Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 390. Universities and Colleges § 390.223

Sec. 3. The state board of agriculture is hereby authorized to hold institutes and to establish and maintain courses of reading and lectures for instruction in the various branches of agriculture, mechanic arts, domestic economy, and the related sciences, which courses of reading, instruction and lectures shall be conducted, governed and controlled by Act No. 137 of the Public Acts of 1899  1 providing for the same: Provided, That the number of one-day institutes shall be determined by said state board of agriculture.