Power of council to levy taxes for special purposes.

Treasurer to

collect the same.

Common council to be commissioners of

streets.

SEC. 33. The common council shall have power to levy and assess on any parcel of land or real estate upon which taxes are by this act authorized to be levied and assessed by them, for the special purposes herein named, at any time, and to issue a warrant to the treasurer for the collection thereof; and the powers and duties of the treasurer pertaining thereto shall be the same as are hereinbefore prescribed for the collection of taxes levied and assessed on real estate.

SEC. 34. The common council as hereinbefore provided shall be the commissioners of streets and highways within the limits of the village, and shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as by law belong to commissioners of highways and streets in the several townships of this state, and shall district the same into four or more highway or street districts and appoint a street commissioner to keep in repair the highways, streets and alleys, To levy highway and shall cause a tax to be levied, assessed and collected in each of said districts, as hereinbefore authorized, for constructing and To have control repairing the highways or streets in said village, and shall have

Council to appoint street commissioner.

taxes.

of highway

moneys.

Proviso as to fences.

License moneys to be paid to treasurer.

Fines and penalties.

exclusive control of the highway moneys levied, assessed and collected in said village: Provided, That their powers to order fences to be removed and to remove such fences themselves, and to open, widen or extend streets or highways and alleys shall not be restricted, and shall have authority to exercise such power at any time during the year.

SEC. 44. All moneys received for licenses granted under the provisions of this act shall be immediately paid over to the treasurer of said village, to be credited to the general fund thereof, and all moneys arising from fines and penalties recovered for the violation of any penal ordinance under the provisions of this charter, shall be paid into the treasury to be distributed according to law. SEC. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved February 27, 1879.

Territory organized.

Name.

[No. 283.]

AN ACT to organize union school district of the village of Chesaning.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the following described territory, situate in the township of Chesaning, in the county of Saginaw, to-wit: Sections nine, ten and sixteen, the north half of section twenty, north half of section nineteen, south half of section eighteen, south half of section seventeen, west half of section fifteen, northwest quarter of section twenty-two, all of section twenty-one west of the Shiawassee river, and the north half of section twenty-one east of the Shiawassee river, shall constitute one school district, which shall be a body corporate, by the name of union school district of the village of Chesaning, and by that name may sue and be sued, and shall be subject to all the general laws of this state relative to corporations,

district.

so far as the same may be applicable; and such district shall have Powers of all the powers and privileges conferred upon school districts of this state by the general law, all the general provisions of which relating to primary schools shall apply to and be in force in said district, except such as shall be inconsistent with this act, or with the bylaws and ordinances of the board of education hereinafter mentioned, made in pursuance of this act.

SEC. 2. All schools in said district, organized under this act, To whom school shall be open to all persons, actual residents within the limits of to be open. said district, over five years of age, and to such other persons as

said board shall admit.

SEC. 3. The officers of said district shall consist of six trustees, oficers. to be called the board of education of the village of Chesaning.

The term of office of said trustees shall be three years, two of whom Term of office shall be elected annually by ballot, at the annual meeting of said and how elected. district, which shall be held on the last Monday of May in each year; and within ten days after an annual election the trustees officers of board. shall meet and elect from their own number a president, secretary and treasurer, who shall severally hold their offices for one year, and until their succeesors shall be elected and qualified; and said board may at any time fill, by a new election, any vacancies that may occur in either of said offices; and the powers and duties of Powers and such president, secretary and treasurer shall severally be the same as those of moderator, director and assessor of school districts organized under the general laws of this state, except as the same are varied by the provisions of this act and the by-laws and ordinances of said board.

duties.

SEC. 4. The secretary of said board shall give at least ten days' Notice of previous notice of the annual, and of all special meetings of said meetings. district, by posting notices thereof in at least three public places in said village of Chesaning, specifying the hour, place and object of holding the same; and a copy of such notice shall be recorded in the book in which the records of the proceedings of such meeting shall be kept, with the certificate of the secretary, showing when and where the same were posted, and such record shall be prima facie evidence that due notice of such meeting has been given according to its terms.

filled.

SEC. 5. Said board of education shall have power to fill all Vacancies, how vacancies that may occur in the office of trustee until the next annual meeting of the district, when the same shall be filled by election; and each trustee, within ten days after notice of his elec- Trustee to file tion, whether elected by said district or by said board, shall file with the secretary an acceptance of office, in writing; and it shall be the duty of the secretary to notify each trustee of his election immediately thereafter.

acceptance.

give bond.

SEC. 6. The treasurer of said district, before entering upon the Treasurer to duties of his office, shall give bond to said district, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the said board of education shall require and approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond shall be filed with the secretary. SEC. 7. The treasurer shall receive and hold, subject to the order

held by treas

urer.

All money to be of said board, all moneys belonging to said district, from whatever source derived, and it shall be the duty of the county treasurer and of the treasurer of the said township of Chesaning, to pay over to him, on his application therefor, all moneys that shall come to their hands respectively belonging to said district.

How money paid.

Quorum.

as to inspecting

and hiring

teachers.

teachers.

SEC. 8. No money of said district shall be paid by said treasurer except on the order of said board of education, signed by the secretary and countersigned by the president of the board; and it shall be the duty of such treasurer to pay such orders to the extent of the funds in his hands, on presentation thereof.

SEC. 9. A majority of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum, and said board shall meet from time to time, at such place in said village of Chesaning as they may designate. Said Powers of board board of education shall succeed to and exercise, within the limits of said district, all the powers, and perform all the duties of school inspector and township superintendent of schools; and the board of school inspectors in the township of Chesaning shall have no jurisdiction over said district, except as hereinafter provided. Said Examination of, board of education, before hiring any teacher, shall examine into his or her qualifications, and said board may be assisted at such examination by any one chosen by the board for that purpose; and all teachers employed by the said board of education shall be considered and deemed legally qualified; and said board shall deliver to them, respectively, a certificate, stating the branches they have been found qualified to teach, which certificate shall continue in force for two years, unless sooner annulled by the said board for cause, and, on such certificate being annulled, any contract for the employment of the teacher named therein shall cease, and be determined as though the term of such employment had expired.

Powers and duties of board as to raising money.

Written state. ment of amount

of school money to be filed with

supervisor.

How tax collected.

Powers and

duties of town. ship treasurer.

SEC. 10. Said board of education shall also have power, and it shall be its duty, annually to determine, by a majority vote of all the trustees elect, which shall be entered on its record showing how each trustee voted, the money necessary to be raised by tax on the property of said district, to defray the expenses of the schools of said district for the current year, and the amount necessary to pay the interest and principal of any liquidated debt due within such year from such district, and to file with the supervisor of the said township of Chesaning, on or before the first day of October, in each year, a statement, in writing, of the sum so voted; and it shall be the duty of such supervisor to apportion said sum upon the taxable property of said district, according to the valuation thereof, and cause the same to be assessed on such property in the first general tax thereafter to be assessed, in the same manner that other school taxes are by law assessed. And the assessment of such tax for the district shall be in a separate column on said røll, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner, and shall be a lien on the property upon which the same is levied, as other school taxes assessed are levied by the general laws of this state; and the township treasurer of said township of Chesaning shall have the same authority, and may resort to the same modes and proceedings, by virtue of such roll and the warrant thereto

annexed, to collect such taxes as the other taxes on said roll; and it shall be the duty of said township treasurer to pay over to the treasurer of said district, on demand, all money belonging to said district that he may have collected on such roll, or that in any way may have come to his hands by virtue of his office of township treasurer.

raise money for

etc.

