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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
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MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. (a)
Term expires
WILLIAM H. WALLACE, Saginaw Dec. 31, 1915
I. ROY WATERBURY, Highland. . Dec. 31, 1915
JOHN W. BEAUMONT, Detroit . Dec. 31, 1917
JASON WOODMAN, Paw Paw
. Dec. 31, 1917
ALFRED J. DOHERTY, Clare. . Dec. 31, 1919
ROBERT D. GRAHAM, Grand Rapids.
. Dec. 31, 1919
LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex-officio.
J. L. SNYDER, President of College, ex-officio.
OFFICERS.
J. L. SNYDER, East Lansing. .President
ADDISON M. BROWN, East Lansing. . Secretary
B. F. DAVIS, Lansing. . Treasurer
Departments: Agricultural, horticultural, dairying, soils, forestry, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, chemical, botanical, zoological, entomological, veterinary, bacteriological, physical, mathematical, history and political economy, military, physical culture, drawing; women's department, including music, domestic science and domestic art. The state agricultural college, comprising fifty- seven buildings, is situated on a farm of 684 acres, at the city of East Lansing, Ingham county. It was established February 12, 1855, and the legislature, by act approved on that date, appropriated twenty-two sections of salt spring lands, the money from the sale thereof to be used for the purchase of a site and land for farm. The purchase consisted of 676 acres, from which five acres were afterwards sold. Later thirteen acres were purchased for an athletic field, making present farm and grounds 684 acres.
The legislature of 1857 appropriated $40,000.00, "for the erection of buildings, pur- chase of furniture, apparatus, implements and library, payment of professors and teachers, and to improve and carry on the farm and such other necessary expenses," etc. At each succeeding session since, appropriations have been made for buildings or current expenses or both, until the present value of the college buildings and equip- ment is $1,394,119.72, of which the former represents $852,200.00.
The sources of income of the Agricultural College are as follows: Interest paid by the state on funds derived from the sale of lands granted by the general government in 1862; appropriation from the United States Treasury under the Morrill act of August 30, 1890, $25,000.00 per annum; a subsequent act has increased this appropriation by $5,000 per annum, until the total sum shall reach $50,000; Hatch Experiment Station act, for experimental work, $15,000.00 per annum; Adams Experiment Station act, for experimental work, $15,000 per annum; appropriations by state legislature and receipts from farm, garden, orchards and students' fees.
The number of instructors during the academic year 1911-12 was 127; number of students 1,702; number of graduates 165; number of volumes in library 36,079; number added during the year 1,851; cost of tuition per student annually, $15.00 to non- residents; average cost of board per week $2.25 to $3.00; annual expense to students $200.00 to $300.00. Amount of productive funds at end of fiscal year 1911-12, $989,603.86; receipts for current expenses during year 1911-12, $400,288.57; disburse- ments for current expenses, $408,192.61. Expenses during year for permanent im- provements, $21,649.78.
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Act 232, P. A. 1901, which provided for an annual appropriation of $100,000.00, was amended by Act No. 266, P. A. 1907, so that the college shall receive one-tenth of a mill upon the taxable property of the state, which, under the last equalization amounts to $228,800.
Act No. 324, P. A. 1913, provides a tax of one-sixth of a mill.
(a) Members elected under the provisions of Sec. 7, Art. XI of the constitution.
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THE NORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN.
Section 6, Article XI of the constitution places the state normal college and the state normal schools under the general supervision of the state board of education.
OFFICERS.
Term expires
LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Ironwood, Secretary.
July
1,1915
WILLIAM J. McKONE, Albion
.July 1,1915
THOMAS W. NADAL, Olivet
July 1,1917
FRANK CODY, Detroit .
.July
1,1919
STATE NORMAL COLLEGE.
President of the college, CHARLES McKENNY, A. M., LL. D.
Departments: Psychology, pedagogy, philosophy and education, history, English, ancient classics, mathematics, physical sciences, natural sciences, art, geography, physical training, inusic, reading and oratory, manual training, household arts, kindergarten and training.
The State Normal College is located in the city of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county, and consists of seven buildings, covering thirty-nine acres of ground. It was organized March 28, 1849. The number of instructors during the year 1912, was 88 during the regular year with 26 extra in summer school (excepting student assistants). Number of students during the year, including six weeks summer term, 3,086, number of grad- uates 1911 and 1912, 1,493; number of graduates since the school was founded, 9,817; number of volumes in the library, 35,700; cost of annual tuition per student, $15.00; average cost of room per week, $1.25 to $1.75; average cost of board, $2.75 to $3.00; total average cost to student, $175; to state, $53.58; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $511,500.00; legislative appropriation for current expenses for year ending June 30, 1912, $165,000.00, and for year ending June 30, 1913, $165,000.00; special purposes, $11,500.00 .- Act 298, P. A. 1911.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORMAL SCHOOL.
