Proviso, minor child. Fees for issuing license. Moneys, where credited. penalty of the revocation of license in addition to other penalties prescribed by this act. In case a person lose his license he may procure a duplicate or a new license by filing an affidavit of loss and paying an additional fee of one dollar for same: Provided, That a license may be issued to a minor child under seventeen and over twelve years of age, on application and oath of a parent or legal guardian, and payment of one dollar, by the director of conservation or any person authorized by him to issue licenses when deemed advisable, on condition that the said minor shall be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian or some person authorized by them, when hunting or trapping on lands upon which their parents are not regularly domiciled. SEC. 5. All persons authorized to sell licenses as herein provided, except state deputy game, fish and forestry wardens who receive a regular salary from the state, shall receive as compensation for taking the affidavit herein provided and issuing of said license the sum of ten cents for each license so issued and shall on the first day of each month send direct to the director of conservation the balance of all moneys received by him preceding such date for the sale of licenses under the provisions of this act. As soon as possible after the first day of each month the director of conservation shall send all moneys received by him for the sale of licenses from all sources to date to the auditor general, together with a sworn statement as to the amount of money received and the source from which it came. The auditor general shall credit all moneys received by him from the director of conservation to the game and fish protection fund which fund shall be paid out by the state treasurer upon warrants by the auditor general for taxes on lands held by the state as state game reserves and state game farms and for services rendered by the director of conservation and his assistants and deputies together with the expenses incurred in the enforcement of the game and fish laws of the state and the protection and propagation of game and fish upon itemized bill duly sworn to by the officers presenting the same, when audited and duly certiPurposes for fied by the director of conservation. The director of conservation may make use of the funds provided for by this act for the following purposes; for the purpose of propagation of any game animals or birds and the liberation of the same or their increase at such times, places and in such manner as may be by him deemed advisable; for the purchase and lease of lands, together with the necessary equipment for the purpose of propagating and rearing game animals and game birds, but no such game or birds shall be liberated on or delivered to lands used as private game preserves or enclosed posted lands other than game refuges accepted and posted by the state; for the purpose of issuing and publishing bulletins and pamphlets pertaining to the propagation, protection and conservation of wild life; for the purpose of delivering lectures of an educational value concerning the wild life of the state; for the purpose of destroying wolves and other predacious animals or which may use. 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 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, etc. 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, ful 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: nished. 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 furof 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 filled. 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. |