Penalty. Who to prosecute. [No. 121.] AN ACT to punish the negligent or careless shooting of human beings by persons in pursuit of game. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whoever, while hunting or in the pursuit of game, negligently or carelessly shoots and wounds or kills any human being, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding ten years or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney and sheriff in the county in which a violation of the foregoing section occurs, to forthwith investigate and prosecute every person who therein violates the provisions of this act. Approved May 14, 1903. Appropriation for current expense. Further How used. [No. 122.] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Industrial Home for Girls for building and special purposes and for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred five; also making an appropriation for special purposes as mentioned in section three and to provide a tax therefor, and repealing House enrolled act number thirty-six, bill number eightyfour, entitled "An act making an appropriation for the State Industrial Home for Girls for grading the grounds and to provide fire escapes at Bliss cottage and to provide a tax to meet the same," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current expenses of the State Industrial Home for Girls for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, the sum of sixty-four thousand dollars and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred five, the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of eighteen thousand dollars is appropriation hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, for purposes and amounts as follows: For wiring, switches, and other electrical appliances necessary to complete electric lighting equipment, one thousand five hundred dollars; for enlarging chapel, five thousand dollars; for new water closets for two buildings, Palmer and Croswell cottages, fifteen hundred dollars; for new storage building, two thousand dollars; for new ice house and cooling room, nine hundred dollars; for remodeling the barn, one thousand fifty dollars; for porch at cooking school, one hundred fifty dollars; for band stand on lawn, two hundred fifty dollars; for new stairs for four cottages leading to third floor and basement, four hundred dollars; for fire hose, nine hundred dollars; for three new boilers, three thousand nine hundred dollars; for one piano, four hundred fifty dollars. repeal of SEC. 3. The further sum of thirty-one hundred dollars is Further hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, appropriation. nineteen hundred four, for purposes and amounts as follows: For fire escapes and window screens for Bliss cottage, three How used. hundred seventy-five dollars; for making connection with steam plant, water-works and sewers, nine hundred sixty-six dollars; for grading, including dirt and drawing, one thousand seven hundred fifty-nine dollars: Provided, That the Auditor Gen- Proviso. eral is authorized to transfer from this special appropriation to the current expense appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred three, the first two items mentioned in this section and three hundred nineteen dollars of the third item mentioned herein to reimburse the current expense fund for disbursements made from it for those purposes: Provided, further, That House enrolled act number thirty- Proviso as to six, bill number eighty-four, entitled "An act making appropria- certain act. tion for the State Industrial Home for Girls for grading the grounds and to provide fire escapes at Bliss cottage and to provide a tax to meet the same," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred three, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, Proviso as to further, That if the amount designated in sections two and funds. three of this act for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchases, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchase specified in sections two and three may by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing before any expense in excess of the specified appropriation is incurred be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire twenty-one thousand one hundred dollars available for the purposes stated therein, if in the judg ment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made: Provided, further, That the Proviso as to board of guardians may obtain money under sections two and when may three of this act before July first, nineteen hundred three, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amounts appropri ated when the appropriations become available. transfer of obtain. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid. this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the State Industrial Home for Girls in such amounts and at such times as the general accounting laws of the State pre To be incorporated in state tax. scribe and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred three the sum of eighty-five thousand one hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred four the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars, which 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. Syrups, how labeled and marked. Penalty for violation. [No. 123.] AN ACT in relation to the sale of corn syrup. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No person shall offer or expose for sale, have in his possession with intent to sell, or sell, any cane syrup, beet syrup, or glucose, unless the barrel, cask, keg, can, pail or package containing the same be distinctly branded or labeled with the true and appropriate name; nor shall any person offer or expose for sale, have in his possession with intent to sell, or sell any cane syrup or beet syrup mixed with glucose unless the barrel, cask, keg, can, pail or package containing the same be distinctly branded or labeled "Glucose Mixture" or "Corn Syrup" in plain Gothic type not less than three-eighths of an inch square, with the name and percentage by weight of each ingredient contained therein plainly stamped, branded or stenciled on each package in plain Gothic letters not less than onequarter of an inch square. Each and every package of syrup either simple or mixed shall bear the name and address of the manufacturer. Such mixtures or syrups shall have no other designation or brand than herein required that represents or is the name of any article which contains a saccharine substance; and all brands or labels required shall be an inseparable part of the general or distinguishing label, and that the general or distinguishing label shall be that principal and conspicuous sign under which it is sold. SEC. 2. Whoever shall do any of the acts or things prohibited, or neglect or refuse to do any of the acts or things required by this act, or in any way violate any of the provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 124.] AN ACT to amend the title and insert a new section in act number two hundred seventy-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to define the limits of Wild Fowl Bay, and to prohibit fishing with nets within such limits. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. The title of act number two hundred seventy- Title seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "An act to define the limits of Wild Fowl bay and the entrance thereof and to prohibit fishing with nets within such limits." inserted. SEC. 2. A new section is hereby inserted in said act number New section two hundred seventy-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, to stand as section two a, and to read as follows: SEC. 2a. It shall be unlawful to fish with submarine nets at Use of nets. and in the vicinity of the entrance of Saginaw bay into Wild Fowl bay between Point Charity and North island, between North island and Heisterman island, between Heisterman island and Maisou island and between Maisou island and mainland, so as to prevent the free running of fish between Saginaw bay and Wild Fowl bay. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 125.] AN ACT to amend act number fifty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of the health, lives and interests of the coal miners of Michigan, and to provide for the inspection of all coal mines in this State," by adding a new section thereto, to stand and be known as section eleven of said act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number fifty-seven of the Public Acts of Act amended. eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the health, lives and interests of the coal miners of Michigan, and to provide for the inspection of all coal mines in this State," is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto, to stand and be known as section eleven of said act. to build fence SEC. 11. When any mine is idle or abandoned it shall be When owner the duty of the mine inspector to notify the person, persons or around idle corporation owning the land on which any such mine is situ- mine. ated, or the agent of such owner or owners to erect and main When mine inspector to build. tain around all the shafts and open pits of such mine a fence or railing suitable to prevent persons or domestic animals from accidentally falling into said shaft or open pit; such notice shall be in writing and shall be served upon such owner, owners or agents personally or by leaving a copy at the residence of any such owner or agent if they or any of them reside in the county where such mine is situated, and if such owner, owners or agents are none of them residents of the county, such notice may be given by publishing the same in one or more newspapers printed and circulating in said county, if there be one; and if no newspaper be published in said county, then in a newspaper published in some adjoining county for a period of three consecutive weeks. If such owner, owners or agents shall not, within thirty days after receiving such notice, or within thirty days after the completion of said publication, erect such suitable fences or railings as said mine inspector shall designate, it shall be the duty of such mine inspector to cause such suitable fences or railings to be erected and to make a return of his doings, together with a description of the land or lands on which such shaft or open pits are located, with an itemized statement of the actual expenses incurred, in such case on each description of land to the county clerk of the county where such shaft or open pits are located, which return and statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the mine inspector. All expenses incurred under the provisions of this section shall be audited by the board of supervisors of the county, and all sums allowed by such board for such expenses shall be When expense paid from the general fund of the county. The county clerk shall certify to the board of supervisors at its annual meeting in each year the amount of expense incurred under the provisions of this section during the preceding year, and the amount belonging to each and every decription of land on which any such mines are situated, and said amount shall be certified to the supervisor of the proper township in the same manner as county taxes are certified to said supervisors, and the amount of the expenses incurred as above on each description shall be assessed by said supervisor upon the said description upon their assessment rolls for that year in a separate column, and shall be collected in the same manner as county taxes, and when so collected paid into the general fund of the county. All the provisions of law relating to the assessment, levy, collection and return of county taxes and the sale of property delinquent therefor, shall apply to and govern the sale of lands delinquent for the special assessment under the provisions of this act. assessed against property. Approved May 20, 1903. |