be attached.

purpose, the officer taking such acknowledgment shall attach thereto the seal of his office, and if such acknowledgment be taken before a justice of the peace or other officer having no seal of office, such deed or other conveyance or instrument shall have attached thereto a certificate of the clerk or Certificate to other proper certifying officer of a court of record of the county or district, or of the secretary of state of the state or territory within which such acknowledgment was taken under the seal of his office, that the person whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment was, at the date thereof, such officer as he is therein represented to be, and that he believes the signature of such person to such certificate of acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the deed is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of such state, territory or district. Whenever any deed or other Record to be instrument affecting the title to land, executed, acknowledged prima facie and authenticated in accordance with this section and the last preceding section, has been heretofore recorded in the proper county, such record, or a certified transcript thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the due execution of such instrument to the same extent as if it had been authenticated as required by the statute in force at the time such instrument was recorded.

Approved May 27, 1893.

evidence.

[ No. 138. ] 07 169

AN ACT to secure to women citizens who are otherwise qualified the right to vote in school, village and city elections

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Qualification, That in all school, village and city elections hereafter held in this State, women who are able to read the constitution of the State of Michigan, printed in the English language, shall be allowed to vote for all school, village and city offi cers, and on all questions pertaining to school, village and city regulations, on the same terms and conditions prescribed by law for male citizens. Before any woman shall be regis- Duty of board tered as a voter, the board of registration shall require her to read and she shall read, in the presence of said board, at least one section of the constitution of this State in the English language.

of registration.

etc.

SEC. 2. All laws of this State prescribing the qualifica- Voters' rights, tions of voters at school, village and city elections therein, shall apply to women, and women who are able to read the constitution of Michigan as above provided, shall enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities, and be subject to all the penalties prescribed for voters at such elections.

Women voters

SEC. 3. Women who are entitled to vote under the presubject to law. ceding sections of this act, shall be subject to all laws relating to the registration of voters and be liable to all penalties attached to the violation of such laws, and their names shall be received and registered by the various boards of registration at the time and in the manner required by law for other voters.

Approved May 27, 1893.

Cities and vil

lages may own electric light

plants.

[ No. 139. ]

AN ACT to authorize the cities and villages of this State which own and operate electric light works for the purpose of lighting their streets and other public places, to furnish and supply electric light to the inhabitants of such cities and villages.

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SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful for any city or incorporated village in this State, not having more than eight thousand inhabitants, which own and operate works for the purpose of supplying such city or village with electric light and lighting their streets and other public places with electric light, to furnish and supply electric light to the inhabitants of such cities or villages upon such terms and under such conditions as the common council may deem expedient.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 27, 1893.

Section amended.

AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred and forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred and 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," approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section one of act number one hundred and forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred and 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 part of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

visors shall

of schools.

I See 1895 34

school examin

aminers,

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Board of super-
That at the meetings of the several boards of supervisors of elect county
the different counties of the State to be held on the fourth commissioner
Monday in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the said
several boards of supervisors shall elect a county commis-
sioner of schools for their respective counties whose term of
office shall commence on the fourth Tuesday of August next
following, who shall hold his or her office until the first day Term of office.
of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, or until his or
her successor shall be elected and qualified. Said boards of Also appoint
supervisors shall also on said fourth Monday of June, appoint ers.
two persons as school examiners, who together with said
commissioner of schools shall constitute a board of school Board of ex-
examiners. One of said school examiners shall be appointed
for a period of one year and the other for a period of two Term of office.
years, from and after the second Monday of October next
after their appointment, or until their successors have been
appointed and [have] qualified; and thereafter such boards
of supervisors shall, at each annual session, appoint one exam-
iner who shall hold his or her office for a period of two
years, or until his or her successor shall have been appointed
and qualified. In case a vacancy shall occur at any time in Vacancy.
the office of school examiner, the judge of probate, together
with the board of school examiners of the county in which
such vacancy shall have occurred, shall within ten days after
the occurrence of such vacancy, appoint some suitable person
to fill such vacancy, and the person so appointed shall hold
the office for the unexpired portion of the term, and until
his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Within ten Oath of office.
days after such commissioner or examiners shall have received
legal notice of his or her election or appointment he or she
shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office
and the same shall be filed with the county clerk. The said Bond.
county commissioner so appointed, shall execute a bond with
two sufficient sureties, to be approved by and filed with the

county clerk, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, con- To contain what.
ditioned that he or she will faithfully discharge the duties
of his or her office according to law, and to faithfully account
for and pay over to the proper persons all money which may
come into his or her hands by reason of his or her holding
such office; and thereupon the county clerk shall report the
name and post office address of such county commissioner to
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Approved May 27, 1893.

1

Appropriation,
purposes, etc.

How paid, etc.

To be incorpo-
rated in taxes
for 1893.

[ No. 141. ]

AN ACT making appropriations for the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars be appropriated out of the general fund for the following named purposes at the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia:

For general repairs, three thousand dollars.

For furnishings of administration and inmate kitchen, and internal repairs of administration building, five hundred dollars.

For stationery, printing, blanks, books, five hundred dollars. For machinery, to replace worn out machinery, two thousand dollars.

For library, five hundred dollars.

For bedding, etc., cells, one thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. That the sums appropriated by this act shall be passed to the credit of the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and paid to its treasurer or other responsible officer upon the requisition of the board of inspectors at such times and in such amounts as it may be made to appear to the Auditor General to be necessary.

SEC. 3. That the aggregate sum appropriated by this act shall be added to and incorporated with the tax for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three by the Auditor General, and when collected passed to the credit of the general fund. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 27, 1893.

[ No. 142. ]

AN ACT to make an appropriation for the support of the State Agricultural College, for the erection and repair of buildings, and other improvements at said college.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury, two hundred dollars for a team and harness for the farm department; two hundred dollars for fencing on the farm department; five hundred dollars for drainage; five hundred dollars for the mechanical department; three thousand five hundred dollars for walks and graveled roads; two hundred dollars for a team for the garden department; ten thousand dollars for the repair of buildings, steam and water works; one thousand dollars for furnishing and equipping the botanical laboratory; two hundred and twenty-five dol

lars for museum cases; two thousand dollars for the library; fifteen hundred dollars for enlarging the blacksmith shop and for a foundry; three hundred dollars for additional sheds; five hundred dollars for fitting up rooms and closet in the agricultural laboratory; eight hundred dollars for a gallery in the library; five hundred dollars for an addition to the dwelling of the professor of horticulture; twenty-five hundred dollars for a hospital building and furnishings; one thousand dollars for a sewerage system on the grounds; three hundred dollars for a privy at Wells hall; eight thousand dollars for student labor; a total of thirty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars, of which one-half shall be paid in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and one-half in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, which said moneys provided for in this act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture for the purposes aforesaid, and shall be drawn from the treasury on presentation of the proper certificate of said board to the Auditor General and on his warrants to the State Treasurer.

rated in taxes of 1893-94.

SEC. 2. There shall be assessed upon the taxable property To be incorpoof the State in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three the sum of sixteen thousand eight hundred and sixty-three dollars, and in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four the sum of sixteen thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars, to be assessed and levied in like manner as other taxes are assessed, levied and paid, which tax when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the sums to be drawn therefrom as provided for in this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 27, 1893.

[ No. 143. ]

AN ACT making an appropriation for improving the sanitary condition of the State capitol.

and purpose of.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Appropriation That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the general fund in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of improving the sanitary condition of the State capitol. The improvement shall be made in the Senate chamber, House of Representatives and the various other departments of the State capitol, and shall be done under the Under supervis direction and supervision of the Board of State Auditors. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 29, 1893.

ion of Board of State Auditors.