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SEC. 8. Said licenses, coupons and stubs shall be in the following form:

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in the margin of this license in his own handwriting,
or who has made oath before me that he cannot
write, has filed with me the affidavit required by
law for a hunter's license, stating therein that he
is a non-resident citizen, resident citizen, as the
case may be, of the state of .....
of ...
his age is
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and his postoffice address is..

county

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.... years, the color of his hair and the color of his eyes is.... That he has paid me the sum of..... lars for his license and is authorized to hunt for, and kill with firearms, one male deer, but only at the times and places and in the manner provided by law. Dated ....

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This coupon authorizes any person named in said license to ship one male deer, or part thereof, to any point in Michigan, but this coupon must accompany it.

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Transporting

deer.

Color of hair...... Amount received $.....

SEC. 9. It shall not be lawful for any railroad company, express company, boat or other transportation company to transport any deer or part of a deer from one place to another in this state unless the shipper shall produce his license as provided in this act and sign and detach one coupon

therefrom and attach the same to such deer or part thereof offered for shipment, in the presence of the shipping agent, and if he cannot write he shall sign by his mark, which agent shall sign such coupon as a witness and such coupon shall accompany said deer or part thereof to its destination: Pro- Proviso. vided, That any person killing any deer shall immediately after killing same, attach the self sealing metal tag or seal which contains the number of license held by such person, to the head of such deer in a secure and permanent manner and no deer shall be offered for shipment, shipped or received for shipment by transportation companies unless this metal license tag shall be attached to such deer when presented for shipment and the coupon herein provided for attached in the presence of the shipping agent as required by this section: Provided further, That no person, corporation or transporta- Further tion company shall receive for transportation or have in proviso. possession at the initial billing station, the carcass or dead body of a deer after forty-eight hours immediately following the closing of the time when the killing of deer is authorized by law: Provided further, That it shall be unlawful Further for any transportation company to accept for shipment a doe, fawn or any deer from which the evidence of the sex has been removed. SEC. 10. Any person found hunting any deer protected by Refusal to the laws of this state with any kind of firearms and who shall refuse to show his license herein provided for, to any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, game warden, deputy game warden or county game warden on demand or any person who shall sell, loan, give or in any manner transfer said license to another person or attach or allow to be attached the coupon or seal of his license to any deer or part thereof, except such as he may have lawfully killed himself, shall be deemed and held to be guilty of violating the provisions of this section in addition to violating any of the other provisions of this act and may be fined upon conviction as provided in section thirteen of this act.

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show license, penalty for.

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SEC. 11. Any person who shall procure a license under the Procuring provisions of this act by false swearing shall be guilty of per- lawfully. jury and any person who shall use any coupon more than once or who shall remove or wilfully destroy any coupon while attached to a deer or part thereof after it has reached its destination shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this act. Any county clerk, deputy county clerk or deputy game and fish warden who shall issue a license under the provisions of this act without receiving the amount of money herein provided for, who shall accept the fee without issuing the license as provided for in this act or who shall refuse or neglect to pay over any money received for the services as herein required, shall be guilty of violating the provisions of this act and shall be personally liable for the amount of money collected for such licenses.

Not to sell. Proviso, permit.

Penalties.

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SEC. 12. Deer killed under the provisions of this act may not be bought or sold: Provided, That deer heads and skins, green or mounted, may be transported or sold either within or without this state under a permit issued by the State Game, Fish and Forest Fire Commissioner. Application for such permit must specify the number of the hunting license under which the deer was killed and such other information as may be required. No person shall have in possession more than thirty days after the close of the deer hunting season any deer or part thereof.

SEC. 13. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall upon conviction for the first offense be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and for the second or any subsequent offense charged as such in the complaint, shall be punished by a fine not more than one hundred twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one hundred days or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and in all cases where a fine and imprisonment are imposed, the sentence shall provide that if the fine and costs are not paid at the time such imprisonment expires, the person serving out such sentence shall be further detained in jail until such fine and costs are paid, for any period stated: Provided, That the whole term of such imprisonment shall not exceed six months. Approved April 28, 1921.

