[No. 212.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number thirteen of The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number thirteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to protect fish and prohibit the use of seines, gill nets or any form of pound, trap, sweep or set nets, or like device, in any of the waters of Lake Superior, within an imaginary line from Laughing Fish Point to a point two miles north of the most northerly point of Grand Island, and continuing in an easterly direction to Grand Portal on Pictured Rocks on the southern coast of Lake Superior," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. No person or persons shall fish with, use or set any seines, gill nets or any form of pound, trap, sweep or set nets or any like device for taking fish, in any of the waters of Lake Superior or Munising bay, on either side of Grand Island, which are included within an imaginary line drawn from a point on the shore of the mainland in township forty-seven north, range eighteen west, which forms the westerly termination of the section line between sections seventeen and twenty of said township, thence proceeding in a northwesterly direction to a point opposite and distant one-half mile from Trout Point on Grand Island, thence northwesterly to a point opposite and one-half mile distant from the most easterly point in section twenty-five of township forty-eight north, range nineteen west on Grand Island, thence proceeding in a northwesterly direction, following a line one-half mile distant from the outermost points along the shore to the north end of Grand Island, and thence proceeding in the same manner and at the same distance from the outermost points along the shore in a westerly, southwesterly and southerly direction around Grand Island until a point is reached one-half mile distant from the shore and opposite the westerly termination of the section line between sections four and nine of township forty-seven north, range nineteen west on Grand Island, thence proceeding due west along said section line extended to a point due north of the northern extremity of the boundary line between range nineteen west and range twenty west, thence proceed- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 213.] AN ACT to repeal act number one hundred five of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to allow the spearing and netting of German carp in Budd Lake, in the city of Harrison, Clare county, Michigan." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number one hundred five of the public Act repealed. acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to allow the spearing and netting of German carp in Budd Lake, in the city of Harrison, Clare county, Michigan," is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 214.] AN ACT to provide for the lawful taking of suckers from the waters of Corey, Kaisers and Clear lakes in the county of St. Joseph, Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be lawful to take suckers from the Lawful to net. waters of Corey, Kaisers and Clear lakes, in the county of St. Joseph, State of Michigan, by means of a set-over net: Provided, That the taking said suckers from said waters Proviso. shall be done in such a manner as not to destroy other kinds of food fish protected under the laws of this State. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 24, 1907. Unlawful to fish except [No. 215.] AN ACT for the protection of fish in the lakes and streams The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No person shall fish or catch fish or attempt with hook and to catch fish in any of the lakes or streams of the county of Branch, Michigan, except with hook and line. line. Unlawful to use spear, grab-hook, etc. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to fish or catch fish or to attempt to catch fish in any of the lakes or streams of the county of Branch with any kind of spear or grab-hook or by the use of jacks or artificial lights of any kind or by the use of set lines or night lines or any kind of net or any kind of firearms or explosives or electricity or the use of . any other device or method, except by the hook and line or in any manner whatever except as provided in section one of this act: Provided, It shall be lawful to use minnow red horse, etc. nets for the purpose of taking minnows for bait and to spear red horse and suckers from March first to May first of each year in the streams of said county, but not in the lakes thereof. Proviso, minnow nets, Unlawful to buy or sell, etc. Prima facie evidence. Penalty. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, company or corporation to purchase, buy or sell or offer for sale or have in their possession, fish of any kind taken by any means otherwise than by hook and line at any season of the year from the lakes or streams of the county of Branch. SEC. 4. In all prosecutions under section one of this act it shall be prima facie evidence on the part of the people of the violation of the provisions of this act to show that the defendant was found upon the waters of said county with spear, net, trap net, set lines, jack or any artificial light of any kind or with dynamite, giant powder or any other explosive substance or combination of substances. SEC. 5. Any person or persons, company or corporation, 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 not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days and not exceeding three months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and in all such cases where a fine and costs are imposed, the court shall sentence the offender to be confined in the county jail until such fine and costs are paid, for any period not exceeding three months. war county, ap SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the State Game, Fish and Deputy Forestry Warden, within thirty days after the passage of dens for this act, to appoint not to exceed three deputy game, fish pointment of. and forestry wardens, in said county of Branch, who shall each hold their office for one year during the pleasure of the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, and whose duties it shall be to see that all the provisions of this act are kept and enforced, and who shall be vested with all powers of deputy game, fish and forestry wardens under the general laws of this State. Such deputy game, fish and for- Compensation. estry wardens shall receive as compensation for their services, actually performed, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per day, together with all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred. The bills of such deputy game, Bills and exfish and forestry wardens, together with their expense ac audit and alcount, shall be passed upon by the State Game, Fish and lowance of. Forestry Warden, and when so audited and approved by him, shall be certified to the board of supervisors of the county of Branch, and shall be allowed by such board of supervisors and ordered to be paid out of the general fund pense account, clause. of the county of Branch, but the total amount of such bills Amount This act is ordered to take immediate effect. lim Section amended. Bailiff, court to appoint. Sheriff to serve writs, etc. Salary of bailiff. [No. 216.] 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 seventynine, 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, June seven, nineteen hundred five, and February twenty-seven, nineteen hundred seven. 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 attend the sittings of said court and to hold his office at the pleasure of said judge. The sheriff of the county, his under-sheriff or his deputies shall have the power and it shall be their duty to execute all lawful precepts and commands of said court and to serve all lawful writs and Bailiff, idem. process, issuing therefrom, and the bailiff of said court and his assistant shall have a like power and authority and, at the direction of the judge of said court, it shall be their duty to serve and execute all lawful precepts, processes, writs and commands of said court, 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 compensation and fees of every kind and nature for services rendered by said Fees, disposi- bailiff. The fees of said sheriff, his under-sheriff and his deputies and of said bailiff and his assistant for services rendered in said court and in all civil actions, matters or proceedings pending therein, shall be the same as those prescribed by law and allowed to be taxed or collected for the services of sheriff's performing similar duties, and the said sheriff shall collect the same for all services performed hereunder by himself, his under-sheriff or his deputies, which said fees collected by him shall belong to and be received for the county of Kent, and the said bailiff shall collect the same for all services performed hereunder by himself or his assistant, which said fees collected by him shall belong to the city of Grand Rapids and be paid into the city treasury tion of. |