Duty of treasurer. To file bond. May furnish bond of surety company. Form, approval, etc., of boud. SEC. 25. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of each school district: First, To execute to the district and file with the director within ten days after his election or appointment and each year thereafter during his term of office a bond in double the amount of money on hand, plus the amount to come into his hands as such treasurer during the ensuing year of his term of office, as near as the same can be ascertained, with two or more sureties, each of whom shall be required to justify in writing and under oath to the amount for which he is holden in said bond, or he may furnish the bond of some surety company authorized to do business in this State, the premium on which surety bond may be paid by the district; the form of the bond, the penalty and the sufficiency of the sureties to be subject to the approval of the moderator and director, conditioned for the faithful application of all moneys that shall come into his hands by virtue of his office, and to perform all the duties of his said office as required by the provisions of this act. Said bond shall be filed with the director, and none of the books or money of the district shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer until his bond has been so filed; and in case of any breach of the conditions thereof the moderator shall cause a suit to be commenced thereon in the name of the district, and any moneys collected thereon shall be paid into the township treasury, subject to the order of the district officers, and shall be applied to the same purposes as the money lost should have been applied Proviso, as to by the treasurer: Provided, That the school board of any Where filed, etc. deposit of funds. Proviso, as to amount of deposit, etc. Pay orders of director and moderator. school district in which the amount of money coming into the hands of the treasurer during the fiscal year, shall exceed three thousand dollars, shall provide by resolution for the deposit in banks or trust companies of any or all moneys coming into the hands of the treasurer of the board: Provided, however, That no bank shall receive a larger deposit than the amount of its paid-in capital stock, and in no event to exceed thirty thousand dollars. Such bank or banks shall give a good and sufficient surety company bond, approved by said district board, in a sum at least equal to the amount designated as the penalty in the bond given by the treasurer to said school district and conditioned for the receipt, safe keeping and payment over of all money which may come under its custody under and by virtue of this act; and it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the school district to see that a greater sum than that contained in the bond is not deposited in such bank or banks, and said treasurer and his bondsmen shall be liable for any loss occasioned by deposits in excess of such bond; Second, To pay all orders of the director, when lawfully drawn and countersigned by the moderator, out of any moneys in his hands belonging to the fund upon which such orders may be drawn; record of Third, To keep a book in which all moneys received and To keep disbursed shall be entered, the sources from which the same moneys. have been received, and the persons to whom and the objects for which the same have been paid; annual report. district in Fourth, To present to the district board, at the close of To make the school year, a report in writing, containing a statement of all moneys received during the preceding year, and of each item of disbursements made, and exhibit the voucher therefor; Fifth, To appear for and on behalf of the district in all To represent suits brought by or against the same, when no other direc- suits. tions shall be given by the qualified voters in district meeting, except in suits in which he is interested adversely to the district, and in all such cases the moderator shall appear for such district, if no other directions be given as aforesaid; Sixth, At the close of his term of office to settle with the To settle district board, and deliver to his successor in office all books, and turn vouchers, orders, documents and papers belonging to the over papers, office of treasurer, together with all district moneys remaining on hand; with board etc. Seventh, To perform such other duties as are or shall be Other duties. by law required of the treasurer. Approved May 15, 1907. [No. 92.] AN ACT to allow fishing with set lines in the township of The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be lawful to fish with set May fish with lines in any of the waters in the township of Argentine, in set lines. the county of Genesee. clause. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in anywise contravening Repealing the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 15, 1907. 15 Lands withdrawn froin sale. [No. 93.] AN ACT to withdraw Agricultural College lands in Iosco and Alcona counties from the market. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. AH lands belonging to the Agricultural College of Michigan and known as agricultural lands, and lying within the counties of Iosco and Alcona are hereby withdrawn from entry and sale until July one, nineteen hundred seven, except insofar as the same have been heretofore entered. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Land authorized conveyed to U. S. for weather [No. 94.] AN ACT to authorize the State Board of Agriculture to convey to the United States government a tract of land to be used for the purpose of erecting a building to be used and maintained for a weather station observatory or such observatory and postoffice combined. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to convey to the United States government from the land upon which the State Agricultural College is observatory. located, a tract not exceeding one acre in extent, the location and boundaries of which are to be determined by the said board, for the use of said United States government in erecting a building at the said college to be used and maintained for a weather station observatory or such observatory and postoffice combined. Approved May 22, 1907. Liability of bank for [No. 95.] AN ACT fixing the liability of banks for the payment of forged or raised checks to a depositor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No bank shall be liable to a depositor for the payment by it of a forged or raised check unless within three raised checks, months after the return to the depositor of the voucher of payment of forged or such payment such depositor shall notify the bank that the check so paid is forged or raised. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the pro- Repealing visions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 22, 1907. clause. [No. 96.] AN ACT to provide for the lawful taking of cisco fish in the waters of Brown's lake and Vandercook's lake in Jackson county, and to repeal act one hundred fifty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: for cisco fish, other fish. SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any person from Octo- Open season ber fifteenth to December fifteenth, both inclusive, to take with net. cisco fish in the waters of Brown's lake and Vandercook's lake, Jackson county, by means of legal mesh net: Pro- Proviso, vided, That the taking of such fish shall in nowise interfere with or destroy other fish protected under the laws of this State: Provided further, That the meshes in said nets au- Further thorized to be used under the provisions of this act shall in no case be less than one and one-half inches. Any cisco fish Sale, unlawful. lawfully taken in Brown's lake or Vandercook's lake between the dates hereinbefore provided may be retained by the person or persons so taking them, but shall not be sold or offered for sale. proviso. SEC. 2. Act one hundred fifty-nine of the public acts of Act repealed. nineteen hundred five is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 97.] AN ACT to provide for the establishment of a department. of veterinary science at the Michigan Agricultural College. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of veterinary SECTION 1. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby au- Department thorized and empowered to establish a department at the science. Michigan Agricultural College, to be known as the department of veterinary science. Accommodations, tutors, apparatus, etc. Degree. SEC. 2. The said State Board of Agriculture may provide suitable accommodations for class and demonstrating rooms; may appoint such professors of veterinary science and such tutors, demonstrators and other instructors as may from time to time be necessary; may furnish all necessary apparatus and appliances for the study of veterinary science; may prescribe and regulate the course of study; may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary, and may grant to each student satisfactorily completing the prescribed course of study a diploma and confer upon each such student the degree of "Doctor of Veterinary Science." Approved May 22, 1907. Section amended, Compensation of certain township officers. [No. 98.] AN ACT to amend section ninety-five of chapter eighty-one, being compiler's section two thousand three hundred seyenty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, the same being an act defining the powers and duties of townships, and election and duties of township officers. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section ninety-five of chapter eighty-one, being compiler's section two thousand three hundred seventy-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being an act defining the powers and duties of townships, and election and duties of township officers, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 95. The following township officers shall be entitled to compensation at the following rates, for each day actually and necessarily devoted by them to the service of the township, in the duties of their respective offices, to be verified by affidavit, whenever required by the township boards: First, The officers composing the township boards, board of registration, board of health, inspectors of election, clerks of the poll, commissioners of highways and school inspectors, one dollar and fifty cents per day, and at the same rate for parts of days; Second, The supervisor for taking the assessment and for all services not connected with above boards, three dollars per day and at the same rate for parts of days; Third, The township clerk, as clerk of the board of commissioners of highways, of the township board, and of the board of school inspectors, one dollar and fifty cents per day and at the same rate for parts of days, but no township officer shall be entitled to pay for acting in more than one |