taxes already assessed. or cities, and the same proceedings shall be taken for the SEC. 4. In all proceedings in relation to the assessment, Powers of clerks, etc. spreading and collection of taxes for school purposes in said district, and in relation to the receipt and disbursement of all moneys belonging to said school district, the city assessing officer or officers, city clerk and city treasurer of the city or cities in which said district is situated, shall have like powers and duties as are prescribed by the laws of this State for township supervisors, township clerks and township treas urers, respectively, except as in this act otherwise provided. SEC. 5. Except as provided otherwise in this act, the provisions of the general school laws of this State and any local to govern. act in force in such district relative to voting, assessing and collecting school taxes, shall continue and be in full force and effect. General school laws SEC. 6. This act shall not be in force and take effect in Referendum. any school district until a majority of the voters voting on such proposition shall vote in favor of the same. Such proposition may be submitted to the voters of any school district at such time or times as the board of education of such district shall determine, and when submitted, the ballot for voting thereon shall be in substantially the following form: Shall this school district adopt act number of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, being "An act relative to voting, assessing and collecting school taxes in city school districts, and to provide for the collection of school taxes with city taxes therein ?" Yes (). No (). Form of ballot. Certificates of prop- determina Whenever, upon a canvass of the vote upon the said osition, it shall be determined that a majority of the voters tion. voting upon such proposition have voted in favor of the same,. the secretary of the board of education shall make certificates of such determination under the corporate seal of the district, one of which he shall file in the office of the county clerk of the county, one in the office of the clerk of the city or cities in which such district is situated, and another shall be filed in his own office. This act shall be in effect in said district on and after the filing of said certificates as aforesaid. SEC. 7. If any school district has elected to come under Resubmission of question. the provisions of this act, such district may at any time after two years, upon a petition signed by a number of qualified electors, not less than fifteen per cent of the number of electors voting at the last preceding election in said district, When to take effect. resubmit the question of the continuance or discontinuance of this act within such district. The form of the proposition for the resubmission of the question shall be drafted by the board of education when submitted at any succeeding special or general election. Approved May 13, 1919. Section amended. Salary of commissioner. Expenses. [No. 338.] AN ACT to amend section five of chapter nine of act number two hundred fifty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto," as amended, being section four thou sand nine hundred fifty-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section five of chapter nine of act number two hundred fifty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto," as amended, being section four thousand nine hundred fifty-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. Each county drain commissioner shall receive an annual salary to be paid as other county officers are paid, the amount thereof to be fixed by the board of supervisors at its regular October session in the year nineteen hundred twenty, and every two years thereafter, in the same manner as the salaries of other county officers are fixed, and in addition thereto shall be allowed his actual necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties of his said office by the board of supervisors, or board of county auditors to be paid by the county, which shall be in full for all services rendered and expenses entailed in the performance of the duties of his office; such expense account shall be an itemized account, and verified by his oath taken before a proper officer. Approved May 13, 1919. [No. 339.] AN ACT relating to dogs and the protection of live stock and poultry from damage by dogs; providing for the licensing of dogs; regulating the keeping of dogs, and authorizing their destruction in certain cases; providing for the determination and payment of damages done by dogs to live stock and poultry; imposing powers and duties on certain State, county, city and township officers and employes, and to repeal act number three hundred forty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, and providing penalties for the violation of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: 1919. defined. SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as Dog law of the dog law of nineteen hundred nineteen of the State of Michigan. For the purpose of this act the following terms shall have the following meaning respectively designated for each. The term "live stock" shall apply to horses, stallions, Terms colts, geldings, mares, sheep, rams, lambs, bulls, bullocks, steers, heifers, cows, calves, mules, jacks, jennets, burros, goats, kids and swine. The term "poultry" shall include all domestic fowl. The word "person" shall include State and local officers or employes, individuals, corporations, copartnerships, and associations. Singular words shall include the plural. Masculine words shall include the feminine and neuter. The word "owner" when applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include every person having a right of property in such dog, and every person who keeps or harbors such dog or has it in his care, and every person who permits such dog to remain on or about any premises occupied by him. The term "kennel" shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon dogs are kept for the purpose of breeding, sale, or sporting purposes. The term "police officer" shall mean any person employed or elected by the people of the State of Michigan, or by any municipality, county or township, and whose duty it is to preserve peace or to make arrests or to enforce the law. The term "police officer" includes game, fish and forest fire wardens, and members of the State constabulary. wear license tag. SEC. 2. From and after January tenth, nineteen hundred All dogs to twenty, it shall be unlawful for any person to own any dog four months old or over, unless said dog is licensed as hereinafter provided, or to own any dog four months old and over that does not at all times wear a collar with metal tag attached as hereinafter provided, except when engaged in lawful hunting accompanied by its owner or custodian; or for any owner of any female dog to permit said female dog to go beyond premises of such owner when she is in heat, Females not to run at in heat. large when Removal of tag. To be con unless such female dog is held properly in leash; or for any person, except the owner or authorized agent, to remove any license tag from a dog; or for any owner to allow any dog to stray beyond his premises unless under reasonable control of some person or when engaged in lawful hunting, accompanied by his owner or custodian. SEC. 3. Every dog shall at all times between sunset of fined at night. each day and sunrise of the following day be confined upon the premises of its owner or custodian, except when said dog is otherwise under the reasonable control of some person. Who to have supervision. Supplying of tags, etc. Application for license. SEC. 4. The State Live Stock Sanitary Commission shall have the general supervision over the licensing and regulation of dogs and the protection of live stock and poultry from dogs, and may employ all proper means for the enforcement of this act and all police officers of the State, county, municipality or township shall be at its disposal for that purpose. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission to purchase from time to time, as may be necessary, a sufficient number of tags for the State of Michigan, which tags shall be purchased from such commission by the treasurers of the counties as the same may be needed to comply with the provisions of this act. Such tags shall be sold at cost to the said treasurers. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to advance to the said commission, out of any funds of the State, such sum of money as may be necessary from time to time to pay for the tags so purchased by the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, which sum shall be repaid to the State Treasurer from the money collected from the county treasurers in payment for the tags. The said commission is hereby authorized to extend thirty days' credit to any county treasurer for tags so purchased. The commission shall also furnish to each county treasurer, on or before November fifteenth of each year, a book containing proper forms for issuing dog licenses required in his county, together with the necessary blanks for the use of the supervisors and assessors of such county; such books and blanks shall be furnished to said commission by the Board of State Auditors without cost to said commission. The tags required by this act shall be not more than one and one-half inches in length and uniform in shape throughout the State, the general shape of which shall be changed from year to year; such tags shall have impressed upon them the calendar year for which they are issued and shall bear the name of the county issuing them and shall be numbered consecutively. SEC. 6. On or before the tenth day of January, nineteen hundred twenty, and on or before the same date of each year thereafter, the owner of any dog four months old or over shall, except as provided in section fourteen, apply to the county treasurer in writing for a license for each such dog owned or kept by him. Such application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings of such dog and the name tag. SEC. 7. The county treasurer shall then deliver to said License and owner a license and also one of the metal tags before mentioned, such tag to be affixed to a substantial collar to be furnished by the owner, which with the tag attached, shall at all times be kept on the dog for which the license is issued, except when such dog is engaged in lawful hunting accompanied by its owner or custodian. young dogs. SEC. 8. Any person becoming the owner, after the tenth Newly day of January, nineteen hundred twenty, or any year there- acquired and after, of any dog four months old or over, which has not already been licensed, or any person owning a dog which becomes four months old at any time after the tenth day of January of any year, shall forthwith apply for and secure a license for such dog, and in case of application made at any time after the tenth day of July of any year, the license fee shall be one-half the amount fixed as the annual license regular fee. fee for such dog. SEC. 9. Each license issued shall be dated and shall bear a serial number corresponding to the number on the metal tag furnished to said owner; it shall also bear the name of the county issuing the same and a full description of the dog licensed. One-half License, what to contain. Kennel SEC. 10. Any person who keeps or operates a kennel may, license. in lieu of the individual license required under this act, apply to the county treasurer for a kennel license entitling him to keep or operate such kennel. Such license shall be issued by the county treasurer, on a form prepared and supplied by the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, and shall entitle the licensee to keep any number of dogs four months old or over not at any time exceeding a certain number to be specified in the license. The fee to be paid for each kennel Fee. license shall be fifteen dollars for ten dogs or less, and twenty dollars for more than ten dogs. With each kennel Tags. license the county treasurer shall issue a number of metal tags equal to the number of dogs authorized to be kept in the kennel. All such tags shall bear the name of the county issuing it, the number of the kennel license, and shall be readily distinguishable from the individual license tags for the same year. SEC. 11. The licensee of a kennel shall, at all times, keep one of such tags attached to a collar on each dog four months old or over kept by him under a kennel license. No dog bearing a kennel tag shall be permitted to stray or be taken anywhere outside the limits of the kennel. This section does not prohibit the taking of dogs having a kennel license outside the limits of the kennel temporarily and in leash, nor Rules govdogs. erning kennel |