SEC. 11. Said board of education shall also have power to order special meetings special meetings of the district whenever any such meeting shall be and power to necessary; and at any such special meeting, and also at any annual school houses, meeting of said district, a majority of the tax-payers resident therein, in attendance at such meeting, shall be entitled to order any number of school-houses to be erected, and sites for the same to be purchased by said district; and to vote for raising by tax on the taxable property of said district, or partly by tax and partly by loan, on the bonds of said district, all sums of money necessary to build such school-houses, to purchase such sites, and to improve and ornament the same, and to furnish such school-houses: Pro- Proviso. vided, That the order and notice of said board calling a special meeting of said district shall state the object of such meeting, and the question or questions there to be voted upon, and no questions shall be voted upon at such special meetings, except on such as stated in the order and notice calling the same: And provided Proviso. further, That in voting to raise money to build school houses or to purchase school house sites, a two-thirds vote of all the votes cast shall be necessary, and the vote shall be by ballot, and the acting secretary, treasurer, and one person appointed by the board of education shall constitute a board of inspection, who shall cause a poll-list to be kept and a suitable ballot box to be used, which shall be kept open two hours, and said balloting shall be conducted in the same manner as at township elections.

to purchase

SEC. 12. Said board of education shall have power, and it shall Power of board be its duty, to select and purchase such sites for school houses, as school sites and shall be directed by the vote of any district meeting or meetings, borrow money. lawfully taken; and in case a loan, for any such purpose, authorized by the last preceding section, shall be voted by a district meeting, it shall be the duty of said board if possible, to borrow the money so directed to be procured by loan, and on the terms directed by said district meeting; and for that purpose a bond may be made in the name of the district, which shall be signed by the secretary and countersigned by the president of the board, and delivered to the lender of the money, providing for the payment of the money borrowed, with such rate of interest as shall be agreed upon, not exceeding ten per centum per annum; and a statement of any sum of money directed by said district meeting to be raised to be filed with by tax, duly certified by the secretary of the board, shall be filed with the supervisor of said township of Chesaning, within the same time as the statement of moneys voted by said board of education is required to be filed, and on the filing of such statement, the same proceedings shall be had and taken to assess and collect the money therein mentioned, as is authorized by section ten of this act, to assess and collect the moneys voted by said board of education, and

Statement of tax

supervisor.

Duty of board to ornament school sites.

District library.

Board authorized to make by-laws

and ordinances as to census and

grading schools,

etc.

Board to estab

all the provisions of said section ten relative to the assessing, collecting, and paying over moneys directed by said board to be raised by tax, shall apply to the assessing, collecting and paying over of the moneys voted by said district meeting or meetings to be raised by tax.

SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of said board of education to improve and ornament the sites for such school-houses as it shall deem proper and expedient, and to adopt plans of school-houses to be erected in said district, and to erect the same, and furnish them in such manner as in the judgment of said board will best subserve the purposes of their erection.

SEC. 14. Said board of education shall establish a district library for the use of the schools in said district, and for the increase of the same, may appropriate annually a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars of the moneys raised by said board, by tax for school purposes; and said district shall be entitled to the same rights in the township library, and the library funds of said township of Chesaning, as other school districts in said township, and the legal voters of said district at any annual meeting may authorize the board of education to appropriate for library purposes, for the current year, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.

SEC. 15. Said board of education shall also have full power and authority to make by-laws, and ordinances relative to taking the census of all children in said district between the ages of five and twenty years; relative to making all necessary reports and transmitting the same to the proper officers, as designated by law, so that said district may be entitled to its proportion of the primary school fund, relative to supplying with books the children who are destitute of the means to procure them; relative to the grading, disciplining and visitation of schools; relative to the course of study, and the books to be used in the schools of the district, and relative to the appointment and removal of the necessary officers and servants in and about said schools, their duties and compensation, including a superintendent of the schools of said district.

SEC. 16. Said board of education shall also have power to establish high school. lish a high school, and to prescribe the course of study for the same, and to grant such certificates of scholarship and in such form as such board shall deem proper, to pupils satisfactorily completing the prescribed course of study.

District to suc

etc., of old district.

SEC. 17. Said school district hereby organized, shall succeed to ceed to all rights, and be entitled to demand and receive all moneys and rights of whatever name or nature, belonging to the present school district in the village of Chesaning, and hitherto known as school district number one of the township of Chesaning, to the same extent as said last named district could have done if this act had not passed; and all real and personal property situate within the limits of said school district number one of said township of Chesaning, and hitherto belonging to it, and now embraced within the limits of said union school district as organized by this act, shall by the force of this act become the property of said union school district hereby organized; and all moneys raised, or being raised by tax,