Each of such amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes stated: Provided, That if the aggregate of the fees Proviso. derived from the registration of motor vehicles, drivers and chauffeurs, shall be less than the amount estimated and appropriated hereby, then the amount of such difference shall be deducted from the sum specified for the payment of state rewards; and any surplus of moneys received by the State Surplus Highway Department from said fees shall be applied to main- moneys. tenance or rewards for highways in the manner and for the purposes provided by law. Any balance remaining to the credit of any of the funds of said department at the close of either fiscal year may be retained in said funds for the purposes thereof, to the extent shown necessary by the certificate of the State Highway Commissioner, filed with the State Administrative Board, to pay for construction work uncompleted, in accordance with outstanding contracts, and for the payment of rewards on roads under construction: Provided Further proviso. further, That the number of employes and the compensation to be paid thereto, shall be subject to the approval of the State Administrative Board.

out.

SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid out of the state treasury and the State Highway Department shall render its accounts therefor at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law.

deposited.

SEC. 3. Any fees or other moneys received by said depart- Fees, where ment shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer each month and shall be by said Treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 5, 1921.

Section amended.

Referendum.

Form of resolution.

[No. 122.]

AN ACT to amend section one of chapter four of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the law, relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," the same being section four thousand three hundred forty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter four of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," the same being section four thousand three hundred forty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read. as follows:

CHAPTER IV.

SECTION 1. On petition of not less than ten per centum of the resident freeholders residing in each of the several organized townships, incorporated villages and cities, of any county, as shown by the tax roll of the preceding year, or upon a majority vote of the members of the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors of such county may submit the question of adopting the county road system to a vote of the electors of such county. The said board of supervisors may submit the question at a general or special election called for that purpose. The following form of resolution shall be sufficient for submitting the question, viz.: Resolved, That the question of adopting the county road system be submitted to a vote of the electors of the county of at (the general or special election) to be held on the day of ... nineteen hundred

...

If a special election is to be called, a clause added to the resolu

tion in form following shall be sufficient for that purpose, viz. "And a special election is hereby called to be held in the several townships and wards of said county on the day last aforesaid, for the purpose of taking such vote." In any When recounty of the state in which the question of adopting the submitted. county road system, whether under this act or under any previous law providing therefor, has been heretofore submitted to vote of the electors and has been determined affirmatively, and in which the county road system for any reason has not been put into actual operation and effect, the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter may be submitted as herein provided, notwithstanding such previous submission and adoption.

Approved May 5, 1921.

[No. 123.]

AN ACT to provide for the public safety; to establish the State Department of Public Safety, and the manner of or ganizing the same; to transfer thereto the offices, duties and powers of the State Fire Marshal, the State Oil Inspector, the Department of the Michigan State Police, and certain powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Department; to create the office of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation; and making an appropriation for certain purposes of this

act.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

of public

sioner, appointment of.

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a department of the Department state government which shall be known and designated in safety. law as the Department of Public Safety which shall consist of a Commissioner as its executive head and of such officers and employees as may be appointed or employed in such department. The Commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor Commisby and with the advice and consent of the senate and shall hold office from the date of such appointment until the appointment and qualification of a successor. Such department office. shall have its offices at the seat of government, with such accommodations therefor as shall be provided by the Board of State Auditors. The salary of the said Commissioner shall Salary. be five thousand dollars per annum. The office of deputy to Deputy comsuch Commissioner is hereby created. Such deputy shall be missioner. appointed by the Governor to hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The Commissioner Oath of office. and Deputy Commissioner shall each execute the constitu

Compensation.

Departments, etc., transferred.

Offices abolished.

To enforce prohibition

act.

Commissions,

etc., terminated.

Uniformed corps.

tional oath of office. The Deputy Commissioner shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner, and in the absence or disability of the Commissioner may perform any of the duties imposed by law upon the Commissioner. The compensation of such deputy shall be three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of said department shall each devote his entire time to the duties of his office.

