Per capita tax. Act deemed ances to cover expenses, or both, as may seem proper, but the amount of any such salary or allowance shall not in any case exceed one hundred dollars per year. All provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted which shall define the powers and duties of the Adjutant General and of the Quartermaster General in regard to the Michigan national guard, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall define the powers and duties of such officers regarding the Michigan naval forces. In like manner, all provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted relating to the powers and duties of the State Military Board regarding the Michigan national guard, shall, unless inconsistent with the provisions of this act or contrary to regulations, be considered as defining the powers and duties of the State naval board in regard to the naval forces of the State. SEC. 36. For the purpose of providing the funds necessary for organizing, maintaining and equipping the naval forces of the State, authorized and established, it shall be the duty of the Auditor General, at the time of apportioning the State taxes, to apportion among the several counties of this State, in proportion to the whole amount of real and personal property therein, as equalized by the State Board of Equalization, a sum equal to two cents for each person, who it shall appear by the last preceding census was a resident of this State, which sum so apportioned shall be collected in the same manner as other State taxes and shall constitute and be designated as the State naval fund. All provisions of law not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, relative to the collecting and disbursing of the State military fund, as by law established and created, shall apply to and govern the collection and disbursement of the said State naval fund. From said State naval fund it shall be and may be lawful for the State naval board with the approval of the Governor, to pay and refund all sums paid and disbursed by any division or divisions of the naval forces, for expenses of the adjutant general's office of the quartermaster general's office, or for freight or transportation of arms or other articles of equipment loaned or furnished by the United States government. No moneys except those expressly apportioned by law for the use, support and maintenance of the naval forces of the State, shall be employed for any such purpose, and all moneys raised and appropriated for military purposes shall, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, be deemed to be raised and appropriated for the sole and exclusive use, support and maintenance of the land forces of the State. SEC. 37. This act shall be deemed to be supplemental to supplemental. the existing laws governing and affecting the militia and national guard of the State, and all provisions of law relating to the government, maintenance, equipment and discipline thereof shall apply equally to and govern the naval forces as a portion thereof, unless such provisions of law be inconsistent with the different nature of the service or contrary to the express provisions of this act. In construing such provisions of law, words or language strictly applicable to the land or military forces alone, by reason of their meaning, and having an equivalent in naval parlance, shall be construed and interpreted as meaning and intending such equivalent words or language. Whenever the laws of the State governing or affecting the militia or national guard, the laws of the United States relating to the government or discipline of the army of the United States, or the articles of war, or regulations governing the army, are referred to and made applicable to the national guard, the same shall be construed to mean, when applied to the naval forces, the laws of the United States relating to the government or discipline of the navy of the United States, or the articles of war of the navy, or the rules and regulations governing the navy, as the case may be. etc., who SEC. 38. The Quartermaster General, on written requisi- Uniforms, tion by the commanding officer of any division or subdivision to furnish, of the naval forces of the State, duly approved by the com- etc. mander of the battalion, shall furnish to such organization suitable uniforms, arms and equipment, including all suitable and proper armory equipment, and shall furnish to such organizations not equipped with an armory furnished by the State, a sum equal to the actual rental paid by such organization for armory accomodation, which shall include lighting, heating and janitor service: Provided, Such sum shall in no Proviso. case exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per year; and shall furnish to each organization of the naval forces of the State equipped with or sharing an armory furnished by the State, the cost of its proportion thereof of care and maintenance of such armory. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 150.] AN ACT to provide a tax to meet the amounts disbursed by the State for the current expenses of the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula and the Michigan Reformatory. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Auditor General shall add to and in- Current corporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred expenses. Tax clause. How paid out. seventeen the sum of one hundred ten thousand dollars for the purpose of reimbursing the State treasury for money disbursed under existing laws on account of current expenses for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula and the Michigan Reformatory, during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fifteen, by institutions, as follows: For the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula, the sum of fiftytwo thousand dollars; for the Michigan Reformatory, the sum of fifty-eight thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred eighteen the sum of eighty-four thousand dollars, for the purpose of reimbursing the State treasury for money disbursed under existing laws on account of current expenses for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula and the Michigan Reformatory, during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, by institutions, as follows: For the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula, the sum of thirtytwo thousand dollars; for the Michigan Reformatory, the sum of fifty-two thousand dollars. The money arising from the taxes levied under the provisions of this act shall, when collected, be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the same for the money previously expended. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated or disbursed by the provisions of law for which this tax is levied shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the proper board or officer of the respective institutions, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 151.] AN ACT to amend sections eleven, fifteen and sixteen of act number two hundred ninety-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to amend and revise act number two hundred eighty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled 'An act to create a commission to be known as the Public Domain Commission; to provide for the appointment of such a commission and to fix their terms of office; to prescribe their pow ers and duties; to make an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith,'" being sections four hundred fifty-five, four hundred fifty-nine and four hundred sixty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections eleven, fifteen and sixteen of act num- Sections ber two hundred ninety-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to amend and revise act number two hundred eighty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled 'An act to create a commission to be known as the Public Domain Commission; to provide for the apppointment of such a commission and to fix their terms of office; to prescribe their powers and duties; to make an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith,'" being sections four hundred fifty-five, four hundred fifty-nine and four hundred sixty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: agricultural SEC. 11. As soon as the State shall acquire absolute title Appraisal under existing laws the lands shall be under the control and sale. of said commission, and said commission may appraise and sell such lands as can be used for agricultural purposes, and it may cause such lands as are unfit for agricultural purposes to be used for forestry reserve purposes and at no time shall the amount set aside be less than two hundred thousand acres including present State forest reserves: Provided, Proviso. That in selecting a territory in which to establish a State land. forest reserve if there shall be found within the boundaries thereof one or more tracts or parcels of land that are suitable for agricultural purposes the Public Domain Commission shall not be required to appraise and sell such tract or tracts, but may include the same in the proposed forest reserve and may use the same for the purpose of reforestation or may apply it to any other use which in the judgment of the commission will best promote the interests of the State. They shall also have power to provide that Forest all homestead applications shall contain a provision which reserve. Appropriations. Proviso. will make it a part of the contract with the State that a certain number of acres of each forty acres homesteaded shall be set aside as an individual forest reserve. SEC. 15. For the purpose of providing funds for the carrying into effect of this act there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighteen, the sum of one hundred forty-two thousand five hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred nineteen, the sum of one hundred forty-two thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the Public Domain Commission is hereby authorized to expend in each of the fiscal years nineteen hundred eighteen and nineteen hundred nineteen the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of constructing a road over and across State lands in township number twenty-one north, range four west, in Roscommon county, said road to be built under the supervision of the State Highway Department. Any part of the twenty-five thousand dollars provided for the construction of said road, not used for that specific purpose, How paid out. shall revert to the general fund of the State. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the said Public Domain Commission on the warrant of the Auditor General, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe: Provided, That any moneys remaining in said appropriation other than providing for constructing road at the end of any fiscal year shall be annually transferred to the appropriation for the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the said Public Domain Commission may obtain money under this section before July first, nineteen hundred seventeen, 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 out from the total amount when the appropriation becomes available. Proviso, transfer of funds. Further proviso. Tax clause. SEC. 16. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seventeen the sum of one hundred forty-two thousand five hundred dollars and for the year nineteen hundred eighteen the sum of one hundred forty-two thousand five hundred dollars, which sums, 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. |