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It is the duty of the auditor general to apportion state taxes and transmit such ap- portionment to the clerks of boards of supervisors; to prepare and file his petition in chancery for the sale of lands delinquent for taxes; to prepare lists of such lands and to designate the papers in the various counties of the state to publish the sale; to receive returns of sales and to execute deeds to purchaser; to render statements of accounts between the state and each county; to draw his warrant in favor of county treasurers for the amounts due their counties. He reports monthly to the county treasurers all payments, redemptions, purchases of state bids and state tax lands made in the auditor general's department during the preceding month. He receives statements from the conservation department of taxes collected on part-paid land, and causes the tax laws to be published. He has supervision over the uniform system of accounting of the several departments of state government, state institutions, boards and counties.
It is also the duty of the auditor general to receive from the state board of assessors a statement of the amount assessed by such board against the various railroad, telephone and telegraph companies of the state, fast freight line companies, sleeping-car com- panies and express companies and to proceed under warrant to collect taxes thus assessed ; to receive from the county treasurers the state's portion of taxes collected on mortgages and bonds, and also to collect and pay to the county treasurers the amount apportioned to counties of the primary school fund and the amount received for motor vehicle licenses; the tonnage tax paid on steam vessels.
It is also his duty under the law to see that the inheritance tax law is properly and duly executed, to furnish blanks to the various judges of probate and county treasurers for making their report of inheritance taxes; to countersign and seal the receipts issued for inheritance taxes paid into the county treasurer's office; to apportion such taxes received and paid into the state treasury among the various counties of the state as a part of the primary school interest fund.
The deputy has the general supervision of the clerks and employes and of the business of the department, and in the absence of the auditor general is fully empowered by law to perform all the duties of the office.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
He is required to prosecute and defend all actions in the supreme court in which the state shall be interested, and when requested by the governor, or any state officer, or the legislature, or when in his judgment it is necessary, he is required to appear for the people in any court or tribunal in any matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or any department of the government may be interested. He is required to give opinions on questions submitted to him by the legislature, the governor, or any state officer. He is bound to supervise, consult with, and advise prosecuting attorneys in all matters per- taining to the duties of their offices. He is a member of the board of control of state swamp lands, a member of the Michigan securities commission, a member of the bank organization board, the highway improvement loan board, the anti-discrimination com- mission, provided for by Act 256 of 1917, and a member of the state administrative board.
The deputy attorney general is, in the absence or inability of the attorney general, empowered by law to perform the duties of the office.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
He has general supervision of the public schools and of the state educational institu- tions; collects and tabulates the school statistics of the state; apportions the primary school interest fund to the counties, gives information to school officers upon construc- tion of school law; prepares and furnishes blanks for use of school officers, organizes and visits teachers' institutes and appoints instructors for them; receives reports from superintendents of schools and from all state and chartered educational institutions; makes annual report to the governor; visits all state educational institutions and meets with the governing boards of such; directs the supervision of county normal training classes; examines and audits the official records and accounts of any school district; may require all school districts to maintain school or provide educational facilities for all children resident in the district; delivers lectures on educational subjects; appoints vis- itors to the state university and all chartered educational institutions; is a member and secretary of the state board of education; is ex-officio a member of the board of regents and ex-officio a member of all other boards having control of public instruction. He is also a member of the state board of control for vocational education, state ad- ministrative board, and office building board. On January 1, 1915, under the terms of the act abolishing the state land office the superintendent of public instruction suc- ceeded the commissioner of the state land office as a member of the following boards: Board of state auditors, board of state canvassers, board of fund commissioners, state board of escheats, board of control of state swamp lands, and board of auditors of claims growing out of sales of public lands.
The deputy superintendent of public instruction is empowered by law to act in the absence of the superintendent or in case of vacancy in the office.
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY.
