mal school at Mt. Pleasant, the Michigan state agricultural college at Lansing, the Michigan college of mines, or the manual training schools of this state. (367) SEC. 2. Articles of association shall be executed Manner of inin duplicate, by the persons so associating themselves to- corporation. gether in the first instance, and shall be acknowledged by them before some person authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments of deeds, one of which duplicates shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, and a record shall be made of such articles, and a certified copy thereof filed in the clerk's office in the county where such society is formed. Thereupon the persons so executing said articles, and such other persons as may thereafter, according to the provisions of such articles, become associated with them shall become and be a body politic and corporate, capable of being sued, for the purpose set forth in such articles. association. (368) SEC. 3. The articles of association shall contain: Articles of First, The names and places of residence of the persons associated in the first instance; Second, The name or title by which such association shall be known in law, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years; Third, The objects for which it was organized; Fourth, The number of its trustees or managers to manage the same, and the names of such trustees or managers for the first year of its existence. management. of trustees. (369) SEC. 4. The affairs of such corporation shall be General under the general management of not less than five nor more than fifteen trustees, to be chosen by the members thereof, and to hold office for some time, not exceeding five years, as shall be provided by the articles of association; and the Classification articles of association may provide for a classification of the trustees so that the terms of office of the several classes shall expire at different times, and for a classification of the members in accordance with their subscriptions to the objects for which the corporation was organized. The regular officers of such corporation shall form a part of such trustees. The officers may be chosen by the trustees or the members of the corporation, as the articles shall prescribe. The by-laws shall By-laws. be adopted by the trustees, who may change them at pleasure. The majority of the trustees shall be a quorum to trans act business. The articles of association of any such corpo- Amendments. ration may be amended at any time by a two-thirds vote of the trustees. Before any such amendment shall take effect, a copy of the resolution, certified by the secretary, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and in the clerk's office of the county in which the original articles are filed. corporation. (370) SEC. 5. All the funds received by any corporation Funds of organized under this act shall be used, after paying necessary expenses, for the exclusive purpose or purposes set forth May receive real and personal estate. Proviso, may specify kinds of securities. Election of officers. Articles may be used in court. General power of corporation. in the articles of association. And no portion of the funds of ration shall have the power to make all needful rules and (371) SEC. 6. In case it shall at any time happen that an election of officers, directors or trustees shall not be made on the day designated by the articles of association and bylaws, said corporation for that cause shall not be dissolved, but it shall and may be lawful on any other day to hold an election of officers, directors or trustees, in such manner as may be directed by the articles of association and by-laws of said corporation. (372) SEC. 7. The articles of association filed as required by this act, or a copy thereof certified by the officer with whom they are so filed, may be given in evidence in any court of this state for or against said corporation. Said corporation shall possess the general power conferred by and subject to the provisions and restrictions of chapter two hundred thirty of the compiled laws of the state of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act. STATE BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS. An Act to create a state board of library commissioners, to promote the establishment and efficiency of free public libraries, and to provide an appropriation therefor. [Act 115, P. A. 1899.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: commission. (373) SECTION 1. The governor, with the advice and con- Personnel of sent of the senate, shall appoint four persons, residents of this state, who, together with the state librarian, who shall be a member ex-officio, shall constitute a board of library commissioners. Two meinbers of said board shall be appointed for a term of four years and two for a term of two years, and thereafter the term of office shall be four years. All vacancies occurring in the appointive membership of Filling of said board, whether by expiration of term of office or other- vacancies. wise, shall be filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. (374) SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the library com- Duties of mission to give advice and counsel to all free libraries in the commission. state, and to all communities which may propose to establish them, as to the best means of establishing and administering such libraries, the selection of books, cataloguing, and all other details of library management. In January of each year the board shall make a report to the governor of its doings, of which report one thousand copies shall be printed by the state printer for the use of the board. commission. (375) SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of all free libraries Reports to organized under the laws of the state, whether general or special, to make an annual report to the board of library commissioners, which report shall conform as near as may be reasonable and convenient, as to time and form such rules as the board may prescribe. Sections 4 and 5 of this act are repealed by act 274 of 1909. APPROPRIATION FOR STATE BOARD OF LIBRARY COM- [Extract from Act 95, P. A. 1915.