person. SEC. 17. Any superintendent of the poor, in any county of Superintendent of this State, may send, or cause to be sent, with the approval poor may send of the judge of probate of said county, to the Sanatorium any person who, under the rules of the Sanatorium, is entitled to admission therein, who is a charge upon the county. Be- To furnish clothfore sending any patient to the Sanatorium, under the pro- ing, etc. visions of this act, such superintendent of the poor shall correspond with the superintendent of the Sanatorium, and conform to the rules established by the board of trustees, and he shall cause the patient to be comfortably clothed, and shall provide the patient with suitable clothing while the patient remains at the Sanatorium, and shall defray the necessary traveling expenses in going to and returning therefrom, and provide the patient with such articles of necessity and convenience as are required by the rules of the Sanatorium. county charge. SEC. 18. All persons entitled to admission to the Sana- Aid to persons not torium who are not a charge upon the county, but who, on account of their poverty, are unable to provide themselves with suitable clothing or other necessary articles, shall receive the same aid from the superintendent of the poor of their respective counties while attending the Sanatorium as is provided in this act for those who are a county charge. All Expenses, how proper expenses incurred by the superintendents of the poor under this or the preceding section shall be a charge against their respective counties, and shall be defrayed out of the poor fund of such county. charged. paid, etc. SEC. 19. The charges for the support of the patients in said Charges, to whom Sanatorium who are able to pay the same, or have persons or kindred bound by law to maintain them, shall be paid to the medical superintendent by such patients, persons, or kindred, at a rate to be determined by the board of trustees of said Sanatorium. SEC. 20. All moneys collected by the medical superintend- Moneys, disposition of. ent shall be passed over to the treasurer of the Sanatorium and his receipt taken therefor, such moneys to be disbursed by the treasurer under the provisions of section fourteen of this act. SEC. 21. The sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby Appropriation for appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen site, buildings, etc. hundred six, for the purpose of purchasing a site, of erecting, constructing and equipping the Sanatorium and buildings herein provided for, and to pay the necessary expenses of the members of the board of trustees and for the maintenance of the Sanatorium provided for in this act. The Treasurer of How paid. the State shall, on the warrant of the Auditor General and on the statement of the architect and of the board of trus tees, pay over to the treasurer of the said Sanatorium the above named sum in such amounts as may from time to time in the judgment of the architect and board of trustees be deemed necessary. Appropriation for 1907. How paid. To be incorporated in state tax. SEC. 22. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, to pay the necessary expenses of the members of the board of trustees and for the maintenance of the Sanatorium provided for in this act. The Treasurer of the State shall, on the warrant of the Auditor General and of the board of trustees pay over to the treasurer of the said Sanatorium the above named sum in such amounts as may, from time to time, in the judgment of the board of trustees, be deemed necessary. SEC. 23. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred five, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, the sum of ten 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. Qualifications of clerk. Duties. Qualifications of House judiciary clerk. Duties. Senate stenographer. Compensation of [No. 255.] AN ACT to prescribe the qualifications, duties and compensation of the clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk of the Senate and the Senate stenographer, and the clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk and the speaker's messenger of the House. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The clerk of the judiciary committee of the Senate shall be a lawyer of at least five years' actual experience in the practice of his profession in this State. Said clerk shall be the law clerk of the Senate and shall be at the disposal of the Senate for legal advice and assistance when not engaged with the work of the judiciary committee. SEC. 2. The clerk of the judiciary committee of the House, from and after January first, nineteen hundred seven, shall be a lawyer of at least five years' actual experience in the practice of his profession in this State. Said clerk shall be the law clerk of the House and shall be at the disposal of the House for legal advice and assistance when not engaged with the work of the judiciary committee. SEC. 3. The Senate stenographer shall be a stenographer of at least three years' actual experience as such. SEC. 4. From and after the first day of January, nineteen stenographer, etc. hundred five, the per diem compensation of such clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk of the Senate shall be six dollars, and of the Senate stenographer five dollars and of the Speaker's messenger of the House of Representatives three Speaker's dollars for actual attendance during the session, which shall messenger. be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature. From and after the first House law clerk. day of January, nineteen hundred seven, the per diem compensation of such clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk of the House shall be six dollars for actual attendance during the session which shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature. Each shall receive mileage at the rate of ten cents per Mileage. mile for every mile actually traveled in coming to and returning from the capitol by the usually traveled route. SEC. 5. Payment of any sum due under the provisions of Payments, how this act shall be governed by the provisions of compiler's sec- governed. tion number thirteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 16, 1905. [No. 256.