The constitution provides that a board of eight persons elected at the spring election shall constitute a board of regents to control the University of Michigan. Said board is a body corporate, having power to enact ordinances, by-laws and regulations for the government of the university; they have power to elect a president and appoint such professors and tutors as may be necessary; to appoint a secretary, librarian, treasurer, steward, and such other officers as the institution may require; to provide and arrange courses of study; to provide for the keeping of meteorological tables; receive and expend all moneys for the support of the institution, and make an exhibit of the affairs of the university each year, said exhibit to be incorporated in the report of the superintendent of public instruction.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The constitution provides for a state board of education consisting of three members who are elected at the biennial spring election. The superintendent of public instruc- tion is a member and secretary of the board. The state board of education is a body corporate and has the control of all property belonging to the state normal schools and power to receive and expend all moneys appropriated for such institutions; to select principals and instructors, fix the salaries of the same; provide and regulate courses of study and grant diplomas, and certificates to teach in such form as they shall deem best. The state board of education makes a biennial report to the legislature giving the history of the work of the normal schools, the needs and requirements of normal schools for the ensuing period of two years, and such other matters as may be interesting to the legis- lature. The board is authorized to elect from its number a president and treasurer. It is also empowered to examine all textbooks on the subject of physiology and hygiene offered for use in the public schools of the state, and approve such as comply with the law relative to instruction, nature and effects of alcoholic drinks and narcotics; to con-
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duct public examinations from which may be granted state life certificates, and to grant teachers' certificates to persons graduating from the literary and pedagogical courses of colleges.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
The commissioner of insurance is required to perform the duties in regard to insurance companies, associations and societies and the formation thereof, which, previous to. 1871, was conferred by law upon the secretary of state. These duties involve examinations to ascertain, on the formation of a new company, if all the requirements of the act under which it seeks to become a corporation have been complied with, and it is his duty to make frequent examinations into their condition, and in case of an insolvent concern to apply to the proper court for the appointment of a receiver and the winding up of its affairs.
Insurance companies of other states and countries, desiring to do business in this state, must first file in the commissioner's office due proof of corporate existence, and in the form prescribed under the law of 1917, appoint an attorney, resident in the state, to receive service of process and also stipulate for the sufficiency of the service of process, if made on the commissioner or his deputy, and then make the showing of such financial condition as the law of this state requires. Companies of this and other states and countries doing business here, are required to make annual statements preliminary to the renewal of the yearly license, and from the statements so made are compiled the tables and made up the abstracts which compose the chief part of the annual report issued by the commissioner. The powers which a state must necessarily exercise in the case of corporations coming from without the state to do an insurance business within it are intrusted to the commissioner, who may demand information, access to books and the correction of papers, and may deny a renewal of, or revoke a certificate of author- ity, subject, however, to a review of his action by the supreme court in case it shall be arbitrary or unauthorized by law.
The commissioner may appoint a first and second deputy, a chief fire rater, and may employ a chief clerk, a chief examiner, assistant actuaries, assistant examiners and special examiners when necessary to discharge such duties as he may assign and such other additional or extra clerks as in his discretion the work of the office may require. It is the business of this office to make valuations yearly of the policies of life insurance com- panies and to investigate and prosecute offenders who act within the state for outside corporations, not duly admitted and authorized to do business here.
He is by virtue of his office a member of the anti-discrimination commission provided for by Act No. 256, P. A. of 1917, and also a member of commission for the approval of sprinkler heads, air valves and other devices to be used for the extinguishment of or prevention of fires, created under provisions of Act 8, P. A. 1921 (extra session).
STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT.
The commissioner is appointed under the provisions of § § 7967-8032, C. L. 1915. He is appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and holds his office for the term of two years. He may appoint a deputy, who shall possess the powers and perform the duties attached by law to the office of the commissioner during a vacancy in such office, and during the absence or inability of his principal. He may also employ from time to time such clerks and examiners to assist him and his dep- uty in the discharge of the several duties imposed upon him as he shall deem necessary.
It is the duty of the commissioner to supervise the business of banks and trust com- panies incorporated under the state law, to examine two or more times each year the cash, bills, collaterals or securities, books of account, condition and affairs of each bank under the law, and also when requested by the board of directors of any bank. He shall also ascertain whether the bank transacts its business in the place designated in the articles of incorporation, and whether its business is conducted in the manner pre- scribed by law. He is by virtue of his office, a member of the board of commissioners
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for the purpose of passing on certain savings bank investments, created by § § 7996, 8020, 8032; a member of the Michigan securities commission created by § § 11945-69, C. L. 1915; and a member of the anti-discrimination commission provided for by Act No. 256, P. A. 1917.
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. STATE LIBRARIAN.
The state librarian is appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term of four years. The librarian is custodian of the state library, the departments of which are as follows: Law, general, documentary; has charge of exchange of all documents with states, societies and institutions; of the traveling and associate library systems and the department of registration of granges, women's clubs and schools.
BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS.
The secretary of state, state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction con- stitute the board of state auditors, whose duties are both constitutional and statutory. The constitution authorizes them to adjust claims against the state not otherwise pro- vided for by general law; by statute they are authorized to examine claims of various kinds; they are custodians of the state capitol and of other state property in Lansing not connected with any of the state institutions. The same officers also constitute the board of state canvassers, the state board of escheats and a board of fund commissioners.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
The state highway department was originally created by the legislature of 1905, Pub- lic Act No. 146, which was superseded by chapter V, Act 283, P. A .1909, § § 4378-94, C. L. 1915, which latter act was amended by Act 24, Ex. S. 1919. The department is under direct charge of the state highway commissioner, who is elected for a term of four years beginning July 1st. The commissioner receives a salary of $7,500 per annum.
