missioners, duty of. year the board of education shall appoint three election commissioners. All nominations for the office of trustee shall be Nominations. made by petition signed by at least twenty-five qualified electors of said district. All nomination petitions shall be filed by the respective candidates with said election commissioners at least five days before the election. The said elec- Election comtion commissioners shall, after the time during which nomination petitions may be filed has elapsed, proceed to determine by lot the place which each candidate shall have upon the official ballot; and thereupon said commissioners shall cause to be printed ballots in the same manner and form as near as may be as now used in the election of city officers. They shall deliver said ballots when printed to the secretary of the board of education the day preceding the day of election. Nothing contained herein, however, shall be construed so as to prevent any elector from voting for any person by pasting or writing the name of his candidate or candidates in pencil on his ballot. Am. 1907, Act 110; 1911, Act 221. inspectors. vacancies. (535) § 3265. SEC. 4. SEC. 4. The board of education of such Election public schools shall choose one member of said board and also another qualified elector of said city to act as inspectors of election in each polling place, and the electors present at the opening of each polling place shall choose another qualified elector of said district and the three together shall constitute a board of inspectors for such election at such polling place: Provided, That no candidate for trustee shall Proviso, act as inspector of election and if any of said trustees are so disqualified the board of education shall choose another qualified elector to act as such inspector of election, and if the persons so chosen as inspectors of election shall not be present at the opening of the polls or remain in attendance, the electors present may choose viva voce such number of electors present as shall constitute a board of three inspectors of such election, and if the two inspectors of election chosen by the board of education shall be present at the opening of the polls and remain in attendance the electors present shall choose one elector present who together with the two inspectors chosen by the board of education shall constitute a board of three inspectors of election for each polling place. Each of said inspectors shall take the required oath to faithfully perform the duties of inspector of such election. Said Chairman. board of inspectors of election in each polling place shall elect one of its number as chairman and one of its number as secretary of the board of inspectors. The qualifications of voters at such election or the school district meetings shall be such as are or may hereafter be prescribed by the general school law. The board of inspectors shall have the same authority and power in maintaining and enforcing order and obedience to its lawful commands at such elections and Proviso, polling places. Inspectors, duty of. Canvass. Report to board. during the canvass of the votes as are conferred by the general laws of the state upon school officers in similar cases: Provided, however, That electors shall cast their votes at the polling place in the ward in which they reside if there be a polling place in such ward, and if no polling place is provided or held in such ward then the board of education of the said city shall designate the polling places where the voters of such ward having no polling place shall vote, and in such event the board of education shall name in the notice of election the said polling places. Am. 1907, Act 110; 1911, Act 221; 1917, Act 10. (536) § 3266. SEC. 5. The board of inspectors of each polling place shall make a poll list of names of persons voting at such election in that polling place. It shall also have the last school census or a copy thereof present at such election, open for inspection by any citizen; it shall also have the right of access to the registration books of the several polling places of the city if it deem it necessary, and for that purpose it may require the city clerk to attend such election with such registers in the voting places designated by the board of education. Am. 1907, Act 110; 1911, Act 221. (537) § 3267. SEC. 6. When said polls shall be finally closed the board of inspectors of the different polling places shall proceed publicly to count, determine and declare the number of votes cast and for whom, and shall on the same or on the next succeeding day make up and sign a statement in writing showing the whole number of votes cast and the number of votes cast for each person for whom votes were cast; such statement, together with the minutes and other papers of election, shall be filed with the secretary of the board of education. The inspectors of the several voting places shall forthwith report in writing to the secretary of said board the number of votes cast and for whom, and the number of votes cast for each person, which shall be filed with the secretary of the board of education. The person or persons who shall have received the highest number of votes for such office of trustee for the several terms designated upon the ballot shall be declared elected by the board of trustees without delay, and if two or more persons shall have received an equal number of votes where only one trustee is to be elected, the said board of trustees shall choose one of said persons by lot as such trustee. The ballots shall, when the vote shall have been declared, be returned to the boxes and the boxes be locked and sealed and deposited with the secreOath of office. tary at the time of the filing of said statement. Each person so declared elected to the office of school trustee under the provisions of this act shall, within five days after he has been declared elected, qualify by taking and subscribing the re Declaration of result. Ballots, disposal of. quired oath of office and filing the same with the secretary of the board of education. Am. 1911, Act 221.. SCHOOL SITES. An Act authorizing the commissioner of the state land office to sell sites to school districts, churches and cemetery associations from lands held by the state as tax homestead lands. [Act 223, P. A. 1909.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: schools, etc., (538) § 4167. SECTION 1. The commissioner of the state Sites for land office is hereby authorized to sell sites to school districts, commissioner churches and cemetery associations from any lands held by may sell. the state of Michigan as tax homestead lands, at such price as shall be fixed by the said commissioner. The application Application. for the purchase of such sites shall be made by the proper officers of the school district, or the trustees of the church or cemetery association, upon blanks prepared and furnished by the said commissioner for that purpose: Provided, That the Proviso. said commissioner shall not sell for any such purpose any land in excess of the amount which may be necessary for the use of any such school district, church or cemetery association: Provided further, That any land so sold shall be Further used solely for the above purposes, and when same ceases to be used for such purpose, it shall revert to the state of Michigan. Act 270 of 1913 (§ 5667 C. L. 1915) abolishes the office of commissioner of the state land office and transfers his duties to the public domain commission and the superintendent of public instruction. proviso, use. APPROVAL OF PLANS FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. An Act to require plans for all school buildings and for additions to school buildings, the cost of which shall exceed three hundred dollars, to be approved by the superintendent of public instruction, and to authorize the condemnation of school houses under certain conditions. [Act 17, P. A. 1915.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: submitted to (539) § 5874. SECTION 1. No school-house shall hereafter Plans to be be erected in any school district in this state, and no addition superintendto a school building in any such district shall hereafter be ent of public instruction. Approval. Proviso, inspection during construction. Condemna- Notice to board of education. When super intendent may close buildings. erected, the cost of either of which shall exceed three hundred dollars, until the plans and specifications for the same shall have been submitted to the superintendent of public in ́struction and his approval indorsed thereon. Such plans and specifications shall be submitted in duplicate and shall show in detail the ventilation, heating and lighting: Provided, That the said superintendent of public instruction shall have authority to inspect such building or buildings during the process of construction in order to determine that the provisions of this act are being complied with. (540) § 5875. SEC. 2. The superintendent of public instruction shall have authority to inspect and condemn schoolhouses. After an inspection of a school-house, if in the judgment of the said superintendent of public instruction such building, or any part thereof, is not in a safe and sanitary condition, notice thereof shall be given to the district board or board of education of the district in which such building is located, said notice to be given at least six months preceding the first day of August. On the first day of August following such notice given, if said building has not been placed in a safe and sanitary condition by the district board or board of education, said superintendent of public instruction shall have authority to close such building, or a part thereof, and such building, or part thereof, shall not again be opened for public use until such building, or part thereof, shall have been placed in a safe and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the said superintendent of public instruction: Provided, That after such building, or part thereof, has been closed for public use said superintendent of public instruction shall be authorized and he is hereby required to have such building, or part thereof, placed in in a safe and sanitary condition at the expense of the district: Proorder to close. vided, That any district board or board of education, being dissatisfied with the order of the superintendent of public instruction determining such school-house to be in an unsafe or insanitary condition, may within thirty days of the issuance of such order and notice thereof, commence an action in the circuit court in chancery for the county in which such school-house is located, against the superintendent of public instruction as defendant, to vacate and set aside such order on the ground that said order is unlawful or unreasonable; in which suit the superintendent of public instruction shall be served with subpoena and a copy of the complaint.. Proviso, placing in safe condition. Proviso, vacation of Tax not to be expended without certification of plans. (541) § 5876. SEC. 3. No tax voted by a district meeting, or other competent authority in any such school district, exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars for building purposes, shali be expended by the district board or board of education of such district until the superintendent of public instruction shall certify that the plans and specifications for the same comply with the provisions of this act. SCHOOL BONDS. An Act to exempt from taxation bonds hereafter issued by any county, township, city, village or school district within the state of Michigan. [Act 88, P. A. 1909.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: empt from (542) § 4194. SECTION 1. All bonds hereafter issued by any Bonds, excounty, township, city, village or school district within the taxation. state of Michigan pursuant to statute are hereby exempted from all taxation. Sec. 2 repeals inconsistent acts. An Act to prescribe and limit the power of school districts having a population of more than fifteen thousand and less than one hundred thousand to borrow money and issue bonds of such district therefor, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. [Act 150, P. A. 1915.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: borrow money bonds. (543) § 5865. SECTION 1. Any school district within the Power to state of Michigan, whose population shall exceed fifteen thou- and issue sand and be less than one hundred thousand, shall have power and authority to borrow money and issue bonds to an amount not greater than five per cent of the total assessed valuation of said district. Subject, however, to all provisions of law Referendum. now or hereafter in force relative to the submission to the electors of such districts of any or all questions relative to such borrowing of money and issuing of bonds therefor. Sec. 2. Repeals all acts or parts of acts, whether local or general, in anywise conflicting with the provisions of this act. An Act to authorize the levy of taxes to pay principal and interest of bonds issued under the provisions of act number one hundred fifty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to prescribe and limit the power of school districts having a population of more than fifteen thousand and less than one hundred thousand to borrow money and issue bonds of such district therefor, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith," approved May seven, nineteen hundred fifteen, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. [Act 266, P. A. 1917.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: (544) SECTION 1. The board of education or other legis- Bond issue. lative body of any school district which shall have heretofore issued or shall hereafter issue bonds under the provi |