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The 32d and 35th Michigan regiments were quartered in southern camps,. anxiously waiting orders to go to the front, but the sudden termination of war prevented them from seeing service on foreign soil.
The forces that went into the war with Spain, from Michigan, were actuated by the highest motives. They came from every employment and walk of life, yet none entered that service without a sacrifice. All left peaceful homes with comfortable surroundings and sure sources of income to risk their lives in battle or in camp in response to the call of duty and patriotism. Some were killed in battle, others died of diseases incident to life in camp under new and untried conditions. Some came home compara- tively unharmed, while others, and very many others, came bringing with them the seeds of disease and infirmities from which they will always suffer. There is but one proposition to make. The people of Michigan in common with the people of this great nation owe a debt of gratitude and love to those who in any way represented them in the glorious contest for humanity so happily and successfully ended by our treaty of peace with Spain, and we should not forget now or hereafter any of the obligations imposed on us. by this debt.
MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD-FIRST BRIGADE.
[Corrected to August 17, 1899.]
BRIGADIER GENERAL AND STAFF.
Rank from
JOHN E. TYRRELL, BRIGADIER GENERAL, Jackson Nov. 12, 1898. WM. B. WATTS, LIEUT. COL. AND SURGEON, Jackson - Dec. 27, 1898 CHAS. H. RUSSELL, MAJOR AND A. A. G., Jackson Jan. 10, 1899.
JAMES N. COX, MAJOR AND A. I. G., Calumet - Aug. 3, 1897
CHAS. H. RUHL, MAJOR AND A. Q. M. G., Jackson Dec. 27, 1898. PHILIP H. WITHINGTON, FIRST LIEUT, AND A. D. C., Jackson Jan. 3, 1895, DUNBAR D. SCOTT, FIRST LIEUT. and A. D. C., Ironwood - July 19, 1897
694
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
FIRST INFANTRY.
COLONEL, CHAS. L. BOYNTON, Port Huron, March 13, 1895
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, JOHN R. BENNETT, Muskegon, - Dec. 15, 1891
MAJOR, THOS. H. REYNOLDS, Detroit, June 28, 1895
MAJOR, HENRY L. HUNT, Jackson, Aug. 28, 1895
CHAPLAIN, CAPT. THOS. W. MCLEAN, Bay City, Dec. 29, 1890
ASSISTANT SURGEON, JAS. A. KING, Manistee - - March 10, 1897 ADJUTANT, CAPT. GEO. L. HARVEY, Port Huron, - March 15, 1895
R. Q. M., CAPT. OSCAR W. ACHARD, Saginaw, W. S. - May 22, 1895
Co. Where located.
Date of muster.
Captain.
Rank from.
A ..
Detroit.
Nov. 16, 1855
Chas. W. Harrah.
Nov. 15, 1892
B ...
Detroit.
Mar. 25, 1870
William H. Sink
April 24, 1896
C ...
Tecumseh
Dec. 29, 1870
Will H. Hayden.
July
13, 1896
D ...
Monroe.
Dec. 29, 1870
E ...
Detroit.
Aug. 2, 1881
Max A. Kean.
July
19, 1899
.. .
Detroit. .
Aug. 15, 1881
Walter Barlow
Dec.
12, 1898
G ...
Detroit.
June 13, 1884
Thomas J. Barrett
July
25, 1899
H ..
Detroit.
Dec. 18, 1884
Ross Granger
Jan.
5, 1898
K .
Detroit.
Oct. 27, 1891
Winslow W. Wilcox
Dec.
5, 1898
L ...
Ypsilanti.
Mar. 20, 1895
John P. Kirk ..
March 20, 1895
M ..
Pt. Huron.
Feb. 25, 1896
Joseph F. Walsh
Nov. 12, 1897
Co.
First lieutenant.
Rank from.
Second lieutenant.
Rank from.
A ..
Duncan Henderson ...
Nov. 15, 1892
Walter G. Rogers ...
Nov. 15, 1892
B ...
Cassius C. Fisk.
July 23, 1895
Addis G. Doyle.
