SEC. 2. The further sum of five hundred dollars is hereby Additional. appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ten, for the maintenance and improvement of the pupils' library. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan School for the Deaf 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. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred nine, the sum of eighty thousand five hundred dollars and for the year nineteen hundred ten, the sum of eighty thousand dollars, which amounts when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 1, 1909. [No. 167.] AN ACT to protect deer, or the offspring thereof, which are kept within or which have escaped from private enclosures. The People of the State of Michigan enact: deer in or private SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- Killing, etc., of sons to knowingly trap, injure, kill or destroy or attempt to escaped from trap, injure, kill or destroy by any means whatsoever, any enclosure. deer, or the offspring thereof, which are kept within or which have escaped from any private enclosure. Any person vio- Penalty. lating the provisions of this act shall upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than six months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved June 1, 1909. Current expenses. How paid. Tax clause. [No. 168.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Soldiers' The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ten, the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Soldiers' Home, 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. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nine the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred ten the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand 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. Appropriation. [No. 169.] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Highway Department for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ten, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eleven, and providing a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the State Highway Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ten, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars each fund. year shall constitute the sum to be used for salaries and the Salaries, running expenses of the department, and the balance shall expenses. constitute the State reward fund for the improvement of State reward the public wagon roads, as provided in act number three hundred nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven. Any moneys remaining in either or both of these funds at Moneys the close of any fiscal year shall be carried over by the Auditor General and added to the funds which become available for the following year. remaining. SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred nine, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred ten, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, which amounts when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 170.] AN ACT to change the name of Richard Pearson Brown to The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The name of Richard Pearson Brown of Sani- Name lac county, State of Michigan, is hereby changed to Richard changed. Hudson Pearson. Approved June 1, 1909. [No. 171.] AN ACT to authorize the Regents of the University of Michigan to audit and allow certain expenses from the current expense fund of the university. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of, in SECTION 1. The Regents of the University of Michigan Current exare authorized to allow, out of the current expense fund of pense fund, the university, upon properly itemized vouchers, the actual obtaining and necessary expenses incurred over and above the amount cadavers. allowed by law in obtaining cadavers for the anatomical laboratory of the University of Michigan, between June first, nineteen hundred eight, and such time as expense for the purpose of obtaining anatomical material may be incurred under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for securing and transporting unclaimed dead human bodies to be used for dissection in the advancement of science." Approved June 1, 1909. Sections added. [No. 172.] AN ACT to amend sections three and seven of act number The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sections three and seven of act number one amended and 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 diseases among the live stock of the State," being sections five thousand six hundred twenty-nine and five thousand six hundred thirty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, are hereby amended, and three new sections are hereby added to follow section twenty-three to stand as sections twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six, said amended sections and added sections to read as follows: Per diem and expenses. Commission to examine and report. SEC. 3. Each commissioner shall receive the sum of five dollars per day and necessary expenses for the time actually spent in the discharge of his duties; and the veterinary surgeon shall receive the sum of five dollars per day and necessary expenses for the time when employed. SEC. 7. The commission or any member thereof, to whom the existence of any infectious or contagious disease of domestic animals is reported, shall forthwith proceed to the Quarantine. place where such domestic animal or animals are and examine the same, and if in his or their opinion any infectious or contagious disease does exist he or they are authorized to call upon the State veterinarian or other competent and skilled veterinarians to proceed to the place where said contagious or infectious disease is said to exist and examine said animal or animals, and report his or their finding to the said commission, which then shall prescribe such rules and regu lations as in its judgment the exigencies of the case may re- Rules and quire for the effectual suppression and eradication of the regulations. disease, and for that purpose the said commission may list and describe the domestic animals affected with such disease and those which have been exposed thereto and included within the infected district or premises so defined and quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead to their identification, and no domestic animal liable to become infected with the disease or capable of communicating the same shall be permitted to enter or leave the district, premises or grounds so quarantined, except by the authority of the commission. The said commission shall also from time to time May enforce give and enforce such directions, and prescribe such rules directions, etc. and regulations as to separating, mode of handling, treating, feeding and caring for such diseased and exposed animals as it shall deem necessary to prevent the two classes of animals from coming in contact with each other, and perfectly insulate them from all other domestic animals which have not been exposed thereto and which are susceptible of becoming infected with the disease, and the said commission and veterinarian are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions of this act. When in the opinion of the commission it shall be nec- Killing and appraisal. essary to prevent the further spread of any contagious or infectious disease among the live stock of the State, to destroy animals affected with or which have been exposed to any such disease, it shall determine what animals shall be killed, and appraise the same, as hereinafter provided, and cause the same to be killed and the carcasses disposed of as in its judgment will best protect the health of domestic animals of that locality. owner may SEC. 24. In case of tuberculous cattle, whenever the com- Tuberculous mission shall direct the killing of such cattle, it shall be the cattle, value duty of the commission to appraise the animal or animals receive. condemned, the owner or owners thereof to receive fifty per cent of value of animal as though not diseased, such per cent in no case to be reckoned on a sum over fifty dollars: Pro- Proviso, vided, That the owner or owners of slaughtered animals shall conditions. 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 San |