Michigan Compiled Laws Act 238 Of 1879 Protection Of Logs And Timber (426.151 - 426.160)

AN ACT to protect logs, lumber and timber, while floating upon the waters in this state, or lying upon the banks or shores thereof, and to repeal consecutive sections number 2009, 2010, 2011, 7627 and 7628 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, relating to the same subject.

History: 1879, Act 238, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879

Section 426.151 Logs; Unlawful Moving.
That it shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner thereof, or some person by him employed, whether such owner be known...
Section 426.152 Logs; Unlawful Destruction Or Alteration Of Marks.
It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner thereof, or by his consent, to cut off, cut out, alter, deface or...
Section 426.153 Logs; Unlawful Marking.
It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner thereof, or by his consent, to make or place, or cause to be...
Section 426.154 Violation Of Act; Penalty.
Any person who shall knowingly do any act or thing declared unlawful in any of the sections of this act, shall be deemed guilty...
Section 426.155 Reception Into Booms Or Manufacture Of Logs Without Consent Of Owner; Misdemeanor.
If any person having the possession or control of any boom, in any of the waters of this state shall, knowingly run, turn, admit...
Section 426.156 Booming, Manufacture, Destruction Or Insertion Of Marks Without Consent Of Owner; Civil Liability.
Any person who, by himself or by another in his employ, shall without the consent of the owner thereof take, boom or manufacture any...
Section 426.157 Prosecutions; Allegations, Evidence.
In any prosecution under the provisions of this act, it shall be sufficient to allege, in any complaint or information, the ownership of property...
Section 426.158 Right To Search For And Examine Logs; Penalty For Obstruction.
It shall be lawful for any person owning any logs, spars, spiles, boomstick, shinglebolt, timber, railroad ties, posts or lumber floating, lying or being...
Section 426.159 Inapplicability Of Act.
The provisions of this act shall not apply to the taking and running of logs, authorized by the statutes of this state, nor to...
Section 426.160 Logs, Timber, Boards, Planks, Spars, Boomsticks, Spiles, Shinglebolts, Railroad Ties, Or Fence Posts; Removal From Island, Bank, Shore, Or Land; Damages; Arbitration; Judgment; Appeal; Bonds; Forfeiture; Sworn Statement; Public Auction; Notice; Certificate; Filing; Affidavit; Lien.
Whenever any logs, timber, boards, planks, spars, boomsticks, spiles, shinglebolts, railroad ties, or fence posts, in rafts or otherwise shall be drifted or float...

Last modified: October 10, 2016