June
12, 1896
C ...
Frederick B. Wood ..
Jan.
4, 1898
Harry U. Kirs.
Feb,
9, 1897
D ...
Irving S. Harrington.
Oct. 24, 1894
Fred W. Reisig.
Oct. 24, 1894
E ...
Thomas I. McCormick Julius Stuetzer ....
Dec. 12, 1898
Edward A. Stricker
Dec. 12, 1898
G ...
Richard W. Cotter ...
Oct. 26, 1894
Frank J. Cook ...
Oct.
18, 1897
H.
John S. Bersey ....
Oct. 23, 1894
Valentine R. Evans.
Nov.
12, 1894
I ...
Ambrose C. Pack ..
Jan.
5, 1898
Martin L. Belser ....
Jan. 5, 1898
K ..
Geo. C. Holbrook ..
Dec. 5, 1898
Henry W. Leach ...
Dec. 5, 1898
L ...
Frank D. McKeand ..
Mar. 20, 1895
M ..
George H. Brown ....
Feb. 5, 1898
Carl A. Wagner ..
Feb. 25, 1896
...
I. .
Ann Arbor
May 20, 1891
July 19, 1899
Adolph Deginder ...
July
19, 1899
F ...
695
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND INFANTRY.
1
Rank from.
COLONEL, WM. T. MCGURRIN, Grand Rapids - - March 30, 1895
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, JOHN J. VOS, Grand Rapids March 30, 1898
MAJOR, PERLEY L. ABBEY, Kalamazoo
Sept. 30, 1897
MAJOR, WM. B. KALMBACH, Grand Rapids
March 30, 1898
SURGEON MAJOR, LAWRENCE D. KNOWLES, Three Rivers - April 22, 1895
ASST. SURGEON CAPTAIN, JOHN L. BURKART, Grand Rapids April 22, 1895 CHAPLAIN CAPTAIN, CHARLES H. SAGE, Three Rivers - April 29, 1895
ADJUTANT CAPTAIN, WILL G. HARDY, Grand Rapids - Jan. 11, 1897
R. Q. M. CAPTAIN, WM. S. KINNEY, Grand Rapids
Feb. 2, 1897
Co. Where located.
Date of muster.
Captain.
Rank from.
A ..
Coldwater
Nov. 17, 1871
Fred W. Morrison.
April 30, 1898
C ..
Kalamazoo.
March 4, 1873
Eli V. R. Falardeau.
April 30, 1896
IS ..
Lansing
Mar. 17, 1876
Robt. J. Craig
July
6, 1897
r' .. G ..
Manistee
May 31, 1876
Geo. H. Broadhead.
July
24, 1899
H ..
Grand Haven .. Grand Rapids ..
June 27. 1882
Dennie W. Berry
July
14, 1899
[ ... Muskegon.
Aug. 27, 1885
Frank C. Whitney.
Nov.
11, 1895
K ..
Grand Rapids ..
June 28, 1895
Louis C. Covell.
Jan.
26, 1897
L ..
Battle Creek ..
Sept. 14, 1896
William M. Hatch
July
19, 1897
M ..
Grand Rapids ..
Nov. 30, 1897
Walter K. Schmidt
Jan.
12, 1899
Co.
First lieutenant.
Rank from.
Second lieutenant.
Rank from.
A ..
Edward D. Legg.
April 29, 1896
Fred E. Ferguson
Jan. 8, 1894
B ..
Jas. H. Noel ...
April 30, 1898
William Redmond
Oct. 22, 1897
D ..
Chas. H. Milner ..
June 11, 1896
Geo. R. Markham
Sept. 9, 1897
E
John Bohnet
July 6,1897
John C. Durst.
Dec. 4,1893
F ..
Frank L. Waite
July 24,1899
Daniel A. Waite.
Aug. 7,1899
G ..
Sherman S. Dickinson
May
11,1896
Jacob Dykema
June
1,1896
H .. Geo. C. Blickle.
Oct.
22, 1897
Oscar E. Kilstrom
Aug. 4, 1899
I ...
