[No. 134.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the legislature for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentythree, June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Legislative appropriation. fund of the state treasury, to defray the expenses of the legislature for personal services of members, officers and employes, and for maintenance, operation and supplies, for the year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, and the biennial period ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars: Pro- Proviso. vided, That one hundred thousand dollars of said appropriation shall be available during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, and the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and two hundred thousand dollars, together with any unexpended balance for previous years, shall be available during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five. of secretary and clerk. assistance. SEC. 2. Of the amount hereby appropriated, such sums as Compensation may be necessary may be used to pay the compensation of the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, which compensation is hereby fixed at three hundred seventy-five dollars per calendar month each, and which shall be paid to said secretary and clerk at such times and in such manner as the compensation of state officers and employes is paid; and also to pay for clerical and stenographic assistance to the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives when the legislature is not in session, and the employment of assistants by such officers is hereby Clerical authorized; but not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars shall be paid for such clerical or stenographic assistance rendered in any one calendar month to the secretary of the senate and not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars shall be paid for such clerical or stenographic assistance rendered in any one calendar month to the clerk of the house of representatives. Such sums as shall be due under the pro- How sums visions of this section for assistance to the secretary of the certified. senate, shall be certified by the secretary of the senate, and such sums as shall be due under the provisions of this section for assistance to the clerk of the house of representatives, shall be certified by the clerk of the house of representatives. Any such certificate shall be countersigned by the auditor general. The state treasurer upon the presentation of any such certificate, so countersigned, is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Tax clause. Unexpended balance. Amounts and purposes. SEC. 3. The auditor general shall incorporate in the state tax for the year nineteen hundred twenty-three, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred twenty-four, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, which sums, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. SEC. 4. Any unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred twenty-five shall revert to the general fund in the state treasury. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 135.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the Ionia state hospital for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twentyfive, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the Ionia state hospital for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, the sum of two hundred six thousand six hundred fifty dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, the sum of one hundred ninety-three thousand three hundred eighty-seven dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Total maintenance and operation. .$177,049.00 $178,412.00 Outlay for equipment (exclusive of new buildings) Grand total 29,601.00 14,975.00 $206,650.00 $193,387.00 Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board: Provided, That Proviso. all food raised on the farm is also hereby appropriated to said institution for such purpose: Provided further, That the Further proceeds from the sales of food and supplies shall be paid proviso. into the state treasury and credited to the general fund. out. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid out of the state treasury 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 Ionia Fees, where deposited. state hospital 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. clause. SEC. 4. The auditor general shall incorporate in the state Tax tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-three and nineteen hundred twenty-four, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 10, 1923. [No. 136.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the state department of agriculture for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, for the purpose of performing the duties imposed upon it by the provisions of act number two hundred ninety-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: purposes. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amounts and fund of the state for the state department of agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentyfour, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, to be used by said department in the performance of the duties imposed upon it by act number two hundred ninety-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended: How paid out. Fees, where deposited. Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is, or may be, provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by the state department of agriculture, pursuant to the provisions of act number two hundred ninety-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, 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 10, 1923. Amounts and purposes. [No. 137.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the state administrative board for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the state administrative board for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, the sum of two hundred twenty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, the sum of two hundred twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Personal service: Board members Secretary and director of account ing and purchasing Other personal service Total for personal service Supplies Traveling expense Other contractual service Totals For fiscal year ending June 30, 1924 For fiscal year ending June 30, 1925 Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated. out. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out How paid of the state treasury, 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 state Fees, where administrative board shall be forwarded to the state treas- deposited. urer 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. [No. 138.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred forty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to authorize and empower boards of education in certain school districts of this state to provide for the establishing and offering of advanced courses of study to high school graduates, and to provide for the regulation thereof," approved April twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred forty- Section six of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled amended. "An act to authorize and empower boards of education in certain school districts of this state to provide for the establishing and offering of advanced courses of study to high school graduates, and to provide for the regulation thereof," approved April twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: certain school SEC. 1. The board of education in any school district of Advanced this state having a population of more than twenty-five thou- courses in sand people, according to the last official census of the United districts. States government, is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the establishing and offering in such district of advanced courses of study for high school graduates, which courses shall not embrace more than two years of collegiate work. Such courses collectively shall be known and des- How ignated as the junior collegiate department of the district designated. school system. The board of education shall provide suitable instructors therefor and shall adopt regulations with reference to the admission and conduct of pupils taking such courses, and the issuance of diplomas upon the completion thereof. In any school district of more than two hundred |