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258. An act to amend sections five and seven of act number one

hundred and twenty-three of the public acts of eighteen

hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for

the maintenance, supervision and government of the School

for the Blind, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts incon-

sistent herewith.” Approved June 2, 1897..

389

259. An act to provide for the economical use and disposal of the

products of the several benevolent, penal and reformatory

institutions of the State of Michigan. Approved June 2, 1897. 390

260. An act to amend section twelve of act number one hundred

and sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and

ninety-five, entitled “An act to amend section twelve of act

two hundred thirty-two, public acts of eighteen hundred

eighty-five, being an act entitled “An act to revise the laws

providing for the incorporation of all manufacturing com-

panies except such as are contemplated by act number forty-

two of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixty-seven,

which provides for the incorporation of persons or corpora-

tions engaged in the manufacture of salt and mercantile

companies or any union of the two and to fix the duties

and liabilities of such corporations,' approved June twen-

tieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as amended by act

one hundred and seventy of the public acts of eighteen hun-

dred eighty-nine and acts number seventy-six and one hun-

dred and eighty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred

ninety-three.” Approved June 2, 1897......

391

261. An act to amend section forty-two of act number two hun-

dred and six of the public acts of eighteen hundred and

ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment

of property and the levy (and collection) of taxes thereon,

and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied;

making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and

continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance

of lands delinquent for taxes and for the inspection and dis-

position of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or

purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the

public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and all other

acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the

provisions of this act.” Approved June 2, 1897...

393

262. An act to require township boards to make and publish annually

an itemized statement of the condition of the finances of the

township, in relation to the receipts and disbursements made

by the township board. Approved June 2, 1897..

394

263. An act to authorize the Auditor General to accept payment

of taxes and charges from the owner of any description of land

held by the State as State tax lands. Approved June 2, 1897. 395

264. An act to provide for the stamping of boots or shoes composed

wholly or partly of an imitation leather. Approved June 4,

1897

396

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265. An act to amend sections one (1) and two (2) of act number

two hundred and twenty-two (222) of the public acts of eigh-

teen hundred and eighty-seven (1887), as amended by section

one (1) of act number one hundred and eighty-three (183) of

the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five (1895),

entitled "An act to prevent crime and to punish truancy,

being compiler's sections nine thousand three hundred fifteen

c (93150) and nine thousand three hundred fifteen d (9315d)

of chapter three hundred and thirty-two (322) of Howell's

annotated statutes of Michigan. Approved June 2, 1897.... 397

266. An act to amend section fourteen and repeal section eighteen

of act number one hundred ninety of the public acts of

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to pre-

scribe the manner of conducting and to prevent fraud and

[deception] deceptions at elections in this State," approved

July three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as subsequently

amended, and to add to said act as amended, a new section to

stand as section forty-eight, so as to provide for a separate

ballot containing the constitutional amendments and other

questions to be submitted at such elections. Approved June
4, 1897 ....

399

267. An act to amend section one of act number two hundred and

eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-

seven, entitled “An act to provide for the correction of frauds

and mistakes in the canvass and returns made by inspectors

of elections,” being section two hundred and thirty-four a,

third volume of Howell's annotated statutes. Approved June
4, 1897 ....

.. 401

268. An act to regulate and license the use of firearms in hunting

for and killing deer protected by the laws of this State and

providing a penalty for its violation. Approved June 2, 1897.. 403

269. An act to provide for the incorporation of companies for the

manufacture or production of flax fibre. Approved June 2,

1897 ..

409

270. An act to provide for having printed the report of the board

of World's Fair Managers for the State of Michigan. Ap-

proved June 2, 1897..

409

271. An act to amend section five (5) of act one hundred forty-eight

(148) of the public acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-

three (1873), entitled "An act relating to the accounting for

money received and expended by certain officers,” being com-

piler's section three hundred sixty-nine (369) of chapter twelve

(12), Howell's annotated statutes. Approved June 2, 1897.... 410

272. An act providing for the support and maintenance of the Michi-

gan College of Mines at Houghton, Michigan, for the years

eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and

ninety-eight, and for the refitting and the further equipment

of the said school, including an assaying building and the

equipment thereof, and making an appropriation therefor.

