proviso.

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 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 necessary and the board of state auditors may approve, for the advancement of the cause of education in Michigan.

Am. 1901, Act 31; 1903, Act 225.

Section 30 of the above act provides for the distribution of the legislative manual (red book), and the list includes one copy for each of the following: Each district, graded, and city public school; each public library other than school library; each township, village, and city clerk, and the county commissioner of schools.

outlines.

missioner.

(450) § 850. SEC. 32. It shall be the duty of the county Duty of commissioners of schools to distribute all copies of the county com"official directory and legislative manual" to the schools in their respective counties, as provided in section thirty of this act; and also to see that the same are kept for the use of said schools, and it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to direct and oversee the prompt distribution of the laws, journals, documents and reports mentioned in this act, whose distribution is not otherwise provided for; and said laws, journals, documents and reports shall be shipped to the several county clerks and county commissioners of schools in the state, and be distributed by them to the persons, officers, corporations and societies within their respective counties entitled to the same, and that, until so distributed, they shall be carefully preserved by said county clerks and county commissioners of schools. That the accounts for boxes furnished Expense of distribution. to the secretary of state for package and distribution shall be audited and allowed by the board of state auditors and paid out of the state treasury, and the expense of transportation from the office of the secretary of state to the county clerks and county commissioners of schools, and of distribution by them to the persons entitled to the same, shall be audited and allowed by the boards of supervisors and paid out of the county treasuries.

secretary of

(451) § 851. SEC. 33. It shall be the duty of the several Receipt to county clerks and county commissioners of schools, upon state. receiving any of the books mentioned in this act, to receipt to the secretary of state for the same, which receipt shall be filed and preserved in the office of the secretary of state; and it shall also be the duty of the said county clerks and county commissioners of schools to distribute said books as provided in this act, and to report at the expiration of a month after each reception of books to the secretary of state, on blanks furnished by him, by giving a full statement of all of said books remaining in his office, together with the names of the officers neglecting to call for the books to which they

Notification by secretary of state.

are entitled; and it shall be the duty of all persons, officers, corporations and societies, upon receiving any of the books mentioned in this act, to receipt respectively to the county clerk and county commissioner of schools for the same, which receipt shall be filed and preserved in the office of the county clerk and county commissioner of schools respectively. It shall also be the duty of the secretary of state to notify each person to whom any books are sent, except township officers, either directly or in care of the county clerk, which are required by this act to be kept in any library or passed over to any successor in office, and that each person receiving such notice shall, within a reasonable time, apply to the county clerk for the books mentioned in this notice, if such books were sent to the county clerk, and obtain the same; and if such books have been received by the county clerk and are not called for as aforesaid, such person thus notified shall be held responsible in the same manner and to the like extent as in the case of his neglect or refusal to deliver over to his successor books received by him, except that books sent for the use of township officers may be sent to either the township clerk or county clerk, when the secretary of state shall notify the township clerk, who shall draw all of the books for the officers of his township and distribute the same.

Section 34 provides that each city, village, township and county officer shall, when he ceases to hold such office, deliver over to his successor in office all such books received by him which are required by this act to be placed in his library. See Murta v. Carr, 140/606.

CUSTODY OF RECORDS:

Lists of pamphlets, documents,

etc.

Selection of such as have educational value.

An Act to provide for the dissemination, publication and distribution to school districts of this state of pamphlets, documents, books and circulars written, compiled, published or prepared by any department of state government, or by any institution maintained in whole or in part by this state.

[Act 265, P. A. 1915.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

(452) § 5839. SECTION 1. On or before the first day of October, nineteen hundred fifteen, and on or before the first day of every month thereafter, it shall be the duty of the head of every department of state government, and all other institutions maintained in whole or in part by this state, to prepare and transmit to the superintendent of public instruction a detailed list of all pamphlets, documents, books and circulars compiled, published or prepared by such department or institution.

(453) § 5840. SEC. 2. On or before ten days after receipt by the superintendent of public instruction of the lists prepared and transmitted in compliance with the provisions of section

of selections.

one of this act, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public instruction and the secretary of the public domain commission, to convene in the office of the superintendent of public instruction and there examine said lists and select therefrom such pamphlets, documents, books and circulars as they deem have an educational value. After the examination and Transmission selection as provided herein, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public instruction and the secretary of the public domain commission to transmit to the head of each department and institution, a list of the selections made from the lists transmitted by the heads of such departments or institutions. Upon receipt of this selected list by the heads of such departments or institutions, it shall be their duty to transmit such pamphlets, documents, books and circulars as may be necessary to supply the school districts of the Transmission state, to the superintendent of public instruction and he shall of pamphlets apportion and transmit such pamphlets, documents, books schools. and circulars to the school districts, to be the property of the school library: Provided, That the heads of the state depart- Proviso, printing of ments and the heads of the state institutions mentioned in additional copies. section one of this act are hereby authorized and required to have printed such additional copies of all pamphlets, documents, books and circulars as may be required for distribution under section two of this act.

etc., to

RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of rural high schools.

