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It is his duty to make a biennial report to the governor, which report shall contain the name and compensation of every person employed and the whole amount of ex- penses of the department.
He is empowered to appoint a deputy, who shall be a competent civil engineer, and employ such other clerks and engineers as the work of the department demands.
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTS.
STATE INSPECTOR OF OILS.
The duties of the state inspector of illuminating oils are prescribed by act number 26 of the public acts of 1899, and acts numbers 37, 38 and 39 of 1909. The inspector and his deputies are required to inspect illuminating oils, and to reject all that do not answer the test. They also govern the use of gasoline, and enforce the act requiring the labeling of the same.
SUPERINTENDENT OF CAPITOL.
Has supervision and direction of the capitol police and of persons employed in con- nection with heating, lighting and general care of the capitol building and grounds.
DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER.
The office of dairy and food commissioner was created by the legislature of 1893, act No. 211. The commissioner is appointed by the governor for a term of two years, and it is his duty to carefully inquire into the quality of the dairy and food and drink products, and the several articles which are the necessary constituents of food, which are offered for sale in this state. He is required to make an annual report to the gov-
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ernor, which shall include the doings of his office for the preceding year. He is charged with the enforcement of the act relative to the manufacture and sale of ice cream; the act providing uniform weights and measures of cereal products, and is required to take means to prevent the adulteration of linseed oil. The commissioner, together with the president of the board of pharmacy and state board of health, shall prepare rules for the prevention of adulteration, misbranding, fraud and deceit in the manufacture and sale of drugs. The commissioner, by and with the consent of the governor, shall appoint a deputy commissioner and state analyst. He may appoint an assistant chemist, two drug inspectors, eight regular inspectors and such other special inspectors as the duties of the office may require. See act No. 12 of 1905, acts Nos. 70, 110 and 146 of 1909, and acts Nos. 224 and 242 of 1913.
The commissioner is, by virtue of his office, the state superintendent of weights and measures. His deputy shall be the deputy superintendent of weights and measures and all inspectors appointed by the commissioner shall be state inspectors and sealers of weights and measures. See act No. 168 of 1913.
DUTIES OF STATE MILITARY BOARD.
The board is composed of five members appointed by the governor, of which the chief of staff is president and the adjutant general is recorder. The board, constituting an advisory body to the commander-in-chief on all state military matters, shall inspect and report to the commander-in-chief on all estimates and accounts of and for the national guard and audit all claims of a military character against the state. Requisi- tions of the quartermaster general upon the state treasury for funds must be approved by the commander-in-chief and military board. No contract pertaining to the military department in behalf of the state, exceeding an expenditure of three hundred dollars, shall be valid until approved by the board. Whenever necessary in the performance of their duties any one of them has power to administer oaths. The board is empowered by law to prepare and promulgate all articles, rules and regulations for the government of the national guard, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state, such articles, rules and regulations to be approved by the commander-in-chief and filed in the office of the secretary of state.
Upon application, the military board issues to members of the national guard who have served six consecutive years a certificate of such service. All military encamp- ments are established at such place or places within the state as the commander-in-chief, with the advice of the state military board, may select. All bonds of the company commanders and other officers in charge of public military property must be approved by the board. The uniform and arms of the national guard are adopted by the state military board, with the approval of the commander-in-chief.
The board has charge and control of the soldiers' cemetery at Detroit, which is set apart and used exclusively as a place of interment for deceased Michigan soldiers, sailors and marines of the war of the rebellion not otherwise provided with a final resting place. Admission of Michigan soldiers, sailors and marines of the late war to the hos- pitals for the insane are granted by the state military board.
CHIEF OF STAFF.
The chief of staff is appointed by the governor and holds his office for a period of two years or until his successor is appointed and holds the rank of brigadier general. All orders of the commander-in-chief are promulgated by him and all communications of a military character to the commander-in-chief are transmitted through his office, which is kept at Lansing. He attends the commander-in-chief at all reviews of the national guard or wherever ordered in the performance of military dury. He presents to the commander-in-chief all recommendations of the state military board and issues such orders as are directed in relation thereto.
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DUTIES OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.
The adjutant general is appointed by the governor, upon the recommendation of the state military board, and holds his office until his successor is appointed and qualified. His rank is that of major. He is required to take the constitutional oath of office before entering upon his duties, filing the same in the office of the secretary of state. The adjutant general is entitled to use the coat of arms of the state as his seal of office, with the words, "State of Michigan, Adjutant General's office," added thereto. He makes a biennial report to the governor of all business transacted in his office and is required to make annual return of all militia of the state to the president of the United States through the adjutant general of the United States army. All pay rolls of the state troops for encampment are transmitted to him in duplicate, which he causes to be ex- tended in amount, according to the provisions of law for pay of the troops, and delivers them to the quartermaster general; one copy being eventually delivered to the auditor general. Muster rolls, reports and returns of state troops are filed in his office, and all discharges from the state service are issued by him. All commissions to officers of the state troops are issued by him under the authority and signature of the governor with the signature and seal of the secretary of state attached.
The records of Michigan soldiers of the late war are kept on file in his office, and all information desired from such records is furnished by him. Certificates of military service of Michigan soldiers of the late war are given under his hand and seal; and he distributes the book "Michigan in the war," as provided by § 1714, Compiled Laws of 1897. Records of state bounties paid to soldiers of the late war are kept on file in his office and all applications for such bounty, or requests for information regarding the same, should be forwarded to his office at Lansing.
DUTIES OF QUARTERMASTER GENERAL.
The quartermaster general is appointed by the governor, upon the recommendation of the state military board, and holds his office for the term of two years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified. His rank is that of major. He is required to take the constitutional oath of office and give bonds in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, filing the same in the office of the secretary of state, before entering upon his duties. All military property is committed to his custody, for which he is held account- able. He is the disbursing officer of the state military and naval funds, and of the United States funds apportioned to the state, paying all accounts against the state incurred in the support of the state military establishment, upon proper vouchers ap- proved by the state military board. He obtains the necessary funds out of the military fund in the state treasury upon a requisition approved by the commander-in-chief and state military board. He is required to render to the auditor general an account of all cash transactions with proper vouchers. He provides the several military de- partments and the state troops with all necessary supplies as allowed by the military laws, rules and regulations. Also provides each military company with a suitable armory for drill and storing its uniforms, arms, equipments, etc. All requisitions of company commanders are forwarded direct to his office. It is the duty of the quarter- master general to obtain bonds, approved by the state military board, of all military officers in charge of public property.
The quartermaster general establishes the annual encampment at the point designated by the state military board and commander-in-chief.
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MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, Big Rapids. CHIEF OF STAFF.
Rank from
Brigadier General, JOHN P. KIRK, Ypsilanti. Jan. 17, 1914
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Colonel JOHN S. BERSEY, Adjutant General, Lansing. June 23, 1915 Major DANIEL W. SMITH, Detroit . .Jan. 17, 1914
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Major SAMUEL D. PEPPER, Judge Advocate General, Lansing . Sept. 16, 1912
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Colonel JOHN S. BERSEY, Adjutant General,, ex-officio.
Major CLYDE E. WILSON, Ann Arbor. Dec. 18, 1914
QUARTERMASTER CORPS.
Colonel WALTER G. ROGERS, Quartermaster General, Detroit. April 13, 1911
Major HENRY M. LAMB, Detroit . .Jan. 17, 1914
Major JOHN C. EVANS, Detroit. .Jan. 17, 1914
Captain OSMOND H. TOWER, Grand Rapids Feb. 25, 1908
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Major MICHAEL J. PHILLIPS, Inspector Small Arms Practice, Owosso .... Feb. 3, 1908
STATE MILITARY BOARD.
Brigadier General JOHN P. KIRK, President.
Colonel LOUIS C. COVELL.
Major M. J. PHILLIPS.
Major DANIEL W. SMITH.
Captain WM. H. MARTIN.
Colonel WALTER G. ROGERS.
Colonel JOHN S. BERSEY, Recorder.
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MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD-FIRST BRIGADE.
Corrected to June 1, 1915.
BRIGADIER GENERAL AND STAFF.
· Rank from
Brigadier General JOHN P. KIRK, Commanding, Ypsilanti. .Jan. 17, 1914
Major DANIEL W. SMITH, Brigade Adjutant, Detroit. .Jan. 17, 1914
Major CLYDE E. WILSON, Brigade Inspector, Ann Arbor. . Dec. 18, 1914
Major HENRY M. LAMB, Brigade Quartermaster, Detroit.
.Jan. 17, 1914
Major JOHN C. EVANS, Brigade Quartermaster, Detroit. Jan. 17, 1914
Major MICHAEL J. PHILLIPS, Inspector Small Arms Practice, Owosso .Feb. 3, 1908
Major JAMES E. MEAD, Brigade Surgeon, Detroit . Jan. 17, 1914
THIRTY-FIRST INFANTRY.
Colonel, WALTER BARLOW, Detroit .
