the state, or any county, city, village or township, in aid of such fair or exhibition, it shall be the duty of the secretary of such society to make a report of the fiscal transactions of such society covering the fiscal year thereof including the receipts and expenditures relating to the annual fair or exhibition. Such report shall show the revenues from all sources What to and the expenditures in such detail as will disclose the amount of all salaries, the amount of prize moneys disbursed, improvements made during the year, new equipment and property purchased, miscellaneous expenditures, and the balance of funds in the treasury of the society. show. certified. SEC. 2. The secretary shall certify to such report under Report oath, and cause the same to be published in some newspaper published in the county where its fairs or exhibitions are held. A sworn copy of such report shall be filed with the county clerk of such county, and a further sworn copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Department of Agriculture at Lansing, Michigan, for filing on or before the fifteenth day of December of each year. to make, SEC. 3. In case of the neglect or refusal of the secretary Neglect, etc., of any such association to make, publish or file such report penalty.' as herein required, each such secretary shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each such neglect or refusal, to be recovered by the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein such association holds its fairs, in the name of the state; and in addition to such penalty, no such association shall thereafter receive any public moneys for its support, and it shall be unlawful for any public officer to pay to such association so offending any such public moneys, during the continuance of such default in the compliance with this act. Any person making any false statement in any report required by this act shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be subject to the pains and penalties thereof. Approved May 17, 1921. [No. 189.] AN ACT requiring railroad companies to maintain signal lights at all their switches and derail switches; providing a penalty for the violation of this act; and making it the duty of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission to enforce the provisions hereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Every steam railroad company operating wholly Signal lights. or partly in the state of Michigan, shall place and maintain upon each switch in said state that is connected with its Operation, etc. Derailing device, lighting of. Proviso. Further proviso. Unlawful to destroy, etc. Misdemeanor, penalty. Enforcement. main track a signal light of sufficient candle power that it may be seen a distance of two thousand feet, under normal weather conditions, attached in such manner to the moving panel of such switch that it will indicate safety when such switch is set for such main track, and will indicate danger when such switch is not set for such main track. Said light shall be kept brightly burning constantly between the hours of sunset and sunrise and on such days or parts of days as are dark or foggy. SEC. 2. Every steam railroad company operating wholly or partly in the state of Michigan, shall maintain a signal light, as in section one described and provided, attached to and operated by the moving panel of every derail switch in the state of Michigan. Said light shall be attached to such derail switch and be in plain view of all approaching trains and kept brightly burning constantly between the hours of sunset and sunrise. At every derailing device placed upon or over a track or rail used by any railroad company in this state for the purpose of derailing cars, trains, or parts of trains, there shall be placed and maintained a brightly burning light kept in plain view of approaching cars, trains or engines, indicating and showing the location and position of such derailing device, which light shall be kept burning brightly from sunset of each day until sunrise of the following day: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the derails which are connected, mechanically or otherwise, with what is generally known as the home signal at interlockers, nor to derailing devices used on tracks used exclusively for private purposes: Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to tracks used for private purposes, to short lines of one hundred miles or under, to spurs, or to side lines or railroads on which night trains are not operated, unless so ordered by the Public Utilities Commission. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to destroy, remove, change, extinguish or tamper with in any manner, any light attached to or connected with any switch or derailing device maintained by any railroad as provided for by sections one and two of this act, except to fill, clean or repair said lights, or to light and extinguish them at the times specified in this act. SEC. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall for each violation thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than sixty days. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission to enforce the provisions of sections one and two of this act. Approved May 17, 1921. [No. 190.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the Department of Insurance for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: tions. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Biennial fund for the Department of Insurance for the fiscal year end- appropriaing June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, the sum of sixty-four thousand seven hundred twenty-five dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, the sum of sixty-four thousand two hundred twenty-five dollars, for the purposes and in the following Itemized. amounts: For fiscal For fiscal Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, 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 disbursing officer of the Department of Insurance shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. of. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said Depart- Fees, deposit ment of Insurance 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. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the state Tax clause. tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-one and nineteen hundred twenty-two, sufficient amounts to reimburse the gen eral fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Biennial appropriations. Itemized. How paid out. Fees, deposit of. Tax clause. [No. 191.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the Military Establishment of Michigan, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the Military Establishment of Michigan, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, the sum of two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentythree, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, for the purposes and in the following amounts: Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the approval of the State Administrative Board. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury, and the disbursing officer of the Military Establishment of Michigan shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said Military Establishment of Michigan 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. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the state tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-one and nineteen hundred twenty-two, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 17, 1921. [No. 192.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Biennial appropriations. fund for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, the sum of fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentythree, the sum of fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars, for Itemized. the purposes and in the following amounts: Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the approval of the State Administrative Board. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid out. out of the state treasury, and the disbursing officer of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. of. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said Mackinac Fees, deposit Island State Park Commission 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. |