herein prescribed. The words "county treasurer," "prosecu- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 196.] AN ACT to create a commission and define its duties and powers and make an appropriation of money for the purpose of making an exhibit of the various manufactures and products of the State of Michigan at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri, in the year nineteen hundred four, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: how consti SECTION 1. That a commission be and is hereby consti- Commission, tuted, to be designated and known as the board of the Louisi- tuted. ana Purchase Exposition Managers for the State of Michigan, which board shall consist of five residents of the State of Michigan, and the Governor shall be ex-officio a member of said board. of board, etc. secretary. SEC. 2. The members of said board shall be appointed by Appointment the Governor within thirty days after this act shall take effect, and shall meet at such time and place as the Governor may appoint 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 To elect be a member of the board, and appoint one assistant or pri vate 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, Treasurer bring suit in his official name in any court of competent juris- suits. diction for the protection of the interests of the State of Michigan or the rights of said board. Said treasurer, before To file bond. he enters upon the duties of his office, shall file with the Secretary of State, a bond to the people of the State of Michi gan in the sum of forty 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 may bring Proviso. to make rules and regulations for its own government: Provided, Such rules and regulations shall not conflict with the regulations adopted by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Term of office. Said board of managers shall hold their offices, subject to removal as hereinafter provided, from the date of their appointment to April first, nineteen hundred five. 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. Vacancies, how filled. Compensation of board. 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 Of employes, and necessary expenses. Said board is hereby empowered to fix the compensation of said secretary, his assistant or private secretary, and all agents and employes of said board. The expense of said commission shall be paid out of the moneys appro priated by this act, and in such manner as in this act provided, and not otherwise. how fixed. Board to have charge of exhibits, etc. To make report. Moneys, how drawn. SEC. 4. The said board shall have charge of the exhibits of the State and those of its citizens in the preparation and exhibition thereof at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of nineteen hundred four, of the natural and industrial products of the State, and of objects illustrating its history, progress, educational and material welfare and future development, and in all other matters relating to the said Louisiana Purchase 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 Louisiana Purchase Exposition of nineteen hundred four. SEC. 5. The said board shall make a report of its proceedings 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. SEC. 6. All the moneys drawn from the State treasury of the sum appropriated by this act shall be upon the requisition of the president and treasurer of the Board of Louisiana Purchase 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 expenses and subsistence shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person claiming the same, that such sum 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 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. propriated. use of certain SEC. 7. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Amount apthis act there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, out of any money in the State treasury the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary therefor: Provided, Proviso as to That there may be drawn and expended out of the money amount. hereby appropriated not to exceed twenty thousand dollars to procure plans, material, build and furnish an adequate State administration building, and for maintaining the same on the grounds of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Provided, That in no event or account shall the State of Proviso. Michigan, or the said board created by this act, be held responsible or be made liable for any sum in excess of the amount appropriated by this act, and in no event for damages to persons or property sustained by exhibitors or others: Provided further, That if the commission is organized Further proand in need of funds prior to July first, nineteen hundred three, 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. viso. may sell cer SEC. 8. After the Louisiana Purchase Exposition shall When board have been closed, the board of managers is hereby author- tain property. ized to sell to the highest bidder, the building and property then on the exhibition grounds at St. Louis 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 three months after the close of said Louisiana Purchase Exposition. SEC. 9. To raise the sum necessary to replace the amount Tax raised for of money drawn from the treasury by authority of this act, appropriation. there shall be assessed upon the taxable property of the This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Appointment of deputies. number. Proviso as to removal. [No. 197.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number twenty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of illuminating oils manufactured from petroleum or coal oils, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-seven, laws of eighteen hundred seventy-nine, as amended by act number forty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, act number twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-three, act number seventy-one of the laws of eighteen hundred ninetyone, and act number ninety-four of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-three." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number twenty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of illuminating oils manufactured from petroleum or coal oils, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-seven, laws of eighteen hundred seventynine, as amended by act number forty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, act number twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-three, act number seventy-one of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and act number ninety-four of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-three," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. The State inspector provided for in this act is hereby empowered to appoint a suitable number of depuProviso as to ties: Provided, That the number of said deputies so appointed shall not exceed twenty-six, which deputies are hereby empowered to perform the duties of inspection, and shall be liable to the same penalties as the State inspector: Provided, further, That the State inspector may remove any of said deputies for reasonable cause. It shall be the duty of the inspector and his deputies to provide themselves at their own expense with the necessary instruments and apparatus for testing the quality of said illuminating oils, and when called upon for that purpose to promptly inspect all oils herein before mentioned, and to reject for illuminating Who to provide testing apparatus. purposes all oils which will emit a combustible vapor at a temperature of one hundred and twenty degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer: Provided, The quantity of oil used in the Proviso. flash test shall not be less than half a pint. The oil tester adopted shall be the Foster automatic tester cup, with the lighted wick placed inside the tube, and under the thimble which shall be used by the inspector and his deputies. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 10, 1903. [No. 198.] AN ACT to prevent acts of gross indecency perpetrated by male persons upon male persons and provide a punishment therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: violation. SECTION 1. That any male person who in public or private Penalty for commits or is a party to the commission of or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of any act of gross indecency with another male person shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in the State prison for not more than five years or by fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the court. Approved June 10, 1903. [No. 199.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Eastern Michigan Asylum at Pontiac for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, for building and special purposes, to make an appropriation for a deficiency in the appropriation made by section three, act ninety, public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, for an electric light plant, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: tion. SECTION 1. The sum of thirty-four thousand four hundred Appropriafifty-five dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, for purposes and |