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[No. 199.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-four of chapter one hundred fifty-two of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred fortysix, entitled "Of offenses against the sovereignty of the state," being section fourteen thousand nine hundred ninetyfive of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of chapter one hundred Section fifty-two of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of offenses against the sovereignty of the state," being section fourteen thousand nine hundred ninety-five of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

deemed

SEC. 24. If any person, being imprisoned in any prison of Escape
this state for any term less than for life, shall break prison felony.
and escape, or break prison though no escape be actually made,
or shall attempt to escape therefrom, he shall be deemed guilty
of a felony and shall be punished by further imprisonment for
not more than three years, and every prisoner who shall actu-
ally escape as aforesaid, shall after his return to such prison,
be imprisoned for as long a time as remained unexpired of his
former sentence, at the time of such escape, besides such
further term of imprisonment as aforesaid. Such prisoner How
escaping or attempting to escape as aforesaid shall be charged charged.
with said offense and tried in the courts of the county wherein
the administrative offices of the prison may be, to which said
prisoner was committed or transferred, at the time of the
escape or attempt to escape. The going away of any such
prisoner from said prison shall be prima facie evidence of his
intent of unlawfully escaping from said prison. The word "Prison"
"prison" as used herein shall include any Michigan state defined.
prison, penitentiary, reformatory, house of correction, the
grounds, farms, shops, road camps or places of employment
operated by such institution or under control of the officers
thereof, or of any police officers of this state.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 6, 1925.

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Powers, etc., given.

Rights, etc., restored.

[No. 200.]

AN ACT to give to the Michigan public utilities commission all rights, powers and authority, of every kind and nature, heretofore given to the Michigan railroad commission or the Michigan public utilities commission by act number three hundred of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine and act number four hundred nineteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, and the various amendments thereto; and to restore to the said commission jurisdiction over all matters, and all rights, powers and authority of every kind and nature which may have been suspended by the act of congress, approved March twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighteen, referred to as the federal control act, and the presidential proclamation thereunder.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The Michigan public utilities commission shall have, possess and exercise all rights, powers and authority of every kind and nature heretofore given to or conferred upon the Michigan railroad commission or the Michigan public utilities commission by act number three hundred of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine and act number four hundred nineteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, and the various amendments thereto.

SEC. 2. All rights, powers and authority of every kind and nature which may have been suspended by the act of congress, approved March twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighteen, referred to as the federal control act, and the presidential proclamation thereunder, are declared to be, and hereby are, fully restored to the Michigan public utilities commission, and the jurisdiction of said commission over all matters of every kind and nature which may have been suspended by the provisions of said act or said proclamation, is declared to be, and hereby is, fully and completely restored.

Approved May 6, 1925.

[No. 201.]

AN ACT to amend section three of act number seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the protection and conservation of the natural resources of the state; to create a conservation department; to define the powers and duties thereof; to provide for the transfer to said department of the powers and duties now vested by law in certain boards, commissions and officers of the state; and for the abolishing of the boards, commissions and offices the powers and duties of which are hereby transferred.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section three of act number seventeen of the Section public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An act amended. to provide for the protection and conservation of the natural resources of the state; to create a conservation department; to define the powers and duties thereof; to provide for the transfer to said department of the powers and duties now vested by lay in certain boards, commissions and officers of the state; and for the abolishing of the boards, commissions and offices the powers and duties of which are hereby transferred," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 3. It is hereby made the duty of the department of Duties conservation to protect and conserve the natural resources of prescribed. the state of Michigan; to prevent the destruction of timber by fire or otherwise; to promote the reforesting of non-agricultural lands belonging to the state; to guard against the pollution of lakes and streams within the state and to enforce all laws provided for that purpose with all authority granted by law, and to foster and encourage the protecting and propagation of game and fish. On behalf of the people of the state May accept the commission of conservation may accept gifts and grants gifts, etc. of land and other property and shall have authority to buy, sell, exchange or condemn lands for any of the purposes contemplated by this act. It shall also be the duty of said de Investigate partment to make an investigation of the natural water power of the state, that is as yet undeveloped, and to report to the Report. governor and legislature with reference thereto before the fifteenth of January, nineteen hundred twenty-seven. Such report shall specify the location and extent of such power, its availability for use, and such other matters affecting the same as may be deemed expedient.