President of the school, CHARLES T. GRAWN, A. M. M. Pd.
Departments: Education, English, mathematics, science, history, geography, draw- ing, music, physiology and physical training, psychology and pedagogy, manual train- ing, kindergarten and training school.
The institution was started by private enterprise and is located in the city of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella county, Michigan, and consists of a commodious main building having accommodations for 700 students, a training school building with accommodations for manual training and domestic training, kindergarten and the eight grades of a public school, a central heating and lighting plant and a physical training building recently completed, costing $50,000. The buildings are situated on a campus of twenty acres of ground. The school was adopted by the state, June 3, 1895, and was opened as a state school the following September.
During the year 1911-12, 42 instructors were employed; number of students enrolled averages about 1,100 during the year, including the summer term; number of graduates during the year 1911-12, 249; annual cost of tuition per student $15.00; average cost of board and room per week $2.75; total average cost to student $150. The value of the buildings, grounds and general equipment is $300,000. The legislature of 1911 appro- priated $160,000 for current expenses and $6,500 for special purposes .- Act 284, P. A. 1911.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
NORTHERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
President of the school, JAMES H. B. KAYE, A. M.
Departments: Drawing, English, expression, geography, German and French, Latin, history, kindergarten, mathematics, music, natural science, physical science, physical training, psychology and education, domestic art and science, training school depart- ment.
The Northern Normal School is located at Marquette. The site is beautiful, over- looking Lake Superior. The campus consists of twenty acres. The buildings are new, complete and well equipped. The school was established by Act No. 51 of the public acts of 1899. The number of instructors during the year 1911-12 was 26; number of students enrolled, 700; number of graduates for that year, 149; annual tuition per student is $9; average cost of board per week, $4.25; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $210,496.20. The legislature of 1911 appropriated $110,000 for current expenses and $500 for special purposes .- Act 287, P. A. 1911.
WESTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
President of the school, DWIGHT BRYANT WALDO, A. M.
Departments: Art, biology, psychology and pedagogy, English, mathematics, history and civics, geography, physics and chemistry, kindergarten, music, public school art, Latin and German, expression, manual training, domestic art and domestic science, physical training, rural school department, training school.
The Western State Normal is located at Kalamazoo. The site is commanding, over- looking the entire city. The grounds consist of twenty acres. The administration building completed in 1905, is commodious and convenient. The second building, consisting of gymnasium and assembly room, was ready for occupancy at the opening of the spring term, 1908. A third building consisting mainly of recitation rooms, which connects the two mentioned above, was also completed in 1908. A training school build- ing finely equipped, was opened for use in September, 1909; the students are there afforded practice in teaching under trained critic teachers. The number of instructors, including training school faculty, is 49. The number of students enrolled during the first twelve months of the school's history was 232; during the second twelve months the total enrollment was 483; in the third year 815; in the fourth year 927; in the fifth year. 1,265; in the sixth year, 1,419; in the seventh year, 1,417; and in the eighth year, 1,401. The annual tuition is $5 for resident students and $10 for non-residents. The value of the grounds, buildings and equipment is $300,000. An appropriation of $500 for special purposes and of $110,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, was made by the legislature of 1911 .- Act 287, P. A. 1911. The city of Kalamazoo gave $70,000 for grounds.
MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
WILLIAM KELLY, Vulcan
.June
9,1915
JAMES McNAUGHTON, Calumet ..
.June
9,1915
MURRAY M. DUNCAN, Ishpeming
.June
9,1917
LUCIUS L. HUBBARD, Painesdale
.June
9,1917
J. W. BLACK, Houghton ..
. June
9,1919
FRED H. BEGOLE, Marquette.
