or before the third day of any regular meeting of said board, or on or before the first day of the adjourned or other meet ing, as the case may be, except bills or claims which shall have been contracted by said board during the session thereof, and for mileage and per diem of the members of said board; and the county clerk shall keep a book in which he shall enter all claims in the order in which they are presented, giving the name of the claimant, the amount of the claim and the date when presented, which book shall, after the time prescribed for the presentation of claims, be placed in the hands of the chairman for the use of the board: Provided further, That Further proviso. at the October session the board may, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected, receive and allow accounts which have wholly accrued during the session: Provided further, Further proThat the board of supervisors shall have authority to remove of officers. any officer or agent heretofore or hereafter to be appointed by said board when in its opinion he is incompetent to execute properly the duties of his office, or when on charges and evidence it shall be satisfied that he has been guilty of official misconduct, or habitual or wilful neglect of duty, if in its opinion such misconduct or neglect shall be a sufficient cause for such removal; but no such officer or agent shall be re Charges. moved for such misconduct or neglect, unless charges thereof shall have been preferred to said board of supervisors or the chairman thereof, and notice of the hearing, with a copy of the charges, delivered to such officer or agent, and a full opportunity given him to be heard in his defense, either in person or by counsel. Approved June 2, 1909. viso, removal CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS, 1909. [No. 1.] CONCURRENT RESOLUTION approving the action of the Board of Regents of the State University relative to participation in the Carnegie Fund for the advancement of teaching. WHEREAS, Through the generosity of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, a corporation has been formed and liberally endowed, known as the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the purpose of which is to encourage worthy persons to adopt the profession of teaching per manently by providing retiring allowances for professors and certain administrative officers in the institutions of higher learning after long service, and for the widows of professors; and WHEREAS, The original endowment has been largely increased to admit. of extending the benefits of retiring allowances to professors and certain administrative officers in state universities and to the widows of professors, in case the governing board applies for such admission, and the legislature and Governor of the State approves such application; and WHEREAS, The Regents of the University of Michigan, realizing the advantage that participation in said fund will give in securing and retaining the services of the best educators of the country, have made application to participate therein; therefore be it Resolved by the House (the Senate concurring), That the action of Mr. Carnegie in thus promoting the cause of higher learning is deeply appreciated, and that the legislature of Michigan hereby approves the course of the Regents of the State University in asking that the professors and administrative officers and widows of professors of the University be included as beneficiaries of said fund; And be it further resolved, That this resolution, when adopted by the legislature, be presented to his Excellency, the Governor, for his approval. Approved February 11, 1909. [No. 2.] CONCURRENT RESOLUTION granting legislative approval of the action of the State Board of Agriculture in applying for participation in the benefits of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Fund, for the officers and faculty of the Michigan Agricultural College. WHEREAS, Through the wise generosity of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, there |