[No. 297.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of act forty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, as amended by act number two hundred twenty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this State now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the State of Michigan and to repeal act number one hundred twentytwo of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of act forty-four of the public Section acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this State now or hereafter to be published and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred eightynine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act," as amended by act number two hundred twenty-five of the session laws of nineteen hundred three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 14. There shall be printed of the following reports the Reports, number number of copies herein indicated. Not to exceed one hundred to be printed. copies of each shall be printed and bound and retained in the office of the Secretary of State for future distribution. The number indicated in section twenty shall be printed for the purposes indicated in section twenty, and in addition there shall be printed the number of copies as follows, which shall be distributed by the heads of the departments and institutions making the report:

Adjutant General, not to exceed five hundred;

Advisory Board of Pardons, not to exceed five hundred;
Attorney General, not to exceed five hundred;

Auditor General, not to exceed five hundred;

Board of Fish Commissioners, not to exceed one thousand; Board of State Auditors, not to exceed five hundred;

Commissioner of Banking, not to exceed five hundred;

Commissioner of Insurance, fire and marine report, not to exceed twelve hundred;

Commissioner of Insurance, life, casualty, assessment and fraternal report, not to exceed fifteen hundred;

Commissioner of State Land Office, not to exceed five hun

dred;

Court of Mediation and Arbitration, not to exceed five hundred;

Dairymen's Association, not to exceed five hundred;
Dairy and Food Commissioner, not to exceed one thousand;
Game and Fish Warden, not to exceed one thousand;
Inspector of Illuminating Oils, not to exceed five hundred ;
Salt Inspectors, not to exceed four hundred;

State Board of Education, not to exceed five hundred; All State, penal, reformatory and charitable institutions, not to exceed five hundred each;

State Treasurer, not to exceed five hundred.

State Live Stock Sanitary Commissioner, not to exceed five hundred;

Annual meetings of the Superintendents of the Poor and union associations, not to exceed eight hundred;

Abstract of annual report of the county superintendents of the poor, not to exceed five hundred;

Abstracts of reports of sheriff's relative to jails, not to exceed five hundred;

Abstracts of statistical information relative to the insane, deaf and dumb, blind, idiotic and epileptic, not to exceed one. thousand;

Report of Michigan Academy of Science, not to exceed one thousand copies of two hundred fifty pages each;

State Librarian, not to exceed five hundred;

State Board of Geological Survey, not to exceed twelve hundred.

Approved June 17, 1905.

[No. 298.]

AN ACT to provide for the compilation, publication and distribution of an index to the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven and the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, nineteen hundred one, nineteen hundred three and nineteen hundred five.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

laws, when and

SECTION 1. The Secretary of State of the State of Mich- Index to compiled igan is hereby authorized and directed to compile, publish by whom comand distribute, as soon as may be after the final adjournment piled, etc. of the legislature of nineteen hundred five, an index to the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven and the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, nineteen hundred one, nineteen hundred three and nineteen hundred five. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this sec- Secretary of tion the Secretary of State shall appoint, for a period not compiler and exceeding nine months, a compiler at a salary of two hundred assistants, fifty dollars per month, an assistant compiler at a salary of one hundred seventy-five dollars per month and an assistant compiler at a salary of one hundred twenty-five dollars per month.

State to appoint

salaries.

cost.

SEC. 2. The arrangement of such index shall be such as Arrangement. shall by the Secretary of State be deemed most concise and form, binding, convenient, and the form and size thereof shall conform as near as possible to the form and size, except in the number of pages, of volumes one, two and three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The binding of the index shall be full law sheep. The cost of the index per volume, when completed, shall not exceed seventy-five cents.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of State shall distribute the index Distribution of. hereby authorized to be compiled and published, in the same manner and to the same officers, boards and libraries, as the public acts of the State are distributed. In addition to the number of volumes of such index as shall be necessary to complete the distribution thereof, as herein provided, there shall be published such a number of volumes to be sold by the Secretary of State at a price not to exceed seventy-five cents per volume, as in his discretion may be deemed necessary.

paid.

distribution, etc.,

SEC. 4. The expense incident to the compilation and publi- Expenses, how cation of such index shall be paid from the general fund in the State treasury, upon warrants issued by the Auditor General on presentation of vouchers approved by the Secretary of State and audited by the Board of State Auditors. SEC. 5. The compilation, publication and distribution of Compilation, such index shall, in all respects not herein otherwise provid- how governed. ed, be governed by act number forty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this State now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved

March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other
laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this
act," as amended.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 17, 1905.

Maiden name may be restored to women.

Proviso.

[No. 299.]

AN ACT to provide for changing and determining the names of divorced women.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The several circuit courts of this State, whenever a decree of divorce is granted, may, at the instance of the woman, whether complainant or defendant, decree to restore to her her maiden name, or the name she legally bore prior to her marriage to the husband in the divorce suit, or allow her to adpot another name: Provided, That when there is a minor child or children, issue of the marriage, this act shall not apply.

Approved June 17, 1905.

Protection of

deer for five years.

Penalty for violation.

[No. 300.]

AN ACT to prohibit for a period of five years the killing of deer in the county of Kalkaska.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. For a period of five years from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to kill any deer within the limits of the county of Kalkaska.

Any person who shall be found guilty of violating the provisions of section one of this act shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars for each deer that he may have killed, or in the default of the payment of such fine, imprisonment in the county jail or Detroit house of correction for a period of not more than six months, in the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 17, 1905.

[No. 301.]

AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan State Normal College for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, and for building and special purposes for said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and to provide a tax to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

expenses.

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Appropriation expenses of the Michigan State Normal College for the fiscal for current year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, the sum of one hundred twelve thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, the sum of one hundred twelve thousand dollars.

appropriation.

SEC. 2. The further sum of ten thousand eight hundred Further fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for said institution for the year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, by purposes and amounts as follows: For improvements on new How used. grounds, grading and making roads and walks, five hundred dollars; for installing a steam heating plant in the Student's Christian Association building, five hundred dollars; for making an outside entrance to basement of gymnasium, two hundred dollars; for fire escapes on main building, one thousand five hundred dollars; for second floor in library, midway between present floor and ceiling for the purpose of increasing stack room, four thousand dollars; for wiring and fixtures for electric lighting of science building, one thousand dollars; for repairs on boilers, including new arches, flues and other details, six hundred dollars; for organ repairs, replacing defective pipes, two hundred fifty dollars; for six new syphon jet closets in the girls' basement, with sewer and connections with main street, eight hundred dollars; and for steel ceiling in chapel of main building, one thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. It is hereby provided that if the several amounts Transfer of designated in section two of this act for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of other work or purchase specified in section two may, by obtaining the consent in writing of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General before any expense in excess of the specified 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 ten thousand eight hundred fifty dollars available for the purposes stated in section two, if, in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General, it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made.

funds.