Sections amended. No child under 14 years of age in factories. Persons employing chil dren to keep register. When unlawful to employ chil dren under 16 years of age. [No. 77.] AN ACT to amend Sections two and fifteen of act number one hundred eighty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of all Manufacturing Establishments and Workshops in this State, and to provide for the enforcement, regulation and Inspection of such Establishments, and the Employment of Women and Children therein," approved May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, being sections five thousand three hundred forty-three and five thousand three hundred fifty-six of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That sections two and fifteen of act one hundred eighty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of all manufacturing establishments and workshops in this State, and to provide for the enforcement, regulation and inspection of such establishments, and the employment of women and children therein," approved May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, being sections five thousand three hundred forty-three and five thousand three hundred fifty-six of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. No child under fourteen years of age shall be to be employed employed in any manufacturing establishment within this State. It shall be the duty of every person employing children to keep a register, in which shall be recorded the name, birthplace, age and place of residence of every person employed by him under the age of sixteen years, and that no child shall be employed between the hours of six o'clock p. m. and seven o'clock a. m.; and it shall be unlawful for any manufacturing establishment to hire or employ any child under the age of sixteen years without there is first provided and placed on file a sworn statement made by the parent or guardian, stating the age, date and place of birth of said child, and that the child can read and write. If said child have no parent or guardian, then such statement shall be made by the child, which statement shall be kept on file by the employer, and which said register and statement shall be produced for inspection on demand made by any factory inspector appointed under this act: Provided, That in the city of Detroit all sworn statements must be made before a deputy factory inspector. Proviso. Commissioner of Labor to make annual inspection of factories. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the Commissioner of Labor is hereby authorized and required to cause at least one annual inspection of the manufacturing establishments or factories in this State. Such amount. viso as to report inspection may be by the Commissioner of Labor, the deputy commissioner of labor, or such other persons as may be appointed by the Commissioner of Labor for the purpose of making such inspection. Such persons shall be under the control. and direction of the Commissioner of Labor and are especially charged with the duties imposed and shall receive such com- Compensation. pensation as shall be fixed by the Commissioner of Labor, not to exceed three dollars a day, together with all necessary expenses. All compensation for services and expenses provided for in this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Auditor General: Provided, That not more Proviso as to than fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended in such inspection in any one year: And provided further, That the Com- Further promissioner of Labor shall present to the Governor on or before of inspectors. the first day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and annually thereafter, a report of such inspection with such recommendation as may be necessary: And provided further, Number of reThat in addition to the above amount allowed for expenses, there may be printed not to exceed one thousand copies of such reports for the use of the labor bureau for general distribution. And all printing, binding, blanks, stationery, supplies or map work shall be done under any contract which the State now has or shall have for similar work with any party or parties, and the expense thereof shall be audited and paid for in the same manner as other State printing. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 17, 1899. ports limited. [No. 78.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the printing of certain reports and maps under the direction of the State Board of Geological Survey. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That the Board of Geological Survey, as constituted by act number sixty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, as amended, is hereby authorized to order the publication of the reports which it is by aforesaid act authorized to acquire. By publication is understood to be included the printing, and at their discretion electrotyping, of the reports above mentioned, and the preparation of the illustrations and maps thereto appertaining; the printing, binding, electrotyping, engraving and other preparation the said board is hereby authorized to have performed in similar form to Board authorreports, etc. ized to publish Bills for expense, how paid. Proviso. Further proviso. Further proviso. previous volumes of their reports or in such less expensive form as said board shall determine. SEC. 2. Bills for expenses incurred under the provisions of section one of this act shall after approval by the board be presented to the Board of State Auditors and after allowance by them, audited by the Auditor General and paid from the general fund: Provided, That the first edition of no report shall exceed fifteen hundred copies: And provided further, That no subsequent edition shall be authorized until the number of copies at the disposal of the State shall be reduced to less than twenty copies: And provided further, That said board is not authorized to incur any obligation under this act in excess of four thousand dollars which sum is hereby appropriated to carry out the provisions hereof. