delinquency in the payment of drain taxes after the lands on This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 81.] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of act number three hundred fifty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of bridges; to provide for intermunicipal and interstate bridges; to provide for bridges over navigable streams and for their operation; to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of bridges over mill races; and to regulate the altering of the stage of water, and the widening and deepening of the channel of watercourses," approved May twentyseven, nineteen hundred twenty-five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section fifteen of act number three hundred Section fifty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of bridges; to provide for intermunicipal and interstate bridges; to provide for bridges over navigable streams and for their operation; to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of bridges over mill races; and to regulate the altering of the stage of water, and the widening and deepening of the channel of watercourses," approved May twenty-seven, nineteen hundred twenty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 15. The board of county road commissioners of any May concounty bordering on a stream which is the boundary line be- tract with tween such county and a county in another state, is hereby state, etc. authorized, in conjunction with the proper highway author adjoining Proviso. ities of such adjoining county or state, to construct, rebuild, This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. [No. 82.] AN ACT to amend section eleven of article four of act number one hundred ninety-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of the railroad bridge and tunnel companies and to regulate the running and management and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad, bridge, tunnel and other corporation owning or operating any railroad, bridge or tunnel within this state," same being section eight thousand three hundred of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section eleven of article four of act number one hundred ninety-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of the railroad bridge and tunnel companies and to regulate the running and management and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad, bridge, tunnel and other corporation owning or operating any railroad, bridge, or tunnel within this state," same being section eight thousand three hundred of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: passenger SEC. 11. In forming a passenger train upon any railroad Making up operated in this state, the engine shall be placed at the head train. of the train, and no baggage or freight car shall be placed in the rear of any passenger car unless said passenger car is of steel construction; and any officer, agent, or other employe who shall cause them to be so placed, or who shall knowingly suffer the same to be done, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished accordingly. Approved April 28, 1927. [No. 83.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the Mackinac Island state park commission for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, for maintenance and operation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: and pur SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amounts fund for the Mackinac Island state park commission for the poses. fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twentyeight, the sum of thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. out. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. Fees, etc. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said Mackinac Island state park commission shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Expenses defrayed. Committee, who to compose. [No. 84.] AN ACT to authorize the state administrative board to provide entertainment incident to the visit of the president of the United States and the annual conference of governors at Mackinac Island; to provide for the appointment of a legislative committee and to authorize the state administrative board to defray the expenses incident thereto. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The state administrative board is hereby authorized and empowered to provide and defray the expenses incident to entertaining the president of the United States, and the annual conference of the governors of the several states at Mackinac Island during the summer of nineteen hundred twenty-seven, and to expend for such purposes a sum of money not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. The same may be paid out of the general fund upon the order and approval of the state administrative board. SEC. 2. The governor shall appoint a committee, consisting of three senators and five representatives, to attend the conference and assist in the reception and entertainment of the governors of the several states. Their expenses so incurred shall be defrayed in the same manner as the other expenses herein provided for. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 85.] AN ACT to prohibit the taking of perch with nets and regulate the setting of nets in the waters bordering on this state and providing a penalty for the violation of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: lawful to SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful hereafter to take, catch or Where unattempt to take or catch any of the species of fish known as take. perch with gill nets, pound nets, seines or any other kind of net, except dip nets, within one-half mile of any public dock or pier in any direction. Public docks for the purpose of this act shall be held to include all docks except docks owned by individuals and used exclusively for their own boats. SEC. 2. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed as Laws not abrogated. authorizing the taking of fish or the use of illegal nets or of the setting of nets at a place or places, or times, or otherwise forbidden by law. SEC. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Penalty. act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved April 30, 1927. [No. 86.] AN ACT to amend section six of act number ninety-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of commercial forest reserves and for the administration and taxation of the same." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section six of act number ninety-four of the Section public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of commercial forest reserves and for the administration and taxation of the same", is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 6. On the first day of December of each year after Commercial the passage of this act, the department of conservation shall forest recertify to the auditor general the number of acres of land certificadetermined and listed as commercial forest reserves in each serves, tion of. |