Furlough. Acts repealed. to a leave of absence of one day of twenty-four hours off SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or con- Section amended. Laws to remain in force. Proviso, number, jurisdiction and salary of justices. [No. 82.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-eight of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," approved June two, nineteen hundred nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty-eight of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 28. In all cities now organized, which may hereafter amend or revise their charters under the provisions of this act, all of the provisions of the present law, whether general or special, applying to any such city relating to the qualifications, term of office, powers, jurisdiction, duties and compensation of justices of the peace and constables therein, and the conduct of all proceedings, suits and prosecutions before such justices of the peace and appeals therefrom, and all laws creating municipal courts and the proceedings thereof in any such city, shall remain in full force and effect, except as to the time and manner of nomination and elections of judges, justices and court officers: Provided, That any city may in its charter provide for and limit to one or more the number of justices of the peace and may provide that the civil jurisdiction of such justice or justices shall be increased to five hundred dollars with such exceptions and restrictions as are provided by law; and may also in its charter, or by ordinance, provide that any justice of the peace shall be paid a salary in lieu of fees, the amount of said salary to be fixed by said charter or ordinance, in which case all fees chargeable by such justice of the peace shall be collected by him and shall be forthwith paid into the city treasury. Approved April 27, 1915. [No. 83.] AN ACT to amend section three of act twenty-two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks," being compiler's section eight thousand eighty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as last amended by act eighteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section three of act twenty-two of the Public Section Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks," being compiler's section eight thousand eighty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as last amended by act eighteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: where filed. value of SEC. 3. A copy of said articles of association together with Articles, the charter and constitution of the grand lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, shall be filed with the Secretary of State; and thereupon the persons who have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed Body in such articles of association, and by that name they and corporate. their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable to purchase, take, receive, hold and enjoy to them and their successors estates, real and personal, including a lodge house or temple suitable to their needs, objects and purposes, of suing and being sued, and to have a common seal, which may be altered or changed at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real and personal Proviso, estate shall not exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dol- real estate. lars, and that they and their successors shall have power to give, grant, sell, lease, mortgage, demise and dispose of said real and personal estate or part thereof at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents and incomes may be devoted in furtherance of the corporate powers, needs, objects and purposes. Said corporation shall have full power Rules, regulations, to make and establish rules, regulations and by-laws, for etc. regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation not repugnant to, or inconsistent with the constitution, rules and edicts of the grand lodge of the order, or the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United Officers. States, and to elect and appoint from its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand lodge of the order: Pro- Further vided further. That lodges organized under said act twenty- lodge trustees. two of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, as proviso, amended, having a membership of one thousand or more shall have a board of five trustees. One trustee shall be elected annually for the term of five years, except that at the first election after this act goes into effect five trustees shall be elected, one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years and one for five years. Approved April 27, 1915. Appropriations for 1916. Purposes. Proviso. payment into general fund. Further proviso, limit of expenditure. Proviso, joint appropriation. [No. 84.] AN ACT to provide appropriations for the State Board of Geological Survey for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Geological Survey for the fiscal year ending June thirty. nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars for purposes and by amounts as follows: For a continuance of the geological survey of the State, as authorized by act number sixty-five of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, and a continuance of the biological survey of the plants and animals of the State, as authorized by act number two hundred fifty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, and for the collection and distribution of statistics of mineral production, as authorized by act number seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, and for the purpose of assisting the Board of State Tax Commissioners in making appraisals for the purpose of assessment for taxation of mines and mineral lands, ten thousand dollars; for the continuance of the topographical survey of the State with the United State geological survey, in accordance with act number two hundred fifty-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, however, That in case the United States government fails to provide an amount for topographical survey, then the amounts provided by this act for that purpose shall be paid into and become a part of the general fund of the State treasury: Provided further, That in no case shall a greater portion of said appropriation be expended for said purpose than the sum so appropriated and expended by the United States geological survey. For a relocation, establishment and imperishable monumenting of the boundary between Michigan and Ohio, three thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That the state of Ohio shall jointly with Michigan bear an equal share of the cost thereof, otherwise no portion of the appropriation herewith made shall be expended for said joint boundary survey. tion for 1917. SEC. 2. A further sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is Appropriahereby appropriated for said board for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, for purposes and by amounts as follows: For a continuance of the geological Purposes. survey of the State, as authorized by act number sixty-five of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, and a continuance of the biological survey of the plants and animals of the State, as authorized by act number two hundred fifty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, and for the collection and distribution of statistics of mineral production, as authorized by act number seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, and for the purpose of assisting the Board of State Tax Commissioners in making appraisals for purpose of assessment for taxation of mines and mineral lands, ten thousand dollars; for the continuance of the topographical survey of the State with the United States geological survey, in accordance with act number two hundred fifty-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, however, That in Proviso, case the United States government fails to provide an amount payment into for topographical survey, then the amounts provided by this act for that purpose shall be paid into and become a part of the general fund of the State treasury: Provided further, Further proviso, That in no case shall a greater portion of said appropria- limit of aption be expended for said purpose than the sum so appropriated and expended by the United States geological survey. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid out. this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. general fund. propriation. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of twentyeight thousand six hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which amounts, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Unlawful entry upon pri [No. 85.] AN ACT to provide for the protection from disturbance of fur-bearing animals kept in captivity for breeding purposes and prescribing penalties for violations. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any person or persons who, without the convate grounds. sent of the owner or caretaker of a ranch or enclosure where Idem. Dog may be killed. Proviso, not muzzled or accom panied. Penalty. fur-bearing animals are kept in captivity for breeding pur poses, shall approach or enter upon the private grounds of the owner or owners of the said animals within which the pens or dens of the said animals are located, and upon the fence or enclosure of which notices forbidding trespassing on the said premises are kept posted, so as to be plainly discernible at distance of not less than twenty-five yards, shall be guilty of an offense and liable to the penalty hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who at any time hereafter, in any part of the State of Michigan, without the consent of the owner or caretaker of any enclosure within which furbearing animals are kept for breeding purposes, and on the fence of which enclosure are kept posted notices forbidding trespassing on the premises where the said animals are kept, and plainly discernible at a distance of not less than twentyfive yards therefrom, shall pass within the said fence or such enclosure or climb over, break or cut through the same for the purposes of entering the said enclosure, or for any other purpose whatsoever, shall be guilty of an offense and liable to the penalty hereinafter provided. SEC. 3. Any owner or caretaker may kill any dog found wandering within forty feet of any enclosure in which furbearing animals are kept, and there giving tongue or otherwise terrifying such animals: Provided, That the dog so killed is neither muzzled nor accompanied by the owner or by a person having charge or care of such dog. SEC. 4. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved April 27, 1915. |