tution of this State, and immediately necessary for the pres- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. Compensation of commissioner and deputy. Inspectors. [No. 98.] AN ACT to amend sections four, thirty-six and thirty-seven of act number two hundred eighty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended by act number thirtynine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a Department of Labor; to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," being sections five thousand three hundred twenty-five, five thousand three hundred fifty-seven and five thousand three hundred fifty-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections four, thirty-six and thirty-seven of act number two hundred eighty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended by act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a Department of Labor; to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; make appropriation for the maintenance of such department; and prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," being sections five thousand three hundred twenty-five, five thousand three hundred fifty-seven and five thousand three hundred fifty-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. The compensation of such commissioner shall be thirty-five hundred dollars per annum, and that of his deputy, two thousand dollars per annum, together with all necessary expenses, and the compensation of factory inspectors shall not exceed thirteen hundred dollars per annum, and the assistants or special canvassers or clerks in any office of the department shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by such commissioner. All such compensation and also the expense provided for in section one of this act, shall be aud ited and paid in the same manner as the salaries and expenses Proviso, limit. of other State officers: Provided, That the amount thereof, exclusive of the compensation allowed said commissioner and his deputy, shall not in any one year exceed the sum of sixtyfive thousand dollars, which sum shall defray the salaries and How paid. annual report. expenses of the department, including factory inspection, the tion. SEC. 36. The Commissioner of Labor is authorized to ap- Assistants. point such assistants as may be necessary for the proper administration of such free employment bureaus. All such assistants shall be under the control and direction of the Commissioner of Labor, and shall receive such compensation as he shall determine. All compensation for services and ex- Compensapenses provided for in this act, except the compensation allowed to the Commissioner and his deputy, shall be paid from the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars hereinafter appropriated under the provisions of section thirty-seven of this act. Such compensation and services shall be paid by the State How paid. Treasurer upon the warrant of the Auditor General in the same manner as other salaries and expenses are paid. SEC. 37. The sum of sixty-five thousand dollars is hereby Annual appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nine- appropriation. teen hundred eighteen, and for each fiscal year thereafter there is hereby appropriated the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars for the maintenance and support of said Department of Labor, and the Auditor General is hereby directed to annually add to and incorporate in the State tax to be levied each year, the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money appropriated by this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 19, 1917. 23 Assent to federal aid. Authority to etc. [No. 99.] AN ACT to provide for the construction, maintenance and The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Legislature of the State of Michigan hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress, approved July eleven, nineteen hundred sixteen, (thirty-nine Statute Laws three hundred fifty-five,) entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," and the good faith of the State is hereby pledged under the provisions of this act to make available from time to time sufficient funds to pay the State's portion of the cost of constructing and maintaining federal aided roads. The State Highway make surveys, Department of Michigan through the State Highway Commissioner is hereby authorized to make surveys, prepare plans and specifications and take charge of the building and maintaining of federal aided roads in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid act of Congress and the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture made thereunder and such amendments thereto as may from time to time be made. The State Highway Commissioner is further authorized to enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States Government relating to the construction and maintenance of rural post roads under the provisions of the said act of Congress, to submit such scheme or program of construction and maintenance as may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture, and do all other things necessary fully to carry out the cooperation contemplated and provided for by the said act. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to receive any and all moneys due the State of Michigan under the provisions of this act, and shall pay out the same under the orders of the Auditor General which shall be issued by said Auditor General upon orders of the State Highway Commissioner. Contracts, etc. Receipt and disbursement of moneys. Authority to raise funds. SEC. 2. Townships, good roads districts and counties are hereby authorized to raise funds, either by general taxation or bond issues, for the building of federal aided roads and to deposit their portion of the cost of such roads with the State Treasurer to be credited to the specific federal aid road project for which the money has been appropriated, which funds shall be paid out by the State Highway Commissioner together with funds appropriated by the State as the work of construction proceeds. Taxes for such purpose may be Bond issues. authorized, spread and collected, and bonds may be issued and