week for two successive weeks next preceding the first day of June of the year in which such re-registration is to be had. Approved May 17, 1921. [No. 185.] AN ACT relating to fees in regularly organized justice courts consisting of six or more justices and a clerk of such court in cities of five hundred thousand population or over, ac cording to the last federal census. The People of the State of Michigan enact: courts. SECTION 1. Before any civil action or proceeding, except Fees, justice proceedings in garnishment, shall be commenced in any regularly organized justice courts consisting of six or more justices and a clerk of such court in cities of five hundred thousand population or over, according to the last federal census, there shall be paid to the clerk of said court by the party bringing the action, the sum of one dollar and the fees of the officer for service of the writ or process by which such action is commenced, and proceedings in garnishment shall be treated as part of the principal case, except garnishment proceedings commenced upon judgment rendered prior thereto, in which cases an entry fee shall be paid as in other actions herein provided, and no additional fee shall be charged therefor up to and including the entry of judgments therein. The Clerk to fees paid to the clerk for service of such writ or process by which the action is commenced, shall be retained by said clerk until the writ or process has been returned duly served, or said cause is brought to issue, when the said fee or fees shall be paid by said clerk to the officer making the service, taking his receipt therefor and placing the same in the files of said cause: Provided, That if it appear by the files in Proviso. said case that no service has been had for three months after the date of the writ, then the officer's fees which have been paid into the court shall be returned by the clerk to the plaintiff in the suit. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved May 17, 1921. retain certain fees. Sections amended. Certificates, when granted. Proviso. [No. 186.] AN ACT to amend sections five and six of act number one hundred forty-seven of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, and to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being sections five thousand eight hundred eightyone and five thousand eight hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections five and six of act number one hundred forty-seven of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyone, entitled "An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, and to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being sections five thousand eight hundred eighty-one and five thousand eight hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. The board of school examiners shall meet on the Saturday of the week following each public examination held according to the provisions of section four of this act, and shall grant certificates to teachers in such form as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe, licensing as teachers all persons who have attained the age of eighteen years, who have attended such public examinations and who shall be found qualified in respect to good moral character, learning and ability to instruct and govern a school, but no certificate shall be granted to any person who shall not have passed a satisfactory examination in orthography, reading, writing, grammar, geography, arithmetic, theory and art of teaching, United States history, civil government, physiology and hygiene with reference to the effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics upon the human system, school law, agriculture, and the course of study for the district schools of Michigan prepared by the Superintendent of Public Instruction: Provided, That no certificate shall be granted under the provisions of this act to any person who shall not have completed a term of at least six weeks' work in professional training in a state normal school or in one of the county normal training classes of the state or any normal training school conducted by any municipality in the state, or in any school approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; but the completion of one-half year of work in a school maintaining four years' of work above high school rank shall be accepted proviso. proviso, in lieu of this requirement. This proviso, however, shall not apply to persons who have taught in the schools of the state. for at least five months prior to July one, nineteen hundred sixteen: Provided, That no certificate shall be granted Proviso. under the provisions of this act after September first, nineteen hundred twenty-five, to any person who shall not have completed one year's work in professional training in a state normal school, or in one of the county normal training classes of the state, or any normal training school conducted by any municipality in the state, or in any school approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, above an approved four year high school course, in any school specified herein for one year of professional training: Provided further, Further That any commissioner may, upon the request of any holder of a second or third grade certificate, send the papers written by such person, properly certified and under seal, to the county board of school examiners of any other county for its examination, and such board of school examiners may in its discretion, receive such papers and if it accept them shall treat them in the same manner as if written at a public examination in its own county: Provided further, That the Further board of examiners shall have the right to renew a second renewal. or third grade certificate without examination of any person who shall have previously attained an average standing of at least eighty-five per cent in all the studies covered in two or more previous examinations, and who shall have been since such last named examination continuously and successfully teaching in the public schools, but no renewal of a second or third grade certificate shall be granted after September first, nineteen hundred twenty-five, to any person who shall not have completed a term or terms of at least twelve weeks' professional training, in such school or schools as designated for six weeks' professional training specified in this section, since the last certificate was issued to said person either by renewal or upon examination: Provided Further further, That an indorsed first grade certificate may be renewed in the county where issued or in the county where the holder may be teaching at the time of its expiration, without examination, if the applicant for such renewal shall have previously attained an average standing of at least eightyfive per cent in all studies covered in two or more previous examinations, and shall have been since such last named examination continuously and successfully