Edwin W. Watson ...
Nov. 11, 1895
John C. Graham.
Jan.
23,1896
K .. Alfred T. Fletcher ...
July
19, 1897
John H. Schouten.
July
19, 1897
L ..
Miles M. Ward ..
July
19, 1897
Paul W. Geddes
Mar.
14, 1898
M ..
Leander W. Steketee
Jan.
12, 1899
John J. Lane.
Nov.
30, 1897
B ..
Grand Rapids ..
Nov. 26, 1872
D .. Big Rapids.
June 25, 1875
July 23, 1879
C ..
Joseph Westnedge.
Oct. 22, 1897
696
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD INFANTRY.
COLONEL, FREDERICK J. SCHMIDT, Saginaw, E. S. March 13, 1895
MAJOR, PAUL M. ROTH, Owosso -
- Aug. 28, 1893
MAJOR, FRANK H. BURTON, Bay City March 29, 1895
SURGEON MAJOR, PETER D. McNAUGHTON, Iron Mountain March 10, 1897 ASST. SURGEON CAPTAIN. GUY G. BAILEY, Cheboygan - April 29, 1895
CHAPLAIN CAPT., WM. E. WRIGHT, Big Rapids
Aug.
3,1894
Co.
Where located.
Date of muster.
Captain.
Rank from.
A ..
Flint ..
Oct. 18, 1872
Wiillam E. Stewart
Oct. 13, 1896
B ..
Bay City.
April 13, 1874
William D. Parke.
Nov.
15, 1897
C ..
Saginaw, E. S ..
April 13, 1874
John Q. Anderson
Feb.
15, 1897
D .. Alpena.
June 3, 1876
Wm. D. Hitchcock
May
12, 1887
E ..
Calumet.
Aug. 8. 1881
Julius E. Fliege. .
May
6, 1897
F ..
Saginaw, W. S.
Jan. 21, 1882
Ferd F. W. Giesal
July
24, 1893
G ..
Houghton ..
Sept. 3, 1885
Charles Hendrickson
Feb.
1, 1899
H ..
Owosso.
Oct. 28, 1891
Arthur J. Van Epps
Oct.
2, 1894
I ... Ironwood .
Nov. 10, 1891
Robt. J. Bates ..
Sept. 28, 1896
K ..
Cheboygan ...
Nov. 16, 1891
Wm. S. Mc Arthur.
June
4,1894
L ..
Iron Mountain.
Feb 10, 1896
Silas J. McGregor
May
17,1898
M. ..
Sault Ste. Marie
Nov. 27, 1896
Robert S. Welsh.
Dec.
17,1897
Co.
First lieutenant.
Rank from.
Second lieutenant.
Rank from.
A ..
James S. Parker .. .
Oct. 13, 1896
Chas. S. Martin .. .
Oct. 13, 1896
B ..
Chas. H. Dumont ..
Nov. 15, 1897
Geo. A. Mandley.
Nov. 15, 1897
C ..
William T. Harms.
June 14, 1897
Geo. H. Stolz ..
July
25, 1895
D .. Ernst Dust
May 13, 1892
James L. Morrow
July 3, 1896
E ..
William E. Thielman.
May 6, 1897
Angus McDonald.
May 13, 1897
F ..
Wm. R. Murphy ..
July 24, 1893
Walter E. Grayson ..
Oct. 3, 1895
G ..
Rudolph J. Haas.
Feb. 1, 1899
John C. Osborne
Feb.
1,1899
H ..
Louis G. Heyer ..
Dec. 1, 1896
Zenas H. Ross ..
Dec.
1.1896
I ...
Frank J. Alexander ..
Sept 28, 1896
Geo. A. Curry.
Sept. 28,1896
K ..
John B. Boucher ..
Jan. 5, 1897
Daniel J. McDonald.
Jan. 5, 1897
L ..
Thomas Touhey ..
May 17,1898
John O'Connell. ...
May 17, 1898
M ..
Henry F. Hughart ..
Dec.
