year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. out. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said Michigan Fees, etc. historical commission shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 96.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the state highway department for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred. twenty-nine, for certain specific purposes, and to designate the source from which money so appropriated shall be paid. The People of the State of Michigan enact: poses. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the state Amounts highway department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, and purnineteen hundred twenty-eight, the sum of two hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the sum of two hundred twenty-six thousand eight hundred dollars, which appropriation shall be a charge upon the state highway fund derived from the net income of the state from the registration of motor vehicles, drivers and chauffeurs, and which sums shall be expended for the following purposes: Proviso. Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes stated: Provided, That the number of employes, and the compensation to be paid thereto, and all disbursements hereunder shall be subject to the approval of the state administrative board. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state highway fund in accordance with the accounting laws of the state. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amounts and purposes. [No. 97.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the department of agriculture for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, for maintenance, operation and payment of premiums of the annual state fair. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the department of agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, for the purposes and in the following amounts: For fiscal year For fiscal year ending June 30, 1929 $75,000.00 SEC. 2. The above amounts shall be discharged by the department of agriculture subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 30, 1927. [No. 98.] AN ACT authorizing the state highway commissioner of the state of Michigan to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin state highway commission to construct an interstate bridge project extending from approximately the intersection of Ogden avenue and Chandler street in the city of Menominee, Michigan, in a straight line terminating at the approximate center of Dunlap square in the city of Marinette, Wisconsin, and to provide for the cost and expense thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: struct inter SECTION 1. The state highway commissioner is hereby May conauthorized to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin state state bridge. highway commission for the construction of an interstate bridge project extending from approximately the intersection of Ogden avenue and Chandler street in the city of Menominee, Michigan, in a straight line terminating at approximately the center of Dunlap square in the city of. Marinette, Wisconsin. This bridge is designed to replace the existing Bridge street bridge commonly known as the Middle bridge which is in an unsafe condition and in urgent need of reconstruction. SEC. 2. The agreement provided in section one of this act Right of is hereby made contingent upon the purchase of right of way way, etc. and settlement of property damages the full cost of which shall be assumed and borne by others: Provided, That the ex- Proviso. pense of the construction of said bridge project including the river bridge, approach fills, grade separation, drainage structure, paving and lighting exclusive of cost and expense of securing right of way and property damages, shall be divided between the state of Michigan and the state of Wisconsin, as the state highway commissioner shall deem just and proper: Provided further, That the state highway commissioner is here- Further by authorized to make contracts with other parties for secur- proviso. ing portions of the cost of said bridge project to reimburse the state of Michigan in part for its share of the cost and expense of said project. tion. SEC. 3. The state highway commissioner is hereby author- Appropriaized to use such money as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act from any funds appropriated for trunk line and federal aid construction purposes. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 30, 1927. Section amended. Procedure in case of new trial. stayed. [No. 99.] AN ACT to amend section twelve of act number three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to supplement existing laws providing for the establishment and maintenance of municipal courts of record and defining the jurisdiction of such courts; to fix the number of judges thereof; to provide a presiding judge; to define the privileges of such presiding judge; to modify the procedure in and extend the jurisdiction of said courts in certain respects, and to provide for the abolishing of any police courts or other courts not of record having exclusive criminal jurisdiction existing in any city in which the provisions of this act become operative", and to provide for the adoption of this act by popular vote in municipalities before it shall become operative. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twelve of act number three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to supplement existing laws providing for the establishment and maintenance of municipal courts of record and defining the jurisdiction of such courts; to fix the number of judges thereof; to provide a presiding judge; to define the privileges of such presiding judge; to modify the procedure in and extend the jurisdiction of said courts in certain respects, and to provide for the abolishing of any police courts or other courts not of record having exclusive criminal jurisdiction existing in any city in which the provisions of this act become operative," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 12. The procedure in all cases where motion is made for a new trial shall be the same as is provided for under the general laws of this state for circuit courts. In cases cognizable by justices of the peace under the state law, motions for new trial shall be filed within fifteen days from rendition of judgment and shall be determined within ten days after said Proceedings motion shall have been filed. Upon the filing of a motion for new trial in such cases all further proceedings shall be stayed, and the court may order the release of the defendant upon his filing a bond in such amount and in such form as may be fixed and approved by the court. In cases cognizable by justices of the peace under the state law, motions for new trial shall be heard by the presiding judge or shall be assigned by him to some judge other than the one who sat in the trial of such cause. In such cases the defendant shall file with his motion for new trial before the date set for the hearing thereof a complete transcript of the testimony taken upon the original trial of said cause. Motions for new trial in such cases shall not be granted as a matter of right but shall be granted only for good cause shown in the same manner as is provided by law in cases Motion for new trial, when granted. not cognizable by justices of the peace. If the court deny any motion for new trial in such cases he shall forthwith issue a writ of mittimus for the purpose of apprehending said defendant and subjecting him to the original sentence of the court in such case. dum. SEC. 2. This act shall not become operative in any munici- Referenpality of the state unless and until it is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors thereof and ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon in accordance with section seven of act number three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 100.] AN ACT to regulate the buying and selling of poultry; to aid in the detection of and prevention of crime in the purchase and sale of poultry, and to provide a penalty therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: etc. SECTION 1. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in Record of the business of purchasing poultry for the purpose of resale purchases, shall keep a record of the date of each such purchase, the name and residence of the seller, kind of poultry purchased and the description and number thereof, whether such poultry was raised by the seller or purchased from others, and if purchased from others, then the name of the person from whom the same was purchased by the seller and the date of such purchase, and if the seller delivers such poultry by means of automobile or other vehicle having a license thereon, then the number of such license. SEC. 2. The seller shall at the time of making sale of any Duty of poultry as provided in the preceding section, truthfully state seller. all of the facts as aforesaid; shall sign his name to such statement and shall certify to the correctness thereof. to furnish. SEC. 3. Each and every person, firm or corporation, so Blanks, who purchasing poultry as aforesaid, shall procure from the secretary of state, suitable blanks for such record. It shall be the duty of said secretary of state to furnish said blanks free of cost to the applicant upon demand; and all purchasers of poultry as herein before designated, shall order and keep on hand a supply of such blanks. SEC. 4. All such blanks when filled shall constitute a To constitute record of the purchase or purchases made; shall be safely kept record. by such purchasers for a period of one year and shall at all times be open to the inspection of all sheriffs, their deputies, |