Forfeitures, how applied. Penalty for refusing to serve process, etc. Manufacture of Alcohol of Commerce. authorize the issuing of a warrant to arrest any person or persons who may appear from said complaint to be guilty of having violated any of the provisions of this act. Any person arrested on a warrant issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall be brought before the Justice or Court issuing the same, and all subsequent proceedings in such suit or prosecution shall be governed by, and subject to, the provisions of this act, and all other rules of law applicable thereto. (1675.) SEC. 17. All forfeitures and sums of money arising under this act, upon any recognizance or bond, after payment of the costs of prosecution or suit, shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the proper county, to be applied to the support of the poor, in accordance with the laws relating to the support of poor persons by counties; and all other fines and forfeitures, arising under this act, shall be paid over and applied according to the Constitution and provisions of law. (1676.) SEC. 18. If any Sheriff, under Sheriff, deputy Sheriff, constable, City Attorney, city or village marshal, Prosecuting Attorney, or other person, whose duty it is to serve process, or carry into effect any of the provisions of this act, shall refuse or neglect so to do without good cause, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, he shall be fined or imprisoned, as in other cases of misdemeanor; and in addition to such punishment, he may be adjudged to have forfeited his office, and may be removed by competent authority. Whenever the Prosecuting Attorney is mentioned in this act, the District Attorney of the Upper Peninsula shall be considered as equally intended. (1677.) SEC. 19. This act shall not be construed as prohibiting the manufacture of the alcohol of commerce, containing not less than eighty parts in the hundred of pure alcohol: Provided, that the manufacturer shall not be at liberty to sell the same within this State, excepting only to the persons who may have given bonds, pursuant to section fourteen of this act; and any other sale of such alcohol shall be deemed to be within the prohibitions, penalties and forfeitures of this act; Cider and Wine nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prohibit the Apples and making of cider from apples, or wine from grapes or other fruits, grown or gathered by the manufacturer thereof (if made in this State and free from all other intoxicating liquors), but in no case shall such cider be sold in a less quantity than ten gallons, or such wine be sold in a less quantity than one from domestic Grapes. gallon, and sold to be, and be all taken away at one time; and all sales of such cider in less quantity than ten gallons, or of such wine in less quantity than one gallon, or to be drank or used on the premises, shall be an unlawful sale in the meaning of this act, and be punished accordingly. apply to Liquors United States Packages. (1678.) SEC. 20. The provisions of this act shall not be con- This Act not to strued to apply to such liquors as are of foreign production, and Imported under which have been imported under the laws of the United States, Laws, in Original and in accordance therewith, and contained in the original packages in which they were imported, and in quantities not less than the laws of the United States prescribe. To entitle any liquors to the exemption contained in this section, it must be made to appear, by positive proof, that they are of the character in this section described; nor shall Custom House Proof. certificates of importation, and proofs of marks on the casks or packages corresponding therewith, be received as evidence that the liquors contained in such packages are those actually imported therein. (1679.) SEC. 21. The act entitled, "An Act prohibiting the Acts Repealed. Manufacture of Intoxicating Beverages, and the traffic therein," approved February twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and 1853, p. 100. fifty-three, and all laws inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed, saving all rights of action which may have accrued under either of said acts, and all pending suits under the same, which may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner, and with the like effect as if said acts were not repealed. State Agricultural Society incorporated. An Act to Incorporate the Michigan State Agricultural Society. [Approved March 31, 1849. Laws of 1849, p. 225.] (1680.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That all persons who now are, or may hereafter become associated for the purposes of this act, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of "The Michigan State Agricultural Society," for the purpose of promoting the improvement of Agriculture and its kindred arts. Privileges, and (1681.) SEC. 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the Society shall Its Powers. possess the general powers and privileges, and be subject to the general liabilities contained in chapter fifty-five, title ten, of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, so See Chap. 73. far as the same may be applicable, and have not been modified or repealed; but the real and personal estate which the said What Property Society shall be authorized to take, hold, and convey, over and above its library and its scientific and Agricultural collections, shall not, at any time, exceed in amount the value of twenty thousand dollars. it may hold. Society. (1682.) SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Michigan State Annual Report of Agricultural Society to transmit to the President of the Senate, See Sec. 1684. for the use of the Legislature, in the month of January, annually, a report and statement of its proceedings, specifying the nature of the encouragement proposed by it, and the object for which, and persons to whom, premiums have been awarded; embracing also such accurate details of the modes. of cultivation, of keeping stock, and of other important incidents, as will acquaint farmers and others with the precise manner in which the valuable results recorded can be again obtained; and presenting such other matter as the Society may judge most useful in promoting a greater and more general progress in practical Agriculture. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. of Society in conmiums, etc. (1683.) SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of such officers of the Duties of Officers Michigan State Agricultural Society, as it may elect for that ferring Prepurpose, annually to regulate and award premiums on such articles, productions and improvements, as they may deem best calculated to promote the agricultural and household manufacturing interests of the State, having special reference to the most economical or profitable mode of competition in fa) Temporary. It authorized an annual appropriation to the Society from the State Treasury for the first five years, including 1849. raising the crop or stock, or in the fabrication of the article offered Provided, always, That before any premium shall be delivered, the person claiming the same, or to whom the same shall be awarded, shall deliver to the President of the Society, in writing, an accurate statement and description, verified in such manner as the officers aforesaid may direct, of the character of the soil, and the process of preparing it, including the quantity of manure applied in raising the crop, or the kind and quantity of food in feeding the animal, as the case may be, also the kind and cost of labor employed, and the total expense and total product of the crop, or the increase in value of the animal, with a view of showing accurately the resulting profit. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. transmitted to State. An Act to Provide for Publishing the Annual Report of the Michigan State Agricultural Society. [Approved April 7, 1851. Laws of 1851, p. 151.] SEC. 1, 2. (1) Report to be (1684.) SEC. 3. The Michigan State Agricultural Society Secretary of shall transmit to the Secretary of State the Annual Report of said Society for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and every second year thereafter, embracing the same kind of information as is required in the third section of an act entitled, "An Act to Incorporate the Michigan State Agricultural Society," approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Annual Report to be printed and bound. An Act Making an Appropriation to Aid the Michigan State Agricultural Society, and to Provide for Publishing the Annual Reports of said Society. SEC. 1. (c) [Approved February 14, 1853. Laws of 1853, p. 189.] (1685.) SEC. 2. That two thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Michigan State Agricultural Society be printed and bound annually, under the supervision of the Secretary of State, in the same manner and form as the Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two; and when so completed, the Secretary (b) Provided for Publishing the Annual Report of the Society for 1850 and 1851. |