§ 750.55Incorporated society; representative deputy sheriff

Sec. 55.
    Any society incorporated in this state for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals may
 designate 1 or more persons in each county of the state to discover and prosecute all cases of
 the violation of the provisions of this chapter; and the sheriff of such county may appoint each
 person so designated a deputy sheriff, provided such person shall be of good moral character,
 and each person so appointed by the sheriff shall possess all the powers of a sheriff of the
 county in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The sheriff shall not be responsible
 for any of the acts of such person or persons, but the society, if incorporated, and if not, then
 the officers and members of the society, on the request of which such person was appointed,
 shall be liable in the degree of a principal for the acts of an agent.