For specific purposes. sand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of forty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of thirteen thousand two hundred ninety dollars is hereby appropriated by amounts and for purposes as follows: Eleven thousand nine hundred ninety dollars for improvements and repairs; five hundred dollars for furniture and bedding; five hundred dollars for library books and supplies; and three hundred dollars for Proviso as to industrial training supplies: Provided, That the board of obtaining advanced control of said school may obtain money under this section moneys. before July first, nineteen hundred seven, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available. How paid. Tax clause. 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 State Public School, 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 in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of fifty-three thousand two hundred ninety dollars and for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of forty thousand dollars, which sum 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. Delinquent tax lands by whom deeded. [No. 119.]. AN ACT to authorize the Auditor General to deed certain delinquent tax lands to the city of Grand Rapids. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Upon filing with the Auditor General due when, to and proof that the city of Grand Rapids is the owner of the fee of the lands hereinafter specified, and upon receiving payment of the amount due for State taxes, interest and charges thereon, the said Auditor. General shall, within one year from the date this act shall take effect, deed to the city of Grand Rapids the following described lands, to-wit: Lots one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve, and the east nine feet of lot thirteen, all in block eighteen, and lots twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty Lands specified. three, twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six and lot five, all convey tax lien. [No. 120.] AN ACT making appropriations for special purposes for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal Amount of appropriation. year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula, the sum of nine thousand eight hundred dollars for purposes and amounts as follows: Five hundred ninety dol- Purposes. lars for farm, garden, stock and grounds; six hundred seventy-five dollars for engineer's department; six hundred twenty-five dollars for cold storage room; one hundred sixty dollars for extractor for laundry; five hundred dollars for galvanized cornice; four hundred fifty dollars for ceiling and plastering engine room; six hundred dollars for approach to gate; two thousand dollars for general repairs; four thou sand two hundred dollars for the following described land, namely: Southeast quarter of southwest quarter and lots two and four, all in section thirty-six, town forty-eight north, range twenty-five west, Marquette county, Michigan, being ninety-two and fifty one hundredths acres more or less: Pro- Proviso as to vided, That if the amount designated in this section for any propriations. one purpose stated be insufficient 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 of the Auditor General in writing before any expense in excess of the specified appropriation is incurred, be used in the amount or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable; the intent of this proviso being to make the entire nine thousand eight hundred dollars available for the purposes stated herein if in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and of the Auditor General, it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made, transfer of ap How and when paid. Tax clause. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the warden of the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula, 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. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of nine thousand eight hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Probate register, by whom ap pointed, salary. Term of office, duties. [No. 121.] AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a probate register for the county of Keweenaw, to prescribe his duties and to fix his compensation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The board of supervisors of Keweenaw county shall have power to authorize the probate judge to appoint a probate register for said county, who shall receive such annual salary, payable monthly from the county treasury, as the board of supervisors shall prescribe, which shall be not to exceed one thousand dollars. SEC. 2. Such probate register shall be appointed by the probate judge and shall hold office during the pleasure of such probate judge, and shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath and file the same with the county clerk, when he shall have power to receive petitions, fix the time for hearings, administer oaths, and do all other acts required of the probate judge, except judicial acts, and shall receive no other fees than are now prescribed by general law for judges of probate. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 122.] AN ACT relative to gifts for religious, educational, charitable and benevolent purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: etc., not in certain in trustee, if SECTION 1. No gift, grant, bequest or devise to religious, Gift, grant, educational, charitable or benevolent uses which shall in other validated for respects be valid under the laws of this State, shall be invalid reasons. by reason of the indefiniteness or uncertainty of the persons designated as the beneficiaries thereunder in the instrument creating the same, nor by reason of the same contravening any statute or rule against perpetuities. If in the instru- Title to vest ment creating such a gift, grant, bequest or devise, there named. is a trustee named to execute the same, the legal title to the lands or property given, granted, devised or bequeathed for such purposes, shall vest in such trustee. If no trustee when court shall be named in said instrument, or if a vacancy occurs in to appoint the trusteeship, then the trust shall vest in the court of chancery for the proper county, and shall be executed by some trustee appointed for that purpose by or under the direction of the court; and said court may make such orders or decrees as may be necessary to vest the title to said lands or property in the trustee so appointed. of chancery SEC. 2. The court of chancery for the proper county shall Jurisdiction have jurisdiction and control over the gifts, grants, bequests court. and devises in all cases provided for by section one of this act. The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the of prosecutor. court of chancery shall have jurisdiction and control shall represent the beneficiaries in all cases where they are un certain or indefinite, and it shall be his duty to enforce such Duty of. trusts by proper proceedings in the court, but he shall not be required to perform any duties in connection with such [No. 123.] AN ACT to amend act number one hundred ninety-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to prohibit the use of ferrets in hunting or killing rabbits in certain counties in this State." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred nine- Section amended. ty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled Use of ferrets prohibited in! certain counties. "An act to prohibit the use of ferrets in hunting or killing rabbits in certain counties of this State," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons to use a ferret for the purpose of hunting or killing rabbits in the counties of Tuscola, Lapeer, Cass, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Paw Paw township in Van Buren, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Ingham, except in the city of Lansing and Lansing and Meridian townships, Lake, Livingston, Washtenaw, Calhoun, Ottawa, Clinton, Kent, Macomb, Barry, Jackson, Monroe, and in the county of Allegan except in the townships of Saugatuck, Ganges and Casco. Approved June 4, 1907. Safeguard on corn huskers. Penalty for violation. [No. 124.] AN ACT requiring corn huskers to be protected by an automatic feeder or other safety device, and making the sale or use thereof, unless so protected, a misdemeanor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation, or for any officer or agent thereof, to sell or offer for sale, or to use within the State of Michigan, the machine commonly known as a corn husker, unless the same is safeguarded by an automatic feeder or other safety device, that shall compel the person, or persons, feeding said machine, to stand at a reasonably safe distance from the snapping rollers, and designed effectually to protect the person or persons operating the same from bodily injury while engaged in such operation. SEC. 2. Any person, partnership, association or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, who shall be found guilty of a violation of the provisions of section one of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Approved June 5, 1907. |