dollars, or for disability benefits of more than one hundred fifty dollars to any one person in any one year. The Commissioner of Insurance may require from any society such information as will enable him to determine whether such society is exempt from the provisions of this act.

benefit

Any fraternal benefit society, heretofore organized and in- Fraternal corporated and operating within the definition set forth in societies. sections one, two and three of this act, providing for benefits in case of death or disability resulting solely from accidents, but which does not obligate itself to pay death or sick benefits, may be licensed under the provisions of this act, and shall have all the privileges and shall be subject to all the provisions and regulations of this act, except that the provisions of this act requiring medical examinations, valuations of benefit certificates, and that the certificate shall specify the amount of benefits, shall not apply to such society.

SEC. 30. Taxation. Every fraternal benefit society organ- Taxation. ized or licensed under this act is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its funds shall be exempt from all and every State, county, district, municipal and school tax, other than taxes on real estate and office equipment.

penalty.

SEC. 31. Penalties. Any person, officer, member or exam- Misdemeanor, ining physician of any society authorized to do business under this act who shall knowingly or wilfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to any application for membership, or for the purpose of obtaining money from or benefit in any society transacting business under this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court; and any person who shall wilfully make a false False statement of any material fact or thing in a sworn statement statements. as to the death or disability of a certificate holder in any such society for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate of such holder, and any person who shall wilfully make any false statement in any verified report or declaration under oath required or authorized by this act, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be proceeded against and punished as provided by the statutes of this State in relation to the crime of perjury.

Any person who shall solicit membership for, or in any Unlawful manner assist in procuring membership in any fraternal bene- soliciting. fit society not licensed to do business in this State, or who shall solicit membership for, or in any manner assist in procuring membership in any such society not authorized as herein provided to do business as herein defined in this State, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Penalty for violations.

Any society, or any officer, agent or employe thereof neglecting or refusing to comply with, or violating any of the provisions of this act, the penalty for which neglect, refusal or violation is not specified in this section, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars upon conviction thereof. SEC. 32. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved May 2, 1913.

Edible frogs, open season.

Proviso.

Possession unlawful.

Misdemeanor, what deemed.

Penalty.

Leave of absence, etc.

[No. 170.]

AN ACT to provide for the protection of all species of edible frogs in this State; to regulate the sale, storage and serving of frogs in hotels, restaurants or public eating places; and providing penalties for the violations of this act.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Hereafter it shall be unlawful to kill or take in any manner whatsoever any species of edible frogs in this State from November first in any year to June first in the year following: Provided, however, That the killing or taking of frogs for fish bait shall not be unlawful.

SEC. 2. No person or persons shall have in their possession, between the dates above specified, any frogs or any portion of the carcass of said frogs, for the purpose of sale or the purpose of serving for consumption in any hotel, restaurant or public eating place in this State.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons killing or taking or selling or offering for sale or serving or offering to serve any frog, or portion of the carcass thereof, between the dates specified in section one of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding ten days, in the discretion of the court. Approved May 2, 1913.

[No. 171.]

AN ACT to fix the leaves of absence and furloughs of officers and men in the fire departments of cities having over two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. In cities having over two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, officers and men in the fire department shall each be entitled to a leave of absence of one day of twentyfour hours off duty in every four days, and a furlough of twenty days once in each year.

Approved May 2, 1913.

[No. 172.]

AN ACT authorizing the acceptance by the State of a certain tract of land in Crawford county on certain conditions, providing for its control and management when so accepted, and making an appropriation for the purpose of making improvements thereon.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

accept certain

SECTION 1. The military board of the State of Michigan Authority to is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from the owner lands. or owners thereof, for and in behalf of the State of Michigan, all those certain pieces or parcels of lands situated in Crawford county in this State, described in section two of this act, by deed of gift, in fee simple, free from lien of taxes or other encumbrances, upon the conditions and for the purposes prescribed in section three hereof.

SEC. 2. The lands mentioned in section one hereof are de- Description. scribed as follows, to wit: The east one-half of the northeast one-fourth of section two; east one-half of northwest onefourth of section two; northwest one-fourth of northwest onefourth of section two; west one-half of southwest one-fourth of section two; southeast one-fourth of the southwest onefourth of section two; north one-half of the southeast onefourth of section two; entire section three; east one-half of section four; southwest one-fourth of section four; south onehalf of the northwest one-fourth of section four; northwest one-fourth of northwest one-fourth of section four; entire section five; east one-half of southeast one-fourth of section six; southwest one-fourth of southeast one-fourth of section six; south one-half of northeast one-fourth of section six; northwest one-fourth of northeast one-fourth of section six; northeast one-fourth of northwest one-fourth of section six; east one-half of section seven; southwest one-fourth of section seven; southeast one-fourth of northwest one-fourth of section seven; northwest one-fourth of the northwest one-fourth of section seven; northwest one-fourth of section eight; west one-half of southwest one-fourth of section eight; southeast one-fourth of southwest one-fourth of section eight; lot one of section eight; lot three of section eight; northeast onefourth of section ten; northeast one-fourth of southeast onefourth of section ten; southeast one-fourth of section eleven; north one-half of southwest one-fourth of section eleven; northwest one-fourth of section eleven; west onehalf of northeast one fourth of section eleven; east one-half of section fourteen; southwest one-fourth of section fourteen; north one-half of northwest one-fourth of section fourteen; lot one section sixteen; lot two section sixteen; lot three section sixteen; lot four section sixteen; southwest onefourth of southeast one-fourth of section sixteen; south one

