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lars; for pupils' library and reading rooms, five hundred dollars; for fences, walks and grounds, five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The further sum of eighty-three thousand dollars Special puris hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fifteen, for purposes and in amounts as follows: Seventy-five thousand dollars for new building to replace the one burned; eight thousand dollars for furnishing new building.

funds.

SEC. 4. It is hereby provided that if the several amounts Transfer of designated in sections two and three of this act, for any of the purposes stated, be insufficient to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchase specified in said sections, may, by obtaining in writing the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General, before any expense in excess of the specified appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this provision being to make the entire one hundred ninety-six thousand three hundred fifty dollars available for the purposes stated in said sections.

The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid out. of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan School for the Deaf, 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.

SEC. 6. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of one hundred ninety-eight thousand three hundred fifty dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred fourteen, the sum of one hundred sixty-eight thousand dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 13, 1913.

[No. 365.]

AN ACT to amend sections one, two, three, four, five and seven of act number one hundred fifty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to regulate and license fishing with tugs, launches or boats in the waters of this State."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Sections one, two, three, four, five and seven Sections of act number one hundred fifty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven are hereby amended to read as follows:

Fish tugs, etc., to be licensed.

Application,

SEC. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, copartnership, partnership association or corporation to make use of any kind of a boat, tug or launch, except rowboats, net or nets for commercial fishing or for the purpose of taking or catching fish to be sold or offered for sale in any of the waters bordering on this State, without first having been registered in the office of the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, and a license issued therefor in accordance with the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. Any person, firm, company, copartnership, partwhat to state, nership association or corporation desiring a license under the provisions of this act shall make application therefor on oath to the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden on a blank provided for that purpose by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, accompanied by the fee hereinafter provided. Such application shall state the name and residence of the applicant, the manner in which he proposes to fish, name of the tug, launch or boat and the gross tonnage thereof, and the kind of net or nets for which he desires a license.

Warden to issue license.

Resident license.

Proviso, $50.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden when application is made by any person, firm, company, copartnership, partnership association or corporation in accordance with section two of this act, to issue the license provided for in this act upon payment by the applicant, if a resident of this State, of the following fees: For each sail boat propelled by means of a sail, five dollars per year; for each boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity or other motive power of less than five tons, gross tonnage, ten dollars per year; for each boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity, or other motive power of over five tons, gross tonnage, two dollars per each gross ton per year: Provided, however, That no resident person, firm, company, copartnership, partnership association or corporation shall be required to pay more than fifty dollars on any one boat in one year. If he desires to make use of one or more nets of any kind for the purpose of fishing without a boat or under the ice during the winter months, he shall pay a fee of one dollar per year. If a nonresident of this State, he shall pay the following fees: For each sail boat propelled by means of a sail, twenty-five dollars per year; for each boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity or other motive power, the said boat being less than ten tons, gross tonnage, fifty dollars per year; for each boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity or other motive power of more than ten tons, gross tonnage, Proviso, $200. five dollars for each gross ton per year: Provided, however, That no nonresident person, firm, company, copartnership, partnership association or corporation shall be required to pay more than two hundred dollars on any one boat in one year; if he desires to fish with one or more nets without the use of a boat or under the ice during the winter months, he

Non-resident license.

shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars per year: Pro- Further proviso. vided further, That for the purpose of this act computation of the amount each person shall pay for the use of boats shall be made upon the gross tonnage of boats as computed and registered by the United States government inspectors: Provided further, That for the purpose of this act any firm, Further company, copartnership, partnership association or corporation in which less than seventy-five per cent of their stock is and has actually been owned by bona fide residents of this State for more than six months prior to the time of making application for license, shall be considered nonresidents.

proviso.

form of.

SEC. 4. Upon the payment of the fee provided for in this License, act, the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden shall have prepared and shall issue to persons, firms or corporations entitled to the same, a printed or written license signed by him, setting forth the date of issuing the same, to whom issued, the date on which it will expire, and the kind of boat, tug, launch, net or nets for which said license was issued.

SEC. 5. All boat licenses shall expire on the first day of Expiration of April following their issue. The State Game, Fish and For- license. estry Warden shall keep a record of all applications and licenses. On the first day of each month, the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden shall pay over to the State Treasurer all moneys received by him under the provisions of this act, and said moneys shall be credited to the commercial fish protection fund, and shall be disbursed by the Auditor General for services of the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden and his deputies and their expenses in enforcing the commercial fishing laws for the protection of fish, and for the purchase of patrol boats and other apparatus to be used for that purpose by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, on bills sworn to by the person presenting same, when certified to by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden.

SEC. 7. Any person, persons, firm, company, copartnership, Penalty. partnership association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof for the first offense before any justice having jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court: Provided, how- Proviso. ever, That each violation shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.

Approved May 13, 1913.

Natural bait.

Acts repealed.

[No. 366.]

AN ACT to legalize the use of natural bait, animal offal or articles of food as bait in fishing in the inland waters of the State of Michigan, and to repeal act number two hundred ten of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, and all other acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Hereafter it shall be lawful for any person to use any natural bait, animal offal or article of food as bait in fishing in any of the inland waters of this State.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts, including act number two hundred ten of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved May 13, 1913.

Sections added.

[No. 367.]

AN ACT to amend chapter seven of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges, setting and protecting of shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials," by adding thereto two new sections to stand as sections thirteen and fourteen relative to the removal of fences along highways.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Chapter seven of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing, and preservation of bridges, setting and protecting of shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining

the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials," is hereby amended by adding thereto two new sections to stand as sections thirteen and fourteen, and to read as follows:

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SEC. 13. In counties operating under the county road system, upon a petition of twenty freeholders, each of whom are the owners of property abutting upon a part of the county road system of said county, and being residents of the same county, addressed to the board of county road commissioners of their county, stating that any particular fence, other than a stone or hedge fence, along any highway adopted as a county road within their county, by reason of its construction or otherwise, is dangerous either of itself or by reason of causing obstruction to the highway, it shall be the duty of the said board of county road commissioners to examine said fence and if, in its opinion, said fence is dan a gerous either in itself or by reason of causing obstruction to the highway, said county road commissioners shall notify the owner or the occupant of the premises whereon said fence is located, to remove said fence: Provided, however, ! That nothing contained in this act shall operate to cause r the removal of any fence along any highway, between April first and September thirtieth in any year, without the written consent of the said owner or occupant. Upon the neglect of the said owner or occupant to remove said fence within sixty days after such notice, if he shall not have taken an appeal as hereinafter provided for, it shall be the duty of the board of county road commissioners to remove or cause to be removed the said fence, and any material removed shall thereupon become the property of the county to be sold or otherwise disposed of by the said board of county road commissioners, and any expenses incurred in the removal of said fence shall be paid from the county road fund of the county upon a warrant drawn by the proper officer: Provided, That the owner or occupant of any land, 1 upon which any such fence is located,, or any person, having received notice to remove any fence, deeming himself ag grieved, shall have the right to appeal to the board of supervisors of said county. Such appeal shall be in writing and served upon the county clerk within ten days of the receipt of said notice upon said appeal. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors at its first meeting thereafter, to carefully determine the facts concerning the removal of said fence; and the board of supervisors may confirm, reverse or modify the order of removal of said fence and shall award any damage to such owner or occupant for the removal of said fence, and shall also award to the person so aggrieved all or any part of the expense incurred by reason of such removal, and of the erection of a suitable and lawful fence in the place of the fence removed or ordered to be removed. Such award shall be paid from the county road fund of the

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