Title and section amended.

[No. 94.]

AN ACT to amend the title and section one of act number one hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to permit the spearing of suckers, redsides, mullet, carp and grass pike, from March first to May first, with or without the aid of jack or other artificial light, in the waters of the St. Joseph, White Pigeon and Fawn rivers in St. Joseph county.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The title and section one of act number one hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to permit the spearing of suckers, redsides, mullet, carp and grass pike, from March first to May first, with or without the aid of jack or other artificial light, in the waters of the St. Joseph river in the counties of

Branch and St. Joseph, and the waters of the White Pigeon and Fawn rivers in St. Joseph county," are hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE.

An Act to permit the spearing of suckers, redsides, mullet and carp from March first to May first, both inclusive, in the waters of the St. Joseph and Prairie rivers in the counties of Branch and St. Joseph, and the waters of the White Pigeon and Fawn rivers in St. Joseph county.

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SEC. 1. Hereafter it shall be lawful to take by means of a Unlawful to spear, with or without the aid of jack or other artificial light, tain rivers. suckers, redsides, mullet and carp, from March first to May first, both inclusive, in each year, in the waters of the St. Joseph and Prairie rivers in the counties of Branch and St. Joseph, and the waters of the White Pigeon and Fawn rivers in St. Joseph county.

Approved April 28, 1921.

[No. 95.]

AN ACT providing for the maintenance, expenditure, renewal and regulation of a revolving fund for the construction of drains.

The People of the State of Michigan endct:

posal of.

SECTION 1. All surplus drain funds now in the hands of Surplus drain funds, disthe county treasurers of this state to the credit of a particular drain shall be by them paid into a revolving fund to be disposed of in such manner as is herein provided.

SEC. 2. The amounts of money constituting the said "re How used. volving fund" may be used for the purpose of employing all the necessary assistance for the laying out and surveying of a drain, for the purchase of all necessary supplies and for the payment of all sums owing for the construction of drains: Provided, That no sums shall be paid from this "revolving Proviso. fund" for construction work until the full time allowed taxpayers for appeal under the law shall have elapsed.

fund separate account.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the county treasurers of Revolving the various counties of this state to carry as a separate account upon the books of their office said "revolving fund" and all accounts and items pertaining thereto. A record shall be kept of the amount of money transferred from any particular drain fund and upon the payment of the taxes assessed for any particular drain, money so received shall be credited to the various drain funds in amounts equal to the sums expended from such particular drain funds.

Deposit of.

Interest.

SEC. 4. The said "revolving fund" shall be deposited in the bank offering the highest rate of interest on daily balances, final determination to be made by the board of supervisors of the particular county. The interest so received shall be paid into the "revolving fund" and then further credited to the particular drains in such ratio as the fund of the particular drain bears to the total sum drawing interest. Approved April 28, 1921.

Section amended.

Apportionment of cost.

[No. 96.]

AN ACT to amend section seventeen of act number fiftynine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways; for the levying, spreading and collecting of taxes and of special assessments therefor; to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations and limitations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers with reference thereto; and to validate certain proceedings heretofore taken," being section four thousand six hundred eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number one hundred seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section seventeen of act number fifty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways; for the levying, spreading and collecting of taxes and of special assessments therefor; to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations and limitations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers with reference thereto; and to validate certain proceedings heretofore taken," being section four thousand eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number one hundred seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 17. The county road commissioners or the State Highway Commissioner shall apportion the per cent of the total cost of construction of such improvement, which the county at large shall be liable to pay by reason of the benefit to the public convenience and welfare, and as a means of improving the highway, and shall apportion the per cent of the cost of the construction of such improvement for the same reasons that any township traversed or benefited thereby

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