Extra per diem. [No. 3.] AN ACT to fix the per diem compensation of members of the State legislature, from the upper peninsula, for and during the session of one thousand nine hundred and three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. In addition to the compensation, mileage and allowance for stationery, as fixed by law for members representing the several senatorial and representative districts in the upper peninsula, there shall be allowed and paid two dollars per diem extra compensation during the legislative session of the year one thousand nine hundred and three. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Act repealed. [No. 4.] AN ACT to repeal act twenty-seven, public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to prevent the spearing of fish in the waters of the inland lakes of the county of Livingston," the same act covering only the lakes of the township of Hamburg, and that part of Whitmore lake lying in the township of Green Oak, in the county of Livingston. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act twenty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to prevent the spearing of fish in the waters of the inland lakes of the county of Livingston," the same act covering only the lakes of the township of Hamburg, and that part of Whitmore lake lying in the township of Green Oak, in the county of Livingston. is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 5.] AN ACT to authorize the city of Mt. Pleasant, in the county of Isabella, to cause the buildings and personal property of the Central State Normal School, and such other buildings as may hereafter be constructed, and such personal property as may be used in connection therewith, to be insured from loss or damage by fire, in the name of the State Board of Education, and to pay the premiums charged for such insurance. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The city of Mt. Pleasant, in the county of Isa- City to insure bella, shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to buildings. cause the buildings now existing, and that may hereafter be constructed, by the State Board of Education, connected with and as a part of the Central State Normal School, and the personal property therein, to be kept insured from loss or damage by fire, in the name of the State Board of Education for such sum or sums as the common council of said city of Mt. Pleasant shall by resolution determine, and to pay the premiums thereon from the contingent or incidental funds of the city. submitted to electors. SEC. 2. Before the common council of said city shall Question to be cause the buildings and personal property to be insured as provided in section one of this act, it shall, by resolution, by a majority vote, submit to the electors of said city at any general election or special election called for that purpose, the proposition to insure said buildings and property mentioned in section one of this act, as in said section provided. Said Form of ballot. common council shall provide for that purpose a sufficient number of ballots for the voters at said election, upon certain of which shall be the words, "For insuring-Yes," and upon the others the words "For insuring-No," and said ballots voted at said election shall be counted and the result declared by said common council. SEC. 3. If a majority of the electors voting on said proposi- In case of tion shall favor the same, the said common council shall there. adoption. after keep such buildings and property insured, as aforesaid, for such amount or amounts as it shall by resolution determine, and shall order the premiums therefor to be paid out of the contingent fund of the city. SEC. 4. In case any building or property, so insured, shall Loss by fire. be damaged or destroyed by fire the said board of education shall use the insurance money that shall be received on account of such damage or loss, in repairing or rebuilding, or in replacing such personal property, in such manner as said State Board of Education shall determine. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropria tion. How paid. To be incorporated in state tax. [No. 6.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Industrial Home for Girls, for grading the grounds, and to provide fire escapes at Bliss Cottage, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of three thousand one hundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of the State for grading the grounds at Bliss Cottage at the State Industrial Home for Girls, on account of the inefficiency of the sewerage system and also to provide fire escapes for said cottage as required by law. The amount herein appropriated is hereby made available during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred three. SEC. 2. The amount appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury, as the general accounting laws of the State shall prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred three the sum of three thousand one hundred 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. Section amended. [No. 7.] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of chapter thirty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relative to the preservation of the public health, quarantine, nuisances and offensive trades, as amended by act ninety-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, being section forty-four hundred twenty-four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fifteen of chapter thirty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relative to the preservation of the public health, quarantine, nuisances and offensive trades, as amended by act ninety-seven, of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, being section forty-four hundred twenty-four of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven is hereby amended so as to read as follows: to be quaran of health. SEC. 15. When any person coming from outside the county When person or residing in any township, city or village within this State tined. shall be infected or shall lately before have been infected with a dangerous communicable disease, the board of health of the Duty of board township, city or village where such person may be shall make effectual provisions in the manner in which they shall judge best for the safety of the inhabitants, and they may remove such sick or infected person to a separate house if it can be done without danger to his health, and shall provide nurses and other assistance and necessaries which shall be at the charge of the person himself, his parents, or other persons who may be liable for his support, if able. Provided, If such Proviso. person, his parents, or other person who may be liable for his support be not able to pay for such assistance and necessaries, the board of health shall keep an itemized and separate statement of expenses incurred for each and every person cared for under this section, and shall render such statement to the board of supervisors of the county by filing the same with the county clerk. And the said board of supervisors shall as soon Supervisors to as may be proceed to audit the said bill, and if found that the expenses were necessarily incurred, the services actually and necessarily performed, and the amounts claimed for such expenses and services are severally just and reasonable under the circumstances, the said board of supervisors shall allow the same or such parts thereof as the majority of the memberselect of said board shall deem just and provide for their immediate payment by the said county, and in auditing such Powers of. accounts, said several boards of supervisors shall have full power to examine into the merits of all claims presented to them in accordance with the provisions herein contained, and may subpoena witnesses and take any other measures necessary to arrive at the truth of the same; and the said board of supervisors is hereby empowered, if necessary, to issue orders or borrow money on the faith and credit of the county to pay all such necessary bills and expenses, and to include the same in the next appropriation of money to be raised by taxation in said county. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. audit claims. [No. 8.] AN ACT to amend section six of act number one hundred sixty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to establish the police court of the city of Detroit," approved June ninth, eighteen hundred eighty-five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section six of act number one hundred Section sixty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, amended. Salary of justices and clerks. How paid. entitled "An act to establish the police court of the city of Detroit," approved June ninth, eighteen hundred eighty-five, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 6. Each of the police justices shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars. The clerk shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars, and the assistant clerks shall each receive such annual salary, not exceeding that of the clerk, as the common council may by ordinance prescribe, but the salary of an assistant clerk shall not be increased nor diminished during the term for which he shall be appointed. The salaries provided by this section shall be paid in monthly installments. The police justices, clerk and assistant clerks shall receive no other or further compensation for services rendered, acts done or duties performed under this act, than the salaries provided by this section. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 19, 1903. Section amended. [No. 9.] AN ACT to amend section twelve of act number forty-four of session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, being "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this State now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twelve of act number forty-four of session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, being "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this State now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred eightynine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, |