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[No. 149.]

AN ACT to provide for the purchase of books for the Michigan State Library, and books and equipment for the Michigan traveling libraries, and for printing and binding, making an appropriation therefor, and providing a tax to meet

the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase Special of books for the State Library for the fiscal year ending June purpose. thirty nineteen hundred fourteen, the sum of five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of five thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase of Further apbooks and equipment for the Michigan traveling libraries for propriation. the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fourteen, the sum of five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of five thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. The printing and binding necessary to carry on the Printing, etc. work of the State Library and traveling libraries shall be furnished by the Board of State Auditors and paid for out of the general fund as other State printing is paid for.

SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid out. of this act shall be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury to the State Librarian, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State shall prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder.

SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of ten thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred fourteen the sum of ten thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated.

Approved May 2, 1913.

Commission, creation, of, duty.

Who to compose.

Information, who to furnish.

Report to legislature.

Employes,

etc.

[No. 150.]

AN ACT to create a commission to investigate the extent of feeble-mindedness, epilepsy, insanity and other conditions of mental defectiveness, and to appropriate the necessary moneys for the expense to be incurred by said commission in the performance of its duties.

The People of the State of Michigan cnact:

SECTION 1. There shall be a commission created to investigate the extent of feeble-mindedness, epilepsy, insanity and other conditions of mental defectiveness prevalent in the State of Michigan, and to make a study of the causes productive of these conditions.

SEC. 2. This commission shall be composed of the following members: The medical director of the State psychopathic hospital at the University of Michigan, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the secretary of the State Board of Health, and the secretary of the State Board of Corrections and Charities. The medical director of the State Psychopathic Hospital is herewith made the executive officer of the commission.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of any and all officials in charge of any public, private, religious, charitable, penal or correctionary institution in whose custody are held individuals whose mental condition comes within the scope of investigation of this commission to furnish such information as may be desired by the commission, and to keep, during the existence of this commission, such records as it may prescribe. SEC. 4. This commission shall present to the Legislature of nineteen hundred fifteen a printed report embodying the results of its work, together with such recommendations for the treatment and prevention of these conditions as are suggested by their investigation.

SEC. 5. The commission is authorized to appoint such officials and employes as it may regard as necessary to carry on the purposes of this act, and such persons shall be paid such salaries as may be recommended by the commission and approved by the Board of State Auditors. These salaries and all expenses of the commission, after being duly certified by the chairman or some authorized member of the commission, shall be paid from the general fund of the State. The members of this commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but their actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall, after approval by the commission, be paid by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor General, on the rendering of their accounts, out of any moneys to the credit of the general fund

not otherwise appropriated. The above payments to be made
in accordance with the general accounting laws of the State.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 2, 1913.

[No. 151.]

AN ACT providing for the protection of the public health and the prevention of fraud and deception, by prohibiting the sale, the offering for sale or exposing for sale or the having in possession with intent to sell, of adulterated or deleterious sausage; defining sausage; and prescribing the penalty for the violation hereof.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

sausage

lawful to sell,

Sausage Sausage, what

deemed.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, Adulterated by himself, herself or themselves, or by his, her or their sausage, unagents, servants or employes, to sell, offer for sale, expose for etc. sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, that is adulterated within the meaning of this act. when used in this act shall be deemed to include Bologna, Wiene-wurst and Frankforts. SEC. 2. For the purpose of this act, sausage or sausage What held to meat shall be held to be a comminuted meat from neat cattle or swine, or a mixture of such meats, either fresh, salted, pickled or smoked, with added salt and spices, and with or without the addition of edible animal fat, blood and sugar, or subsequent smoking. It shall contain no larger amount of water than the meats from which it is prepared contain when in their fresh condition.

be.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of this act, sausage shall be When deemed deemed to be adulterated:

First, If it contains added water in excess of the quantity required to bring the amount up to that which the meats from which it is prepared contain immediately after slaughter;

Second, If it contains any cereal or vegetable flour; Third, If it contains any coal-tar dye, boric acid or borates, sulphites, sulphur dioxide, sulphurous acid, or any other substances injurious or deleterious to health;

Fourth, If it contains any diseased, contaminated, filthy or decomposed substance; or is manufactured, in whole or in part, from a diseased, contaminated, filthy or decomposed substance, or a substance produced, stored, transported or kept in a way or manner that would render the article diseased, contaminated or unwholesome; or if it is any product of a diseased animal, or the product of any animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter. Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the sale of sausage which when

adulterated.

