Page images
PDF
EPUB

unpaid subscriptions and pledges belonging to said fund, in trust in the state treasury until such time as the legislature shall define and prescribe the uses to which such patriotic fund shall be put.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of each and every officer, agent Papers, etc., delivery of, and member of the community council commission, having to treasurer. custody of any paper, document, subscription pledge, evidence of indebtedness or of any security or money belonging or appertaining to such Michigan patriotic fund at the time this act takes effect or at any time thereafter, to deliver the same to the State Treasurer forthwith.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 6, 1921.

[No. 129.]

AN ACT to amend sections fifty-nine and eighty-nine of act number two hundred six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the state and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," as amended, being sections four thousand fifty-five and four thousand eightyseven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Sections fifty-nine and eighty-nine of act num- Sections ber two hundred six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the state and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," as amended, being sections four thousand fifty-five and four thousand eighty-seven of the Com

Partial payment.

piled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 59. Any person may pay the taxes or any one of the several taxes, on any parcel or description of land returned as aforesaid, or on any undivided share thereof, with interest computed thereon from the first day of March next after the same were assessed, at the rate of three-fourths of one per Collection fee. cent per month or fraction thereof, with four per cent as a collection fee, to the county treasurer of the county in which the lands are situated, at any time before they are sold: Provided, That on all descriptions of land on which any of the several taxes remain unpaid on the first day of October next preceding the time prescribed for the sale thereof, there shall be charged an additional one dollar for expenses and which shall thereafter be a lien on said land and when collected shall belong to the general fund of the state.

Proviso.

Interest on unpaid taxes.

SEC. 89. To all taxes unpaid on the first day of March next after their assessment there shall be added interest at the rate of three-fourths of one per cent per month or fraction thereof, and to all taxes returned to the county treasurer there shall also be added a collection fee of four per cent. Such interest and collection fee shall be collected with such taxes, and the interest and taxes to be paid to the state, county and township, in proportion to their several rights therein. The collection fee paid to the county treasurer shall belong to the general fund of the county, and that paid to the Auditor General shall belong to the general fund of the state. No other charges shall be added to any taxes voluntarily paid either to the township treasurer, the county treasurer or the State Treasurer, except the expense after it accrues under section fifty-nine of this act.

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved May 6, 1921.

Section

amended.

[No. 130.]

AN ACT to amend section four of act number two hundred forty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to permit the taking of cisco by the use of gill nets in the waters of certain lakes in Cass county, and providing for the licensing and regulation of such fishing by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, approved May twelfth, nineteen hundred nineteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section four of act number two hundred fortyseven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, en

titled "An act to permit the taking of cisco by the use of gill nets in the waters of certain lakes in Cass county, and providing for the licensing and regulation of such fishing by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden," approved May twelfth, nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Penalty. act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 6, 1921.

[No. 131.]

AN ACT to amend section three of act number three hundred twenty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to permit the taking of cisco by the use of gill nets in the waters of Klinger lake, Middle lake, Thompson lake, Corey lake and Kaiser lake in St. Joseph county and providing for the licensing and regulation of such fishing by the State, Game, Fish and Forestry Warden," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section three of act number three hundred Section twenty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine- amended. teen, entitled "An act to permit the taking of cisco by the use of gill nets in the waters of Klinger lake, Middle lake, Thompson lake, Corey lake and Kaiser lake in St. Joseph county and providing for the licensing and regulation of such fishing by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

deemed.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons using a net as provided in Misdethis act without first securing the license so to do from the meanor, what Director of Conservation, or any person taking other than cisco in such nets or violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon con- Penalty. viction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 6, 1921.

Section repealed.

[No. 132.]

AN ACT to repeal section twenty-nine of act number fortyfour of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this state now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the state of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act," being section eight hundred forty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section twenty-nine of act number forty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this state now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the state of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eightynine, act number twenty of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act," being section eight hundred forty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fif teen, is hereby repealed.

Approved May 10, 1921.

[No. 133.]

AN ACT to amend sections one, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine and twenty-four of act number one hundred seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled “An act to provide for the organization and disbandment of township school districts in the state of Michigan," being sections five thousand nine hundred nine, five thousand nine hundred eleven, five thousand nine hundred thirteen, five thousand nine hundred fourteen, five thousand nine hundred fifteen, five thousand nine hundred sixteen, five thousand nine hundred seventeen and five thousand nine hundred thirty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Sections one, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine Sectiors and twenty-four of act number one hundred seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the organization and disbandment of township school districts in the state of Michigan," being sections five thousand nine hundred nine, five thousand nine hundred eleven, five thousand nine hundred thirteen, five thousand nine hundred fourteen, five thousand nine hundred fifteen, five thousand nine hundred sixteen, five thousand nine hundred seventeen and five thousand nine hundred thirty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. Whenever a majority of the qualified school elect- Single school ors in any organized township present and voting, votes in district, favor of organizing said township into a single school district, such township shall, after the election of trustees as hereinafter provided, be a single school district and shall be gov erned by the provisions of this act, and in case there are one or more graded school districts in the township having a population of fifteen hundred or less, the qualified school electors in such graded districts shall have the right to sign the petition hereinafter mentioned, and vote on the question of the establishment of such township district, and such graded districts shall become a part of the township district: Provided, however, That any graded school district, the school- Proviso. house of which is more than two miles from the geographical center of said township, and maintaining a school of ten grades or more shall not be included in such township school district, nor shall it take part in the signing of petitions and the voting to form a township school district as herein provided unless there is first secured the consent of a majority of the legal school electors of such graded school district present and voting at an annual or special meeting held for

« PreviousContinue »