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whitefish or lake trout. By immature fish is meant those so Immature small that the taking thereof is prohibited by the general fish. laws of this State.

act.

SEC. 3. This act shall apply to and be operative in the Application of waters of Keweenaw bay in Baraga county, and the waters of Lake Superior adjacent to Marquette county, State of Michigan, and all acts or parts of acts contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall be inoperative in said waters.

SEC. 4. Act number two hundred seventy-five of the pub- Act repealed. lic acts of nineteen hundred five is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved February 7, 1907.

[No. 6.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of act number twenty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, approved March sixteen, nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to amend section fourteen of act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, approved June eighteen, nineteen hundred three, entitled 'An act to amend section fourteen of chapter nine of act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven,' approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled 'An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto.'

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The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1.

Section fourteen of chapter nine of act num- Section ber two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen amended. hundred ninety-seven, approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto," said section fourteen having been added to said chapter nine by act number ninety-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, and amended by act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, approved June eighteen, nineteen hundred three, and further amended by act number twenty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, approved March sixteen, nineteen hundred five, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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number etc., of employes.

ed report of

Supervisors of SEC. 14. The boards of supervisors of Hillsdale, Clare, Counties may Saginaw, St. Joseph, Cass, Isabella, Gratiot, Shiawassee, Ottawa, Barry, Montcalm, Van Buren, Alpena, Berrien and Cheboygan counties, at any session thereof, may from time to time, by resolution, fix and determine such further conditions than those herein set forth, to be complied with before all or any contract shall be made or entered into for the construction, improvement or clearing out of any drain as herein before provided, as to such boards shall seem necessary and proper to protect all persons and townships that Commissioner may be affected by the proceedings; and no contract or exmust comply penditure shall be made or entered into by the drain commissioner or his deputy without first complying with such conditions. Such boards may, in like manner, fix and determine the number and kind of employes the drain commisMay require sioner may employ and fix their compensation; and they annual detailmay require that said commissioner, in each year, shall commissioner. report to the boards at their October session, a full and detailed statement and account, under oath, of the time actually spent by him during the year in the discharge of his duty, and for what purpose; the names of all employes and the time actually spent by each, and for what purpose their labor was performed, and the amount paid or agreed to be paid each; and also all other expenditures and the names of all persons to whom moneys have been paid, and the amount paid each, and the purpose for which said expenditure was made. The boards may allow or disallow, in whole or in part, any item charged in such report and account, and only so much thereof shall be paid as shall be thus When account allowed; and no more than one-half of the several items in may be paid in full. such report and account shall be paid, or orders drawn therefor, under the provision of section six, chapter nine of this act, until such account has been thus allowed by the When may re- boards of supervisors, as in this section provided. Such move and ap- boards of supervisors of Hillsdale, Clare, Saginaw, St. commissioner, Joseph, Cass, Isabella, Gratiot, Shiawassee, Ottawa, Barry,

Allowance of items.

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Montcalm, Van Buren, Van Buren, Alpena, Alpena, Berrien and Cheboygan counties may, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elect, remove any such drain commissioner or his deputy, or both, of Hillsdale, Clare, Saginaw, St. Joseph, Cass, Isabella, Gratiot, Shiawassee, Ottawa, Barry, Montcalm, Van Buren, Alpena, Berrien and Cheboygan counties, and appoint another in his or their place and stead, except in such counties where the drain commissioner is elected by the vote of the people: Provided, That drain proceedings now ceedings now pending in Hillsdale county in which contracts for construction of drains have not already been let, shall stand suspended and nothing further shall be done regarding the same until the board of supervisors of Hillsdale county shall

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have taken action under the provisions of this section in
the first instance.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved February 19, 1907.

[No. 7.]

AN ACT to prohibit the spearing of fish in any of the lakes in the township of Broomfield, in the county of Isabella, State of Michigan.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

spear.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful to spear fish in any of Unlawful to the lakes in Broomfield township, Isabella county, State of Michigan.

violation.

