Title and sections amended. [No. 111.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections two and three 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 furbearing animals at certain times, and to prohibit the destruction or the molesting of the houses, holes or habitats of certain fur-bearing animals at all times," being sections seven thousand five hundred eleven and seven thousand five hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred seventyone of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title and sections two and three 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, holes or habitats of certain furbearing animals at all times," being sections seven thousand five hundred eleven and seven thousand five hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred seventy-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: Closed season. Unlawful to use baited hooks, etc. TITLE 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. SEC. 2. No person shall take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or molest or attempt to take, trap, hunt, shoot, kill or molest any otter, fisher, martin, skunk, mink, muskrat, or raccoon from and including the first day of April to and including the thirty-first day of October of each year. It shall be unlawful to use firearms of any kind except a 22 calibre rifle to kill muskrats, or to use baited hooks or to use spears, 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 of the furbearing animals herein mentioned killed during the time when the killing thereof is by this act prohibited, except as hereinafter provided. house, etc., SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful at any time for any person to Beaver, etc., destroy, disturb or molest any beaver, skunk, muskrat or unlawful to rabbit house, hole, or other excavation which may be used destroy. or occupied by such game or fur-bearing animals, or at any time set any trap within six feet of a muskrat house or hole; nor shall any person stake, put out or set traps at any time preceding the day on which the open season for the taking of fur-bearing animals begins. Approved May 5, 1921. [No. 112.] AN ACT to repeal chapter fifty-one of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the destruction of wolves, and other noxious animals," being sections seven thousand two hundred forty-four to seven thousand two hundred fifty-seven, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen; act number three hundred fifteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act authorizing the payment of bounties for the destruction of certain noxious animals and birds and providing a penalty for the violation thereof;" act number one hundred thirty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act authorizing the payment of bounties for the destruction of certain noxious animals and providing a penalty for the violation thereof;" all of which acts relate to the payment of bounties. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Chapter fifty-one of the Revised Statutes of Chapter eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the destruction of repealed. wolves, and other noxious animals," being sections seven thousand two hundred forty-four to seven thousand two hundred fifty-seven, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen; act number three hundred fifteen Acts repealed. of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act authorizing the payment of bounties for the destruction of certain noxious animals and birds and providing a penalty for the violation thereof;" act number one hundred thirty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act authorizing the payment of bounties for the destruction of certain noxious animals and providing a penalty for the violation thereof;" all of which acts relate to the payment of bounties, are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. The provisions of this act shall not be construed Powers not as abrogating the power of counties, cities, villages and abrogated. townships to offer and pay bounties for the destruction of such noxious animals and birds under any laws not hereby repealed. Approved May 5, 1921. Section amended. Challenger, who may designate. [No. 113.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-seven of chapter ten, act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections; to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-seven of chapter ten, act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections; to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," is amended to read as follows: At every election, each of the political parties, and any organization or committee of citizens interested in the adoption or defeat of any measure to be voted for or upon at any election, or interested in preserving the purity of elections and in guarding against the abuse of the elective franchise, shall have the right to designate and keep not exceeding one challenger at any time at each place of voting, who shall be assigned such positions immediately adjoining the inspectors, inside the polling place, as will enable them to see each person as he offers to vote. Approved May 5, 1921. [No. 114.] AN ACT to amend the title and section one of act number one hundred forty-four of the Public Acts of the state of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to prevent the desertion and abandonment of wife or children by persons charged by law with the maintenance thereof; to make such abandonment and desertion a felony and to prescribe the punishment therefor; to provide for the care of the dependent wife and children; and to repeal act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three," section one of said act being compilers' section seven thousand seven hundred eighty-nine of the Compiled Laws of the state of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: section SECTION 1. That the title and section one of act number Title and one hundred forty-four of the Public Acts of the state of amended. Michigan for the year nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to prevent the desertion and abandonment of wife or children by persons charged by law with the maintenance thereof; to make such abandonment and desertion a felony and to prescribe the punishment therefor; to provide for the care of the dependent wife and children; and to repeal act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three," being compilers' section seven thousand seven hundred eighty-nine of the Compiled Laws of the state of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred fifteen, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: TITLE. An Act to prevent the desertion and abandonment of wife or children and to prohibit and prevent the refusal or neglect to provide for proper support and maintenance for wife and minor children by persons charged by law with the maintenance thereof; to make such abandonment or desertion or the refusal or neglect, to provide such support and maintenance, a felony and to prescribe the punishment therefor; to provide for the care of the dependent wife and children and to repeal act number thirty-nine of the Public Acts of the state of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred three. SEC. 1. Any person who deserts and abandons his wife or Desertion, deserts and abandons his minor children under sixteen years etc., penalty. of age, without providing necessary and proper shelter, food, care and clothing for them and any person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to provide necessary and proper shelter, food, care and clothing for his wife or his children under the Proviso. Further proviso. Further proviso, desertion, etc. age of sixteen years, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty Maximum fare. [No. 115.] AN ACT to fix the rates of fare for the transportation of passengers, within this state, which may be charged by any interurban railroad, and to provide for the regulation of such rates of fare by the Michigan Public Utilities Commission. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The maximum rate of fare for the transportation of passengers within this state by any electric interurban railroad shall be three cents per mile for all persons |