Notice. Ballots. Accounts to be kept. a general or a special election called for that purpose. Notice of the submission of such resolution to a vote of the electors and in case a special election is called, notice of the calling of such special election shall be given in the same manner and for the same length of time as now prescribed by law. If a majority of the electors voting on such resolution shall vote in favor thereof, it shall be deemed to have carried. The manner of stating the question upon the ballots shall be prescribed by the resolution of the board of supervisors. No bond or evidence of indebtedness shall be negotiated at less than par and the accrued interest. All money raised by the board of supervisors for the construction and maintenance of county roads shall be expended under the direction of the board of county road commissioners. SEC. 25. Accurate accounts shall be kept under the direc tion of the board of all money received and disbursed by it, and a full statement thereof, together with a complete statement in detail, of all work done, right of way acquired, and road constructed by said board shall be made to the board of supervisors of the county at its annual meeting each year. How audited. The accounts of said board of county road commissioners shall be reported to and audited by the board of supervisors at each meeting thereof: Provided, That in counties having a board of auditors the accounts shall be audited by the board of auditors of that county, but the said board of auditors shall have no jurisdiction over the expenditure of any portion of the county road fund, further than the mere auditing of accounts. Proviso. When amount from county road fund to equal state reward. Proviso. SEC. 26. Any organized township in any county under the county road system in which a county road has not been built within a year, and which shall raise sufficient funds to build a mile or more of State reward road in a year, and shall build the road and receive the State reward thereon, said township shall be entitled to receive the same amount of money from the county road fund as was received in State reward: Provided, That if such township shall not have paid into the county road fund for the year in which such road was built, an amount equal to the amount of State reward received by such township, then the township shall be entitled to receive only as much money from the county road fund as the said township paid therein for that year: Proance for two vided further, If any organized township in any county under the county road system shall raise money by tax or by sale of bonds to build more than two miles of road such as merits State reward in a year, and the road is built and approved by the State Highway Commissioner, and this road is kept in as good condition as when approved by the commissioner, such township shall draw each year from the county road fund the same amount as was paid to said township in State reward for that year: Provided, That the amount of county proportionate road tax paid into the county road fund by such township Proviso, yearly allowmiles, etc. Proviso, allowance. for that year, shall be equal to the amount of such State reward, and if such township shall not have paid in an amount equal to the amount of State reward, then the township shall be entitled to receive only as much money from the county road fund as the said township paid therein for that year. veyor, etc., SEC. 27. In case any organized township shall decide to Township build a mile or more of State reward road as provided in board, duty of. section twenty-six of this act, the township board of such township shall file a written notice with the board of county road commissioners through the county clerk, on or before the first day of May in the year in which such road is to be built, stating that it is the intention of such township to build a certain piece or pieces of road, which shall be fully described in such notice, and thereupon the board of county Engineer, surroad commissioners shall furnish an engineer or surveyor who to furnish. who shall establish a grade for such road or roads, and shall set grade stakes on each side of the road, not more than one hundred feet apart, to which the grade shall conform. Should a road which the township has decided to improve be a portion of one that the county road board is improving or proposes and intends to improve, then such township shall build such piece of road of such material and of such width as will conform to the proposed plans of such county road board for such road. When the township shall When state rehave built a road as above set forth, and the State reward duty of has been received thereon, the township clerk shall notify the board of county road commissioners through the county clerk, and thereupon the said board of county road commissioners shall draw a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount of money due said township and shall forward such amount of money to the treasurer of such township: Provided, That the road shall be completed prior to the Proviso, fifteenth day of November in the year for which such application was made, in a manner which will merit State reward. ward received, officers. completion. abolish county SEC. 28. The board of supervisors of any county which How may has adopted or may hereafter adopt the county road system, road system. may upon petition of ten freeholders residing in each of the several townships, incorporated villages and cities in the county, submit the question of rescinding the vote by which it was adopted, and the resolution to submit, and all proceedings subsequent thereto, shall, as nearly as may be, follow the forms and manner of proceedings provided for voting on the question of adopting the county road system. SEC. 29. When any county shall rescind the vote by which When act init has adopted the county road system, this act shall cease operative. to be operative except for the purpose of completing work under contract at the time of such rescission. The funds Disposition of then remaining in the county treasury or thereafter paid funds. therein to the credit of the county road tax shall be placed County roads to revert to townships. Not to apply to certain counties. Marquette county. County road commissioners, term, etc. in the general fund of said county. When any county shall have adopted the county road system and such adoption shall have been declared null and void by any court of competent jurisdiction, all moneys remaining in the county road fund, or thereafter placed therein, shall, upon