[No. 265.] AN ACT to authorize the use by the city of Grand Rapids of public highways between the city and Lake Michigan, for water mains to secure to the city water from Lake Michigan and to authorize the taking of private property therefor, and for the establishing of a water plant in connection therewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: highway for by townships SECTION 1. The city of Grand Rapids, through its duly au- Authority, thorized officers and agents, is hereby authorized to enter to use public upon and use any public highway, for the laying and keeping water mains. in repair of water mains to establish a source of water supply for the city from Lake Michigan: Provided, That the Proviso, highways shall be opened and the excavations refilled under supervision the supervision of the township board and the highway com- affected. missioner of the township affected and according to the reasonable regulations made by said boards, and the city of Grand Rapids shall pay all the expense of such supervision at the rate fixed by law for services of such officers: And Provided further, That such mains shall be so laid as not to Further unreasonably interfere with travel and when so laid the high- proviso. way shall be placed by the city in as good condition as before. property. SEC. 2. Where it shall be found necessary by the board Taking of of public works and common council of the city of Grand private Rapids to take private property for the establishment of a plant or source of supply of water from Lake Michigan, including the laying of water mains or laterals and maintenance and operation of the same at any point from the limits of said city to Lake Michigan, the ownership therein and thereto may be acquired by the city, in the manner provided for the taking of private property for public use in chapter Law ninety of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety. governing. seven: Provided, That this section shall not apply in the Proviso, townships of Walker and Wyoming in the county of Kent, excepted. and State of Michigan, for reservoir purposes. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. townships Section amended. One-tenth mill tax assessed. Proviso. Further proviso. Livestock, poultry, soil examination, surveys, etc. [No. 266.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred thirty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred thirtytwo of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. There shall be assessed in the year nineteen hundred one and each year thereafter, upon the taxable property of the State, as fixed by the State Board of Equalization in the year nineteen hundred one and each five years thereafter, for the use and maintenance of the Michigan Agricultural College, the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station, and such other experiment stations as have been already established, the sum of one-tenth of a mill on each dollar of said taxable property: Provided, That of the amount so assessed there is hereby appropriated for the purpose of improving, experimenting with, and exhibiting the livestock and poultry of the Michigan Agricultural College for the biennial period ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of twenty-six thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture in such a way as in its judgment will best improve the livestock interests of the State: Provided, further, That out of the said sum of twenty-six thousand dollars hereby appropriated there shall be expended six thousand dollars for the purpose of providing buildings and improving, experimenting with, and exhibiting poultry, and in supporting and encouraging poultry raising in the State. The State Board of Agriculture, shall, also, in addition to the purposes above mentioned devote annually such portion of the aforesaid one-tenth of a mill tax as it may deem expedient for the purpose of improving experimenting with, and exhibiting livestock and poultry and for conducting chemical and physical examinations of the various soils of the State and making proper surveys and maps of the same. The State Board of Agriculture shall make an annual report to the Governor of the State of all the receipts and expenditures of the Michigan Agricultural College, the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station and such other experiment stations as have been established. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 267.] AN ACT to regulate and license the use of firearms in hunting for and killing any game birds and animals protected by the laws of this State, except deer, and to provide a penalty for its violation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: to procure SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any non-resident Non-resident person to hunt for or kill any game birds or animals pro- ne tected by the laws of this State, except deer, without first obtaining a hunter's license, permitting him to do so. cured, fee. SEC. 2. Any non-resident of this State may procure a How prohunter's license, by filing his affidavit or affidavits with the clerk of the county or one of the counties in which he proposes to hunt, stating his name, age, place of residence, postoffice address, color of his hair and eyes and the county or counties in which he proposes to hunt and the fact of whether he can or cannot write his own name, and paying to said clerk the sum of ten dollars for a hunter's license, required by this section. what to authorize, etc. tected pared. SEC. 3. Such license shall be dated when issued and such When dated, hunter's license shall authorize the person named therein to use firearms in hunting for or killing any of the game birds or animals except deer of this State during the open season for hunting such birds or animals, of that year, but only in the manner and at the times provided by law: Provided, Proviso, proThat nothing in this act or in the license issued thereunder counties. shall be so construed as to permit the hunting or killing of any animals in any county or portion of this State, where the hunting, or killing thereof is prohibited by law. Such Licenses, by licenses shall be prepared by the Secretary of State, and in whom preform substantially like