filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and When filed. the declaration of reincorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State, or the records thereof, or certified copies reincorpora of such records shall be prima facie evidence of the due and Evidence of This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 137.] AN ACT to authorize the State Board of Agriculture to hold Institutes and to Establish and Maintain Courses of Reading and Lectures for the instruction of citizens of this State in the various branches of Agriculture, Mechanic arts, Domestic Economy, and the Sciences relating thereto, and making an Appropriation therefor for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, and June thirty, nineteen hundred one, and to provide tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: ed to hold insti SECTION 1. That the State Board of Agriculture is hereby Board authoriz authorized to hold institutes and to establish and maintain tutes etc. courses of reading and lectures for the instruction of citizens of this State in the various branches of agriculture, mechanic arts, domestic economy, and the sciences relating thereto. rules and regu The said board shall formulate such rules and regulations as May formulate it shall deem proper to carry on the work contemplated in lations. this act, and may employ such agent or agents to perform such duties in connection therewith as it shall deem best. tutes to be SEC. 2. In each county where an instituțe society shall be Where instiorganized and maintained under the provisions of this act, held. the State Board of Agriculture shall annually hold at least one institute of at least two days in length. When twenty or more persons, residents of any county in this State, shall organize themselves into a society to be called the County Farmers' Institute Society, for the purpose of carrying out the objects of this act, and in accordance with rules and regulations furnished by the State Board of Agriculture, such society shall be deemed an institute society in the meaning of this act: Provided, That not more than one such in- Proviso. stitute society in any county shall be authorized by this act. The State Board of Agriculture shall hold one-day institutes in such counties of the State as it may deem expedient, but not to exceed four annually in any one county. The State Board of Agriculture may also hold, at such places and times as it may determine, special institutes, at which the primary Appropriation. Proviso. How paid. "To be incor tax. object shall be to furnish a school of instruction in the lines specified in section one of this act. SEC. 3. For the purposes mentioned in the preceding section, the State Board of Agriculture may use such sum as it shall deem proper, not exceeding the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, in the year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, and five thousand five hundred dollars in the year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred one: Provided, That two hundred dollars of this appropriation shall be available before June thirty, eighteen hundred ninety-nine. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture, 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. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State porated in State tax for the year eighteen hundred ninety-nine the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. To publish an. nual report. What to con. tain. Who to print report. SEC. 6. The State Board of Agriculture is further authorized to publish an annual report, to be known as the "Farmers' Institute Bulletin," of not to exceed two hundred fifty pages, which shall contain, besides statistical reports of the work done and expenditures incurred under this act, such addresses and discussions occurring at the meetings held under this act, as the Board of Agriculture shall deem of sufficient interest to warrant publication. The Board of State Auditors is hereby directed to print said report and to cause it to be bound in substantial binding, in the same manner as other reports are printed and bound, and in number sufficient to furnish one to each member of each County Farmers' Institute Society organized under this act, and not to exceed one thousand five hundred in addition for general distribution by the Board of Agriculture. The Secretary of State is furnished with hereby directed to ship by freight to the secretary of each regularly organized County Farmers' Institute Society a sufficient number of copies of said report to supply one to each member of such county societies. Members of -county societies report. Who to publish, etc., report for year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred ninety-nine. SEC. 7. The Board of Agriculture, the Board of State Auditors and the Secretary of State are hereby authorized and directed to publish, print, bind and distribute a similar report for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, as provided in section four, for future reports under this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 138.] AN ACT making Appropriations for Current Expenses, and Building and Special Purposes for the Michigan Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic, for the six months ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, and June thirty, nineteen hundred and one, and providing a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That there be and hereby is appropriated for Appropriation. the current expenses of the Michigan Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic for the six months ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the sum of twenty-seven thousand dollars; for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, the sum of fifty-three thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred and one, the sum of fifty-three thousand dollars. priation. SEC. 2. The further sum of fifty thousand six hundred fifty- Further approfive dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred, by amounts and purposes as follows: Ten thousand dollars for the purchase of two low used. hundred acres of land; fifteen hundred dollars for heating apparatus, complete, for one building; fifteen thousand dollars for the construction of one boiler house and chimney, two boilers and setting same, two live steam water purifiers and heaters, setting and connecting same, one boiler feed pump, six by four by six, thirteen hundred sixty feet ten inches steam main and setting at one dollar and fifty cents per foot, thirteen hundred sixty feet of six inch return pipe at one dollar and twenty-five cents per foot; ten thousand five hundred dollars for twelve hundred ten feet of covered passage way; nine hundred dollars for three hundred fifty feet of brick tunnel for steam pipe from covered way to boiler house; four thousand five hundred dollars for two one hundred H. P. engines and setting, two fifty K. W. dynamos, one twentyfive H. P. motor, one fifteen H. P. motor, one switch board, complete, for the same; four thousand dollars for ninety-seven rods of twelve inch tile sewer laid, and seventy rods of six inch tile sewer laid; one hundred seventy dollars for one hundred seventy feet eight inch iron sewer pipe and setting; one thousand dollars for cement walks; two hundred fifty dollars for one thousand fruit trees; ninety dollars for steel ceilings for repairs on rooms in cottages "A" and "B;" seven hundred forty-five dollars for triplex power pump and engine for pumping water from creek to boiler house; two thousand dollars for two fire escapes. The further sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June How paid. To be incor tax. thirty, nineteen hundred one, for the construction of one cottage complete. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic 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 with the porated in State State tax for the year eighteen hundred ninety-nine the sum of one hundred seventeen thousand one hundred fifty-five dollars; for the year nineteen hundred the sum of seventy-eight thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred and one the sum of thirteen thousand 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. Approved June 21, 1899. Title amended. Sections repealed. Sections amended. [No. 139.] AN ACT to amend the title to, and sections one and eight; and to repeal sections two, six and seven of act number two hundred twelve of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act Establishing a Home for the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines who served in the late civil war, their wives and mothers, and making appropriation for the erection and maintenance thereof," approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That the title of act number two hundred twelve of the session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act establishing a home for the soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the late civil war, their wives and mothers, and making appropriation for the erection and maintenance thereof," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read: An act to establish a home for widows, wives and mothers of soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Mexican war, or late civil war, making appropriation for its erection and maintenance, and regulating the government and management thereof. SEC. 2. Sections two, six and seven of said act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Sections one and eight of said act are hereby amended so as to read as follows: be erected. SECTION 1. There shall be erected upon the ground of the Dormitory to Michigan Soldiers' Home a dormitory building, cottage or cottages, not to cost when completed a sum to exceed twenty- Cost. five thousand dollars, for the care of widows, wives and Purpose. mothers of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors or marines who served in the Mexican war or the late civil war: Pro- Proviso. vided, That such widows or wives must have been married to such soldier, sailor or marine previous to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred seventy-five. admission. SEC. 8. The conditions as to eligibility for admission into Conditions for the home shall be: The husband or son of the applicant must have served in a Michigan regiment or have been accredited to the State of Michigan or have been a resident of the State on the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred eightyfour, and must have served in the army or navy of the United States during the Mexican or late civil war, and have been honorably discharged therefrom. Said applicant must be disabled by disease or otherwise, or without adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability, incapable of earning her living and dependent upon public or private charity. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 21, 1899. [No. 140.] AN ACT making Appropriations for the Michigan State Library for the six months ending June thirty, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, for the purchase of Books and Equipments, and for the Michigan Traveling Libraries, and to amend act twenty-five, Session Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, approved March twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That there be and hereby is appropriated for Appropriation. the purchase of books, pamphlets, papers, documents, and other matter for the library and for other purposes of benefit and advantage to said library to be expended with the advice and consent of the Governor, for the six months ending June thirty, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase of How used. books and equipment of the Michigan traveling libraries, for the six months ending June thirty, eighteen hundred ninetynine, the sum of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid. this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Treasury to the State Librarian, at such times and in such |