How paid. To be incorporated in state tax. 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 thirteen thousand six hundred dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if, in the judgment 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.. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Industrial School for Boys at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax, for the year nineteen hundred three, the sum of seventyseven thousand three hundred fifty dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred four, the sum of seventy-six thousand two hundred fifty 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. Certain lands withdrawn from sale, etc. [No. 175.] AN ACT to create a forestry reserve, to provide for its maintenance, management and regulation, by restoring for sale or homestead entry, lands heretofore reserved in certain counties in this State, to make an appropriation therefor, and to provide for a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. All delinquent state tax, homestead, swamp and primary school lands now belonging or which shall hereafter be added to and belong to the State in towns twenty-one north, range three and four west; the north half of town number twenty-four north, range four west, and the south half of town number twenty-five north, range four west, are hereby withdrawn from sale and entry, set apart for the creation of a Who to have forestry reserve, and for that purpose placed under the control of the Michigan Forestry Commission created by act number two hundred twenty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hunTo determine dred ninety-nine. It shall be the duty of said Michigan Forestry Commission, first, to investigate and determine what part or portion of the lands belonging to the State, thus withdrawn from sale and entry and set aside, it will be for the best interests of the State and public to retain and devote to the control of. lands to be withdrawn. purpose of forestry, having regard both to the soil and natural powers of. warden. SEC. 2. The Forestry Commission shall have power to appoint Appointment a forestry warden who shall hold office for the term of four of forestry years from the first day of January in the year in which appointed, unless sooner removed by the Forestry Commission. The said forestry warden shall receive an annual salary of not Salary etc., of to exceed one thousand dollars, payable in the same manner as the salaries of State officers are now paid, and he shall be subject to the orders and directions of the Forestry Commission, which shall prescribe his powers and duties and he shall have general charge, control and supervision of all deputy wardens or other persons appointed or employed for the performance of duties or services in respect to forestry lands or forest fires. The said forestry warden may appoint, upon recommendation May appoint of the Forestry Commission, a sufficient number of competent persons as forestry wardens, to hold office at the pleasure of the said commission, who shall be entitled to receive a sum not to Compensaexceed two dollars per day for each day actually and necessarily spent under the direction of the chief warden in the discharge of duties under this act. Said compensation to be paid by the Auditor General on the approval of the president and secretary of the said Forestry Commission. deputies. tion. may sell lands SEC. 3. The said Forestry Commission shall have power to Commission cut, remove or sell, (or to sell to any person with the power and timber. to cut, sell or remove, upon such terms and under such conditions and restrictions as it may deem advisable), any trees, timber or other forest products upon or derived from the said lands so set apart as forestry reserve lands, and shall have power to lease or sell any lands within such forestry reserve, the lease or deed therefor to be executed for and on behalf of the State by the Commissioner of the State Land Office. The May purchase said Forestry Commission shall likewise have authority to purchase such lands within the limits of said forestry reserve as it may deem advisable in order to connect and render contiguous separate tracts. All moneys received by or payable to the said Forestry Commission on account of or arising from revenues from said lands, or from any other source, shall be paid to and received by the secretary of said commission, whose official bond as Commissioner of the State Land Office shall be certain lands. How paid. To be incorporated in state tax. 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 thirteen thousand six hundred dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if, in the judgment 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. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Industrial School for Boys at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax, for the year nineteen hundred three, the sum of seventyseven thousand three hundred fifty dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred four, the sum of seventy-six thousand two hundred fifty 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. Certain lands withdrawn from sale, etc. [No. 175.] AN ACT to create a forestry reserve, to provide for its maintenance, management and regulation, by restoring for sale or homestead entry, lands heretofore reserved in certain counties in this State, to make an appropriation therefor, and to provide for a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. All delinquent state tax, homestead, swamp and primary school lands now belonging or which shall hereafter be added to and belong to the State in towns twenty-one north, range three and four west; the north half of town number twenty-four north, range four west, and the south half of town number twenty-five north, range four west, are hereby withdrawn from sale and entry, set apart for the creation of a Who to have forestry reserve, and for that purpose placed under the control of the Michigan Forestry Commission created by act number two hundred twenty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hunTo determine dred ninety-nine. It shall be the duty of said Michigan Forestry Commission, first, to investigate and determine what part or portion of the lands belonging to the State, thus withdrawn from sale and entry and set aside, it will be for the best interests of the State and public to retain and devote to the control of. lands to be withdrawn. purpose of forestry, having regard