infect. tion for disinfection by the State commissioner, or the county agent, as hereinafter provided. Immediately upon notifica- Duty to distion by the owner or owners of such premises that said premises have been cleaned and put in such condition, it shall be the duty of the State commissioner, or the county agent, to proceed to such premises and thoroughly disinfect the same, using therefor such equipment as the commissioner or the agent shall deem best. All expense of such disinfection Expense. shall be borne by the State and payable as are other expenses of the State Department of Animal Industry. Importation of horses. Triplicate SEC. 21. It shall be unlawful to import horses into this State for any purpose except when such horses shall have been subjected to the mallein test by or under the direction of a graduate of some recognized veterinary college. A certificate Certificate. shall accompany such horses and shall show the time and manner of making such test, the results thereof and the manner in which said test was conducted. It shall further state Inspection. that at the time of the inspection, which shall not be more than sixty days prior to the importation, such horses were free from any contagious or infectious disease. Certified copies. copies of such certificate shall be prepared in triplicate, one for the use of the shipper, one for the transportation company and the third shall be forwarded immediately to the State Commissioner of Animal Industry. The expense of Expense. procuring the inspection, testing and certificate aforesaid shall be paid by the person seeking to import such horses into this State: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to the shipment of horses on cars through the State to points beyond where there is a continuous passage; nor to persons living in this State and owning land in an adjoining state who may take their horses across the State line for pasturage or in connection with the working of such land. SEC. 22. The State Commissioner of Animal Industry is hereby required to make a biennial report to the Governor covering the business of the Department of Animal Industry. Said report shall be presented on or before the thirty-first day of December of each even year, and shall be by the Governor transmitted to the legislature at its next ensuing regular session. Proviso, in trastate ship ments, etc. Biennial remissioner, port of com when made. Penalty SEC. 23. Any person violating, disregarding or evading clause. any of the provisions of this act, or any of the rules, regulations, orders or directions of the Commissioner of Animal Industry made pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and by conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. The doing of any act herein declared to be unlawful, or herein forbidden, shall be deemed to constitute a violation hereof. Abolishment of State Live Stock Sanitary Commission. Proceedings pending. Rules, etc., continued. Rights accrued, etc. SEC. 24. The State Live Stock Sanitary Commission is hereby abolished and all functions, powers and duties now vested by law therein are hereby transmitted to and vested in the Department of Animal Industry hereby created, except so far as may be inconsistent with the provisions hereof. All proceedings of any nature whatsoever now pending, instituted by or before said commission, shall be continued to determination by or before the Department of Animal Industry; and all orders, rules and regulations heretofore made by the Live Stock Sanitary Commission, and in force at the time this act becomes effective, shall continue in force until executed or until changed in the manner provided by law. Any right accruing to any person under the law creating said commission, and prescribing the powers and duties thereof, is hereby preserved and may be enforced in the manner contemplated by said law, or as in this act contemplated, except as herein provided, all acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act or covering the subject matter hereof are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. . Appropriation Proviso. How expended. [No. 182.] AN ACT making appropriations to further organize and carry out the plans of the United States Boys' Working Reserve; to regulate the expenditure of such appropriations and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, out of any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, to be expended in the further organization, and for the carrying out of the plans of the United States Boys' Working Reserve: Provided, however, That no portion of such fund shall be used for compensation or expenses of the members of such reserve or their employers. SEC. 2. The amounts herein provided shall be expended under the supervision and direction of the Governor, and he is hereby authorized to avail himself of the facilities of the present existing organization in order to carry on effectively this work. SEC. 3. The sums appropriated by this act shall be paid How paid out. out of the general fund in the State treasury upon warrant of the Auditor General, upon presentation to the Auditor General of proper vouchers signed by the Federal State Director of the United States Boys' Working Reserve and approved by the Governor. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate Tax clause. in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nineteen the sum of five thousand dollars and for the year nineteen hundred twenty the sum of five thousand dollars, which sums, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 10, 1919. [No. 183.] AN ACT providing appropriations for the Supreme Court for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, and to repeal other acts or parts of acts making appropriations therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There are hereby appropriated from the general fund for the Supreme Court for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the following amounts: SUPREME COURT. For payment for services and expenses, mainte- For the Fiscal Personal service (salaries and wages): Year 1919-20 For the Fiscal $56,000.00 Justices Supreme Court (8).... $56,000.00 2,500.00 Extra clerk of the supreme court for 1920, Appropriation 1921. Proviso, transfers. How paid out. Disposition of fees. Tax clause. Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated: Provided, That if the amounts appropriated in this act for any given schedule under a stated classification be insufficient to maintain said schedule, any surplus remaining in any other schedule or schedules, under the same classification, may, by obtaining the consent of the Auditor General in writing, be transferred to the schedule or schedules, where such deficiency seems unavoidable. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the State treasury, and the disbursing officer of the Supreme Court 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 supreme court 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 nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 184.] AN ACT providing appropriations for the State Library for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, and to repeal other acts or parts of acts making appropriations therefor, and to repeal all clauses or parts of other statutes fixing or providing for the salary or compensation of any officer or employe herein provided for. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Appropriation SECTION 1. There are hereby appropriated from the gen- for 1920, eral fund for the State Library for the fiscal year ending June 1921. thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of fifty thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the sum of fifty thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars, for the purposes and in the following amounts: For the Fiscal For the Fiscal Personal service (salaries and wages): Year 1919-20 State Librarian... Amounts and purposes. For the Fiscal Personal service (salaries and wages): Year 1919-20 For the Fiscal $4,800.00 Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated and the said State Librarian is hereby authorized and directed to employ at a salary not exceeding |