a description of the person as to make identification possible, together with the number and date of said license. The license issued to such applicant shall contain all the requisites set forth in subdivision (a) of this section;

(b) To issue to the applicant seals, hereinafter described, equal in number to the beaver authorized to be taken under said license, and to immediately notify the state game, fish and forest fire commissioner of the number of the license, and the name of the person to whom issued; such seals to be of aluminum or other suitable material, to be designed and stamped in such a manner as to render duplication or counterfeit thereof impracticable, to be prepared under the direction of and furnished by the state game, fish and forest fire commissioner to the several county clerks upon application therefor.

Am. Id.

RECEIPTS FOR SEALS.-ACCOUNT OF SEALS.

(351) 7519. SEC. 4. The state game, fish and forestry warden shall require a receipt from county clerks for seals so furnished to them in accordance with section three, and shall keep an accurate account of the seals issued to each county clerk. Each year within ten days after the close of the season during which beaver are hereby authorized to be taken, the several county clerks to whom seals have been delivered, shall return to the state game, fish and forestry warden the seals remaining in his possession, together with a statement of the beaver license money collected by him during the preceding year.

NUMBER MAY BE KILLED.

(352) 7520. SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to take and kill more than four beaver from any one family or colony of beavers.

SALE OF SKINS.-CANCELLATION OF SEALS. OUTLAWED SKINS.-EXHIBITION
OF CANCELLED SEALS.

(353) 7521. SEC. 6. No person shall sell or dispose of, or attempt to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession any beaver skin or skins unless such skin or skins shall have been taken under legal license and each of which skins shall have securely fastened thereto by a strong tenacious wire a lawful seal such as is described in section three of this act. Before any licensee shall sell or dispose of or attempt to sell or dispose of any beaver skin taken under the provisions of this act, and on or before the tenth day of November of each year, and before any subsequent license shall be issued to such licensee, he shall take the skins so taken by him, together with the seals attached thereto, to the county clerk who issued the license under which such skins were taken, whereupon the said county clerk shall puncture and thoroughly cancel such seals. Any beaver skin or skins not manufactured or not in the process of manufacture, not so lawfully taken and not so provided with lawful seals, punctured and cancelled as herein provided, found in the possession of any person or persons, other than licensees, shall be outlaw and shall be forfeited to the state. Any person or persons having beaver skins in his or their possession in the process of manufacture, shall have in his or their possession, and shall exhibit to the state game, fish and forestry warden or to any of his deputies when required, the punctured and cancelled seals hereinbefore provided for, and which shall have been attached to such skins, which seals shall entitle him or them to the possession of such skins, otherwise such skins shall be outlaw and shall be forfeited to the state.

ADDITIONAL LICENSES.

(354) § 7522. SEC. 7. County clerks shall issue additional licenses to applicants upon complying with the conditions herein before provided, which licenses shall in all respects conform to that issued in the first instance.

Am. 1919, Act 317.

FEE OF COUNTY CLERK.-DISPOSITION OF BALANCE.

(355) § 7523. SEC. 8. The county clerk of each county shall be entitled to

one dollar for each license issued by him in accordance with the provisions of this act, which shall compensate him for taking affidavit and performing all other duties in connection therewith as provided for in this act, and at the end of each month shall remit to the state treasurer the balance of all fees received by him for the sale of all licenses issued by him during such month, which shall by the state treasurer be credited to the game protection fund to be used by the state game, fish and forestry warden for the purpose of enforcing the game and fish laws of this state.

PENALTY.

(356) § 7524. SEC. 9. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, together with costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and shall forfeit to the state the skins illegally taken or held. In cases in which a fine with costs is imposed, the court shall sentence the offender to be confined in the county jail until such fine and costs are paid, but for a period not exceeding the maximum jail penalty provided for the offense: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the first day of January, in the year nineteen hundred thirteen.

Sec. 10 repeals inconsistent acts.

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. (a) (b)

(357) § 7510.

[Act 183, P. A. 1909.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

FUR-BEARING ANIMALS PROPERTY OF STATE.

SECTION 1. All wild fur-bearing animals found in this state

are hereby declared to be the property of the state.

CLOSED SEASON.-FIREARMS OR EXPLOSIVES PROHIBITED IN HUNTING MUSKRATS.UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.

(358) § 7511. 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 fur-bearing animals herein mentioned killed during the time when the killing thereof is by this act prohibited, except as hereinafter provided.

Am. 1917, Act 186; 1919, Act 371; 1921, Act 111.

See appendix for orders closing or suspending open season for taking or hunting game or fur-bearing animals or game birds in certain counties, as provided for by Act 9, P. A. 1917, compiler's sections 290-93.

BEAVER, MUSKRAT AND RABBIT HOUSES.

(359) § 7512. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful at any time for any person to destroy, disturb or molest any beaver, skunk, muskrat or rabbit house, hole, or

(a) See sections 386-87.

(b) Title am. 1919, Act 271; 1921, Act 111.

other excavation which may be used 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.

Am. Id.

KILLING ON OWN PREMISES.

(360) § 7513. SEC. 4. The state game, fish and forest fire commissioner 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.

Am. 1919, Act 371.

PENALTY.

(361) § 7514. SEC. 5. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, together with costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. In any case in which a fine with costs is imposed, the court shall sentence the offender to be confined in the county jail until such finé and costs are paid, but for a period not exceeding the maximum jail penalty provided for the offense.

Sec. 6. Repealing clause.

An Act to provide for the protection from disturbance of fur-bearing animals kept in captivity for breeding purposes and prescribing penalties for violations.

[Act 85, P. A. 1915.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

UNLAWFUL ENTRY UPON PRIVATE GROUNDS.