both to the soil and natural characteristics and conditions of said lands and their relative fitness for cultivation and forestry, and also the location of the various descriptions of the same with respect to each other, so that the lands to be devoted to such forestry reserve shall be composed of contiguous territory, or territory as nearly contiguous as possible, so as to render practicable and desirable, the establishment and maintenance of forestry reserves embracing the same. Second, to have care, custody, control Further and superintendence of the lands herein or hereafter set apart for or becoming a part of the forestry reserve, and to provide for the reforestation of the denuded lands so set apart and belonging to the State, by planting and preserving forest trees, establishing and maintaining fire lines and a system of fire patrol in the forestry reserve thus created. powers of. of forestry SEC. 2. The Forestry Commission shall have power to appoint Appointment a forestry warden who shall hold office for the term of four warden. years from the first day of January in the year in which appointed, unless sooner removed by the Forestry Commission. The said forestry warden shall receive an annual salary of not Salary etc., of to exceed one thousand dollars, payable in the same manner as the salaries of State officers are now paid, and he shall be subject to the orders and directions of the Forestry Commission, which shall prescribe his powers and duties and he shall have general charge, control and supervision of all deputy wardens or other persons appointed or employed for the performance of duties or services in respect to forestry lands or forest fires. The said forestry warden may appoint, upon recommendation May appoint of the Forestry Commission, a sufficient number of competent persons as forestry wardens, to hold office at the pleasure of the said commission, who shall be entitled to receive a sum not to Compensaexceed two dollars per day for each day actually and necessarily spent under the direction of the chief warden in the discharge of duties under this act. Said compensation to be paid by the Auditor General on the approval of the president and secretary of the said Forestry Commission. deputies. tion. may sell lands SEC. 3. The said Forestry Commission shall have power to Commission cut, remove or sell, (or to sell to any person with the power and timber. to cut, sell or remove, upon such terms and under such conditions and restrictions as it may deem advisable), any trees, timber or other forest products upon or derived from the said lands so set apart as forestry reserve lands, and shall have power to lease or sell any lands within such forestry reserve, the lease or deed therefor to be executed for and on behalf of the State by the Commissioner of the State Land Office. The May purchase said Forestry Commission shall likewise have authority to purchase such lands within the limits of said forestry reserve as it may deem advisable in order to connect and render contiguous separate tracts. All moneys received by or payable to the said Forestry Commission on account of or arising from revenues from said lands, or from any other source, shall be paid to and received by the secretary of said commission, whose official bond as Commissioner of the State Land Office shall be certain lands. Lands exempt responsible therefor, and shall be paid by him into the State treasury and the receipt of the State Treasurer, countersigned by the Auditor General, shall be taken therefor. SEC. 4. All forestry reserve lands set aside under or purfrom taxation. suant to the provisions of this act shall be exempt from taxaTo be assessed tion, except as herein otherwise provided. Said lands shall be same as other assessed in the same manner as are the similar lands of indi lands. Who to approve assessment. Taxes, how paid. Appropriations. Lands subject to certain acts. viduals situated within the townships in which the same are situated. Within ten days after the final meeting of the board of review of each township, the supervisor of such township shall file in the office of the Commissioner of the State Land Office at Lansing, a certified copy of the assessment roll of his township, with the several assessments completed thereon and reviewed, said roll to specify which of the lands appearing thereon are forestry reserve lands and the valuation placed upon each description, and also the lands owned by private individuals, and the valuation of such lands; the several matters appearing in said assessment roll to be verified by the supervisor on oath. No assessment of forestry reserve lands shall be valid, nor shall any tax be spread thereon, until such assessment is approved by the Commissioner of the State Land Office, such approval to be attached to and become a part of the original assessment roll of the township. No tax shall be levied upon such lands except for the maintenance of schools and roads and no tax shall be imposed upon any of the forestry reserve lands for the support of any school or the building of any school-house or the building or maintenance of any road which is not at present in existence, unless the same shall have been first approved in writing by the Forestry Commission. All taxes lawfully levied upon said lands in accordance with the provisions of this section shall, in each year, be paid by the State Treasurer to the township treasurer of the township in which the same are situate, by a warrant in favor of the said township, said warrant to be issued upon the filing with the Auditor General by the said Forestry Commission of a certificate that such taxes have been levied in accordance with the provisions of this act. No fee shall be allowed to the township treasurer or other official for the collection of such tax or taxes. SEC. 5. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred three, and each year thereafter, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars. Such sum shall be immediately available upon the passage of this act, and shall be paid to the said commission upon the warrant of the Auditor General, in the same manner in which such appropriations are usually paid, and shall be governed in all respects by the accounting laws of the State. SEC. 6. The lands hereby set aside shall be subject to the protection of the provision of the several acts relating to the cutting, removing or destroying in any manner whatsoever, timber on said lands. This act shall be known and may be |