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(2049.) SECTION 1. Any person who was a fireman in any incor- Exemption of porated city or village in this State on the sixth day of February, militia duty, etc. one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, or at any time thereafter, and who shall have served for the term of seven years from that time, or from the time of his appointment, if appointed since that time, and every person who may hereafter be appointed a fireman in any such city or village, and serve as such fireman, shall, during the time of such service, be exempted from serving as a juror in any of the courts of this State, from the payment of any tax assessed against his person for labor on highways, and from the performance of all militia duty; and any fireman who shall serve a term of seven years shall forever thereafter be exempt from all militia duty, except in cases of invasion or insurrection.'

(2050.) SEC. 2. It shall be lawful for the qualified voters of any such city or village, at their annual election of officers thereof, to authorize the common council, or other corporate board of such city or village, to raise a sufficient sum to pay each fireman therein the sum of five dollars; and thereupon such sum shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the other contingent expenses of such city or village are levied and collected.

As amended by "An Act to amend section one, chapter forty-eight, title nine, of the Revised Statutes of 1816," approved January 24, 1953. Laws of 1853, p. 12.

Moneys may be pensate firemen.

raised to com

Payment of compensation.

Record to be kept by recorder or clerk.

Certificate of service.

Taxes for purchasing and re

(2051.) SEC. 3. Upon such provision being made for the payment of firemen, as provided in the preceding section, each fireman who shall produce a certificate from the foreman of his company, countersigned by the chief engineer of the fire department of such eity or village, stating that he has well and faithfully performed his duties as such fireman during the year then next preceding, shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of such city or village the said sum of five dollars as a compensation for his services.

(2052.) SEC. 4. The recorder or clerk of every such city or village shall keep an accurate record, in a book to be provided for that purpose, of the name, occupation, and residence of every fireman of such city or village, together with the date of his appointment, and a designation of the company to which he is attached; and whenever any fireman shall resign or be removed, it shall be so entered upon such record; and the appointment, resignation, or removal of every fireman shall also be entered on the minutes of the common council or other corporate board.

(2053.) SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the recorder or clerk of such city or village to deliver to every fireman who shall have served during the said term of seven years, as provided in this chapter, a certificate to that effect, signed by himself and the mayor of such city, or president of such village; which certificate shall be received as evidence in any of the courts of this State.

(2054.) SEC. 6. It shall be lawful for the common council or pairing engines. other corporate board of each incorporated city or village, to levy and collect, by a tax upon all the taxable real and personal property within the limits thereof, in the manner prescribed in the charter of such city or village for the collection of taxes therein, such sums as may be necessary for the purchasing and repairing of fireengines and other fire apparatus, and for defraying all other necessary expenses of the fire department thereof.

Fire companies laws, etc.

(2055.) SEC. 7. Every fire company shall have power to make may make by such by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, for their government and discipline, and to prescribe such penalties for the violation thereof, not exceeding five dollars for any one offense, as they may deem necessary to the efficient accomplishment of the object of their organization; and they may sue for and collect such penalties in the name of the common council, or other corporate board of the city or village to which they belong.

Fire engines exempted from execution.

(2056.) SEC. 8. All fire-engines, and apparatus requisite for, and ordinarily used by fire companies in the extinguishment of fires,

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which are now owned, or which may hereafter be purchased and owned, by any incorporated city or village, and kept for the use of any fire companies therein, and all water-works, with the buildings, machinery, and fixtures, and the ground occupied thereby, now owned, or which may hereafter be purchased and owned, by any incorporated city or village, and used or intended to be used for 1843, p. 19, Sec. the supplying of water for the extinguishment of fires and the use 1844, p. 76, Sec. of the inhabitants, shall be and are hereby exempted from levy or sale for any debt, damages, fine, or amercement whatever.

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CHAPTER LXII.

CERTAIN MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS OF POLICE.

Chapter Forty-nine of Revised Statutes of 1846.

THEATRICAL EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC SHOWS.

etc., may license

bitions.

(2057.) SECTION 1. The township board of any township, or the Township board, corporate board of any village, may, at any meeting held for that shows and exhipurpose, license theatrical exhibitions, public shows, and such other exhibitions as they deem proper, to which admission is obtained on payment of money, upon such terms and conditions as they shall think reasonable, and may regulate the same in such manner as they shall think necessary for the preservation of order and decorum, and to prevent any danger to the public peace; but no such license shall be in force for a longer time than the officers granting the same shall have been elected to office.

setting up shows

(2058.) SEC. 2. Any person who shall set up or promote any Punishment for such exhibition or show, or shall publish or advertise the same, or without license. otherwise aid or assist therein, without a license first obtained, as provided in the preceding section, or contrary to the terms and

conditions of such license, or while the same is suspended, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Inhabitants of townships, etc.,

lations in rela

GUNPOWDER.

(2059.) SEC. 3. The inhabitants of every township or incorpormay make regu- ated village may, at any regular meeting, order that no gunpowder tion to keeping. shall be kept in any place within the limits of such township or village, unless the same shall be kept in tight casks or canisters ; and that no gunpowder above the quantity of fifty pounds, shall be kept or deposited in any shop, store, or other building, or in any ship or vessel, which shall be within the distance of twentyfive rods from any other building, or from any wharf; that no gunpowder above the quantity of twenty-five pounds shall be kept or deposited in any shop, store, or other building, within ten rods of any other building; and that no gunpowder above the quantity of one pound shall be kept or deposited in any shop, store, or other building, within ten rods of any other building, unless the same shall be well secured in copper, tin, or brass canisters, holding not exceeding five pounds each, and closely covered with copper, brass, or tin covers.

When searchwarrant may be issued.

Forfeiture for violating two

tions.

(2060.) SEC. 4. Upon complaint made on oath to any justice of the peace, by any township or village officer, that he has probable cause to suspect that gunpowder is deposited or kept within the limits of the township or village; contrary to any such order, such justice may issue his warrant, directed to any constable of such township, or the marshal of such village, ordering him to enter any shop, store, or other building, or vessel specified in said warrant, and there to make diligent search for the gunpowder suspected to have been deposited or kept as aforesaid, and to make return of his doings to such justice forthwith.

(2061.) SEC. 5. If any person shall commit either of the offenses precoding sec- mentioned in the two preceding sections, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars; but the two preceding sections shall not extend to any manufactory of gunpowder, nor in any case prevent the transportation thereof through any township, or from one part of any township to another part thereof.

Regulations by township, etc.,

DOGS.

(2062.) SEC. 6. The inhabitants of any township or incorporated relating to dogs. village may make such by-laws concerning the licensing, regulating, and restraining of dogs going at large, as they shall deem

expedient, and may affix any penalties, not exceeding ten dollars, for any breach thereof; but no such by-laws shall extend to any dog not owned or kept in such township, and no person shall be obliged to pay more than two dollars annually for any license granted under the provisions of this chapter.

for licenses to

(2063.) SEC. 7. All money received for the several licenses men- Moneys received tioned in this chapter, shall be paid to the treasurer, for the use of be paid to treasthe township or village as the case may be.

SEC. 8, 9.1

urer.

An Act for the protection of sheep and other domestic animals, and for other purposes.

[Approved March 28, 1850. Laws of 1850, p. 155.]

be killed.

(2064.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of when dogs may Representatives of the State of Michigan, That any person may kill any dog that he may see chasing, worrying, wounding, or killing any sheep, lambs, swine, cattle, or other domestic animal, out of the inclosure or immediate care of the owner or keeper, unless the same be done by. the directions or permission of such owner or keeper; or any dog that may suddenly assault him while he is peaceably walking or riding anywhere out of the inclosure of the owner or keeper of such dog.

dogs killing do

(2065.) SEC. 2. If any dog shall have killed or assisted in killing, Owner liable for wounding, or worrying any sheep, lamb, swine, cattle, or other mestic animals. domestic animal, or that shall assault or bite or otherwise injure any person while traveling the highway, or out of the inclosure of the owner or keeper of such dog, such owner or keeper shall be liable to the owner of such property or person injured in double the amount of damages sustained, to be recovered in an action of trespass, or on the case, and it shall not be necessary, in order to sustain an action, to prove that the owner or keeper knew that such dog was accustomed to do such damage or mischief; and Trial; parties upon the trial of any cause mentioned in this section, the plaintiff and defendant may be examined under oath, touching the matter at issue, and evidence may be given as in other cases; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court by the evidence, that the defendant is justly liable for the damages complained of under the provisions of this act, the court shall render judgment against Judgment. such defendant for double the amount of damages proved, and costs of suit; but in no case shall the plaintiff recover more than five dollars costs.

may be examined

Repealed. See section 1648.

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