Purpose and amount. How paid out. Tax clause. [No. 261.] AN ACT to make an appropriation to aid the Michigan Corn Improvement Association in the prosecution of its work, and provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the use of the Michigan Corn Improvement Association in the prosecution of its work of creating a deeper interest in and a better knowledge of the culture and improvement of corn for each of the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the board of directors of said association in such way as in its judg ment will most effectually attain the ends sought. SEC. 2. The amount appropriated under the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Corn Improvement Association, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disburs ing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of five hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of five hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amount levied for general purposes. [No. 262.] AN ACT to provide a tax to meet the several appropriations for which a tax is not otherwise provided for the general expenses of the State government, salaries of the State officers, judicial and other expenses of the State departments and expenses of the legislature for the years nineteen hundred seven and nineteen hundred eight. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There shall be levied upon the aggregate of taxable real and personal property of the State in the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be raised by tax to meet the several appropriations made by law wherein no tax is otherwise provided. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid out. of any act to meet which this act provides a tax shall, so far as moneys are required to be paid to the board or officers of any institution or commission, be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the proper board or officer, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer of such board or commission shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. ment of tax. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall apportion each year Apportionthe amounts herein directed to be raised among the several counties in this State as provided by law for the apportionment of State taxes. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 263.] AN ACT to regulate the width of public highways and encroachments thereon, and the setting of poles along such highways. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. All public highways for which the right of Width of way has at any time been given or purchased for a high- highways. way sixty-six feet wide, shall be and remain sixty-six feet wide, and no encroachments by fences, buildings or other Encroachwise which may have been made since the purchase or gift ments. of such sixty-six feet, nor any encroachments which were within the limits of such sixty-six feet at time of purchase or gift, and no encroachments which may hereafter be made, shall give the party or parties, firm or corporation so encroaching, any title or right to the land so encroached upon. SEC. 2. No person or persons, firm or corporation shall setting of have the right to set a pole or poles along the line of any poles. public highway, within twenty-five feet of the center of the highway on either side, without the consent of the township. board in the township in which such highway is located and where such pole or poles are to be set; and in no case shall the poles be set within fifteen feet of the center of the highway on either side. Removal of ments or SEC. 3. Any party or parties, firm or corporation violating encroachany of the provisions of this act, shall, upon demand of the poles. township highway commissioner of the township in which such Section amended. Sessions, when and where held, etc. Proviso, compensation. [No. 264.] AN ACT to amend section four of act number one hundred fifty of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a pardoning board, prescribing the powers and duties and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," as amended by act number two hundred thirtynine of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, being section one hundred forty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section four of act number one hundred fifty of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a pardoning board, prescribing the powers and duties and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," as amended by act number two hundred thirty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, being section one hundred forty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety: seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. The said board shall hold its sessions when and where occasion may require and shall have full power to send for persons and papers and administer oaths, in the prosecution of its work: Provided, That said board shall not receive compensation for more than two hundred days in each year. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907. [No. 265.]. AN ACT to, authorize the use by the city of Grand Rapids of public highways between the city and Lake Michigan, for water mains to secure to the city water from Lake Michigan and to authorize the taking of private property therefor, and for the establishing of a water plant in connection therewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The city of Grand Rapids, through its duly au- Authority, thorized officers and agents, is hereby authorized to enter to use public highway for upon and use any public highway, for the laying and keeping water mains. in repair of water mains to establish a source of water supply for the city from Lake Michigan: Provided, That the Proviso, highways shall be opened and the excavations refilled under supervision by townships the supervision of the township board and the highway com- affected. missioner of the township affected and according to the reasonable regulations made by said boards, and the city of Grand Rapids shall pay all the expense of such supervision at the rate fixed by law for services of such officers: And Provided further, That such mains shall be so laid as not to Further unreasonably interfere with travel and when so laid the high- proviso. way shall be placed by the city in as good condition as before. property. SEC. 2. Where it shall be found necessary by the board Taking of of public works and common council of the city of Grand private Rapids to take private property for the establishment of a plant or source of supply of water from Lake Michigan, including the laying of water mains or laterals and maintenance and operation of the same at any point from the limits of said city to Lake Michigan, the ownership therein and thereto may be acquired by the city, in the manner provided for the taking of private property for public use in chapter Law ninety of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety- governing. seven: Provided, That this section shall not apply in the Proviso, townships of Walker and Wyoming in the county of Kent, excepted. and State of Michigan, for reservoir purposes. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. townships Section amended. One-tenth mill tax assessed. Proviso. Further proviso. Livestock, poultry, soil examination, surveys, etc. [No. 266.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred thirty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred thirtytwo of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. There shall be assessed in the year nineteen hundred one and each year thereafter, upon the taxable property of the State, as fixed by the State Board of Equalization in the year nineteen hundred one and each five years thereafter, for the use and maintenance of the Michigan Agricultural College, the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station, and such other experiment stations as have been already established, the sum of one-tenth of a mill on each dollar of said taxable property: Provided, That of the amount so assessed there is hereby appropriated for the purpose of improving, experimenting with, and exhibiting the livestock and poultry of the Michigan Agricultural College for the biennial period ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of twenty-six thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture in such a way as in its judgment will best improve the livestock interests of the State: Próvided, further, That out of the said sum of twenty-six thousand dollars hereby appropriated there shall be expended six thousand dollars for the purpose of providing buildings and improving, experimenting with, and exhibiting poultry, and in supporting and encouraging poultry raising in the State. The State Board of Agriculture, shall, also, in addition to the purposes above mentioned devote annually such portion of the aforesaid one-tenth of a mill tax as it may deem expedient for the purpose of improving experimenting with, and exhibiting livestock and poultry and for conducting chemical and physical examinations of the various soils of the State and making proper surveys and maps of the same. The State Board of Agriculture shall make an annual report to the Governor of the State of all the receipts and expenditures of the Michigan Agricultural College, the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station and such other experiment stations as have been established. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |