tive to registration, by this act conferred upon and prescribed for boards of registration in townships and cities.

SEC. 7. As soon as the person elected township clerk at Registration such first township election shall have qualified and entered book. upon the duties of his office he shall procure for such township, at the expense of the township, such a registration book as is prescribed by this act for townships and cities; and shall enter in such registration book the names, addresses, etc., of the qualified electors as registered by the board of registration preceding such first election. When completed such book shall thereafter be the registration book for such township.

CHAPTER IX.

Investigation of Registrations.

registrations,

SECTION 1. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of any Illegal township, city or village clerk that there is probable illegal or Investigation fraudulent registration in his township, city or village, or of any precinct thereof, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to make full investigation of the facts concerning such registration and to ascertain whether any names have been illegally or fraudulently registered. To this end such clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to call upon the police department of the city or the sheriff of his county, or both, to assist in making such investigation, and said police department and said sheriff are hereby required to render such assistance whenever the said clerk shall make request therefor, and to furnish to said clerk, at his request all available men to assist in making such investigation. Any Assistant such clerk is hereby further authorized and empowered, when examiners. ever he deems it necessary or advisable, to appoint assistant examiners for the purposes of such investigation. Bills for the services of such examiners shall be approved by such clerk, and shall be audited and paid by the township board or legislative body of the township, city or village, as the case may be, in the same manner, as the expenses of conducting elections are paid.

SEC. 2. Whenever the city, township or village clerk shall To notify determine that any name has been illegally or fraudulently attorney. prosecuting entered upon the registration book of any election precinct in his city, township or village, or that there is good cause to believe that any name has been illegally or fraudulently registered, he shall write the word "challenge" opposite such name in the registration book, and shall lay before the prosecuting attorney of the county all the facts touching such registration. If at any election any person shall offer to vote, claiming to be the person opposite whose name the word "challenge" appears on the registration book, the inspectors of election shall at such time examine him under

oath as to his qualifications as an elector in such precinct, the same in all respects and with like effect as though he had been challenged at the election by a challenger thereof.

Township

clerk to

certify names to county clerk.

Fee.

When furnished to qualified elector.

CHAPTER X.

Miscellaneous Provisions.

SECTION 1. Every township clerk, within fifteen days after each general November and biennial spring election, shall make, certify to and transmit to the county clerk of his county, for filing in his office, a true copy of the contents of the registration book or books of his township, for which, when received, the county clerk shall give such clerk a receipt. Such clerk shall be entitled to receive for such copy, from the township, a fee at the rate of fifty cents for each one hundred names. Such copy, or a copy thereof certified to by the county clerk, shall be prima facie evidence of the contents of the original, and, in case of the loss or destruction of the original, shall be used in its stead.

SEC. 2. Any township or city clerk, on the demand of any qualified elector and on payment or tender of a fee at the rate of fifty cents for each one hundred names, shall make, certify to and deliver to such elector a true copy of the contents of any registration book in his custody, but this shall not be so construed as to prevent any person by himself or a clerk, making copies of such registration books, under the supervision of the said township or city clerk.

Prosecution.

Misdemeanor.

Idem.

CHAPTER XI.

Penalties.

SECTION 1. Any wilful violation of duty by any person charged with the execution of this act or any provision thereof not herein particularly provided for, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and the person guilty thereof shall be punished accordingly. It is hereby made the duty of every prosecuting attorney, whenever he shall receive credible information that any such offense has been committed, to cause the same to be prosecuted.

SEC. 2. Any person who violates any provision of this act, not herein particularly provided for, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 3. Any person who wilfully fails to perform any duty enjoined upon him by any provision of this act, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 4. Any person who shall be found guilty of a misde- Penalty. meanor under the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. Any person found guilty of a felony under the pro- Idem. visions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 6. Any person found guilty of perjury under the pro- Idem. visions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 7. Any person found guilty of forgery under the pro- Idem. visions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Approved April 25, 1917.

[No. 127.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-four of act number one hundred eighty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a State Live Stock Sanitary Commission and a State Veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious diseases among the live stock of the State," being compilers' section seven thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of act number one hundred Section eighty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a State Live Stock Sanitary Commission and a State Veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious diseases among the live stock of the State," being compilers' section seven thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

of diseased

SEC. 24. In case of tuberculous cattle, whenever the com- Appraisal mission shall direct the killing of such cattle, it shall be the cattle. duty of the commission to appraise the animal or animals

Proviso.

When com

mission may authorize slaughter.

Proceeds to

Owner.

Proviso.

condemned, the owner or owners thereof to receive fifty per cent of value of animals as though not diseased, but such sum in no case shall exceed the sum of fifty dollars for grade animals and one hundred dollars for registered thorough-bred animals: Provided, That the owner or owners of slaughtered animals shall receive no compensation for the same unless the commission shall be satisfied that the premises have been kept in a sanitary condition, nor shall they receive compensation until said sanitary commission is satisfied that the infected premises have been disinfected in such manner as to prevent the further spread of the disease. When the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, or a member thereof, shall deem it expedient to have cattle that have reacted to the tuberculin test slaughtered under federal inspection, or under the inspection of a competent veterinarian authorized by the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, it shall have the power to order such slaughter. If the carcass of any such animal shall pass the inspection without being condemned, the owner of the animal shall receive all proceeds secured from the sale of such carcass after payment for shipping. handling and slaughtering charges have been deducted, in addition to the above mentioned fifty per cent appraisal value. If the carcass of any such animal shall be condemned by the inspectors, the owner of the animal shall receive the proceeds of the sale of the hide, tallow, offal or any other proceeds from the sale of the carcass, after deducting the cost of handling, shipping and slaughtering, in addition to the above mentioned fifty per cent appraisal valuation: Provided, That in case any animal is slaughtered and shows no signs of tubercular lesions, the owner thereof shall be paid full value for such animal, but such sum in no case shall exceed seventy-five dollars. In such case, however, the carcass of said animal shall be turned over to the Live Stock Sanitary Commission. The State Live Stock Sanitary Commission shall have power to designate the places where suspected animals shall be slaughtered, and also to employ a competent inspector to examine the carcasses of slaughtered animals.

Approved April 25, 1917.

[No. 128.]

AN ACT to amend section three of chapter sixty of act number three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred fifteen, being section fourteen thousand forty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section three of chapter sixty of act number Section three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundren fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred fifteen, being section fourteen thousand forty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 3. At the time and place appointed for such hearing, Hearing. or at such other time as the same may be adjourned to, upon proof by affidavit of the publication of the notice, the personal service thereof or waiver of such notice of hearing, the court shall proceed to a hearing, and all persons interested in the estate may appear before the probate court, and defend against such petition; and the court may examine on oath the petitioner, and all others who may be produced before him for that purpose.

Approved April 25, 1917.