include instruction in manual training, domestic science, nature study and the elements of agriculture; (h) To estimate and vote the amount of tax necessary to support the school at a meeting previous to October first in each year and report the same to the supervisor, which amount shall be spread upon the tax roll the same as other district taxes, and in their discretion borrow money for current expenses, which amount shall not exceed fifty per cent of the amount of tax voted; (i) To publish annually in one newspaper of the township or county a statement of the proceedings of the board meetings and an itemized account of all receipts and expenses, and file a copy of the same in the office of the county school commissioner and State Superintendent of Public Instruction within sixty days of the date of publication of the same; (j) To call special elections or meetings of the township, if necessary, to vote on the amount of money to be raised for the purchase of grounds and erection of buildings and for such other purposes as may be necessary within the authority of the provisions of this act or of the general school laws. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 5, 1907. [No. 127.] AN ACT to amend section seven and section eight of act one hundred forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred 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," and acts amendatory thereof, being sections four thousand eight hundred fourteen and four thousand eight hundred fifteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section seven and section eight of act one Sections hundred forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred 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," and acts amendatory thereof, being sections four thousand Revocation missioner, when charges preferred. Duty of board at hearing. eight hundred fourteen and four thousand eight hundred fifteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, are amended to read as follows: SEC. 7. The board of school examiners may suspend or of certificates. revoke any teacher's certificate issued by them for neglect of duty, incompetency, or immorality, or for any other reason which would have justified said board in withholding the same when given, and said board may suspend the effect of any teacher's certificate granted by the county commissioner of schools which said certificate licenses the holder thereof to teach in a specified district for which it shall be granted. Duty of com- Whenever written charges accusing any teacher of neglect of duty, incompetency, or immorality shall be filed with the county commissioner of schools, said commissioner shall immediately notify said accused teacher that charges have been filed against him and shall attach to such notice a certified copy of said charges together with the name or names of the person or persons filing the same, and said commissioner may, and on the written demand of the accused teacher shall, within twenty days after the filing of said charges, call a meeting of the board of school examiners of the county and shall summon the teacher, against whom charges have been preferred, and also summon any witnesses who may have knowledge of the facts, to appear before said board of examiners on the date mentioned in the summons. Said summons shall have the force of a summons or subpoena at law. On the day set for the meeting of the board of examiners, said board shail proceed to hear the case. The chairman of said board shall have authority to administer an oath to the several witnesses and examine them under oath if he deems it advisable. The board of examiners shall proceed to examine the party charged and the witnesses for and against said party, and if it shall appear that the charges made are true, then the said board shall have authority to suspend or revoke the certificate of the accused: Provided, That no certificate shall be suspended or revoked without a personal hearing, unless the holder thereof shall, after a reasonable notice, neglect or refuse to appear before the said board for that purpose: And Provided further, That any person summoned to appear before the board of examiners for the purposes mentioned herein and who shall fail to appear before said board on the day specified in the summons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined a sum not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than twenty days or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. The county comsuspension of missioner of schools in any county shall have authority to temporarily suspend the force of any teacher's certificate when from his personal inspection of the work of said teacher, or from his personal knowledge, he is satisfied that Proviso. Proviso as to non-appearance of person summoned. Temporary certificate. teacher be such teacher has been guilty of wilful neglect of duty or is incompetent to instruct or govern the school, or has been guilty of gross immorality. The county commissioner of To summon schools shall, upon suspending the force of any teacher's cer- fore board. tificate, immediately, and within ten days thereafter, call a meeting of the board of school examiners and summon said teacher to appear before said board to show cause why his or her certificate should not be indefinitely suspended or revoked: Provided further, however, That it shall be the Proviso, as duty of the board of school examiners to file in the office of to filing dethe county school commissioner its decision within ten days. after the close of any hearing above mentioned, and it shall be the duty of the county school commissioner within five days after the filing of said decision to mail a copy thereof to said teacher: Provided further, however, That any teacher Proviso, apwho feels aggrieved at the decision of the county board of Bet to proschool examiners may, within twenty days after the filing of such decision, take an appeal to the probate court of said county, who is hereby authorized to hear and determine said. cause. cision. bate court. county com SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the county commissioner: Duty of First, Immediately after his or her qualification as com- missioner. missioner, to send notice thereof to the