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laws of this State, and shall file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. The State Inspector shall execute a bond Bond of to the State of Michigan in such sum and with such surety as sureties, etc. shall be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him by this act, which bond shall be for the use of all persons aggrieved by the acts or neglect of said Inspector or his deputies, and the same shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The Where filed. deputy inspector shall, before he enters upon the duties of his Deputies to office, take an oath, and file such bond with like conditions and file bond. as is required of the State Inspector, said bond to be in such Bond, how sum as shall be required by the State Inspector, with two where filed. sureties, to be approved by the State Inspector, and by the judge of probate, and file such oath and bond with the clerk of the county in which such deputy inspector resides. Such County clerk's deputy shall also forward the county clerk's certificate of such with state filing to said State Inspector. Said Inspector shall collect inspector. forty cents per barrel for the first two barrels; thirty cents Fees for per barrel for the next three; twenty cents per barrel for the next five barrels, and fifteen cents for the next fifteen barrels of not less than fifty gallons each, and one-fifth of a cent for each and every gallon thereafter inspected, for each and every person: Provided, That should any person or persons offer Proviso. for inspection, oil in car lots or over, then the fee shall be one-fifth of a cent for each and every gallon so inspected, and he shall pay over to the State Inspector, at the commencement of each month, all the moneys received by him for inspection; and in any case of inspection or branding, said fee shall be a lien on the oil so inspected. It shall also be the duty of every Inspector or deputy inspector to keep a true and To keep record accurate record of all oils so inspected and branded by him, which record shall state the date of inspection, the number of gallons rejected, the number of gallons approved, the number of gallons inspected, the number and kind of tanks, barrels, casks or packages, the name of the person for whom inspected, and the money received for such inspection, and said record shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested.

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It shall also be the duty of every deputy inspector, at the Deputy commencement of each month, to forward to the State In- file duplicate spector and Board of State Auditors true duplicate copies of copies. such record for the preceding month. In the month of January, in each year, the State Inspector shall make and deliver to the Governor of the State and to the State Board of Health, an- to make annual nual duplicate reports of the inspection by himself and report to deputies during the preceding calendar year. All illuminating oils manufactured or refined in this State shall be in- Oils to be spected before being removed from the manufactory or re- inspected at finery; and if any person or persons, whether manufacturer, vender or dealer, shall sell, or attempt to sell, to any person in this State, any illuminating oils, whether manufactured in

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this State or not, before having the same inspected as provided in this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and he shall be subject to a fine in any sum not exceeding violation of act. three hundred dollars; and if any manufacturer, vender or dealer, in either or any of said illuminating oils, shall falsely brand the package, cask or barrel containing the same as provided in sections one and two of this act, or shall use packages, casks or barrels having the inspector's brand thereon, without having the oils inspected, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

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SEC. 4. No person selling or dealing in illuminating or heating oils produced from petroleum, shall sell or dispose of any empty kerosene barrel, cask or package, before thoroughly canceling, removing or effacing the inspection brand on the same, and no person shall knowingly use any illuminating oil or product of petroleum for illuminating purposes before the same has been inspected and approved by the State Inspector of Oils or his deputy. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. The State Inspector shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. He shall also be allowed such further sum as he may actually and necessarily expend in traveling expenses and prosecutions incurred in the discharge of his duties. Each deputy inspector shall be entitled to a salary, payable monthly, the amount of each salary to be determined by the number of barrels containing not less than fifty gallons actually inspected by such deputy inspector during the month as follows: For each of the first ten, one dollar each; for each of the second ten, seventy-five cents each; for each of the third ten, sixty cents each; for each of the fourth ten, fifty cents each; for each of the fifth ten, forty cents; for each of the sixth ten, thirty cents; for each of the seventh ten, twenty-five cents; for each of the eighth ten, twenty cents; for each of the ninth ten, fifteen cents; for each of the tenth, ten, ten cents; for each of the second hundred, eight cents; for each of the third hundred, six cents; for each in excess of three hundred, five cents: Provided, That in no case shall any deputy inspector receive more than seventy-five dollars in any month as such salary. Said deputy inspector shall also be entitled to and allowed all actual and necessary expenses for hotel, railroad, stage and steamboat fares incurred in the discharge of his duties as such deputy inspector. All salaries and expenses provided for in this act shall be retained by the State Inspector out of the moneys received for inspection of

oil, and accounted for and paid out by him as provided in this act: Provided, That in case the amount of money received for the inspection of oils, according to the provisions of this act, shall not be sufficient, to pay the compensation and expenses of the Inspector and his deputies, as provided herein, the amount of such deficiency shall be allowed by the Board of State Auditors and paid out of the general fund of the State treasury.

