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of a spear: Provided, That fish taken in accordance with Proviso, sale. the provisions of this act shall not be sold, offered for sale,

or taken for purposes of sale.

violation.

SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of section Penalty for 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 hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1907.

[No. 61.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of article two of act number one hundred ninety-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this State," the same being section six thousand two hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of article two of act num- Section amended. ber one hundred ninety-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this State," the same being section six thousand two hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

common

SEC. 14. Any railroad company organized under this act, Rights and receiving freight or live-stock for transportation, shall be en liabilities as titled to the rights and be subject to the liabilities of com- carriers. mon carriers, except as herein otherwise provided; but no such company shall be suffered to lessen or abridge its common-law liability as a common carrier, unless by an agreement to be signed by both parties thereto.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1907.

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Appropriation.

How used.

How paid.

Distribution

and sale of books.

[No. 62.]

AN ACT to provide for the expenses and publication of the collections of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, making an appropriation therefor and providing a tax to meet the same, for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred nine.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund, to the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, the sum of four thousand dollars for each of the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred nine, which sum shall be used in the discretion of the executive committee of said society, in collecting, arranging and preserving a library of books, pamphlets, maps, charts, manuscripts, papers, paintings, statuary, and other materials illustrative of and relating to the history of Michigan; in rescuing from oblivion the memory of its early pioneers; in procuring and preserving narratives of their early exploits, perils, privations, hardy adventures, and noble achievements; in collecting materials of every description, relative to the history, genius, progress or decay of our Indian tribes; in exhibiting faithfully the past and present resources of Michigan; and in collecting for publication historical and other materials relative to and illustrative of the history of the State. The sum of one thousand dollars per year from the sums heretofore appropriated is hereby expressly designated for use in building up a historical museum in connection with said society. Said Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society shall collect, arrange and prepare the materials for the volumes for printing, which said volumes in editions of not more than two thousand five hundred copies each, and containing not to exceed seven hundred fifty pages each, shall be printed and published in the kind of type, quality of paper, and style of binding and printing as those heretofore published by said society; said printing to be done by the State printer, and binding by the State binder, under the direction and superintendence of said society. The cost in full of said volumes, including printing, binding, reprints, shipping and distribution of same to be paid from the general fund of the State treasury upon vouchers therefor, approved by any member of the executive committee and the secretary of said society, after allowance and audit by the Board of State Auditors.

SEC. 2. The secretary of the society shall be the custodian of the publications of the society and of the museum, and shall exchange with the pioneer and historical societies

of domestic and foreign states and governments. The secretary shall distribute one copy of each volume to each of the school libraries, public libraries and grange libraries in the State of Michigan when authoritatively and officially requested so to do by the officers of said school, public and grange libraries, and one copy to each member of the legis lature for the year of publication. The remainder of said copies of said volumes shall be delivered to and be in the custody and care of the secretary to be sold by said secretary at a price not less than seventy-five cents per copy, and the moneys 'arising from such sales shall be deposited in the State treasury to the credit of the general fund.

payment of

SEC. 3. The several funds appropriated by the provisions Manner of of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the appropriation. State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder.

history.

SEC. 4. From time to time, as the several volumes of the Revision and collections become exhausted, the society is authorized and reprint of directed to cause fifteen hundred copies of each volume to be revised and reprinted, the cost thereof, together with binding, proof reading and everything necessary to perfect the edition, to be paid for by the Board of State Auditors, on presentation of vouchers properly approved by any member of the executive committee and the secretary of said society, said books to be disposed of in all respects as the rest of said series is disposed of.

officers.

unexpended

SEC. 5. No part of the sums hereby appropriated shall Salaries of be paid for services rendered by its officers to the said society, while in the discharge of their official duties. A clerk shall be employed at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum and not to exceed five hundred dollars additional may be expended for necessary assistance, the salaries of which clerk and additional help shall be paid out of the appropriation provided in section one of this act. Such sum or sums of money heretofore appropriated, not expended Use of for the purposes hereinbefore indicated may be used by and appropriations. under the direction of the executive committee of the said society in procuring and obtaining exhibits and collections to be placed in said society rooms, and for carrying on the work according to the usual manner of historical societies and which may tend towards facilitating the best interests of said society. All supplies, stationery, etc., necessarily Supplies. incident to the carrying on of the work of said society shall be furnished by the Board of State Auditors in the manner now employed in furnishing supplies, stationery, etc., in other State departments.

SEC. 6. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate Tax clause.

in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the
sum of four thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen
hundred eight, the sum of four thousand 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.
Approved April 25, 1907.

Unlawful to spear through ice.

Penalty for violation.

[No. 63.]

AN ACT to prohibit the spearing of fish through the ice in the Lake of the Woods, in Decatur and Hamilton townships, Van Buren county.

The People of the State of Michigan enacts

SECTION 1. Hereafter it shall be unlawful to spear or attempt to spear any kind of fish, at any time, through the ice in the Lake of the Woods, in Decatur and Hamilton townships, Van Buren county.

SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than ten 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 April 25, 1907.

Persons deemed guilty of

explosives.

[No. 64.]

AN ACT defining the crime of burglary with explosives and providing the punishment therefor.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any person who, with intent to commit crime, breaks and enters any building and for the purpose burglary with of committing any crime, uses or attempts to use nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other high explosive shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than fifteen years nor more than thirty years.

Approved April 25, 1907.

[No. 65.]

AN ACT to amend section fifteen of act number two hundred five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, as amended, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a banking department for the supervision of such business," the same being section six thousand one hundred four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety

seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section fifteen of act number two hundred Section five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, as amended, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a banking department for the supervision of such business," the same being section six thousand one hundred four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is amended to read as follows:

directors to

committee.

SEC. 15. The board of directors of each bank shall ap- Board of point from its members or stockholders an examining com- appoint exmittee or committees, whose duties it shall be to examine examining the condition of the bank at least once every six months. The examining committee shall report to the board, giving Duty of. in detail all items included in the assets of the bank which they have reason to believe are not of the value at which they appear on the books and records of the bank, and giv ing the value of each of such items as in their judgment they may have determined. The board shall make a proper Board to record of said report in the minute books of the bank, and and report. a duly authenticated copy thereof shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of the Banking Department. Every bank File list of shall at all times keep a correct list of the names of all its stockholders, and once in each year, on the second Monday of April, file in the office of the county clerk and with said commissioner a correct copy of such list. Approved April 25, 1907.

make record

stockholders.

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