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officer of the medical staff before an examining board for examination as to his fitness and capacity to hold such office.

aminations

SEC. 28. The officer commanding a battalion may prescribe Promotion, such examinations for promotion or appointment to any war et exo rant or petty office on the battalion staff and for any warrant for. and petty office in any division of such battalion as he may deem proper and may detail officers to conduct such examinations.

SEC. 30. The officer commanding the naval brigade shall Brigades, etc., be required to inspect the brigade and the different battalions inspection of." and subdivisions thereof, and the arms, clothing, equipment and military and naval stores in the same manner and to report thereon as is required by law of the Inspector General of the land forces of the State troops.

SEC. 31. In addition to such periodical drill and instruc- Drills, etc., tions as may be required by the commander in chief, the naval additional. brigade or any part thereof may be ordered into service by the commander in chief for instruction and drill for such periods as the commander in chief may direct, and such instruction and drill may be required and carried on either within or without the limits of the State, and either on shore or afloat, as the commander in chief may direct. The annual instruction and drill prescribed by this section and the periodical instructions and drill prescribed and directed by the commander in chief shall be in lieu of all other similar service, instruction and drill required or prescribed by law for them as members of the State troops.

etc., pre

SEC. 34. The State Naval Board shall have power to pre- Equipment, pare rules and regulations to be approved by the commander etc., rules, in chief prescribing the uniform and equipment and the sys- scribíng. tem of drill and discipline of the naval brigade, which shall generally conform, insofar as it is practicable, to that of the United States navy. Such rules and regulations may also prescribe and establish insignia of rank, watch and rating marks, and marks of distinguished or honorable service, colors, flags, ensigns and pennants to be carried or flown by the naval brigade, and by officers thereof, and codes of signals or communications. The State Naval Board shall also Naval militia. have further power to prepare rules and regulations, to be approved by the Governor of the State, upon all matters pertaining to the naval militia of the State not herein determined upon or contrary to the express provisions of this act or other laws of this State, and such rules and regulations, when so approved and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, shall have the force and effect of law.

bership of.

SEC. 35. There shall be a State Naval Board, consisting State naval of the Adjutant General of the Michigan national guard, the board, memhead of the Quartermaster's Department of the Michigan national guard, the officers commanding respectively each battalion of the Michigan naval brigade, and one other commissioned officer to be appointed by the commander in chief from among the commissioned officers of the Michigan naval bri

Contract, when valid.

etc.

Salary.

gade. The battalion commander who is senior in rank shall ex officio be the presiding officer, and the Adjutant General shall be the recorder of said board. No contract on behalf of the State exceeding an expenditure of three hundred dollars for naval purposes authorized by this act, unless otherwise herein provided for, shall be valid against the State Claims, audit, until the same shall be approved by said board. The State Naval Board shall receive, examine and audit all claims and accounts for expenditures incurred for naval purposes authorized by this act, unless otherwise provided for, and upon requisition of said board the Auditor General shall draw his warrant or warrants for such sum or sums not exceeding in all the appropriation herein made on the State Treasurer, who is hereby authorized to pay and charge the same to the State naval militia fund. Whenever necessary in the performance of their duties any member of said board shall have power to administer oaths. The State Naval Board shall prepare regulations from time to time to carry out the various provisions of this act, and such regulations, when approved by the Governor and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, shall have the force and effect of law. For their services as members of the State Naval Board the commanding officers of each battalion and the member of said board to be appointed by the commander in chief shall be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars per annum. The head of the Quartermaster's Department of the Michigan national guard shall have the general custody and charge of all arms, ammunition, uniforms, tents, boats and all other stores, property and supplies belonging to the State and intended for the use of the forces of the naval militia of the State, or belonging to the United States and loaned to the State for the use of the naval forces of the militia of the State, and shall be responsible for the same and make returns thereof and account for the same as required by law in the case of other military property or stores entrusted to his care. He shall also be the disbursing officer of the naval fund of this State and of the United States apportioned to this State. The State Naval Board is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps for the employment of clerical assistance, the hiring of offices, the purchase of fuel, lights, stationery and books for the naval service, the hiring of store rooms for the safe-keeping of public stores, and for the lease of any premises necessary therefor, and to do all acts and things necessary to Commanders, enable it to carry out its duties as by law prescribed.

Arms, etc., custody of.

Clerical

assistance, etc.

battalion,

etc., salaries, etc.

Powers and

duties defined.

The

State Naval Board shall also have power to determine from time to time the sums which battalion commanders, executive and engineer officers, paymasters and division commanders shall receive as salary or as allowance to cover expenses, or both as may seem proper, but the amount of any such salary or any such allowance shall not in any case exceed one hundred dollars per year. All provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted which shall define the powers and duties of

the Adjutant General and of the head of the Quartermaster's Department of the Michigan national guard in regard to the forces of the Michigan national guard, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant hereto, shall define the powers and duties of such officers regarding the forces of the Michigan naval brigade. In like manner, all provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted relating to the powers and duties of the State Military Board regarding the forces of the Michigan national guard, shall, unless inconsistent with the provisions of this act or contrary to rules and regulations hereafter adopted, be considered as defining the powers and duties of the State Naval Board in regard to the forces of the State naval brigade.

how provided.

