States, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in con- AN ACT to amend section number one of chapter number six of an act entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being act number one hundred and sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, as [amended] amend by act number fifty-six of public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, being section five thousand one hundred and three of Howell's Annotated Statutes. SECTION. 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, section That section number one of chapter six of an act entitled amended. "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to public Instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being act number one hundred and sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one as amended by act number fifty-six of public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven being section five thousand one hundred and three of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: meeting, or a CHAPTER VI. BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF DISTRICTS. row money. SECTION 1. Any school district may, by a two-thirds vote Two-thirds vote of the qualified electors of said district present at any annual required to bormoney, and may issue bonds of the district therefor, to pay special meeting called for that purpose, borrow for a school-house site or sites, and to erect and furnish school buildings as follows: Districts having less than thirty Indebtedness trict restricted amount. children between five and twenty years of age may have an incurred by disindebtedness not to exceed three hundred dollars; districts to a certain having thirty children of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed five hundred dollars; districts having fifty children of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed two one thousand dollars; districts having seventy-five children thousand dollars; districts having one hundred children of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed three thousand dollars; districts having one hundred and twenty-five less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, may have children of like age, and with an assessed valuation of not Indebtedness an indebtedness not to exceed five thousand dollars; districts having two hundred children of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed eight thousand dollars; districts having three hundred children of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars; districts having four hundred children of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed twenty thousand dollars; districts having five hundred children of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars; and districts having eight hundred children or more of like age may have an indebtedness not to exceed thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That the indebtedness of a district shall in no case extend shall not extend beyond ten years for money borrowed: Provided further, That in all proceedings under this section the director, assessor, and one person appointed by the district board, shall constitute a board of inspection, who shall cause a Poll list and bal- poll list to be kept and a suitable ballot-box to be used, which shall be kept open two hours. The vote shall be by ballot either printed or written or partly printed and partly written and the canvass of the same shall be conducted in the same manner as at township elections so far as the laws governing the same are applicable. And where they are not the board of inspectors shall prescribe the manner in which such canvass shall be conducted. beyond ten years. Who to constitute board of inspection. lot-box to be used. Vote to be by ballot. Canvass, how conducted. Per diem extra compensation. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 5. ] AN ACT to fix the per diem compensation of members of the State Legislature from the upper peninsula for and during the session of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That upper peninsula. in addition to the compensation, mileage and allowance for stationery, as fixed by law, for members representing the upper peninsula, there shall be allowed and paid two dollars per diem extra compensation during the legislative session of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved February 10, 1893. [ No. 6. ] AN ACT to provide for the continuance of the recompilation and copying of the records in the office of the Adjutant General pertaining to the enlistment, muster, history, and final disposition of the soldiers or sailors from this State during the war of the rebellion, and to make an appropriation therefor. or sailors, by Ad SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Recompilation of That the Adjutant General is hereby authorized and directed to records, soldiers provide suitable books and to recompile, and copy from papers jutant General. now on file in his office, or from such other official papers as be may obtain, the military or naval history of each and every soldier, or sailor who enlisted from and was credited to this State during the war of the rebellion. Such history shall Disposition of. show, as far as may be possible, the name, age, date of enlistment, military or naval history and final disposition of each such soldier or sailor. priated. SEC. 2. The sum of eight thousand dollars is hereby appro- Moneys appro priated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any moneys in the State treasury to the credit of the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes mentioned not to exceed in this act. The Auditor General shall draw his warrant upon Warrants drawn the State Treasurer upon the certificate of the Adjutant Gen- certain sum. eral not to exceed the sum above mentioned, as the same may be required to carry out the provisions of this act. State tax. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate Amount incorin the State tax for the year one thousand eight hundred rated in and ninety-three the sum of four thousand dollars, and a like sum for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninetyfour, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sums when collected, When collected shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse credit of the it for the sum appropriated by section two of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved February 16, 1893. [ No. 7. ] S 1897 264 AN ACT to amend act number one hundred and fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the organization of Young Men's Christian Associations," as amended by act number sixty of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninetyone, being chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of Howell's Annotated Statutes, by adding a section thereto to stand as section seven of said act. placed to the general fund. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Acts amended. That act number one hundred and fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the organization of Young Men's Christian Associations," as amended by act number sixty of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and act number fifty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, being chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be amended by adding thereto a section to stand as section seven of said act, said section to read as follows: SEC. 7. The board of directors of any such corporation, at any meeting of said board regularly called for the purpose, shall have power to borrow money for the purposes of purchasing real estate or the erection or completion of buildings proper for the uses of the association; and for the purpose of purchasing. other property necessary and proper for the uses of the association, and to give the obligations of such corporation therefor, and to pledge or mortgage any or all of the property of such association, real or personal, to secure the payment of any such loan. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 8. ] AN ACT to prohibit engaging in the business of selling, keeping for sale, offering, selling, furnishing, giving away or delivering spirituous, intoxicating, malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors upon the waters within the jurisdiction of this State, lying outside the boundaries of any city, village or township, and to provide a penalty therefor, together with common jurisdiction of certain counties in relation thereto. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, himself, or by his clerk, servant, agent or employé, to engage in the business of selling, keeping for sale, or to offer, sell, furnish, deliver or give to any person, spirituous, intoxicating, malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors, or any beverage, liquor or liquids containing any spirituous or intoxicating liquor, upon any waters within the jurisdiction of this State lying outside of the boundaries of any city, village or township: Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to sales made upon passenger boats, legally licensed and registered under the laws of the United States, while en route running between ports, on regularly established lines. SEC. 2. Any person who, himself, or by his clerk, servant, agent or employé, shall violate any of the provisions of section one of this act shall, for the first offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be offenses sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than Penalty for. two hundred dollars and the costs of his prosecution, or to be imprisoned in the county jail not less than forty days nor more than six months, in the discretion of the court. For the second, and every subsequent offense so committed, Subsequent he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction fees to be thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than six hundred dollars, or to be confined in State Prison for a term of not less than ninety days nor more than two years in the discretion of the court. felony. construed an SEC. 3. Each violation of any of the provisions of this Each violation act shall be construed to constitute a separate and complete offense. offense, and for each violation on the same day, or different days, the person or persons so offending shall be held to the penalty herein provided. Any and all persons violating, who liable. or assisting in violating, the provisions of section one of this act, whether as owner, partner, clerk, agent, servant or employé, shall be equally liable as principal, and may be so charged and prosecuted; and any person or principal shall be liable for the acts of his clerk, servant, agent or employé for any violation of the provisions of this act. complaint with SEC. 4. Whenever complaint shall be made to any justice Justice to receive of the peace, or police justice, of any violation of any of out security. the provisions of this act, he shall not require security for costs to be given, but shall take the complaint and examination of witnesses as in other cases, and, if the offense appears to have been committed, he shall issue his warrant for the arrest of the offender, and notify the prosecuting attorney, whose duty it shall be to prosecute the same. there is probable cause to believe the accused guilty of the offense charged, he shall be bound over, or committed for trial, to the circuit court, as in other cases within the jurisdiction of said circuit court. If Duty of prosecut ing attorney. have jurisdic SEC. 5. All the circuit courts of the various counties bor- Circuit courts to dering upon the shores of the great lakes and the waters tion. connecting the same, within this State, shall have jurisdiction in common of offenses committed in violation of this act; and such offenses may be heard and tried in any of offenses, where such counties in which legal process against the offender tried. shall be first issued, in like manner and to the same effect as if the offense had been committed in any part of either of said counties. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 2 |