Act repealed. [No. 103.] AN ACT to repeal act number one hundred twenty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to preclude the appointment as administrator of the estate of a deceased incompetent person of any person who, within one year prior to the death of such deceased incompetent person, was the guardian of such deceased incompetent person, except heirs," being compiler's section number nine thousand three hundred forty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number one hundred twenty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to preclude the appointment as administrator of the estate of a deceased incompetent person of any person who, within one year prior to the death of such deceased incompetent person, was the guardian of such deceased incompetent person, except heirs," being compiler's section number nine thousand three hundred forty-three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby repealed. Approved May 22, 1907. Section amended. Who may become members. [No. 104.] AN ACT to amend section five of act number forty of the public acts of eighteen hundred fifty-five, approved Febru ary nine, eighteen hundred fifty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the formation of companies for running, driving, booming and rafting logs, timber and lumber, and for regulating the floatage thereof," the same being section six thousand five hundred nineteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section five of act number forty of the public acts of eighteen hundred fifty-five, approved February nine, eighteen hundred fifty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the formation of companies for running, driving, booming and rafting logs, timber and lumber, and for regulating the floatage thereof," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. Any person owning logs, timber or lumber, intended to be run or driven upon said stream or waters, or interested in running, driving, booming or rafting the same, may become a member of this corporation, upon application, by signing the articles of said company and paying his just obstruction proportion of the expense of managing and conducting its affairs: Provided, Nothing in this act contained shall be so Proviso, as to private construed as in any manner to prevent or hinder any person interests. or persons from running, driving, booming, or rafting their own logs, timber or lumber, at such time and in such manner as their interests may require: Provided, also, That all Proviso, as to persons owning, running, driving, rafting or booming any of streams. logs, timber or lumber, in or upon such streams or waters, shall not leave them in such a situation as to obstruct the floatage or navigation, or clearing the banks of such stream or waters, or in any manner thereby deprive individuals or the public of their natural privileges. Any person found Penalty for guilty of violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, and not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 22, 1907. violation. [No. 105.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred seventy-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred eightynine, entitled "An act to provide for selecting and drawing jurors for the circuit court of the county of Saginaw." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section one of act two hundred seventy-three Section of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for selecting and drawing jurors for the circuit court of the county of Saginaw," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: commissioners, SEC. 1. That the Governor of this State shall appoint a Board of jury board of jury commissioners for Saginaw county, to consist appointment of three qualified electors of said county; said commission- of. ers shall receive as compensation for their services the sum Compensation. of five dollars per day for each day necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties herein provided for; also mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile for every mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting by the usually traveled route: Provided, That the com- Proviso. pensation and mileage of each commissioner shall not exceed the sum of twenty dollars in any one year: Provided fur- Further ther, That all bills for compensation and mileage shall be proviso. certified to by the county clerk and audited by the board of Vacancies. Term of office. County auditors. Their official term shall begin on the first day of April after their appointment, and they shall hold their office for the term of four years. Vacancies may be filled by the Governor from time to time as they occur. Said commissioners shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe the oath of office, and file the same with the clerk of said county. Oath. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Office, how designated. Additional duties of game and fish warden. Salary. [No. 106.] AN ACT to change the name of the office of the State Game and Fish Warden; to provide that the protection of the forests of the State shall be under the supervision of such warden, to fix his salary, and to abolish the office of Chief Fire Warden. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The office now known and designated as State Game and Fish Warden shall hereafter be known and desig nated as State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden. SEC. 2. In addition to the powers now conferred and the duties imposed on the State Game and Fish Warden, the powers of the Commissioner of the State Land Office as Forest Commissioner relating to the suppression and prevention of forest fires, and the powers of Chief Fire Warden shall hereafter be exercised by, and the duties of said offices, as hereinbefore specified, shall hereafter devolve upon and be performed by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden. The office of Chief Fire Warden is hereby abolished. SEC. 3. The salary of the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden shall be three thousand dollars per annum, and said warden shall also be paid his actual and necessary expenses. Such salary and expenses shall be paid monthly by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor General. This act is ordered to take effect July one, nineteen hundred seven. Approved May 22, 1907. [No. 107.] AN ACT granting an easement for highway purposes over The People of the State of Michigan enact: granted. SECTION 1. An easement is hereby granted to the public Easement for highway purposes over a strip of land thirty-three feet description. wide, from off the south side of the land owned by the State and occupied by the Michigan Soldiers' Home, in the township of Grand Rapids, Kent county, Michigan, beginning at the southwest corner of section six, town seven north, range eleven west, running thence east along the south line of said section to the east side of Canal street, so-called. SEC. 2. Unless a highway shall be laid out and graded When void. on the property described in section one of this act and placed in good condition for public travel, within one year after the taking effect of this act, then the easement granted in section one shall be void, and the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' Home shall close said property to the public. revoked. SEC. 3. If, at any time, the property granted in section When may be one shall cease to be used for highway purposes, or there shall cease to be maintained thereon a highway in good condition and well graded for public travel for a period of one year, the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' Home shall have the right to revoke the easement granted in section one of this act and close said property to the public. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 22, 1907. [No. 108.] AN ACT to provide for the assessment of money taxes for highway purposes and to repeal chapter two, "Assessments for highway purposes," and chapter three, "The performance of labor on highways and the commutation therefor," of act number two hundred forty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, as amended, being compiler's sections number four thousand seventy-two to four thousand one hundred three, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions hereof. Taxes for highways. Road repair tax. Highway improvement tax. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The highways in every organized township in this State shall be laid out, improved and maintained by two money taxes; one tax shall be known as the road repair tax, and shall be assessed on all property in the township outside of the limits of incorporated villages, which tax shall not exceed fifty cents on each one hundred dollars valuation according to the assessment roll of the last preceding year, and the other tax shall be known as the highway improvement tax and shall be assessed on all taxable property in the township, including that within the limits of incorporated villages, which tax shall not exceed fifty cents on each one hundred dollars valuation, according to the assessment roll for the last preceding year. All highway moneys belonging to of moneys on the township or to any subdivision thereof at the time of the passage of this act, shall be added to the road repair fund or to the highway improvement fund as the township board may direct, except such moneys as have been appropriated or set aside for a special purpose, which shall be used for the purposes for which they were appropriated or set aside. Disposition Account of highway commissioner, year 1908. Account of highway commissioner, after 1908. SEC. 2. The commissioner of highways in each township shall render to the township board at the annual meeting thereof in the year nineteen hundred eight, an account in writing, stating: First, The highway labor assessed and performed in his township within the year; Second, The amount paid for delinquencies and commutations and other moneys received by him and the application thereof; Third, The improvements which have been made on roads and bridges in his township during the year preceding such report, and the condition of such roads and bridges; Fourth, An estimate of the amount of road repair tax which in his judgment, should be assessed upon the taxable property of the township outside the limits of incorporated villages, for the next ensuing year, not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars valuation, according to the assessment roll for the last preceding year; Fifth, The permanent improvements which, in his judg ment, should be made on the highways and bridges during the next ensuing year, and the amount of highway improvement tax which should be levied for that purpose, not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars valuation according to the assessment roll for the last preceding year, which tax shall be assessed on all taxable property in the township, including that within the limits of incorporated villages. SEC. 3. The commissioner of highways in each township shall render to the township board at the annual meeting thereof in each year after the year nineteen hundred eight, an account in writing, stating: |