such payment such depositor shall notify the bank that the check so paid is forged or raised. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the pro- Repealing visions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 22, 1907. clause. [No. 96.] AN ACT to provide for the lawful taking of cisco fish in the waters of Brown's lake and Vandercook's lake in Jackson county, and to repeal act one hundred fifty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: for cisco fish, other fish. SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any person from Octo- Open season ber fifteenth to December fifteenth, both inclusive, to take with net. cisco fish in the waters of Brown's lake and Vandercook's lake, Jackson county, by means of legal mesh net: Pro- Proviso, vided, That the taking of such fish shall in nowise interfere with or destroy other fish protected under the laws of this State: Provided further, That the meshes in said nets au- Further thorized to be used under the provisions of this act shall in no case be less than one and one-half inches. Any cisco fish Sale, unlawful. lawfully taken in Brown's lake or Vandercook's lake between the dates hereinbefore provided may be retained by the person or persons so taking them, but shall not be sold or offered for sale. proviso. SEC. 2. Act one hundred fifty-nine of the public acts of Act repealed. nineteen hundred five is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 97.] AN ACT to provide for the establishment of a department of veterinary science at the Michigan Agricultural College. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of veterinary SECTION 1. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby au- Department thorized and empowered to establish a department at the science. Michigan Agricultural College, to be known as the department of veterinary science. tions, tutors, Accommoda- SEC. 2. The said State Board of Agriculture may provide apparatus, etc. suitable accommodations for class and demonstrating rooms; may appoint such professors of veterinary science and such tutors, demonstrators and other instructors as may from time to time be necessary; may furnish all necessary apparatus and appliances for the study of veterinary science; may prescribe and regulate the course of study; may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary, and may grant to each student satisfactorily completing the prescribed course of study a diploma and confer upon each such student the degree of "Doctor of Veterinary Science." Approved May 22, 1907. Degree. Section amended. Compensation of certain township officers. [No. 98.] AN ACT to amend section ninety-five of chapter eighty-one, being compiler's section two thousand three hundred seventy-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, the same being an act defining the powers and duties of townships, and election and duties of township officers. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section ninety-five of chapter eighty-one, being compiler's section two thousand three hundred seventy-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being an act defining the powers and duties of townships, and election and duties of township officers, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 95. The following township officers shall be entitled to compensation at the following rates, for each day actually 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, commissioners of highways and school inspectors, one dollar and fifty cents 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, of the township board, and of the board of school inspectors, one dollar and fifty cents 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 increase of capacity at the same time: Provided, That at any annual Proviso, as to township meeting, the electors of the township may, by a compensation. majority vote of those present and voting, increase the compensation of any or all of the officers mentioned in this section, excepting as above provided for the supervisor, to a sum not to exceed two dollars per day. Approved May 22, 1907. [No. 99.] AN ACT making appropriations for the West Michigan State Fair Association for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the use of Appropriation. the West Michigan State Fair Association for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of five thousand dollars; and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, the sum of five thousand dollars. proviso. SEC. 2. The amounts appropriated by section one of this How used. act are to be used by said association for the payment of premiums to be awarded at the annual fair of nineteen hundred seven, and the annual fair of nineteen hundred eight, on agricultural, horticultural, manufactured and domestic products and live stock grown or produced in the State of Michigan, said premiums to be awarded under the direction of the executive committee of said association: Provided, Proviso. That said association shall award and pay the further sum of five thousand dollars in premiums at each of the annual fairs of the years above mentioned: Provided further, That Further five thousand dollars in premiums to be paid by the West Michigan State Fair Association shall be exclusive of any premiums paid by said association for speed purposes. SEC. 3. The five thousand dollars appropriated by this How paid. act for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, shall be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury to the treasurer of the West Michigan State Fair Association on presentation of a requisition signed by a majority of the executive committee of said association, accompanied by a certificate signed by the president and secretary of said association that the amount of five thousand dollars has been awarded and paid in premiums upon exhibits of products grown or produced in the State of Michigan at the annual fair in nineteen hundred seven, exclusive of any Proviso, vouchers. Further proviso. Further proviso. Tax clause. premiums paid by said association for speed purposes: Provided, That within thirty days after the payment of the said five thousand dollars by the State, the executive committee shall file vouchers with the Auditor General showing the amount of premiums paid on account of said fair in the year of nineteen hundred seven : Provided further, That in case the said premiums, exclusive of those paid by said association for speed purposes, shall amount to less than ten thousand dollars as shown by the vouchers thus filed by the Auditor General, the treasurer of said society shall accompany the vouchers with a draft in such an amount as added to the total payments represented by the vouchers will equal ten thousand dollars: Provided further, That the five thousand dollars appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, shall be subject to the same requirements as provided for the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight. No portion of the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, shall be paid to the treasurer of said West Michigan State Fair Association, unless the provisions applicable to the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, shall have been complied with. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of five thousand dollars and for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of five thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation, for 1908. How used. [No. 100.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, Michigan, for general repairs and other improvements for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, Michigan, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of three thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars for purposes and amounts as follows: For general repairs, two thousand two hundred fifty dollars; for library, two hundred dollars; for stationery and printing, two hundred fifty dollars; for farm, garden and lawn, three hundred seventy-five dollars and for furnishing the kitchen and administration buildings, seven hundred dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of three thousand seventy-five For 1909. dollars is hereby appropriated for the said institution for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, for purposes and amounts as follows: For general repairs, How used. two thousand two hundred fifty dollars; for library, two hundred dollars; for stationery and printing, two hundred fifty dollars and for farm, garden and lawn, three hundred seventy-five dollars. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the warden of the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 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. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of three thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars and for the year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of three thousand seventy-five dollars, which, 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. [No. 101.] AN ACT to regulate the carrying on of business under an assumed or fictitious name. The People of the State of Michigan enact: conducted assumed SECTION 1. No person or persons shall hereafter carry on How business or conduct or transact business in this State under any as- may be sumed name, or under any designation, name or style, cor- under porate or otherwise, other than the real name or names of name. 1 the individual or individuals owning, conducting or transacting such business, unless such person or persons shall file in Certificate to the office of the clerk of the county or counties in which such what to set person or persons own, conduct, or transact, or intend to forth, etc. cwn, conduct or transact such business, or maintain an office or place of business, a certificate setting forth the name under whith such business owned is, or is to be conducted, or transacted, and the true or real full name or names of the be filed, |