Fines, how recovered. Analyses and certificates to representation. All suits for the recovery of fines under the provisions of this act shall be brought under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture. SEC. 8. The secretary of the State Board of Agriculture be published. shall publish in the annual report a correct statement of all analyses made and certificates filed in his office, together with a statement of all moneys received for license fees, and expended for analysis. Any surplus from license fees remaining on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall be placed to the credit of the experimental fund of said board. Disposition of surplus. SEC. 9. All acts or parts of acts in any wise contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 6, 1915. Certificate of authority required. To whom issued. License fee. Suspension or revocation. Notice. Penalty. [No. 136.] AN ACT to provide for the licensing of adjusters of companies carrying workmen's compensation insurance and the suspension and revocation of such licenses. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No person, partnership, association or corporation shall, after this act takes effect, engage in the business of adjusting claims for compensation under act number ten of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred twelve, and acts amendatory thereto, for companies carrying workmen's compensation insurance, without first procuring a certificate of authority to act as such adjuster from the Commissioner of Insurance of this State. The Commissioner of Insurance shall issue such adjuster's certificate of authority only to persons, partnerships, associations or corporations applying therefor, who are trustworthy and competent to transact such business in such manner as to safeguard the interests of the public. Every person, partnership, association or corporation to whom such certificate is issued shall pay to the Commissioner of Insurance as a license fee therefor the sum of two dollars to be paid into the State treasury of this State as other fees paid to such commissioner. SEC. 2. Such license and certificate of authority may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner of Insurance for fraud or serious misconduct on the part of any such adjuster. Before revoking the license of any adjuster under this act, the commissioner shall give notice in writing to such adjuster of the charges of fraud or misconduct preferred against him, and shall give such adjuster full opportunity to be heard in relation to the same. SEC. 3. Any person, partnership, association or corporation or their agents or employes violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and in default of the payment thereof shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 6, 1915. [No. 137.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of chapter eight of act number three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," as last amended by act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine. amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of chapter eight of act Section number three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyfive, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," as last amended by act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, is hereby amended to read as follows: five parts. one to five. of parts. SEC. 22. Special assessment rolls to defray the cost of Assessment street paving shall be made in five parts, each part to con- rolls made in tain a list of the lots or parcels constituting the special assessment district with the names of the owners or occupants of each lot or parcel, and one-fifth of the cost or expense of the work shall be assessed upon each one of said five parts. Such Numbered parts of the assessment roll shall be numbered one, two, three, four and five, respectively, and any person so electing may pay part one and have an extension of time for the payment Payment of parts two, three, four and five of one, two, three and four years respectively. If part one is not paid on or before the Default in same shall become due, the whole amount of the assessment against any lot or parcel shall be due and no extension of time shall be granted thereon. Deferred payments shall draw Interest interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, and if any de- payments. fault shall be made in the payment of an installment or of the interest thereon, the whole amount of the assessment then remaining unpaid shall mature and become due and payable, Maturity and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had for the collection of the amount still due as are authorized by this act in case the owners or occupants have not elected to pay in payment. on deferred of whole. Bonds of village. Term to run. Payment by installments. Contractors, how may be paid. Cost of paving intersections, etc. installments. The village council shall have power to issue bonds of the village bearing not to exceed six per cent interest to the amount of the deferred payments, and pledging the faith and credit of the village for the payment of said bonds out of the deferred payments when collected. Said bonds shall run for one, two, three and four years, and all payments made on the deferred installments shall be paid into and constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at maturity. Owners and occupants electing to pay by installments shall pay the full amount of the interest on each installment down to the maturity thereof, but may pay the principal and such interest into the village treasury before maturity. Contractors for the laying of street paving may be required to take their pay in street paving bonds, and such bonds shall in no event be sold, or otherwise disposed of, at less than their par value. The village council may issue similar bonds to defray that portion of the cost