June
9,1919
Chairman of the Board of Control. WILLIAM KELLY
Secretary of the Board of Control. FRED WALTER MCNAIR
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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
President. FRED WALTER MCNAIR
Secretary and Librarian. .FRANCES HANNA SCOTT
Treasurer. .FREDERICK WILLIAM NICHOLS
Superintendent of Grounds. . FREDERICK WILLIAM SPERR
Superintendent of Buildings. . GEORGE LUTHER CHRISTENSEN
The Michigan College of Mines is located at Houghton, Houghton county, in the heart of the great copper mining region of Lake Superior. Within a radius of eleven miles from its site are some twenty active copper mines, among which are some of the largest in the world. The college was organized under an act dated May 1, 1885, and first opened to students September 15, 1886. The property consists of ten buildings, equip- ment, library and seventeen acres of ground. Its first cost was $142,500. Number of instructors 1911-12, 26; number of students during the year, 186; graduates during the year, 32; total number of graduates since organization, 668; number of volumes in library, 25,789. Value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $766,140.20; receipts during the year from tuition fees, $23,757.00; receipts from all other sources, $6,913.66; current expenses, $95,670.66 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 68.
The appropriation by the legislature of 1911 for current expenses was $65,000.00 per year for the years ending June 30, 1912-13 .- Act 286, P. A. 1911.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
JAMES SLOCUM, Detroit. .
. Dec. 31, 1914
ALLISON L. WRIGHT, Bad Axe
. Dec. 31, 1916
FRANCIS H. RANKIN, Flint .
. Dec. 31, 1918
OFFICERS.
FRANCIS D. CLARKE, A. M., C. E., L. H. D.
Superintendent
HENRY R. NILES. .. Steward
MISS M. E. DRURY. . Matron
R. N. MURRAY, M. D. Physician
ANNIE S. RUNDELL.
Asst. Physician
The Michigan School for the Deaf, located at the city of Flint, Genesee county, was established in 1854. Number of instructors during 1912, 38; number of students during the year, 309; number of graduates during the year, none; number of graduates since founded, 1,742; number of volumes in library, 6,448; added during the year, 96; cost of annual tuition per student, $64.81; average cost of board per week, $1.73; total average annual cost per student to the state, $284.29; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $411,322.82; current expenses during year, $83,824.18 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 70.
The legislative appropriation of 1911 for current expenses for each of the years end- ing June 30, 1912-13, was $85,000.00. In addition an appropriation of $2,000.00 was made for special purposes .- Act 292, P. A. 1911.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
PHILIP EICHHORN, Port Huron.
Dec. 31, 1914
JOHN HOLBROOK, Lansing .
. Dec. 31, 1916
HARRY V. HUSTON, Ludington.
. Dec. 31, 1918
OFFICERS.
CLARENCE E. HOLMES, B. S. Superintendent
WILLIAM A. NEITHERCUT. . Principal
ANNA E. POTTER . Clerk and Bookkeeper
LUCY A. COOK. .Matron
J. F. CAMPBELL, M. D. Physician
SETH H. JONES.
Oculist
Departments: Literary, music and industrial.
The school for the blind is a part of the public school system of the state and in addi- tion includes the High School, making a complete twelve grade school. The course of study is the equal of any twelve grade course in the state, and is planned to meet col- lege requirements. The teachers are college trained and licensed.
The course in music covers eight years and includes vocal and instrumental. In- struction is offered on the piano, violin and pipe organ as well as orchestral practice.
The industrial courses include domestic science, plai i and fancy sewing, knitting and crocheting, raffia and bead work; hammock and net making; piano tuning, repairing and construction; broom and brush making; rug weaving and chair caning.
The school is located in the city of Lansing, Ingham county. The grounds comprise forty-five acres purchased by authority of an act of the legislature of 1881. Number of instructors 1912, 16; number of students during the year, 150; number of volumes in library, Braille 3,234, ink 1,340; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $243,241.38 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 71.
The legislature of 1911 appropriated $45,855.00 for current expenses for the year ending June 30, 1912 and $49,695.00 for the year ending June 30, 1913. In addition an appropriation of $18,850.00 was made for special purposes .- Act 112, P. A. 1911.
MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio. Term expires
HENRY H. CHATTERS, President, Flushing. . Dec. 31, 1914
F. BRUCE SMITH, Secretary, Saginaw .. . Dec. 31, 1916
JAMES MCCAREN, Treasurer, Bad Axe. .Dec. 31, 1918
OFFICERS.
FRANK G. PUTNAM. . Superintendent
AMBROSE M. SHOTWELL. Assistant Superintendent and Librarian
GRACIE BROWN. Accountant
E. E. CURTIS, M. D. .Physician
BESSIE M. SUTHERLAND. . Matron
The Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind is located in the city of Saginaw, (Postoffice, Saginaw, West Side), Saginaw county. The grounds comprise seven acres, purchased for $1.00 by authority of Act 169 of the P. A. of 1903, but in reality donated by the citizens of Saginaw. Number of instructors, 1912, 5; number of inmates, June 30, 1912, 128; number of volumes in circulating library, 2,000; annual tuition free, with
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free maintenance of learners for maximum term of three years, after which apprentice- ship the proficient wage earning inmates receive current piece-price rates of wages, and repay cost of maintenance; amount so refunded during last biennial term $8,577.89; average cost of board per week, men, $3.00, women, $2.00. Estimated average cost per inmate to state, $207.03, 12 months; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $102,000.
