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[No. 175.]

AN ACT to amend section six of act number nine of the Public Acts of Michigan, of the extra session of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to provide for the consolidation of school districts which are within the limits of any incorporated city."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section six of act number nine of the Public Section Acts of Michigan of the extra session of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to provide for the consolidation of school districts which are within the limits of any incorporated city," is hereby amended to read as follows:

tion, when

SEC. 6. That upon the determination of the result of said Consolidaelection, if it should appear that the majority of the electors effective. of each school district voting on said question shall have voted in favor of consolidating the school districts, the consolidation shall thereupon be considered as immediately ef fective. The new consolidated district shall thereafter be considered as created, and shall operate under the general school law, the same being act number one hundred sixtysix of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, as amended.

. Approved May 17, 1921.

[No. 176.]

AN ACT to amend section seventeen of act number one hundred forty-one of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the organization of school districts in cities having a population of over one hundred thousand and less than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants; to provide for a board of education for such districts and prescribing the powers and duties of such board," approved April twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred seventeen, as amended.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That section seventeen of act number one hun- Section amended. dred forty-one of the Public Acts of Michigan of nineteen hundred seventeen, being an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization of school districts in cities having a population of over one hundred thousand and less than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants; to provide for a board of

May borrow money.

Sites, etc.,

may bond for.

Proviso.

education for such districts; and prescribing the powers and duties of such board," approved April twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred seventeen, as amended by act number four hundred five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 17. The board may from time to time, on such terms as it may deem proper, borrow for temporary school purposes, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars total outstanding unpaid at any one time, and may give the note or bond of the board therefor, which shall be paid from the first school moneys collected thereafter. For the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting buildings or both, and for equipping buildings, the board may borrow such sums of money as it may deem necessary and may issue and sell its bonds therefor upon such rates of interest and for such time and in such amount as it may think proper and in such form and with bonds and coupons signed and countersigned in such manner as it may by resolution direct, but the action of the board authorizing such loan shall first be submitted to the common council, city commission or other legislative body of the city for approval, and no such issue of bonds shall be valid unless the proposal to issue the same shall have been approved by a majority vote of the members-elect of the common council, city commission or other legislative body: Provided, however, That such bonds shall be valid without the approval of the common council, city commission or other legislative body, if approved by a majority vote of the school electors of said city voting thereon at any election at which the question of approving such an issue of school bonds shall be submitted to them by the said board or by the said common council, city commission or other legislative body. No bonds shall be sold for less than par, nor bear more than six per cent interest, nor run for more than twenty years.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 17, 1921.

[No. 177.]

AN ACT to amend section ten of act number twelve of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act to authorize and encourage the formation of corporations to establish rural cemeteries, and provide for the care and maintenance thereof," being section eleven thousand one hundred sixty-nine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

amended.

The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section ten of act number twelve of the Public Section Acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act to authorize and encourage the formation of corporations to establish rural cemeteries, and provide for the care and maintenance thereof," being section eleven thousand one hundred sixty-nine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

etc.

SEC. 10. No streets, highways, railways, sewers or canals Streets, etc.,, when opened, shall be opened or constructed through the grounds of such corporation, without the assent of the board of directors, granted at a meeting of such board, called for the purpose of considering the propriety of granting such assent: Pro- Proviso. vided, That such assent shall not be required when lands owned, used or controlled by said corporation are taken under condemnation proceedings by any city or village for the purpose of widening an established street or highway: Provided further, That any such corporation whose prop- Further erty has been so condemned, shall have the right to purchase additional property for cemetery purposes within the corporate limits of any such village or city. Approved May 17, 1921.

proviso.

[No. 178.]

AN ACT fixing the procedure for the proof of statutes of other jurisdictions and to make uniform the law with reference thereto.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

statutes, what

SECTION 1. Printed books or pamphlets purporting on Proof of their face to be the session or other statutes of any of the prima facie. United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign jurisdiction, and to have been printed and published by the authority of any such state, territory or foreign jurisdiction

How construed.

How cited.

or proved to be commonly recognized in its courts shall be received in the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of such statutes.

SEC. 2. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.

SEC. 3. This act may be cited as the uniform proof of statutes act.

SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 17, 1921.

When witness
to appear,
etc.

How construed.

How cited.

[No. 179.]

AN ACT providing for the taking of depositions in this state to be used in any foreign jurisdiction and to make uniform the law with reference thereto.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Whenever any mandate, writ or commission is issued out of any court of record in any other state, territory, district or foreign jurisdiction, or whenever upon notice or agreement it is required to take the testimony of a witness or witnesses in this state, witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify in the same manner and by the same process and proceeding as may be employed for the purpose of taking testimony in proceedings pending in this state.

SEC. 2. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.

SEC. 3. This act may be cited as the uniform foreign depositions act.

SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved May 17, 1921.

[No. 180.]

AN ACT to amend part five of act number ten of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred twelve, first extra session, entitled "An act to promote the welfare of the people of this state, relating to the liability of employers for injuries or death sustained by their employes, providing compensation for the accidental injury to or death of employes and methods for the payment of the same, establishing an Industrial Accident Board, defining its powers, providing for a review of its awards, making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act, and restricting the right to compensation or damages in such cases to such as are provided by this act," by adding a new section thereto to stand as section fourteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Part five of act number ten of the Public Acts Section added. of nineteen hundred twelve, first extra session, entitled "An act to promote the welfare of the people of this state, relating to the liability of employers for injuries or death sustained by their employes, providing compensation for the accidental injury to or death of employes and methods for the payment of the same, establishing an Industrial Accident Board, defining its powers, providing for a review of its awards, making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act, and restricting the right to compensation or damages in such cases to such as are provided by this act," is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to stand as section fourteen, to read as follows:

duties, etc.,

SEC. 14. The duties and powers of the Commissioner of Certain Insurance in respect of the administration of the accident transferred. fund created in this part are hereby transferred to and vested in the State Administrative Board, and whenever reference is made in this part to the Commissioner of Insurance such reference shall hereafter to taken to mean the State Administrative Board. The securities belonging to such fund, and all investments or re-investments thereof, shall be under the control and management of such board; and the provisions in section two hereof with respect to the giving of a bond are hereby repealed. The State Administrative Board, sub- Manager, ject to the approval of the Advisory Board created by sec- appointment tion twelve, shall appoint and employ a manager for the accident fund, who shall give a bond to the state in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, and the accounting for all collections and disbursements made by him. Such manager shall perform such duties under this part as the State Administrative Board shall direct.

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