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are fully prescribed by Act No. 154, public acts of 1899, as amended by Act No. 153 public acts of 1913, and Act No. 281, public acts of 1905. The legislature of 1901 made the Board of State Tax Commissioners ex-officio a State Board of Assessors. The powers and duties of this board are prescribed by Act No. 173, of the public acts of 1901, as amended by Act No. 45, P. A. 1903. See also Act No. 282, public acts of 1905, Act Nos. 8 and 49, public acts of 1909, and Act No. 201, P. A. 1913. Under Act No. 44, P. A. 1911, the chairman of this board is constituted a member of the State Board of Equalization. Act No. 201, public acts of 1913, extends authority to the com- mission to entertain upon petition, appeals to review actions had by boards of super- visors in connection with the equalization and valuation of counties.
RAILROAD COMMISSION DEPARTMENT.
Salary
CASSIUS L. GLASGOW, Commissioner.
$3,000
CHARLES S. CUNNINGHAM, Commissioner.
3,000
LAWTON T. HEMANS, Commissioner, Chairman.
3,000
WILLARD N. SWEENEY, Secretary.
2,000
JAMES BICE, Chief Inspecting Engineer.
2,000
Chief Rate Inspector 1,800
GEORGE H. NUSSEY, Chief Clerk
1,500
MICHIGAN RAILROAD COMMISSION.
This commission was originally created by Act No. 312, public acts of 1907, and was reorganized under Act No. 300, public acts of 1909. The commission consists of three members, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate, for a term of six years.
It is the duty of the commission generally to examine into the conditions and manage- ment of the business of the railroads, urban, suburban and interurban railways in the state, except the lines of street railways wholly within the corporate limits of a city, so far as the same affects or relates to the interests of the public, and to ascertain whether such railroad or railway companies and their officers and employes comply with the laws of the state in force concerning them. It is also their duty to require annual reports from all railroad companies and interurban companies doing business in the state showing their condition and traffic operations for the year ending June 30 of each year; to require a copy of all tariffs issued to be filed with it, to inspect and examine the tracks, bridges, buildings and other structures so as to know that they are in a safe and effective condition, and managed in accordance with the police regulations of the state; to order automatic electric bell alarms, safety gates or flagmen at highway and street crossings; to provide farm and residence crossings; to order, inspect and determine upon the sufficiency of all fences and to provide the manner of constructing the same; to provide for proper drainage; to provide for and inspect suitable stations and station facilities and require sufficient train service to transact the public business and for the convenience of the public; to require and receive reports of all accidents resulting in loss of life, injuries, or loss of property or damage to equipment where it is of sufficient importance to report, and to investigate the cause of same; to direct the erection of safety guards at overhead obstructions; to provide for the protection of all crossings of railroads with railroads, and with railroads and electric lines; to approve all maps for extension or construction of railroads; to regulate the speed of trains upon defective tracks and to stop them entirely if in its judgment the public safety requires; to provide for a uniform system of accounts for all railroad and interurban corporations of the state; to regulate rates for transportation of passengers and freight according to the laws of the state; to direct prosecutions for infractions of the railroad laws; to order hearings of the various complaints to determine the facts at issue and to determine the proper remedy in justice to all parties concerned and generally to require obedience to all laws pertaining to railroads. The commission shall make an annual report to . the governor of its findings, decisions, determinations and investigations, and of all moneys expended by it or on its order, and make such recommendations as shall seem
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to it desirable on the conduct of the railroad business in the state. By Act No. 106, public acts of 1909, the commission was given certain powers of supervision and control over the business of producing and transmitting electricity through the public high- ways, streets and places of the state. By Act No. 144, public acts of 1909, jurisdiction was given over the issuance of stocks, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness by persons, corporations and associations owning, contracting or operating certain public utilities, and by Acts Nos. 206 and 383, public acts of 1913, it was empowered to exercise control and regulation over the service and rates of telephone companies.
The commission is empowered to appoint a secretary, chief clerk and statistician, a chief inspecting engineer, clerks and inspectors, to carry out the provisions of the act creating the commission.
PUBLIC DOMAIN COMMISSION.
COLEMAN C. VAUGHAN, St. Johns, Secretary of State.
ORAMEL B. FULLER, Ford River, Auditor General.
FRED L. KEELER, Mt. Pleasant, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
JUNIUS E. BEAL, Ann Arbor, Regent of the University, Chairman.
