vermin, and to offer and pay rewards for the destruction [No. 89.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled, as amended, "An act to prohibit the taking, killing, trapping or molesting of certain fur-bearing animals at certain times and to prohibit the destruction or the molesting of the houses or holes of certain fur-bearing animals at all times," being section seven thousand five hundred eleven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number one hundred eleven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number one hundred eighty- Section three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, amended. entitled "An act to prohibit the taking, killing, trapping or molesting of certain fur-bearing animals at certain times and to prohibit the destruction or the molesting of the houses or holes of certain fur-bearing animals at all times," being section seven thousand five hundred eleven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number one hundred eleven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby amended to read as follows: season on otter, etc. etc., unlaw SEC. 2. No person shall take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or Closed molest or attempt to take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or molest any otter, fisher, marten or skunk from and including the first day of April to and including the thirty-first day of October of each year, nor any beaver, mink or muskrat from and including the first day of April to and including the thirty-first day of January of each year; nor any raccoon from and including the first day of January to and including the first day of October of each year. It shall be unlawful to use firearms of any Firearms, kind to kill muskrats or to use baited hooks or to use spears, ft to use. explosives. chemicals or mechanical devices or smokers of any kind to drive muskrats or other protected fur-bearing animals out of their holes or homes, nor shall any person knowingly have in possession the carcass or skin of any fur-bearing animals herein mentioned killed during the time when the killing thereof is by this act prohibited: Provided, That it shall be Proviso. unlawful to take [,] trap, hunt, shoot, kill or molest any muskrats or trap mink in this state until the year nineteen hundred twenty-seven, or to take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or Further proviso. molest any beaver, otter, fisher or marten until the year nineteen hundred thirty: Provided further, That the conservation commission is hereby authorized to issue permits to take and transport beaver at any time for scientific investigation and propagation. Approved April 23, 1925. Section amended. What district to include. Proviso, referendum. [No. 90.] AN ACT to amend section five of act number two hundred seventy-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages and for revising and amending their charters," as last amended by act number three hundred ninety-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, same being section two thousand eight hundred forty-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section five of act number two hundred seventyeight of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages and for revising and amending their charters," as last amended by act number three hundred ninety-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, same being section two thousand eight hundred forty-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. The district to be affected by every such proposed incorporation, consolidation or change of boundaries, shall be deemed to include the whole of each city, village, or township from which territory is to be taken or to which territory is to be annexed: Provided, however, That proposed incorporations, consolidations or changes of boundaries shall be submitted to the qualified electors residing within the territory proposed to be incorporated or residing within the village to which territory is to be annexed as the case may be, and also to the qualified electors of the city, village or township from which the territory to be taken is located and at the election, when the said question is voted upon, the city, village or township shall conduct the election in such manner as to keep the votes of the qualified electors in the territory proposed to be incorporated or annexed or detached in a separate box from the one containing the votes from the remaining portions of such city, village or township, and if the returns of said election shall show a majority of the votes cast in the district proposed to be incorporated or annexed, voting separately, to be in favor of the proposed incorporation or change of boundary as the case may be, and if a majority of the electors voting in the remainder of the district to be affected as herein defined, voting collectively are in favor of the proposed incorporation or change of boundary as the case may be, then such territory shall become incorporated as a village or shall become a part of the corporate territory of the village or shall be detached therefrom, as the case may be: Provided further, Further That the question of incorporating a new village from terri- proviso, new tory located in a township or townships shall be determined by tion. a majority of the votes cast at an election at which only the electors residing within the territory proposed to be incorporated shall vote. Approved April 23, 1925. incorpora [No. 91.] AN ACT to provide for taxation of lands owned and held by the state for state game reserves and state game farms and to provide for the assessment thereof and collection of the tax thereon. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. For the purpose of this act the director of con- List, to servation shall furnish the state tax commissioners with a list whom furnished. of all lands owned and held by the state for state game reserves and state game farms showing all locations and descriptions. who to fix, etc. SEC. 2. The valuation of such lands for taxation purposes Valuation, shall be fixed by the board of state tax commissioners on or before the fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and each year thereafter and the said board of state tax commissioners shall on or before the first day of May nineteen hundred twenty-six, and each year thereafter, make a report to the several assessing districts of the state in which state game reserves or state game farms are located, giving a description of the land in such assessing district held by the state as a state game reserve or as a state game farm with the valuation thereof as fixed by said board of state tax commissioners, and upon receipt of said report by the assessing officer he shall enter upon the assessment rolls of each township, city, village or assessing district, the respective descriptions of such lands with the value so fixed, and assess such lands at the same prorate as other real property in such assessing district. general. SEC. 3. The treasurer or other officer charged with the col Statement to lection of taxes for such assessing district shall forward a auditor statement of the tax to the auditor general, who shall pay the same by his warrant on the state treasurer from the funds of the game and fish protection fund of the department of conservation. Approved April 23, 1925. Stop crossings. List of, where filed. Signboards. Vehicles to stop. Signs, etc., unlawful to place. [No. 92.] AN ACT to provide for the better protection of human life at crossings at grade of railroads, interurban and suburban railways with public streets, highways, alleys, private roads and ways and crossings. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whenever, in the opinion of the state administrative board, the safety of the public demands the stopping of every vehicle, whether motor, horse-drawn, or otherwise, upon approaching and before passing over any crossing at grade of railroads, interurban and suburban railways with public streets, highways, alleys, private roads, private ways and crossings, the said state administrative board shall designate such crossing a "stop crossing". SEC. 2. To assist the said state administrative board in making its determination as aforesaid, the state highway commissioner shall, within thirty days after the taking effect of this act, prepare and file with said board a list of all of such crossings described in section one hereof, which in his opinion should be designated as "stop crossings". The said state highway commissioner shall also submit to the state administrative board additional lists of such crossings whenever requested to do so by said board. SEC. 3. Whenever the state administrative board shall designate any crossing described in section one hereof as a "stop crossing", it shall be the duty of the state highway commissioner to cause signboards to be constructed, erected and maintained thereat. Such signboards shall be of such construction and design, and shall be erected and maintained in such manner as shall be prescribed by the state administrative board. SEC. 4. Every person driving, operating, or in control of any vehicle, whether motor, horse-drawn, or otherwise, upon approaching, and immediately before passing over a railroad, interurban or suburban railway track at a crossing that has been designated and posted or marked by the state administrative board as a "stop crossing", shall bring such vehicle to a full stop and shall listen and look in both directions for approaching locomotives, cars or trains. SEC. 5. Hereafter no sign, marker, or advertising device of any kind, except signs and guide posts erected by the proper highway or railroad authorities, shall be erected, painted or maintained by any person, firm or corporation at, or in the vicinity of, any crossing at grade of any railroad, interurban or suburban railway, with a public street, highway, alley, private road, private way or crossing or within a distance of five hundred feet from the intersection of the right of way lines at any such crossing. from lia SEC. 6. The provisions of this act shall not relieve any per- Not relieved son or any railroad, interurban or suburban railway company bility. from the performance of any duties or obligations imposed by law, statutory or otherwise. act. SEC. 7. Any person who violates any of the provisions of Violation of this act and any person who removes, destroys, damages or defaces any sign or signboard erected by or under the direction of the state highway commissioner or the state administrative board at any "stop crossing" as herein provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten Penalty for. dollars or not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, for each such offense. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 93.] AN ACT to amend section two of chapter forty-two of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the maintenance of illegitimate children," being section seven thousand seven hundred fifty-four of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of chapter forty-two of the re- Section vised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the amended. maintenance of illegitimate children," being section seven thousand seven hundred fifty-four of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. The said justice may thereupon issue his warrant ́ Warrant; against the person accused which may be executed in any part proceedings. of this state and upon said accused being brought before the justice by virtue of said warrant, said justice shall thereupon, or as soon thereafter as may be, proceed to hear the testimony under oath of said complainant with reference to the matters set forth in her complaint, and shall hear such other testimony under oath as may be relevant and material to said complaint. Said justice shall thereupon determine from all of said testimony whether or not said complainant is pregnant with a child, which if born alive may be a bastard or whether said complainant has been delivered of a bastard child and whether or not there is probable cause to believe the defendant to be the father of said child. If said justice shall determine said questions in the affirmative, he shall require said defendant to enter into a recognizance with one or more sufficient sureties satisfactory to said justice in a sum not less than one hundred |