Appropriation. mediate use. [No. 19.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Prison at Jackson for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, for the purpose of rebuilding the building known as shop number twenty, recently destroyed by fire. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the State Prison at Jackson for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of sixty thousand dollars for the purpose of rebuilding shop number twenty, recently Money for im- destroyed by fire: Provided, That the board of control of the State Prison may obtain money under this section before July first, nineteen hundred seven, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts, thus advanced, shall be deducted from the total amount when the appropriation becomes available. Money, how expended. How paid. The amount of money hereby appropriated shall bc expended for a new building of fireproof construction, including excavation, concrete, steel reinforcement and all that is necessary for the full and complete construction of such building in a fireproof manner; for electric lighting, a complete heating system, elevators and plumbing. The sum appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the warden of the State Prison 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. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Open season for trout. [No. 20.] AN ACT to regulate the taking and catching of fish in the brook, known as Coldbrook, emptying into Crystal lake at Beulah, Benzie county, Michigan, or any of its tributaries in the county of Benzie. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take or catch any brook trout or rainbow trout or any other kind of trout in Coldbrook creek or any of its tributaries in Benzie county, State of Michigan, except from the first day of June to the first day of September, both inclusive. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 21.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the waters of Portage lake, in Crawford county, and to regulate the time and manner of taking and catching fish therefrom, and provid ing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: fish. season for SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful to take, catch or kill Unlawful to any fish by any means whatsoever from the waters known as Portage lake, located in township twenty-six, north of range four west, in Crawford county: Provided, however, It Proviso, open shall not be unlawful to take and catch fish from the waters hook and line. of said lake from the first day of May until the first day of November in each year, by means of a hook and line controlled directly by the person fishing. SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act Penalty. shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. evidence of SEC. 3. In all prosecutions under this act, it shall be Prima facie prima facie evidence, on the part of the people, of the viola- violation. tion of the provisions of this act, to show that the defendant was found upon the waters of said lake, with any other device, or devices, than herein mentioned, for the catching and taking fish from the said waters. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Rules and regulations governing State Park. Enforcement. Territory where effective. Repealing clause. [No. 22.] AN ACT defining the power and authority of the board of commissioners of Mackinac Island State Park, to authorize and empower it to make, publish and enforce rules and regulations for the care, order and preservation thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The board of commissioners of the Mackinac Island State Park shall have authority to make, publish and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations for the care and preservation of the Mackinac Island State Park, for the maintenance of good order, for the protection of property and for the welfare of said park, as shall from time to time be deemed necessary or expedient by said board. SEC. 2. Whenever said board shall make any rules or regulations pertaining to the management or welfare of said park, it shall have authority to enforce same and to cause offenders and persons violating any rules and regulations prescribed to be punished therefor in the manner set forth and indicated in act number eighty of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. SEC. 3. All rules and regulations made by said board. under authority of this or any other act shall be effective within the whole territory covered by said park, and said board shall have the power and authority to prescribe and enforce rules and regulations relative to any part or portion thereof, notwithstanding any contrary or inconsistent ordinance, regulation or by-law of the city of Mackinac Island. SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 14, 1907. [No. 23.] AN ACT to amend section forty-three of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts 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," being section four hundred five of the Com piled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section forty-three of act number one hun- Section dred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred amended. 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, being section four hundred five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: stenographer. SEC. 43. In the thirtieth circuit, the stenographer shall Salary of be paid an annual salary of two thousand dollars. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 24.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred forty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act for the protection of fish in the Kalamazoo river and its tributaries in the townships of Marshall and Marengo in the county of Calhoun. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred forty- Section three of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act for the protection of fish in the Kalamazoo river and its tributaries in the townships of Marshall and Marengo in the county of Calhoun," is hereby amended to read as follows: ful to spear. SEC. 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to spear or When unlawattempt to spear any fish in the waters of the Kalamazoo river or its tributaries, in the townships of Marshall and Marengo in the county of Calhoun, except by daylight without artificial light. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 4 Section amended. Boards of supervisors, meetings of. ings. [No. 25.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred fifty-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred fifty-one, as amended by act number twenty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," being section two thousand four hundred seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred fiftysix of the session laws of eighteen hundred fifty-one, as amended by act number twenty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," being section two thousand four hundred seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 1. The supervisors of the several townships and cities in each of the counties in this State shall meet annually in their respective counties for the transaction of business as a board of supervisors. They may also hold special meetings, when necessary, at such times and places as they find convenient, and shall have power to adjourn from time to time Annual meet- as they may deem necessary. The annual meetings of the boards of supervisors shall be held on the second Monday of October in each year at the court house in their respective counties, if there be one, and, if there be none, then at some place at the county seat, if there be one, and, if no county seat be established, then at such place in the county as the clerk of such county may appoint, of which such clerk shall give three weeks' public notice by publishing the same in some one or more newspapers, printed and circulated in said county, if there be any such, and, if none, then in some one or more newspapers nearest thereto, having general circulation in said county: Provided, That but one legal newsProviso, as to paper rate for printing the same shall be allowed: Provided, further, That a regular meeting of the board of supervisors in and for the county of Lenawee shall be held on the second Tuesday in April in each year at the court house in said Proviso, as to county: And, Provided, further, That in the county of Wayne Wayne Co. the said annual meeting of the said board of supervisors shall be held on the first week day in the month of October at the court house in said county. Proviso. Lenawee Co. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |