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meanor, what deemed.

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committee. Any supervisor receiving further or other com-
pensation than herein provided for such services shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars: Provided, That nothing here-
in contained shall be construed so as to in any way repeal
other acts providing for compensation to members of boards
engaged in committee work or change the number of days
allowed therein for regular or special sessions in any one
year, and said acts shall stand the same as if this act had
not been passed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 13, 1926.

Section amended.

Hearing continued.

When may vacate, etc.

[No. 6.]

AN ACT to amend section six of act number ninety-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred thirty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the recording of town plats, and for vacating the same in certain cases," being section three thousand three hundred fifty-five of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section six of act number ninety-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred thirty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the recording of town plats and for vacating the same in certain cases," being section three thousand three hundred fifty-five of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 6. That the hearing of such petition may be continued from term to term in the discretion of the court, without further notice, and that on the hearing thereof any person owning any lands immediately adjoining that part which it is proposed to alter or vacate, may appear in opposition to such petition; and if upon such hearing the applicant or applicants, shall produce to said court satisfactory evidence that the notice required by the preceding section of this act has been given, and that there is no reasonable objection to making such alteration or vacation, the court shall proceed to Order, when alter or vacate said town or village or any part thereof. If such petition is signed by at least two-thirds of the owners of lands and premises in such town or village or part thereof proposed to be vacated or altered and who also own collectively at least two-thirds by area of the lands and premises therein, the court shall, if all of such proceedings are regular, order that such town or village or part thereof be vacated or

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vested.

altered as prayed in said petition. The part vacated, if it Title, where be a lot or lots, shall vest in their rightful owner; and if the same be a street or alley the same shall be attached to the lot or ground included in such plat and bordering on such street or alley; and in case the land included in such plat on opposite sides of such street or alley, shall be owned by different persons, then the title to such street or alley shall vest in the persons owning the property on each side thereof to the center of such street or alley, except when a part of one or both sides of a street or alley shall be vacated, then the part or parts vacated shall be attached to and the title thereof vest in the owner or owners of the lot or lots included in such plat adjoining the same, and the court shall order their proceedings therein to be recorded by the clerk with the record of said court: Provided, That the vacating of any Proviso, town or any part of the same shall not vacate any part of a state or county road; and in all cases where, by any of the laws of this state, or in pursuance thereof, any street or alley shall be vacated, the title to such street or alley shall vest in the person or persons who would be entitled to the same by the preceding provisions of this section, in case such street or alley had been vacated by the circuit court of the proper county under the provisions of this act as hereby amended. Approved March 13, 1926.

state, etc., roads.

[No. 7.]

AN ACT to amend section eleven of act number two of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to prescribe a privilege tax for the use of the public highways by owners or drivers of motor vehicles by imposing a specific tax upon the sale or use, within the state of Michigan, of gasoline as defined herein; prescribing the manner and the time of paying and collecting such tax and the duties of officials and other persons respecting such payment and collection; providing for the registration of dealers as defined herein; providing for certain exemptions and refunds, and for the disposition of the proceeds of such tax; and prescribing penalties for violation of this act."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section eleven of act number two of the public Section acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to prescribe a privilege tax for the use of the public highways by owners or drivers of motor vehicles by imposing a specific tax upon the sale or use, within the state of Michigan, of gasoline as defined herein; prescribing the manner and the

Funds, where credited.

How expended.

time of paying and collecting such tax and the duties of officials and other persons respecting such payment and collection; providing for the registration of dealers as defined herein; providing for certain exemptions and refunds, and for the disposition of the proceeds of such tax; and prescribing penalties for violation of this act," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 11. All sums of money received and collected by the secretary of state under the provisions of this act shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, and are hereby appropriated from the state highway fund for the calendar year ending December thirty-one, nineteen hundred twenty-five, and for each calendar year thereafter, for the specific purposes and in the amounts set forth in the following schedule:

(a) To meet deficiencies in appropriations for the payment of net amounts owing the several counties and townships on state award highways as follows: The total amounts due and to become due the several townships to be paid on the first day of April, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and on the first day of April each year thereafter; one million dollars to be paid to the several counties on June first, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and two million dollars to be paid to the several counties, payable one million dollars on February first and one million dollars on April first in each year thereafter until such awards have been paid;

(b) For the payment of interest on the state highway bonds and on the principal thereof, not less than three million dollars;

(c) The balance, if any, shall be used for the general construction, improvement, patrolling, and betterment of the public highways within the state.

All the appropriations made hereunder shall be expended under the supervision of the state administrative board in accordance with the general highway laws.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 13, 1926.

Amount and purposes.

[No. 8.]

AN ACT to make an appropriation for a library and administration building at the central Michigan normal school and for equipment therefor and to repeal certain appropriations made in act number three hundred sixty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund of the state the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand

dollars to be used to construct and equip a building at the central Michigan normal school to be used for a library and administration building. Said amount shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board: Pro- Proviso. vided, That such building shall be constructed and equipped within such appropriation.

provisions

SEC. 2. The provisions for an appropriation for the central Certain Michigan normal school for special purposes in act number repealed. three hundred sixty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, or so much thereof as has not been used for the purposes therein mentioned, is hereby repealed.

clause.

SEC. 3. The auditor general shall incorporate in the state Tax tax for the fiscal years nineteen hundred twenty-six and nineteen hundred twenty-seven sufficient amount to reimburse the general fund for the appropriation hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 13, 1926.

[No. 9.]

AN ACT regulating the height at which aeroplanes and flying machines may be operated over open air assemblies of people and providing a penalty for violation of the act.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

aeroplanes,

SECTION 1. No person shall operate an aeroplane or flying Unlawful machine over open air assemblies of people at a height of less operation of than fifteen hundred feet from the ground: Provided, That etc. this act shall not apply to groups assembled for the purpose Proviso. of witnessing aerial exhibitions and stunt flying, nor to groups assembled at a flying field.

SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act Penalty. shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the magistrate.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 13, 1926.

Title and sections amended.

Meeting, when held.

Purpose.

Notice.

Powers, etc.,

[No. 10.]

AN ACT to amend the title and sections one and four of act number three hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act relative to voting, assessing and collecting school taxes in city school districts, and to provide for the collections of school taxes with the city taxes therein."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The title and sections one and four of act number three hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act relative to voting, assessing and collecting school taxes in city school districts, and to provide for the collections of school taxes with the city. taxes therein," are hereby amended, said amended title and sections to read as follows:

TITLE

An Act relative to voting, assessing and collecting school taxes in school districts composed entirely of territory situated within a city or cities, or of school districts composed of territory situated in a city and in an adjacent township or townships, and to provide for the collections of school taxes with the city taxes in said city or cities and for the collection of school taxes in said adjacent township or townships.

SEC. 1. In any school district composed entirely of territory situated in any city or cities in this state, or in any school district composed of territory situated in any city or cities, and in any township or townships adjacent to said city or cities, having a population not exceeding sixty thousand inhabitants according to the last regular government census, a meeting of the qualified electors of said district shall be held upon the fourth Monday of April of each year, for the purpose of voting and determining such school taxes for the ensuing school year as are required by law to be voted and determined by the electors of the school district. Notice of the day, hour, place and purpose of said meeting of electors shall be given by the secretary of the board of education, by posting notice thereof in at least twelve public places in said district, at least ten days before said meeting, and by publication in one or more of the city papers, if any, in said district, at least six times within ten days next preceding said meeting. If no daily paper is published in the district, the notice shall be published at least once in a weekly newspaper published therein.

SEC. 4. In all proceedings in relation to the assessment, of assessors, spreading and collection of taxes for school purposes in said

etc.

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