Aside from reading, writing and typewriting, minor literary branches, vocal and instrumental music, the beneficiaries are taught broom and whisk making, piano tuning and repairing, cobbling, feather duster making, weaving, basket making and chair caning, for the men; sewing, fancy-work, knitting and crocheting, raffia, chair-caning and weaving, for the women.
The legislature of 1911 appropriated for current expenses, $28,000 for each of the years ending June 30, 1912-13; for special purposes, $1,500 .- Act 140, P. A. 1911.
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
FRANK M. STEWART, President, Hillsdale
. Dec. 31, 1914
GEORGE H. TURNER, Secretary and Treasurer, Coldwater. . Dec. 31, 1916
. Dec. 31, 1918 D. L. TREAT, Adrian ..
OFFICERS.
J. B. MONTGOMERY. Superintendent
STANLEY C. GRIFFIN. . State Agent
MARY A. KINNEY .. Clerk MABEL RANDALL. . Attendant and Acting Matron
The State Public School, located at the city of Coldwater, Branch county, was es- tablished in 1871 and opened in May, 1874. Its first cost was $93,000 and its present value is $281,484.99. The school consists of eighteen buildings, occupying 160 acres. The net expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, were $45,520.00; the total number of wards cared for in the school in the year ending June 30, 1912, was 578; the number of teachers is five and cottage managers eight. The instruction given to wards is that of graded, primary school, kindergarten, domestic science and manual training. The average age of children is eight and one-tenth years. Those who are old enough are instructed in common daily labor. The condition of commitment is dependence, or ill-treatment. Children are received at any age under fourteen years and must be sound in body and mind; they are discharged for the following reasons: When adopted, restored to parents, have become of age or self-supporting during minority. girls married during minority and children returned to their respective counties because of disease, incorrigibility, etc. Since the institution opened, 7,596 children have been received. Most of them have gone into good homes. Ninety-two per cent of all who have gone into homes have made good records and there are now 1,478 in homes, etc. Total average annual expense to the state per ward, $31.42 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 72.
The appropriation by the legislature of 1911 for current expenses was $45,520.00 per year for the years ending June 30, 1912-13 .- Act 285, P. A. 1911.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio.
Term expires
FRANKLIN P. SAYRE, Flushing, President. . Dec. 31, 1916
HORATIO H. LARNED, Lansing . . Dec. 31, 1914
FRANK F. ROWE. Kalamazoo. . Dec. 31, 1918
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
OFFICERS.
E. M. LAWSON. . Superintendent
E. L. DAYMUDE.
Assistant Superintendent
MRS. J. E. ST. JOHN . Matron
V. J. BROWN. Bookkeeper
J. H. WELLINGS. Physician
The Industrial School for Boys, formerly called the Reform School, is located in the city of Lansing, Ingham county. The property consists of 290 acres of land, thirty-five buildings, including shops and barns; the first cost was $25,000, the present value of its property is $451,828.71; the earnings of the institution for the last biennial period were $19,206.47; the disbursements for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1908, were $226,546.46; the number of inmates for 1895 was 518; for 1896, 539; the number of in- mates October 1, 1896, 575; number April 18, 1899, 648; June 30, 1900, 667; June 30, 1904, 715; June 30, 1905, 724; June 30, 1906, 743; June 30, 1907, 741; June 30, 1908, 742; June 30, 1909, 758; June 30, 1910, 750; June 30, 1911, 768; June 30, 1912, 779; January 1, 1913, 765; the number of teachers and employes is 63; the instruction given is common school education, four and one-half hours per day, also industrial trades are taught, carpentry, printing, baking, shoe-making, tailoring, painting, stenography, typewriting and farming .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 77.
The legislature of 1911 appropriated $98,000 for current expenses for each of the years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913. In addition an appropriation of $1,000 was made for special purposes .- Act 282, P. A. 1911.
INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR GIRLS.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio.
Term expires
ANNA A. PALMER, Saginaw . May 31, 1915
ROLLA C. TAYLOR, Adrian. . May 31, 1917
FOREST C. BADGLEY, Jackson May 31, 1919
OFFICERS.