10, 1896
Gilmore G. Scranton
Nov. 27,1896
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
697
FIRST INDEPENDENT BATTALION.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, FRED SHUBEL, JR., Lansing, - ASSISTANT SURGEON CAPTAIN, CHAS. D. W. COLBY, Jackson, Feb. 19, 1897 ADJUTANT FIRST LIEUTENANT, CYRUS F. SMITH, Jackson, - Jan. 20, 1897
Co.
Where located.
Date of muster.
Captain.
Rank from.
A .. B ... C ... D ...
Adrain Mason.
Aug. 15, 1870
James M. Holloway
Feb. 18, 1896
June 16, 1877
John G. Snook ...
Feb. 14. 1893
Jackson
Mar. 9, 1892
Frank J. McNolty
Nov. 2, 1896
Jackson
Dec. 18, 1895
Benj. O. Newell.
Dec. 6, 1897
Co.
First lieutenant.
Rank from.
Second lieutenant.
Rank from
A .. B ... C ... D .. .
Edwin A. Wells.
Feb. 18, 1896 Feb. 14, 1893
Myron C. Bond.
Feb. 18, 1896 May 29, 1897
George P. Griffin. .. Burton C. Hinckley ..
June 21, 1897
Roy C. Vandercock Charles M. Frost .... Thos. H. Phillips ....
March 22. 1897
Dec. 6, 1897
88
Nov. 15, 1892
698
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
MICHIGAN STATE NAVAL BRIGADE.
PAYMASTER, FREDERICK T. SIBLEY, Detroit - - June 30, 1897 ASSISTANT, PAYMASTER, CHAS. A. WOOD, Saginaw, E. S. - April 8, 1895 ASSISTANT PAYMASTER, FRANK S. WERNEKEN, Detroit - June 30, 1897
FIRST BATTALION.
COMMANDER GILRERT WILKES, COMMANDING OFFICER, Detroit Jan. 2, 1895 LIEUT. COMMANDER STRATHEARN HENDRIE, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Detroit
June 30, 1899
LIEUTENANT FREDERICK W. HODGES, N. and O. OFFICER, Detroit - - - - Nov. 30, 1896
PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEON, DELOS L. PARKER, Detroit - Jan. 3, 1895
ASSISTANT SURGEON, GEO. C. SCHEMM, Saginaw, E. S.
June 12, 1896 ASSISTANT SURGEON, BENJ. P. BRODIE, Detroit - June 21. 1897
ASSISTANT SURGEON, BURT RUSSELL SHURLEY, Detroit - July 4, 1898 PASSED ASSISTANT ENGINEER, MORTIMER E. COOLEY, Detroit April 11, 1895 ASSISTANT ENGINEER, AUGUST MEHLMAN, Bay City - - April 28, 1898
DIVISIONS.
| Div.
Where located.
Date of muster.
Lieutenant.
Rank from.
1 2
Detroit.
March 1, 1893 ..
Fred D. Standish.
Jan. 23, 1899
Saginaw
Dec. 6, 1894 ..
Frederick L. Eaton ..
3
Detroit.
Dec. 22, 1894 ..
Walter R. Parker
April 13, 1897 Jan. 23, 1899
4
Benton Harbor.,
May 8, 1899 ..
Chester C. Sweet
May 8, 1899
| Div.
Lieutenant junior grade.
Rank from.
Ensign.
Rank from.
1
Henry B. Joy.
Jan. 23, 1899
Edwin Denby
Jan. 23, 1899
2
Samuel F. Owen
Jan. 23, 1899
Morris R. Tousey.
Jan. 23, 1899
3
Divie B. Duffield.
Jan. 23, 1899 May 8, 1899
Chas. F. Hammond .. George E. Schairer ..
April 17, 1899
1
Louis H. Foltzer
May 8, 1899
1
STATE BOARDS.
EX OFFICIO STATE BOARDS.
BOARD OF STATE. AUDITORS.
Secretary of state, state treasurer, commissioner of the state land office. Regular meeting on the last Wednesday of each month. It is the duty of the board to examine, adjust and settle all claims and demands against the state which may be presented. Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 14.
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS.
