unveiling of the said statue, which volume shall be similar to that heretofore issued by the State, entitled "Michigan at Gettysburg," and to arrange any and all such other matters as may be properly and necessarily incident to the unveiling of the said statue. SEC. 2. The sum of two thousand dollars, or so much Appropriation. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the general fund in the State treasury to be used within the discretion of the said commission to defray the expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act. All bills shall be paid when properly approved by the' Board of State Auditors upon proper vouchers rendered therefor. Any part or portion of the sum herein appropriated which shall not be used shall be paid into the general fund in the State treasury. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate Tax clause. in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nine the sum of two thousand dollars, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sum shall be used to reimburse the general fund in the State treasury for the amount appropriated by this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 18, 1909. Section amended. Trout, close season. Acts repealed. [No. 93.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred eleven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to protect fish and to regulate fishing in the waters of this State by providing close seasons for certain kinds of fish, by prohibiting the catching of fish in certain specified ways, by prohibiting the catching of fish of certain sizes and in certain waters and for certain purposes, by prohibiting the catching and killing in the lakes, rivers and streams of this State of more than a certain number of certain specified kinds of fish in any one day, by prohibiting the taking away and hav ing possession of more than a certain number of such fish at any point away therefrom, by prohibiting the obstruction of the free passage of fish and by prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of fish, to protect persons engaged in fish culture and to repeal inconsistent acts," as amended, being section number five thousand eight hundred sixtyone of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety seven. The People of the State of Michigan cnact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred eleven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to protect fish and to regulate fishing in the waters of this State by providing close seasons for certain kinds of fish, by prohibiting the catching of fish in certain specified ways, by prohibiting the catching of fish of certain sizes and in certain waters and for certain purposes, by prohibiting the catching and killing in the lakes, rivers and streams of this State of more than a certain number of certain specified kinds of fish in any one day, by prohibiting the taking away and having possession of more than a certain number of such fish at any point away therefrom, by prohibiting the obstruction of the free passage of fish and by prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of fish, to protect persons engaged in fish culture and to repeal inconsistent acts," being section five thousand eight hundred sixty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. No person shall catch or take from any lake, river or stream of this State, by any means whatever, any speckled trout, land-locked salmon, grayling, California trout, Loch Leven trout or steel head trout, from the first day of September to the first day of May following thereafter. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts, either public or local, inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 18, 1909. [No. 94.] AN ACT to authorize the Commissioner of the State Land Office to investigate and determine whether it will be of. benefit to the State and necessary for the public health, convenience and welfare to deepen, widen, straighten, reconstruct and extend into a sewer for sewer and drainage purposes the "Toll Gate Drain," and if such is the case, to join in the application to the county drain commissioner for such improvement, to release the right of way therefor, and to authorize and direct the Board of State Auditors to audit and allow such sums as shall be assessed as benefits against the State or lands owned by the State for benefits by reason of such drain. The People of the State of Michigan enact: sioner to SECTION 1. The Commissioner of the State Land Office Land commisis hereby authorized and directed to investigate and determine investigate. whether it is necessary to deepen, widen, straighten, reconstruct and extend into a sewer for sewer and drainage purposes the "Toll Gate Drain," traversing among other lands, the following lands owned by the State of Michigan and being a portion of the industrial school property, viz: The east Description. one-half of the southeast quarter of section ten, except the west ten acres of that portion thereof north of the State road; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section ten; that portion of the northeast quarter of section fifteen lying north of the north line of Rumsey's Michigan avenue addition and the additions adjacent thereto, situated in the city of Lansing, in town four north, range two west, Ingham county, Michigan. And whether it is necessary for the public health, convenience and welfare that such improvement be made, and whether it will be of benefit to the lands of the State that such improvement be made, and if in his judgment such improvement is necessary to the public. health, convenience and welfare, and of benefit to the lands belonging to the State, that such Commissioner of the State Land Office, for and in behalf of the State of Michigan, be and is hereby authorized and directed to join in the application to the county drain commissioner of the county of Ingham for the construction of such improvement, and is authorized and directed, if necessary, to release the necessary right of way for such drain, and the Board of State Auditors Payment. is authorized and directed to audit and allow and draw its warrant upon the State Treasurer in payment of such sums as shall be justly assessed by the county drain commissioner, or on appeal as the proportion of benefits to the State upon State lands accruing by reason of such improve ment. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |