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public interest and shall then make such order as the facts may justify. Any order made under the provisions of this

act shall be subject to the same right of appeal and review Right_of as is, or may be, granted by law with respect to orders made appeal. under the provisions of act three hundred of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended.

abandoning,

etc.

Penalty for

aiding, assist

SEC. 4. Any person, firm or corporation owning or oper- Penalty for ating any railroad or interurban railroad, abandoning or dismantling the same, or any portion thereof, or discontinuing service on said main line track or tracks in violation of the terms of this act, shall be deemed guilty of an unlawful act and shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than twenty thousand dollars. Any owner, officer, agent, representative, servant or employe of any rail- ing, etc. road, or interurban railroad, or of any railroad company or interurban railway company, who causes, aids or assists in any such illegal act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days, nor more than two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. The provisions of this act shall be deemed to Scope of act. extend to and include any railroad company or interurban

railway company doing business in this State, now in exist

ence or hereafter incorporated: Provided, That nothing con- Proviso.
tained herein shall be construed to repeal or supersede act
three hundred of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, or any
provision thereof; nor shall this act be deemed to apply to
any street railway or interurban electric railway.

SEC. 6. This act is declared immediately necessary for
the preservation of the public peace, health and safety.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 10, 1919.

[No. 57.]

AN ACT to provide for the fixing of the salaries of police justices in police courts heretofore created by local or special acts of this State, who receive salaries in lieu of fees.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. All police justices in police courts heretofore created by local or special acts of this State, who receive salaries in lieu of fees, shall receive a salary of not less than

Salary of police

justices.

twenty-five hundred dollars in cities having a population of
one hundred thousand or more, and such additional salary as
is or may be provided for such justices by the common council
or other legislative body of the city in which such justices
exercise jurisdiction. Such additional salary may be granted
in any case by a majority vote of the members-elect of the
common council or other legislative body.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 10, 1919.

Title and sections amended.

[No. 58.]

AN ACT to amend the title and sections two and three of act number three hundred thirty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment, survey, improvement and maintenance of State reward trunk line highways, to provide for the payment of double State reward thereon, to define the duties of State, county, good roads district and township officers in regard thereto, and to appropriate funds to carry out the provisions thereof," being sections four thousand eight hundred fifty-two and four thousand eight hundred fifty-three of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The title and sections two and three of act number three hundred thirty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment, survey, improvement and maintenance of State reward trunk line highways, to provide for the payment of double State reward thereon, to define the duties of State, county, good roads district and township officers in regard thereto, and to appropriate funds to carry out the provisions thereof," are hereby amended as follows:

TITLE.

An Act to provide for the establishment, survey, improvement and maintenance of State reward trunk line highways, to provide for the payment of triple State reward thereon, to define the duties of State, county, good roads district and township officers in regard thereto, and to appropriate funds to carry out the provisions thereof.

Trunk line

SEC. 2. The State reward trunk line highways shall be composed of the highways and bridges constituting the routes highways. indicated in the following statement of divisions, and such other routes and branches as may be established in accordance with this act:

Division 1. Beginning near the southeast corner of the Division one. State and running to Monroe, Wayne, Detroit, Mt. Clemens, Algonac, Marine City, St. Clair, Marysville, Port Huron, Blaine, Jeddo, Applegate, Carsonville, Downington, Deckerville, Ruth, Harbor Beach, Port Hope, Port Austin, with a branch from Port Huron to Avoca, Yale, Peck, Sandusky, Snover, Ubly, Bad Axe, Port Austin, and from Yale to Brown City, Burnside, Marlette, Clifford, Silverwood, Mayville, Vassar to Saginaw with a sub-branch from Burnside, North Branch to Lapeer, also a branch from Saginaw through Sebewaing, Fairhaven township, Pigeon, Elkton to Bad Axe.

Division 2. Beginning at Detroit on Woodward avenue Division two. and running northwest via Pontiac, Holly, Fenton, Flint, Owosso, Saginaw, Bay City, Tawas City, Alpena, Onaway, Cheboygan, Mackinaw City; with a branch from Owosso to St. Johns, Ionia, Belding, Greenville to Howard City; also a branch from Belding to Lowell, with a sub-branch from Ionia to Saranac, Lowell, Grand Rapids via Leonard street, thence west to Grand Haven via Coopersville and Spring Lake; also from Grand Rapids to Holland.

three.

Division 3. Beginning at the south line of the State on Division the meridian line running north by Hudson, Addison, Jackson, Lansing, St. Johns, Ithaca, Alma, St. Louis, Breckenridge, to the prime meridian line, then north along said meridian line as near as practicable through the State to connect with division number two where said highway crosses the meridian, crossing the line between Gladwin and Ogemaw counties where the line between sections five and six of town twenty north, range two east, intersects the same, with a branch from Alma north to Mt. Pleasant, Clare, Harrison, Leota, Star City, Moorestown, Kalkaska.

