[No. 150.] AN ACT to make appropriation to defray the expenses of collecting the specific tax on the sale of gasoline in this state and to enforce the provisions of the act of the legislature prescribing the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: ment fund" SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state "Gasoline highway fund, and out of the moneys received by such fund tax enforcefrom the specific tax collected on the sale of gasoline within created. this state, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-five, and for each and every fiscal year thereafter, a sum of money sufficient to defray the total expense of collecting said tax under the terms of the act of the legis lature of nineteen hundred twenty-five, prescribing the same. Said money so appropriated shall be known, designated and accounted for as "The gasoline tax enforcement fund." The said sums of money hereby appropriated shall be used exclusively for the purpose above mentioned, and subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. 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, and all sums so paid out as in this act provided shall be charged to the said gasoline tax enforcement fund and accounted for accordingly. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 30, 1925. out. [No. 151.] AN ACT to amend section forty-four of chapter fourteen of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of county officers," being section two thousand three hundred seventy of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section forty-four of chapter fourteen of the Section revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of amended. county officers," being section two thousand three hundred seventy of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 44. When directed by the board of supervisors, the County county treasurer shall cause to be insured any or all the surance of. buildings, in Proviso. public buildings belonging to the county, as said board shall direct, and the insurance thereon shall be taken in the name of the treasurer, and his successors in office: Provided, That in such counties as shall have a board of county auditors, said board of county auditors shall, when directed by the board of supervisors of said county, cause to be insured any or all of the public buildings belonging to said county or any other property, real or personal, belonging to said county, as said board of supervisors shall direct, and the insurance thereon shall be taken in the name of the county treasurer and his successors in office. Approved April 30, 1925. Number and apportionment. Entitled to two. Entitled to one. Counties con- [No. 152.] AN ACT to fix the number of members of the house of representatives, and to apportion representatives among the several counties of the state. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The house of representatives shall be composed of one hundred members, and representatives shall be apportioned among the counties of the state as follows: The county of Wayne shall have twenty-one representatives. The counties of Genesee and Saginaw, each, shall have three representatives. The following counties shall have two representatives each: Bay, Berrien, Calhoun, Houghton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Oakland and St. Clair. The following counties shall have one representative each : Allegan, Barry, Branch, Cass, Chippewa, Clinton, Delta, Dickinson, Eaton, Gogebic, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Huron, Ionia, Iron, Isabella, Lapeer, Macomb, Manistee, Mason, Menominee, Monroe, Montcalm, St. Joseph, Sanilac, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Lenawee, Ottawa, Marquette, Livingston and Shiawassee. The following combination of counties shall each constitute a representative district and shall have one representative for each such district. The election returns of each district shall be made to the county which has the largest population according to the nineteen hundred twenty federal census in such district: Oceana and Newaygo, Osceola and Clare, Gladwin and Midland, Ogemaw, Iosco and Arenac, Alpena and Alcona, Montmorency, Presque Isle, Oscoda, Crawford and Ros common, Kalkaska, Antrim and Missaukee, Wexford and Benzie, Leelanau and Charlevoix, Emmet and Mackinac, Cheboygan and Otsego, Alger, Schoolcraft and Luce, Ontonagon, Keweenaw and Baraga, of county. SEC. 2. The board of supervisors of each county entitled Division under this act to more than one representative shall, prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-six, either at its regular meeting in April or at a special meeting called for that purpose, divide the county into representative districts. Approved May 1, 1925. [No. 153.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise the laws relating to the state agricultural college, to prescribe the powers and duties of the state board of agriculture, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act", the same being section one thousand two hundred thirtythree of the compiled laws of Michigan of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred sixty- Section nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An amended. act to revise the laws relating to the state agricultural college, to prescribe the powers and duties of the state board of agriculture, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act", the same being section one thousand two hundred thirty-three of the compiled laws of Michigan of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: changed. SEC. 1. The state agricultural college, reorganized by Name act number one hundred eighty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred sixty-one, shall hereafter be known by the name and style of "Michigan state college of agriculture and applied science". Said Michigan state college of agriculture and applied science shall provide the inhabitants of this state with the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of agriculture and all its allied branches, of mechanic arts, of domestic art, of domestic science, of military tactics and of military engineering, and to this end it shall afford such instruction in science, art and literature as, in the judgment of its governing body, will promote the object of the institution. Wherever reference is made in act number two hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine or any other law to the "Michigan agricultural college", such reference shall be construed to mean the "Michigan state college of agriculture and applied science" herein provided for. This act is ordered to take effect May thirteen, nineteen hundred twenty-five. Approved May 1, 1925. Sections amended. [No. 154.] AN ACT to amend sections forty-six b and forty-six c of chapter two of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions, the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," said chapter being sections twelve thousand eighty-three to twelve thousand two hundred twenty-eight, inclusive, of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, which sections were created by act number two hundred of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen and by act number three hundred fifty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections forty-six b and forty-six c of chapter two of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act," said chapter being sections twelve thousand eighty-three to twelve thousand two hundred twenty-eight, inclusive, of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, which sections were created by act number two hundred of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen and by act number three hundred fifty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: judge, ap The etc. SEC. 46b. There shall be three circuit judges in the judi- Additional cial circuit in which the county of Genesee is or may be sit pointment, uated, the same now being the seventh judicial circuit. office of the additional circuit judge created by this act shall be deemed vacant from and after the day when this act shall take effect, and such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the governor until the general election in November of nineteen hundred twenty-six and until successor is elected and qualified. The judge so appointed shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of his duties within ten days after his appointment and continue until his successor shall be elected and qualified. SEC. 46c.. The official stenographer of the seventh judicial Stenocircuit shall be the stenographer to attend upon the proceed grapher. ings before all circuit judges in the judicial circuit in which the county of Genesee is or may be situated, as provided in section forty-six b of this act, his duties and compensation as such stenographer for any additional circuit judges to be as now provided by law for regularly appointed stenographers for additional circuit judges. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 155.] AN ACT to create a state tax department; to prescribe its powers and duties and the administration thereof; to provide for the transfer to said department of the powers and duties now vested by law in the board of state tax commissioners; to abolish said board; the powers and duties of which are hereby transferred, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts contravening any of the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby created a state tax department State tax which shall exercise such powers and perform such duties department as are herein granted and imposed. Within thirty days after created. |