This act to apply to all prisoners. Who to provide blanks. Power of governor be accompanied by such recommendations as the board may SEC. 14. The provisions of this act, in so far as they per- SEC. 15. The Secretary of the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons is hereby authorized to provide all blanks required for the proper execution of the provisions of this act after the forms for such blanks have been approved by the Governor and the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons. SEC. 16. Nothing in this act shall be construed to internot impaired, etc. fere or impair the power of the Governor to grant pardons or commutations of sentence; nor shall anything herein contained be construed to interfere with the right of any person who may be serving out a term of imprisonment in any penal institution in this State by virtue of a sentence imposed under any law heretofore or now in force. Act repealed. SEC. 17. Act number one hundred thirty-six of the public Appropriation. How used. Transfer of funds. [No. 185.] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Asylum for The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated the sum of fourteen thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the use of the State Asylum for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six for the purposes and amounts as follows: For water supply and fire protection, ten thousand dollars; for dynamo room, eight hundred dollars; for laundry machinery, eight hundred dollars; for horses, five hundred dollars; for drainage, five hundred dollars; for books, one hundred fifty dollars; for refrigerator one thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. If the amount designated in section one for any of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work, any surplus remaining after the completion of any other work specified in section one, may be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing before any expense in } excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire fourteen thousand two hundred fifty dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State Board of Correction and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid. this act shall be paid out of the State Treasury to the treasurer of the State Asylum 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. rated in state tax. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State To be incorpotax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of fourteen thousand two hundred fifty 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. [No. 186.] AN ACT to authorize the sale of State tax lands located within the limits of the city of Saginaw and other lands located within the limits of said city and bid off to the State for unpaid taxes and now held by the State, at less than the total of taxes, interest and other charges against said lands, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: When unpaid paid. for reduction of SECTION 1. Any person owning any lands in the city of Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw, upon which the taxes are taxes may be unpaid for the year A. D., nineteen hundred, and prior years, may, at any time after this act shall take effect, pay said taxes in accordance with the provisions of the general tax laws of the State of Michigan: Provided, Any person owning any Proviso, may lands, or in which he has any interest, within the corporate petition council limits of the city of Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw, upon taxes, etc. which taxes are unpaid for the year A. D., nineteen hundred, and prior years, or cancelled or set aside for those years and thereafter reassessed, may at any time after this act shall take effect, by petition in writing, apply to the common council of the city of Saginaw for a reduction of the total amount of city taxes, interest and charges against said lands at the time of said application; and the common council of the Council may city of Saginaw is hereby authorized and empowered by the applicant. settle with Resolution of council. to treasurer, get receipt. provisions of this act to settle with said applicant the amount of the city taxes, interest and charges, upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem best, and may remit, compromise and adjust the city taxes on said lands of the applicant upon any terms and conditions which in its judgment are advisable. Should a compromise settlement be recommended by the common council, the terms and conditions upon which the settlement of the city taxes with said applicant on said land or lands are to be made, shall be set forth in a resolution in writing, and adopted by a majority vote of the common council of Applicant to pay the city of Saginaw. In all settlements of city taxes made under the provisions of this act the applicant shall pay the amount agreed upon to the treasurer of the city of Saginaw and obtain a receipt therefor, and the applicant, upon presenting said receipt, showing that he has paid in full the amount provided in said resolution, together with a certified copy of said resolution, to the Auditor General of the State of Michigan, and paying to the Auditor General the total amount of State and county taxes, together with interest and charges thereon against said lands, at the time said application shall be made, thereupon the Auditor General shall execute a receipt or receipts, certificate or conveyance, whereby said lands held by the State at the time said application was made, shall be transferred to the applicant and wholly relieved from all liens for such tax as for such years, subject to the provisions of the general tax laws of the State. When auditor general to ex ecute conveyance, etc. State tax lands, where subject to sale. Proviso as to to purchase. Council may settle with applicant. SEC. 2. All lands within the corporate limits of the city of Saginaw held by the State as State tax lands, or as State bids, for the year A. D. nineteen hundred, and prior years, shall be subject to sale at the office of the Auditor