Salaries of officers.

Increase of salaries.

Board for employes.

Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch of the
State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, and to the House of
Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and the government
and discipline thereof, and to repeal all acts inconsistent
therewith," being section two thousand ninety-nine of the
Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby
amended to read as follows:

SEC. 20. There shall be paid monthly at the office of each
prison to the officers thereof, the following annual salaries,
to wit: To the warden, a sum not exceeding two thousand.
dollars; to the deputy, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars; to the clerk, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars; to the physician, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars; to the chaplain, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars; to the chief engineer, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars; to each of the keepers, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars; to each of the guards, a sum not
exceeding nine hundred dollars; as the board of the prison
in its discretion may deem for the best interests of the
prison, and all other employes of each prison shall be paid
such compensation, within the limits above fixed, as said
board may deem just and reasonable and shall direct: Pro-
vided, That any individual salary may be increased beyond
the limit named in the preceding clause by the approval of
the Governor. The warden shall, in addition to his salary,
be allowed the use of house, fuel, lights and provisions for
his family, and for guests who visit him on business con-
nected with the prison, and any officer may, in the discre-
tion of the board, be allowed the use of a house or an apart-
ment free of rent; and no officer or other person employed
in or about the prison shall be permitted to receive in any
way perquisites, emoluments or supplies for himself or his
family from the prison, other than the compensation allowed
by law. The board of the prison may, if it shall deem it
for the interest of the prison, require the keepers, guards,
and such of the employes as they may designate, to be lodged
and messed or boarded in the prison, and for that purpose
may furnish lodging rooms in a plain and substantial man-
ner, and supply provisions from the prison stock, which
shall be cooked and prepared by the labor of convicts, and
served at such time and on such terms and in such place
as the board may direct.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1907.

[No. 58.]

AN ACT to amend act two hundred six of the public, acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, being "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," by adding thereto a new section to stand as section seventy-three a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Act two hundred six of the public acts of Act amended. eighteen hundred ninety-three, being "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore ånd hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as section seventy-three a.

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when barred.

SEC. 73a. The right to recover possession of any land, or Right to reto a refunding of the amount paid, by any person claiming on of land or through or under any deed executed by the Auditor General a refunding or by virtue of a certificate of purchase issued under the provisions of this act shall be forever barred by the actual, open and continuous possession of any person claiming such land adversely to such tax deed, or certificate of purchase, for the period of five years after the purchaser of such tax title, his heirs or assigns, is entitled to a deed thereof, or by failure of such tax title purchaser, his heirs or assigns, to give the notice or notices required by this act for a reconveyance of the premises within the above specified period of five years. In case of such failure to give the when person required notice for reconveyance within the period of five barred from years from the date such purchaser, his heirs or assigns by tax purshall become entitled to a tax deed to be issued by the Auditor General, the person or persons, claiming title under tax deed or certificate of purchase, shall be forever barred

claiming title chase.

from asserting such title or claiming a lien on the land by reason of such tax purchase; and such purchaser, his heirs or assigns shall not thereafter be entitled to a refunding of the amount paid as a condition of the purchase of such tax title by reason of any defect, irregularity, invalidity, or any cause whatever affecting the taxes or the sale of the lands for such tax lien.

Approved April 25, 1907.

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Unlawful to catch and sell fish.

Penalty.

Repealing clause.

[No. 59.]

AN ACT to prohibit the catching of fish in the inland lakes of Kent county, for the purposes of sale, and to provide a penalty therefor.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful to catch in any manner any fish in the inland lakes of Kent county, for the purposes of sale, or to offer for sale, or sell fish caught therein.

SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1907.

White fish, when may spear.

[No. 60.]

AN ACT to provide for the lawful taking of white fish in the waters of Elk lake in the counties of Antrim and Grand Traverse, Michigan, by means of a spear.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any person between the first day of November and the tenth day of December of each year, to take white fish in the waters of Elk lake in the counties of Antrim and Grand Traverse, Michigan, by means

of a spear: Provided, That fish taken in accordance with Proviso, sale. the provisions of this act shall not be sold, offered for sale,

or taken for purposes of sale.

violation,

SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of section Penalty for one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1907.

[No. 61.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of article two of act number one hundred ninety-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this State," the same being section six thousand two hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of article two of act num- Section amended. ber one hundred ninety-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this State," the same being section six thousand two hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

liabilities as common

SEC. 14. Any railroad company organized under this act, Rights and receiving freight or live-stock for transportation, shall be entitled to the rights and be subject to the liabilities of com- carriers. mon carriers, except as herein otherwise provided; but no such company shall be suffered to lessen or abridge its common-law liability as a common carrier, unless by an agreement to be signed by both parties thereto.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1907.

Appropriation.

How used.

How paid.

Distribution

and sale of books.

[No. 62.]

AN ACT to provide for the expenses and publication of the
collections of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society,
making an appropriation therefor and providing a tax to
meet the same, for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred nine.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund, to the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, the sum of four thousand dollars for each of the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred nine, which sum shall be used in the discretion of the executive committee of said society, in collecting, arranging and preserving a library of books, pamphlets, maps, charts, manuscripts, papers, paintings, statuary, and other materials illustrative of and relating to the history of Michigan; in rescuing from oblivion the memory of its early pioneers; in procuring and preserving narratives of their early exploits, perils, privations, hardy adventures, and noble achievements; in collecting materials of every description, relative to the history, genius, progress or decay of our Indian tribes; in exhibiting faithfully the past and present resources of Michigan; and in collecting for publication historical and other materials relative to and illustrative of the history of the State. The sum of one thousand dollars per year from the sums heretofore appropriated is hereby expressly designated for use in building up a historical museum in connection with said society. Said Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society shall collect, arrange and prepare the materials for the volumes for printing, which said volumes in editions of not more than two thousand five hundred copies each, and containing not to exceed seven hundred fifty pages each, shall be printed and published in the kind of type, quality of paper, and style of binding and printing as those heretofore published by said society; said printing to be done by the State printer, and binding by the State binder, under the direction and superintendence of said society. The cost in full of said volumes, including printing, binding, reprints, shipping and distribution of same to be paid from the general fund of the State treasury upon vouchers therefor, approved by any member of the executive committee and the secretary of said society, after allowance and audit by the Board of State Auditors.

SEC. 2. The secretary of the society shall be the custodian of the publications of the society and of the museum, and shall exchange with the pioneer and historical societies