of May to the first day of July: And Provided further, That Further profrom the tenth day of November to the tenth day of Decem- fish. viso, whiteber, inclusive, any person may spear whitefish in Crystal lake within said county and may use a jack-light therefor. SEC. 2. It shall be lawful to use a seine or minnow net Shiner minnows for bait. not exceeding twelve feet in length for the purpose of taking shriner minnows for bait, from the first day of April to the last day of September in Crystal lake. evidence. turn of other SEC. 3. If any person shall have in his possession any Prima facie other variety of fish minnows except shiners it shall be prima facie evidence of the illegal taking thereof: Provided, When Proviso, reany person or persons use a net or seine for taking shiner varieties. minnows for bait out of Crystal lake they shall immediately return to said lake any other variety of minnows caught in said net or seine. when not to be SEC. 4. Any whitefish lawfully taken in Crystal lake be- Whitefish, tween November tenth and December tenth may be retained sold. by any person or persons so taking them but shall not be sold or offered for sale. warden, com SEC. 5. The State Game Warden shall detail a deputy Deputy game game warden to be located on Crystal lake, Benzie county, pensat.on. each year from November tenth to December tenth, who shall receive two dollars per day and expenses to be allowed and paid by the board of supervisors of Benzie county. SEC. 6. Any person or persons violating any of the pro- Penalty. visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail of Benzie county not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith Acts repealed. are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 6, 1907. [No. 14.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to regulate the catching of fish within the waters of Jackson county, and to provide a penalty for its violation." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred sev- Section amended, enty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to regulate the catching of fish within the waters of Unlawful to fish except with hook and line. spearing. Jackson county, and to provide a penalty for its violation," SEC. 1. It shall be unlawful to catch any fish within the waters of Jackson county by means of spear, grab-hook, set lines or other devices, except by hook and line when held in Proviso, as to the hand: Provided, however, That the spearing through the ice of pickerel, mullet, suckers and redhorse in the waters of said county during the months of January and February, and the spearing of suckers and redhorse during the months of March, April and May in the creeks, rivers and streams of said county shall be lawful. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Unlawful to fish with nets, etc., in certain waters. [No. 15.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number forty-nine of The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act forty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to prohibit the catching of fish within a radius of one mile from the mouth of the outlet of Muskegon lake,White lake, Duck lake and Lake Harbor in the county of Muskegon with nets of any description and to prohibit the catching of fish with nets of any description in any of the inland lakes in the said county of Muskegon and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. No person or persons shall fish with, use or set any seines, gill nets or any form of pound, trap, sweep or set nets, or any like device for taking fish in any of the waters of Lake Michigan within a radius of one mile from the mouth of the outlet of Muskegon lake, White lake, Duck lake and Lake Harbor in the county of Muskegon and no person or persons shall fish with any net of any description in any of the inland lakes, rivers and streams or inland [No. 16.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-four of act number two of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to amend act number eighty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies, and defining their powers and duties, and to repeal chapter ninety-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, and also act number ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, approved April twelve, eighteen hundred seventy-one,' approved April fifteen, eighteen hundred seventy-three, and the acts amendatory thereof, by adding one new section thereto to stand as section twenty-four, providing for the reorganization and extension of mutual fire insurance companies, whose charters have expired by limitation," approved February four, nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of act number two of the Section public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to amend act number eighty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies, and defining their powers and duties, and to repeal chapter ninetyseven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred seventyone, and also act number ninety-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, approved April twelve, eighteen hundred seventy-one,' approved April fifteen, eighteen hundred seventy-three, and the acts amendatory thereof, by adding one new section thereto to stand as section twentyfour, providing for the reorganization and extension of mutual fire insurance companies, whose charters have expired. by limitation," approved February four, nineteen hundred five, is hereby amended to read as follows: reorganize. SEC. 24. Any mutual fire insurance company of this State Company may whose charter has expired by limitation, may, within the period of eighteen months after the date of the expiration of such charter, or within four months after being notified by the Commissioner of Insurance of the expiration of the charter of the said company, by a vote of two-thirds of the mem cial meeting. Proviso. bers present at any special meeting called by the president and secretary of said company for the purpose, determine to reorganize and extend its corporate existence for a period of not exceeding thirty years from the date of the expiration Notice of spe- of its said charter. The notice of such special meeting shall be mailed to each member of said company at least fifteen days before the date fixed for such meeting, and thereupon the corporate existence of said mutual fire insurance company shall be extended as so determined, and such determination shall be deemed a reorganization of such company, and it shall succeed to all the rights and be subject to all the liabilities of the corporation so reorganized, and it shall not be necessary to change the policies or books or mode of the doing of the business of said company, and all the acts and doings of the officials of said company and the business and proceedings thereof done in the interim, between the date of the expiration of such charter and such determination, the character of which would have been legal and valid if done before such expiration, is hereby legalized and deemed legal and valid, and the officers of said company at the time of such determination may continue to hold office until the next regular annual meeting of said company thereafter, as fixed by charter or by-laws of said company: Provided, That a statement of proceedings to reorganize such company by the making of such determination, duly certified by the president and secretary of said company, at said meeting so determining, shall be presented to the Attorney General for his approval and be approved by him, and such certified proceedings and approval be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Insurance of this State, and also in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the principal office of the company is located, within sixty days after such approval: And Provided further, That a written or printed notice of such determination shall be mailed to each member of said company within ninety days after such approval by Members may the Attorney General as aforesaid, and that it shall be the right of any member of said company who shall give notice to the secretary thereof within thirty days after the mailing of such notice, to withdraw from said company at that time, he remaining liable for his equitable and proportionate share of the losses incurred to that date, and entitled to his equitable and proportionate share of any surplus fund, which after the payment of all debts and liabilities of said company to that date, may remain in the treasury of said company: And Provided further, That from and after the date of the approval of this act all companies organized and doing business under and by virtue of this chapter shall print upon all policies thereafter issued by said companies, the date to which said company is chartered to do business. viso. withdraw. Further proviso, date of charter. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 17.] AN ACT to amend section sixteen of act number one hundred eighty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act one hundred eighty- Section three of the session laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is amended to read as follows: ographer. SEC. 16. In the third circuit, the stenographer of each Salary of stendivision of said court shall be paid an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 18.] AN ACT to provide for the selection of jurors in Houghton county, and to repeal certain acts in conflict therewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: jurors. SECTION 1. Hereafter in selecting jurors in the county of Selecting Houghton the board provided by law shall select such jurors from the various poll lists of each voting precinct in said county instead of from the poll list of each township and ward as now provided. clause. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provi- Repealing sions of this act are hereby repealed in so far as they apply to Houghton county. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |