SEC. 4. The State Game, Fish and Forest Fire Commis- Permits. sioner may, on application, issue to individuals, permits authorizing the destruction of muskrats or other fur-bearing animals when it can be shown that these animals are doing damage or are liable to do damage to the applicant's property. Hides from muskrats or other fur-bearing animals taken under the provisions of this section shall be properly cared for and turned over to the State Game, Fish and Forest Fire Commissioner on the expiration of said permit. Approved May 14, 1919. Preservation of hides. [No. 372.] AN ACT to provide a primary election system for the nomination of township officers. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of candidates. SECTION 1. Whenever the township board of any town- Nomination ship in this State shall, by resolution duly adopted, elect to come under the provisions of this act, or whenever the qualified electors of any township, by means of a petition presented to the township board signed by not less than twentyfive per cent of such qualified electors and upon receipt of which it shall be the duty of such township board to adopt the provisions of this act for their township, the nomination of all candidates of all political parties for township offices to be elected at the annual township election shall thereafter be conducted as herein provided. held. SEC. 2. The caucus for such nomination shall be open Caucus, how from two o'clock p. m. to eight o'clock p. m., on the day designated therefor. All votes cast at such caucus shall be by ballot, and all laws applicable to the furnishing of ballots and the depositing, counting and canvassing of the same, provided by general law for the election of such township officers are hereby made applicable for such caucus. SEC. 3. There shall be separate ballots for the nomination Separate of candidates for each political party in such township. In party ballots. order to secure the placing of his or her name upon any ballot candidate. it shall be necessary for such candidate to file with the township clerk, not less than ten days before the date designated Petition of for the holding of such caucus, a petition signed by not less than two nor more than four per centum of the electors of such township as shown by the registration books thereof, asking that his or her name be placed upon such ballot and Nominees, how chosen. Discontinuance of system. Proviso, by petition. Proviso, where act applies. designating the office and the political party upon whose ballot he or she desires to have such name so placed. SEC. 4. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes on each political party ballot, for the office designated, shall be declared the nominees for such offices of such party at the ensuing annual township election. SEC. 5. Any township adopting the provisions of this act may at any time thereafter return to the system of nominating candidates for office as provided under the general election laws of the State by following the same procedure as provided in this act for adopting the provisions thereof: Provided, That such action to return to the system of nominating candidates under the general election law shall be made only upon a petition signed by twenty-five per centum of the qualified electors of such township: Provided further, That this act shall not apply to any township having a popu lation of less than twelve thousand according to the latest federal census. Approved May 13, 1919. Section amended. Uses of land. [No. 373.] AN ACT to amend section three of act number one hundred seventy-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act authorizing the acceptance by the State of a certain tract of land in Crawford county on certain condi tions, providing for its control and management when so accepted, and making an appropriation for the purpose of making improvements thereon," being section nine hundred ninety-one of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section three of act number one hundred seventy-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act authorizing the acceptance by the State of a certain tract of land in Crawford county on certain conditions, providing for its control and management when so accepted, and making an appropriation for the purpose of making improvements thereon," being section nine hundred ninety-one of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 3. The said tract of land shall be used for the following purposes: First, As a permanent encampment and maneuvering ground for the militia of this State; Second, As a game preserve for the breeding and protection of game; Third, As a forest reserve; Fourth, For the establishment of fresh air camps, or for other recreational or health giving purposes by any State institution, county, city, village or township. Abandon ment by militia, etc. In case the said tract of land shall be abandoned as a permanent encampment and maneuvering ground for the State militia, the land shall revert to the donor or donors in fee simple, but in case of such reversion, the State shall have the right to take and remove therefrom, any building or other State property that may have been constructed or placed thereon by it, or to sell the same as may be deemed advisable by the board or body having control thereof. The State shall not be deemed to have abandoned said lands or any part thereof by reason of holding any encampment of the said militia at any other place within or without the State when the assembling of such militia elsewhere has been ordered by the President of the United States, the war department or other federal authority having jurisdiction of such forces, or when the safety or the health or lives in the State militia might be prejudiced or endangered by reason of the prevalence of disease or fire in or near said county of Crawford. No abandonment shall be deemed to be complete, unless the proper military authority of the State in time of peace shall have refused or failed for five successive years to hold a camp of instruction on said tract of land. As a further condition Removal of in the acceptance of the gift of said tract of land, the donor or donors thereof shall be permitted to cut and remove from said land all merchantable timber for and during the period of five years next after the execution and delivery of the deed conveying said lands to the State of Michigan. All other timber on said lands shall be the property of and be protected by the State. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the cutting, removal and use of so much of said timber as may be necessary for military purposes, and in the protection of game or in the bettering of forestry on said lands. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 13, 1919. timber. Sections repealed. Section amended. County clerk to record sol diers', etc., discharges. in certain [No. 374.] AN ACT to amend section two and to repeal sections three and four of act number eighty-three of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred sixty-seven, entitled "An act to authorize and require county clerks to record soldiers' discharges," being sections one thousand seventy-five, one thousand seventy-six and one thousand seventy-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections three and four of act number eightythree of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred sixty-seven, entitled "An act to authorize and require county clerks to record soldiers' discharges," being sections one thousand seventy-six and one thousand seventy-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby repealed, and section two of said act number eighty-three, being section one thousand seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of each county clerk, to enter at large, upon such record book, all soldiers', sailors', marines' and nurses' discharges that may be presented to him for record, and to fully index the same, arranging the names of Compensation the soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses, alphabetically. The several counties in which the clerk is not on a salary basis, shall compensate the clerk for such service at the rate of twenty-five cents for each discharge so recorded, and the clerk shall make a sworn statement at the end of every three months in each calendar year as to the number of discharges so recorded, and file the same with the county treasurer. cases. Filing of sworn statement. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 375.] AN ACT to amend sections one and two of act number one hundred thirty of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to protect all citizens in their civil rights," the same being sections fifteen thousand five hundred seventy and fifteen thousand five hundred seventyone of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one and two of act number one hun- Sections amended. dred thirty of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eightyfive, entitled "An act to protect all citizens in their civil rights," the same being sections fifteen thousand five hundred seventy and fifteen thousand five hundred seventy-one of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of this State shall be entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, eating houses, barber shops, public conveyances on land and water, theaters, motion picture houses and all other places of public accommodation, amusement and recreation and all public educational institutions of the State subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike and to all citizens. Equal rights. SEC. 2. Any person being an owner, lessee, proprietor, Penalty. manager, superintendent, agent or employe of any such place who shall directly or indirectly refuse, withhold from or deny to any person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges thereof or directly or indirectly publish, circulate, issue, display, post or mail any written or printed communications, notice or advertisement to the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any such places shall be refused, withheld from or denied to any person on account of race, creed or color or that any particular race, creed or color is not welcome, objectionable or not acceptable, not desired or solicited, shall for every such offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifteen dollars or more than one hundred dollars or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 13, 1919. |