Misdemeanor, penalty.

Enforcement.

properly labeled shall conform to the following standard: Sausage shall not contain cereal in excess of two per cent. When cereal is added its presence shall be noted on the label or on the product. That water or ice shall not be added to it except for the purpose of facilitating grinding, chopping and mixing, in which case the added water or ice shall not exceed three per cent except as provided in the following - paragraph. Sausages of the class which are cooked or smoked, such as Frankfort style, Vienna style and Bologna style, may contain added water in excess of three per cent, but not in excess of amount sufficient to make the sausage palatable. When water in excess of three per cent is added to this class of sausage, the statement "Sausage, water and cereal" shall appear on the label or on the product, but when no cereal is added, the addition of water need not be stated.

SEC. 4. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or to undergo an imprisonment of not less than thirty days, nor more than sixty days, or both or either, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. The Dairy and Food Commissioner shall be charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this act. Approved May 2, 1913.

Special purposes.

[No. 152.]

AN ACT making appropriations for the State Public School at Coldwater for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fourteen, and June thirty, nineteen hundred fifteen, for the erection, furnishing and equipment of two cottages and an industrial building for the reception, treatment and education of dependent crippled children of sound mind between five and fourteen years of age, and to provide a tax to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fourteen, the sum of nineteen thousand dollars for purposes and by amounts as follows: For one cottage for crippled boys, six thousand five hundred dollars; for one cottage for crippled girls, six thousand five hundred dollars; for one industrial building in separate apartments for crippled boys and girls, six thousand dollars. There is also appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of

transfer of

six thousand dollars for furnishing, heating, lighting, sewage,
plumbing, sidewalks and grading for the two cottages and
industrial building and for appliances, tools, apparatus and
other necessary equipment for said cottages and industrial
building: Provided, That if the amount designated in this Proviso,
section for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient funds.
to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining
after the completion of the other work or purchase specified
in this section 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 specific appropria-
tion 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-five thousand dollars avail-
able for the purposes stated herein if in the judgment of the
State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor Gen-
eral it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which
provision is hereby made: Provided further, That the board Further
of control may obtain money under this section before July
one, nineteen hundred thirteen, in such amounts as they may
by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary
for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be de-
ducted from the total amount appropriated when the appro-
priation becomes available.

proviso.

to school.

SEC. 2. There shall be admitted as provided in section four Who admitted of this act to the State Public School at Coldwater, on and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred fourteen, or as soon as the buildings provided for in this act are completed and furnished, those dependent crippled children who have been declared dependent on the public for support as provided by law who are between five and fourteen years of age and of sound mind and have no chronic or contagious disease and are capable of acquiring a common school education and some trade or occupation. While in said institution they Education, shall be taught the English branches. The boys shall receive etc. manual training, the girls shall be taught domestic science and both classes may be taught any trade or occupation the board of control shall consider adapted to their condition. They may be retained in said institution such time during their minority as the board of control may determine and at all times may be placed in families on indenture or by adoption in the discretion of said board, and shall be subject to the same management and disposition as is now provided by law and regulation of the State Public School regarding other wards of said board except wherein provided otherwise in this act.

SEC. 3. Whenever the judge of probate shall adjudge that Examination. any crippled child provided for in this act is dependent on the public for support he shall, under proceedings to have it committed to the State Public School, cause it to be examined by the county physician, if there be one, and if not, then by another reputable practicing physician and shall in no case

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