ALFRED J. DOHERTY, Clare, Member State Board of Agriculture.
WILLIAM KELLY, Vulcan, Michigan College of Mines.
AUGUSTUS C. CARTON, East Tawas, Secretary and Commissioner of Immigration.
EDWIN R. HAVENS, Assistant Secretary.
GLEN R. MUNSHAW, Supervisor of Field Division.
MARCUS SCHAAF, State Forester.
FERNANDO C. PARKER, Bookkeeper.
The public doman commission was created by Act No. 280, of the public acts of 1909, and later amended by Act No. 294, of the public acts of 1911, and Act No. 333, of the public acts of 1913.
The commission is composed of the auditor general, superintendent of public instruc- tion, secretary of state and three members appointed by the governor, one from the board of regents of the University of Michigan, nominated by said board, one from the members of the state board of agriculture, nominated by said board, and one member from the board of control of the college of mines at Houghton, nominated by said board. The terms of office of the members of said commission are co-terminous with their re- spective offices, and the members receive necessary traveling expenses only.
The officers consist of a chairman, a secretary, at a salary of $3,500, an assistant secretary, at $2,000, a supervisor of the field division, at $2,000, a state forester, at $1,600, and a bookkeeper, at $1,800.
The commission has power and jurisdiction over and has the management and dis- position, according to law, of all public lands, forest reserves and forestry interests. All of the interests of the state in connection with stream protection and control, forest fire protection, all matters within the jurisdiction, custody and control of the Michigan forestry commission and all the authority vested in them by law, were transferred and vested in the public domain commission.
The members are reimbursed for their expenses only and receive no compensation for time or services.
The auditor general is subject to the supervision and direction of the commission.
The public domain commission has control of all lands as soon as the state acquires absolute title under the existing laws, with the power to appraise and sell such lands as can be used for agricultural purposes, and set aside such lands as are not fit for agri- cultural purposes, to be used for forestry reserve purposes.
Under Act No. 193, of the public acts of 1911, the commission is authorized to ex- change certain lands of equal area or approximately equal value with the United States or private individuals.
They have the power to provide that all homestead applications shall contain a pro- vision which will make it a part of the contract with the state, that a part of each forty. acres of homestead land shall be set aside for an individual forest reserve.
They have the right to reserve all mineral, coal, oil and gas rights to the state when
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state lands are sold and to make contracts with private individuals or corporations for the taking of ore, coal, oil or gas upon a royalty basis.
Said commission has also the power to direct that all deeds issued for land along water courses or streams shall contain a clause reserving the right of the state to ingress and egress over and across such streams.
The commission has the power to sell all dead and down timber upon state land and take such action as they think necessary to prevent the starting and spreading of fire.
The legislature of 1911 amended the act by providing that the public domain commis- sion be constituted an immigration commission, whose duties it shall be to collect and disseminate information concerning lands owned by the state, or lands other than those owned by the state, with the view of encouraging immigration and settlement upon state lands.
It also provided for the appointment of a commissioner of immigration by the public domain commission. The duties of the commissioner of immigration shall be to prepare, with the approval of the public domain commission, maps, circulars, pamphlets and other advertising matter, giving detailed information concerning all the lands owned by the state or those owned by private individuals. All such maps, circulars, pamphlets and other advertising matter to be distributed by the commissioner of immigration to prospective settlers free of charge.
Upon organization, the commission took over the management of the forest reserves in Crawford and Roscommon counties, consisting of 13,712.22 acres in Crawford county and 38,101.05 acres in Roscommon county.
On January 1, 1915, all of the powers and duties of the state board of control, which had control over all of the unpatented overflowed lands, made lands and lake bottom lands belonging to the state or held in trust by it, passed to and devolved upon the public domain commission in accordance with act 326, public acts of 1913.
Under the provisions of Act No. 326, of the public acts of 1913, the public domain commission, became the successor of the board of control of the St. Clair Flats on January 1, 1915, and all matters relating to the leasing of lots on the St. Clair Flats is now under the control of this commission.
On January 1, 1915, the commission had selected state lands and set aside for forest reserve purposes, acreage in the several counties as shown in the following table:
Counties.
Acres.
Counties.
Acres:
Alcona
25,670.70
Lake.
240.00
Alger .
1,911.18
160.00
Alpena.