Approved May 6, 1925.

water power.

Highway funds, expenditures

of.

Township

Proviso.

[No. 202.]

AN ACT to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of township roads by boards of county road commissioners.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The board of county road commissioners of any county that is operating under the county road system, is hereby authorized to take charge of all of the highway funds raised in all of the townships of such county whose township boards consent to the provisions of this act and to expend such funds in the townships where raised, in the construction, improvement and maintenance of township roads. Consent given by any township board may be withdrawn by resolution adopted by such board, provided that notice thereof be served upon the board of county road commissioners not less than ninety days before the annual township meeting.

Hereafter, in those townships whose township highway tax. boards consent to the provisions of this act, there shall be only one tax for the laying out, construction, improvement and maintenance of township roads, which shall be known as the township highway tax. Such tax shall not exceed one dollar on each one hundred dollars valuation according to the assessment roll for the last preceding year, except in townships with an assessed valuation of less than five hundred thousand dollars, where the tax shall not exceed two dollars on each one hundred dollars of such assessed valuation: Provided, That the rate of tax for such purpose assessed upon property within the limits of incorporated villages shall be one-half the rate assessed upon property outside of the limits of incorporated villages. One-half of that portion of the township highway tax that is assessed and collected within any incorporated village, or part thereof, shall annually be expended within the township where collected by the common council of such village, for building, permanently improving or repairing the roads and bridges now in use in such villages. SEC. 3. Before the first day of April each year, each board surveys, etc. of county road commissioners shall cause preliminary surveys, general plans, specifications and estimates of the township roads, bridges and culverts which it is proposed to construct, improve and maintain under the provisions of this act during the ensuing year, to be made by the county highway engineer To determine and based upon such estimates, shall determine upon the amount of tax, within the limitation hereinabove contained. which, in its judgment should be raised in each township of their county for such purposes, specifying and itemizing the roads and sections of roads upon which it is proposed to expend such moneys and stating the amount asked for each of such roads, and shall cause such determination to be entered

Preliminary

tax.

upon its records. Separate determinations shall be made for each township.

SEC. 4. Such determinations shall be filed with the proper Determinations, filling township clerk before the first day of April and shall be pre- or. sented to the electors at the annual township meeting, at which time the electors present shall pass upon the same, and if a majority agree therewith, such tax shall be ordered assessed. SEC. 5. If the determination of the board of county road When discommissioners does not meet with the approval of a majority of the electors present and voting, the electors shall decide upon the amount to be raised for such year in their township for the purposes aforesaid.

approved.

SEC. 6. Failure to present such determination shall not af- Failure to fect the right of any township to vote, at such annual meeting, present. the amount of township highway tax to be assessed, or of the township board to fix and determine the same as hereinafter provided.

board to

SEC. 7. If the electors of any such township present at any When annual township meeting shall neglect, or refuse to vote any township highway tax, it shall be the duty of the township board to order to be levied a sufficient tax not to exceed the amounts hereinabove limited, to keep the township roads and bridges already built in reasonable repair, and in condition reasonably fit for public travel.

SEC. 8. Whenever the amount of the township highway May tax shall have been determined, by the township meeting or the borrow. township board, the board of county road commissioners shall have the power and authority to borrow, in anticipation of such tax, an amount not exceeding three-fourths of the tax so determined.

paid.

tures, how

SEC. 9. All taxes assessed and collected under the provi- Taxes, where sions of this act shall be paid to the county treasurer and by him deposited in such bank or banks as shall have been, or may be, designated by the township board as a depository for township funds, and shall at all times be kept in a separate account. Such funds, and all unexpended balances thereof, shall at all times be and remain township funds, and any interest thereon shall accrue to and become a part of the fund. Expenditures therefrom shall be made upon the order of the Expendiboard of county road commissioners drawn upon the county made. treasurer and signed by the chairman of the board and countersigned by the county clerk. Accurate accounts shall be kept under the direction of the board of county road commissioners of all money disbursed by it, and a full statement thereof, together with a complete statement in detail of all work done, right of way acquired and road constructed by said board shall be made and filed with the township clerk before the first day of April in each year, which statement shall be audited by the township board and read to the electors present at the annual township meeting.

SEC. 10. Boards of county road commissioners, when acting Machinery under the provisions of this act, may charge the several town

rental.

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