Penalty for violation. SEC. 2. A violation of this act shall be punished by a fine of five dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail of said county until said fine is paid, not exceeding ten days. Approved May 14, 1903. To whom to apply for permission. Who to grant. When may issue burial permit. death, where filed. [No. 115.] AN ACT to provide that licensed embalmers may act as subregistrars of deaths when duly authorized by the Secretary of State. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any embalmer duly licensed by the State Board of Health as provided by the laws of the State of Michigan, and whose license has not been revoked, may make application to the Secretary of State, accompanied by a fee of one dollar, for permission to act as subregistrar of deaths under the act to provide for the registration of deaths in Michigan and requiring certificates of death, being sections forty-six hundred fourteen to forty-six hundred twenty, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. SEC. 2. The Secretary of State shall, in his discretion, grant authority to any licensed embalmer to act as subregistrar of deaths, in which capacity he shall be authorized to issue burial permits to himself for deaths occurring in any township or village (but not city) in the State under the same restrictions as those governing registrars. He shall sign as "Licensed Embalmer, No. ..." stating the number of his license. He shall not issue a permit to himself, or conduct a funeral, until he shall have obtained the certificate of death, properly filled out in all respects required by the reg Certificate of istration law, legibly and correctly in ink. He shall personally file all certificates of death upon which he has issued permits to himself with the registrars of the townships or villages in which the deaths occurred on or before the third day of the month following that in which the deaths occurred, and failure to do so or to comply strictly with this act shall warrant the immediate cancellation of his authority as subregistrar by the Secretary of State. An embalmer whose license is revoked by the State Board of Health shall thereby become disqualified as a subregistrar of deaths. Subregistrars shall receive no fees or other compensation for issuing burial or removal permits or transit permits to themselves, or for transmitting certificates of death to the township or vil lage clerks under this act, but the regular registrars shall receive the usual compensation for such certificates when promptly transmitted under the registration law. Approved May 14, 1903. When disqualified. Fees. [No. 116.] AN ACT to provide, for the prevention of rabies in indigent persons. The People of the State of Michigan enact: institute. SECTION 1. Whenever it shall be proved to the satisfaction when sent to of the local board of health that any indigent person or persons within its jurisdiction has been bitten by a rabid dog, or other rabid animal, or in any other manner has been infected with the virus of rabies, said local board of health shall make the necessary arrangements and send said person or persons supposed to be infected with rabies, to the Pasteur Institute at the University of Michigan. The necessary expenses thus in- Expenses, how curred shall be a charge upon the township, city or incorporated village in which the expense was authorized. Before their payment or allowance all bills for such expenses shall be audited by the local board of health. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. paid. [No. 117.] AN ACT to amend section eight of chapter sixty-five of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of alienation by deed and the proof and recording of conveyances and the canceling of mortgages," the same being section eight thousand nine hundred sixty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section eight of chapter sixty-five of the Re- Section vised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled “Of alienation by deed and the proof and recording of conveyances and the canceling of mortgages," the same being section eight thousand nine hundred sixty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: executed. SEC. 8. Deeds executed within this State, of lands, or any Deeds, how interest in lands therein, shall be executed in the presence of two witnesses, who shall subscribe their names to the same as such, and the persons executing such deeds may acknowledge the execution thereof before any judge, clerk or commissioner of a court of record, or before any notary public, justice of the peace, or master in chancery, within the State, and the officer taking such acknowledgment shall endorse thereon a certificate of the acknowledgment thereof, and the true date of making the same, under his hand. Approved May 14, 1903. Unlawful to set nets. Penalty for violation. [No. 118.] AN ACT to prevent obstructions being so placed in the Bay of False Presque Isle in the county of Presque Isle, as to prevent the free passage of fish up or down said stream to their spawning grounds. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful to set nets or seines of any kind or description west of a certain line commencing at the quarter post between sections thirteen and twenty-four in town thirty-three north, range eight east; thence north across the Bay of False Presque Isle to quarter post between sections twelve and thirteen in said town thirty-three north, range eight east. in Presque Isle county, at any time from and after the passage of this act. