forty thousand three hundred fifty dollars, and for the year Appropriation for cur [No. 229.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, for current expenses and for building and special purposes, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current rent expenses. expenses of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. For specific expenses. How used. How paid. Tax clause. SEC. 2. The further sum of three thousand eight hundred twenty dollars is hereby appropriated for the said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, by purposes and amounts as follows: For one warehouse, two thousand dollars; for plants and shrubs, five hundred dollars; for land, six hundred seventy dollars; and for one new boiler, six hundred fifty dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of twenty-eight thousand eight hundred twenty dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of twenty-five thou sand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 230.] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Board of Fish Commissioners for current expenses and for building and special purposes 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: cur rent expenses. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Appropriaexpenses of the State Board of Fish Commissioners for the tion for fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of thirty-four thousand six hundred ninety dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of thirty-three thousand seventy-five dollars: Pro- Proviso as to rided, That not more than five hundred dollars may be spent traveling exin each year by said board for traveling and incidental expenses outside of the State. penses. tion for spe SEC. 2. The further sum of eleven thousand five hundred Appropriadollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June cific expenses. thirty, nineteen hundred eight, for purposes and amounts as follows: For the Paris station, two thousand dollars; for How used. the Mill Creek station, six hundred dollars; for the Drayton Plains station, three thousand four hundred dollars; for the Harrietta station, five thousand dollars; for the Sault station, including auxiliary Bass station at Duck Lake, five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Fish Commissioners at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of forty-six thousand one hundred ninety dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of thirty-three thousand seventy-five dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sale of fish unlawful. Penalty. Repealing clause. [No. 231.] AN ACT to prohibit the catching of fish in the inland waters of Oakland county, for the purposes of sale, and to provide a penalty therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful to catch in any manner any fish in the inland waters of Oakland county, for the purposes of sale, or to offer for sale, or sell fish caught therein. SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hun; dred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Earnings of railroads. [No. 232.] AN ACT to amend section thirty-one of act number seventynine of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a Commissioner of Railroads, and to define his powers, duties, and fix his compensation," the same being section five thousand two hundred thirty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section thirty-one of act number seventy-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a Commissioner of Railroads, and to define his powers, duties, and fix his compensation," the same being section five thousand two hundred thirty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 31. Every steam or electric railroad company doing business in this State shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day in the months of January, April, July and October, in each year, report to the Commissioner of Railroads its earnings from every source, for the quarter ending on the last day of the preceding month, and the proper blanks for that purpose shall be furnished by the commissioner. Every such For a specified railroad company shall also report to the Commissioner of time, notice. Railroads its earnings from every source covering such period of time as may be required by the commissioner, upon thirty days' notice given by the commissioner to the company, in writing. Blanks for making such report shall violation. be furnished by the commissioner. Any wilful neglect to Penalty for This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 233.] AN ACT to permit the destruction of dog fish and gar fish in Paw Paw lake, Watervliet township, county of Berrien, Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: seined. SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be lawful to catch dog and Gar and dog gar fish with seines in the waters of Paw Paw lake in Water- fish may be vliet township, county of Berrien, for the purpose of destroying said dog and gar fish. Application to SEC. 2. All persons desiring to fish with seines for said fish shall first make application to the State or county game be made. warden for the privilege of so fishing, and all fishing with seines as contemplated in this act shall be done under the direction and authority of said game warden. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907. [No. 234.] AN ACT to promote the safety of employes and travelers upon railroads, by compelling common carriers in this State to equip their cars with automatic couplers and to provide a penalty for violations hereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Unlawful to SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any common carrier owning or operating any portion of a railroad use cars withwholly or partly in this State to haul or permit to be hauled couplers. out automatic Proviso as to certain cars. Penalty for violation. Acts repealed. or used on its line within this State any car used in moving traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall apply to trains composed of four-wheeled cars or to trains composed of eight-wheeled standard logging cars where the height of such car from top of rail to center of coupling does not exceed twenty-five inches, or to locomotives used in hauling such trains when such cars or locomotives are exclusively used for the transportation of logs. SEC. 2. Any such common carrier hauling or permitting to be hauled or used on its line any car in violation of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each and every such violation, to be recovered in an action of assumpsit brought in the name of the people of this State, and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the proper county to bring any such action at the request of the Commissioner of Railroads. SEC. 3. Act number one hundred forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five and all other acts or parts of acts contravening any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Carcass, etc., possession of in closed season. [No. 235.] AN ACT to amend section twenty of act number two hundred fifty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to revise and amend the laws for the protection of game and birds." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty of act number two hundred fifty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to revise and amend the laws for the protection of game and birds," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 20. No person shall have in his possession the dead body or carcass or skin, or any portion thereof, of any animal or bird mentioned or referred to in this act during the time when the killing of such animal or bird is unlawful, except as authorized by law, and excepting specimens, heads or pelts, prepared or mounted for scientific or educational purposes: Proviso, after Provided, however, That any person may have in his possession, for thirty days after the closing of the season, deer lawfully killed during the open season, and may have in his closing of season. |