licenses required for deer hunting, under the provisions of act number two hundred sixty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, being sections five thousand seven hundred ninety-two to five thousand eight hundred and three inclusive of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, except that there shall be no coupons thereon. And all provisions of said act, relative to the issuing of licenses, the printing and furnishing of same, penalty for procuring a license by false swearing and for illegally issuing licenses and all the other parts of said act, not inconsistent herewith, shall apply to the making, securing and using of licenses hereunder. SEC. 4. Such clerk shall retain for his own use out of the Disposition money received for each hunter's license issued, the sum of of moneys. twenty-five cents which shall cover the swearing of the applicant to the affidavit referred to herein and all other services under this act and shall pay the balance to the county treasurer of his county on the first day of March, May, September Transportation of game. Proviso. Refusal to and December of each year, specifying the amount received for non-resident licenses, and the county treasurer shall forthwith forward to the State Treasurer all moneys so received by him and such moneys shall be paid out by the Auditor General, on his warrant only for the same purposes for which money received for deer licenses, under the laws of this State, is paid. SEC. 5. It shall not be lawful for any transportation company to transport any game birds or animals from one place to another in this State, unless the shipper shall produce his license as provided in this act and the agent of any such company shall endorse on the back of such license, the number and kind of birds or animals shipped and the date of such shipment: Provided, however, That nothing in this section contained shall apply to the interstate shipment of wild ducks. or other migratory birds as provided for in section twentyseven of act number two hundred fifty-seven of the public acts of the State of Michigan of nineteen hundred five. SEC. 6. Any non-resident person found hunting any game show license. birds or animals protected by the laws of this State, with any kind of firearms, who shall refuse to show his license herein provided for, to any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, game warden, deputy game warden or county game warden, on demand, shall be deemed and held to be guilty of violating the provisions of this section in addition to violating any of the other provisions of this act and may be punished upon conviction for such refusal, as hereinafter provided. When act not applicable. Penalty for violation. The provisions of this act, relative to procuring and using a hunter's license shall not apply to persons hunting on their own land. SEC. 8. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and the court shall sentence the offender to be confined in the county jail until such fines and costs are paid, for any period not exceeding sixty days, and in all cases where a fine and imprisonment is imposed; the sentence shall provide that if the fine and costs are not paid at the time such imprisonment expires, the person serving out such sentence shall be further detained in said jail until such fine and costs are paid, for any period in the discretion of the court, not exceeding ninety days. Approved June 27, 1907. [No. 268.] AN ACT to authorize townships, villages and cities in any county, to form themselves into a good roads district, and to operate under the provisions of the county road law. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any two or more organized townships, or any Good roads districts, how one or more townships, and one or more villages, or one or may be more townships and one or more cities, or any combination formed. of townships, villages or cities lying contiguous in any county, are hereby authorized to form themselves into a district to be known as a good roads district, and such district shall operate under the provisions of the county road law, except as herein otherwise provided. submitted to when. SEC. 2. On petition of not less than ten freeholders of Question of each organized township, incorporated village and city which forming, is desirous of joining in a good roads district, the board of electors, supervisors shall submit the question of adopting such system, to a vote of the electors of such townships, villages and cities, so petitioning, not later than at the next general election. Such vote may be taken at a special election called Resolution for that purpose, or at a general election, and the following for submitting question, form of resolution shall be sufficient for submitting the ques- form of. tion, viz. "Resolved, That the question of adopting the good roads district system be submitted to a vote of the electors of the (townships of ... of ..cities of to be held on the nineteen hundred.. villages of .) of the county at (the general or special election) If a special election is to be called, a clause added to the resolution in form following shall be sufficient for that purpose, viz.: "And a special election is hereby called to be held in the several townships and wards of said county as above set forth, on the day last aforesaid, for the purpose of taking such vote." resolution, SEC. 3. After the adoption of the resolution by the board Notice of of supervisors, the county clerk shall give notice thereof to adoption of the several townships, incorporated villages and cities peti- how published. tioning to form such district, in the form of a handbill to be posted in three or more public places in each township and ward, and by publication in a newspaper or newspapers having a general circulation throughout such district. Bal Ballots, how lots shall be prepared and distributed by the same officers as prepared, etc. is provided by law for general elections. At the time men- Election. tioned in such resolution such election shall be held and the vote taken accordingly: Provided, That no township, village Proviso as to or city, not petitioning to form and become a part of such of vote. road district, shall vote upon the question of adopting such system. restriction |