Proviso. seven and the annual fair of nineteen hundred eight, on agricultural, horticultural, manufactured and domestic products grown or produced in the State of Michigan, and live stock owned in the State of Michigan, said premiums to be awarded under the direction of the executive committee of said society: Provided, That said society shall award and pay the further sum of ten thousand dollars in premiums at each of the annual fairs in the years above mentioned: ProFurther pro- vided, further, That ten thousand dollars in premiums to be paid by the Michigan State Agricultural Society shall be exclusive of any premiums paid by said society for speed purposes. viso. How paid. vouchers. Further proviso. SEC. 3. The ten thousand dollars appropriated by this act for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan State Agricultural Society on presentation of a requisition signed by a majority of the executive committee of said society, accompanied by a certificate signed by the president and secretary of said society that the amount of ten thousand dollars has been awarded and paid in premiums upon exhibits at the annual fair in nineteen hundred seven, exclusive of any premiums Proviso, as to paid by said society for speed purposes: Provided, That within thirty days after the payment of the said ten thousand dollars by the State, the executive committee shall file vouchers with the Auditor General showing the amount of premiums paid on account of said fair in the year nineteen hundred seven: Provided, further, That in case the said premiums, exclusive of those paid by said society for speed purposes, shall amount to less than twenty thousand dollars, as shown by the vouchers thus filed with the Auditor General, the treasurer of said society shall accompany the vouchers with a draft in such an amount as added to the total payments represented by the vouchers will equal twenty thou sand dollars: And, Provided, further, That the ten thousand dollars appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, shall be subject to the same requirements as provided for the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight. No portion of the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, shall be paid to the treasurer of said Michigan State Agricultural Society unless the provision applicable to the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, shall have been complied with. Further proviso. Tax clause. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of ten thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of ten thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 11.] AN ACT to amend section four of act number fifty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to authorize the prosecuting attorney of Oakland county, Michigan, to appoint an assistant prosecuting attorney for said county, and prescribing his duties, powers and compensation." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amen ded. SECTION 1. That section four of act number fifty-six of Section the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to authorize the prosecuting attorney of Oakland county, Michigan, to appoint an assistant prosecuting attorney for said county, and prescribing his duties, powers and compensation," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 4. Said assistant prosecuting attorney shall receive Compensation. such compensation as the board of supervisors of said county shall direct. Approved March 6, 1907. [No. 12.] AN ACT to create a commission and define its powers and duties, and to make an appropriation for the purpose of making an historical and industrial exhibit upon the part of the State of Michigan at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition, to be held on the borders of Hampton Roads, Virginia, in the year nineteen hundred seven, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: created. SECTION 1. A commission is hereby constituted, to be Commission designated and known as the Board of Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition Managers for the State of Michigan, Members pointed to meet and organize. Secretary. Agents and employes. Treasurer's bond. Quorum. Proviso, rules, etc. Term, removal, vacancy. ap Per diem and expenses of members. which board shall consist of five residents of the State of Michigan, and the Governor shall be ex-officio a member of said board. SEC. 2. The members of said board shall be appointed by the Governor within thirty days after this act shall take effect and shall meet at such time and place as the Governor may direct, when said board shall organize by taking and filing their respective constitutional oaths of office, and the election from their own number of a president, a vice-president and treasurer. Said board shall elect a secretary who shall not be a member of the board, and appoint one assistant or private secretary whenever the board shall determine such appointment necessary. Said board is hereby empowered to employ such agents and employes as it may from time to time deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. Said treasurer may, when so directed by said board, bring suit in his name in any court of competent jurisdiction for the protection of the interests of the State of Michigan or the rights of said board. Said treasurer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall file with the Secretary of State a bond to the people of the State of Michigan in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of all his duties as such treasurer. Three members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business after it shall be duly organized. The board shall have power to make rules and regulations for its own government: Provided, Such rules and regulations shall not conflict with the regulations adopted by the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition. Said board of managers shall hold their office, subject to removal as hereinafter provided, from the date of their appointment to April one, nineteen hundred eight. Any member of the board may be removed at any time by the Governor for cause. Any vacancy which may occur in the membership of said board shall be filled by the Governor. The board of managers may be convened on the call of the president, and shall hold