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane for building and special purposes for the biennial period ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of thirteen thousand eight hundred Appropriation. dollars is hereby appropriated for the Northern Michigan Asylum for the biennial period ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seven, for purposes and amounts as follows: For How used. repairs to reservoir, two thousand dollars; for electric wiring, fifteen hundred dollars; for additional fire protection, two thousand five hundred dollars; for artesian wells, fifteen hundred dollars; for new boilers, two thousand five hundred dollars; for addition to nurses' home, two thousand eight hundred dollars; and for new telephone system, one thousand dollars. SEC. 2. If the amount designated in the foregoing section Transfer of funds. for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work specified in the foregoing section may, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General in writing, before any expense in excess of the specified appropriation is incurred, be used Proviso wher may obtain. How paid. To be incorpo in the account where such deficiency seems unavoidable. The intent of this proviso being to make the entire thirteen thou sand eight hundred dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made: Provided further, That the board of trustees may obtain money under this section before July first, nineteen hundred five, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General as necessary for immediate use, which amounts so advanced shall be deducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane at such time and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State rated in state tax. tax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of thirteen thousand eight hundred 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. Game, property of state. Protection of deer in certain counties until 1908. [No. 257.] AN ACT to revise and amend the laws for the protection of game and birds. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That all wild animals and wild birds, both resident and migratory, in this State, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, the property of the State. SEC. 2. That no person shall injure, pursue, hunt or kill, or capture, or attempt to injure, pursue, hunt, kill or capture by any means whatever, any deer on the Islands of Bois Blanc or Grand Island or in the counties of Lapeer, Huron, Sanilac, Tuscola, Macomb, Allegan, Ottawa, St. Clair, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Mason, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Newaygo, Mecosta, Isabella, Benzie, Leelanau, Grand Traverse, Oceana, and Gladwin until the first day of January, nineteen hundred eight, and thereafter only at the time, in the manner and for the purpose authorized by law. SEC. 3. No person shall hunt, pursue, capture or kill or at- Moose, elk, etc., tempt to hunt, pursue, capture or kill any moose, elk or cari- protected for 8 bou in this State for a period of eight years from and after the date this act shall take effect. years. SEC. 4. No person shall hunt, pursue or kill, or attempt Deer season. to hunt, pursue, capture or kill any deer in this State, save only from the tenth day of November to the thirtieth day of November, both inclusive, in one year. No person shall kill Number may kill. more than two deer in any one year, and then only at the time, in the manner and for the purpose authorized by law. sold. shipping. SEC. 5. No person shall by himself, his clerk, servant or Game, not to be agent, expose or keep for sale, or directly or indirectly, upon any pretense or device, sell or barter, or in the consideration of the purchase of any other property, give to any other person any of the protected animals or birds mentioned in this act within the State of Michigan, nor shall any person or persons, or any corporation acting as a common carrier, its officers, agents or servants, ship, carry, take or transport, either within or beyond the confines of this State, any animal or animals, or portion or portions thereof, or bird or birds protected by this act, except as hereinafter provided: Pro- Proviso as to vided, however, That it shall be lawful to ship, and any corporation acting as a common carrier, its officers, agents or servants may lawfully ship, carry, take or transport either within or beyond the confines of this State any such animal or animals or portion or portions thereof or bird or birds which may be consigned at any station in this State to any consignee in said State, where the nearest railroad route from such shipping point to any such destination within the State, leaves the confines of the State and re-enters the same. SEC. 6. No person shall hunt, pursue or kill, or capture or Unlawful to kill attempt to hunt, pursue, kill or capture at any time or in any etc. manner, any deer when it is in the red coat or any fawn in the spotted coat, or have in possession the skin of such deer or fawn in the red or spotted coat; and having in possession such deer or fawn or the skin of such deer or fawn in the red or spotted coat shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. Nor shall any person hunt, pursue, While in water. kill or capture, or attempt to hunt, pursue, kill or capture any deer while it is in the water. deer in red coat, season. SEC. 7. No person shall pursue, injure, capture, kill, de- Squirrel stroy, or attempt to pursue, injure, capture, kill or destroy any fox squirrel, American squirrel, black squirrel or gray squirrel, save only from October fifteenth to November thirtieth, both inclusive, in each year; nor shall any person pursue, injure, capture, kill or destroy any such squirrel at any time in any public or private park, or in any incorporated city or village. used. SEC. 8. No person shall make use of any artificial light in Lights not to be hunting, pursuing or killing deer, or in attempting to hunt, pursue or capture, or kill any deer, and the wearing or having |