teaching in the public schools, but no renewal of a first grade certificate shall be granted after September first, nineteen hundred twenty-five, to any person who shall not have completed a term or terms of at least eighteen weeks of professional training, in such school or schools as designated for six weeks' professional training specified in this section, since the last certificate was issued to said person either by renewal or Further upon examination: Provided further, That in granting re- proviso. proviso. Further proviso. newals under this act, attendance at a reputable university, college, or normal school during the regular school year shall be counted in lieu of teaching for the same period: Provided further, That any teacher who has completed two years of professional training shall not be required to take further professional training to secure a renewal of his certificate; also, any teacher who shall furnish proof to the Superintendent of Public Instruction of five years of successful teaching previous to the passage of this act, the last three years of which have been continuous, shall be granted a renewal of a certificate without complying with the requirements for proWho to sign. fessional training herein designated. All certificates shall Questions, who to prepare. Certificates, grades of. First grade. Proviso. be signed by the county commissioner and by at least one of the members of the board of examiners. No person shall be considered a qualified teacher within the meaning of this act, nor shall any school officer employ or contract with any person to teach in any of the public schools under the provisions of this act who has not a certificate in force granted by the board of school examiners or other lawful authority. All examination questions shall be prepared an furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the county commissioner, under seal, to be opened in the presence of the applicants for certificates on the day of examination. SEC. 6. There shall be three grades of certificates granted by the board of school examiners in its discretion and subject to such rules and regulations as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may prescribe, which grades of certificates shall be as follows: The certificate of the first grade shall be granted only to those who have taught at least one year with ability and success, and it shall be valid throughout the state for four years: Provided, That all examination papers for first grade certificates favorably passed upon by the board of examiners, together with such certificate, shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Public Instruction within ten days from date of examination for inspection: Provided further, That any applicant for a first grade certificate who feels that the county board of school examiners has not given his papers the credit due them, may order them sent to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for inspection; and if the standings given by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction are sufficient for his indorsement of the certificate, the county board of school examiners shall issue such certificate, unless it shall give reasons satisfactory to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for withholding the same: And provided further, That no first grade certificate shall be valid in any county other than that in which it is granted, unless approved and countersigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and a copy filed with the county commissioner in the county in which the Second grade. holder of said certificate desires to teach. The certificate of the second grade shall be granted only to those who shall Further proviso. Further proviso, validity. have taught at least seven months with ability and success, and it shall be valid throughout the county for which it shall be granted for three years, and such certificate may be transferred to another county as provided in section five of this act. The certificates of the third grade shall be divided into Third grade. two classes known as A and B. Third grade certificates of class A shall be granted only to persons who have taught successfully and continuously for at least three years next preceding the examination in primary departments of graded schools, and the certificate of this class shall entitle the holder to teach in primary departments of graded schools only. Third grade certificates of class B shall license the holder to teach in any school of the county in which it shall be granted for one year, and such certificate may be transferred to another county in the same manner that second grade certificates are transferred in section five of this act; but no more than three certificates of this class shall be granted to the same person. Certificates granted under the When to provisions of this act shall expire on June thirtieth; those expire. certificates that are granted on the examination held on the last Thursday of April shall expire in one year, three years, or four years, according to the grade of the certificate, from June thirtieth following the April examination; those that are granted on the examination held the second Thursday of August shall expire in one year, three years, or four years, according to the grade of the certificate, from June thirtieth immediately preceding the August examination. A special Special cercertificate issued by the county commissioner of schools shall expire June thirtieth following the date of its granting: Provided, That there shall be no public examination con- Proviso, ducted by the board of school examiners for teachers under aminations. the provisions of this act after the teachers' examination held on the second Thursday of August, nineteen hundred twentyfive, unless it is deemed necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to supply teachers for the schools of this state, in which case he may require the county school examiners to conduct teachers' examinations and grant certificates as provided in this act previous to September first, nineteen hundred twenty-five. After September first, nineteen hundred When granted twenty-five, the board of school examiners on the dates speci- amination. fied in this act for the issuing of certificates, and on such other dates as the commissioner shall deem advisable, shall grant certificates without examination, to persons, in such form as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe, licensing as teachers all persons who have attained the age of eighteen years, and who shall be found qualified in respect to good moral character, learning and ability to instruct and govern a school. Said board shall grant third grade certificates to those persons who shall have completed a minimum of one year of professional training; said board. shall grant second grade certificates to those persons who tificate. public ex without ex |