General to any person applying therefor, subject to the general tax laws of the State: Provided, Any person desiring to purchase any persons desiring of said lands or State bids for said years may, at any time after this act shall take effect, by petition in writing, apply to the common council of the city of Saginaw for a reduction of the total amount of city taxes, interest and charges against said lands at the time of said application, and the common council of the city of Saginaw is hereby authorized and empowered by the provisions of this act to adjust with said applicant the amount of the city taxes, interest and charges, upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem best, and may remit, compromise and adjust the city taxes on said lands of the applicant upon any terms and conditions which in its judgment are advisable. Should a compromise settlement be recommended by the common council, the terms and conditions upon which the settlement of the city taxes with said applicant on said land or lands are to be made, shall be set forth in a resolution in writing and adopted by a majority vote of the common council of the city of Saginaw. In all settlements of city taxes made under the provisions of this act, the applicant shall pay the amount agreed upon to the treasurer of the city of Saginaw and obtain a receipt therefor, Resolution. general to ex and the applicant, upon presenting said receipt showing that he has paid in full the amount provided in said resolution, together with a certified copy of said resolution, to the Auditor General of the State of Michigan, and paying to the When auditor Auditor General the total amount of State and county taxes, ecute deed, etc. together with interest and charges thereon against said lands, at the time said application shall be made, thereupon the Auditor General shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a receipt, certificate or deed, conveying all the right, title and interest of the State to such tax land or lands acquired or accrued by virtue of the original sale or sales of said land or lands to the State, subject to the provisions of the general tax laws of the State. SEC. 3. All moneys paid to the Auditor General under the Moneys, how applied. provisions of this act shall be applied as provided by the general tax laws of this State, ånd all moneys paid to the city treasurer shall by the treasurer of the city of Saginaw be apportioned between the several funds to which they belong: Provided, That from all moneys realized under this act from Proviso. any property against which there is a tax for local improvements, said local improvement tax shall first be satisfied, and the balance apportioned among the several funds as above. undivided share SEC. 4. Any person owning an undivided share, or other How owner of part of any real estate assessed in one description, may pay may pay city tax. the city tax, if authorized by the common council, by paying on each part thus owned the amount of city tax having the same relation to the whole city tax as the part on which payment is made has to the whole parcel. The person making such payment shall accurately describe the part on which he makes payment, and if the lands of two or more persons have been assessed together, the common council or the Auditor General, if practicable, may separate the same and apportion to each parcel its just proportion of the taxes, interest and charges. act. SEC. 5. None of the taxes assessed for any year subsequent Taxes affected by to nineteen hundred shall be affected by the provisions of this act, excepting reassessed taxes for the year nineteen hundred, and prior years. construed. SEC. 6. The words "State taxes" herein shall be construed State, county and to mean those taxes apportioned by the Auditor General to city taxes, how the county of Saginaw; the words "county taxes" shall mean all those taxes raised, spread upon and apportioned to the several townships, city and villages, by the board of supervisors of said county; the words "city taxes" shall mean those taxes returned by the city treasurer of the city of Saginaw to the county treasurer of the county of Saginaw as city taxes, school taxes, special taxes, and all other taxes excepting State and county taxes, as above defined; and the word "person" shall be construed to mean corporation, firm, "Person." copartnership or partnership association limited. SEC. 7. If any person makes application to the Auditor when council to General to pay the State and county taxes, interest and other refund money to applicant. Certain proceedings, general laws to govern. When settlements Repealing clause. charges, upon any description of lands, or seeks to purchase SEC. 8. All questions, matters and proceedings not other- SEC. 9. All settlements of taxes on property in the city of SEC. 10. All acts or parts of acts contravening or in Bond required for payment of subcontractors. Subcontractors to give written notice. [No. 187.] AN ACT to insure the payment of subcontractors and wages The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. When public buildings or other public works are about to be built, repaired or ornamented under contract at the expense of the State, or of any county, city, village, township or school district thereof, it shall be the duty of the board of officers or agents, contracting on behalf of the State, county, city, village, township or school district, to require sufficient security by bond for the payment by the contractor of all subcontractors and for the payment for all labor performed and materials furnished in the erection, repairing or ornamenting of such building or works. SEC. 2. In the case of a subcontractor, he shall give notice in writing before payment is made for the work or materials furnished by him to the said board of officers or agents, that he is a subcontractor for the doing of some part of such work which he shall specify in his notice and that he relies upon the security of the bond by this act required to be given by the principal contractor, and that in the case of the giving 1 |