offense occurred, to be used in defraying the expenses of enforcing the provisions of this act within such municipality.

(33) § 781.

ANNUAL REPORT.

SEC. 17. The forest commissioner shall, annually on or before the first day of December, make a written report to the governor, together with an itemized account of the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act, which report shall include such statistics and facts as he has obtained from the chief fire warden and from the several fire wardens of the State, and from other sources, together with his suggestions relative to the preservation of the forests of the State and the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires.

APPLICATION OF ACT.

(34) 8 782. SEC. 18. This act shall apply and be in force only within the territory within this State lying north of the north line of township twenty north.

Sec. 19 repeals all inconsistent acts and parts of acts.

An Act providing appropriations for the State game, fish and forest fire commissioner's department (for forest fire protection) for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, and to repeal other acts or parts of acts making appropriations therefor, and to repeal all clauses or parts of other statutes fixing or providing for the salary or compensation of any officer or employe herein provided

for.

[Act 153, P. A. 1919.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

(35) SECTION 1. There are hereby appropriated from the general fund for the State game, fish and forest fire commissioner's department (for forest fire protection) under act number two hundred forty-nine of the public acts of

nineteen hundred three, and acts amendatory thereto, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the purposes and in the following amounts:

Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated. Each of such deputy game, fish and forest fire wardens shall receive per diem to be fixed by the State game, fish and forest fire commissioner, on a merit basis as to their previous experience and proficiency in the work of the department, said per diem to be not less than two dollars fifty cents and not more than four dollars for each day actually spent in the discharge of their duties under the direction of the State game, fish and forest fire commissioner, together with their actual expenses necessarily incurred when so employed.

(36) SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated' shall be paid out of the State treasury, and the disbursing officer of the State game, fish and forest fire commissioner's department (for forest fire protection) shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law.

(37) SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said department 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.

(38) SEC. 4. The auditor general shall incorporate in the State tax for the years nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made.

(39) SEC. 5. All other acts and parts of acts making appropriations for the State game, fish and forest fire commissioner's department (for forest fire protection) for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, and all clauses or portions of other acts fixing the salaries or compensation of any officer or employe herein provided for, are hereby repealed.

Act 192, P. A. 1919, provides appropriations for the public domain commission for salaries, field operations, etc.

STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.

An Act to establish a State board of fish commissioners, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-four, session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, act number seventy-one, session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-five, and act number three, session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-two.

[Act 63, P. A. 1885.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.-TERM.--POWERS.-VACANCIES.

(40) § 7573. SECTION 1. That it shall be the duty of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint three persons, residents of this State, who shall constitute a board of fish commissioners. The persons so appointed shall hold office each for the term of six years, the terms of office of the several persons now composing said board to continue for the time for which they were appointed, or until their respective successors are appointed, confirmed and qualified. The board of fish commissioners as at present organized and constituted by law, and their

successors in office appointed hereunder, or under any act of the legislature of this State which may hereafter become a law shall constitute a body corporate by and with the name and title of the "State Board of Fish Commissioners," with the right, as such corporation, of contracting, suing and being sued, of making and using a common seal, taking conveyances and leases of lands and tenements, and holding and disposing of the same, in the said corporate name, and of owning, using, and disposing of personal property, for the uses of said board in carrying out the objects of their organization and appointment, as the same are herein or may by law hereafter be declared. Any vacancies occurring in the membership of said board, to be filled by the governor; appointments to fill vacancies to be submitted to the senate for confirmation at its next regular session, if extending beyond a session of the legislature.

DUTY OF BOARD.-EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.SUPERINTENDENT. SALARY.-ASSISTANTS.

(41) § 7574. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the said board of commissioners to select suitable locations within this State whereon to establish and maintain fish-breeding establishments for the propagation and cultivation of whitefish, and such other kinds of food fish as they may direct, for the purpose of stocking with such fish and replenishing the supply of the same in such of the inland and bordering waters of this State as they may know, or have reason to believe are suitable for the kinds of fish they may select. All property owned or leased by the fish commission shall be exempt from taxation so long as held and used for State purposes under this act. Said board of commissioners shall employ a competent person as superintendent of fisheries, whose duty it shall be to devote his entire time to gathering ova, hatching and planting, or distributing fish, and superintending generally the practical operations of the work, under the direction of the board of commissioners at a salary of not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. They may also employ such other assistants as the exigencies of the work may require. All persons employed by the board shall be governed by the regulations it may adopt for that purpose.

(42) § 7575. SEC. 3. Said board of commissioners shall cause to be kept proper books of accounts and records of their own transactions, and also of all operations and experiments in the discharge of the duties aforesaid, and shall report biennially to the governor upon their operations and the practical results and success of the same.

POWERS. FURTHER DUTIES. EXPENSES.

(43) § 7576. SEC. 4. The said board may take, or cause to be taken, any fish in any manner or at any time, for the purposes connected with the fish culture or with scientific observation. And they shall further discharge any duties required of them by law relating to the fishing interests or the enforcement of laws relating to the protection of fish and fisheries in this State. Said board may receive from the State treasurer out of the appropriations made therefor all the expenses actually disbursed by them while in the discharge of the duties required of them by law.

APPROPRIATIONS, HOW PAID. UNEXPENDED BALANCE.

(44) § 7577. SEC. 5. Appropriations for the necessary expenses of the work of said board shall be paid to them by the State treasurer on the warrants of the auditor general, from time to time, as their vouchers for the same are exhibited and approved. The unexpended balance of any appropriation at the end of the year for which the same is made shall be carried forward to the credit of the board, provided the board certify to the auditor general and State treasurer that the same is needed for the purchase of additional grounds, making permanent improvements upon any of its property, or for apparatus or labor in extending the work.

Act 98, P. A. 1919, provides that the income derived by the State fish commission from licenses and fees shall be estimated and such estimate included in the budget and specifically appropriated.