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SEC. 6. The State Inspector shall render to the Board of Inspector to make quarterly State Auditors quarterly, a detailed account of all the receipts statement. and disbursements of his office to be audited and allowed by them if found correct; and at the end of the year, any surplus shall be paid into the State treasury.

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SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the State Inspector, or any Duty of inspectors as to deputy inspector, who shall know of the violation of any of violations the provisions of this act, to enter complaint before any court of competent jurisdiction against any person so offending, and in case the State Inspector or deputy inspector, having knowledge of the violation of the provisions of this act, shall neglect to enter complaint as required by and provided for in this section, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

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SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of all prosecuting attorneys Who to to represent and prosecute in behalf of the people, within their offenses. respective counties, all cases of offenses arising under the provisions of this act.

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SEC. 9. No Inspector or deputy inspector shall, while in Inspectors not office, traffic directly or indirectly in any article which he is in sale of oils. appointed to inspect. For the violation of any of the provisions of this act he shall be liable to a penalty not to exceed Penalty. three hundred dollars.

SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the Governor to remove Duty of from office, and to appoint a competent person in the place of governor as to any inspector who is unfaithful to the duties of his office.

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SEC. 11. Act number one hundred twenty-seven, laws of Acts repealed. eighteen hundred seventy-nine, as amended by act number forty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, act number twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-three, act number seventy-one of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and act number ninety-four of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-three, are hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 30, 1899.

Aot repealed.

[No. 27.]

AN ACT to repeal act number one hundred ninety-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to create a Board of Commissioners for the purpose of securing for use in certain of the Common or Primary Schools of the State of Michigan a uniform series of textbooks, to fix the maximum price to be charged for said books, and to make an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That act number one hundred ninety-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to create a board of commissioners for the purpose of securing for use in certain of the common or primary schools of the State of Michigan a uniform series of text-books, to fix the maximum price to be charged for said books and to make an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act," be and the same is hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 30, 1899.

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[No. 28.]

AN ACT to amend section one, chapter one of act sixteen of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-two, being an act for the reorganization of the Military Forces of the State of Michigan, compiler's section eight hundred sixty-eight of Howell's Annotated Statutes, approved January eighteen, eighteen hundred sixty-two.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That section one, chapter one of act sixteen of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-two, being an act for the reorganization of the military forces of the State of Michigan, approved January eighteen, eighteen hundred sixty-two, compiler's section eight hundred sixty-eight of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

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The People of the State of Michigan enact:

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SECTION 1. That all able-bodied male citizens, between the Persons subject ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and not exempted by the duty. laws of the United States or of this State, shall be subject to military duty. The enrolled militia shall not be subject to When subject to active duty. active military duty, except in case of war, rebellion, invasion, the prevention of invasion, the suppression of riots, tumults and breaches of the peace, and to aid civil officers in the execution of the laws, and the service of process; in which case they may be ordered out for actual service by draft r otherwise, or so many of them as the necessity demands. In addition to the persons exempted by the laws of the United Persons exempt States, the following persons shall be exempt from military duty. duty: First, Ministers of the gospel; second, judges of the supreme, circuit, district and probate courts; third, the members and officers of the Legislature; fourth, all officers and guards of the State prison; fifth, all commissioned officers of the militia of this State who have served as such fully uniformed and equipped, according to law and regulation, for the term of six years; but no officer shall be so exempt, unless, by his resignation after such term of service, duly accepted, or in some other lawful manner he shall have been honorably discharged; sixth, all State and county officers (except notaries public) and all teachers engaged in public institutions and public schools.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 30, 1899.

[No. 29.]

AN ACT to authorize the formation of corporations for intellectual, scientific, aesthetic, spiritual, liberal culture or enquiry, and to repeal an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of associations for intellectual, scientific, aesthetic, spiritual, religious or liberal culture or enquiry," approped May twentieth, eighteen hundred seventy-nine, being chapter one hundred forty-seven of Howell's Annotated Statutes.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any number of persons of full age, not less than five, who may, by articles of agreement, associate them

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