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[No. 64.]

AN ACT to define and fix standards of purity for foods, beverages, condiments, confectionery and drugs in this State in prosecutions arising under the food, beverage and drug laws of the State of Michigan.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. In all prosecutions arising under the food and products, etc. drug laws of this State for the manufacture or sale of an legal standards adulterated, misbranded or otherwise unlawful article of of purity. food, drink, condiment or drug, the latest standards of purity for food products, established by the United States secretary of agriculture, shall be accepted as the legal standards, except in cases where other standards are specifically prescribed by the laws of this State. Approved April 16, 1913.

Section amended.

Deputy state treasurer.

Salary.

[No. 65.]

AN ACT to amend section nine of chapter twelve of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relating to certain State officers, the same being compiler's section seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section nine of chapter twelve of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relating to certain State officers, the same being compiler's section seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 9. The State Treasurer may appoint a deputy, for whose acts he shall be responsible, and may revoke such appointment at pleasure; and such deputy may execute the duties of the office during the sickness or absence of the State Treasurer, and shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per year, payable semi-monthly from the general fund in the State treasury, in the same manner that the salaries of other State officers are paid.

Approved April 16, 1913. .

[No. 66.]

AN ACT to amend sections two, three, four and five and to add two new sections to be numbered six and seven to act number one hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the incorporation of the Lutheran Bund of the State of Michigan," being sections eight thousand one hundred thirty-five, eight thousand one hundred thirty-six, eight thousand one hundred thirty-seven, eight thousand one hundred thirty-eight and eight thousand one hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended

SECTION 1. Sections two, three, four and five of act num- Sections ber one hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen and added. hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the incorporation of the Lutheran Bund of the State of Michigan," being sections eight thousand one hundred thirty-five, eight thousand one hundred thirty-six, eight thousand one hundred thirty-seven, eight thousand one hundred thirty-eight and eight thousand one hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended, and two new sections to be numbered six and seven are hereby added to said act, the said amended sections and added sections to read as follows:

association,

SEC. 2. Any ten or more persons, residents of this State, Articles of being members of said Lutheran Bund of the State of Michi- who may exegan, including the president or vice president, secretary and cute. treasurer of said bund, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, which articles of what to set association shall be acknowledged before some officer au- forth. thorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall set forth:

First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance and their places of residence;

Second, The corporate name by which such bund or association shall be known in the law;

Third, The names of the societies or associations associated together and at the time composing said bund;

Fourth, The object and purpose of such bund or association which shall be to promote the general welfare of the members of the bund, and to provide such visitation of the sick and afflicted members of the bund, and to provide such sick, death and funeral benefits for the members of the bund and their families, as may be from time to time provided by the constitution and by-laws of the bund;

Where filed, etc.

Proviso.

Membership.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Reserve fund.

Fifth, The period for which such bund is incorporated, which shall not exceed thirty years;

Sixth, The time and place where the next convention of such bund shall be held.

SEC. 3. Said articles of association, together with a copy of the constitution and by-laws of said bund and of the resolution of said bund authorizing the incorporation thereof, said copies being duly certified by the president and secretary of said bund, shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan. Thereupon the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and fellow members composing said bund, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, capable of taking, holding and disposing of real and personal property, of suing and being sued, of having a common seal which may be altered or changed at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real estate shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, which shall be subject to general taxation.

SEC. 4. The bund shall have power to receive into membership societies, either incorporated or unincorporated, existing either within or without the State of Michigan, and individuals residing either within or without the State of Michigan; and the bund shall have power to receive into membership individuals who are not affiliated with any local society: Provided, however, That only societies shall participate in the selection of delegates to the convention and only delegates shall vote for officers and trustees. All members of each local society, which is a member of the bund, shall thereby ipso facto be members of the bund: Provided, Such members originally possess and continue to possess the necessary qualifications. Such corporation shall have full power to change its constitution and by-laws, and make, establish and change rules and regulations, none of which shall be repugnant to any law of this State, for regulating and governing the affairs and business of said corporation, and for the admission and expulsion of members and societies composing the same, and for the organization and admission of new or additional societies to membership in said bund, and to designate, elect or appoint from among the members of the societies forming and belonging to such corporation such officers, with such duties as the constitution and bylaws of such corporation may from time to time prescribe. The constitution and by-laws of said corporation may be amended from time to time in such manner as may be provided by such corporation.

