ment the treasurer of the board shall file with the secretary a bond, either personal or surety, in such sum as the board of education shall approve, not less than double the amount of money to come into his hands during his term of office. If a personal bond is filed there shall be at least two sureties, each of whom shall justify under oath to the full amount of the bond. If a surety bond is purchased it may be at the expense of the district. Whenever, in any case, the board may appoint of education shall fail or neglect to elect the officers of the board named in this section within fifteen days next after the annual meeting, or after the organization of the district, the school inspectors of the township or city to which such district makes its annual report shall appoint the said officers from the number of said board.

Inspectors

officers board.

Board of education.

To determine course of study.

To establish high school.

tuition of

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the board of education in any graded school district:

First, To determine the course of study to be pursued and to cause the pupils attending school in such district to be taught in such schools or departments as they may deem expedient;

Second, To establish in such district a high school, when directed by a vote of the district at any annual or special meeting, and to determine the qualifications for admission to such high school and the fees to be paid for tuition by nonProviso, as to resident students: Provided, Provided, That when non-resident non-residents. students, their parents or legal guardians shall pay a school tax in said district, the same shall be credited on their tuition a sum not to exceed the amount of such tuition, and they shall only be required to pay tuition for the difference between the amount of the tax and the amount charged for tuition;

To audit accounts of secretary.

To estimate and vote

amount of tax.

To employ superintendent of schools.

Third, To audit and order the payment of all accounts of the secretary for incidentals or other expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his duties; but not more than one hundred dollars shall be expended by the secretary in one year for repairs of buildings or appurtenances of the district property or for necessary appendages without the authority of the board of education;

Fourth, To estimate and vote the amount of tax necessary, in addition to other school funds, for teachers' wages, fuel and incidental expenses, for the ensuing year, and when the voters fail or neglect to vote the same, to estimate and vote the amount of tax necessary for salaries of officers and servants, and when such tax has been voted by the board of education it shall be reported to the assessing officer in the same manner as other taxes of the district are reported;

Fifth, In all villages and cities organized as graded school districts under the provisions of this act, in which districts six or more teachers are employed, to employ a superintendent of schools who shall be the holder of at least a State life certificate or a normal school diploma, or who shall have

educational qualifications equivalent thereto, and said superintendent shall have the following duties:

superinten

(a) To recommend in writing all teachers necessary for the Duties of schools, and to suspend any teacher for cause until the board dent. of education, or a committee of such board, may consider such suspension;

(b) To classify and control the promotion of pupils; (c) To recommend to the board the best methods of arranging the course of study and the proper text-books to be used; (d) To make reports in writing to the board of education and to the superintendent of public instruction annually or oftener if required, in regard to all matters pertaining to the educational interests of the district;

(e) To supervise and direct the work of the teachers;

(f) To assist the board in all matters pertaining to the general welfare of the school and to perform such other duties as the board may determine.

teachers,

Sixth, To employ all legally qualified teachers necessary To employ for the several schools upon recommendation of the superin- determine tendent, and to determine the amount of their compensation, salary of, etc. and to require the secretary and president to make contracts with the same on behalf of the district in accordance with the provisions of law governing contracts with teachers: Provided, That the board of education may employ a teacher Proviso. not recommended by the superintendent, or may reinstate a teacher suspended by the superintendent;

Seventh, To employ such other officers and servants as To employ may be necessary for the management of the schools and other officers. school property, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation;

of board.

Eighth, To perform such other duties as are required of Other duties district boards in other school districts, or as may be necessary to the general welfare of the school and district. Approved June 27, 1907.

[No. 248.]

AN ACT to permit the shooting of wild geese and brant in the county of Chippewa.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

for wild

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful to hunt and kill wild geese Open season and brant in the county of Chippewa from January first to geese and December thirty-first, both inclusive, in each year.

brant.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with or in- Repealing consistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. clause. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907.

Unlawful to

[No. 249.]

AN ACT making it a misdemeanor to taunt or otherwise accuse a person with having been a convict or an inmate of any jail, prison or reformatory, and to provide a punishment therefor.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1.

No person shall taunt or otherwise accuse taunt certain another of having been a convict or an inmate of any jail, prison or reformatory.

persons.

Penalty.

SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the common jail not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved June 27, 1907.

County agent;

certain paroled prisoners.

[No. 250.]

AN ACT to authorize the county agent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities to act as first friend and advisor for non-resident paroled prisoners, in certain cases.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The county agent of the State Board of Corfirst friend for rections and Charities, in each county, when requested by the Governor, or the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons, shall act as the first friend and advisor for non-resident paroled prisoners, while on parole from any of the prisons of Appointment, this State; and shall, within thirty days after his appointment as county agent, notify the secretary of the board of pardons of his appointment as such county agent.

who to be notified of.

Compensation of agent.

SEC. 2. Said county agent, when acting as first friend and advisor for any prisoner on parole, shall receive the sum of one dollar each month for each paroled prisoner, while under his care, to be paid from the same fund and in the same manner as his compensation for other services is now paid.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 27, 1907.

[No. 251.]

AN ACT to provide for the establishment in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of a bureau of information for the benefit of school officers, superintendents and teachers.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

bureau,

SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction Information shall establish and maintain in his office a bureau of in- establishing formation wherein teachers desiring employment may reg. of. ister and file such papers as to their qualifications as they may deem fit, and wherein school officers and superintendents may register vacancies in their respective schools. Each Fee for teacher so registering shall pay a fee of one dollar to the registering. Superintendent of Public Instruction, which fees shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, and by him placed to the credit of the general fund.

SEC. 2. Such information as is contained in said bureau Information free. shall be given without charge to all school officers, superintendents and teachers who may ask therefor, but neither the Superintendent of Public Instruction nor any one employed in his office shall be required to recommend any teachers for positions.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 27, 1907.

[No. 252.]

AN ACT to require hair picking machines in upholstering and mattress establishments and other places where hair, moss, tow, or cotton is used for filling.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

certain fac

SECTION 1. All persons, companies, or corporations op- Hair picking erating any upholstering or mattress establishments or other machines: establishment, factory or place where hair, moss, tow, or tories to be provided with. cotton is used for filling, shall provide the same with hair picking machines when ordered by the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Labor, which shall be placed in such a position or manner as to carry away the dust arising from or thrown off by such machines while in operation directly to the outside of the building or to some other receptacle established so as to receive and confine such dust, and the same shall be placed within such establishment, place or placing of.

Time limit for

Penalty.

factory within three months after having been ordered to be so placed by the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Labor.

SEC. 2. Any person or persons or company or managers or directors of any such company or corporation who shall have the charge or management of such establishment, factory, or place, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twentyfive dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Section amended.

Under-size

fish not to be sold.

Proviso as to when may be sold.

[No. 253.]

AN ACT to amend section three of act one hundred seventy, public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to authorize and regulate the possession, use, transportation and sale of brook trout and rainbow trout by persons engaged in the business of propagating and rearing such fish, and by persons who purchase fish so reared, and to provide for licensing persons engaged in such business or other branch of the same."

The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section three of act one hundred seventy, public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to authorize and regulate the possession, use, transportation and sale of brook trout and rainbow trout by persons engaged in the business of propagating and rearing such fish, and by persons who purchase fish so reared, and to provide for licensing persons engaged in such business or other branch of the same," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 3. No such fish shall be sold or transported of a size less than seven inches in length, except when such fish are sold and transported alive for the purpose of stocking other waters within or without this State: Provided, That such fish may be sold and transported within or without this State at any time under the provisions of this act and not otherwise.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 27, 1907.