Election; sheriff to notify. Township clerks, etc., to post no tices. conducting. votes. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several counties mentioned in the first section of this act, at least ten days previous to the first Monday in April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, to notify the township clerk of each township, and one of the inspectors of election in each ward of any city in their respective counties of said election of circuit judge, and the township clerks and ward inspectors shall post notices in the usual manner for such election in their townships and wards, at least three days previous to the day of election. Manner of SEC. 8. The said election for circuit judge shall be conducted, and returns made, as provided by law for the elec tion of circuit judges for the several judicial circuits of Canvass of this State; and the State board of canvassers shall, without delay, on the receipt of the certified statement of the votes given in the said counties named in the first section of this act, proceed to canvass said votes, and deliver to the person elected a copy of their determination as required by law. SEC. 9. All acts, or parts of acts, contravening the provis ions of this act are hereby repealed. Acts repealed. SEC. 10. This act shall take immediate effect. Appropriations to defray cur rent ex 1878-4. [ No. 24. ] AN ACT making appropriations for the Institution for Educating the Deaf, and Dumb, and the Blind, for the years 1873-74. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the sum of thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars for the penses for year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and the sum of thirtyseven thousand five hundred dollars for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, or such portions of said sums as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to defray the cur rent expenses of the Institution for Educating the Deaf, and Dumb, and the Blind, is hereby appropriated. SEC. 2. The sum of seven thousand dollars, or so much Further sum for improvethereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for one hall ments, etc. floor of oak, in school wing; for one floor in lecture-room in school wing; for repairing and renewing parts of floor in school wing; for painting floors in boys' and girls' rooms; for painting floors in chapel and dining-rooms; for painting floors in two halls; for painting wood work outside and inside of school wing, and east and west wings, and center building, and engine house, one coat each; for painting one hundred and eighty rods of board fence two coats; for two iron guards in archway of portico; for grading grounds, making roads; for ornamental trees and shrubbery, and setting the same; for one hundred and ten rods of sidewalk; for two hundred and fifty rods of board fence; and for thirty-five mattresses, pillows, and iron bedsteads. The above sum to be used in amounts for the various items as estimated by the trustees of said institution, as found in their annual report for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two. sums to pay assistants, stock, type, SEC. 3. To pay foreman and assistants, and for stock in Further cabinet and shoe shops, the sum of four thousand dollars, or foremen and such part thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. and for And to pay foreman and assistants, and for stock to teach the tools, etc. blind to make mats, brooms, brushes, baskets, flag and cane chair seats, the sum of two thousand dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. And for foreman and assistants, and for type, tools, etc., for teaching type setting and printing, the sum of two thousand dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. for books, etc. SEC. 4. For additional books for library; for engravings, Further sum maps, and mottoes to adorn the rooms; and for amusements for engravings, the pupils, the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be expended by or under the direction of the Provision to meet ap Governor of the State and the superintendent of said institution, in such way and manner as they may [be] deem for the best interests and welfare of the deaf, and dumb, and the blind SEC. 5. The several sums mentioned in this act are hereby propriations. appropriated out of the general fund, and passed to the credit of the Asylum fund, for the benefit of the Institution for Educating the Deaf, and Dumb, and the Blind; and shall be paid to the board of trustees at such time and in such manner and amounts only as are or may be provided by law, and may be made to appear to the Auditor General to be necessary for the immediate wants of said institution; and in no Sum to be case shall a greater sum be drawn at one time from the State time limited, treasury than five thousand dollars. drawn at one Further provision to meet appro SEC. 6. One-half of the aggregate of the above mentioned sums the Auditor General shall add to and incorporate with priations. the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and the other one-half of said aggregate sums the Auditor General shall add to and incorporate with the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four; which sums, when collected, shall be passed to the credit of the general fund. SEC. 7. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved March 7, 1873. Bections amended. [ No. 25. ] AN ACT to amend section two of "An act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," approved April fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section two of "An act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," approved April fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, being section seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: keeping fighting or [7782.] SEC. 2. Any person who shall keep or use, or in any Penalty for way be connected with, or interested in the management of, or place for shall receive money for the admission of any person to any baiting, etc. place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting any bull, bear, dog, cock, or other creature; and every person who shall encourage, aid, or assist therein, or who shall permit or suffer any place to be so kept or used, and every person who shall promote or conduct or aid or abet in promoting or conducting a fight between fowls, or animals of any kind, for any purpose, or who shall be engaged in fitting or training animals or fowls to be used for fighting, shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. Approved March 12, 1873. [No. 26.] AN ACT to prevent and punish offenders for the adulteration of milk, and the products made therefrom, and to repeal an act entitled "An act to prevent the adulteration of milk and to prevent the traffic in impure and unwholesome milk," approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy one. relative to SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Provisions whoever shall knowingly sell to any person or persons, or sell, traffic in. deliver, or bring to be manufactured to any cheese or butter manufactory in this State, any milk diluted with water, or in any way adulterated, or milk from which any cream has been taken, or milk commonly known as " skimmed milk," or shall keep back any part of the milk known as "strippings," with intent to defraud, or shall knowingly sell milk, the product of & sick or diseased animal or animals, or any milk produced from any cow fed upon the refuse of a distillery, or of a brew adulterating ery, or upon any substance deleterious to the quality of the milk, or shall knowingly use any poisonous or any deleterious material in the manufacture of any cheese or butter, or shall knowingly sell or offer to sell any cheese or butter, in the manufacture of which any poisonous or deleterious substance has Penalty for been used, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on or dealing in conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor sach. more than one hundred dollars; and may be committed to the county jail until such fine shall be paid: Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exceed ninety days; and shall be liable in double the amount of damages to the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation upon which such fraud shall Act repealed. have been committed. An act entitled "An act to prevent the adulteration of milk and to prevent the traffic in impure and unwholesome milk," approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby repealed: Provided, “That any right accrued or forfeiture incurred under said act, shall remain valid and binding, and may be enforced under said act as if the same were not repealed.” Proviso. Double damages. Proviso. Approved March 12, 1873. Bonds; by whom Proviso. [No. 27.] AN ACT to provide for the approval of the official bonds of county officers by the board of supervisors. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That approved. all official bonds of county officers which are now required by law to be approved by the judge of the circuit court, shall hereafter be approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which said officers are elected: Provided however, That if the board of supervisors in any case shall neglect, for the period of twenty days after the commencement of the term for which any such officer was elected, to approve of the bond or the sufficiency of the sureties thereto, the circuit judge of the circuit to which such county may be attached, or the judge |