SEC. 4. Any person who shall be found guilty of a misde- Penalty. meanor under the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. Any person found guilty of a felony under the pro- Idem. visions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 6. Any person found guilty of perjury under the pro- Idem. visions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 7. Any person found guilty of forgery under the pro- Idem. visions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Approved April 25, 1917.

[No. 127.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-four of act number one hundred eighty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a State Live Stock Sanitary Commission and a State Veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious dis eases among the live stock of the State," being compilers' section seven thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of act number one hundred Section eighty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a State Live Stock Sanitary Commission and a State Veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious diseases among the live stock of the State," being compilers' section seven thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 24. In case of tuberculous cattle, whenever the com- Appraisal of diseased mission shall direct the killing of such cattle, it shall be the cattle. duty of the commission to appraise the animal or animals

Proviso.

When commission may authorize slaughter.

Proceeds to owner.

Proviso.

condemned, the owner or owners thereof to receive fifty per cent of value of animals as though not diseased, but such sum in no case shall exceed the sum of fifty dollars for grade animals and one hundred dollars for registered thorough-bred animals: Provided, That the owner or owners of slaughtered animals shall receive no compensation for the same unless the commission shall be satisfied that the premises have been kept in a sanitary condition, nor shall they receive compensation until said sanitary commission is satisfied that the infected premises have been disinfected in such manner as to prevent the further spread of the disease. When the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, or a member thereof, shall deem it expedient to have cattle that have reacted to the tuberculin test slaughtered under federal inspection, or under the inspection of a competent veterinarian authorized by the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, it shall have the power to order such slaughter. If the carcass of any such animal shall pass the inspection without being condemned, the owner of the animal shall receive all proceeds secured from the sale of such carcass after payment for shipping, handling and slaughtering charges have been deducted, in addition to the above mentioned fifty per cent appraisal value. If the carcass of any such animal shall be condemned by the inspectors, the owner of the animal shall receive the proceeds of the sale of the hide, tallow, offal or any other proceeds from the sale of the carcass, after deducting the cost of handling, shipping and slaughtering, in addition to the above mentioned fifty per cent appraisal valuation: Provided, That in case any animal is slaughtered and shows no signs of tubercular lesions, the owner thereof shall be paid full value for such animal, but such sum in no case shall exceed seventy-five dollars. In such case, however, the carcass of said animal shall be turned over to the Live Stock Sanitary Commission. The State Live Stock Sanitary Commission shall have power to designate the places where suspected animals shall be slaughtered, and also to employ a competent inspector to examine the carcasses of slaughtered animals.

Approved April 25, 1917.

[No. 128.]

AN ACT to amend section three of chapter sixty of act number three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred fifteen, being section fourteen thousand forty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1: Section three of chapter sixty of act number Section three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundren fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred fifteen, being section fourteen thousand forty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 3. At the time and place appointed for such hearing, Hearing. or at such other time as the same may be adjourned to, upon proof by affidavit of the publication of the notice, the personal service thereof or waiver of such notice of hearing, the court shall proceed to a hearing, and all persons interested in the estate may appear before the probate court, and defend against such petition; and the court may examine on oath the petitioner, and all others who may be produced before him for that purpose.

Approved April 25, 1917.

Title and section amended.

Dormitory building, purpose.

Proviso.

Further proviso, total

disability.

[No. 129.]

AN ACT to amend the title and section one of act number two hundred twelve of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to establish a home for widows, wives and mothers of soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Mexican war or late civil war, making appropriation for its erection and maintenance, and regulating the government and management thereof," as amended, being section one thousand six hundred eightytwo of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The title and section one of act number two hundred twelve of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, entitled "An act to establish a home for widows, wives and mothers of soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Mexican war or late civil war, making appropriation for its erection and maintenance, and regulating the government and management thereof," as amended, being section one thousand six hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE.

An Act to establish a home for ex-nurses of the civil war, widows, wives and mothers of soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Mexican war, the late civil war, the Spanish-American war and the war in the Philippines, making appropriation for its erection and maintenance, and regulating the government and management thereof.

SECTION 1. There shall be erected upon the grounds of the Michigan Soldiers' Home a dormitory building, cottage or cottages, not to cost when completed, a sum to exceed twentyfive thousand dollars, for the care of widows, wives and mothers of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors or marines who served in the Mexican war or the late civil war, or the Spanish-American war, or the war in the Philippines: Provided, That the wife or widow of a soldier, sailor or marine must have lived in the State at least five years next preceding her application for admission and, if such soldier, sailor or marine served in the Mexican or civil war, have been married to such soldier, sailor or marine previous to the year eighteen hundred ninety: Provided further, That any wife or widow of an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, or an exnurse of the civil war, having lived in the State at least five years, next preceding her application for admission who is totally disabled shall be eligible to admission to said institution.

Approved April 25, 1917.

[No. 130.]

AN ACT to authorize the formation of health districts composed of contiguous townships and villages; for the appointment of a board of health therein; to define the powers and duties of said board; to authorize the employment of a district health officer, and to prescribe penalties for offenses hereby created.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any two or more contiguous townships or vil- Health lages in any county, or portion of an adjoining county in districts. this State, may unite to form and constitute a health district in the manner hereinafter provided.

referendum.

submitted.

SEC. 2. On petition of not less than fifteen per cent of the Formation of, qualified electors of any township or village, the township board, common council or board of trustees, as the case may be, shall submit to the determination of the electors of said township or village the question of uniting with other desig nated contiguous townships or villages for the purpose of forming a health district subject to the provisions of this act. Such question may be submitted at either a general or speci- When fied election in accordance with the statutes of this State pertaining thereto. Said petition shall be filed with the township clerk or the village clerk, as the case may be, and shall be presented to the township board or the village council at the next meeting thereof: Provided, That said petition Proviso. shall be found by the clerk with whom it is filed to be signed by the requisite number of qualified electors. Thereupon it shall be the duty of said township board or trustees to at once examine said petition, and if the same is found to be in accordance with the requirements of this act, to provide for the submission of the question as aforesaid.

ballots, etc.

SEC. 3. The submission of such question shall in all re- Submission, spects except as herein otherwise provided, be governed by the general election laws of the State and ballots shall be prepared accordingly. It shall be the duty of the township board, common council or the board of trustees to prescribe the form of such ballot by proper resolution. The vote cast on such question shall be cast and counted in the same manner as is provided by law for the casting and counting of votes at general elections, and return thereof shall be made to the county board of canvassers of the county in which said township or village is situated. Such board of canvassers Canvass. shall proceed to canvass said returns in accordance with the general election law of the State and shall certify the result thereof to the county clerk. If it appears from said certificate that a majority of all the votes cast in each of the townships and villages voting on said proposition and embraced within the district as designated in the initiatory petitions are in