SEC. 5. The bund shall have power to create a reserve fund for the purpose of providing against unforeseen contingencies and calamities, and to loan only to its own members upon real estate security or invest only in bonds issued by the State of Michigan or any political division or munici

pality thereof, such portions of said reserve fund as are not immediately required: Provided, however, The creation and Proviso. amount of said reserve fund and directions regarding the investment of the same shall be under the exclusive control of the convention of delegates, although the convention of delegates may delegate under general directions the details of investment to such officers as they deem proper.

to control.

SEC. 6. The affairs of such corporation shall be controlled Affairs, who by a convention of delegates who shall be appointed or elected by the respective societies forming such corporation in such manner as the constitution and by-laws of such corporation shall provide, and the number of delegates which each society is entitled to send to such conventions, and the time and place of meeting of such conventions shall be as provided by the constitution and by-laws of said corporation. Subject to the action of such convention of delegates, the management of the affairs of said corporation may be placed in the control of such officers, trustees or other persons as may be provided by the constitution and by-laws of said corporation.

of articles.

SEC. 7. The articles of association may be amended by Amendment the vote of two-thirds of all the delegates present and voting at any convention of delegates; but the amendment shall only become effective when a copy thereof duly certified under the seal of the bund by the president and secretary to be a true copy of the amendment passed by the vote aforesaid, shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan. Copies of all amendments of the constitution Where filed. and by-laws, duly certified under the seal of the bund by the president and secretary to have been made pursuant to law, shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan before such amendments shall become effective. A copy of such articles of association and the amendments thereof, and a copy of the constitution and by-laws and resolution filed therewith, and all amendments of the constitution and by-laws, when duly certified to according to law under the seal of this State, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this State of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation or bund, and of the contents and legal effect of said original instruments.

Approved April 16, 1913.

Appropriations.

Proviso, limit.

Farm commissioner,

term, salary.

Farm development fund.

Salary, how paid.

Qualifications.

Oath of office.

[No. 67.]

AN ACT to authorize and regulate a county agricultural department.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this State are hereby authorized to appropriate from funds of their respective counties, or to assess and cause to be spread upon the taxable property of their respective counties, a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this act: Provided, however, That there shall not be so appropriated, raised or assessed in any county in any one year more than fifty cents on each one thousand dollars or major portion thereof of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property of such county, but in no case to exceed two thousand dollars, in addition to the salary mentioned in this act.

SEC. 2. Each of said boards of supervisors so making such appropriation or assessment, shall also elect one quali fied person for each county, respectively, to be known as farm commissioner, who shall hold his office for two years and shall receive such annual salary as said board of supervisors shall determine, not exceeding two thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. The fund so appropriated shall be known as the farm development fund, and the same may be used to enable said commissioner to defray his actual expenses, aside from salary, and carry out the purposes of this act.

SEC. 4. The salary of such commissioner shall be paid out of the general fund of such county, and as other county salaries are paid.

SEC. 5. Such commissioner shall be a person not less than twenty-five years of age, an experienced practical man who, in the opinion of said board, is versed in all matters pertaining to farming pursuits, the growing of agricultural products and fruits suitable in such county, and one who is versed in the knowledge of soil fertility, rotation of crops, fertilizers and fertilizing, and possessing a knowledge of the kind of crops best adapted to the various soils and conditions of such county.

SEC. 6. Such commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute the constitutional oath of office and file same with the county clerk of such county; and shall also before entering upon such duties execute and enter into a bond in a sum to be fixed by said board of supervisors, not less than one thousand dollars nor to exceed double the sum appropriated in the then current year. said bond to be signed by at least two sureties and approved by the county treasurer of the county, conditioned for the

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