2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 426 - FOREST PRODUCTS
Act 238 of 1879 - PROTECTION OF LOGS AND TIMBER (426.151 - 426.160)

PROTECTION OF LOGS AND TIMBER
Act 238 of 1879
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.
• Section 426.152 - Logs; unlawful destruction or alteration of marks.
• Section 426.153 - Logs; unlawful marking.
• Section 426.154 - Violation of act; penalty.
• Section 426.155 - Reception into booms or manufacture of logs without consent of owner; misdemeanor.
• Section 426.156 - Booming, manufacture, destruction or insertion of marks without consent of owner; civil liability.
• Section 426.157 - Prosecutions; allegations, evidence.
• Section 426.158 - Right to search for and examine logs; penalty for obstruction.
• Section 426.159 - Inapplicability of act.
• 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.