Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation, or for any officer or agent thereof, to sell or offer for sale, or to use within the state of Michigan, the machine commonly known as a corn husker, unless the same is safeguarded by an automatic feeder or other safety device, that shall compel the person, or persons, feeding said machine, to stand at a reasonably safe distance from the snapping rollers, and designed effectually to protect the person or persons operating the same from bodily injury while engaged in such operation.

     Any person, partnership, association or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, who shall be found guilty of a violation of the provisions of section 1 of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.