SEC. 36. For the purpose of providing the funds necessary Naval for organizing, maintaining and equipping the forces of the militia fund, State naval brigade, by law authorized and established, it shall be the duty of the Auditor General, at the time of appor tioning the State taxes, to apportion among the several counties of the State each year, in proportion to the whole amount of real and personal property therein, as equalized by the State Board of Equalization, a sum equal to one cent for each person, who it shall appear by the last preceding census was a resident of this State, which sum so apportioned shall be collected in the same manner with other State taxes and shall constitute and be designated as a State naval militia fund. All provisions of law not inconsistent with the provisions of Collection, this act, relative to the collection and disbursement of the etc. State military fund, as by law established and created, shall apply to and govern the collection and disbursement of the said State naval militia fund. From said State naval militia fund it shall be and may be lawful for the State Naval Board, with the approval of the commander in chief, to pay and refund all sums paid and disbursed by any division or divisions of the naval militia for expenses of the Adjutant General's office or for freight or transportation of arms or other articles of equipment loaned or furnished by the United States government. No moneys, except those expressly apportioned by law for use, support and maintenance of the naval forces of the State troops, shall be employed for any such purpose, and all moneys raised and appropriated for military purposes shall, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, be deemed to be raised and appropriated for the sole and exclusive use, support and maintenance of the land forces of the State militia.

ing of.

SEC. 38. The head of the Quartermaster's Department of Uniforms, the Michigan national guard, on written requisition prepared etc., furnishby the commanding officer of any division of the naval militia, duly approved by the commander of the battalion of which the division is a unit, shall furnish to such duly authorized division of the naval brigade suitable uniforms, arms and equip ment, including all suitable and proper armory equipment,

Proviso.

Further proviso.

Conflicting acts.

and shall furnish to those divisions not equipped with an ar mory furnished by the State, a sum equal to the actual rental paid by such division for armory accommodation, which shall include light, heat and janitor service: Provided, Such sum shall in no case exceed one thousand dollars per year, and shall furnish to each division of the naval militia equipped with or sharing an armory furnished by the State the cost or its proportion thereof of care and maintenance of such armory: Provided further, Such sum shall in no case exceed one thousand dollars per year. The provisions of this section shall apply to armory rentals and armory maintenance from the first day of January, nineteen hundred eleven.

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 14, 1911.

Current expenses, 1911.

Current expenses, 1912.

[No. 85.]

· AN ACT to provide a tax to meet the amounts disbursed by the State for the current expenses of the Michigan State Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula and the Michigan Reformatory.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of one hundred thirty-four thousand dollars for the purpose of reimbursing the State treasury for money disbursed under existing laws on account of current expenses for the Michigan State Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula and the Michigan Reformatory, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred nine, by institutions as follows: For the Michigan State Prison, the sum of sixty-eight thousand dollars; for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula, the sum of forty thousand dollars; for the Michigan Reformatory, the sum of twenty-six thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars for the purpose of reimbursing the State treasury for money disbursed under existing laws on account of current expenses for the Michigan State Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula and the Michigan Reformatory, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine

teen hundred ten, by institutions as follows: For the Michigan State Prison, the sum of ninety-six thousand dollars; for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula, the sum. of thirty-two thousand dollars; for the Michigan Reformatory, the sum of thirty thousand dol lars. The money arising from the taxes levied under the provisions of this act shall when collected be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the same for the money previously expended.

SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated or disbursed by the How paid out. provisions of law for which this tax is levied shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the proper board or officer of the respective institutions, 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. Approved April 14, 1911.

[No. 86.]

AN ACT giving to cities the power to issue certificates of indebtedness or bonds of the city for the purpose of raising money to pay any judgment or decree rendered or decreed against such city.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Whenever any judgment or decree of any court City may shall heretofore have been or hereafter shall be rendered or bond to satisfy decreed against any city, and such city shall be unable to meet judgment, etc. the payment of such judgment or decree by reason of the limitation of its power to borrow money for such purpose, or otherwise, then and in such case it shall be lawful for the common council of such city to issue the certificates of indebtedness or bonds of such city for the purpose of raising money to pay such judgment or decree, in an amount not exceeding the sum of such judgment or decree, and the taxed costs arising in the procuring of such judgment or decree, together with the interest thereon, which certificates of indebtedness or bonds may be made payable at such time and When place and at such rate of interest, not exceeding six per cent payable. per annum, as shall be prescribed by the common council, Interest. and such certificates of indebtedness or bonds shall be sold Sale. and disposed of at not less than par value, in such manner

as may be deemed advisable by said common council.

SEC. 2. It is hereby declared that this act is necessary for

the preservation of the public peace, health and safety. This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Approved April 18, 1911.

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