Terms. Salary. Powers and duties transferred. To administer tax laws, etc. this act becomes effective, the governor shall appoint three persons as commissioners, to administer the affairs of said department. One commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four years, one for a term of three years and one for a term of two years. At the expiration of such terms, commissioners shall be appointed for terms of four years each. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made for the remainder of the unexpired terms. The governor shall designate one of the members as chairman of the commission, and one member shall be appointed by the commission to act as secretary thereof. Each of the commissioners shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars together with his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties. Each member shall devote all of his time to the duties of the office. The said department may engage the services of such assistants and employes as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, or of any other law of the state affecting the powers and duties of said department. The compensation of all such assistants and employes, and the number thereof, shall be subject to the approval of the state administrative board. All such assistants and employes when traveling in the discharge of their duties shall receive their actual traveling expenses. All salaries and expenses authorized by this act shall be paid out of the state treasury in the same manner as the salaries and expenses of other state officers are paid. The governor may remove any member of the said board for habitual misconduct, misfeasance, habitual or wilful neglect of duty, or when he shall be satisfied that such officer is incompetent properly to execute the duties of his office. Each member of said board shall, within twenty days after he shall receive notice of his appointment, qualify by taking and subscribing the constitutional oath of office. SEC. 2. The powers and duties now vested by law in the board of state tax commissioners are hereby transferred to and vested in the state tax department, and all records, files, books and papers of every nature pertaining to the functions of said board shall be turned over to said state tax department and shall be preserved as a part of the records and files of said department. Upon the taking effect of this act, the board of state tax commissioners shall be abolished, and the powers and duties heretofore exercised and performed by said board, under authority of law, shall hereafter be exercised and performed by the state tax department. Whenever, in any law of the state, reference is made to the board of state tax commissioners, whose powers and duties are thus transferred, such reference shall be deemed to be made to the state tax department. SEC. 3. The state tax department shall have general supervision of the administration of the tax laws of the state and shall render such assistance, and give such advice and counsel, to the assessing officers of the state as they may deem neces sary and essential to an efficient administration of the laws governing assessments and the levying of taxes in this state. Said state tax department shall gather each year complete information relative to the assessment of property, properly classified, the levy of taxes thereon, and of the appraised value of the several classes of property exempt from taxation under the laws of the state, and such other information as said state tax department may deem to be of public interest. This information, arranged in proper form, shall be embodied in the regular report of the state tax department. It shall be the duty of all assessing officers of the state and all other public officers to promptly comply with requests made by said department for information provided for in this section and to render all possible assistance in the carrying out of the provisions hereof. Any assessing officer or other public officer who shall refuse to comply with the requirements of this section, or who shall persistently neglect to do so, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars. SEC. 4. All orders, certificates, and subpoenas made or is Orders, etc.. sued by the state tax department shall be signed by the chair. who to sign. man and the seal of the department shall be affixed. SEC. 5. All acts or parts of acts contravening any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 156.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the department of agriculture for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, for maintenance, operation and payment of premiums of the annual state fair. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amounts and fund for the department of agriculture for the fiscal year end purposes. ing June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, the sum of seventyfive thousand dollars, for the purposes and in the following amounts: How discharged. SEC. 2. The above amounts shall be discharged by the department of agriculture subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amounts and purposes. How pald out. [No. 157.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the board of state tax commissioners for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, for maintenance and operation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the board of state tax commissioners, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, the sum of one hundred twenty thousand five hundred forty-seven dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, the sum of one hundred twenty-one thousand two hundred forty-seven dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: 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. 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. credited. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said board of Where This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 158.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the department of public safety for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, for maintenance and operation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amounts and fund for the department of public safety, for the fiscal year purposes. ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, the sum of four hundred fifty thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, the sum of four hundred fifty thousand dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Prohibition enforcement, personal service, supplies, materials, contractual service, equipment, fire For fiscal year ending June 30, 1926 For fiscal year ending June 30, 1927 marshal work and oil inspection.. $450,000.00 $450,000.00 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. 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 depart where ment of public safety shall be forwarded to the state treas- credited. 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. Approved May 2, 1925. Amounts and purposes. [No. 159.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the superintendent of the capitol for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, for maintenance and operation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the superintendent of the capitol, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, the sum of two hundred fifteen thousand two hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentyseven, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: How paid out. Where credited. 10,000.00 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. 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 said superintendent of the capitol 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. |