resolution of the board of supervisors, be placed in and become a part of the general fund of such county. All county roads shall revert to the townships, and all highways and bridges shall thereafter be laid out, built and maintained in all respects as though such county had never adopted the county road system. SEC. 30. None of the provisions of this chapter relative to the election and term of office of county road commissioners shall apply to the county of Marquette, or to any other county in which special provision therefor, has been or may hereafter be made by the legislature. In said county of Marquette the board of supervisors shall appoint a board of county road commissioners who shall possess all the powers and duties of county road commissioners under this act. Such board of county road commissioners in said county shall consist of three members, one of whom shall hold his office for the term of one year, one for the term of two years and one for the term of three years from and after the first day of May, nineteen hundred five, and annually thereafter, prior to the first day of May each year, the board of supervisors shall appoint one commissioner for the term of three years to succeed the commissioner whose term of office shall soonest expire. Such commissioners shall hold their offices until their successors are appointed and quali fied. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of county road commissioner in said county the board of supervisors may appoint some qualified person to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term of such office. The board of supervisors may diminish the number of county road commissioners in such county as herein before in this act provided. Townships un- SEC. 31. Any township which may have adopted the der township township road plan provided for in sections twenty-six and twenty-seven of act number two hundred thirty of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as originally set forth, and which has raised money and built roads in good faith, shall continue under such plan until by a majority vote of the electors of such township voting thereon, the Exempt from township shall abolish such system; and while under such system they shall not, without their consent, be liable to any tax for a county road system, should the county in which such township is situated afterwards adopt the county road. Township sys- system. No township in the State not now in operation tem not to be under this township system shall adopt it. Vacancy. road plan. county road tax. adopted. Repealing clause. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 83.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections one and two of act number three hundred fifteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act permitting the taking and catching of herring in the waters of Lake Michigan bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien and Van Buren, in the State of Michigan, not exceeding a distance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties, and prescribing the size of mesh of the nets used for that purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith," approved June seventeen, nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title and sections one and two of act Title and sections amended. number three hundred fifteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act permitting the taking and catching of herring in the waters of Lake Michigan bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien and Van Buren, in the State of Michigan, not exceeding a distance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties, and prescribing the size of mesh of the nets used for that purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith," approved June seventeen, nineteen hundred five, are hereby amended to read as follows: An act permitting the taking and catching of herring in the waters of Lake Michigan, Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron, bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien, Van Buren, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, and Emmet in the State of Michigan, not exceeding a distance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties, and prescribing the size of mesh of the nets used for that purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. catch in nets, Huron, etc. SEC. 1. Hereafter it shall be lawful to take and catch in Herring, may nets of not less than two and three-quarter inch mesh, her- in Lakes ring in any season of the year, in the waters of Lake Michi- Michigan, gan, Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron, bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Berrien, Van Buren, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Emmet, and not exceeding a distance of thirty miles from the shore line of said counties into said lake. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the Repealing provisions of this act are hereby repealed so far as they apply clause. to herring fishing in the waters of Lake Michigan, Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron, bordering on the counties of Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Leelanau, Ben- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation, general improvements. [No. 84.] AN ACT making an appropriation for the Mackinac Island State Park for various purposes for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund, to the Mackinac Island State Park fund, the sum of eight thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and the sum of four thou sand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, from any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used for general improvements in and about the Mackinac Island State Park, under the direction and supervision of the Mackinac Island State Park Proviso, when Commission: Provided, That the Mackinac Island State may obtain. Park Commission may obtain money under this section before July one, nineteen hundred seven, in such sums as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which sums, then advanced shall be deducted from the amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, when the appropriation becomes available. How paid. Tax clause. SEC. 2. The appropriation made by section one of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursement officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of eight thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight the sum of four thousand dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |