'Where un lawful to carry rifle, etc. Permit, who may issue. Form of. Who entitled to. Penalty. Proviso. [No. 87.] AN ACT to regulate the carrying of hunting arms within the state during the open and closed seasons on game birds and animals. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a rifle into any area frequented by deer during the closed season thereon, or to carry a shotgun into any area frequented by large or small game when there is no open season on such game under the existing laws, except as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. The conservation department or any conservation officer or any person deputized by the conservation department, shall be authorized to issue, free of cost, to any legal resident of the United States over the age of sixteen a permit to carry firearms into the hunting territory of the state, but the violation of the laws protecting wild animals or birds during the closed season thereon, when such person is the holder of such permit shall subject the offender to the confiscation of firearms in possession and to a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, and in default of same, to confinement in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days. SEC. 3. The department of conservation is authorized and directed to prepare a form of permit mentioned in section two, good for one year from date thereon, wherein the application shall state the purpose or purposes for which the permit is asked, said permit having printed thereon the penalty or penalties to which the holder becomes subject in case of the violation of any laws protecting game animals and birds during the closed season. A list of such permits shall be furnished the department of conservation or to any local conservation officer requesting the same. All persons entering a hunting area, if they desire. to do so, five days before the opening of the season and during said season, shall be entitled to a permit, provided such person has a proper hunting license. SEC. 5. Any person carrying hunting arms in areas frequented by game animals or game birds during the open season thereon without a permit shall have such firearms confiscated and be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars or in default of payment thereof, shall be confined in the county jail not less than ten nor more than twenty days: Provided, This section shall not apply to an owner or occupant of any lands on which he is regularly domiciled while protecting such lands or property thereon. Approved April 23, 1925. [No. 88.] AN ACT to amend sections two and five of act number one hundred eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled, as amended, "An act to license and regulate the hunting, pursuing and killing of wild animals and wild. birds found in this state, except deer and beaver," being section seven thousand five hundred twenty-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number two hundred thirty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, and section seven thousand five hundred thirty of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number two hundred sixtyseven of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections two and five of act number one hun- Sections amended. dred eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, en: titled, as amended, "An act to license and regulate the hunting, pursuing and killing of wild animals and wild birds. found in this state, except deer and beaver," being section seven thousand five hundred twenty-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number two hundred thirty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, and section seven thousand five hundred thirty of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number two hundred sixty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, are hereby amended to read as follows: what to state. Pro- Proviso, SEC. 2. Any citizen of the United States, or any alien hav- Affidavit, ing a permit to possess firearms, seventeen years of age or over, may procure a license by filing his affidavit with the county clerk or any of his deputies, or the director of conservation or any other person appointed by him to sell licenses within the state, stating his name, age, height, weight, post office address, color of his hair and eyes, and paying to the person to whom such application is made, if he be an alien or non-resident of the state of Michigan, ten dollars: rided, That for the purpose of this act any citizen of the non-resident. United States who has not been a bona fide resident of the state for six months previous to making application for a license is considered a non-resident of the state; if he be a resident citizen of the state of Michigan and is regularly domiciled therein, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents; such application in case of non-residents may be made by mail if the party so desires, to any person authorized to issue licenses who shall forward the license so issued to the party so applying to any address the applicant shall direct. The applicant for the license under this act shall make oath that he is familiar with the game laws and will obey the same under 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 affida vit 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 ster, 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, 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 |