and expense of any street paving chargeable to street intersections, or to lands belonging to the village, school buildings or other public buildings or grounds, including such portion of said cost or expense as the village council may have decided to pay from the general highway fund or the street district fund. Approved May 6, 1915. Section amended. [No. 138.] AN ACT to amend section one hundred forty-eight of act two hundred six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyone, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," as added to said act by act number one hundred fifty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, as last amended by act number one hundred fifty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section one hundred forty-eight of act number two hundred six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assess ment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," as added to said act by act number one hundred fifty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine as last amended by act number one hundred fifty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: books, etc. rolls. SEC. 148. All regular sessions of said board shall be held Regular and special at the office of said board in the city of Lansing, to be fur- sessions. nished by the Board of State Auditors. Special meetings of said board may be held at any place most convenient. The Access to said board and the members thereof, or any duly authorized representative thereof, shall have access to all books, papers, documents, statements and accounts on file or of record in any of the departments of State, subject to the rules and regulations of the respective departments relative to the care of the public records. The said board and the members thereof, or any duly authorized representatives thereof, shall have like access to all books, papers, documents, statements and accounts on file or of record in counties, townships and Assessment municipalities, and shall have authority to take possession of any assessment roll for use in carrying out the provisions of this act upon presenting to the assessing officer having the same in his control a receipt therefor, signed by the person taking such roll in his possession, and the said board shall be responsible for the return of said roll within a reasonable time thereafter; said board shall have the right to subpoena witnesses upon a subpoena signed by the chairman of said witnesses. board, and attested by the secretary thereof directed to such witnesses, and which subpoena may be served by any person Service of authorized to serve subpoenas from courts of record in this State, and the attendance of witnesses may be compelled by attachment to be issued by any circuit court in the State upon proper showing that such witness has been properly subpoenaed and has refused to obey such subpoena. The person Fees for serving such subpoena shall receive the same compensation service. now allowed to sheriffs and other officers for serving subpoenas. Said board shall have power to examine witnesses Examination under oath, said oath to be administered by any member of said board or by the secretary thereof. Said board or any Examination duly authorized representative thereof shall have the right etc. to examine the property, books, papers or accounts of any corporation, firm or individual owning property liable to assessment for taxes, general or specific under the laws of this State, and to require, upon blanks to be furnished by said subpoena. of witnesses. of property, Statement under oath. Penalty for refusal. board, a statement under oath of the president, secretary, superintendent or managing officer of a corporation, of a member of a firm, or an individual, containing such information as the said board may require to enable it to arrive at the true cash value of the property of such corporation, firm or individual subject to taxation under the laws of this State, and any assessing officer who shall refuse to deliver his assessment roll upon demand of a member or representative of the Board of State Tax Commissioners, or any officer or stockholder of any such corporation, any member of any such firm, or any person or persons who shall refuse to permit said inspection, refuse or fail to make such statement, or neglect or fail to appear before said board in response to a subpoena, or testify as provided for in this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the State prison for a period not exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 6, 1915. Township [No. 139.] AN ACT to provide for the compilation, publication and distribution in book form of all laws now in existence in regard to the powers and duties of township officers, to supply the same to certain township officers, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall compile, prepare officers' guide, and publish, as soon as possible after the adjournment of the compilation. present Legislature, all existing laws concerning the powers and duties of township officers, in book form, with suitable forms to be a guide for such township officers in the performance of their several duties, and to be known as "Township Officers' Guide." The style of printing and binding of the Printing and binding. said township officers' guide shall be similar to that of the How branded. Public Acts, as published at the present time. All books distributed to the township officers hereinafter named, shall have branded on the cover the words "State Property." Copies published. SEC. 2. There shall be published of the volume entitled "township officers' guide," a sufficient number of copies to supply one copy each to the following officers, viz: The several supervisors, township clerks, township treasurers, commissioners of highway, and each justice of the peace in the several townships in the State, and in addition to the |