.Jan. 17, 1914
Lieutenant Colonel, AMBROSE C. PACK, Detroit .
. June 23, 1915
Major GEO. C. WALDO, Detroit .
.Jan. 17, 1914
Major, JOHN F. ROEHL, Detroit .
June 28, 1915
Major, VICTOR M. DUMAS, Detroit
July,
1915
Co.
Captain.
Station.
Date of rank.
A ...
Charles A. Learned.
Detroit.
July,
1915
B ... . .
Roy C. McCormick.
Detroit.
Jan.
6,1915
C ....
Julius Berman.
Detroit ..
Jan. 16, 1915
D ..
Alma Lake.
Detroit.
July 25, 1909
E ..
Milton L. Hinkley
Detroit.
July,
1915
F.
Nicholas M. Kraemer
Detroit.
Mar. 11, 1914
G.
James O. Cathcart
Detroit.
July,
1915
H.
Albert H. Town.
Detroit.
July 24, 1914
I.
Albert C. Wilson
Ann Arbor.
Jan. 17, 1914
K.
Isaac Godfroy
Monroe.
Jan. 5, 1915
L ..
Richard Smith.
Jackson.
April 22, 1915
M.
Louis J. Collins.
Jackson .
April 13, 1914
THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY.
Colonel, LOUIS C. COVELL, Grand Rapids.
Jan. 17, 1911
Lieutenant Colonel, JOSEPH B. WESTNEDGE, Kalamazoo.
.Jan. 17, 1911
Major, ELI V. R. FALARDEAU, Big Rapids
.Feb. 23, 1903
Major, EARL R. STEWART, Grand Rapids.
. Aug. 14, 1905
Major, J. CHARLES MCCULLOUGH, Lansing .
.Feb. 19, 1911
Co.
Captain.
Station.
Date of rank.
A.
Richard G. Bishop.
Coldwater
Nov. 14, 1910
B ..
John Benner
Adrian.
June 8, 1909 .
C ... John P. DeRight
Kalamazoo
April 22, 1915
D. · Robert L. Wright
Kalamazoo
April 22, 1915
E .. .
Geo. R. Hogarth.
Ionia .
Dec. 7, 1914
F.
George L. Olsen.
Grand Haven.
Oct. 9, 1911
G ...
Carl M. Field .
Muskegon.
Oct. 6, 1913
H .. Chas. L. McCormick
Big Rapids.
April 9,1903
I.
Robert G. Hill. .
Grand Rapids ..
Jan. 18, 1911
K ...
John H. Schouten.
Grand Rapids.
Dec. 17, 1900
L. Chas. H. Simpson
Grand Rapids.
Mar. 31, 1914
M
Emil B. Gansser
Grand Rapids
April 10, 1911
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Rank from
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Rank from
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THIRTY-THIRD INFANTRY.
Rank from
Colonel, JOHN B. BOUCHER, Cheboygan.
. Sept. 15, 1911
Lieutenant Colonel, EDWARD G. HECKEL, Detroit
. Sept. 15, 1911
Major, AUGUSTUS H. GANSSER, Bay City.
. Feb. 4, 1908
Major, GUY M. WILSON, Flint
. Aug. 28, 1911
Major, CHARLES D. MATHEWS, Sault Ste. Marie
Sept. 15, 1911
Co.
Captain.
Station.
Date of rank.
A.
Thomas Colladay.
Flint ..
Aug. 28, 1911
B ..
James L. McCormick
Bay City
April 22, 1912
C.
Leroy Pearson.
Port Huron.
Sept. 10, 1912
D.
Charles T. Park.
Alpena.
Feb. 23, 1909
E.
David L. Kimball.
Pontiac.
Dec. 13, 1906
F ..
William H. Martin.
Saginaw.
Jan. 18, 1904
G.
Thomas Smith.
Houghton
June 5, 1913
H.
Jesse O. Parker
Owosso.
Mar. 10, 1914
K.
Eugene F. Smith.
Cheboygan .
Nov. 17, 1913
L .. . ..
Oscar F. Falk ..
Menominee
Feb. 24, 1908
M.
Ephraim Anderson.
Sault Ste. Marie. .
Mar. 21, 1915
SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS.
Corps of Engineers, Co. A, Captain HENRY R. McDUFF, Calumet. Co. A, Signal Corps, Captain HARRY B. BRITTON, Ypsilanti.
1st Cavalry, Troop A, Captain EDw. W. THOMPSON, South Haven.
1st Cavalry, Troop B, Captain HEINRICH A. PICKERT, Detroit.
Field Artillery, First Battalion, Major ROY C. VANDERCOOK, Lansing.
Battery A, Captain CHESTER B. MCCORMICK, Lansing.
Battery B, Captain FRANK P. DUNNEBACKE, Lansing.
MICHIGAN NAVAL BRIGADE. FIRST BATTALION.
Commander, J. FARRAND LEWIS, Commanding, Detroit.
Executive Officer, CHAS. B. LUNDY, Detroit.
Navigating and Ordnance Officer, S. WELLS UTLEY, Detroit.
Senior Engineer, EDWARD Y. Dow, Detroit.
Passed Assistant Surgeon, ROLAND B. TABER, Benton Harbor.
Signal Officer, HAROLD H. EMMONS, Detroit.
Assistant Surgeon, JOHN G. HARVEY, Detroit.
Assistant Surgeon, BENJAMIN F. CRANE, Saginaw.
Paymaster, GORDON HALL, Detroit. First Division, Lieutenant THORNTON R. BRODHEAD, Commanding, Detroit. Second Division, Lieutenant WARNER L. COOPER, Commanding, Saginaw.
Third Division, Lieutenant MARION W. RUDD, Commanding, Detroit. Fourth Division, Lieutenant CHARLES K. FARMER, Commanding, Benton Harbor.
SECOND BATTALION.
Commander, GRANT T. STEPHENSON, Commanding U. S. S. Yantic, Wells. Executive Officer, Lieutenant PAUL RUPPE, Hancock.
Navigating Officer, HENRY VANDERWERP, Traverse City.
Passed Assistant Surgeon, Lieutenant GEORGE M. REES, Calumet. Assistant Surgeon, JULIUS M. WILHELM, Traverse City. Paymaster, HENRY L. BAER, Hancock.
First Division, Lieutenant HENRY HECKER, Hancock.
Third Division, Lieutenant GEORGE H. CROSS, Traverse City. Fourth Division, Lieutenant ROY L. RYDHOLM, Marquette.
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STATE BOARDS. EX-OFFICIO STATE BOARDS.
BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS.
Secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction. 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, superintendent of public instruction. 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 or before the Wednesday next after third Monday 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; primary election returns to be canvassed not later than twenty days after election .- Sec. 38, Act 281, P. A. 1909. Act 320, P. A. 1913, provides for a recount by the board of state canvassers, of votes cast at an election for candidates for office or proposed amendments to the constitution or any other question or proposition which are canvassed by the board.
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Secretary of State, auditor general, superintendent of public instruction, state treasurer and the chairman of the board of state tax commissioners. Regular meeting at the office of the board of state auditors on the third Monday of August, 1911, and every consecutive third and fifth year thereafter .- Act 44 of 1911.
BOARD OF FUND COMMISSIONERS.
Secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction .- Const. Art. VI, Sec. 20.
STATE BOARD OF ESCHEATS.
Secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction .- Const. Art. VI, Sec. 20.
BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE SWAMP LANDS.
Governor, secretary of state, auditor general, state treasurer, attorney general, super- intendent of public instruction .- Compiled laws, 1897, § 1466.
BOARD OF AUDITORS OF CLAIMS FOR RELIEF GROWING OUT OF SALES OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Superintendent of public instruction, state treasurer, attorney general. Regular meetings on first Mondays in February and July .- Compiled laws, 1897, § § 1406-1410.
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.
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STATE BOARDS.
BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Governor, superintendent of public instruction, president state board of education. -Compiled laws, 1897, § 1519.
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
R. C. ALLEN, Lansing State Geologist
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 different acts, is to make a thorough geo- logical 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 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 55. A thorough biological survey under the direction of the state geologist is provided for by Act 250, P. A. 1905. Under Act No. 7, P. A. 1911, the office of commissioner of mineral statistics was abolished and the duties and effects transferred to the state geological survey.
JOINT PENOLOGY COMMISSION.
Governor, members of boards of control and wardens of Michigan State Prison, Michigan Reformatory, State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, and such other penal or reformatory institutions as may be here- after established, and the members of the advisory board in the matter of pardons. Four regular meetings are held each year, one each at the above cited institutions, and one or more at Lansing, or elsewhere as directed by the commission .- Act 265 of 1913.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Term expires
JOHN H. KELLOGG, Battle Creek.
.Jan. 31, 1917
HENRY S. BARTHOLOMEW, Lansing
Jan. 31, 1917
ANDREW P. BIDDLE, Detroit Jan. 31, 1919
VICTOR C. VAUGHAN, Ann Arbor
Jan. 31, 1919
WILLIAM D. FARLEY, Battle Creek Jan. 31, 1921
EDWARD ABRAMS, Houghton.