Secretary of state, state treasurer, commissioner of the state land office. Meeting to canvass votes for other than presidential electors, on or before December 15, after a general election and within forty days after a special election; to canvass votes for electors, on Wednesday next after third Mon- day of November; to canvass votes on constitutional amendment or banking law, on or before twentieth of month next after election .- Compiled Laws, 1897, §§ 3692-3707.
BOARD OF RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
Attorney general, secretary of state, commissioner of railroads. It is the duty of the board to determine the manner in which railroad crossings shall be made, whether at grade or otherwise *
* * * what safeguards shall be provided by the company to protect against accidents. The board shall approve of map of route within thirty days * * or file in the office of * * the commissioner of railroads written reasons for the disapproval of the map, and serve a copy of said reasons upon said company. Two of said board, of which the commissioner of railroads shall be one, shall constitute a quorum .- Compiled Laws, 1897, § 6232.
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Lieutenant governor, auditor general, secretary of state, state treasurer, commissioner of the state land office. Regular meeting on the third Monday of August, 1851, and every fifth year thereafter .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 15.
BOARD OF FUND COMMISSIONERS.
Governor, state treasurer, auditor general .- Compiled Laws, 1897, §§ 1184-1188.
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STATE BOARDS.
BOARD OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
State treasurer, secretary of state, auditor general .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 16.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO TAKE CHARGE OF ESCHEATED PROPERTY AND OTHER STATE ASSETS.
Auditor general, state treasurer, secretary of state .- Compiled Laws, 1897. chapter 46.
BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES.
Auditor general, state treasurer, commissioner of the state land office. Regular meeting during month of July in each year .- Compiled Laws, 1897. §§ 4002-4006. '
BOARD OF RAILROAD CONSOLIDATIONS.
Attorney general, commissioner of railroads, secretary of state .- Compiled Laws, 1897, § 6255.
BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE SWAMP LANDS.
Governor, secretary of state, auditor general, state treasurer, attorney general, commissioner of the state land office. Regular meeting on the last. Thursday of each month .- Compiled Laws, 1897, § 1466.
BOARD OF AUDITORS OF CLAIMS FOR RELIEF GROWING OUT OF SALES OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Commissioner of the state land office, state treasurer, attorney general. Regular meetings on first Monday in February and July .- Compiled Laws, 1897, §§ 1406-1410.
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BOARD OF CONTROL OF ST. MARY'S FALLS SHIP CANAL AND OF THE PORTAGE LAKE AND LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL.
Governor, auditor general, state treasurer. Regular meeting first Thursday after last Wednesday of each month .- See note, p. 188, Compiled Laws. 1897.
BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR.
Commissioner of labor, deputy commissioner of labor, secretary of state .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 113.
BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Governor, superintendent of public instruction, president state board of education .- Compiled Laws, 1897, $ 1519.
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STATE BOARDS.
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
ALFRED C. LANE, Lansing
State Geologist W. W. STOCKLEY Draughtsman
The state geological survey was established by an act of the legislature in 1837, and the board of geological survey under its present existence was created March 26, 1869. The object of the survey, as set forth in the differ- ent acts, is to make a thorough geological and mineralogical survey of the state, to determine the mineral character and contents of its rocks; to make a general examination of its topography, hydrography and physical geography, and to investigate all the products of interest in this line in the state capable of being converted to the use of man. All information about Michigan's natural resources is given without charge. The names of the different state geologists since the organization of the survey are as follows: Dr. Douglass Houghton, Prof. Alexander Winchell, Dr. Carl Rominger, Charles E. Wright, M. E. Wadsworth, and the present incumbent. In 1873 Vols. I and II of the geological survey were published, in 1876 Vol. III, in 1881 Vol. IV, in 1895 Vol. V, and in 1899, Vol. VI .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 55.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE BOARDS.
RAILROAD AND STREET CROSSING BOARD.
Term expires
CHASE S. OSBORN, commissioner of railroads, ex officio.