2,797.49
277.60
Antrim.
160.00
Luce.
38,007.61
Arenac.
1,000.00
Mackinac.
5,499.02
Bay
160.00
Manistee
400.00
Benzie.
187.12
Marquette
6,801.24
Berrien .
108.08
Mason.
640.00
Charlevoix .
1,314.64
Mecosta
80.00
Cheboygan
4,912.02
Menominee
200.00
Chippewa
4,638.11
Midland.
1,333.44
Clare
243.48
Missaukee
2,189.29
Crawford
9,171.98
Montcalm.
86.53
Delta.
2,527.41
Montmorency
8,262.12
Dickinson .
1,686.96
Muskegon
449.40
Emmet .
2,873.10
Newaygo
320.00
Gladwin.
320.00
Oceana.
80.00
Gogebic.
160.00
Ogemaw
6,093.41
Grand Traverse.
9,062.35
Ontonagon
1,120.00
Gratiot .
80.00
Osceola
1,913.52
Houghton
1,192.74
Oscoda.
24,356.55
Huron
80.00
Otsego
4,489.81
Iosco
47,567.20
Presque Isle
4,565.52
Iron.
996.25
Roscommon
42,907.49
Isabella.
461.27
Saginaw
237.50
Kalkaska.
5,435.36
Schoolcraft
679.85
Kent. .
40.00
Wexford ..
720.00
Total
276,867.34
Lapeer Leelanau
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STATE GAME, FISH AND FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN COMMISSION.
WILLIAM R. OATES, State Game, Fish and Forest Fire Commissioner. JOHN BAIRD, Chief Deputy.
The State game, fish and forest fire commissioner is appointed under authority of Act No. 28, of the public acts of 1915, by the public domain commission. The act provides for supervisory control by the public domain commission, but saves to the state game, fish and forest fire commissioner, the deputies and assistants, all the powers, authority, immunities, and duties as devolved or were conferred by law upon the former state game, fish and forestry warden.
The present state game, fish and forest fire commissioner receives a salary of $3,000.00 and the chief deputy $1,800.00. He appoints the chief deputy and deputies, and tem- porary fire wardens,-likewise not to exceed four residents in each county may be appoint- ed as county game and fish wardens, whose salary is fixed by the boards of supervisors. It is the duty of the commissioner to enforce the laws for the preservation of game, birds and fish, and for the suppression of forest fires. He has the same right to serve criminal process as a sheriff, and may arrest any person caught by him violating the game and fish laws of the state.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD ..
JOHN E. KINNANE, Chairman, Bay City
Term expires
.Aug. 31, 1916
JAMES A. KENNEDY, Sault Ste. Marie. Aug. 31, 1918
THOMAS B. GLOSTER, Detroit. . Aug. 31, 1920
FRED A. ZIERLEYN, Deputy Commissioner, Grand Rapids.
ORA W. REEVES, Deputy Commissioner, Jackson.
GILBERT W. DICKSON, Secretary, Lansing.
JOHN W. CHAMPION, Assistant Secretary, Coldwater.
The industrial accident board is charged with the administration of the workmen's compensation law, being Act No. 10, public acts of 1912, together with amendments added by the legislature in 1913 and 1915. The three members who comprise the board are appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate. The term of office is six years, one being appointed every two years, and the salary of each member is $3,500. The two deputy commissioners are appointed under the amend- ments of 1915, and hold office during the pleasure of the board. The salary of the deputy commissioners is $1,800 per year, and their duties are similar to those of the members of the board, but subject to the board's direction. The secretary of the board receives a salary of $2,500 per year, and the assistant secretary $1,500 per year. The offices of the board are in the Tussing building in the city of Lansing. Under the pro- visions of the workmen's compensation law, the first and fundamental hearings in contested cases are arbitrations, and each of these is held in the county where the ac- cident occurred. The employer chooses one arbitrator, the injured employe chooses another, and a member of the industrial accident board or one of the deputy conmis- sioners constitutes the third member of the arbitration committee and is chairman thereof. Either party may appeal from the award of the committee on arbitration to the full board for review, such hearings on review being held at the offices of the board in the city of Lansing. Either party may appeal from the decision of the full board to the supreme court on questions of law, the method of procedure being by writ of certiorari. The law is elective and applies only in cases where the employer of labor comes under its provisions by filing a written acceptance with the board. Four- teen thousand employers of labor in the state have accepted the law, thus bringing under its provisions over 500,000 workers.
