city, within which such sparrows shall have been killed, "and shall thereupon 

 make oath that such sparrows were killed during the aforesaid months mentioned 

 in section one of this act and at no other time." 



Said clerk shall thereupon decide upon such application, and if satisfied of the 

 correctness of such claim, shall issue a certificate slating the amount of bounty to 

 which such applicant is entitled and deliver the same to said applicant, and shall 

 destroy such sparrows. 



This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 



Approved April 27, 1893. 



AN ACT providing for the protection of Antwerp and homing pigeons. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That on and after the pas- 

 sage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wilfully shoot, maim 

 or kill any Antwerp or homing pigeon, either in flight or at rest, and any person 

 guilty of wilfully killing, shooting or maiming such pigeon or pigeons as aforesaid, 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall for every such 

 offense pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be pun- 

 ished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed ninety days, or by both such 

 fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to detain or entrap 

 any Antwerp or homing pigeon: Provided, however, That such Antwerp or homing 

 pigeon shall have the name of its owner stamped on its wing or tail or which may 

 be identified by any device or mark, and any person or persons so detaining such 

 pigeon or pigeons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof before any justice of the peace or other court of competent jurisdiction 

 shall for every offense pay a fine of not less than ten or not more than twenty-five 

 dollars or be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety 

 days, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. 



This act is ordered to take effect June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. 



Approved May 24, 1893. 



AN ACT to prevent the killing, hunting, or molesting in any way of Mongolian and 

 English pheasant for a period of five years, and to regulate the time for hunt- 

 ing and for selling or offering for sale the same after that period. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That no person or persons 

 shall pursue, hunt, kill, or attempt to kill or molest in any way whatever any Mongo- 

 lian and English pheasants until the first day of November eighteen hundred and 

 1 ninety-eight, and then only from the first day of November to the fifteenth day of 

 December, inclusive, in each year. 



Sec. 2. No person, firm or corporation shall for a period of ten years from and 

 after the passage of this act sell, or attempt to sell, or expose for sale, or ship or 

 transport out of this state, or attempt to ship or transport outside of this state or 

 have in possession for the purpose of shipping or transporting outside of this state 

 any Mongolian and English pheasant. 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less 

 than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, 

 and in default of the payment of the same shall be imprisoned in the county jail for 

 a period not exceeding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the dis- 

 cretion of the court. 



Approved March 30, 1893. 