J. S. STEARNS, Ludington
Jan. 1, 1901
HERMANN P. NAGEL Jan. 1, 1893
It is the duty of the railroad and street crossing board to investigate and finally settle all petitions concerning the crossings of railroads and highways, where it is desired that the railroad and highway cross at different grades. The powers and duties of the board are fully prescribed by Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 102.
STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.
Term expires.
FREEMAN B. DICKERSON, Detroit
Jan. 1, 1901
HERSCHEL WHITAKER, Detroit
Jan. 1, 1903
HORACE W. DAVIS, Grand Rapids
Jan. 1, 1905
OFFICERS.
HERSCHEL WHITAKER, Detroit
President
SEYMOUR BOWER, Detroit
Superintendent
GEORGE D. MUSSEY, Detroit
Secretary
ALBERT IVES, JR., Detroit Treasurer -
The board of fish commissioners consists of three members appointed by the governor for a term of six years. The board is entrusted with the supervision of the fishing interests of the state .- Compiled Laws, 1897, §§ 5833-5838.
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STATE BOARDS.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Term expires
DELOS FALL, M. S., Albion
Jan. 31, 1901
AARON V. MCALVAY, Manistee Jan. 31, 1901
FREDERICK R. BELKNAP, Niles Jan. 31, 1903 FRANK WELLS, Lansing .
Jan. 31, 1903 COLLINS H. JOHNSTON, Grand Rapids Jan. 31, 1905 Jan. 1, 1905
D. A. MCLACHLAN, Detroit HENRY B. BAKER, M. D., Secretary, Lansing.
The state board of health, consisting of six members appointed by the gov- ernor for a term of six years (and a secretary elected by the board), has a general supervision of the interests of life and health of the people of the State. By the cooperation of local boards of health, of which there is one in every township, city and village in Michigan, it aims at the suppression and exclusion from the state of the dangerous communicable diseases, especially diphtheria, scarlet fever and small-pox. To this end it publishes and distributes widely, circulars of instruction to local officers and to the general public, for the restriction and prevention of these diseases. It inves- tigates the origin and spread of epidemics of these diseases, and constantly urges upon the local officers the feasibility of preventing such outbreaks, or of confining them within the narrowest limits.
By a frequent distribution of circulars calling attention to the law and ask- ing a return of the name and address of a health officer, the board secures a complete organization of the local boards of health under the law. To the local boards thus organized the state board issues circulars of instruction as to their powers and duties; and by its advice it aids local boards in their work of regulating and abating nuisances and preventing sickness.
By holding popular sanitary conventions in various parts of the state, the board seeks, by the aid of leading physicians and other educated men, to interest and instruct the people in measures for the preservation of health, such as the proper heating, ventilating and lighting of dwellings, cars and public buildings; the drainage and sewerage of towns and of houses; the preservation of a pure water supply ; the prevention of adulteration of food; the restriction of contagious diseases; the sanitary regulation of schools and other kindred subjects.
In connection with the state board of corrections and charities, the board of health examines and criticises or approves plans for public buildings authorized by the legislature to be erected or enlarged. The board collects statistics of sickness and of meteorological conditions, and by a systematic study of these, seeks to learn the causes of diseases, and to elaborate in- formation for the benefit of the people and especially for the guidance of the legal guardians of the health of the people.
The board publishes an annual report and supplements containing the pro- ceedings of the sanitary conventions, held under the law. It also distributes separate reprints of papers in the report, and pamphlets, leaflets and dia- grams on the restriction and prevention of various diseases. By means of these pamphlets, leaflets and diagram the board maintains a system of public health instruction wherever a dangerous communicable diseasc exists and the local officers cooperate; this is done by distributing to the neighbors of the placarded premises instructions how to restrict the particular disease
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there present. With the cooperation of local officers, the board collects facts and statistics of results of action such as it recommends, and of other methods of action or non-action, and publishes these facts for the informa- tion and use of the people .- Compiled Laws, 1897, §§ 4397-4407.
STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS AND CHARITIES.
Term expires.
GOVERNOR HAZEN S. PINGREE, ex officio.