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MICHIGAN SECURITIES COMMISSION.
FRANK W. MERRICK, Commissioner of the State Banking Department, Chairman. JOHN W. HAARER, State Treasurer.
GRANT FELLOWS, Attorney General.
The above commission was created by Act 143, of the public acts of 1913, which was superseded by Act 46, of the public acts of 1915. The terms of service of the members are coterminous with their respective offices. The commission has general supervision and control over any and all investment companies, domestic and foreign, selling or offering for sale any contracts, stocks, bonds or other securities in this state. The commissioners receive no compensation except actual expenses when absent upon business of the commission. The expenses of the commission are not limited to the moneys received by it, and it has power to incur any necessary expense to enforce the act. The office of the commission shall be in the office of the state banking department and meetings shall be held at least once each month and special meetings on call of the chairman.
STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS AND CHARITIES.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex officio.
Term expires
MORGAN W. JOPLING, Marquette. . Dec. 31, 1916
STEWART HANLEY, Detroit . . Dec. 31, 1918
RT. REV. JOHN N. MCCORMICK, D. D., Grand Rapids, Chairman. . Dec. 31, 1920 WILLIAM H. LOUTIT, Grand Haven.
. Dec. 31, 1922
MARL T. MURRAY, Lansing, Secretary.
The board of corrections and charities, established in 1871, consists of the governor, ex officio, and four commissioners appointed by him, 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 compensation for their services, but are paid their actual expenses while in the performance of their duties. The board receives an annual appropriation of $6,500.
The board appoints its own secretary, not of its own number, who gives his entire time to the duties of his office and receives a salary of $3,000 and actual necessary traveling expenses. 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 insti- tutions 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 asking appropriations from the legislature, and the report of the board of corrections and charities must accompany and be published with the report of the board of control asking such appropriations .- Compiled laws, 1897, § 2228.
It is the duty of the board to certify to the auditor general as to the cost of buildings coming within the amount appropriated by the legislature therefor .- Sec. 2229, C. L. 1897.
The board also, by one of the commissioners, or by the secretary, makes at least one inspection annually of every county jail and county infirmary in the state. The board has authority to inspect city and village jails, police stations and lockups and private incorporated institutions for the care, treatment and maintenance of the aged and defective, and may condemn and close under certain conditions all of the aforesaid county, city, village and private incorporated institutions .- Act No. 319, P. A. 1913. It is the duty of the board to examine plans of jails and report on same before contracts are entered into .- Sec. 2454, C. L. 1897. Maternity or lying-in hospitals, child caring and placing agencies, and boarding homes for children are under the immediate super- vision of the board, and are licensed and regulated by it .- Acts Nos. 263 and 300, P. A. 1913. The board is also charged with the supervision of the uniform probation system .- Act No. 105, P. A. 1913. The board also licenses organizations, institutions or associations soliciting public aid .- Act No. 68, P. A. 1915.
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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, and quarterly certifies to claims against the state for the maintenance of state patients.
An agent of the board is appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the board in every county of the state whose duty it is to care for and protect the delinquent, neglected and dependent children of the state.
ADVISORY BOARD IN THE MATTER OF PARDONS.
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JOHN C. BROWN, M. D., Battle Creek. . Dec. 31, 1915
ALFRED E. SOUTER, Attorney, Shelby . Dec. 31, 1917
G. W. SCHNEIDER, St. Joseph. . Dec. 31, 1919
E. CLARKE AUSTIN, Secretary, Lansing.
The advisory board in the matter of pardons consists of three members appointed by the governor for a term of six years. At least one member shall be an attorney at law, one shall be a physician and the executive clerk to the governor shall be secretary of the board. The board was created by act 150, public acts of 1893, Am. Act No. 239, of 1903, Act No. 264, of 1907.
The compensation of the members of the board is seven dollars per day and necessary expenses while in the actual discharge of their duties: Provided, That no member shall receive compensation to exceed two hundred days in any one year. The secretary re- ceives no compensation.