(362) § 7506. SECTION 1. Any person or persons who, without the consent of the owner or caretaker of a ranch or enclosure where fur-bearing animals are kept in captivity for breeding purposes, shall approach or enter upon the private grounds of the owner or owners of the said animals within which the pens or dens of the said animals are located, and upon the fence or enclosure of which notices forbidding trespassing on the said premises are kept posted, so as to be plainly discernible at distance of not less than twenty-five yards, shall be guilty of an offense and liable to the penalty hereinafter provided.

IDEM.

(363) § 7507. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who at any time hereafter, in any part of the state of Michigan, without the consent of the owner or caretaker of any enclosure within which fur-bearing animals are kept for breeding purposes, and on the fence of which enclosure are kept posted notices forbidding trespassing on the premises where the said animals are kept, and plainly discernible at a distance of not less than twenty-five yards therefrom, shall pass within the said fence or such enclosure or climb over, break or cut through the same for the purposes of entering the said enclosure, or for any other purpose whatsoever, shall be guilty of an offense and liable to the penalty hereinafter provided.

WHEN DOG MAY BE KILLED.

(364) § 7508. SEC. 3. Any owner or caretaker may kill any dog found wandering within forty feet of any enclosure in which fur-bearing animals are kept, and there giving tongue or otherwise terrifying such animals: Provided, That the dog so killed is neither muzzled nor accompanied by the owner or by a person having charge or care of such dog.

PENALTY.

(365) § 7509. SEC. 4. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

An Act to prohibit the hunting of rabbits with ferrets and guinea pigs or other rodents; exempting from its provisions farmers and fruit growers hunting on their own lands, and those townships wherein electors so decide by referendum; prescribing penalty for violation and repealing act number one hundred eighty of the public acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to prohibit the hunting of rabbits with ferrets or guinea pigs," and all other acts or parts of act in contravention therewith.

[Act 207, P. A. 1915.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

UNLAWFUL USE OF FERRETS OR GUINEA PIGS.-REFERENDUM.

(366) § 7548. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful to make use of a ferret or guinea pig or any other rodent for the purpose of hunting, taking, killing or pursuing rabbits: Provided, That farmers or fruit growers may make use of ferrets or guinea pigs or any other rodent in hunting and killing rabbits on their lands, upon obtaining a permit from the department of conservation, which department is hereby authorized to issue such permits when deemed advisable. The possession of a ferret by any person without such permit shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this act.

Am. 1921, Act 231.

WHEN LAWFUL TO USE FERRETS, ETC.-REFERENDUM.

(367) 7549. SEC. 2. It shall be lawful to make use of a ferret or guinea pig or any other rodent for the purpose of hunting, taking, killing or pursuing rabbits in any township in this state, wherein a majority of the electors voting at any regular or special election duly called shall so express themselves by ballot, upon the operation or non-operation of this section of this act within their township when properly submitted to such electors in accordance with the following procedure: Upon the filing with the township clerk, of a petition signed by not less than twenty duly and legally qualified electors of such township praying therein for the submission of this question to the electors of their township; the township board shall thereupon meet and order the submission of the question to the electors of the township at the next regular election, which supplies ample time for proper notices and printing of ballots, or at a special election to be called for that purpose in the discretion of the township board; notices of such submission, the posting thereof, publication thereof, and contents thereof to be governed by the general laws pertaining to regular township elections. Votes on the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act shall be taken, counted and canvassed in the same manner as votes cast for candidates voted for in said regular township elections. The vote upon the submission of the provisions of this act shall be by ballot in substantially the following form:

"Vote on the proposition: Shall it be lawful to make use of a ferret or

guinea pig or other rodent for the purpose of taking, hunting, killing or pursuing rabbits in the township of

(Make a cross (X) in the appropriate square below.)

[ ] Shall it be lawful to make use of a ferret or guinea pig or other rodent for the purpose of hunting, taking, killing or pursuing rabbits in the township of ...? Yes.

[ ] Shall it be lawful to make use of a ferret or guinea pig or other rodent for the purpose of hunting, taking, killing or pursuing rabbits in the township of ? No."

Ballots shall be furnished by the township board of the township in which submission of this question shall be requested by the requisite number of qualified petitioners of such township, and when voted shall be deposited in a ballot box provided for that purpose. The result of said vote shall be certified to the county clerk and by him to the board of supervisors of the county of which said township is a part, and such county clerk shall also certify the result of such vote to the secretary of state; the result of such election shall also be publicly announced at the polls after the counting of the ballots, and from that time this act will be effective in accordance with the result of such vote.

PENALTY.

(368) § 7550. SEC. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars and the costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county in which the offense was committed for not less than ten days nor more than twenty days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 4 repeals Act 180 of the P. A. of 1911 and all other acts and parts of acts in contravention.

An Act to provide for the protection and forbid the sale of the plumes and feathers of the birds known as the snowy heron and American egret.

[Act 22, P. A. 1913.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SNOWY HERON AND AMERICAN EGRET PROTECTED.

(369) § 7555. SECTION 1. The species of birds scientifically described as the egretta candidissima, commonly known as the snowy heron; and the Herodias egretta, commonly known as the American egret, shall be absolutely protected in the state of Michigan and the killing of said birds and the purchase and sale of the plumes or feathers of said birds is hereby forbidden in this state.

PENALTY.

(370) § 7556. SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than fifty dollars and the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof shall be confined in the county jail until such fine and costs have been paid: Provided, That such confinement shall not exceed thirty days.

LIMITATION OF PROSECUTION.

(371)` § 7557. SEC. 3. All prosecutions under the provisions of this act shall be commenced within one year from the time such offense was committed.