Division 4. Beginning at White Pigeon running north to Division four. Three Rivers, Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Howard City, Big Rapids, Reed City, and Cadillac to Traverse City, with a branch from Cadillac to Manton, Walton Junction, Fife Lake, South Boardman, Kalkaska, Mancelona, Alba, Elmira, Boyne Falls, Walloon Lake and Petoskey.

Division 5. Beginning at the State line south of Niles, Division five. running north through Niles, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Watervliet, also from New Buffalo through Stevensville to St. Joseph, South Haven, Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Whitehall, Shelby, Hart, Pentwater, Ludington, Scottville, Manistee, Traverse City, Elk Rapids, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Pellston, Mackinaw City, with a branch from Scottville to Reed City, Evart, Clare, Midland and Bay City, with a branch

Division six.

Division seven.

Division eight.

Division nine.

Division ten.

laid out.

from Manistee through Arcadia, Frankfort, Empire, Glen
Haven, Leland, Northport, Omena, Sutton's Bay to Traverse
City, with a branch from Muskegon through Holton, Reeman,
Fremont, Wooster, White Cloud, Woodville to Big Rapids.

Division 6. Beginning on Michigan avenue in Detroit, thence running via Wayne, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Jackson, Albion, Marshall, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Paw Paw, Hartford, Watervliet; with a branch from Battle Creek to Hastings to Middleville following the main traveled road on the northerly side of the Thornapple river, to Caledonia to Grand Rapids.

Division 7. Beginning at St. Ignace and running westward to Manistique, Masonville, Gladstone, Escanaba, Spalding, Iron Mountain, Crystal Falls, Iron River, Watersmeet, Bessemer to Ironwood; with a branch from Spalding to Menominee; also a branch from St. Ignace to same point north of St. Ignace, thence through Pickford to Sault Ste. Marie, over a route to be designated by the State Highway Commissioner.

Division 8. Beginning at Escanaba and running northerly to Marquette, thence to Negaunee, Ishpeming, Michigamme, L'Anse, Baraga, Houghton to Calumet, to Eagle River, with a branch line from Houghton to Ontonagon.

Division 9. Beginning at the city limits of Detroit on Grand River avenue, and running northwesterly to Redford, Farmington, New Hudson, Brighton, Howell, Fowlerville, Webberville, Williamston, East Lansing, Lansing, Grand Ledge, Portland and Ionia, with a branch running westerly through Mulliken, Sunfield, Lake Odessa, then westerly to Grand Rapids.

Division 10. Beginning at Ann Arbor, running to Whitmore Lake, Hamburg, Lakeland, Pinckney, Anderson, Gregory, Stockbridge and connecting with the main line at or near Proviso, how Mason: Provided, That the above designated trunk line highways not heretofore established or as such trunk lines are changed by the provisions of this act, or such additional trunk line highways as may be necessary to close gaps in important main highways, portions of which have been established under the provisions of this act, or to give each county its full quota of trunk line mileage, either as main lines or branches from the main lines, may be laid out as follows, to-wit: Upon petition of any county through its board of county road commissioners in counties under the county road system, or through its board of supervisors in other counties, or upon his own action, the State Highway Commissioner shall make preliminary surveys and such other investigations as he shall deem necessary of one or more routes for State reward trunk line highways, through such county. After an investigation, and within a reasonable time, the State Highway Commissioner shall submit to the county road commissioners, boards of supervisors, good roads district commis

Maps and estimates.

commissioner to decide.

sioners or township boards as the case may be, maps showing feasible routes and approximate estimates of cost of building over each of said routes, and thereupon the said board shall decide upon one of the said routes which shall then be known as a part of the State reward trunk line highway system. Should said board fail to decide upon a route within a When state reasonable time, the State Highway Commissioner shall then designate the route and such route so designated shall then be known as and become a part of the State reward trunk line highway system. The trunk line highway routes within said county shall be such as shall afford a junction with that part of the State reward trunk line highway system established. projected, or capable of projection in an adjoining county. The maximum number of miles of trunk line highway which may receive triple reward in any county shall be computed by multiplying the number of surveyed townships by three, fractional townships to be computed pro rata.

Maximum of

triple reward.

Notice of

arrange

ments, etc.

for reward.

SEC. 3. Whenever any county, good roads district or township shall file notice with the State Highway Department through its proper officers that arrangements have been made or sufficient funds raised to improve three miles or more of road which is a part of the State reward trunk line highway system previously established according to the provisions of this act, and shall ask for survey, plans and specifications, and shall make application for State reward under provisions of Application this act, it shall be the duty of the State Highway Commissioner to enter such application and cause the road to be surveyed and have plans and specifications prepared. When any county under the county road system, or good roads district or township shall build two miles or more of such road, the same shall be inspected by an engineer under the directions of the State Highway Commissioner, and if found to be up to the required standard, shall be entitled to and paid triple Triple state the legal State reward as provided and specified in chapter five, act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended or as may hereafter Proviso. be amended: Provided, however, That in no case shall the State pay more than one-half the cost of any road or roads under the provisions of this act.

Approved April 10, 1919.

reward.

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