The duties of the state highway department comprise supervision and inspection of the construction and maintenance of state reward roads; the building of trunk lines and federal aided roads, and bridges on trunk line roads. The department is also charged with the giving of instruction in the art of building, improving and repairing public wagon roads and bridges, collecting reports from township and county highway com- missioners, overseers of highways and superintendents and commissioners of streets in villages and cities.
The department is required 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 expenses of the department.
The state highway commissioner is authorized to choose an advisory board consisting of five member's, at least one member of which board shall be a resident of the upper peninsula. The board meets at the call of the commissioner for the purpose of consider- ing and advising on all departmental policies and especially in regard to the methods of expending such moneys as the state may raise by bond issues for road building purposes. The members of the advisory board receive ten dollars per day for not to exceed fifty days in any one year, and necessary traveling expenses. The commissioner is a member of the state administrative board. The commissioner is also empowered to appoint two deputies, one of whom shall be a competent civil engineer and to employ such other clerks as the work of the department demands.
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STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD.
ALEXANDER J. GROESBECK, Detroit, Governor, Chairman.
CHARLES J. DELAND, Jackson, Secretary of State.
FRANK E. GORMAN, Forester, State Treasurer. ORAMEL B. FULLER, Ford River, Auditor General.
MERLIN WILEY, Sault Ste. Marie, Attorney General.
FRANK F. ROGERS, Lansing, State Highway Commissioner.
THOMAS E. JOHNSON, Coldwater, Superintendent of Public Instruction. FRED B. PERRY, Secretary.
The state administrative board was created by Act No. 2, P. A. 1921, and is composed of the governor, who shall act as chairman, secretary of state, state treasurer, auditor general, attorney general, state highway commissioner and the superintendent of public instruction.
The board is empowered to adopt rules and regulations governing its procedure and for the general conduct of its business. It is also empowered to employ and fix the com- pensation of such agents and assistants as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Said board exercises general supervisory control over the functions and activities of all administrative departments, boards, commissions, and officers of the state, and of all state institutions.
By the provisions of this act all the rights, powers and duties previously vested in the state budget commission, the advisory board in the matter of state purchasing, and the offices of the state budget director and state purchasing agent are transferred and vested in said board.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.
Salary
JOHN BAIRD, Director
$5,000
MEMBERS.
W. H. WALLACE, Chairman Saginaw
FRED Z. PANTLIND Grand Rapids
T. F. MARSTON . Bay City
FILIBERT ROTH. Ann Arbor
JOHN L. A. GALSTER Petoskey
GEORGE W. MILLEN. Ann Arbor
CHARLES E. LAURENCE Caspian
The department of conservation for the state of Michigan was created under the provisions of Act No. 17, P. A. 1921, and consists of a director and seven members ap- pointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. Each member of this commission shall hold his office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The salary of the director is $5,000 per annum, and said director shall appoint and fix compensation of such assistants and employes as may be necessary for such department, subject to the approval of the state administrative board. The members receive no compensation, but are allowed actual necessary expenses.
The powers and duties previously vested in the public domain commission, the . state game, fish and forest fire commissioner, the state board of fish commissioners, the board of geological survey, and the Michigan state park commission are now transferred and vested in said department of conservation.
It is the duty of the department to protect and conserve the natural resources of the state of Michigan; to prevent the destruction of timber by fire or otherwise; to promote the re-foresting of non-agricultural lands belonging to the state; to guard against the
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pollution of lakes and streams within the state; and to foster and encourage the pro- tecting and propagation of game and fish.
The act provides that on behalf of the people of the state the commission may accept gifts and grants of land and other property for any of the purposes contemplated by this act.
The act also provides that said department make an investigation of the natural water power of the state that is as yet undeveloped, and to report, specifying the location and extent of such power, etc., to the governor and to the 1923 legislature.
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STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
H. H. HALLADAY, Commissioner
Salary $5,000
The state department of agriculture was created under the provisions of Act No' 13, P. A. 1921, to consist of a commissioner, and a board of managers of state fairs, which board consists of twenty members, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. The salary of the commissioner is $5,000 per annum, and each member of the board receives $10 per diem for each day employed and is entitled to actual nec- essary expenses. The commissioner is empowered to appoint and fix compensation of such assistants and employes as may be necessary for the performance of the duties imposed, subject to the approval of the state administrative board.
