township officers," as last amended by act number two hundred sixty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: of township SEC. 95. The following township officers shall be entitled Compensation to compensation at the following rates for each day actually officers. and necessarily devoted by them to the service of the township in the duties of their respective offices, to be verified by affidavit, whenever required by the township boards; First, The officers composing the township boards, board of registration, board of health, inspectors of election, clerks of the poll and commissioners of highways, three dollars per day, and at the same rate for parts of days; Second, The supervisor for taking the assessment and, for all services not connected with above boards, three dollars per day and at the same rate for parts of days; Third, The township clerk, as clerk of the board of commissioners of highways and of the township board, three dollars per day and at the same rate for parts of days, but no township officer shall be entitled to pay for acting in more than one capacity at the same time. SEC. 2. Act number two hundred sixty of the Public Acts Act repealed. of nineteen hundred eleven, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Approved May 17, 1915. [No. 249.] AN ACT to amend sections two, three, five, six, seven and nine of act number two hundred sixty-eight of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act numher three hundred twenty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, the same being "An act to regulate and license the use of firearms in hunting for and killing deer, protected by the laws of this State and providing a penalty for its violation." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections two, three, five, six, seven and nine of Sections, act number two hundred sixty-eight of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number three hundred twenty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, the same being "An act to regulate and license the use of firearms in hunting for and killing deer protected by the laws of this State and providing a penalty for its violation," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. Any citizen or any alien who has declared his in- Who may tention to become a citizen before any authority competent by license. procure Affidavit to be filed. Fee. Non-resident of state. Alien resident. Fee. Who to issue licenses. Record of licenses issued. Proviso, when issued. law to accept such declaration who has been a bona fide resident of this State for six months then last past may procure a deer hunter's license and seal or seals for himself, by filing his affidavit with the clerk of the county where he resides or with the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden or any of his deputies stating his name, age, place of residence, post office address, the color of his hair and eyes and the fact of whether he can or can not write his own name, that he will not sell, loan, give or in any manner transfer said license to another person, that he will not attach or allow to be attached the accompanying coupon or seal to any deer or part thereof except such as he may have lawfully killed himself and paying to said person to whom he shall apply for such license and seal the sum of one dollar and fifty cents. SEC. 3. Any non-resident of this State may procure a deer hunter's license and seal or seals by filing his affidavit with the clerk of the county or any of the counties in which he proposes to hunt, or with the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden or one of his deputies, and any alien resident of this State not having declared his intention to become a citizen of this State may procure a hunter's license by filing his affidavit with the clerk of the county in which he resides or with the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden or any of his deputies, in which affidavit the applicant shall state his name, age, place of residence, post office address, the color of his hair and eyes, and the county or counties in which he proposes to hunt and the fact of whether he can or can not write his own name, that he will not sell, loan, give or in any manner transfer said license to another person, that he will not attach or allow to be attached the accompanying coupon or seal to any deer or part thereof, except such as he may have lawfully killed himself and paying to said person to whom he shall apply for such license and seal the sum of twenty-five dollars. SEC. 5. County clerks and the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden and his deputies shall issue licenses under the seal of their office to all persons herein mentioned, complying with the provisions of this act and shall sign the same and each coupon attached thereto and shall require the person to whom the license is issued to sign his name in the margin thereof, and if such applicant shall not be able to write he shall certify such fact in the margin and have him sign by his mark and shall fill out correctly and preserve the blank stubs attached thereto. They shall keep a correct and complete record of all licenses issued by them in a book to be furnished by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, which record shall remain in the office of the county clerk or the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, as the case may be and be open to the inspection of the public at all times: Provided. however, That no license provided for in this act shall be issued to any person earlier than twenty days immediately preceding the date fixed by law for the opening of the deer hunting season. of balance. warded to state treasurer. retained, SEC. 6. Such county clerk shall retain for his own use, out Fee of clerk. of the moneys received for each license issued the sum of twenty-five cents, which shall cover the swearing of the applicant to the affidavit herein referred to, and all other services under this act, and shall pay the balance to the county treas- Disposition urer of his county on the fifteenth day of December of each year, specifying separately the amount thereof received for licenses issued to resident citizens, resident aliens who have declared their intentions as aforesaid, non-residents and other resident aliens. Said county treasurer shall forthwith for- To be forward to the State Treasurer all sums of money received by him for non-resident licenses twenty dollars of each license fee received by him for alien licenses and one dollar of each license fee received by him for licenses issued to resident citizens and resident aliens who have declared their intention as aforesaid, and the balance he shall hold in his hands to be used as hereinafter provided. The amount remaining in the hands of the Amount county treasurer shall be paid out upon orders of the board how paid out. of supervisors, but only for services rendered by sheriffs, constables, deputy game wardens and county game wardens, in enforcing the game and fish laws of this State in said county. All moneys to be retained by the county treasurer under the When moneys provisions of this section against which orders have not been paid to state drawn by the board of supervisors, shall be paid into the State treasury at the expiration of one year after the year in which the license was issued. Deputy game, and fish wardens Fees of deputies. who do not receive a salary from the State shall retain for their services in taking affidavit and issuing licenses, twentyfive cents, and shall return the balance of each license sold to Disposition the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden and all moneys received from the sale of licenses by any other deputy game and fish wardens and the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden together with the amount received from deputies, after deducting twenty-five cents, as herein provided, shall be de- Deposit posited in the office of the State Treasurer on the first day of each month. So much of said moneys as is paid into the State treasury shall be paid out by the Auditor General upon his warrant, but only in payment for services rendered by the How paid out. State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden and his deputies as allowed by law for such services, and the necessary traveling expenses in enforcing the game and fish laws of this State, upon itemized bills duly certified by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden and allowed by the Board of State Auditors, whose duty it shall be to audit and allow the same. treasury. of balance. with state treasurer. seals, how SEC. 7. The licenses and seals herein provided for shall be Licenses and provided by and furnished to the different county clerks and provided. deputy game and fish wardens, by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, and the license and coupon shall be printed on the best tag board with coupon properly eyeletted. Licenses for resident citizens and resident aliens who have Colors of declared their intention as aforesaid shall be white, and licenses. licenses for non-residents and other resident aliens shall be Permit to ship deer. Licenses, how bound. licenses. Metal tag or seal. yellow; upon the back of one of the non-resident license coupons or stubs, shall be printed a permit to ship one deer out of the State, which shall be authority for transportation companies to receive deer for such shipment outside of the State, when number of such license stub corresponds with the number on metal seal attached to said deer as hereinafter provided for; each class of licenses shall be separately bound in book form in such quantity as shall be decided upon by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden and shall be numbered conAffidavits for secutively. The State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden shall also prepare and print blank affidavits for such licenses and shall bind the same in book form in such quantity as he shall decide upon, which affidavits shall be numbered consecutively and correspond in number and color with the licenses. The State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden shall also provide a self sealing metal tag or seal which shall be numbered consecutively and correspond in number with the license and affidavits and which shall be furnished to all persons authorized to issue licenses under the provisions of this act which seal shall bear a corresponding number with that of license and coupon and shall be delivered to each applicant who secures a license to hunt deer under the provisions of this act. The State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden shall deliver to the clerk of each county at least thirty days before the opening of the deer hunting season in each year, as many affidavits, licenses and self sealing metal tags as such clerk shall apply for and shall charge said clerk with the number so issued to him. On the fifteenth day of December of each year and within ten days thereafter each county clerk and each deputy game and fish warden shall return to the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden all unused licenses and affidavits and used stubs, all licenses not issued and all metal seals unused by him with a report of the number of each kind of license issued, amount of money received, amount retained by him as fees and the amount paid over by the county clerk to the county treasurer of his county and the amount turned over to the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden by deputies for each kind of license issued by them. Delivery of affidavits, licenses and tags. Return Transportation. Proviso, attachment of tag. 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: Provided, 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 some part of such deer in a secure and permanent manner and no deer shall be offered for shipment, shipped or received for shipment [No. 250.] AN ACT to authorize the military board of the State of Michigan to exchange sites for armories in certain cases. The People of the State of Michigan enact: how effected. SECTION 1. Whenever a site shall have been deeded to the Exchange, State of Michigan for the erection of an armory at any par ticular place, and thereafter the city, county or any other person, firm, corporation or any combination thereof, wish to deed to the State another site and the military board, after inspection thereof deem that the new site is superior in advantages to the old site it shall be competent for the Auditor General of the State of Michigan upon recommendation of the State Military Board to accept the new site after an examination of the title has been made by the Attorney General, and to deed back the old site to the city, county, person, firm or corporation or combination thereof, that deeds the new site to the State. The provision of this act shall not be construed to apply to any case where the State has already erected an armory and in each case the transfer will be made without any expense to the State. SEC. 2. This act applying to the national guard of the State of Michigan and its preparedness, is hereby declared to be immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety of the State. Approved May 17, 1915. |