For what purposes to be expended. Idem. How drawn. Proviso. Sums received from general government. Sums to be included in State taxes. eighteen hundred ninety-one, and the sum of eighty-four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars in the year eighteen hundred ninety-two. SEC. 2. The amount thus appropriated and allowed to be drawn for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one shall be expended as follows: For the improvement of grounds, four thousand dollars; for repairs of building and contingent expenses, three thousand two hundred fifty dollars; for furniture and furnishings, one thousand dollars; for purchase of library books, two hundred fifty dollars; for subsistence, salaries and other expenses necessary to the maintenance of said Home the sum of eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The amount thus appropriated and allowed to be drawn for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two shall be expended as follows: For repairs of building and contingent expenses, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for furniture and [furnishings] furnishing one thousand dollars; for subsistence, salaries and other expenses necessary to [the] maintenance of said Home the sum of eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 4. The amounts thus appropriated for the years eighteen hundred ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninetytwo shall be drawn upon proper requisition when needed: Provided, That the total drawn in any one year, shall not exceed the amount allowed for that period. SEC. 5. The [sums] sum hereafter received from the general government for all allowances for [periods] period after January first, eighteen hundred ninety-one, shall be covered into the State treasury and credited to the general fund. SEC. 6. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State taxes for the year eighteen hundred ninety-one the sum of ninety-one thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the sum of eighty-four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sums when collected shall be passed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the amounts appropriated under the provisions of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 20. ] AN ACT to provide for the continuance of the recompilation and copying of the records in the office of the Adjutant General pertaining to the enlistment, muster, history, and final disposition of the soldiers from this State during the war of the rebellion, and to make an appropriation therefor. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Adjutant General is hereby authorized and directed Military history to provide suitable books [and] to recompile and copy from recompilation papers now on file in his office, or from such other official of, etc. papers as he may obtain, the military history of each and every soldier who enlisted from and was credited to this State during the war of the rebellion. Such history shall show, as far as may be possible, the name, age, date of enlistment, military history and final disposition of each such soldier. SEC. 2. The sum of eight thousand dollars is hereby Appropriation. appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any moneys in the State Treasury to the credit of the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes mentioned in this act. The Auditor General shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer upon the certificate of the Adjutant General not to exceed the sum above mentioned, as the same may be required to carry out the provisions of this act. cluded in State tax. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorpo- Sum to be inrate in the State tax for the year one thousand eight hunded and ninety-one the sum of four thousand dollars, and a like sum for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sums when collected, shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse it for the sum appropriated by section. two of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 21. ] AN ACT to amend section nineteen of chapter three of act number one hundred and sixty-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, being section five thousand and seventy-one of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and section three of chapter ten of act number one hundred and sixtyfour of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eightyone, being section five thousand one hundred and thirtyfour of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to revising and consolidating the laws in relation to public instruction and primary schools. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Sections That section nineteen of chapter three and section three of amended. chapter ten of act number one hundred sixty-four of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred eighty-one, being sections five thousand seventy-one and five thousand one hundred thirty-four of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Non-resident pupils' tuition, etc. Proviso. Duty of trustees. To classify pupils, To establish Proviso as to tuition. ($5071.) SEC. 19. The district board may admit to the district schools non-resident pupils, and may determine the rates of tuition of such pupils and collect the same: Provided, That when non-resident pupils, their parents or guardians, 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 therein. ($5134.) SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees in any graded school district: First, To classify and grade the pupils attending schools in such district and cause them to be taught in such schools or departments as they may deem expedient; Second, To establish in such district a high school when high school, etc. ordered by a vote of the district at an annual meeting, and to determine the qualifications for admission to such school, and the fees to be paid for tuition in any branch taught therein: Provided, That when non-resident pupils, their parents or 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 and pay directors' accounts. To employ teachers. To employ officers, etc. Other duties. Third, To audit and order the payment of all [of] the accounts of the director for incidental or other expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his duties; but no more than fifty dollars shall be expended by the director in one year for repairs of the buildings or appurtenances of the district property without the authority of the board of trustees; Fourth, To employ all qualified teachers necessary for the several schools, and to determine the amount of their compensation and to require the director and moderator to make contracts with the same on behalf of the district, in accordance with the provisions of law concerning contracts with teachers; Fifth, To employ such officers and servants as may be necessary for the management of the schools and school property, and prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; Sixth, To perform such other duties as are required of district boards in other school districts. Approved April 2, 1891. Lodges of Elks may be incor porated. [No. 22.] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of lodges of the SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, organized within this State, and having a charter from the Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective of soldiers, etc., That the Adjutant General is hereby authorized and directed Military history to provide suitable books [and] to recompile and copy from recompilation papers now on file in his office, or from such other official of, etc. papers as he may obtain, the military history of each and every soldier who enlisted from and was credited to this State during the war of the rebellion. Such history shall show, as far as may be possible, the name, age, date of enlistment, military history and final disposition of each such soldier. SEC. 2. The sum of eight thousand dollars is hereby Appropriation. appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any moneys in the State Treasury to the credit of the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes mentioned in this act. The Auditor General shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer upon the certificate of the Adjutant General not to exceed the sum above mentioned, as the same may be required to carry out the provisions of this act. cluded in State tax. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorpo- Sum to be inrate in the State tax for the year one thousand eight hunded and ninety-one the sum of four thousand dollars, and a like sum for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, to be assessed, levied and collected as other State taxes are assessed, levied and collected, which sums when collected, shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse it for the sum appropriated by section two of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 21. ] AN ACT to amend section nineteen of chapter three of act number one hundred and sixty-four of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, being section five thousand and seventy-one of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and section three of chapter ten of act number one hundred and sixtyfour of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eightyone, being section five thousand one hundred and thirtyfour of Howell's Annotated Statutes, relative to revising and consolidating the laws in relation to public instruction and primary schools. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Sections That section nineteen of chapter three and section three of amended. chapter ten of act number one hundred sixty-four of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred eighty-one, being sections five thousand seventy-one and five thousand one hundred thirty-four of Howell's Annotated Statutes, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this State of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation. Approved April 2, 1891. Act repealed. [No. 23. ] AN ACT to repeal all of act number eleven of the public acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to prohibit any person from obstructing the regular operation and conduct of the business of railroad companies or other corporations, firms or individuals," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred seventy-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all of act number eleven of the public acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to prohibit any person from obstructing the regular operation and conduct of the business of railroad companies or other corporations, firms or individuals," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred seventy-seven, the same being compiler's section numbers nine thousand two hundred seventy-four, nine thousand two hundred seventy-five, and nine thousand two hundred seventy-six, Howell's Annotated Statutes, page 2246, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved April 3, 1891. Section amended. Which car to have precedence. Proviso. [ No. 24. ] AN ACT to amend section thirty-one of act number thirtyfive of the public acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the formation of street railway companies" as amended by act number one hundred and thirty-one of the public acts of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section thirty-one of act number thirty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act for the formation of street railway companies," as amended by act number one hundred and thirty-one, of the public acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be so amended as to read as follows: SEC. 31. At all crossings of the tracks of two street railways, when a car on each road approaches such crossing at substantially the same time, the car on the track first laid shall have precedence and be entitled to the right of way: Provided, No car shall be stopped on such crossing. Approved April 10, 1891. |