SEC. 2. Any person found guilty, before any court of Penalty for competent jurisdiction, of violating the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than fifteen days nor more than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved February 27, 1907.

[No. 8.]

AN ACT to provide for the furnishing to the county clerk for the county of Calhoun an additional full set of the reports of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, to be kept in the city of Battle Creek, at the place of holding sessions of the circuit court of the county of Calhoun.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

of Supreme

SECTION 1. The State Librarian is hereby authorized and Additional set directed to furnish, within ninety days after the passage of Court reports. this act, to the clerk of the county of Calhoun, an additional complete set of reports of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, including all annotated reports of the present edition, the same to be placed and kept in the city of Battle Creek, at the place provided for holding sessions

To whom de- of the circuit court for the county of Calhoun.

livered.

And said librarian is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to said clerk one copy of each volume of said reports hereafter published. And the State Board of Auditors is authorized and directed to furnish all numbers of said Supreme Court reports not in possession of the State Librarian.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved February 27, 1907.

Section amended.

Bailiff, how appointed, term of office, etc.

Service of writs, subpoenas, etc.

Salary.

Fees.

[No. 9.]

AN ACT to amend section twelve of an act, entitled "An act to provide for a municipal court in the city of Grand Rapids to be called "The Superior Court of Grand Rapids," approved March twenty-four, eighteen hundred seventy-five, as amended May nineteen, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, May twenty-three, eighteen hundred seventy-nine, April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred eighty-one, March twenty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, February sixteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, April twentynine, eighteen hundred ninety-one, February eight, eighteen hundred ninety-five and June seven, nineteen hundred five.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section twelve of an act, entitled "An act to provide for a municipal court in the city of Grand Rapids to be called 'The Superior Court of Grand Rapids,'" is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 12. A bailiff shall be appointed by the judge of said court, to hold his office at the pleasure of said judge, to attend the sittings of said court, and have the same power in the service of processes issued by or out of said court for the service and execution of the same as the sheriff for the county of Kent has in the service or execution of process from the circuit court for the county of Kent. Said bailiff shall execute all lawful precepts and commands of said court and serve all lawful writs and process issued therefrom including the service of subpoenas upon either the law side or chancery side of said court. The salary of said bailiff shall be the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, payable in monthly installments from the city treasury, upon the order of the common council, which sum shall be in full of all fees of every kind and nature for service rendered by said bailiff. The fees for the service of civil process of every kind and description of said court shall be the same as those allowed to be taxed or collected for the

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services of sheriffs performing similar duties, and the same
shall be collected by the said bailiff and paid into the city
treasury from time to time when received by him. In the Assistant
event of the inability of said bailiff at any time to attend pensation of.
court or to serve process or perform the duties required of
him, the judge of said court shall be authorized to appoint
an assistant bailiff to perform such services for which said
assistant bailiff shall receive, to be allowed by the common
council and paid by the city treasurer, the sum of two and one-
half dollars per day. The said bailiff or his assistant when Power of
appointed by the court, shall have full power and authority
to bring prisoners to the bar of said court from the county
jail, and to return the same to the county jail when so re-
quired by the judge of said court. The sheriff of said county, Sheriff to
or his deputies, shall likewise when required by the order produce and
of said court, produce persons charged with crime before ers.
said court and return the same to the county jail in the
same manner and without other charge than is made to the
county for bringing prisoners from the county jail to the
circuit court of the county of Kent and returning the same.
Actual disbursements in the execution of criminal process Certain dis-
or the service of subpoenas in criminal cases shall be a charge against
charge against the county of Kent in the same manner as county.
disbursements of a like character in criminal cases pending

in the circuit court for the county of Kent.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved February 27, 1907.

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bursements a

[No. 10.]

AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan State Agri-
cultural Society for the fiscal years ending June thirty,
nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred
nine, and to provide a tax to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

tion.

SECTION 1. That there be and is hereby appropriated for Appropriathe use of the Michigan State Agricultural Society for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of ten thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of ten thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. The amounts appropriated by section one of this How used. act are to be used by said society for the payment of premiums to be awarded at the annual fair of nineteen hundred

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