SEC. 2. The following existing departments and offices are hereby transferred to and placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety, namely: The State Fire Marshal's Department, the State Oil Inspector's Department, and the Department of the Michigan State Police; and the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety ex-officio shall hereafter be the State Fire Marshal, and the State Oil Inspector. The offices of Deputy State Oil Inspector and of Deputy State Fire Marshal are hereby abolished. The duties of the Assistant State Fire Marshal shall hereafter be performed by the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. The powers and duties pertaining to the office of Deputy State Oil Inspector prior to the passage of this act may be exercised and performed by any employe of the Department of Public Safety deputized or appointed by the Commissioner to exercise and perform such duties.

SEC. 3. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of act number three hundred thirty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, known as the prohibition act, and all acts supplemental thereto, to the same extent as and in succession to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Department, and all of the duties, powers and responsibilities imposed by said act or acts upon the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Department shall hereafter de volve upon and be exercised by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. So much of house enrolled act number eleven, Public Acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, as makes the Department of Agriculture successor to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Department in the enforcement of said prohibition act, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. All existing commissions and enlistments in the Michigan State Police shall be terminated on the first day of June of the year nineteen hundred twenty-one, and all of the property and equipment pertaining thereto shall be transferred to the Department of Public Safety as of said date. Upon the disbandment of the existing organization of the Michigan State Police, there shall be organized within the Department of Public Safety a uniformed corps of special men for the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in the performance of the duties of his department. The State Administrative Board shall prescribe the form of the organization, the location of the units, the uniforms and equipment, the character of the special training and discipline, and the general

policy with respect to the use and employment of such corps.

The members of such corps shall be appointed by the Com- Appointment missioner and be subject to release or discharge at the dis. of. cretion of the Commissioner. The members of such corps Classification. shall be graded as to duties and pay under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the State Administrative Board within the limits fixed in the appropriations made for the support and maintenance of such department. The grades and duties shall be assimilated to those of captain, lieutenant, sergeant and private in the military service. The members To carry of such corps when on duty shall be authorized to carry arms either openly or concealed, as may be prescribed by the Commissioner. Any of the property, including animals, motor vehicles, buildings or equipment pertaining to the Michigan State Police, rendered surplus by the provisions hereof, may be sold or disposed of by the State Administrative Board, and the proceeds of any such sale shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.

arms.

etc.

SEC. 5. The Commissioner shall appoint and employ such Assistants, assistants and employes as may be necessary to carry out the duties of his department, the grading and individual pay of whom shall be subject to the approval of the State Administrative Board. The total number of persons appointed and employed therein, including the uniformed corps, shall be fixed by the State Administrative Board. The compensation and Compensaexpenses of the members of said department shall be paid out of the appropriations made for the support and maintenance thereof in the same manner as is provided by the general accounting laws of this state.

tion, etc.

of the peace.

SEC. 6. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Conservators Safety, his deputy, and each member of the Department of Public Safety, are hereby individually vested with the powers of a conservator of the peace, and for the purpose of the service of process and of making arrests, with the powers of a deputy sheriff. Each such person shall furnish a bond to the Bond. state in the same amount, subject to the same conditions and with the same character of sureties, as is required by law of deputy sheriffs; and which bonds shall be approved by the State Administrative Board: Provided, That surety company Proviso. bonds may be accepted by the said board in all such cases. Any such member of the said department may serve and execute all criminal and civil process, when directed to do so by the Governor or the Attorney General, in actions and matters in which the state is a party. The Commissioner and said department shall be under the immediate control and direction of the Governor, and any member thereof may be employed by the Attorney General in any investigation or matter under the jurisdiction of his department.

to a.d.

The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have authority, Sheriffs, etc., upon the order of the Governor, to call upon any sheriff, or other police officer of any county, city, township or village, within the limits of their respective jurisdictions, for aid and