[No. 14.] AN ACT to give additional protection to wild birds and animals and game within the state of Michigan, prohibiting the hunting for or capture or killing of such wild birds, or animals, or game, by unnaturalized foreign-born residents, forbidding the ownership or possession of shotgun, or rifle, or pistol, or firearms of any kind, by any unnaturalized foreign-born resident, within the state, and prescribing penalties for violation of its provisions. The People of the State of Michigan enact: certain persons to hunt, etc. SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this act it Unlawful for shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized foreign-born resident to hunt for or capture or kill in this state any wild bird or animals, either game or otherwise, of any description, excepting in defense of person or property; and to that end it Not to own, shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized foreign-born resi- etc., firearms. dent within this state to either own or be possessed of a shotgun, or rifle of any make, or a pistol, or firearms of any kind. Each and every person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars for each offense, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That in addition to the Proviso, forbefore named penalty, all guns or firearms of the before- feiture. mentioned kind, found in possession or under control of an unnaturalized foreign-born resident shall, upon conviction of such person, be declared forfeited to the state of Michigan, and shall be sold by the State Game Commissioner as hereinafter directed. sidered SEC. 2. For the purposes of this act, any unnaturalize] Who conforeign-born person who shall reside or live within the bound- resident. aries of the state of Michigan for ten consecutive days shall be considered a resident, and shall be liable to the penalties imposed for violation of the provisions of this act. what con SEC. 3. That the possession of a shotgun, or rifle, or pistol, Violation, or firearm of any kind, at any place outside of buildings sidered proof within this state by an unnaturalized foreign-born resident, of. shall be conclusive proof of a violation of the provision of section one of this act, and shall render any person convicted thereof liable to the penalty as fixed by said section. SEC. 4. That the presence of a shotgun, or rifle, or pistol, Idem. or firearm of any kind, in a room, or house, or building, or tent, or camp, of any description within this state, occupied or controlled by an unnaturalized foreign-born resident, shall be prima facie evidence that such firearms are owned or controlled by the person occupying or controlling the property Good roads district, formation of. road system adopted. defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," same being section four thousand three hundred thirty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Any two or more organized townships, or any one or more townships, and one or more villages, or one or more townships, and one or more cities, or any combination of townships, villages or cities lying contiguous in any county, are hereby authorized to form themselves into a district to be known as a good roads district, and such district shall operate under the provisions of the county road law, except as herein otherwise provided; but should any county in which a good roads district be formed, afterwards adopt the county road system, such good roads district shall be thereby dissolved excepting for the purpose of completing work then under contract, or for the payment of any bonds that may have been issued, by the return to the district of all moneys assessed in said district for county road taxes when working under the county road system, until all bonds issued by said When county district are retired. In any case where a good roads district has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, dissolved by the adoption of the county road system, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the board of district good roads commissioners, if there are outstanding bonds issued by such district, to certify the amount thereof to the board of supervisors and to the county treasurer. Thereupon the treasurer shall set aside the county road tax that has been or may be collected and received from the townships and cities comprising such district, and shall preserve the same as a special fund out of which the principal and interest of the district road bonds shall be paid, pursuant to the direction of the board of supervisors of the county: Provided, That no amount in excess of the actual indebtedness of the district, plus interest, shall be so set aside by the county treasurer. In case such district shall become so dissolved and come under the county road system, any funds of the good roads district remaining in the county treasury, or thereafter paid therein, to the credit of such good roads district fund shall be returned to the highway funds of the different townships, villages and cities composing such good roads district in the proportion in which the good roads district tax was paid by them for the last preceding year. Proviso. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. shall hear the evidence or determine the guilt or innocence of the party charged. If the accused be convicted of such of Sentence. fense, he shall at the discretion of the court, be sentenced to pay the full penalty prescribed by the section violated, and to pay all costs of prosecution. SEC. 8. This act shall not be construed to repeal act num- Saving clause. ber two hundred seventy-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, or any part thereof, or any amendments thereto. to be issued. SEC. 9. The sheriff of each county in this state upon the When permit recommendation of at least two citizens of the state is hereby authorized to issue a permit to any unnaturalized foreignborn resident to possess firearms, upon a written application being made to him stating the name and address of such applicant and the necessity for such permit. Any permits is- Revocation. sued under this section may be revoked by said sheriff at any time. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county in Duty of the state to furnish the State Game Commissioner with a list of the names of the persons to whom he issues such permits. SEC. 10. This act shall not apply to any soldier or sailor Exemptions. now in the service of the United States, or who has been honorably discharged therefrom, nor to any person holding an unrevoked permit issued as provided for in the preceding section. Approved March 25, 1921. sheriff. [No. 15.] AN ACT prescribing the qualifications for admission to the Home for the widows, wives and mothers of soldiers, sailors and marines established by act number two hundred twelve of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: for admission. SECTION 1. That hereafter the qualifications for admission Qualifications to residence in the Home for the widows, wives and mothers of soldiers, sailors and marines established by act number two hundred twelve of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, shall be as follows: The widow, wife or mother of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine who served in the Mexican war, or the late Civil war, or the Spanish-American war, or in the war in the Philippines, or in the war of the United States against Germany and Austria, or in the Russian Expeditionary Forces, shall be eligible for admission into the said Home: Provided, That in the case Proviso. and canvassing of the ballots, and the certification of the persons elected to the offices for which the election was held. All of the expenses of such election shall be a charge upon the village. Approved March 18, 1921. Sections repealed. [No. 11.] AN ACT to repeal sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine of chapter four of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," same being sections four thousand three hundred seventy-four and four thousand three hundred seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," same being sections four thousand three hundred seventy-four and four thousand three hundred seventy-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 12.] AN ACT to amend section four of chapter four of act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section four of chapter four of act number Section two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred amended. seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," is hereby amended to read as follows: filled. SEC. 4. Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of a judge Vacancy, how of a court of record, the Governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment, and the person appointed shall hold such office until his successor is elected and qualified. At the When elected. next general November election held at least one hundred days after, or biennial spring election held at least sixty days after such vacancy shall occur, a person shall be elected to fill such office and the person elected shall hold the office for the remainder of the unexpired term. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 13.] AN ACT to promote the agricultural interests of the state of Michigan; to create a State Department of Agriculture; to define the powers and duties thereof; to provide for the transfer to and vesting in said department of powers and duties now vested by law in certain other state boards, commissions and officers, and to abolish certain boards, commissions and officers the powers and duties of which are hereby transferred. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby created a State Department of State depart ment of agriAgriculture which shall possess the powers and perform the culture creduties hereinafter granted and conferred. The chief execu- ated. |