court at the said city of Marshall, when sitting there upon adjournment from the said city of Battle Creek, as aforesaid, for the trial or hearing of any cause or causes or other proceeding, which may be on the calendar for trial or hearing at any term of said court held at the city of Battle Creek, as aforesaid, and to adjourn the said court back from the city of Marshall to the city of Battle Creek. from Marshall SEC. 5. The said circuit court, upon application therefor May adjourn at the opening of court and call of the calendar at any regular to Battle Creek. or special term thereof, shall have the right and the power and authority is hereby given to it, if, in its discretion it shall be deemed proper and expedient so to do, to set for trial or hearing and to adjourn, from time to time, any of the sessions of said court, while sitting at the said city of Marshall, under the provisions of this act, to the place for holding the said circuit court in said city of Battle Creek provided for under the terms of this act, and to continue the said court at the said city of Battle Creek, when sitting there upon adjournment from the said city of Marshall, as aforesaid, for the trial or hearing of any cause or causes or other proceeding which may be on the calendar for trial or hearing at any term of said court held at the city of Marshall as aforesaid, and to adjourn the said court back from the city of Battle Creek to the city of Marshall. clerk when court SEC. 6. At each term of said circuit court designated to Duty of county be held in the city of Battle Creek, it shall be the duty of held at Battle the county clerk of said county, acting personally or by and Creek. through a deputy clerk, to deposit in the building designated for the holding of the court, under the direction of the circuit judge, all of the records and files in all cases noticed for trial or hearing at such term on or before the first day of the term and when such term is finished, such records and files shall be returned to the office of the county clerk at the county seat of said county of Calhoun. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 273.] AN ACT to prevent hunting for game on Sunday, in the county of Livingston, to authorize the arrest of persons so offending, and to prescribe a penalty therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: on Sunday. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, Unlawful to hunt whether residents of this or any other State, to hunt for game with firearms, dogs or otherwise on Sunday on any lands Evidence of violation. Penalty. Proviso as to complaint. or premises of another in the county of Livingston of this State, without the consent of the owner or lessee of such lands or premises. SEC. 2. Any person or persons found upon the lands or premises of another without the consent of the owner or lessee of such lands or premises, with firearms in his possession on Sunday, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this act. SEC. 3. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this act, 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 cost 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, however, That no complaint shall be made or entertained against any person or persons 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 Further proviso as upon: Provided further, That any officer duly authorized to make arrest, including the State Game and Fish Warden and his deputies, may arrest without warrant any person or persons 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 before a justice of the peace having jurisdiction and proceeded against as soon as may be on a week day following the arrest. to arrest. Fees for arrests. "Sunday" defined. 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. 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. Unlawful to set fire. [No. 274.] AN ACT to protect game in the public shooting grounds as designated in act sixty-six, public acts, eighteen hundred ninety-one, and on the Dafoe and Maisou islands in the township of Fair Haven, and on the waters and marshes of Rush lake in the township of Lake, Huron county. The People of the State of Michigan cnact: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to set fire or to cause fire to be set on any of the public shoot ing grounds as designated in act sixty-six, public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one. closed season. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to Unlawful to kill hunt, trap, shoot, molest or annoy any wild game or wild game during water fowl on any of the lands or shores of the public shooting grounds as designated in act sixty-six, public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, or on the Dafoe or Maisou islands in the township of Fair Haven, or on the waters and marshes of Rush lake in the township of Lake, Huron county, except during the open seasons on ducks in each year. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons Possession of fireto carry or have in possession any firearms during the closed seasons in each year on ducks, on the Dafoe or Maisou islands, in the township of Fair Haven; on the waters and marshes of Rush lake in the township of Lake, Huron county, and on the public shooting grounds as designated in act sixty-six, public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one. arms during closed seasons. SEC. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Penalty for act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction violation. thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, and the costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment thereof, shall be confined in the county jail until such fine and costs shall be paid, but such confinement shall not exceed ninety days. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 16, 1905. [No. 275.] AN ACT to permit the taking of herring and other rough fish in Keweenaw bay, in Baraga county, at certain seasons of the year and to prescribe the kind of nets and the size of meshes to be used. The People of the State of Michigan enact: etc. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful to use pound nets, the Pound nets, meshes of the pot, crib or pocket of which shall not be less when may use, than two inches, extension measure, as manufactured, for taking or catching perch, herring and other rough fish, in the waters of Keweenaw bay, in Baraga county, State of Michigan, from the first day of September in each year until the first day of July in the year following. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to use gill nets with meshes Gill nets. not less than two and three-eighths inches, extension measure, as used, in the waters and during the time specified in section one of this act, for taking or catching herring and other rough fish: Provided, That nothing in this act contained Proviso Immature fish. Application of act. shall permit of the use of nets with meshes smaller than specified in act number eighty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, whenever and wherever it shall be shown that they interfere with or catch immature white fish or lake trout. By immature fish is meant those so small that the taking thereof is prohibited by the general laws of this State. SEC. 3. This act shall apply to and be operative in the waters of Keweenaw bay, in Baraga county, and all acts or parts of acts contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall be inoperative in said waters. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 16, 1905. Appropriation for current expenses. Further appropriation. How used. Proviso as to transfer of funds. [No. 276.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Soldiers' Home for building and special purposes, and for current expenses, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current expenses of the Michigan Soldiers' Home for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, the sum of one hundred forty-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seven, the sum of one hundred fifty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for purposes and amounts as follows: For a hospital building, with accommodations for three hundred patients, seventy-five thousand dollars; for extension of water mains and steam pipes, two thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That if the amount designated in this section for any of the purposes stated be insuflicient to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchases specified in this section, may, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General, in writing, before any expense in excess of the specific appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State Board of Cor rections and Charities and Auditor General, it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid. this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Soldiers' Home 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 To be incorpoState tax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of two rated in state tax. hundred twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred six the sum of one hundred fifty five thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 277.] AN ACT to provide for the adoption and use of a standard form of fire insurance policy and to repeal act one hundred forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, as amended by act thirty-eight of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No fire insurance company shall issue fire in- Form of policy. surance policies on property in this State other than those of the standard form herein set forth, except as follows: First, A company may print on or in its policies its name, location and date of incorporation, the amount of its paid up capital stock, the names of its officers and agents, the numher and date of the policy, and if it is issued through an agent, the words "This policy shall not be valid until countersigned by the duly authorized agent of the company at Second, A company may print or use in its policies printed forms of description and specifications of the property insured; Third, A company insuring against damage by lightning may print in the clause enumerating the perils insured against the additional words "also any damage by lightning, whether fire ensues or not," and, in the clause providing for an apportionment of loss, in case of other insurance, the words "whether by fire, lightning or both;" |