COLLECTION OF FEES

MCL ch. 289, subtit. Act 37 of 1913

in effect

MCL 289.71 Collection of fees; suit to recover fees due.

289.71. Collection of fees; suit to recover fees due. Sec. 1. Whenever any corporation, firm or person engaged as a dealer, manufacturer, storer or transporter of any food or beverage product for man or animal, doing business within the state shall for 30 days after the same becomes due refuse or neglect to pay any registration or license fee which the laws of Michigan require said corporation, firm or person to pay to the state dairy and food department, the state dairy and food commissioner may bring a civil suit in the name of the people of the state of Michigan for the use and benefit of the state dairy and food department for the recovery of said registration or license fee. 1913, Act 37, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 6390; CL 1929, 5422; CL 1948, 289.71 [Compiler] The office of dairy and food commissioner, referred to in this section, was abolished and the powers and duties thereof transferred to the food and drug commissioner by MCL 289.2. The office of food and drug commissioner was subsequently abolished and the powers and duties thereof transferred to the state department of agriculture by MCL 285.2.

MCL 289.72 Suit to recover fees due; venue, procedure, judgment; disposition of moneys recovered; prerequisite notice to defendant.

289.72. Suit to recover fees due; venue, procedure, judgment; disposition of moneys recovered; prerequisite notice to defendant. Sec. 2. Said suit may be commenced in the circuit court for the county of Ingham or in the circuit court of the county where the principal business office of such defendant corporation, firm or person shall be located and shall be prosecuted in like manner as in civil suits between individuals, and judgment and execution may follow in like manner and costs may be recovered to be taxed as in other civil cases, and all moneys recovered shall be paid into the state treasury for the use and benefit of the state dairy and food department: Provided, That no suit as authorized by this act, shall be commenced until 30 days after the defendant in such suit has been duly notified of his or her delinquency either personally or by registered letter. 1913, Act 37, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 6391; CL 1929, 5423; CL 1948, 289.72

MCL 289.73 Expenses.

289.73. Expenses. Sec. 3. All expenses incurred by the state dairy and food commissioner under this act shall be defrayed by the state dairy and food department out of its annual appropriation. 1913, Act 37, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 6392; CL 1929, 5424; CL 1948, 289.73

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