twenty the sum of one million three hundred fourteen thou- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 12.] AN ACT to provide an additional appropriation for the erec tion, construction and equipment of a State office building in the city of Lansing 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 fiscal Additional appropriation year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of for 1920, four hundred thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending 1921. June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the sum of five hundred fifty thousand dollars, for the purpose of aiding in the erecting, constructing and equipping of the State office and library building in the city of Lansing, Michigan, provided for by act two hundred forty-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen. The moneys hereby appropri. How ated shall be expended under the direction of the Governor expended. and the members of the Board of State Auditors in conformity with the provisions of said act and for the furtherance of the purpose thereof. SEC. 2. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for each of the years nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, sufficient amounts to cover the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 13.] AN ACT to amend section sixteen of act number one hundred sixteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the maintenance, management and control of the Michigan School for the Deaf, and to repeal all laws inconsistent herewith,” being compilers' section one thousand four hundred sixty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section amended. cases Assistance given residents by trustees. SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act number one hundred sixteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the maintenance, management and control of the Michigan School for the Deaf, and to repeal all laws inconsistent herewith,” being compilers' section one thousand four hundred sixty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 16. In where persons, residents of this State, who are deaf and dumb, but who, on account of their poverty, are unable to furnish themselves with suitable clothing and other necessaries for attending school at the institution for the deaf and dumb, the board of trustees shall have discretionary power to render them such assistance, not exceeding sixty dollars per annum for each person, and for that purpose may issue a certificate to the Auditor General, that such amount is necessary for the benefit of such individuals, who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor; and any such sums are hereby appropriated and shall be paid out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated and the Auditor General shall charge all such as drawn to the county of which such a person is a resident, or to which he or she belongs, to be collected and returned to the general fund as any State taxes are required to be by law. Approved June 25, 1919. Certificate issued. Appropriation. Charge to county. [No. 14.] AN ACT to amend section four 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,” being section fifteen thousand five hundred thirtyeight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. time of confinement estimated. SECTION 1. Section four 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," being section fifteen thousand five hundred thirty-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. No railroad company, in the carrying or transpor- Maximum tation of animals, shall permit the same to be confined in cars for a longer period than thirty-six consecutive hours without without unloading. unloading the same for rest, water, and feeding, for a period of at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented from so unloading by storm, or other accidental causes. In estimat- Time, how ing such confinement, the time during which the animals have been confined without rest, on connecting roads from which they are received shall be included, it being the intention of this act to prevent their continuous confinement beyond the period of thirty-six hours, except on contingencies hereinbefore stated. Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed, Care during watered, and sheltered during such rest, by the owner or person having the custody thereof, or, in case of his default in so doing, then the railroad company transporting the same, at the expense of said owner or person in custody thereof; and said company shall in such case have a lien upon such animals Company to for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable have lien. for any detention of such animals authorized by this act. Any Penalty. company, owner or custodian of such animals, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section, shall, for each and every such offense, be liable for, and forfeit, and pay a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars: Provided, however, That when animals shall Proviso, nonbe carried in cars in which they can and do have proper food, application. water, space, and opportunity for rest, the foregoing provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. Approved June 25, 1919. rest. [No. 15.] AN ACT to create a commission to act in co-operation with the Attorney General of this State, and with any like commission or officials of the state of Wisconsin, to investigate the disputed boundary line between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan; to authorize said commission and Attorney General to take such action as may be necessary and proper to establish such boundary line; and making an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Commission created, duty. Expenses. Attorney General to co-operate. To institute proceedings, etc. SECTION 1. There is hereby created a special commission, consisting of three members to be appointed by the Governor, whose duty it shall be to investigate the disputed boundary line between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan. The members of said commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred by reason of official duties, such expenses to be audited and allowed by the Auditor General and payable by his warrant upon the State Treasurer out of the appropriation made by this act. Sec. 2. Upon the organization of said commission, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to co-operate fully with the commission to carry out the purposes of this act. Said commission and the Attorney General are further authorized to act with any like commission or the proper officials of the state of Wisconsin. Sec. 3. Upon the completion of said investigation, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General, under direction of the commission, to take all legal steps necessary to fully establish the permanent boundary line between the said states, and to this end he shall institute and prosecute any legal or court proceedings necessary in the establishment of such boundary line. SEC. 4. To carry out the provisions of this act, including the expense of expert and clerical assistance as may be needed, the employment of which by the commission is hereby authorized, there is appropriated out of the general fund of the State the amount of five thousand dollars, which sum shall be available until expended : Provided, That any portion thereof remaining upon completion of said investigation shall revert to the general fund. Sec. 5. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nineteen, the sum of five thousand dollars, which sum, 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. Proviso. Tax clause. [No. 16.] AN ACT to provide an appropriation for the expense of con ducting the office of the presiding circuit judge of the State of Michigan, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: for 1920, 1921. SECTION 1. There are hereby appropriated from the gen- Appropriation eral funds for the expenses of the office of the presiding circuit judge of the State of Michigan for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of two thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the sum of two thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid out. out of the State treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. Sec. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the years nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 17.] AN ACT to promote the establishing of deep-water connec tions between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic ocean; to provide for a commission to carry out the object hereof; to make an appropriation for expenses incurred hereunder, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby created a commission consist- Commission ing of seven members to be known and designated as “The created, duty. Great Lakes Tide-water Commission,” the members of which shall be appointed as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of investigating the feasibility of establishing deep-water connections between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic ocean, so as to permit the passage of ocean-going vessels from ports on the Great Lakes to the waters of said ocean. Said commis- Cooperation. sion is hereby authorized and empowered to cooperate with similar commissions or bodies representing other states and |