Purposes.

half of southwest one-fourth of section sixteen; south one-half of southeast one-fourth of section seventeen; lot one section seventeen; lot two section seventeen; south one-half of southwest one-fourth of section seventeen; northeast one-fourth of southwest one-fourth of section seventeen; west one-half of northeast one-fourth of section eighteen; northeast one-fourth of northeast one-fourth of section eighteen; east one-half of northwest one-fourth of section eighteen; northwest onefourth of northwest one-fourth of section eighteen; entire section nineteen; entire section twenty; west one-half of section twenty-one; lot one section twenty-one; lot two section twenty-one; lot three section twenty-one; lot four section twenty-one; lot four section twenty-two; south one-half of southeast one-fourth section twenty-two; northeast onefourth of southeast one-fourth of section twenty-two; entire section twenty-three; west one-half of section twenty-four; southeast one-fourth of section twenty-four; entire section twenty-five; west one-half of section twenty-six; southeast one-fourth of section twenty-six; east one-half of northeast one-fourth of section twenty-six; northwest one-fourth of northeast one-fourth of section twenty-six; entire section twenty-seven; west one-half of section twenty-eight; southeast one-fourth of section twenty-eight; south one-half of northeast one-fourth of section twenty-eight; west one-half of section twenty-nine; southeast one-fourth of section twentynine; north one-half of northeast one-fourth of section twentynine; east one-half of northeast one-fourth of section thirty; southwest one-fourth of northeast one-fourth of section thirty; northwest one-fourth of southwest one-fourth of section thirty; east one-half of section thirty-one; east one-half of west one-half of section thirty-one; northwest one-fourth of northwest one-fourth of section thirty-one; north one-half of southwest one-fourth of northwest one-fourth of section thirty-one; entire section thirty-two; west one-half of section thirty-three; north one-half of southeast one-fourth of section thirty-three; southwest one-fourth of southeast onefourth of section thirty-three; northeast one-fourth of section thirty-four; east one-half of northwest one-fourth of section thirty-four; northwest one-fourth of northwest one-fourth of section thirty-four; north one-half of southeast one-fourth of section thirty-four; north one-half of northwest one-fourth of section thirty-five; north one-half of northeast one-half of section thirty-five; southeast one-fourth of northeast onefourth of section thirty-five, all in town twenty-six north, range four west, in the county of Crawford, State of Michigan, together with such land in said county suitable for the purposes of this act as may be acquired by the donor or donors of said porperty.

SEC. 3. The said tract of land shall be used for the following purposes:

First, As a permanent encampment and maneuvering ground for the militia of this State;

Second, As a game preserve for the breeding and protection of game;

Third, As a forest reserve.

abandoned.

In case the said tract of land shall be abandoned as a per- When manent encampment and maneuvering ground for the State militia, the land shall revert to the donor or donors in fee simple, but in case of such reversion, the State shall have the right to take and remove therefrom, any building or other State property that may have been constructed or placed thereon by it, or to sell the same as may be deemed advisable by the board or body having control thereof. The State shall not be deemed to have abandoned said lands or any part thereof by reason of holding any encampment of the said militia at any other place within or without the State when the assembling of such militia elsewhere has been ordered by the President of the United States, the war department or other federal authority having jurisdiction of such forces, or when the safety or the health or lives of the State militia might be prejudiced or endangered by reason of the prevalence of disease or fire in or near said county of Crawford. No abandonment shall be deemed to be complete, unless the proper military authority of the State in time of peace shall have refused or failed for five successive years to hold a camp of instruction on said tract of land.

As a further condition in the acceptance of the gift of said Timber, retract of land, the donor or donors thereof shall be permitted moval, etc. to cut and remove from said land all merchantable timber for and during the period of five years next after the execution and delivery of the deed conveying said lands to the State of Michigan. All other timber on said lands shall be the property of and be protected by the State. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the cutting, removal and use of so much of said timber as may be necessary for military purposes, and in the protection of game or in the bettering of forestry on said lands.

lands.

SEC. 4. The Quartermaster General shall have the control Control of and management of said lands under the supervision of the State military board. The State Game, Fish, Fire and Forestry Warden shall have charge and oversight of the game, fish, fire and forestry interests on said lands, and hunting thereon shall be prohibited. Said military board shall make and adopt such rules and regulations for the maintenance and control of said lands as may be deemed necessary or advisable. It may appoint a general caretaker of said lands Caretaker. and provide suitable lodges or dwellings thereon for the use of such persons or officials as may be necessary in the enforcement of the general land, game, military or forestry laws of the State on said land. The salary of the general caretaker Salary. shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid out of the general funds of the State in the same manner as other State employes are paid. Such caretaker shall be provided living quarters near the military buildings constructed