Jan. 31, 1921
JOHN L. BURKART, Secretary, Big Rapids.
Mar. 29, 1917
DANIEL E. MCCLURE, Assistant Secretary.
EDWARD D. RICH, State Sanitary Engineer.
The state board of health was established July 30, 1873. It is composed of seven members appointed by the governor for a term of six years. The seventh member is the secretary and executive officer of the board, is appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the board and the consent of the senate, and must be a medical doctor of ten years' practice, and licensed as a medical practitioner in this state. The office of the secretary is in the capitol building at Lansing, where all communications should be sent, which relate to public health.
The board holds four regular meetings each year-on the second Friday of January, April, July and October. Special meetings are held from time to time on the call of the president. The members, excepting the secretary, who is paid $2,500, receive no compensation for their services other than actual expenses. The secretary gives his entire time to the duties of the office and is assisted in the work of the department by a deputy, who receives a salary of $1,500, and twelve clerks. A bacteriological laboratory is maintained at Lansing, by the state board of health, in charge of a bacteriologist and
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an assistant. Act No. 164, of the public acts of 1915, authorizes the establishment of a branch bacteriological laboratory in the upper pensinula, and the employment of a bacteriologist. A salary allowance for the bacteriologists is fixed by the board at $2,200 each.
The function of the state board of health is the supervision of the health and life of the citizens of the state. It is assisted in this work by some seventeen hundred local boards of health, one of which is located in each township, village, and city in the state. By the co-operation of these local boards, it aims at the suppression and ex- clusion from the state of the dangerous communicable diseases. To this end, it in- vestigates the origin and spread of epidemics of these diseases; and constantly assists the local officers in preventing such outbreaks, or of confining them at least within the narrowest limits. It may appoint state medical inspectors to investigate any local condition affecting the public health. Act No. 119, P. A. 1911, provides for the report- ing to this board by physicians of occupational diseases.
The state board of health conducts the embalmers' examinations, as provided by law, and issues licenses to all successful candidates. In connection with the state board of corrections and charities, it examines all plans for public buildings authorized by the legislature to be erected or enlarged. It publishes and distributes widely, circulars of instruction to local officers and to the general public, for the restriction and preven- tion of diseases.
Act No. 98, P. A. 1913, provides for the supervision and control by the state board of health over waterworks systems and sewage disposal systems, and authorizes the employment of a state sanitary engineer, who receives a salary of $3,000, and expenses for clerk hire and traveling.
Act No. 238, P. A. 1915, places the state board of health in charge of a tuberculosis survey of the state.
The law provides that there shall be taught in every public school in Michigan the principal modes by which the dangerous communicable diseases are spread, and the best methods for their restriction and prevention. The same provision makes it the duty of the state board of health to approve text-book physiologies used in Michigan schools regarding their text on dangerous communicable diseases. In compliance with this requirement the board issues a special pamphlet, "Teachers' Manual", and forwards a copy of the same to every school superintendent and teacher in the state.
In addition to the pamphlets already mentioned, the board publishes a quarterly, "Public Health". This is the official organ of the board, issued for the general dissem- ination of sanitary knowledge. The board likewise publishes an annual report. All publications are for free distribution to the citizens of the state.' Compiled laws, 1897, § § 4397-4407; Am. Act No. 18, P. A. 1905; Act No. 141, P. A. 1909; Act No. 255, P. A. 1913; Acts 67, 118 and 193, P. A. 1915.
BOARD OF STATE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
GEORGE B. HORTON, Fruit Ridge, President .
Jan., 1917
ORLANDO F. BARNES, Grayling
Jan., 1921
BENJAMIN F. BURTLESS, Lansing, Secretary.
FRED M. TwISS, Hillsdale, Chief Examiner.
BERT NUTTING, Chief Clerk.
F. R. METCALF, Corporation Expert.
T. A. McCORMICK, Telephone Expert.
Term expires
THOMAS D. KEARNEY, Ann Arbor
.Jan., 1919
The above board consists of three members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term of six years, at a salary of $2,500 per annum and necessary expenses. Act No. 331, public acts of 1913, increased the salary of the commissioners to $3,500 and provides that the members shall devote their entire time to the duties of the office. The more important of the clerical force are a secretary, at $2,000; a chief examiner, at $2,500; a chief clerk, at $1,300; a corporation expert, at $1,800; a telephone expert, at $1,800; and four field foremen, at $1,350. Their powers and duties
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