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 79.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of taxes, fines, penalties, license and other fees, and the requirement of certificates of authority in certain cases, of fraternal societies and insurance corporations organized in other states and having agents in this State. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whenever by the existing or future laws of any state an insurance corporation of this State, or agent thereof, shall be required to make any deposit of securities in such other state for the protection of the policy holders or otherwise, or to make payment for taxes, fines, penalties, certificates of authority, valuation of policies, license fees or otherwise, greater than the amount required by the laws of this State from similar corporations of such state established or heretofore having established an agency or agencies in this State, the insurance companies of such state shall be and they are hereby required to make a like deposit for the like purposes in the insurance department of this State, and to pay the Commissioner of Insurance for taxes, fines, penalties, certificates of authority, valuation of policies, license fees and otherwise, a rate equal to the amount of such charges and payments imposed by the laws of such other state upon similar corporations of this State and the agents thereof. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 17, 1899. [No. 80.] AN ACT to prevent and punish the pollution and contamination of the waters of the stream known as Wolf Creek, in Lenawee county, Michigan, and the tributaries thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Unlawful to pollute waters SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wilfully or in any other manner knowingly to befoul, pollute, of Wolf creek. contaminate, in any manner, so as to render said water offensive for drinking purposes, the waters of that stream situated in the townships of Adrian, Rome and Cambridge, Lenawee county, Michigan, and known commonly as Wolf Creek, or any tributary thereof situated in said county, at any place in said stream above the dam from which the water supply of the city of Adrian is taken. SEC. 2. Whoever mischievously, maliciously or wilfully Idem. puts any dead animal, carcass or part thereof, or any other putrid, nauseous, noisome or offensive substance in said stream or its tributaries, or in any other manner befouls the waters of said stream or its tributaries in an unwholesome or offensive manner, or shall drain the contents of any barnyard, waste factory products or other unwholesome substance, into the water of said stream or its tributaries, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this act. SEC. 3. Any person convicted of a violation of this act shall Penalty for viobe punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and lation. not less than five dollars, and costs of prosecution; and in default of the payment of said fine and costs, he shall be imprisoned in the jail of Lenawee county not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. [No. 81.] AN ACT to amend sections twelve, nineteen, twenty, twentyseven, twenty-eight and thirty-one of act number one hundred twenty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the government of the Michigan Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane and the inmates therein, and to repeal act number ninety, laws of eighteen hundred eighty-three, and all acts amendatory thereto, and all that portion of act number one hundred forty, laws of eighteen hundred ninety-one which conflicts with this act, being an act entitled 'An act to provide for a State Board of Inspectors who shall perform the duties now performed by the Advisory Board in matters of pardons, and who shall have the complete management and control of the State Prison at Jackson, the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, the Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals at Ionia, the Branch of the State Prison at Marquette, the Reform School for Boys at Lansing, and the Industrial Home for Girls at Adrian, and to abolish all existing Boards, and to annul all existing appointments," being sections one thousand nine hundred sixty-five, one thousand nine hundred seventy-two, one thousand nine hundred seventy-three and one thousand nine hundred eighty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That sections twelve, nineteen, twenty, twentyseven, twenty-eight and thirty-one of act number one hundred twenty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, entitled "An act to provide for the government of the Michigan Asylum for the Dangerous and Criminal Insane and the inmates therein, and to repeal act number one hundred ninety, laws of eighteen hundred eighty-three, and all acts amendatory thereto, and all of that portion of act one hundred forty, laws of eighteen hundred ninety-one, which conflicts with this act, being an act entitled 'An act to provide for the State Board of Inspectors, who shall perform the duties now performed by the Advisory Board in matters of pardons, and who shall have the complete management and control of the State Prison at Jackson, the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, the Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals at Ionia, the branch of the State Prison at Marquette, the Reform School for Boys at Lansing and the Industrial Home for Girls at Adrian, and to abolish all existing boards and to annul all existing appointments,"" as amended by act number one hundred nineteen, public acts of eight |