[No. 292.] AN ACT to provide for the surveying and establishing of section corners and the boundaries of unsurveyed lands in certain cases. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of surveyor. SECTION 1. When it appears by the field notes of the Appointment United States survey of this State, on file in the State Land Office, that any section or quarter section corner or corners, were omitted and were not properly established by such survey, or when it shall appear that lands have been formed by accretions or otherwise upon the boundaries of the Great Lakes outside of the United States survey of this State, and belonging to the State of Michigan, the Commissioner of the State Land Office shall be authorized to establish any such missing corners in any county in this State or to establish the boundary lines of such unsurveyed lands, and for such purpose may appoint and designate a competent surveyor to make the necessary surveys. and expenses, SEC. 2. The surveyor so appointed shall receive compensa- Compensation tion for his time actually employed, not to exceed five dol- how paid. lars per day and his necessary expenses for chain men and assistants, to be approved by the Commissioner of the State Land Office. The surveyor's bills for services and expenses shall be made on forms furnished by the Commissioner of the State Land Office, and itemized and sworn to, and shall be audited by the Board of State Auditors, and when allowed by them, shall be paid out of the general fund. work to be SEC. 3. The original notes of the field work performed Notes of field under the provisions of this act shall be placed on file in the filed, etc. State Land Office and all corners and boundary lines so established shall be of the same force and effect as those established by the original United States survey. SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or Acts repealed. contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907. 49 Whitefish, open season to spear in certain waters. Proviso. Not to be sold, etc. Penalty. [No. 293.] AN ACT permitting the taking of whitefish in the waters of The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any person, from September fifteen to October fifteen, both inclusive, in each year, to take whitefish in the waters of Indian river and Mullet lake, in Cheboygan county, by means of a jack-light and spear: Provided, That the taking of such whitefish shall in no way interfere with or destroy other fish protected under the laws of this State. SEC. 2. Any whitefish, taken lawfully from the waters of Indian river and Mullet lake, Cheboygan county, between the dates herein before mentioned, may be retained by the person or persons so taking them, but shall not be sold or offered for sale. SEC. 3. Any person or persons violating the provisions of section two of this act shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and each violation shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907. County game and fish war ment of. Term of office, etc. [No. 294.] AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a county game and fish warden for the county of Wayne, to prescribe his powers and duties and fix his compensation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The State Game and Fish Warden shall apden, appoint- point a resident of the county of Wayne as county game and fish warden for said county, who shall have the same powers in said county as are possessed by the State Game and Fish Warden under the general laws of the State. Said county game and fish warden shall be appointed for the same term as the State Game and Fish Warden and shall be subject to the supervision and control of, and to removal by the State Game and Fish Warden. Said county game and fish warden shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum and his actual necessary expenses, not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly upon Salary and expenses of, how paid. warrants of the board of county auditors of said county of Wayne. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this Acts repealed. act, in so far as they conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907. [No. 295.] AN ACT to prevent hunting for game on Sunday in several townships of the county of Wayne and in the county of Macomb, and to authorize the arrest of persons so offending, and to prescribe a penalty therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sunday un SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt Hunting on for game with firearms, dogs or otherwise, on Sunday on any lawful. lands or premises of another in the townships of Greenfield, Redford, Plymouth, Gratiot, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe, Northville, Livonia in the county of Wayne, and in the county of Macomb, without the consent of the owner or lessee of such lands or premises: Provided, That the provisions of Proviso as to this act shall not apply to the shooting of wild water fowl fowl. in Detroit river, St. Clair river and Lake St. Clair, in the counties of Wayne and Macomb. wild water violation. SEC. 2. If any person is found upon the lands or prem- Evidence of ises of another without the consent of the owner or lessee of such lands or premises, with firearms in his possession on Sunday, it shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this act. to make. SEC. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act Penalty. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment in the county jail of not to exceed thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court: Provided, Proviso, comhowever, That no complaint shall be made or entertained plaint, who against any person for the violation of any of the provisions of this act, unless the same shall be made by the owner or lessee of the lands or premises so trespassed upon: Pro Proviso, arvided, further, That any officer duly authorized to make an arrest, including the State Game and Fish Warden and his deputies, may arrest without warrant any person caught by him in the act of violating any of the provisions of this act, when requested so to do by the owner or lessee of the lands or premises trespassed upon. Such arrest may be made on Sunday, in which case the person arrested may be taken be rest without warrant. Fees for arrests. 'Sunday" defined. fore a justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and proceeded against as soon as may be on a week day following the arrest. SEC. 4. The State Game and Fish Warden and his deputies shall receive the same fees for making arrests under this act that other officers now do for like services. Nothing herein shall prevent said warden or his deputies from receiving such further compensation as may be made by the board of supervisors of said county. SEC. 5. The word "Sunday" as used in this act shall be construed to mean the first day of the week. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation for erecting statue of ter. [No. 296.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the erection, at the city of Monroe, Michigan, of an equestrian statue of General George A. Custer. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated the General Cus- sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to erect, at the city of Monroe, in the State of Michigan, an equestrian statue of General George A. Custer; to pay the commissioners appointed by this act to carry it into effect, and for other expenses, as may in the judgment of the commission be actually Commission, appointment of. how paid. necessary. SEC. 2. The Governor shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act appoint a commission consisting of three officers or soldiers who served in the Michigan Cavalry Expenses of, Brigade to carry same into effect. The actual expenses of such commission shall be paid out of the funds herein appropriated, and they shall report to the Governor of the State of Michigan immediately upon the fulfillment of their duties, and such report shall embrace in detail, an abstract of expenditures made, with vouchers therefor. To make report. Tax clause. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate into the State tax for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be assessed, levied and collected, as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sum when collected shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse it for the sum appropriated by section one of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 297.] AN ACT to fix the salary of the chief law clerk in the Attorney General's Department. The People of the State of Michigan enact: clerk, salary SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act, the Chief law chief law clerk in the Attorney General's Department shall of, how paid. receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid from the general fund on the warrant of the Auditor General, in the same manner that salaries are now paid State officers. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 298.] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of burial benefit associations, and for the regulation of their business, and to repeal all acts inconsistent herewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any five or more persons of this State, who Number may by articles of agreement in writing, have associated or shall incorporate. associate themselves according to the provisions of this act, for the purposes of establishing a burial benefit association to pay funeral benefits not to exceed five hundred dollars, shall, with their successors, constitute a body politic and corporate under the name assumed by them in their articles of association: Provided, No two associations organized Proviso. under this act shall assume the same name or names so similiar as to mislead the public. SEC. 2. Such articles of association shall state the pro- Articles, what posed corporate name of the association; the names and to state. residences of officers and trustees or other persons who are to have or exercise the general control and management of the affairs and funds of the association for the first year, or until the ensuing election, at which all such officers shall be elected by the members; and its principal office or place of business. SEC. 3. Such articles of association and duly certified Where filed. copies of the laws, rules and regulations of the said association and copies of all proposed forms of benefit certificates and applications therefor shall be filed with the Commissioner of Insurance who may require such further information as he may deem necessary. If the purposes of the asso- Preliminary ciation conform to the requirements of this act and all pro- when visions of the law have been complied with, the Commissioner granted. certificate, |