RT. REV. GEO. D. GILLESPIE, Grand Rapids
Jan. 1, 1901
THOMAS A. HILTON, Coldwater Jan. 1, 1903 -
CHARLES W. LIGHT, Saginaw Jan. 1, 1905
ARTHUR L. WORDEN, Detroit
-
Jan. 6, 1905
OFFICERS.
RT. REV. GEO. D. GILLESPIE, Grand Rapids Chairman
LUCIUS C. STORRS, Lansing Secretary
The board of corrections and charities consists of the governor, ex officio, and four commissioners appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, each appointed for a term of eight years, one being appointed every two years. The commissioners receive no compensa- tion for their services, but are paid their actual expenses while in the per- formance of their duties.
The board appoints its own secretary, who gives his entire time to the duties of his office. The office is in the capitol at Lansing.
It is the duty of the board, at least once in each year, to visit and inspect all the state penal, reformatory, and charitable institutions; also, biennially, to visit the same institutions for the purpose of enabling them to report understandingly upon estimates for current expenses and for special purposes. which are to be submitted to them by the respective boards of control ask- ing appropriations from the legislature, and the report of the board of cor- rections and charities must accompany and be published with the report of the board of control asking such appropriations.
The board also, by one of the commissioners, or by the secretary, pays at least one visit annually to every county jail and county poor house in the state. In case of jails they make reports to the boards of supervisors. and of poor houses to the superintendents of the poor, stating the condition in which the respective jails and poor houses are found, making recommenda- tions and suggestions as to improvements, etc., and in case of neglect on the part of the proper authorities to correct evils, or reform abuses, they call the public attention to the facts through the local press.
An agent of the board may be appointed by the governor in every county in the state, whose duty it is to examine into the facts and circumstances attending the commission of any crime by a child under seventeen years of age; to report to the court all the facts, and also the parentage, previous habits and character of the accused, and his parents, the companionships and surroundings of the child, attend the trial, if one is had, and counsel with the court as to the disposition to be made of the case.
It is also the duty of the agents to seek out suitable homes for children arrested for offenses, or committed to any state institution, and for abandoned or neglected children in charge of any state institution or
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officers, to visit them when placed in homes, to change homes and guardians when essential to the well being of the child, etc., and to make full reports to the board of which they are agents.
Whenever any person desires to adopt any minor child, legally an inmate of the state public school, such proceedings shall be made under the direc- tion of the county agent in the county where such person resides. The state board of corrections and charities may from time to time examine into the treatment and care of inmates of the Wayne county insane asylum .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 80.
THE ADVISORY BOARD IN THE MATTER OF PARDONS.
Term expires.
CHARLES F. BECK, Vice President, Detroit November 29, 1899
DAVID E. BURNS, Grand Rapids -
November 29, 1899
CHARLES G. TURNER, Traverse City November 29, 1901
ARTHUR W. SAXTON, Jackson -
SAMUEL A. TOMLINSON, Secretary, Lansing. - November 29, 1901
The advisory board in the matter of pardons consists of four members appointed by the governor. The board was created by act No. 150, public acts of 1893. The term of office of two members of the board first appointed will be two years, and of the other two members four years; thereafter the term of office will be four years. The board shall hold its session when and where occasion may require, and has full power to send for persons and papers in the prosecution of its work. The entire period of all the sessions of the board shall not exceed six months in any two years. Compensation of members shall be five dollars per day while in the actual discharge of their duties, and necessary expenses. The duty of the board is to investi- gate the cases of such convicts, now or hereafter confined in prisons of the state or houses of correction, as may petition for pardons, and to report to the governor the result of their deliberations with such recommendations as in their judgment shall seem expedient, either in respect to pardons or commutations, or refusal of the same .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 17.
STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS.
Term expires.
MARK NORRIS, Grand Rapids (a)
August 30, 1899
RUSSELL C. OSTRANDER Lansing
- August 30, 1900
GEORGE H. DURAND, Flint - August 30, 1901
FLOYD R. MECHEM, Ann Arbor
PHILLIP T. VANZILE, Detroit
- August 30, 1902 August 30, 1903
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