Approved June 2, 1897...

412

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273. An act for the protection of fish in the lake known as Pentwater

lake, situated in the township of Pentwater, county of Oceana,

State of Michigan. Approved February 11, 1897...

413

274. An act to repeal act number one hundred (100) of the public acts

of eighteen hundred and ninety-three (1893), entitled "An

act making it a misdemeanor to take fish from the waters of

Diamond lake in Cass county, during the months of Decem-

ber, January, February and March, excepting by certain pre-

scribed means, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of

this act.” Approved February 26, 1897.....

413

275. An act to amend act number one hundred and twenty of the

public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled “An

act to prevent the spearing of fish in the waters of Long lake

in Genesee county.” Approved March 11, 1897...

414

276. An act to provide for the preservation of deer in Monroe county

and providing a penalty for their destruction. Approved

March 18, 1897...

414

277. An act to define the limits of Wild Fowl bay, and to prohibit

fishing with nets within such limits. Approved March 26,

1897

415

278. An act to amend section two of act number three hundred and

eighty-nine, session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-

three, entitled "An act to prevent the destruction of fish in

Reed's lake and Fisk's lake, in the township of Grand Rapids

in the county of Kent." Approved March 31, 1897. .... 415

279. An act to regulate the spearing and taking of fish by net in

Clinton river and its tributaries, in the county of Macomb.

Approved April 1, 1897...

.. 416

280. An act to regulate the catching of fish in the lake known as

Camp lake in the township of Algoma in Kent county. Ap-

proved April 16, 1897......

416

281. An act to amend section three of act number two hundred of

the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled

“An act for the protection of fish in the Saginaw river and its

tributaries, and to repeal act number thirty-one of the public

arts of eighteen hundred and ninety-three.” Approved April

22, 1897

417

282. An act to provide for the protection of rabbits in Wayne county.

Approved May 7, 1897.....

417

283. An act to regulate the hunting of wild ducks and other wild

water fowl in the public waters of Lake Erie within this

State, and providing a penalty for violations of the provisions

of this act. Approved May 7, 1897....

417

284. An act to amend section one of an act, entitled “An act to pro-

hibit the catching of fish with seines, gill nets, or any form

of pound or trap nets in the channels known as Les Chen-

eaux Channels, or in the entrances thereto, except that por-

tion lying east of the east line of section thirty-four, town

forty-two north of range one east," being act number seventy,

of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, sec-

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PAGE tion one, and section two thousand one hundred and ninetyfour o of Howell's annotated statutes of Michigan, volume three, supplement. Approved May 7, 1897......

418 285. An act to provide for the lawful taking of German carp from the

waters of Black River lake, also known as Macatawa bay, in Ottawa county, and from the streams tributary thereto. Approved May 13, 1897....

419 286. An act to permit the spearing of white fish and herring in Port

age and Little Portage lakes in the counties of Livingston and Washtenaw, in the State of Michigan, at certain seasons of the year. Approved May 29, 1897..

419 287. An act to regulate the catching of speckled trout and grayling

in Maple river, in Center, Egleston and Maple river townships in Emmet county. Approved May 29, 1897.....

420 288. An act to provide for the erection and maintenance of ladders

for the passage of fish through the dams across the Shiawassee river and its tributaries in the counties of Saginaw and Shiawassee; the Raisin river in the counties of Monroe, Washtenaw, Jackson and Lenawee; the Huron river and its tributaries in the counties of Wayne and Monroe; the Maple river in the town of DuPlain, Clinton county; to provide a penalty for violations of the provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act. Approved June 4, 1897.

420 289. An act to amend section two of act number two hundred of the

public acts of Michigan, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,
entitled "An act for the protection of fish in the Saginaw river
and its tributaries, and to repeal act number thirty-one of the
public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-three.” Approved
March 31, 1897

422