[Act 144, P. A. 1901.]

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

taxpayers.

(454) § 5934. SECTION 1. The township board of any town- Petition of ship, not having within its limits an incorporated village or city, upon the petition of not less than one-third of the taxpayers of such township for the establishment of a rural high school, or for the discontinuance of any rural high school established under the provisions of this act, shall submit such Submit vote question to a vote of the qualified electors of said township election. at a special election called for that purpose within sixty days from date of receipt of said petition.

Am. 1915, Act 22.

at special

at usual

(455) § 5935. SEC. 2. All elections ordered by any town Elections held ship board in pursuance of section one of this act shall be held place. at the usual place or places of holding township elections, and

Notice given.

conducted.

notice shall be given and the election conducted in all respects as provided by law for the election of township offiElection, how cers, and the ballots shall have printed thereon "for rural high school-Yes." "For rural high school-No," or in the case of the discontinuance of any rural high school established under the provisions of this act, "For discontinuance of rural high school-Yes." "For discontinuance of rural high school-No."

Board of

elected.

terms of

office.

Proviso, rural high schools.

Am. Id.

(456) § 5936. SEC. 3. If more votes are cast in favor of such trustees, when high school than against it at such election, the qualified electors of said township shall elect at their next annual election of township officers a board of trustees of three members, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years, and on the expiration of their terms of office and regularly thereafter their several successors shall be elected in like manner for a term of three years each: Provided, That when a rural high school shall have been established by the electors of any township, the first election of such trustees may be ordered by the township board to be held at any time after the ten days' legal notice of such election shall have been given. The township clerk shall be ex officio member and the clerk of the board and the township treasurer shall be ex officio member and treasurer of the board, with the same power as other members of the board. If two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the discontinuance of any rural high school, such rural high school shall be discontinued in the same manner as is provided by law for the discontinuance of district schools.

Ex officio members.

Discontin

uance of rural high school.

Board of trustees, meetings.

Powers.

Am. 1909, Act 97; 1915, Act 22.

(457) § 5937. SEC. 4. Said board of trustees shall meet on the third Monday in April of each year and organize by electing one of the trustees as president. Regular meetings of the board shall be held on the second Mondays of May, August, November and February in each year. Special meetings may be called upon five days' notice by the president or secretary. The board shall have power:

(a) To supervise and visit the school;

(b) To admit all children of the township above the sixth grade and to admit and provide rates of tuition for non-resident pupils if they so elect; but nothing in this act shall be so construed as to limit the operation of the laws of this state relative to the compulsory education of children, or the liability of children to attend school thereunder, and it shall be the duty of the officers charged by law to enforce the provisions of said laws relative to the compulsory education of children, to enforce in like manner the attendance at such high schools of children admitted to attendance thereat under the terms of this act;

(c)

To select and adopt text-books;

(d) To appoint legally qualified teachers;

(e) To fix wages, make general rules and regulations for the control of the school, suspend or expel pupils, fix the time of school which will not be more than ten months nor less than seven in any one year;

(f) To rent or to purchase and hold real estate for such township high school, build and furnish schoolhouses, determine location of grounds and building, which shall be as near the center of the township as practicable, according to sanitary conditions, and to receive and hold bequests and gifts for the benefit of the school, and to dispose of property belonging to the district subject to the provisions hereinafter named;

(g) To provide a course of study which shall be approved by the superintendent of public instruction and the president of the Michigan agricultural college, and shall not consist of more than four years' work; said course of study may 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.

Am. 1907, Act 126.

(458) § 5938. SEC. 5. The secretary of the board shall re- Salary of ceive not to exceed fifty dollars per annum for his services. secretary. It shall be his duty to keep the records, provide supplies, visit Duty of the school and make annual reports to the school board, the Secretary. county school commissioner and the state superintendent of public instruction, in such form as the superintendent of public instruction shall direct.

money.

(459) § 5939. SEC. 6. All orders on the treasurer for mon- Orders for eys shall be ordered by the board and signed by the secretary and president.