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Owner to certify quantity cut.

Protest.

How sums distributed.

Unlawful use of.

Proviso, hunting, etc.

Applications sworn to.

Revocation,

mit to cut.

to cut or remove forest products from land registered as a commercial forest reserve until such bond has been given and approved and such permit has been issued.

SEC. 9. As soon as the cutting, authorized under a permit issued by the department of conservation, has been completed, it shall be the duty of the owner to certify at once to the department of conservation the actual quantity of each kind and class of forest products so cut. The department of conservation shall forthwith verify the quantities of each kind and class of forest products so cut and make a determination of the stumpage value and notify the owner thereof. Within twenty days thereafter the owner may file a protest; then for the purpose of determining the said stumpage values the department of conservation shall conduct a hearing and may compel the attendance of witnesses; and at such hearing the owner shall be given opportunity to be heard and to produce witnesses. The stumpage values thus determined shall be final. When stumpage values of the various forest products have been determined the department of conservation shall compute the total stumpage value of all forest products cut and shall certify such amount to the owner and the owner shall, within ninety days thereafter, pay to the department of conservation as the full stumpage or yield tax due from him twenty-five per cent of the total stumpage value as above determined. All sums received by the department of conservation on account of such stumpage or yield tax of twenty-five per cent shall be distributed as follows: One-half to the state treasurer to be covered into the general fund of the state and one-half to the county in which the lands are situate and from which the forest products were cut to be distributed by the county board of supervisors in the same manner and proportions as the specific tax paid by the owner of such land.

SEC. 10. The owner of any land listed as a commercial forest reserve shall not make such use of said land as will be prejudicial to its development as a commercial forest reserve and shall not use said land for industrial, recreational or other commercial purposes, nor enjoy any exclusive privileges as to hunting and fishing upon such land: Provided, That when not detrimental to its development as a commercial forest reserve the department of conservation shall permit the use of such lands by the general public for purposes of hunting and fishing under the regulations of the department of conservation.

SEC. 11. All applications, statements and information if required by the department of conservation in the administration of this act shall be under oath.

SEC. 12. On application of the owner, the department of etc., of per- conservation shall have power when emergency or other just cause exists to extend or shorten the period when forest products will become eligible for harvesting; and in case of fraud or for other proper cause, may revoke a permit to cut.

Transfer of title.

SEC. 12-a. The transfer of title of any land listed as a commercial forest reserve shall not affect the status of such land

as a commercial forest reserve unless the new owner shall within sixty days after securing title file with the department of conservation a withdrawal application, in which case the withdrawal procedure hereinbefore provided shall be made to apply to the new owner in like manner as to the original

owner.

SEC. 13. Whenever for any reason it shall appear that the Cancellation, land so listed as commercial forest reserve no longer conforms to the requirements for eligibility as defined in section two of this act, the department of conservation shall file with the owner of such land notice of its intention to cancel the listing

of such land as a commercial forest reserve: Provided, That Proviso. such cancellation order shall not become effective for sixty days during which the owner may request a hearing as to the facts, which hearing shall be held by the department of conservation and the findings thereof shall be final. Copies of all such cancellation orders shall be filed by the department of conservation with the supervisor of the township and the register of deeds of the county in which such lands are situate.

SEC. 13-a. Changes in the terms, fees, taxes or other pro- Fees, etc., visions of this act as from time to time enacted into law shall changes in. apply to all lands which are listed after such enactments become effective. Owners of lands listed under this act may without prejudice apply for relisting under such laws as may from time to time be enacted changing the terms, fees, taxes or other provisions of this act.

SEC. 14. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Penalty. act shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or to imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 15. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved April 24, 1925.

[No. 95.]

AN ACT to prohibit the use of nets or seines within certain portions of Tawas Bay, Lake Huron, and to prescribe a penalty for violations thereof.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

where un

SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful to set nets or seines of Nets, etc., any kind or description in Tawas Bay north of a certain line lawful to drawn from the northeast corner of the present organized set. township of Alabaster, Iosco county, Michigan, and extending to the United States lighthouse establishment's fog horn on Tawas Point.

Penalty for violation.

SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of such offense shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of Iosco county, or the Detroit house of correction, for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment with cost of prosecution in the discretion of the court. Approved April 24, 1925.

Sections repealed.

Section amended.

When interest conveyed.

[No. 96.]

AN ACT to amend section eleven of chapter sixty of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen", being section fourteen thousand forty-eight of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and to repeal sections twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of said chapter sixty of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, being sections fourteen thousand forty-nine, fourteen thousand fifty and fourteen thousand fifty-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections twelve, thirteen and fourteen of chapter sixty of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen", being sections fourteen thousand forty-nine, fourteen thousand fifty and fourteen thousand fifty-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby repealed, and section eleven of said chapter sixty of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, being section fourteen thousand fortyeight of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 11. In all cases where any person under guardianship has a vendor's interest in land, however acquired, the guardian or guardians of such person under guardianship, upon payment to him of the amount due upon the contract of sale of said land, shall convey the same to the persons entitled thereto, in all cases where such ward, if competent, might be compelled to execute such conveyance, upon obtaining an order from the probate judge of the county having jurisdiction of the person under guardianship. The guardian of any such person may, in the cases provided in this section, embrace any number of such contracts in one petition, and said probate court, on the hearing of said petition, may decree a conveyance of the real estate pursuant to the terms of such

All the Proceedings.

contracts, to the several persons entitled thereto. proceedings in such cases shall conform as nearly as possible to the statutes authorizing the specific performance by execu tors and administrators of the contracts of deceased persons for the conveyance of real estate as contained in this chapter. Approved April 29, 1925.

[No. 97.]

AN ACT to amend section fifteen of chapter sixty-five of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen", being section fourteen thousand one hundred fifty-nine of the compiled laws of nineteen hundredfifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section fifteen of chapter sixty-five of act num- Section ber three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen", being section fourteen thousand one hundred fifty-nine of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

special ad

SEC. 15. After an appeal is claimed and notice thereof Stay of proceedings by given at the probate office, all further proceedings in pur- appeal. suance of the sentence, order, decree or denial appealed from shall cease until the appeal shall be determined: Provided, Proviso, That when an appeal is taken from a decree admitting or ministrators. denying probate of a will or when a contested will shall have been certified by the judge of probate to the circuit court of the same county for hearing, the probate court may appoint one or more special administrators to take charge of and protect the estate, with such powers not exceeding those of a general administrator as the said probate court may deem necessary and by order may confer in the particular case. Approved April 29, 1925.

Certain land conveyed.

[No. 98.]

AN ACT to authorize and direct the state board of agriculture to convey to the United States government a tract of land to be used for the purpose of erecting a building thereon to be used and maintained for a weather station observatory.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The state board of agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the United States government, from the land of the Michigan state board of agriculture upon which the state agricultural college is located, a tract of land not exceeding one-half acre in extent, the location and boundaries of which are to be determined by the said board, for the use of the said United States government in erecting a building thereon to be used and maintained for a weather station observatory.

Approved April 29, 1925.

Sections amended.

Commencement of suit.

[No. 99.]

AN ACT to amend sections two, four, five and eleven of chapter forty-six of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen," being sections thirteen thousand six hundred seventy, thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-two, thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-three and thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-nine of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections two, four, five and eleven of chapter forty-six of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen." being sections thirteen thousand six hundred seventy, thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-two, thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-three and thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-nine of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Before any suit at law or in chancery shall be commenced in any circuit court or in the superior court of Grand Rapids, or before the filing of any application for a writ of mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto or other extraordinary writ, except the writ of habeas corpus, there

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