[No. 165.] AN ACT to provide for the compilation and publication of a general alphabetical index of the publication "A Record of Michigan Soldiers and Sailors, in the War of the Rebellion, eighteen hundred sixty-one to eighteen hundred sixtyfive," and for the distribution of such index and the distribution of the remaining volumes of said publication now on hand, in library sets, to public libraries for the convenient reference of the public, to make an appropriation therefor, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Secretary of State of the State of Michigan Alphabetical index, publicais hereby authorized and directed to compile and publish for tion, etc. distribution, as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, a general alphabetical index of all the names mentioned in the different volumes constituting the published record of the "Record of Michigan Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Rebellion, eighteen hundred sixty-one to eighteen hundred sixty-five," as provided for in act number one hundred fortyseven of the public acts of nineteen hundred three; such gen- What to show, eral index to conform as nearly as may be in style and material to the volumes of the above record as published, and to consist of one volume containing a general alphabetical list of all names mentioned in the different volumes constituting the public library sets of the record, and to show in which organization, volume and page each name in the general index may be found, for the convenient reference of the public, which index volume is hereby limited to the number of sets of the record distributed or to be distributed. etc. SEC. 2. The distribution of said library sets and general Distribution. index, when published, shall be made under the supervision of the Secretary of State to such public libraries as a committee of the Michigan Grand Army of the Republic shall recommend. SEC. 3. The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars is Appropriation. hereby appropriated for the purpose of compiling, publishing and distributing the general index, and distributing the library sets provided for herein. The sum appropriated by this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury, upon warrants issued by the Auditor General on presentation of vouchers approved by the Secretary of State and audited by the Board of State Auditors. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, which sum when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amounts and purposes. fer of funds. [No. 166.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Traverse City State Hospital for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fourteen, for side-track, buildings and other special purposes, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of seventy-one thousand one hundred thirty-seven dollars eighty cents is hereby appropriated for the Traverse City State Hospital for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fourteen, by amounts and purposes as follows: For the extension of heating plant, six thousand dollars; for shed for storage of wagons and implements, two thousand five hundred dollars; for repairs to roofs and gutters, two thousand five hundred dollars; for artesian well, five hundred dollars; for roofing cottages twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six and twenty-eight, six thousand four hundred dollars; for laundry extension and for laundry dry room, two thousand dollars; for porch for cottage thirty-two, six hundred dollars; for dining-room for cottages for men, ten thousand dollars; for side-track, thirty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-seven dollars and eighty cents; for track scales, fifteen hundred dollars; for culvert or waterway, one thouProviso, trans- sand dollars: Provided, That if the amount designated in this section for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchases, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchases specified in this section may by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire seventy-one thousand one hundred thirty-seven dollars and eighty cents available for the purposes stated herein, if, in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made. How paid out. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the Traverse City State Hospital at such time 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. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen the sum of seventyone thousand, one hundred thirty-seven dollars and eighty cents, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropri ated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 167.] AN ACT to amend sections two, seven, eleven, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen of act number two hundred seventyfive of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of game and birds, to regulate the taking, possession, use and transportation of the same, to prohibit the sale thereof, to regulate the manner of hunting, pursuing and killing game or birds, to provide a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this act, and to repeal inconsistent acts and parts of acts," approved May two, nineteen hundred eleven, as amended by act number nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred twelve, second extra session, approved April nine, nineteen hundred twelve. