Penalty for violation. county, from the fifteenth day of November to the thirtieth day of the same month, inclusive. SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county in which the offense shall be committed, for a period of not less than ten nor more than thirty days or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 18, 1907. Hedges, trimming of, height, etc. Trimmings removed. Penalty for violation. [No. 166.] AN ACT to compel the trimming of hedges or hedge rows. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant or person having charge of lands in this State, to cut or trim, or cause to be cut or trimmed, to a height not exceeding four and one-half feet and a width not to exceed three feet, all hedges or hedge rows along, or on the public highway, or adjacent thereto, in each and every year, except such hedges as shall have been set out for the protection of fruit trees and nursery stock. Trimmings or brush from such hedge rows shall not be left lying within the limits of the highway, but shall be forthwith removed. SEC. 2. Any owner, occupant or person having charge of lands who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, on conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not more than ten dollars, together with the cost of prosecution, and in default of payment of the same shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county where the land is situated, for a period not exceeding twenty days. Ordered to take effect September first, nineteen hundred eight. Approved June 18, 1907. [No. 167.] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of companies for the purpose of prospecting for, manufacturing or refining oil. The People of the State of Michigan enact: with certain SECTION 1. Any number of persons, not less than three, Number may desiring to become incorporated for the purpose of prospect. incorporate. ing for, manufacturing or refining oil, may, by complying with all the provisions of act number one hundred thirteen To comply of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, being act. chapter one hundred eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of companies for mining, smelting or manufacturing iron, copper, silver, mineral coal and other ores and minerals, and to fix the duties and liabilities of such corporations," and the acts amendatory thereof, with their successors and assigns, may become a body politic and corporate with all the powers, duties and liabilities of corporations organized under the act above mentioned: Provided however, That the capital stock of Proviso, such corporation may be not less than five thousand dollars capital stock, nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars, the par value of the shares to be not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each share. Approved June 18, 1907. limit, etc. [No. 168.] AN ACT to provide for the raising of funds by taxation or the sale of bonds for the improvement of highways in counties or parts of counties, which have adopted the county road system. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amount may tax under. SECTION 1. All counties or parts of counties which shall County road have adopted the county road system, may raise by tax for System; the improvement of the highways in the road district so con- raise by stituted, not exceeding two dollars on each one thousand dollars of the assessed valuation upon the assessment rolls of the county or district for the preceding year, except in Wayne county, which shall not exceed fifty cents on each one thousand dollars of the assessed valuation. SEC. 2. All counties or parts of counties in the State, May issue which have adopted the county road system, may issue bonds for the payment of the improvement of such highways Proviso, issue, as the commissioners of highways decide to make: Prohow approved. vided, Such issue is approved by a vote of the electors of such county or district: Provided further, That such bonds. are not issued in excess of three per cent of the valuation of the property assessable for the said highway improve Further proviso, limit. How applied. Election on question of issue. How governed. Further proviso, general election. ment. SEC. 3. Such bonds shall not run for longer then twenty years, nor be sold for less than par, and it is further provided that the funds arising from the sale of such bonds shall be applied solely to the building of improved highways under the control of the road commissioners for the county or road district. SEC. 4. It is further hereby provided that the board of supervisors in the county may order an election on the question of issuing such bonds in the county or road district on petition of twenty-five freeholders residing in the territory affected, and such election may be held under the provisions of the general election laws. SEC. 5. It is further provided that, if a general election be held within six months of the filing of such a petition as is referred to above, the question of issuance of such bonds shall be submitted at such election, but if not, a special election for this question may be called by the board of supervisors. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. [No. 169.] AN ACT to amend sections one, two, three, ten and seventeen, of act number one hundred thirteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, as amended by act number one hundred seventy-one, public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of manufacturing establishments, workshops, hotels and stores in this State; to provide for the regulation of such establishments, and the employment of women and children therein; to regulate the conduct of sweatshops, so-called; to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this act; and to make an appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the same." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one, two, three, ten and seventeen of act number one hundred thirteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, as amended by act number one hundred seventy-one, public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of manufacturing estab lishments, workshops, hotels and stores, in this State; to provide for the regulation of such establishments, and the employment of women and children therein; to regulate the conduct of sweatshops, so-called; to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this act; and to make an appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the same," is hereby amended to read as follows: limited for females. SEC. 1. No male under the age of eighteen years and no Hours of female shall be employed in any manufacturing establish- employment ment in this State for a longer period than sixty hours in minors and any one week, unless for the purpose of making necessary repairs to machinery in order to avoid the stoppage of the ordinary running of such establishments, and that no male under the age of eighteen years and no female shall be employed in any store in the State, employing more than ten persons, for a longer period than sixty hours in any one week: Provided, That no more than ten hours shall be exacted from Proviso. such male minor or female on any day unless for the purpose of making a shorter workday on the last day of the week. A of children. what to SEC. 2. No child under the age of twenty-one years shall Employment be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any theatre, concert hall or place of amusement where intoxicating liquors are sold, and no child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed in any mercantile institution, store, office, hotel, laundry, manufacturing establishment, passenger or freight elevator, factory or workshop, telegraph or messenger service within this State. It shall be the duty Register, of every person employing children to keep a register in which contain. shall be recorded the name, birthplace, age and place of residence of every person employed by him or her 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. in any manufacturing establishment or workshop in this State and it shall be unlawful for any mercantile institution, store, office, hotel, laundry, manufacturing establishment, work. When unshop, telegraph or messenger service or any person coming employ, etc. within the provisions of this act 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 the English language: Provided, however, That if said child has been Proviso, as to born in a foreign country, not having been a resident of the United States for three years prior to the application for permit to be employed between the age of fourteen and sixteen years a permit shall be issued to said child upon proof that said child can read and write. If said child have no Statement, how made, parent or guardian then said statement shall be made by where filed. lawful to foreign born. Further proviso. Age restriction for dangerous etc. the child, which statement shall be kept on file by the employer, and be returned to the child upon leaving his employ, and which said register and statement shall be produced for inspection on demand of any factory inspector appointed under this act: Provided further, That in the city of Detroit and the city of Grand Rapids all sworn statements shall be made before a deputy factory inspector. SEC. 3. No female under the age of twenty-one years and. no male under the age of eighteen years shall be employed employment, by any person, firm or corporation at employment whereby his or her life or limb is endangered, or health likely to be injured, or his or her morals may be depraved by such employment and that no such male or female. shall be allowed to clean machinery while in motion. Wash and dressing rooms. Where both sexes are employed. Proviso, in hotels. Permit for certain etc. SEC. 10. Every manufacturing establishment, workshop, hotel or store in which five or more persons are employed, and every institution in which two or more children, young persons or women are employed, shall be supplied with proper wash and dressing rooms, and kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy, or other nuisance, and shall be provided within reasonable access with a sufficient number of proper water closets, earth closets or privies for the reasonable use of persons employed therein, at least one of such closets for each twenty-five persons employed; and wherever two or more persons and one or more female persons are employed as aforesaid, a sufficient number of separate and distinct water closets, earth closets or privies shall be provided for the use of each sex, and plainly so designated and no person shall be allowed to use any such closet or privy assigned to persons of the other sex: Provided, That in all hotels where sleeping rooms are provided for female help such rooms shall have proper heat and ventilation. SEC. 17. No room or apartment in any tenement or dwellmanufacturing ing house shall be used for the manufacture of coats, vests, in tenements, trousers, knee pants, overalls, skirts, dresses, cloaks, hats, caps, suspenders, jerseys, blouses, waists, waist-bands, underwear, neckwear, furs, fur trimmings, fur garments, shirts, hosiery, purses, feathers, artificial flowers, cigarettes or cigars, and no person, firm or corporation shall hire or employ any persons to work in any room, apartment or in any building or parts of buildings, at making, in whole or in part, any of the articles mentioned in this section, without first obtaining a written permit from the factory inspector, or one What to state, of his deputies, stating the maximum number of persons allowed to be employed therein and that the building or part of building intended to be used for such work or business is thoroughly cleaned, sanitary and fit for occupancy for such work or business. Such permit shall not be granted until an inspection of such premises is made by the factory Revocation of. inspector or one of his deputies. Said permit may be re |