SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act Penalty. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 88.] AN ACT to prohibit the taking or catching of fish by any means or device, other than hook and line, in Park lake or in its tributaries in the township of Bath in Clinton county. The People of the State of Michigan enact: use spear, etc. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- Unlawful to sons to take, catch or destroy or attempt to take, catch or destroy by spear, firearms or by any explosive, any species of fish in the waters of Park lake in the township of Bath, in Clinton county, Michigan, or in any outlet or bayou of or other waters connected with or tributary to said lake. fish except SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to Unlawful to take or catch or attempt to take or catch by the use of seines, with hook and nets or any means, except by hook and line, any fish other line. than minnows, for bait, in the aforesaid Park lake or in any outlet or bayou thereof or waters connected with or tributary thereto. SEC. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of Penalty. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Unlawful to use spear, etc. Unlawful to fish except with hook and line. Penalty. [No. 89.] AN ACT to prohibit the taking or catching of fish by any means or device, other than hook and line, in the Lookingglass river, or its tributaries in Clinton county. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, catch or destroy or attempt to take, catch or destroy by spear, firearms or by any explosive, any species of fish in the waters of the Lookingglass river or its tributaries in Clinton county, Michigan. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take or catch, or attempt to take or catch, by the use of seines, nets or any means, except by hook and line, any fish other than minnows for bait, in the aforesaid river or waters tributary, thereto within said county of Clinton. SEC. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Unlawful to catch except with hook and line. [No. 90.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for screening the outlet of Hutchins lake, in the townships of Clyde and Ganges, Allegan county, and to prohibit fishing in said lake in any manner except with the hook and line." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act one hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for screening the outlet of Hutchins lake, in the townships of Clyde and Ganges, Allegan county, and to prohibit fishing in said lake in any manner except with the hook and line," is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or kill any fish in said Hutchins lake, in said county of Allegan, with a spear, net, grab hook, or by use of jacks or artificial light, or any kind of firearms, or explosive ma- [No. 91.] AN ACT to amend section twenty of chapter two and sections two, nine and twenty-five of chapter three of act number one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, 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," and acts amendatory thereof, being sections four thousand six hundred sixty-five, four thousand six hundred sixty-seven, four thousand six hundred seventyfour and four thousand six hundred ninety-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan cnact: amended. SECTION 1. Section twenty of chapter two and section two, Sections section nine and section twenty-five of chapter three of act one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, 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," and acts amendatory thereof, being sections four thou sand six hundred sixty-five, four thousand six hundred sixtyseven, four thousand six hundred seventy-four and four thousand six hundred ninety-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are amended to read as follows: voters. chairman SEC. 20. The qualified voters in any school district when Power of lawfully assembled at the first and at each annual meeting, qualified or at an adjournment thereof, or at any special meeting lawfully called except as hereinafter provided, shall have power: First, At the first meeting and at any meeting after the Appoint organization of the district, in the absence of the moderator, and director. to appoint a chairman for the time being, and in the absence of the director to appoint some person to act in his stead, who shall keep a minute of the proceedings of such meeting and certify the same to the director, to be by him entered in the records of the district; Second, To adjourn from time to time as occasion may re- Adjourn. quire; Third, To elect district officers as herein provided, and Elect officers. to determine at what hour the annual meeting shall be held; Designate sites. Purchase site and Fourth, To designate, as hereinafter provided, a site or such number of sites as may be desired for schoolhouses, and to change the same when necessary; Fifth, To direct the purchasing or leasing of a site or sites, build school- lawfully determined upon; the building, hiring or purchasing of a schoolhouse or houses, or the enlarging of a site or sites previously established; house. Vote tax for site and schoolhouse. Vote tax for repairs, etc. Sell school property. Provisions in suits. Appoint building committee. Determine length of school year. Sixth, To vote such tax as the meeting shall deem sufficient, to purchase or lease a site or sites, or to build, hire or purchase a schoolhouse or houses; but the amount of taxes to be raised in any district for the purpose of purchasing or building a schoolhouse or houses in the same year that any bonded indebtedness is incurred, shall not exceed in districts containing less than ten children between the ages of five and twenty years, two hundred fifty dollars; in districts having between ten and thirty children of like age, it shall not exceed five hundred dollars; and in districts having between thirty and fifty children of like age, it shall not exceed one thousand dollars; Seventh, To vote such tax as shall be necessary for the following purposes: To keep their schoolhouse or houses in repair, to provide the necessary appendages and school apparatus, to establish and support a district library, to pay and discharge any debt or liabilities of the district lawfully incurred, to pay for the service of any district officers, and to pay the premium upon any surety bond required by law to be given by any officer of such school district, and to pay for the transportation of pupils to and from school. The tax herein authorized to be voted shall not exceed one-half of the amount which the district is authorized to raise for building schoolhouses; Eighth, To authorize and direct the sale of any schoolhouse, site, building or other property belonging to the district, when the same shall no longer be needed for the use of the district; Ninth, To give such directions and make such provisions as they shall deem necessary in relation to the prosecution or defense of any suit or proceeding in which the district may be a party or interested; Tenth, To appoint, as in their discretion it may be necessary, a building committee to perform such duties in supervising the work of building a schoolhouse as they may by vote direct; Eleventh, At the first and the annual meeting only, to determine the length of time a school shall be taught in their district during the ensuing year, which shall not be less than nine months in districts having eight hundred children over five and under twenty years of age, and not less than five months in all other districts, on pain of forfeiture of When board their share of the primary school interest fund; but in case to determine. such matters shall not be determined at the first or annual meeting, the district board shall determine the same; and in case the district fails to vote for at least the minimum length required herein, the district board shall make provisions for said minimum length of school; one mill tax. Twelfth, To appropriate the funds derived or to be derived To appropriate from the one mill tax, or such part thereof as is deemed necessary, for the purpose of transporting pupils to and from school: Provided, That any district may appropriate any Proviso. surplus moneys arising from the one mill tax after having maintained a school in the district at least eight months in the school year for the following purposes: Purchasing or enlarging school sites, building or repairing schoolhouses, purchasing any school apparatus, purchasing books for li brary, or for any incidental expenses of the school. SEC. 2. A school district office shall become vacant im- When school mediately upon any of the following events: First, The death of the incumbent; Second, His resignation; Third, His removal from office; Fourth, His removal from the district; Fifth, His conviction of any infamous crime; Sixth, His election or appointment being declared void by a competent tribunal; Seventh, His neglect to file his acceptance of office, or to give or renew any official bond according to law; Eighth, His ceasing to be a taxpayer in the school district; Ninth, Upon the expiration of twenty days after failure of the district to elect a successor at the annual meeting, at the expiration of which period the board of school inspectors shall appoint such successor. district office deemed vacant. board to different compensation SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the district board to esti- District mate the amount necessary to be raised, in addition to other estimate school funds, for the entire support of such schools, includ- amounts for ing teachers' wages, fuel and other incidental expenses, and purposes. for deficiencies of the previous year for such purposes and for the services of district officers: Provided, That in dis- Proviso, as to tricts having less than fifty scholars drawing money from of officers. the primary school interest fund the tax for the services of district officers shall not exceed ten dollars for the services of the director, ten dollars for the services of the treasurer, and five dollars for the services of the moderator, and this shall be for all services performed by such officers for the district. When such amount has been estimated and voted When board by the district board, it shall be reported for assessment and may borrow collection, the same as other district taxes. When a tax has been estimated and voted by the district board under the provisions of this section or when the district has voted a tax and the money is needed before it can be collected, the district board may borrow to an amount not exceeding the amount of said tax. money. |