in the general fund of said county. When any county shall have adopted the county road system and such adoption shall have been declared null and void by any court of competent jurisdiction, all moneys remaining in the county road fund, or thereafter placed therein, shall, upon resolution of the board of supervisors, be placed in and become a part of County roads the general fund of such county. All county roads shall revert to the townships, and all highways and bridges shall thereafter be laid out, built and maintained in all respects as though such county had never adopted the county road system. to revert to townships. Not to apply to certain counties. Marquette -county. County road commissioners, term, etc. SEC. 30. None of the provisions of this chapter relative to the election and term of office of county road commissioners shall apply to the county of Marquette, or to any other county in which special provision therefor, has been or may hereafter be made by the legislature. In said county of Marquette the board of supervisors shall appoint a board of county road commissioners who shall possess all the powers and duties of county road commissioners under this act. Such board of county road commissioners in said county shall consist of three members, one of whom shall, hold his office for the term of one year, one for the term of two years and one for the term of three years from and after the first day of May, nineteen hundred five, and annually thereafter, prior to the first day of May each year, the board of supervisors shall appoint one commissioner for the term of three years to succeed the commissioner whose term of office shall soonest expire. Such commissioners shall hold their offices until their successors are appointed and qualified. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of county road commissioner in said county the board of supervisors may appoint some qualified person to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term of such office. The board of supervisors may diminish the number of county road commissioners in such county as hereinbefore in this act provided. SEC. 31. Any township which may have adopted the der township township road plan provided for in sections twenty-six and twenty-seven of act number two hundred thirty of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as originally set forth, and which has raised money and built roads in good faith, shall continue under such plan until by a majority vote of the electors of such township voting thereon, the Exempt from township shall abolish such system; and while under such system they shall not, without their consent, be liable to any tax for a county road system, should the county in which such township is situated afterwards adopt the county road. Township sys- System. No township in the State not now in operation tem not to be under this township system shall adopt it. Vacancy. Townships unroad plan. County road tax. adopted. Repealing clause. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 8, 1907. [No. 83.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections one and two of act number three hundred fifteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act permitting the taking and catching of herring in the waters of Lake Michigan bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien and Van Buren, in the State of Michigan, not exceeding a dis, tance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties, and prescribing the size of mesh of the nets used for that purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith," approved June seventeen, nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: sec tions amended. SECTION 1. The title and sections one and two of act Title and number three hundred fifteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act permitting the taking and catching of herring in the waters of Lake Michigan bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien and Van Buren, in the State of Michigan, not exceeding a distance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties, and prescribing the size of mesh of the nets used for that purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith," approved June seventeen, nineteen hundred five, are hereby amended to read as follows: An act permitting the taking and catching of herring in the waters of Lake Michigan, Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron, bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien, Van Buren, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, and Emmet in the State of Michigan, not exceeding a distance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties, and prescribing the size of mesh of the nets used for that purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. Huron, etc. SEC. 1. Hereafter it shall be lawful to take and catch in Herring, may catch in nets, nets of not less than two and three-quarter inch mesh, her- in Lakes ring in any season of the year, in the waters of Lake Michi- Michigan, gan, Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron, bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien, Van Buren, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Emmet, and not exceeding a distance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties into said lake. clause. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the Repealing provisions of this act are hereby repealed so far as they apply to herring fishing in the waters of Lake Michigan, Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron, bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Ben- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation, general improvements. [No. 84.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the Mackinac Island State Park for various purposes for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund, to the Mackinac Island State Park fund, the sum of eight thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and the sum of four thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, from any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used for general improvements in and about the Mackinac Island State Park, under the direction and supervision of the Mackinac Island State Park Proviso, when Commission: Provided, That the Mackinac Island State Park Commission may obtain money under this section before July one, nineteen hundred seven, in such sums as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which sums, then advanced shall be deducted from the amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, when the appropriation becomes available. may obtain. How paid. Tax clause. SEC. 2. The appropriation made by section one of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursement officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of eight thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of four thousand dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 85.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number three of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of the officers and members of the legislature," as amended by act number one hundred seventy-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, being section twelve of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section two of act number three of the pub- Section lic acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of the officers and members of the legislature," as amended by act number one hundred seventy-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, being section twelve of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: speaker, allowance. SEC. 2. From and after the first day of January, nine- Compensation teen hundred one, the compensation of the president and of president, members of the senate, and the speaker and members of the members. house of representatives, shall be three dollars per day each, for actual attendance, and when absent on account of sickness during the session of the legislature, and ten cents for Mileage. every mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting on the usually traveled route. Each Stationery member of the senate and house of representatives shall be entitled to receive five dollars for stationery and newspapers. The per diem compensation of the secretary of the senate Officers of shall be ten dollars; of the first assistant secretary, six dol- senate. lars; of the second assistant secretary, six dollars; of the financial clerk and secretary's messenger, five dollars; of the proof-reader, six dollars; assistant proof-reader, who shall be a stenographer, five dollars; of the sergeant-at-arms, five dollars; which compensation shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legis lature, for which they are elected by the senate or appointed by a superior officer. The per diem compensation of the Officers of clerk of the house shall be ten dollars; of the journal clerk, house. seven dollars; of the bill clerk, six dollars; of the reading clerk, six dollars; of the financial clerk, six dollars; of the proof-readers, six dollars; of the sergeant-at-arms, five dollars; which compensation shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature for which they are elected by the house or appointed by a superior officer. The per diem compensation of the clerks Clerks. employed with the consent of the senate or house of representatives or by any standing or special committee with the consent of either of said houses, shall be three dollars each for actual attendance during the session; the per diem com- employes. Other pensation of the janitors of the senate and house of repre- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Protection of deer in certain counties. Penalty for violation. [No. 86.] AN ACT to prevent the killing of deer for a period of five years in the counties of Emmet, Cheboygan, Benzie, Leelanau and Bay. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. For a period of five years from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to kill any deer in the counties of Emmet, Cheboygan, Benzie, Leelanau and Bay, State of Michigan. SEC. 2. Any person who shall be found guilty of violating the provisions of section one of this act shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each deer which he may have killed, or, in default of the payment of such fine, imprisonment in the county jail, or Detroit House of Correction for a period of not more than ninety days, in the discretion of the court. Approved May 14, 1907. [No. 87.] AN ACT to prohibit the spearing of fish in any of the public streams or rivers in certain townships of Van Buren county. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to spear or attempt to spear, at any time, any kind of fish, in any of the public streams and rivers in the townships of Paw Paw, Antwerp, Porter, Almena, Pine Grove, Bloomingdale, Arlington, Lawrence, and Decatur, in the county of Van Buren. |