MRS. MARY C. JOHNSON. Superintendent
MRS. ISABEL B. STEARNS. Assistant Superintendent
MISS FRANCES W. ROSE. . Bookkeeper
MISS KATHARINE F. THEILMANN. . . Clerk
MRS. EMILY S. STARK. Physician
The Industrial Home for Girls, established in 1879, is located one mile north of the city of Adrian, Lenawee county. The property consists of 113 acres of land and twenty buildings. The first appropriation was $10,000. The present value of its property is $259,349.97. The disbursements for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, were $158,746.14. The earnings of the institution for the two years ending June 30, 1912, were $8,823.32. The total number of inmates for the year ending June 30, 1912, was 481; the average number of teachers employed is 40; the instruction given to inmates is in housekeeping, cooking, sewing, knitting, dressmaking, art-needlework and all useful duties of the household, together with a common school education. Inmates may be discharged for good conduct. An average of 55 girls are out on contract, lead- ing good lives and doing well; up to June 30, 1912, 2,929 have entered the home since its organization and seventy-five per cent of its graduates are good women. The object of the institution is the reformation of juvenile female offenders between the ages of ten and seventeen years .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 78.
The legislature of 1911 appropriated $72,000 for the year ending June 30, 1912, and $72,000 for the year ending June 30, 1913 .- Act 290, P. A. 1911,
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MICHIGAN SOLDIERS' HOME.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio. Term expires
ALFRED MILNES, Coldwater. . Feb. 28, 1915
L. W. SPRAGUE, Greenville .Feb. 28, 1915
E. H. FOOTE, Grand Rapids. . Feb. 28, 1917
T. G. STEVENSON, Ionia. .Feb. 28, 1917
GEORGE W. STONE, Lansing .. .Feb. 28, 1919
GEORGE N. DAVIS, Grand Rapids. . Feb. 28, 1919
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS. Chairman ex-officio
ALFRED MILNES, Coldwater. . Chairman pro tem.
E. H. FOOTE, Grand Rapids. . Treasurer
GEORGE W. STONE, Lansing. . Clerk
OFFICERS OF THE HOME.
W. T. MCGURRIN. .Commandant
MAJOR CHARLES P. COFFIN. Adjutant
MAJOR HOWARD A. GRUBE . Surgeon
CAPT. CHARLES C. PHILLIPS. Quartermaster
REV. J. K. STARK. . Chaplain
AGENT TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT AID FOR SOLDIERS' HOME.
WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS. Big Rapids
The Michigan Soldiers' Home, consisting of fourteen buildings, established in 1885, is situated on Grand river three miles north of the center of the city of Grand Rapids, on a plat of ground containing 132 acres which was donated by the city of Grand Rapids at a cost of $16,500. The first cost of the home was $99,654.67, and it now has capacity to accommodate over 1,500 occupants. It is under the control of the board of managers of the Soldiers' Home, having also the home officers in charge .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 74. The number of members, December 31, 1912, was 1,346 (1,152 men, 194 women), of whom 1,115 (949 men and 166 women), were present at the home on that date; the present value of the property is $459,372.11. The expenditure for current expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, was $189,819.38; average cost per capita, $171.38; and for year ending June 30, 1912, $201,269.84; average cost per capita, $177.45.
. The following section of the law creating the Michigan Soldiers' Home is appended to show the conditions of admissibility: "All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who have served in the army or navy of the United States, in the late war of the rebellion, the Mexican war, the Spanish-American war or the war in the Philip- pines, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no ade- quate means of support and by reason of such disability, are incapable of earning their living, and who would be otherwise dependent upon public or private charity, shall be entitled to be admitted to said home, subject to the rules and regulations that shall be adopted by the board of managers to govern the admission of applicants to said home: Provided, That no applicant shall be admitted to said home unless he served in a Mich- igan regiment or was accredited to the State of Michigan, or was a resident of the State of Michigan for at least five years next preceding the date of his application for ad- mission to the said home .- Act 152, P. A. 1885, as amended by Act No. 25, P. A. 1901 and by Act No. 2, (Ex. session) P. A. 1907.
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The women's building of this home cares for the wives, widows and mothers of vet- erans of the Mexican or Civil War, the Spanish-American war or the war in the Philip- pines. The husband of the applicant must be or have been a Michigan soldier or a resident of this state in accordance with the provisions of the law establishing the home, and she must have married her soldier husband previous to 1890 .- § 2067, Am. 1913, Act No. 217. Up to December 31, 1912, 6,368 veterans of different wars and 572 widows, wives or mothers had been admitted to the home.
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