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections two, seven, eleven, seventeen, eighteen Sections and nineteen of act number two hundred seventy-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of game and birds, to regulate the taking, possession, use and transportation of the same, to prohibit the sale thereof, to regulate the manner of hunting, pursuing and killing game or birds, to provide a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this act, and to repeal inconsistent acts and parts of acts," approved May two, nineteen hundred eleven, as amended by act number nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred twelve, second extra session, approved April nine, nineteen hundred twelve, is hereby amended to read as follows: kill, etc. SEC. 2. No person shall at any time of the year, or in Unlawful to any manner take, pursue, wound or kill any wild animal or wild bird mentioned in this act, or any introduced game animals or birds, or transport, sell, offer or expose for sale, or have the same in possession, contrary to the provisions of this act: Provided. That rabbits lawfully killed may be Proviso, transported and sold. rabbits. Permits for certain purposes. Unlawful to sell, etc. etc., of deer skins, etc. SEC. 7. The State Game Fish and Forestry Warden may in his discretion issue permits under the seal of his department to the owner, trustee or custodian of any animals or birds lawfully held in captivity to transport the same out of the State in exchange for animals or birds of other species desired for propagation or exhibition. The owner of any game animals or game birds bred and reared in captivity, may sell and transport the same at any season of the year under such regulation, prescribed by the State Game Fish and Forestry Warden as will effectually protect the wild game of the State. The State Game Fish and Forestry Warden is hereby given authority to issue the permit herein provided for upon the payment of a fee of one dollar, to be credited to the game protection fund. SEC. 11. It shall be unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, to buy, sell, expose or offer for sale, any game animal or game bird, or part thereof, mentioned in this act, Proviso, sale, except as provided in this act: Provided, That the State Game Fish and Forestry Warden is hereby given authority to issue permits for the sale and transportation, either within or without the State, of deer skins and buck deer heads, green or mounted, at any season of the year, when satisfied that the animals from which such skins or heads were taken or killed at a lawful time in a lawful manner; each hide or head so transported or sold, shall have attached to it the original license tag while being so transported or sold, unless otherwise authorized by the State Game Fish and Forestry Warden. No game birds shall be shipped by express, freight or baggage or in any other manner, but shall be carried as open hand baggage without cover in such a manner as to be easily seen and inspected: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall apply to the interstate carrying, as open hand baggage, of wild ducks or other migratory birds, as provided for in section eight of this act: Provided further, That deer legally killed may be shipped ment of deer. and transported within this State when having attached thereto the license tag provided for by law: Provided, however, That it shall be lawful to ship, and any corporation acting as a common carrier, its officers, agents or servants may lawfully ship, carry, take or transport either within or beyond the confines of this State any such animal or animals, or portion or portions thereof, which may be consigned at any station in this State to any consignee in this State, where the nearest railroad route from such shipping point to any such destination within the State, leaves the confines of the State and re-enters the same. Proviso. Further proviso, ship Proviso. Number game birds may kill in one day SEC. 17. No person shall take, kill or capture in one day more than the following number of any of the game birds mentioned in this act: Quail, six; partridge (ruffed grouse) and spruce hens, six; plover, six; woodcock, six; snipe and other shore birds, ten; geese, brant and ducks, twenty-five. No person shall at any time have in possession more than the following number of any of the game birds mentioned in SEC. 18. The following named game animals and game Open season. birds may be hunted and killed as herein provided during the periods named, which shall be the open season: Deer, November ten to November thirty, both inclusive; fox, gray and black squirrels, October fifteen to November thirty, both inclusive; rabbits, September first to March one, both inclusive; quail, October first to November thirty, both inclusive; woodcock, partridge (ruffed grouse), October first to November thirty, both inclusive; spruce hens, October 'first to November thirty, both inclusive; ducks, snipe, plover, shore birds, and sora rails, September first to December thirtyfirst, both inclusive; rails and coots, September fifteenth to December thirty-one, both inclusive; geese and brant, pintail, red-head, blue bill, whistler, butter-ball and widgeon, September one to April thirty, both inclusive: Provided, Proviso, squirrels. however, That fox, black and gray squirrels shall not be hunted or killed until nineteen hundred fifteen: Provided Further further, That Mongolian or English pheasant, quail, black fowl, capercailzie, hazel grouse and wild turkey shall not be hunted or killed until the year nineteen hundred seventeen, and then only at the time, in the manner and for the purpose authorized by law. proviso. hunters. SEC. 19. Any non-resident hunter, who by the laws of this Non-resident State is required to procure a non-resident hunter's license and who does procure same, may take from this State as open baggage a number of any or each of all said game birds equal to the number of said birds permitted to be killed by him under said license in a single day. And may ship to any point without the State, one deer or part of a deer: Provided, That he shall first obtain from the State Game, Proviso, shipping permit. Fish and Forestry Warden or his authorized deputy, a shipping permit and deliver the same to the agent at the initial point of shipment and also exhibit his license to the said agent, sign and detach the coupon therefrom and attach the same to such deer or part thereof offered for shipment, in the presence of the shipping agent, and if he cannot write. he shall sign by his mark, which agent shall sign such coupon as a witness, and such coupon shall then be cancelled by such agent and accompany said deer or part thereof to its destination. Approved May 2, 1913. |