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall wilfully so place any nets or seines in the stream mentioned as to prevent the free passage of fish up or down said streams shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Chapter amended. [No. 119.] AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred fifty of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, as amended by act number one hundred eighty-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred fifty-nine; act number one hundred eightyseven of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixty-one; act number one hundred thirty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one; act number one hundred ninety-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, and act number two hundred seventy-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, and act number one hundred fifty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, relative to the salaries of judges of probate, the same being, as so amended, sections two thousand five hundred fifty-one and two thousand five hundred fifty-two of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Chapter one hundred fifty of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, as amended by act number one hundred eighty-seven of the session laws of eighteen hundred fifty-nine; act number one hundred eightyseven of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixty-one; act number one hundred thirty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one; act number one hundred ninetyseven of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, and act number two hundred seventy-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, and act number one hun dred fifty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, relative to the salaries of the judges of probate, the same being, as amended, sections two thousand five hundred fifty-one and two thousand five hundred fifty-two of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: judges. determined. SECTION 1. The judges now elected, or to be hereafter Salary of elected, shall each receive an annual salary, to be paid monthly out of any money in the county treasury of their respective counties, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected, except as changed by the increase or diminution of population of their respective counties. The amount of such salary to be Amount, how paid to the judge of probate of the several counties shall be based upon and determined by the population of their re spective counties, as shown by each succeeding national or State census, and which salary shall be in full compensation for all services performed by them in connection with any estate or matter in their respective courts, and they shall Charges for make no charge to any person for any paper drawn or services performed by them or any person or clerk connected with their office, except for copies of record or papers on file, and certificates and exemplifications of records or papers in his office, which shall be furnished for ten cents per folio, and twenty-five cents for certifying, sealing and attesting the same. records, etc. according to SEC. 2. Said salary shall be for counties having a popula- Salary to be tion of seventy thousand inhabitants and upwards, twenty- number of eight hundred dollars. For counties having a population of inhabitants. less than seventy thousand and not less than sixty thousand inhabitants, twenty-six hundred dollars. For counties having less than sixty thousand and not less than fifty-five thousand inhabitants, twenty-five hundred dollars. For counties having less than fifty-five thousand and not less than fifty thousand inhabitants, twenty-two hundred dollars. For counties having less than fifty thousand and not less than forty-five thousand inhabitants, twenty-one hundred dollars. For counties having less than forty-five thousand and not less than forty thousand inhabitants, two thousand dollars. For counties having less than forty thousand and not less than thirtyfive thousand inhabitants, seventeen hundred fifty dollars. For counties having less than thirty-five thousand and not less than thirty thousand inhabitants, fifteen hundred dollars. For counties having less than thirty thousand and not Proviso. less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, fourteen hundred dollars. For counties having less than twenty-five thousand and not less than twenty thousand inhabitants, thirteen hundred dollars. For counties having less than twenty thousand and not less than fifteen thousand inhabitants, twelve hundred dollars. For counties having less than fifteen thousand and not less than ten thousand inhabitants, nine hundred dollars. For counties having less than ten thousand and not less than seven thousand five hundred inhabitants, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For counties having less than seven thousand five hundred and not less than five thousand inhabitants, six hundred dollars; and for counties having less than five thousand inhabitants, ten cents for each inhabitant of such county: Provided, That such salary in any county. of the class last mentioned shall not be less than three hunProviso as to dred dollars: Provided, however, That the board of supervisors of the several counties of this State may, by a majority vote of all the members-elect, give such additional salary to the judge of probate of their respective counties as they deem just: And provided further. That this act shall not apply to counties where the salaries of the judges of probate are fixed by special act of the legislature: And provided further, That the board of supervisors of each county may, in their discretion, allow, in addition to the salaries above prescribed, a sufficient amount to compensate the probate judge for clerk hire, when such clerk is actually necessary and employed. Approved May 14, 1903. additional. Further proviso. Further proviso as to clerks. Appointment [No. 120.] AN ACT to provide for the inspection of animals intended for meat supplies, and of meat intended for consumption in cities, villages and townships; to regulate slaughter-houses and meat markets; to license the sale of meats in cities, villages and townships, to provide for public abattoirs therein and to regulate the use thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any city or village in this State may appoint of inspectors, an inspector or inspectors of animals and meat supplies in etc. tended for human consumption therein, license the sale thereof, provide for the regulation of slaughter-houses wherein such animals intended for use as human food in such city or village are slaughtered, and the markets and places where meat intended for consumption as human food is kept or offered for sale within such city or village, the vehicle in which such meat is transported, or from which same is sold, offered for sale or disposed of for said purpose; and cause to be erected and maintained public abattoir therein and regulate the use thereof. |