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tersects with the line of any other express company or to or from any common terminal to any point on its own line, and the charge and compensation for the transportation of such merchandise or other property by two or more express companies shall not exceed by thirty per cent the maximum charge for the same distance on any one line, such maximum charge being determined as hereinafter prescribed:

(c) All express companies operating within this State shall publish and continue in force and effect through or joint rates between all points at which offices are maintained on the line of all express companies operating within the State of Michigan: Provided, That such express companies may divide charges for transportation in such a manner as to allow participating carriers an agreed minimum proportion when the division of such charges on a mileage basis would not allow a sufficient minimum;

(d) The following schedule of rates shall be the present maximum basic general merchandise schedule chargeable within the State of Michigan:

One to fifty-five miles inclusive, fifty cents per one hundred pounds;

Fifty-six to seventy-five miles inclusive, fifty-five cents per one hundred pounds;

Seventy-six to eighty-five miles inclusive, sixty cents per one hundred pounds;

Eighty-six to ninety-five miles inclusive, sixty-five cents per one hundred pounds;

Ninety-six to one hundred five miles inclusive, seventy cents per one hundred pounds;

One hundred six to one hundred thirty miles inclusive, seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds;

One hundred thirty-one to one hundred fifty miles inclusive, eighty cents per one hundred pounds;

One hundred fifty-one to one hundred seventy miles inclusive, eighty-five cents per one hundred pounds;

One hundred seventy-one to one hundred ninety miles inclusive, ninety cents per one hundred pounds;

One hundred ninety-one to two hundred ten miles inclu sive, one dollar per one hundred pounds;

Two hundred eleven to two hundred thirty miles inclusive, one dollar ten cents per one hundred pounds;

Two hundred thirty-one to two hundred fifty miles inclusive, one dollar twenty cents per one hundred pounds;

Two hundred fifty-one to two hundred seventy-five miles inclusive, one dollar thirty cents per one hundred pounds; Two hundred seventy-six to three hundred miles inclusive, one dollar forty cents per one hundred pounds;

(e) The graduated table or schedule of charges now in force relating to shipments of merchandise or other property in quantities less than one hundred pounds shall continue in operation except as hereinafter provided;

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(f) The Michigan Railroad Commission shall have con- Supervision trol and supervision over all express companies operating companies. within this State, and upon complaint made to it or upon its own motion and after hearing had thereon, in accordance with the rules now in force relative to hearings on complaints by and against common carriers, may from time to time within its discretion change, alter and amend the maximum schedule of rates herein before set forth, and may from time to time upon proper application or upon its own motion and hearing had thereon, as above prescribed, change, alter and amend any graduated table or schedule of charges on merchandise or other property transported or to be transported, the weight of which is less than one hundred pounds; (g) Any express company operating or doing business Forwarding of shipments. within the State of Michigan, upon receipt of any property or merchandise, providing such property or merchandise is a proper subject for shipment by express and in proper condition at time of presentation, shall unless otherwise requested by the shipper forward same via the nearest and most practical route, having in mind the frequency of train service at different junction points.

SEC. 2. This act is immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1911.

[No. 140.]

AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind for current expenses and for building and special purposes for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twelve, and June thirty, nineteen hundred thirteen, and to provide a tax therefor, and providing for the maintenance, expenditure, renewal and regulation of a revolving industrial fund for the blind.

expenses.

The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Current expenses of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars.

purposes.

SEC. 2. The further sum of one thousand five hundred dol- Special lars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twelve, for purposes and by amounts as follows: For automatic stokers or some other device to

Further

Proviso, transfer of funds.

accomplish the same purpose, fifteen hundred dollars. The appropriation. further sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred thirteen, for procuring reading matter for the free circulating library for the blind of Michigan (required by law to be maintained under the supervision and control of the superintendent and board of trustees of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind): Provided, That if the amounts designated in this section for any one of the purposes be insufficient to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchase specified in this section may, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor. General, in writing, before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire two thousand dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if, in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made.

How paid.

Tax clause.

Revolving fund.

SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder.

SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of twentynine thousand five hundred dollars and for the year nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated.

SEC. 5. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of ten thousand dollars for the creation and maintenance of a "revolving industrial fund for the blind," for the purchase of raw materials for use in the manufacturing departments of the said Employment Institution for the Blind, and for the payment of wages earned by the blind employes of the said institution, which fund shall be continually renewed from the proceeds of all sales of the wares manufactured by blind artisans in said institution and from all sums collected for maintenance or other service lawfully supplied by said institution or any department thereof.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1911.

[No. 141.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number forty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, approved April eight, nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to provide for a tax upon dogs and to create a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed or wounded by them in certain cases."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section one of act number forty-eight of the Section public acts of nineteen hundred one, approved April eight, nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to provide for a tax upon dogs and to create a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed or wounded by them in certain cases," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. In all townships and cities of this State, except in Tax on dogs. cities having and enforcing an ordinance imposing a tax or license fee on every dog owned or harbored in said city, there shall be annually levied and collected the following tax upon dogs: Upon every male dog over six months old owned or kept by one person or family, one dollar; upon every female dog over six months old owned or kept by one person or. family, three dollars: Provided, That the tax upon a female Proviso. dog whose ovaries have been removed shall be one dollar, and shall be so levied by the supervisor in every case when the person owning such dog shall file with such supervisor a certificate under oath of a veterinary surgeon that the ovaries of such dog had been removed: Provided further, That any Further person keeping or having in possession dogs for boarding proviso. or for breeding purposes, and the selling and exchange of such dogs, not less than five in number, may obtain from the township or city clerk a kennel license for the kenneling of dogs and shall pay for such license in lieu of all other tax the sum of twenty-five dollars, which license shall not be granted for a period exceeding one year and shall expire on the second Monday of April of each year.

Approved April 25, 1911.

Liability, release of.

[No. 142.]

AN ACT releasing the county of Shiawassee from any and all liability to the State of Michigan for expenses incurred by calling out and maintaining the State troops at the village of Durand in order to preserve public peace and order during the strike of the Grand Trunk Railroad employes in the months of July and August, nineteen hundred ten.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The county of Shiawassee is hereby released from any and all liability to the State of Michigan for the expense of calling out and maintaining the State troops at the village of Durand in the months of July and August, nineteen hundred ten, in order to preserve public peace and order during the strike of the Grand Trunk Railroad employes.

Approved April 25, 1911.

Section amended.

Single school districts.

[No. 143.]

AN ACT to amend sections one, two, three, nine and thirteen of act number one hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the organization of township school districts in the State of Michigan," and to add thereto a new section to be known as section twenty-six.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections one, two, three, nine and thirteen of act number one hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the organization of township school districts in the State of Michigan,” are hereby amended to read as follows, and a new section is hereby added to said act to be known as section twenty-six, said amended and added sections to read as follows:

SEC. 1. Whenever a majority of the qualified school electors in any organized township votes in favor of organizing said township into a single school district, such township shall, after the second Monday in July thereafter, be a single school district and shall be governed by the provisions of this act, and in case there are one or more graded school districts in the township having a population of nine hundred or less, the qualified school electors in such graded districts shall have the right to sign the petition hereinafter mentioned, and vote on the question of the establishment of such

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