sold, in the same manner, and subject to the same limitations and restrictions, as is or may be provided, in act two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended: Provided, however, That in no case shall the fur- Proviso, estinishing of estimates, plans or specifications by the board of mates, etc. county road commissioners for the construction, maintenance or improvement of a highway hereunder be regarded as necessary: Provided further, That the State Highway Commis- Further sioner shall upon written request by a board of supervisors or by a township board, or at his own option, furnish estimates, plans and specifications for any such improvement. The Accounting of State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to open and maintain a separate account with each road project for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. proviso. funds. cost counties to pay. SEC. 3. Counties working under the so-called county road Per cent of system having a valuation per trunk line mile of one hundred thousand dollars and less shall pay twenty-five per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile between one hundred thousand dollars and two hundred thousand dollars shall pay thirty per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile between two hundred thousand dollars and three hundred thousand dollars shall pay thirtyfive per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties hav ing a valuation per trunk line mile between three hundred thousand dollars and four hundred thousand dollars shall pay forty per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile between four hundred thousand dollars and five hundred thousand dollars shall pay forty-five per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; counties having a valuation per trunk line mile of five hundred thousand dollars and upwards shall pay fifty per cent of the cost of federal aided roads; in each case the State paying the re- State to pay mainder of the cost from the State funds appropriated for this purpose and from such funds as may be allotted to each project by the federal government. The cost of surveys and plans shall be paid by the State in accordance with the ruling of the Secretary of Agriculture. The valuation per trunk Valuation per line mile of any county shall be determined by dividing determined. the latest State equalized valuation by its allotted trunk line mileage, computed on the basis of the number of surveyed townships in each county, under the provisions of act three hundred thirty-four, Public Acts nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended. Townships and good roads districts shall pay Townships toward the construction of federal aided roads the same per- roads and good centages in accordance with their valuation per trunk line districts. mile as shown by the above schedule for counties. The valuation per trunk line mile of a township or good roads district shall be determined by dividing its assessed valuation as remainder. mile, how Proceedings legalized. Bonds. Moneys. Three per cent annual tax. Townships. Good roads districts. Accounting. Construction at price below bid. shown by the assessment roll of the last preceding year by the actual number of trunk line miles including proposed federal aided roads within its borders as determined and established by the State Highway Commissioner under the provisions of act three hundred thirty-four, Public Acts nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended. SEC. 4. All proceedings heretofore taken in any township, good roads district or county of the State for the purpose of raising money by taxation or by loan for the construction, maintenance or improvement of federal aided roads in accordance with the provisions of this act, are hereby declared to be as legal and valid as though the same were taken subsequent to the time that this measure becomes operative; and any and all bonds heretofore issued for such purpose and in accordance with this act shall be deemed to be valid subsisting obligations of the township, good roads district or county, as the case may be, as though authorized, issued and sold hereunder. Any and all moneys so raised and in the possession of the township, district or county shall be depos ited by the officials having control thereof with the State Treasurer as herein provided. SEC. 5. Townships, good roads districts and counties in which federal aided roads shall be built are hereby required to levy annually and raise by general taxation a sum equal to three per cent of the amount which said township, good roads district or county may have contributed toward the cost of building said federal aided roads, up to but not exceeding one hundred dollars a mile per year. It shall be the duty of the township board, in case such road is a township road, and said board is hereby authorized, to order such amount to be raised. In the event that such road is constructed, maintained or improved for a good roads district or a county, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to order spread the amount contemplated by the provisions of this section. The moneys so collected shall be paid into the State treasury not later than the last day of March of each calendar year, and credited to the maintenance fund for each specific federal aided road project for which the money was raised, to be paid out by the State Highway Commissioner, who is hereby authorized to maintain all federal aided roads in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of Agriculture, under the provisions of federal aid road act herein referred to and any amendments to the same that may hereafter be made. The remaining portion of the cost of maintaining federal aided roads shall be paid out of any State highway funds not otherwise appropriated. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to open and keep a separate maintenance account with each road project for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. SEC. 6. Any township, good roads district or county which has raised funds for building roads under the provisions of this act, may contract with the State Highway Commissioner |