Proviso, city of Detroit. Townships. Interpreter. False statement. and each member thereof, and each applicant for registration, is hereby vested and charged with the same rights, powers, duties and penal liabilities, touching the examination of applicants, as hereinbefore provided: Provided, That the provisions of this amendment shall not be applied to electors in the city of Detroit. SEC. 12. On the second Saturday next preceding the general election and the annual township meeting, and preceding any special election, after the year eighteen hundred fiftynine, the board of registration of each township shall be in session at the office of the township clerk, from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of completing the list of qualified electors; during which session it shall be the right of each and every person who, at the next approaching election or township meeting, may be a qualified elector and entitled to vote thereat, and whose name is not already registered, to have his name duly entered on such register, which shall be done in the manner above set forth. The board shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, and the duty of the clerk, and of the supervisors individually when acting under this statute, to question every person presenting himself for registration, touching his residence and his other qualifications as an elector of the township, and it shall be the duty of the applicant to make truthful answers to all such questions. The board, supervisor, clerk or treasurer, as the case may be, may for the more perfect examination of the applicant swear and employ an interpreter truly and impartially to interpret such questions and answers. If any such applicant shall in his answers make any material statement which is false, he shall upon conviction thereof pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars nor less than five dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty nor less than five days. Approved April 18, 1911. Biological and [No. 98.] AN ACT to provide appropriations for the State Board of Geological Survey for special purposes for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twelve, and June thirty, nineteen hundred thirteen, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the State topographical Board of Geological Survey for the fiscal year ending June surveys. thirty, nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of three thousand dollars, for purposes and by amounts as follows: For the continuance of the biological survey of the plants and animals of the State, as authorized by act number two hundred fifty of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, one thousand dollars; for the continuance of the topographical survey of the State with the United States geological survey, in accordance with act number two hundred fifty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, two thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of three thousand dollars is here- Idem, 1913. by appropriated for said board for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred thirteen, for purposes and by amounts as follows: For the continuance of the biological survey of the plants and animals of the State, one thousand dollars; and for the continuance of the topographical survey of the State with the United States geological survey, two thousand dollars: Provided, however, That in case the Proviso. United States' government fails to appropriate an amount for the topographical survey, then the amounts appropriated by this act for that purpose shall be paid into and become a part of the general fund of the State treasury. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State out. treasury 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 eleven the sum of three thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of three thousand dollars, which amounts when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. Approved April 18, 1911. [No. 99.] AN ACT providing for the improvement of a certain portion of the highway known as the "Fort Gratiot Turnpike," located in the township of Columbus in the county of St. Clair, and making an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The highway commissioner of the State is "Fort Gratiot hereby authorized and directed to improve a portion of the Turnpike, improvement. highway known as the "Fort Gratiot Turnpike" leading from the city of Detroit in the county of Wayne through said county and township to the city of Port Huron in the county Description. Improvement, what to consist of. Work, how supervised. Appropriation. of St. Clair, such portion of said highway being described as follows: All that part of the highway extending for a distance of one mile in a southwesterly direction from the point of intersection of said highway with the eastern boundary line of section twenty-eight, of township five north, range fifteen east, known as the township of Columbus aforesaid. SEC. 2. The improvement herein provided for shall consist of such filling with rock, gravel, sand and other material and such grading as shall be necessary, in the judgment of the said highway commissioner to form an embankment calculated to withstand the encroachment of the waters of the Belle river, in said township and county aforesaid. All work necessary to be done under this act shall be performed under the supervision of the State Highway Commissioner who is hereby authorized and empowered to make all necessary contracts therefor. SEC. 3. There is hereby appropriated from the State treasury the sum of six thousand dollars for the purpose of defraying the expense of the work of improvement herein How paid out. provided for. The amount herein specified shall be payable in such sums as the State Highway Commissioner shall from time to time certify to the Auditor General as being necessary for expediting such work. Such sums shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Auditor General out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. Tax clause. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of six thousand dollars to reimburse the general fund for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Lighting plant, etc. Proviso. [No. 100.] AN ACT making an appropriation for a heating, power and lighting plant for the University of Michigan, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the University of Michigan the sum of two hundred eighty thousand dollars for the purpose of furnishing said institution with a new heating, power and lighting plant: Provided, That if the amount hereby appropriated is in excess of the amount required for the purposes as in this section provided, such excess shall be used for fire protection purposes for said university. out. SEC. 2. The sum appropriated by the provisions of this How paid act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of said university at such times and in such manner as the accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred eleven the sum of two hundred eighty thousand dollars, which amount when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. Approved April 20, 1911. [No. 101.] AN ACT to provide for the lawful taking of fish with hook and line in Round Lake, in Lenawee county, during certain months of the year. The People of the State of Michigan enact: hook and SECTION 1. Hereafter it shall be lawful in the months of Open season, December, January, February and March, in each year, to line. take or catch with hook and line any and all kinds of fish, except brook trout, rainbow trout, grayling, land-locked salmon and black bass, in Round Lake, in Lenawee county. Approved April 19, 1911. [No. 102.] AN ACT to amend section five of act number two hundred twelve of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act establishing a home for the soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the late civil war, their wives and mothers, and making an appropriation for the erection and maintenance thereof," approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-three, being compiler's section two thousand seventy of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section five of act number two hundred twelve Section of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled amended. "An act establishing a home for the soldiers, sailors and ma Surplus moneys, where placed. Proviso, fines. Property, etc., when given to residents of Home. rines who served in the late civil war, their wives and mothers, and making an appropriation for the erection and maintenance thereof," approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-three, being compiler's section two thousand seventy of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. Any moneys which may be paid to the said board of managers from subscriptions, donations, or any source whatever of like private beneficence, should there be a surplus at the annual meeting at the end of the year, shall be covered into the State treasury and placed to the credit of the general fund: Provided, however, That all moneys, property or effects belonging to the residents of said home, whether derived from a pension granted said resident by the gov ernment of the United States, or otherwise, shall only come into the possession and under the control of the said board of managers, or any officer or employe thereof, except fines imposed, for the purpose of discipline and not otherwise; and said board of control and any officer or employe of said home so receiving any property, money or effects of any resident thereof shall give proper receipt for same and hold the same in trust for said board of managers and the residents thereof for the specific purpose of paying or turning the same over to said resident at the time of his discharge from the Michigan Soldiers' Home and accounting for the same to the heirs or legal representatives of said residents after death. Approved April 19, 1911. Section amended. [No. 103.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies, and defining their powers and duties; and to repeal chapter ninety-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, and also act number ninetyfour of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred seventy-one, as amended, the same being act number eighty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, as amended," the same being act number one hundred eighty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of act number eighty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies, and defining their powers |