noon of the last day on which the Board of State Canvassers meets to canvass such votes, present to and file with the Secretary of State a written or printed petition which shall be sworn to by the elector presenting the same and which shall set forth as near as can be, the nature and character of the fraud or error of which complaint is made and the particular township, ward and county in which it is believed that the fraud or error occurs, and such petition shall contain a prayer that a correction thereof be made by a recount of the votes cast therein. SEC. 3. The candidate or elector presenting such petition Deposit. to the Secretary of State shall at the same time deposit with such officer the sum of one hundred dollars for the first county or part thereof, in which a recount of the votes is demanded, and twenty-five dollars for each additional county or part thereof in which a recount is demanded. In case In case misfraud or mistake as alleged and set forth in any such peti- established. tion is established in one or more counties, the amount paid by such petitioner to the Secretary of State for a recount of the votes cast in the county in which the fraud or mistake is established shall be returned to the petitioner upon the order of the Board of State Canvassers. take, etc., SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of any candidate filing such Notice given. petition and making the deposit herein required, to give notice thereof to the opposing candidate within forty-eight hours after filing same by handing or delivering to such candidate a copy of such petition, or, if such candidate cannot be found, by leaving such copy at his last place of residence. It shall not be necessary for any elector filing a petition for a recount of the votes cast upon the question of proposed amendments to the constitution or other questions or propositions, to give any such notice. It shall be the duty of the Recount. Board of State Canvassers at as early a date as possible after the receipt of such petition and the deposit required, to investigate the facts set forth in said petition and cause a recount of the votes vast in the particular wards and townships in question. The Board of State Canvassers shall have the right and authority to demand and cause the ballot boxes and returns in connection with any such election to be brought before it. The said board shall also have the Where held. right to prescribe the place, when and where the recount of any such votes shall be conducted, which shall be in public. It shall not be necessary for all of the members of said Board of State Canvassers to conduct a particular recount, but each member shall have the right to conduct any such recount when properly designated by the board to the end that the recount may be conducted and the result of the election determined at the earliest possible moment. The Clerks and Board of State Canvassers or any member of the Board of State Canvassers while conducting a recount shall have authority to employ such clerks and assistants as shall be deemed necessary. The said Board of State Canvassers, or assistants. and mileage. any member thereof, shall have the right to require any inspector of election, county officer, or other person, to appear for any such purpose as may be desired, either by the Compensation board, or any member thereof. The persons who at the request of the Board of State Canvassers, or any member thereof appear with the ballot boxes, returns and tally sheets or otherwise, shall receive the same compensation and mileage therefor as is prescribed by law for witnesses. All expenses incurred under authority of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury on vouchers, to be approved and audited by the Board of State Canvassers. Expenses. To open ballot boxes. completed. SEC. 5. The said Board of State Canvassers, or any member thereof, shall at the time and place prescribed, where the interested candidates and their counsel, or the representatives of any party or cause can be present, if they so de sire, proceed forthwith to open the ballot boxes from the designated townships or wards and make a recount thereof Return made. as to such candidates, question or proposition, and make a full, complete and correct return in writing, showing the full number of votes cast, the names of candidates, and the number of votes given to each, or the total number of votes cast for and against any such proposition, written out in When recount Words and figures. When the recount is completed the said board, or the member thereof conducting the same, shall at once return the ballots to their respective boxes, carefully fasten and seal the same and deliver them to the officer having the care and custody thereof. Whenever a recount is conducted by a particular member of the said board, it shall be the duty of the member so conducting same to certify the result of such recount to the Board of State Canvassers, which board shall consider the result so certified by the particular member thereof, and certify the result in the manner prescribed. The returns made by the said Board of State Canvassers of any recount shall be deemed to be correct, anything in the return of any board of election inspectors, or any county or district canvassing board to the Not to include contrary notwithstanding. The provisions of this act shall primary To certify the result. election. not be construed to include a recount of any primary election. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal any action or remedy which may now exist by reference of any action to the courts. Approved May 13, 1913. [No. 321.] AN ACT to amend section three of act number seventy of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, entitled "An act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," approved April twenty-five, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, being section nine thousand three hundred ninety-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes, as amended by act number forty-eight of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, approved April twenty-seven, eighteen hundred ninety-three, being section eleven thousand seven hundred forty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section three of act number seventy of the Section Public Acts of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, entitled " "An act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," approved April twenty-five, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, being section nine thousand three hundred ninety-two of Howell's Annotated Statutes, as amended by act number forty-eight of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, approved April twenty-seven, eighteen hundred ninetythree, being section eleven thousand seven hundred fortyone of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: animals. SEC. 3. Every owner, possessor or person having the Cruelty to charge or custody of any animal, who cruelly drives or works the same when unfit for labor, or who shall carry or cause to be carried on or upon any vehicle or otherwise any live animal having the feet or legs tied together, or in any other cruel and inhuman manner, or shall carry or cause to be carried any live animal in or upon any vehicle or otherwise without providing suitable racks, cars, crates, or cages, in which such animal may stand or lie down during transportation, and while awaiting slaughter, or who shall abandon any diseased, maimed, hopelessly sick, infirm or disabled animal, to die in any place, or who shall wilfully or negli gently permit and allow any aged, diseased, maimed, hopelessly sick or disabled animal to suffer unnecessary torture or pain, shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished for every such of Penalty. fense in the manner provided in section one of this act. Approved May 13, 1913. Section amended. Salary. [No. 322.] AN ACT to amend section forty-one 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 ninetyseven, being compiler's section four hundred three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, amended by act number two hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, relative to the salary of the circuit court stenographer in the twentyeighth circuit. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section forty-one 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, being compiler's section four hundred three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number two hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 41. In the twenty-eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of two thousand dollars. Approved May 13, 1913. [No. 323.] AN ACT to amend section three of chapter one of act number one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being compiler's section four thousand six hundred forty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as last amended by act number two hundred seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven; relative to approved lists of books for district libraries. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section three of chapter one of act number Section one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being compiler's section four thousand six hundred forty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as last amended by act number two hundred seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER I. regulations, SEC. 3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may Rules and prepare and have printed general rules and regulations for who to make. the management of township and district libraries, and shall prepare and have printed a course of study for the district schools of the State, which shall be pursued in all district schools in the State, except city school districts, and he shall transmit all these documents to the several school officers entrusted with the care and management of the public schools. With the co-operation of the State Librarian, he Books, lists of. shall prepare, at least once in every two years, lists of books suitable for township and district libraries, and furnish copies of such lists to each township and school officer entrusted with the care and custody of their respective li braries, except city school libraries, and high school libraries, from which lists the said school officers shall select and purchase books for their respective libraries. Approved May 13, 1913. [No. 324.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred thirty-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five and act number two hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred thirty- section two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled amended. "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five and act number two hundred |