Superintendent of Notice of qualification. Public Instruction and to the chairman of each township board of school inspectors of the county; Second, To keep a record of all examinations held by the Record of board of school examiners and to sign all certificates and meetings, etc. other papers and reports issued by the board, and to keep a record of all meetings of the board of examiners and of all hearings for the suspension or revocation of any teacher's certificate, and to call meetings of the board of examiners at such other times than those mentioned in section five of this act as he may deem best; Third, To receive the institute fees provided by law and Institute fees. to pay the same to the county treasurer quarterly, beginning September thirtieth in each year; certificates. Fourth, To keep a record of all certificates granted, Record of suspended, revoked or transferred by the said board or commissioner, showing to whom issued, together with the date, grade, duration of each certificate, and, if suspended or revoked, with the date and the reason therefor; authorized Fifth, To furnish, previous to the third Monday in July List of in each year, to the township clerk of each township in the teachers. county, a list of all persons legally authorized to teach in the county at large during the preceding school year, and in such township, with the date and term of each certificate, and if any have been suspended or revoked, the date of such suspension or revocation; Sixth, To visit each of the schools in the county at least Visit schools. once in each year and to examine carefully the discipline, the mode of instruction, the text-books in use, the apparatus belonging to the school, the library, the progress and proficiency assistants. of the pupils, the skill and efficiency of the teacher, the condition of the school property, and whether the attendance at school is in compliance with law, and to make a careful record of these items and report the same to the director of Proviso as to each district: Provided, That in counties containing one hundred twenty or more districts, the commissioner of schools is hereby authorized to appoint such assistants as may be necessary, who shall perform such duties as said commissioner shall direct: Provided further, That in counties containing less than one hundred twenty districts, such assistants shall be appointed with the consent of the board Proviso, as to of supervisors: Provided further, That the whole expense incurred by such assistants shall not exceed the sum of ninety dollars in one year in any county; Idem. expense. Counsel with teachers, etc. To improve schools, conductor of institutes. To examine annual reports, etc. Subject to rules of lic Instruc tion. Seventh, To counsel with the teachers and school boards as to the course of study to be adopted and pursued, and as to any improvement in the discipline, instruction and management of the school, and he may examine and audit the books and records of any school district at any time when directed to do so by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or by application of any school board; Eighth, To promote, by such means as he or she may devise, the improvement of the schools in the county, and the elevation of the character and the qualifications of the teachers and officers thereof, and act as assistant conductor of institutes appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and perform such other duties pertaining thereto as said superintendent shall require; Ninth, To receive the duplicate annual reports of the several boards of school inspectors, examine into the correctness of the same, requiring them to be amended when necessary; endorse his or her approval upon them, and immediately thereafter, and before the fifteenth day of September in each year, transmit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction one copy of each of said reports and file the other in the office of the county clerk; Tenth, To be subject to such instructions and rules as the Sup't of Pub- Superintendent of Public Instruction may prescribe; to receive all blanks and communications that may be sent to him or her by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to dispose of the same as directed by the said superintendent; and to make annual reports at the close of the school year to the Superintendent of Public Instruction of his or her official labors, and of the schools of the county, together with such other information as may be required; Other duties. Eleventh, To perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by law, and at the close of the term of office to deliver all records, books, and papers belonging to the office to his or her successor. Approved June 5, 1907. [No. 128.] AN ACT permitting the catching or taking by use of net of German carp, red horse, suckers, mullets and dog fish, in the waters of Lake St. Clair bordering on this State. The People of the State of Michigan enact: rules, etc. bond. SECTION 1. It shall be lawful to catch or take by use of Certain species of fish may be net, German carp, red horse, suckers, mullets and dog fish taken by net. in the waters of Lake St. Clair bordering on this State: Pro- Proviso as to vided, The same shall be done under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden in relation thereto : And Provided further, Proviso as to That said officer is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations in relation thereto as are usual and proper, including rules and regulations for inspection of such fishing, and the requirement of a bond running to the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, conditioned for the payment of a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every violation of this and other laws for the protection of fish: Pro- Proviso as to vided further, That no nets of a less size mesh than four size of nets, inches, extension measure, as used, shall be permitted, and fish. no kind of fish, save German carp, red horse, suckers, mullets and dog fish, may be lawfully taken and retained by any one fishing under the provisions of this act. and kind of SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of section one Penalty. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 21 |