Sections amended and repealed. [No. 81.] AN ACT to amend section one, and to repeal section two of act number seventy-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to fix standards for apples, grown in this state when packed in closed packages, and to regulate the packing and sale of such apples," and to add one new section to said act to stand as section two. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number seventy-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to fix standards for apples, grown in this state when packed in closed packages, and to regulate the packing and sale of such apples," is hereby amended, section two of said act is Section added. hereby repealed and one new section is hereby added to said act, said amended and added sections to read as follows: SEC. 1. The standard grades for apples grown in this state when packed in closed packages shall be as follows: Standard grades. First, "Michigan Standard Fancy" shall consist of handpicked, properly packed apples of one variety, which are well grown specimens, normal in shape, and which are free from dirt, insect injury, fungus disease, bruises and other defects, except such as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing. Each apple shall have the amount of color hereinafter specified for apples of this grade. In order to allow for variations properly incident to commercial grading and handling not more than five per cent by weight of the apples in any barrel may be below the requirements of this grade; Second, "Michigan Standard A" shall consist of handpicked, properly packed apples of one variety, which are well grown specimens, normal in shape, and which are practically free from dirt, insect injury, fungus disease, bruises and other defects, except such as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing. Each apple shall have the amount of color hereinafter specified for apples of this grade. In order to allow for variations properly incident to commercial grading and handling not more than ten per cent in color, or a total of fifteen per cent by weight of the apples in any barrel may be below the requirements of this grade; Third, "Michigan Standard B" shall consist of handpicked, properly packed apples of one variety, which are well grown specimens and which are practically free from dirt, insect injury, and fungus disease: Provided, That apples having healed-over insect punctures, small scab or blotch infections, fruit spots, or other defects which, taken singly or collectively, do not materially deform or discolor the fruit or injure its keeping quality, shall be admitted to this grade. In order to allow for variations incident to commercial grading and handling not more than fifteen per cent by weight of the apples in any barrel may be below the requirements of this grade; Fourth, "Michigan Unclassified" shall consist of apples which do not conform to the foregoing specifications of grade, or which though conforming, are not branded in accordance therewith; Fifth, The grade designated as "Michigan Orchard Run" shall consist of apples of one variety from which all apples of a grade below what is designated as "Michigan Standard B Grade" have been removed, and from which no apples of the grades known as "Michigan Standard A" or "Michigan Standard Fancy" have been removed. In order to allow for variations incident to commercial grading and handling not more than fifteen per cent by weight of the apples in any barrel may be below the requirements of this grade. SEC. 2. Color. In order that the requirements of the grade Color. specified may be met each apple shall have color to the extent of the percentage of its surface stated below for its variety: SOLID RED VARIETIES. Definitions. YELLOW OR GREEN VARIETIES. Rhode Island Greening, characteristic color. Grimes Golden, characteristic color. Other Yellow or Green varieties, characteristic color. Definitions of Grading Terms. In the interpretations of this act the tolerance permitted in the various grades shall apply to all grade specifications, size, color, maturity, shape, etc., as defined below: "Well grown specimens" must be mature but not over ripe. Mature means having reached the stage which will insure the proper completion of the ripening process. "Properly packed." The package itself must be standard in size and should be neat in appearance. The fruit should be properly faced and tailed. The specimens should be packed firmly but not bruised. That the proper condition may be maintained it is desirable that a flexible cushion be placed between the fruit and the cover. "Normal shape" means characteristic shape of the variety. No knotty or deformed specimens allowed in these grades beyond the tolerance permitted under the section covered. "Color" as interpreted under the grades refers to the amount and not the shade. Colored means the color characteristic of the variety when mature. "Practically free" means that the appearance or the keeping quality of the fruit shall not be injured to any extent readily apparent in the process of grading or sorting. "Materially deformed" means sufficiently deformed to cause a loss of fifteen per cent or more by volume in the paring. "Materially discolored" means having more than twentyfive per cent of the surface sufficiently discolored to injure the appearance of the fruit. Approved April 22, 1921. [No. 82.] AN ACT to amend section four of act number two hundred forty-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled “An act for the establishment of county normal training classes and for the maintenance and control of the same," being section five thousand nine hundred forty-six of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section four of act number two hundred forty- Section one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act for the establishment of county normal training classes and for the maintenance and control of the same," being section five thousand nine hundred forty-six of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. The certificate of graduation shall qualify the Certificate of holder to teach in the public schools as follows: graduation. agricultural First, The certificate of graduation shall qualify the holder to teach for three years from date of issue in any school employing not more than two teachers, in the county in which the county normal training class is situated: Provided, That Proviso, rural the certificate of graduation shall also qualify the holder school. to teach in any rural agricultural school district organized under the provisions of act number two hundred twenty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, as amended, and in the one room, two room, and rural agricultural schools established in any township school district in said county, or in primary or graded school districts not containing an incorporated city or village: Provided, That any certificate Proviso. shall become valid as above specified in any other county when endorsed by the authority that grants certificates in such county; Second, A certificate of graduation may be renewed or Renewal, etc. revoked by a majority vote of the county normal board. Approved April 22, 1921. Primary school lands, may purchase. How used. Appropriation. [No. 83.] AN ACT authorizing and requiring the purchase of certain primary school lands for general state public purposes, and making an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Board of State Auditors is hereby authorized and required to purchase and hold, and the Public Domain Commission to sell and convey to said Board of State Auditors, all that certain parcel of land, situate in the city of Lansing, described as the east one-half of block one hundred twenty-four of said city, according to the plat thereof, the same being primary school lands granted under the act of congress, dated June twenty-three, eighteen hundred thirty-six. The consideration for such sale and tranfer shall be the sum of one dollar. SEC. 2. The lands and premises to be so sold and conveyed shall be occupied and used, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, by the state and only for public purposes, and if used to the contrary, the title thereto, herein authorized to be transferred, shall thereupon revert to the Public Domain Commission to be held as primary school lands. The deed to said lands shall be deposited with the Auditor General. SEC. 3. There is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of the state, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one dollar, which sum shall, upon the completion of the conveyance herein authorized, be accredited by the State Treasurer to the primary school fund of the state, and such crediting shall constitute and be the payment of the consideration for such conveyance. Approved April 22, 1921. |