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Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific pur- How used. poses herein stated: Provided further, That in no case shall Proviso, the expenditures of said board exceed the fees collected by it. excess. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How paid. out of the State treasury, and the disbursing officer of the Michigan State Board of Examiners in Optometry shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law.

SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said institu- Fees, etc., disposition of. tion shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the State treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law.

SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the years nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made.

repealed.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts making appropriations Acts, etc., for the Michigan State Board of Examiners in Optometry for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, are hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 19, 1919.

[No. 80.]

AN ACT providing appropriations for Michigan Barbers' Board for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twentyone, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, and to repeal other acts or parts of acts making appropri tions therefor.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1.

There are hereby appropriated from the gen- Biennial aperal fund for the Michigan Barbers' Board for the fiscal year propriations.

Itemized.

ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of eight thousand nine hundred eighty-four dollars and fifty cents, and for the year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the sum of eight thousand nine hundred eightyfour dollars and fifty cents, for the purposes and in the following amounts:

For the Fiscal

Personal service (salaries and wages): Year 1919-20

For the Fiscal
Year 1920-21

$1,500.00
1,200.00
500.00

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600.00

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How used. Proviso, no excess.

How paid.

Fees, etc.,

Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated: Provided further, That in no case shall the expenditures of said board exceed the fees collected by it.

SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the State treasury, and the disbursing officer of the Michigan Barbers' Board shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law.

SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said institudisposition of. tion shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the State treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law.

Tax clause.

Acts, etc., repealed.

SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the years nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts making appropriations for the Michigan Barbers' Board for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, are hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 19, 1919.

[No. 81.]

AN ACT to amend the title and sections three, four, five, six, ten, eleven and twelve of act number two hundred twentysix of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of rural agricultural schools by consolidating three or more rural schools in any township or school district; for the organization of school districts in certain cases; for teaching agriculture, manual training and home economics therein, and providing State aid for the maintenance thereof," approved May tenth, nineteen hundred seventeen, and to add a new section to said act to stand as section twenty thereof.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

sections amended.

SECTION 1. The title and sections three, four, five, six, ten, Title and eleven and twelve of act number two hundred twenty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of rural agricultural schools by consolidating three or more rural schools in any township or school district; for the organization of school districts in certain cases; for teaching agriculture, manual training and home economics therein, and providing State aid for the maintenance thereof," approved May tenth, nineteen hundred seventeen, are hereby amended, and a new section is added to said act to stand as section twenty thereof, said amended title, sections and new section to read as follows:

TITLE.

An Act to provide for the establishment of rural agricultural schools by consolidating three or more rural schools in any school or township district; for the organization of school districts in certain cases; for teaching agriculture, manual training and home economics therein, and providing State aid for the maintenance thereof.

consolidation, submission of.

SEC. 3. Whenever the district boards of three or more Question of rural school districts deem it advisable to establish a rural agricultural school by consolidating the territory of said districts, the boards may submit the question of consolidating to the qualified school electors of their respective districts, or whenever the district board of any township school district deems it advisable to establish a rural agricultural school within said township school district, it may submit the question of establishing such school to the qualified school electors of said township school district. The ques- Notice. tion of establishing a rural agricultural school may be submitted to the qualified school electors either at the annual

Proviso, petition.

Further proviso, statement of vote.

Proviso, in

case two or more counties are affected.

Duty of officials.

school meeting or at a special meeting held for such purpose, notice thereof in either case being given not less than twenty days prior to the time of holding such meeting by posting three or more notices in each district or township affected. The polls shall be open at least seven hours, and the voting shall be by ballot. The board shall determine the form of ballot to be used and the hour at which the polls shall be open, which hour shall be stated in the notice: Provided, Such question shall be submitted and notice given as above stated whenever ten per cent or more of the resident school electors of such districts or township affected shall sign and file with their respective district or township school board a petition or petitions asking that such question be submitted at the next annual school meeting or at a special meeting to be held for such purpose: Provided, That if a majority of the qualified school electors present and voting at such annual or special meeting shall vote in favor of the establishing of a rural agricultural school, the school board shall within five days file a certified statement of such vote with the county commissioner of schools of the county: Provided, That if the school districts to be consolidated are located in more than one county, the certified statement of each rural school board shall be filed with the county commissioners of schools concerned, and it shall be the duty of these county commissioners of schools to designate one of their number to call the election provided for in section four of this act. In case the county commissioners of schools cannot agree as to which one of them shall call the said election, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate the county commissioner whose duty it shall be to call the election herein designated. The consolidation of the rural districts shall become effective whenever the county commissioners of schools shall receive certified statements of the affirmative vote of three contiguous school districts to establish a rural agricultural school: Provided, Whenever a majority of the qualified school electors of any township school district shall vote to establish a rural agricultural school, the township school board of said township shall proceed to establish a rural agricultural school as provided in this act, and the rural agricultural school so established in a township school district shall be a part of the school system of said township district: Provided, Any rural school district adjoining a rural agricultural school district by a majority vote of the qualified school electors present and voting in each district affected at any annual or special meeting called for the purpose may be annexed to the said rural agricultural district by the township board or township boards of the township or townships in which said territory lies. Such annexation shall not operate to affect the legal organization of said rural agricultural school disStatement of trict. It shall be the duty of the school board of each district concerned to file within ten days a certified statement of the

Consolidation, when effective.

Proviso, duty school board.

of township

Proviso,

annexation of rural school district.

vote, who to

file.

township

affirmative vote for annexation with the township clerk of the township in which the schoolhouse of said rural school district is located. The said township clerk shall, within Duty of twenty days after receiving the certified statements from boards. both districts, call a meeting of the township board or boards in the same manner as is provided under the general school laws for the changing of boundary lines of school districts. At said meeting the township board or boards shall annex the territory of said rural district to the territory of said rural agricultural district: Provided, That school electors as men- Proviso, tioned in this act shall include every citizen of the United of electors. States of the age of twenty-one years, male or female, who owns property which is assessed for school taxes in the district or who is the parent or legal guardian of any child of school age included in the school census of said district and who has resided in said district three months next preceding such election,

qualifications

Election of trustees,

ballot.

office, qualifications.

SEC. 4. Whenever the consolidation of three or more contiguous rural school districts becomes effective as provided notice of. in section three, the county commissioner of schools designated in section three shall call a district election for the second Monday in July following by posting notices at least ten days prior thereto, and at least one notice in each district affected, in three of the most public places in the territory which is consolidated. At such election a board of education Vote by of five trustees for the rural agricultural school district shall be elected by ballot by the qualified school electors of such rural agricultural district, one trustee for one year, two for two years, and two for three years and annually thereafter a successor or successors to the member or members whose term of office shall expire. The term of office of trustee after Term of the first election shall be three years. The qualifications for office holding shall be the same as those provided in the general school laws for members of the board of primary districts. Within ten days after his election each member shall file with Notice of the county commissioner of schools calling the election an acceptance of the office to which he has been elected, accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the fact of eligibility as prescribed in the general school laws. The county commissioner of schools shall file these affidavits and acceptances with the secretary of the board after the organization of the board and its election of a secretary. Thereafter the affidavits and acceptances of office shall be filed with the secretary of the board. The board of education shall annually, and within Board, elecfifteen days after the annual meeting, or within fifteen days after the organization under this act, elect from its own number a president, a secretary and a treasurer, and for cause may remove the same from such offices and may appoint others of their number in such places, and these officers shall perform the duties prescribed by the general school law for Duties of. the moderator, director, and treasurer of the district, except

acceptance.

tion of.

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