Since the enactment of the Indeterminate Sentence Law of 1905 the board has au- thority to grant paroles in all cases, except murder, actual forcible rape, for offenses by public officers in violation of their duties as such officers and all persons convicted and serving sentences for conspiracy to defraud public municipalities, or bribing or attempting to bribe public officers: Provided, The minimum term of imprisonment has been served and the prisoner has not been twice previously convicted of a felony. In these matters and all matters pertaining to pardons and commutations, the board acts in an advisory capacity only-making their investigations and reporting the results of their finds together with their recommendations to the governor.
The board holds regular meetings at the Michigan state prison, Michigan reformatory, Detroit house of correction, and executive office at Lansing each month and at the Marquette prison each three months.
STATE BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
MRS. MARY C. SPENCER, State Librarian, ex-officio, Secretary. Term expires
HENRY R. PATTENGILL, Lansing. June 7, 1917
JOHN MUNSON, Harbor Springs. June 7, 1917
FRANK A. JENSEN, Benton Harbor June 7, 1919
R. D. CALKINS, Mt. Pleasant .. June 7, 1919
The board of library commissioners is composed of four members with the state librarian ex-officio a member, appointed by the governor for a term of four years. The commissioners receive actual expenses only; the secretary receives a salary of $800. The legislature of 1913 appropriated $5,000 for the fiscal year of 1913-14, and $5,500 for the fiscal year 1914-15. Powers and duties of board are prescribed by Act 115, public acts of 1899, as amended by Act No. 41, P. A. 1907 and Act No. 274, P. A. 1909.
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STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.
Term expires
WALTER J. HUNSAKER, Saginaw, President.
Dec. 31, 1916
JOHN C. MANN, Houghton, Vice President Dec. 31, 1918
FRED POSTAL, Detroit. Dec. 31, 1920
SEYMOUR BOWER, Superintendent, Detroit.
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 and receive actual expenses only .- Compiled laws, 1897, § § 5833- 5838. A superintendent of fisheries is employed at a salary not to exceed $2,500, whose duty it is to devote his entire time under the direction of the board, to gathering ova, hatching and planting, or distributing fish and superintending generally the practical operations of the work .- See Act No. 148 of 1913. For certain other duties under the non-resident angler's license act, see Act No. 263 of 1915.
THE STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY COMMISSION.
Term expires
H. H. HALLADAY, Clinton, President. .July, 1917
MARTIN STAPLETON, Emmett. July, 1919
W. R. HARPER, Middleville, Secretary. July, 1921
GEORGE W. DUNPHY, V. S., State Veterinarian, East Lansing Sept., 1921
E. T. HALLMAN, Pathologist, East Lansing.
The state live stock sanitary commission consists of three commissioners, one ap- pointed by the governor at each biennial session of the legislature, for a term of six years, beginning on the second Tuesday in July. Their duties are to protect the health of domestic animals of the state from contagious and infectious diseases and are au- thorized to establish and maintain quarantine regulations, etc. Each commissioner re- ceives five dollars per day and necessary expenses for the time actually spent in the discharge of his duties. A state veterinarian is appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate for a term of six years beginning on the second day of September. He receives $2,000 salary and necessary traveling expenses and is required to carry out the directions of the live stock sanitary commission and devote his entire time to the duties of his office .- Compiled laws, 1897, §. § 5627-5649, as amended by Act No. 172, P. A. 1909, and Act No. 199, P. A. 1913. Offices of the commission and the state veterin- arian are in rooms 602-604, Prudden Block, Lansing. The laboratory is at the Michigan Agricultural College.
STATE VETERINARY BOARD.
Term expires
JUDSON BLACK, Richmond, Secretary-Treasurer
. Aug. 10, 1916
J. E. WARD, Grand Rapids, President . Aug. 10, 1917
WARD E. GILTNER, East Lansing . Aug. 10, 1918
The above board consists of three members appointed by the governor for a term of three years. Qualifications for appointment are as follows: The members are to be residents of the state and citizens of the United States, and registered graduates of a regular college of veterinary medicine, dentistry and surgery, and who shall have been in practice at least three years prior to appointment. The members receive actual expenses only; the secretary receives $50 per year and expenses. For powers and duties see Act No. 244, public acts of 1907, as amended by Act No. 143, public acts of 1909, and Act 45, of the public acts of 1915. Act No. 256, of the public acts of 1911, as amended by Act No. 44, of the public acts of 1915, requires the registration of stallions and regu- lates the public service of same. The division in charge of the work imposed by this act, receives $5 per day and expenses.
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