To be incorporated in state tax. of the Michigan School for the Blind 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. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred three, the sum of forty-eight thousand four hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred four the sum of thirty-two 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. Appropriation for current expense. Proviso. How paid. To be incorporated in state tax. [No. 112.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the Northern State Normal School for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, to meet a deficiency in the current expense appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred one, and to provide a tax for the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the Northern State Normal School for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred four, the sum of one hundred fifty-six dollars and sixty-five cents for the purpose of meeting a deficiency in the current expense appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred one: Provided, That the State Board of Education may obtain money under this section before July first, nineteen hundred three, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount appropriated by this act when the appropriation becomes available. SEC. 2. The amount appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Education 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 three the sum of one hundred fifty-six dollars and sixty-five cents, 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. [No. 113.] AN ACT to provide for the screening of the outlets and inlets of Walled lake in the townships of Novi and Commerce, Oakland county, and to prohibit fishing in said lake in any manner, except with the hook and line. The People of the State of Michigan enact: vide screens. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the State Game and Fish Who to proWarden to provide and maintain wire screens of meshes one inch square, at the outlets and inlets of Walled lake, Oakland county of this State, for the purpose of preventing fish from passing out of said lake, and for the propagation of fish therein. The expense of the construction and maintenance of such Expense, how screens shall be certified by the State Game and Fish Warden paid. and audited by the township boards and borne equally by each township and paid out of the townships' general expense funds. fish except SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch Unlawful to or kill any fish in Walled lake, in said county of Oakland, with with hook and a spear, net, grabhook, or by use of jacks or artificial light, line. or any kind of firearms or explosive material, set lines or other device whatsoever, except the hook and line in the hand, or in immediate control. violation. SEC. 3. Any person destroying, injuring or removing any of Penalty for the screens provided for in section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days. stitute evi SEC. 4. In all prosecutions under this act it shall be prima What to confacie evidence on the part of the people, of the violation of the dence. provisions of this act, to show that the defendant was found upon the waters of said lake with spear, net, trap-net, jack or artificial light of any kind, or with dynamite, giant powder or any explosive substance or combination of explosive substances. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 14, 1903. [No. 114.] AN ACT to provide for the protection of rabbits in Washtenaw, Oakland, Charlevoix, St. Clair and Lake Counties. The People of the State of Michigan enact: use ferrets. SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person Unlawful to or persons to use a ferret for the purpose of hunting or killing rabbits in the counties of Washtenaw, Oakland, Charlevoix, St. Clair and Lake, in this State. Penalty for violation. SEC. 2. A violation of this act shall be punished by a fine of five dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail of said county until said fine is paid, not exceeding ten days. Approved May 14, 1903. To whom to apply for permission. Who to grant. When may issue burial permit. death, where filed. [No. 115.] AN ACT to provide that licensed embalmers may act as subregistrars of deaths when duly authorized by the Secretary of State. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any embalmer duly licensed by the State Board of Health as provided by the laws of the State of Michigan, and whose license has not been revoked, may make application to the Secretary of State, accompanied by a fee of one dollar, for permission to act as subregistrar of deaths under the act to provide for the registration of deaths in Michigan and requiring certificates of death, being sections forty-six hundred fourteen to forty-six hundred twenty, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. SEC. 2. The Secretary of State shall, in his discretion, grant authority to any licensed embalmer to act as subregistrar of deaths, in which capacity he shall be authorized to issue burial permits to himself for deaths occurring in any township or village (but not city) in the State under the same restrictions as those governing registrars. He shall sign as "Licensed Embalmer, No. ..," stating the number of his license. He shall not issue a permit to himself, or conduct a funeral, until he shall have obtained the certificate of death, properly filled out in all respects required by the regCertificate of istration law, legibly and correctly in ink. He shall personally file all certificates of death upon which he has issued permits to himself with the registrars of the townships or villages in which the deaths occurred on or before the third day of the month following that in which the deaths occurred, and failure to do so or to comply strictly with this act shall warrant the immediate cancellation of his authority as subregistrar by the Secretary of State. An embalmer whose license is revoked by the State Board of Health shall thereby become disqualified as a subregistrar of deaths. Subregistrars shall receive no fees or other compensation for issuing burial or removal permits or transit permits to themselves, or for transmitting certificates of death to the township or vil lage clerks under this act, but the regular registrars shall receive the usual compensation for such certificates when promptly transmitted under the registration law. Approved May 14, 1903. When disqualified. Fees. [No. 116.] AN ACT to provide for the prevention of rabies in indigent persons. The People of the State of Michigan enact: institute. SECTION 1. Whenever it shall be proved to the satisfaction when sent to of the local board of health that any indigent person or persons within its jurisdiction has been bitten by a rabid dog, or other rabid animal, or in any other manner has been infected with the virus of rabies, said local board of health shall make the necessary arrangements and send said person or persons supposed to be infected with rabies, to the Pasteur Institute at the University of Michigan. The necessary expenses thus in- Expenses, how curred shall be a charge upon the township, city or incorporated village in which the expense was authorized. Before their payment or allowance all bills for such expenses shall be audited by the local board of health. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. paid. [No. 117.] AN ACT to amend section eight of chapter sixty-five of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of alienation by deed and the proof and recording of conveyances and the canceling of mortgages," the same being section eight thousand nine hundred sixty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section eight of chapter sixty-five of the Re- Section vised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of alienation by deed and the proof and recording of conveyances and the canceling of mortgages," the same being section eight thousand nine hundred sixty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: executed. SEC. 8. Deeds executed within this State, of lands, or any Deeds, how interest in lands therein, shall be executed in the presence of two witnesses, who shall subscribe their names to the same as such, and the persons executing such deeds may acknowledge the execution thereof before any judge, clerk or commissioner of a court of record, or before any notary public, justice of the peace, or master in chancery, within the State, and the officer taking such acknowledgment shall endorse thereon a certificate of the acknowledgment thereof, and the true date of making the same, under his hand. Approved May 14, 1903. Unlawful to set nets. Penalty for violation. [No. 118.] AN ACT to prevent obstructions being so placed in the Bay of False Presque Isle in the county of Presque Isle, as to prevent the free passage of fish up or down said stream to their spawning grounds. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful to set nets or seines of any kind or description west of a certain line commencing at the quarter post between sections thirteen and twenty-four in town thirty-three north, range eight east; thence north across the Bay of False Presque Isle to quarter post between sections twelve and thirteen in said town thirty-three north, range eight east. in Presque Isle county, at any time from and after the passage of this act. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall wilfully so place any nets or seines in the stream mentioned as to prevent the free passage of fish up or down said streams shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Chapter amended. [No. 119.] AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred fifty of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, as amended by act number one hundred eighty-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred fifty-nine; act number one hundred eightyseven of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixty-one; act number one hundred thirty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one; act number one hundred ninety-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, and act number two hundred seventy-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, and act number one hundred fifty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, relative to the salaries of judges of probate, the same being, as so amended, sections two thousand five hundred fifty-one and two thousand five hundred fifty-two of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Chapter one hundred |