Unlawful to fish except line. [No. 38.] AN ACT to prohibit the catching of fish in Saline river of this State, except with a hook and line, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to take, with hook and catch or kill any fish in Saline river in this State, with a spear, net, grab hook or by the use of jacks or artificial lights or any kind of fire arms or explosive material, set lines or Proviso as to other device, except the hook and line: Provided, It shall not be unlawful to take or catch suckers in said river at any time and in any manner, except with explosives. suckers. Penalty. SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars and cost of prosecution or thirty days in the common jail of the county, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Occupants to maintain shares. [No. 39.] AN ACT to amend section two of chapter XVIII of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of fences and fence viewers; of pounds and the empounding of cattle," being section two thousand four hundred sixteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of chapter XVIII of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of fences and fence viewers; of pounds and the empounding of cattle," being section two thousand four hundred sixteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: (2416) SEC. 2. The respective occupants of lands enfences in equal closed with fences shall keep up and maintain partition fences between their own and the next adjoining enclosure, in equal shares, so long as both parties continue to improve Proviso, as to the same: Provided, That the occupants of private ways and the occupants of the next adjoining enclosed lands shall keep up and maintain partition fences between such ways and such next adjoining lands, in equal shares, so long as such ways are used and such lands are improved. Approved April 4, 1907. private ways and enclosed lands. [No. 40.] AN ACT making appropriations for the purchase of books and other material for the Michigan State Library, and books and equipments for the Michigan traveling libraries 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: for State SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase Appropriation of books and for such other purposes as are necessary to the Library. welfare of the State Library during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, and during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase Michigan traveling of books and equipment for the Michigan traveling libraries libraries. for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of six thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred mine, the sum of six thousand dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act shall be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury to the State Librarian at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State shall prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the To be incorState tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of State tax. porated in twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation. Purposes. Secretary. How paid. To be incorporated in State tax. Sections repealed. [No. 41.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Board of Library Commissioners for the special purposes of defraying the expenses of organization of existing and new li braries, and for the expense of library institutes and training schools, and for the general expenses of the board 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, and to repeal sections four and five of act number one hundred fifteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, from and after July one, nineteen hundred seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of four thou sand eight hundred dollars to be expended by the State Board of Library Commissioners, as follows: For secretary and clerical assistance, not exceeding one thousand dollars a year; for defraying expenses of organizing libraries and of conducting library institutes and training schools within the State of Michigan. Instructors suitable for this work shall be selected by the board and all the expenses incurred thereby, together with the expenses of said board, whether within or outside the State, including traveling expenses of its members, supplies and incidentals necessary for the work, shall be paid out of the appropriation. No member of the State Board of Library Commissioners shall receive any compensation for his services, except that the board may appoint one of their number to act as secretary, and such secretary may receive such sum as shall be agreed upon by the board. SEC. 2. The amounts appropriated by this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the secretary of the State Board of Library Commissioners at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing 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, for the State Board of Library Commissioners, the sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars for the said board, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. SEC. 4. Sections four and five of act number one hundred fifteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine are hereby repealed from and after July one, nineteen hun dred seven, but all rights which exist or may accrue under This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 42.] AN ACT to amend section ten of act number one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventyseven, approved May twenty-one, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, entitled "An act to authorize cities, incorporated villages and townships to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading rooms," the same being compiler's section three thousand four hundred fifty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. library, duty SECTION 1. Section' ten of act number one hundred sixty- Section four of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, approved May twenty-one, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, entitled "An act to authorize cities, incorporated villages and townships to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading rooms," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 10. When fifty voters of any incorporated village or Petition for township shall present a petition to the clerk of the village of clerk. or township, asking that a tax may be levied for the establishment of a free public library in such village or township, and shall specify in their petition the rate of taxation, not to exceed one mill on the dollar, such clerk shall, in the next legal notice of the regular annual election in such village or township, give notice that at such election every voter may vote for a mill tax for a free public library, or against a mill tax for a free public library, specifying in such notice the rate of taxation mentioned in such petition; and if the majority of all the votes cast in such village or Library fund. township shall be for the tax for a free public library, the tax specified in such notice shall be levied and collected in like manner with other general taxes of said village or town-, ship, and shall be known as the library fund, and when such free public library shall have been established and a board of directors elected and qualified, as hereinafter provided, it Board to make shall be the duty of such board of directors on or before the limit. first Monday of September in each year, where it has been voted to establish a free public library by a township, and on or before the second Monday in April, where it has been voted to establish a free public library by an incorporated estimates, Powers. village, to prepare an estimate of the amount of money neces- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Damage certificates, examination of. Payment of. [No. 43.] AN ACT to amend section six of act number forty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to provide for a tax upon dogs and to create a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed or wounded by them in certain cases." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section six of act number forty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to provide for a tax upon dogs and to create a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed or wounded by them in certain cases," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 6. At the annual meeting of the township board in each year, and at a meeting of the common council of each city, in April of each year, the said board or council, as the case may be, shall examine all certificates of damage filed by the clerk, as aforesaid, during the preceding year, and if satisfied that in any case or cases the certified damages are excessive, they may reduce the same to such amount as they may deem just, and may order the payment of all such loss as they may consider just out of the fund aforesaid, if it be sufficient for that purpose, and if not sufficient, they may Surplus, how order a proportionate payment of each claim. If money remains of such fund after satisfactory payment of all claims aforesaid in any one year, over and above the sum of one hundred dollars, it shall be apportioned among the several school districts of such township or city in proportion to the number of children therein of school age, unless the township board or the city council shall determine to retain an amount of such money so remaining not to exceed three hundred dollars, in which case only the amount over and |