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: propriated. (376) SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for each of Amount apthe fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, to be expended by the state Purposes. Instructors. Secretary. Printing and binding. board of library commissioners as follows: For defraying expenses of organizing libraries and conducting library institutes and training schools, two thousand five hundred dollars; for traveling expenses of organizers and the board, one thousand dollars; for secretary and clerical assistance, supplies and incidentals, two thousand dollars. Instructors suitable for this work shall be selected by the board, and all the expenses incurred thereby, together with the expenses of said board, whether within or outside the state, supplies and incidentals necessary for the work, shall be paid out of the appropriation. The board may appoint one of its members as secretary, and such secretary may receive such sum as shall be agreed upon by the board. The printing and binding necessary to carry on the work of said board shall be furnished by the board of state auditors and paid for out of the general fund as other state printing and binding is paid for. Boards of education, authority of, etc. To issue certificates or bonds. Proviso. FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. An Act to authorize boards of education to provide for the maintenance of free public libraries existing under the control of boards of education of the cities; to authorize and empower said boards of education to raise or borrow money and issue bonds in sufficient sum to purchase property or site, erect and maintain buildings for use as a free public library and other educational purposes. [Act 261, P. A. 1913.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: (377) SECTION 1. Boards of education in cities where free public libraries are under control of such boards of education by reason of existing charters or otherwise, from and after the passage of this act are hereby authorized and empowered to include in their annual estimate a sum or.sums sufficient to properly care for and defray the expense of maintenance and to purchase new books required for such libraries. (378) SEC. 2. Boards of education in cities having the control of free public libraries by reason of existing charters or otherwise are hereby authorized and empowered to raise money, either by including the amount in their annual estimates, or to borrow same on the faith and credit of said school district, and to issue certificates or bonds to secure the payment of the sums borrowed; sufficient to purchase property for a site and to provide the money necessary to erect, equip and maintain buildings for a free public library and other educational uses: Provided, That when any bond issue shall be provided for under the terms of this act such bonds shall not be issued for a period of more than ten years. No bonds provided for in this act shall be issued until is- Referendum. suance of same shall have been submitted to the electors of the district affected and approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon. Sec. 3 repeals all contravening acts. DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS AND DOCUMENTS. An Act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions of this state now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the state of Michigan, etc.* (From this act only such portions are quoted as relate directly to the public school system.) [Act 44, P. A. 1899.] tendent of struction. (379) SEC. 11. There shall be printed of the annual re- Annual report port of the superintendent of public instruction, a sufficient of superinnumber to supply all school libraries in the state with one public incopy each, also one copy each to the following persons or institutions: To each superintendent of public instruction, To whom state university, college of mines and state normal school distributed. in the United States, each living ex-superintendent and deputy superintendent of public instruction in this state, each member of county boards of examiners, each city superintendent of schools; two hundred copies for deposit with the secretary of state for future distribution, and such number of additional copies as the superintendent of public instruction may, in his discretion, deem necessary, and not exceeding three hundred copies. Said report shall not exceed three Number hundred pages including context and index, such pages to be of pages. the size of the pages of the report of the superintendent of public instruction for the year eighteen hundred ninety-five, and such report shall be distributed by the superintendent of public instruction. Not to exceed the sum of fifty dollars for any one report shall be expended for cuts or illustrations for said report: Provided, That said fifty dollars shall cover the Proviso. cost for special paper, if necessary for such cuts, and also the cost of making such cuts: Provided further, That the Further proviso. state superintendent of public instruction may prepare and have published for the district schools a state course of study; for the teachers' institutes, institute outlines; and, Institute from time to time, such educational bulletins as he may deem *Remainder of title, repealing clause. outlines. |