[No. 35.] AN ACT to amend section sixty-five of act number one hundred eighteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Prison, to the State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, and to the House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and the government and discipline thereof and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith," being section one thousand seven hundred sixty-three of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section sixty-five of act number one hundred Section eighteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Prison, to the State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, and to the House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and the government and discipline thereof and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith," being section one thousand seven hundred sixtythree of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: defined. SEC. 65. The circuit court of the county in which the pris- Jurisdiction on is shall have jurisdiction over cases arising under the foregoing section, and the proceedings thereto pertaining shall in all ways conform to the law and rules in case of like offenses occurring elsewhere, except that the examination may be held in one of the offices of the penal institutions where the crime is committed, at the option of the justice of the peace before. whom the complaint may be made, and that the warrant shall be made in the ordinary form, shall be directed to the warden of such prison, and shall set forth that the accused is impris oned in such prison under and by authority of the laws of the State of Michigan; and further, that the convict so confined shall remain in the custody of such warden subject to the order of the circuit court of the county in which such prison is located. All jurors' fees, witness fees and fees of attor- Fees, audit neys appointed by the court under the statute, for the defend- ance of. ant, shall be approved by the circuit judge and audited and allowed by the Board of State Auditors and paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Auditor General. Approved April 5, 1917. and allow Authority to appropriate. [No. 36.] AN ACT authorizing the board of supervisors in a county owning its own fair grounds to make appropriations for the construction and maintenance of buildings, fences and driveways on said fair grounds. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The board of supervisors in any county owning its own fair grounds is hereby authorized to make appropriations for the construction and maintenance of buildings, fences and driveways on said fair grounds. Approved April 5, 1917. Health officer to report. What to contain. Separate record. Incorporation of statistics. [No. 37.] AN ACT to provide for the registration of cremations in Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the health officer of each township, village and city in the State of Michigan to make a report of the cremations of the dead in their respective localities, or of the dead bodies removed from such township, village or city, for the purpose of incineration in other states, said report to be rendered to the State Board of Health at the end of each calendar year. SEC. 2. In addition to the name and age of the deceased, the report shall give the names of the attending physician and undertaker, together with the dates of death and incineration, as well as the number of the permit that was filed before the cremation or removal of the dead body in question took place. SEC. 3. In order to facilitate the registration of instances of cremation or the removal of bodies to other states for that purpose, and in order to obtain accurate statistics of the cremations in and from this State, which is the purpose of this bill, the aforesaid health officers shall and hereby are required to keep a separate record, which shall be open to public inspection. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health to incorporate the statistics concerning cremation in the State of Michigan in its annual report, as a part of the general mortuary statistics of the State. boards. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of local boards of health to see Duty of local that the provisions of this bill are enforced and to provide for a reasonable compensation of the official making the return. Any official failing or refusing to perform his duty, under this Penalty. bill, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or suffer both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Approved April 13, 1917. [No. 38.] AN ACT to prohibit the use of bicycles, motor cycles or other motor vehicles, on sidewalks in unincorporated villages, or plat or plats not in any incorporated village or city. The People of the State of Michigan enact: vehicles SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons Certain use of to operate or ride a bicycle, motor cycle or other motor driven prohibited. vehicle upon that part of the street or highway where sidewalks have been regularly laid out and constructed for the use of pedestrians, not including cross walks, in any unincorporated village, or plat or plats, not in any incorporated village or city. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall violate the pro- Penalty. visions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or be confined to the county jail for a period not exceeding thirty days or both in the discretion of the court. Approved April 13, 1917. Section amended. Salary. [No. 39.] AN ACT to amend section twenty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being section fourteen thousand four hundred eighty-six of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fif teen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being section fourteen thousand four hundred eighty-six of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 20. In the seventh circuit the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of three thousand dollars. Approved April 13, 1917. Sections amended. [No. 40.] AN ACT to amend sections four and twenty-one of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," being compilers' sections three thousand three hundred seven and three thousand three hundred twenty-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections four and twenty-one of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," being compilers' sections three thousand three hundred seven and three thousand three hundred twentyfour of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. Each city may in its charter provide: Permissive provisions. For annually laying and collecting taxes in a sum Taxes. not to exceed two per centum of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the city; where amount bonds. or under. (b) For borrowing money on the credit of the city in Bonds. a sum not to exceed eight per centum of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the city: Provided, That Proviso, in cities where the amount of money which may be borrowed limited. is now limited by law, such limit shall continue until it shall be raised or lowered by a three-fifths vote of the electors voting on the question at a general or special election, and in such cities, bonds issued for public improvements in connection with which a special assessment district is made to pay therefor, and which are a charge upon such district, shall not be included unless the contrary is provided by the charter, and the resources of the sinking fund shall be deducted in determining the amount of such indebtedness. No single increase shall exceed two percentum of the assessed value of the real and personal property in the city. When a city is authorized to acquire, own, purchase, con- Public utility struct, or operate any public utility, it may for the purpose of acquiring, owning, purchasing, constructing, or operating, the same, borrow money on the credit of the city: The Cities 20.000 amount of money which may be borrowed for any such purpose on the credit of any city, having a population of twenty thousand or under, as appears by the last United States census, shall be a sum not to exceed five per centum of the assessed value of all the real and personal property of the city; the amount of money which may be borrowed on Over 20,000 the credit of any city, having a population in excess of ceeding twenty thousand and not exceeding thirty thousand, as ap- 30,000. pears by the last United States census, shall be a sum not to exceed three per centum of the assessed value of all the real and personal property of the city; the amount of money In excess of which may be borrowed on the credit of any city, having a population in excess of thirty thousand, as appears by the last United States census, shall be a sum not to exceed two percentum of the assessed value of all the real and personal property of the city, and the city may also, for the purpose of acquiring, owning, purchasing, constructing, or operating such public utility issue mortgage bonds therefor beyond the general limit of bonded indebtedness prescribed by law: Provided, That such mortgage bonds is Proviso, sued beyond the general limits of bonded indebtedness pre- security. scribed by law shall not impose any liability upon such city, but shall be secured only upon the property and revenues of such public utility, including a franchise stating the terms upon which, in case of foreclosure, the purchaser may operate the same, which franchise shall in no case extend for a longer period than twenty years from the date of the sale of such utility and franchise on fore and not ex 30,000. |