its meetings at such place as they shall designate. SEC. 3. The members of such board so appointed by the Governor shall be entitled, as compensation for their services while in the actual performance of their duties, to three dollars per day and their actual and necessary expenses of transportation, and the further sum of two dollars per day for subsistence for each day they are actually and necessarily absent from their respective homes on the business of said board. The Governor shall be reimbursed for his actual Compensation and necessary expenses. Said board is hereby empowered to fix the compensation of said secretary, his assistant or pri vate secretary and all agents and employes of said board. The expense of said commission shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by this act, and in such manner as in this act provided, and not otherwise. of secretary, etc. SEC. 4. The said board shall have charge of the exhibits Duty of board.. of the State and those of its citizens in the preparation and exhibition thereof at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of nineteen hundred seven, of the natural and industrial products of the State; of objects illustrating its his tory, progress, educational and material welfare and future development, and in all other matters relating to the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition; it shall communicate with the officers of, and obtain and disseminate through the State all necessary information regarding said exposition, and in general have and exercise full authority in relation to the participation of the State of Michigan and its citizens in the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of nineteen hundred seven. report, etc. SEC. 5. The said board shall make a report of its proceed- Quarterly ings and expenditures quarter yearly to the Governor, and at any time upon his written request, and at the expiration of their term of office shall make a final detailed report of receipts and expenditures to the Governor, said reports to be by him submitted to the legislature. drawn. SEC. 6. All moneys drawn from the State treasury of the Moneys, how sum appropriated by this act shall be upon the requisition. of the president and treasurer of the Board of Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition Managers, approved by the Governor on the warrant of the Auditor General on the treasury and accompanied by estimates of the expenses to the payments of which the money so drawn is to be applied, and no draft of money shall be made that shall make the amount in the hands of the treasurer of the board at one time more than two-thirds the amount of his bond to the State, and all moneys disbursed by the treasurer of the board shall be upon the order of the president of the board, countersigned by the secretary upon vouchers made in duplicate, containing an itemized statement of account and for what purpose the same is paid; and those accounts that are for traveling Accounts for expenses and subsistence shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the persons claiming the same that such amount has been actually paid, and for the items and purposes stated therein, and that no claim therefor has been made heretofore. One of each of all vouchers shall be kept by the treasurer in Voucher and duplicate. his office and the duplicate, together with abstracts of accounts current, shall be by him filed with the Auditor General, as provided by act number one hundred forty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, and amendments thereto. traveling expenses, etc. tion. SEC. 7. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions Appropriaof this act there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, out of any money in the State treasury the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary therefor: Provided, Proviso, adThat there may be drawn and expended out of the money building. hereby appropriated not to exceed seven thousand five hun ministration Proviso, re State. dred dollars to procure plans, material, build and furnish a State administration building and for maintaining the same. en the grounds of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition: Provided, That in no event or account shall the State of sponsibility of Michigan, or the said board created by this act, be held responsible or made liable for any sum in excess of the amount appropriated by this act, and in no event to damages to persons or property sustained by exhibitors or others: Provided, further, That if the commission is organized and in need of for immediate funds prior to July one, nineteen hundred seven, the Auditor General is hereby authorized to honor a requisition for such an amount within the limits of this act as the commission may certify is needed for immediate use, which sum thus advanced shall be deducted from the amount appropriated when the same becomes available. Further proviso, funds use. Disposal of property. Tax clause. SEC. 8. After the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition shall have been closed, the board of managers is hereby authorized to sell to the highest bidder the building and property then on the exposition grounds on the borders of Hampton Roads, belonging to the State of Michigan, depositing the money received therefor in the State treasury for the benefit of the general fund; and further, any money in the hands of the treasurer of the board of managers belonging to the State shall be paid by him to the State Treasurer, and his accounts fully settled within six months after the close of said Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition. SEC. 9. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of twenty thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Unlawful to use net, spear, etc. [No. 13.] AN ACT to regulate the taking and catching of fish in all lakes, rivers and streams in Benzie county. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take by net, spear or other device except by hook and line in hand any fish in any of the lakes, rivers or streams Proviso, as to within the county of Benzie, State of Michigan: Provided, spearing. That suckers, mullet and redside may be taken within the boundaries of said county with a spear from the fifteenth day |