[No. 71.] AN ACT for the Protection of Fish in the Waters of Round Lake, located in the Townships of Liberty and Hanover, in the County of Jackson. The People of the State of Michigan enact: catch bass un SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons Unlawful to to take, catch, or attempt to take or catch, any black bass, or der nine inches have found in their possession any black bass under the length in length. of nine inches. Any person who shall catch any black bass in said lake, under nine inches of length, shall return the same to the water without injury to such undersized fish. protected for SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to Certain trout take, catch or attempt to take or catch, any Fingerling lake ve years. trout, for the period of five years from the date of this act, or to have any of the same found in their possession. prohibited. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to Spearing attempt to take or catch fish in the waters of said Round lake, by means of spears, at any time; but it shall be lawful to fish How may use through the ice with set lines. set lines. violation. SEC. 4. Any person offending against the provisions of this Penalty for act shall, on conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 10, 1899. [No. 72.] AN ACT to regulate the width of Bridges, Culverts and all artificial Roadways over Water-Courses in this State. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That there shall be no bridge, culvert or artifi- Lawful width. cial roadway of any kind constructed in any public highway of this State, over any water-course thereof having a roadway of less than sixteen feet in width. certain con SEC. 2. This act shall not annul contracts for the construc- Not to annul tion of roadways mentioned herein made prior to the passage tracts. thereof. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Capital and funds may be invested in bonds, mortgages, etc. [No. 73.] AN ACT to amend section eight of act one hundred thirty-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, being an act entitled "An act relative to the organization and powers of Fire and Marine Insurance Companies transacting business within this State," approved April third, eighteen hundred sixty-nine, the same being section seven thousand two hundred thirty-one of the Cimpiled Laws of eighteen hun; dred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section eight of act number one hundred thirty-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, being an act entitled "An act relative to the organization and powers of fire and marine insurance companies transacting business within this State," approved April third, eighteen hundred sixty-nine, the same being section seven thousand two hundred thirty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 8. It shall be lawful for any fire insurance company organized under this act, or incorporated under any law of this State, to invest its capital, and the funds accumulated in the course of its business, or any part thereof, in bonds and mortgages on encumbered improved real estate within the State of Michigan, worth double the sum loaned thereon, exclusive of buildings, unless such buildings be insured, and the policies endorsed with the loss clause "payable to the mortgagee, as the mortgage interest may appear;" and also in the bonds of this State, or bonds or treasury notes of the United States; and also in the bonds of any county, municipality or school district in this State, authorized to be issued by law; or in the public debt or bonds of any state or city, county, township. village or school district of any state in the United States, which shall have been authorized by the legislature of such state: Provided, That such state or municipality has not, in repudiation by the ten years preceding the time of such investment, repudiated municipality. its debt and failed to pay the same or the interest due thereon, Further proviso or upon any part of such debt: And provided further, That the as to indebted total indebtedness of such county, township, village or school Proviso as to ness. district does not exceed five per cent of the assessed valuation This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 74.] AN ACT to regulate the taking and catching of fish in Great Sauble Lake, commonly known as Hamlin Lake, in Mason county, Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: fish. SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to take, Protection of catch or kill, or attempt to take, catch or kill any fish in Great Sauble lake, commonly known as Hamlin lake, in Mason county, with any kind of spear or grabhook, or by the use of jacks or artificial light of any kind, or by the use of setlines or night lines, or any kind of net, or any kind of firearms or explosive, or any other service except the hook and line. violation. SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Penalty for act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the common jail of Mason county not to exceed sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 75.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number two hundred twenty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, as amended by section one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as amended by sections one and two of act number two hundred sixtyfive of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to prevent crime and punish truancy," being compiler's section nine thousand three hundred fifteen c, and nine thousand three hundred fifteen d, of chapter three hundred thirty-two, of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, being section eleven thousand seven hundred sixty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. That section two of act number two hundred Section twenty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, as amended by section one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as amended by sections one and two of act number two hundred sixty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to prevent crime and punish truancy," being com Who to make complaint. Term of sentence. Proviso as to approval of sentence. piler's section nine thousand three hundred fifteen c, and nine thousand three hundred fifteen d, of chapter three hundred thirty-two, of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan, being section eleven thousand seven hundred sixty-six of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. Upon the complaint upon oath and in writing made before any justice of the peace, police justice or other criminal magistrate, by the parent or guardian, or other person knowing of the facts of his own knowledge, that any girl between the age of ten and seventeen years, or that any boy between the age of ten and sixteen years, or by the supervisor of any township, or mayor of any city, or president of any village, and in any city of over eight thousand population by the chief of police, mayor, or other person knowing of the facts of his own knowledge, that such minor has been guilty of any of the acts specified in section one of this act, such justice of the peace, police justice or other criminal magistrate, shall issue a warrant for the arrest of such minor, and upon conviction such minor, if a boy, may be sentenced by such justice of the peace, police justice or criminal magistrate, to the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing, and if a girl, to the Industrial Home for Girls at Adrian, boys until eighteen years of age, and girls until twenty-one years of age, unless sooner discharged according to law: Provided, That no person or persons shall be sent to the said Industrial School for Boys or to the Industrial Home for Girls until the sentence therein has been submitted to and approved by one of the judges of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, or judge of the superior court of the city of Grand Rapids, or any circuit judge or probate judge of the county in which such conviction shall be had. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 11, 1899. Unlawful to ride or drive vehicles, etc.. upon sidewalks. Proviso. [No. 76.] AN ACT to protect Side-Walks and Side-Paths, and to provide a Penalty for its Violation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, wilfully to ride or drive any vehicle other than bicycles or tricycles, cattle, horse, sheep, swine or other animal upon and along the side-paths and side-walks, whether constructed by private persons or public authority for the use of pedestrians and bicyclists, in the public highways and roads of this State, outside of incorporated cities and villages: Provided, Such paths and side-walks to be protected by the provisions of this viso. act shall be on only one side of any roadway and in some manner separated and distinguished from the main traveled part of the highway: And provided further, That the location Further proof such path or paths shall first have been determined by the commissioner of highways or the county road commissioner, such determination to be filed in the office of the township clerk or the clerk of the county, as the case may be: Provided Further profurther, That persons feeling themselves aggrieved at the decision of said highway commissioner shall have the right to appeal from his decision to the township board in the same manner as now provided by law in laying out and constructing highways. viso. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, wilfully to Unlawful to injure or destroy, or render impassable or dangerous for wilfully injure pedestrians or persons riding bicycles, any side-path or walk as described in section one of this act. side-walks, etc. upon highway. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully to place Unlawful to upon the surface of any such public street or highway in this place glass. etc. State, or upon any side-walk or path appurtenant thereto, any glass, metal, stones, earthenware or other substance of a nature likely to cause injury to travelers, pedestrians, carriages, bicycles or other vehicles used on said road, or which are of a nature likely to wound, disable or injure any horse or other animal, or to cut, injure or puncture any pneumatic tire: Provided, Nothing contained in this section shall be so Proviso. construed as to prohibit the public authorities from using any usual or proper means in the improvement of roads and high ways. considered part SEC. 4. Whenever any such side-path or walk is con- When side-path structed less than twelve feet from the center of the highway, of highway. it shall be considered as part of such highway. No side-path or walk within the meaning of this act shall exceed five feet in Width of sidepath. width. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent any person from driving across said paths or walks for the purpose of entering private property. lation. SEC. 5. Any person found guilty of a violation of this act Penalty for shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars for each offense, together with costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court; and shall further be liable in an action to any person who shall suffer injury to his person or property by reason of such violation of the provisions of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |