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The Board of Trustees of the Second Injury Fund, the Self-Insurers' Security Fund, and the Silicosis, Dust Disease and Logging Industry Compensation Fund is a state agency within the Department of Labor._x001D_The Board of Trustees of the Second Injury Fund, the Self-Insurers' Security Fund, and the Silicosis, Dust Disease and Logging Industry Compensation Fund is authorized by law to perform its statutory functions and responsibilities of administration of such funds independently of the Director of the Department of Labor and the Director of the Bureau of Workmen's Disability Compensation within that department._x001D_The Director of the Department of Labor and the Director of the Bureau of Workmen's Disability Compensation possess no authority to supervise the work of the funds administrator appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Second Injury Fund, the Self-Insurers' Security Fund, and the Silicosis, Dust Disease and Logging Industry Compensation Fund.

Black and white print of Grand Ledge, Michigan, circa 1870-1880, showing the Rose Harrison Planing Mill and Denison House (hotel) along the Grand River and the iron Bridge Street bridge.

Black and white photograph showing Grand Ledge, Michigan in 1862. At this point, Grand Ledge is a little less than 15 years old and was growing up around a dam and sawmill built between 1849 and 1852.

Black and white image of the Mitchell Brothers Lumber Co. mill in Jennings, Michigan. The city of Jennings was centered around the timber industry in Missaukee County; when the trees were exhausted in the 1920's, the company and its employees were moved to Cadillac, causing Jennings to essentially disappear.

Black and white image of the Mitchell Brothers Lumber Co. mill in Jennings, Michigan. The city of Jennings was centered around the timber industry in Missaukee County; when the trees were exhausted in the 1920's, the company and its employees were moved to Cadillac, causing Jennings to essentially disappear.

Black and white stereograph of children posing or playing on lumber laid out on the shore of Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from souvenir folder of Big Rapids, published in approximately 1907, depicting an aerial view of part of the Ward Bros. factory in Big Rapids, Michigan. Included in this image are the offices, mills, and lumber yards. Ward Bros. started out running a saw mill and dimension factory in 1895, and began manufacturing maple and beech flooring in 1902. The factory in the image was built in 1905. Ward Bros. also operated a saw mill and retail coal and lumber yarn, both of which are shown in this image.

Black and white photograph from souvenir folder of Big Rapids, published in approximately 1907, depicting the sawmill and lumber yards of Jones Green manufacturing. Jones Green manufactured building materials, from sashes, doors and blinds, to maple flooring, and was established in 1895. Judge W. T. Jones had previously operated a factory on the location producing building materials on a smaller scale until that factory burned down, prompting him to go into business with George W. Green. The factory - expanded in 1902 - operated its own sawmill for cutting lumber to be used in the plant, and received lumber directly from railcars.

Black and white copy print of a lithograph of Bay City in the early 1850s, showing the Saginaw River in the foreground. Lumber was a major industry in the Saginaw Valley region, and this image shows one of Bay City's saw mills, as well as the shipping of lumber on the river.

Black and white photograph of snow-covered tree stumps in the Deward, Michigan location. The town of Deward was founded to liquidate the pine tracts of the town's namesake, D(avid) Ward. When the mills closed in 1912, the town died as well. The town was founded in 1901 and the last resident left in 1932.

Black and white photograph of the town of Deward, Michigan at it's peak, between 1901 and 1912. The town of Deward was founded to liquidate the pine tracts of the town's namesake, D(avid) Ward. When the mills closed in 1912, the town died as well. The town was founded in 1901 and the last resident left in 1932.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1912 of a bird's-eye view of lumber yards along the Saginaw River in Saginaw, Michigan.

Black and white photograph of winter carts loaded with lumber on an unidentified street in Saginaw, Michigan.

Black and white photograph showing boats docked at a lumber yard and mill, loaded with lumber, on the Saginaw River in Saginaw, Michigan.