By the provisions of this act the following departments, boards and commissions are abolished: department of animal industry, food and drug commissioner, state veterinary board, immigration commission, commissioner of immigration, market director, inspector of orchards and nurseries, inspector of apiaries, the agricultural division of secretary of state, and the Michigan agricultural fair commission, and all the rights, powers and duties of said departments, boards and commissions are trans- ferred and vested in the state department of agriculture.
The department is authorized to accept, on behalf of the state, grants and convey- ances of property for such purposes or for any other purpose within the scope of this act.
It is the duty of said department to foster and promote in every possible way the agricultural interests of the state; to co-operate with agricultural agencies in the dif- ferent counties of the state and of the federal government; to foster direct trading be- tween the producer and consumer; and to prevent and assist in preventing, by all avail- able means authorized by law, the sale of unimproved lands and lands not suitable for agricultural development within the state by fraud, misrepresentation or deceit and the publication of false or misleading statements or advertising matter designed to effect such sales.
The arrangements of state fairs and the actual conducting thereof shall be under the immediate charge of the board of managers of state fairs.
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF STATE FAIRS.
Term Expires
EDWARD A. HAMER, Chassell.
. Apr. 14, 1922
JOHN MILLER, Swartz Creek.
. Apr. 14, 1922
THOMAS E. NEWTON, Detroit .
. Apr. 14, 1922
ARTHUR E. PETERSON, Escanaba.
. Apr. 14, 1922
WILLIAM J. OLIVER, Grand Rapids.
. Apr. 14, 1922
H. S. NEWTON, Hart. Apr. 14, 1923
CLARK H. BRODY, Three Rivers Apr. 14, 1923
FORREST LORD, Mt. Clemens . Apr. 14, 1923
PERRY F. POWERS, Cadillac. Apr. 14, 1923
FRANK H MILHAM, Kalamazoo
. Apr. 14, 1923
C. H. PRESCOTT, Tawas City . Apr. 14, 1924
ROBERT WALLACE, Saginaw .Apr. 14, 1924
A. E. STEVENSON, Port Huron
Арт. 14, 1924
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JACOB DEGAUS, Alicia . . Apr. 14, 1924
FRANK COWARD, Bronson
Apr. 14, 1924
JOHN S. HAGGERTY, Detroit . Apr. 14, 1925
F. M. WARNER, Farmington.
. Apr. 14, 1925
EDWARD HINES, Detroit .
Apr. 14, 1925
OSCAR WEBBER, Detroit . Apr. 14, 1925
ANDREW J. CRAWFORD, Detroit
Apr. 14, 1925
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
COMMISSIONERS.
Salary
JAMES A. KENNEDY, Chairman
$4,000
THOMAS B. GLOSTER 4,000
CARL YOUNG.
4,000
The department of labor and industry was created by Act 43, P. A. 1921, and con- sists of three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and each appointee holds office until the appointment and qualification of a successor. Each member of the commission devotes his entire time to the duties of his office and receives a salary of $4,000 per annum, The chairman has general charge of and supervision over the administrative affairs of the department.
The commission is empowered to appoint such deputies, assistants and employes as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the office, and to fix the number of such deputies, assistants and employes and the compensation to be paid thereto, subject to the approval of the state administrative board.
The powers and duties of the industrial accident board, department of labor, state labor commissioner, board of boiler rules, and the industrial relations commission are abolished, and all the rights, powers and duties transferred to and vested in the department of labor and industry.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Salary
ROY C. VANDERCOOK, Commissioner
$5,000
Act 123, P. A. 1921, creates and establishes the state department of public safety which consists of a commissioner as its executive head and of such officers and employees as may be appointed or employed in such department. The commissioner, who receives a salary of $5,000 per annum, is appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate and holds office until the appointment and qualification of a suc- cessor. The act provides for a deputy commissioner who receives a salary of $3,500 per annum, and who is appointed by the governor to hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The commissioner and deputy commissioner of said department each devote their entire time to the duties of the office.
The following departments and offices are transferred to and placed under the juris- diction of the department of public safety, namely: The state fire marshal's de-, partment, the state oil inspector's department, and the Michigan state police.
The commissioner is ex-officio state fire marshal and the state oil inspector. The offices of deputy state fire marshal and deputy state oil inspector are abolished. The commissioner by virtue of his office administers and is responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of Act 338, P. A. 1917, known as the prohibition act, and all the duties, powers and responsibilities formerly imposed upon the commissioner of the food and drug department, pertaining to said act, now devolve upon and are exercised by the commissioner of public safety.
Commissions and enlistments in the Michigan state police terminated on the 1st day of June, 1921, and all the property and equipment transferred to public safety department,
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