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tions five thousand nine hundred seventy-nine, five thousand nine hundred eighty-one and five thousand nine hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fif teen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

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SEC. 1. Every parent, guardian or other person in the Compulsory State of Michigan, having control and charge of any child attendance. between the ages of seven and sixteen years, shall be required to send such child to the public schools during the entire school year, and such attendance shall be continuous and consecutive for the school year fixed by the district in which such parent, guardian or other person in parental relation may reside: Provided, That in the following cases children Proviso, shall not be required to attend the public schools:

(a) Any child who is attending regularly and is being taught in a private or parochial school such branches as are usually taught in the public schools to children of corresponding age, or who, upon the completion of the work in such schools, shall present satisfactory evidence to the county commissioner of schools, and in appropriate cases, to the superintendent of schools, that he has completed sufficient work to entitle him to an eighth grade diploma;

(b) Any child who has received an eighth grade diploma from the public schools;

(c) Any child who is physically unable to attend school. If the truant officer is notified of the non-attendance of any child at school, and he shall find the one in parental control claiming that such child is physically unable to attend school, the truant officer may secure a written statement of a competent physician, certifying that such child is physically unable to attend school;

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(d) Children over fourteen years of age who have completed the work of the sixth grade whose services are essential to the support of their parents may be excused by the county commissioner of schools or city superintendent of schools from attendance at school, on the recommendation of the board of education of the district in which such children reside, and said board shall certify to the officers herein mentioned the facts in all such cases: Provided, Nothing in Proviso. this act or any other act shall prevent children fourteen years of age or over from procuring a permit to work outside of school hours, during the school year;

(e) Children under nine years of age, whose parents do not reside within two and one-half miles, by the nearest traveled road, of some public school: Provided, That if trans- Proviso. portation is furnished for pupils in said district, this exemp tion shall not apply;

(f) Any child twelve to fourteen years of age while in attendance at confirmation classes conducted for a period of not to exceed five months in either of said years: Provided, Proviso. however, That any child claiming exemption from attending school under subdivisions (a) or (b) hereof, shall secure such

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permit as may be required under the statutes of Michigan
covering the employment of minors, and shall be regularly
employed at some lawful work if physically able so to do, or
any child who has completed the work of the eighth grade.
who wishes to assist with the housework or farm work at
home may be granted an excuse for such work. Such child
must present to the officer who issued the excuse satisfactory
evidence each month that he or she is actually assisting with
said housework or farm work.

SEC. 3. (a) It shall be the duty of the school director of
all school districts, except in city, graded and township dis-
tricts, to provide the teacher, at the commencement of school,
with a copy of the last school census, together with the names
and addresses of the persons in parental relation, also address
of the county commissioner of schools. The teacher shall,
at the opening of school and at such other times as may be
necessary, compare said census list with the enrollment of the
school and report to the county commissioner of schools the
names of the parents or other persons in parental relation
whose children of the ages hereinbefore mentioned are not in
regular attendance at school, also the names of parents or
other persons in parental relation who have children of
school age not included in such census and who do not attend
school;

(b) In all city, graded and township districts the secretary of the board of education shall, at the commencement of school, furnish a copy of the last school census to the superintendent of schools in such city, graded and township districts, together with the name and address of the truant officer under whose jurisdiction they act, and it shall be the duty of said superintendent at the opening of school to compare said census list with the enrollment of the school or schools, and from time to time as it may be necessary report to the proper truant officer the names and addresses of any parents or other persons in parental relation whose children of the ages herein before mentioned are not in regular attendance at the public schools, also names of parents or others in parental relation whose children are not in the school and whose names are not included in such census; it shall be the duty of the principal, or any other person or persons in charge of every private and parochial school in any city or township of the county at the opening of such schools to furnish to the said superintendent or county commissioner of schools the name, age and grade of the child and the city or number of the district, the township and county where the parent, guardian or person in parental relation resides and the name and address of the parent, guardian or other person in parental relation of every child who has enrolled in such schools, and from time to time to report to said superintendent or county commissioner the name, age and grade of the child and the city or number of the district, the township

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and county where the parent, guardian or person in parental relation resides and the name and address of the parent, guardian or other person in parental relation of every child who has enrolled in such schools, and the name, age and grade of the child and the city or number of the district, the township and county where the parent, guardian or person in parental relation resides and the name and address of the parent, guardian or other person in parental relation of every child who is not in regular attendance in such schools;

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(c) It shall be the duty of the truant officer of the city Truant or district, whenever notified by the teacher, superintendent, or duties of. other person or persons of violations of this act, and the county truant officer, when notified by the commissioner of schools, to investigate all such cases of truancy or non-attendance at school, and if the children complained of are not exempt. from the provisions of this act under the conditions named in section one, then he shall immediately proceed as it is provided in section four of this act: Provided, That it shall be Proviso. the duty of the county truant officer when requested to do so by the county commissioner of schools to inspect the outhouses in primary districts and order repairs on the same, and in case the district board, after proper notification by the truant officer, fails to have such outhouses put in proper and sanitary condition it shall be the duty of the said truant officer to have such work done at the expense of the district;

(d) In case any parent or other person in parental rela- Misdemeanor, tion shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, he what deemed. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the county or city jail for not less than two nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

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SEC. 4. (a) It shall be the duty of the county commis- Teachers, sioner of schools to furnish the truant officer of the county, furnished at the opening of the schools, with a list of the teachers and to truant superintendents employed in his county in school districts other than in such city, graded and township districts as are described in section two of this act;

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(b) In case any parent or other person in parental re- Failure to lation shall fail to send the child or children under his or her control to the public school, the truant officer, upon having notice from proper authority of such fact, shall immediately and within twenty-four hours thereafter give formal written notice in person or by registered mail, to the parent or other person in parental relation, that the child or children under his or her control shall present himself or themselves at the public school, except as hereinbefore provided, on the day following the receipt of such notice, with the necessary textbooks for instruction in the proper school or schools of the district or city. Said notice shall inform the parent or other person in parental relation of the date that attendance must

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begin and that such attendance at school must be continuous and consecutive during the remainder of the school year as taught in the district. The truant officer shall, at the same time the said formal notice is given to the parent or person in parental relation, notify the teacher or superintendent or commissioner of the fact of notice, and it shall be the duty of the teacher or superintendent or commissioner to notify the truant officer of failure on the part of the parent or other person in parental relation to comply with said notice;

(e) It shall be the duty of all truant officers, after having given the formal notice hereinbefore described, to determine whether the parent or other person in parental relation has complied with the notice, and in case of failure to so comply he shall immediately and within three days after having knowledge or being notified thereof, make a complaint against said parent or other person in parental relation having the legal charge and control of such child or children, before any justice of the peace in the county where such party resides for such refusal or neglect to send such child or children to school; and said justice of the peace shall issue a warrant upon said complaint and shall proceed to hear and determine the same in the same manner as is provided by statute for other cases under his jurisdiction, and in case of conviction of any parent or other person in parental relation for violation of this act, said parent or other person in parental relation shall be punished according to the provisions of section three of this act: Provided, That in cities having a recorder's court and justices of the peace, the truant officer shall make the aforesaid complaint before the magistrate of said recorder's court or before a justice of the peace, and said magistrate or justice shall issue a warrant and proceed to hear and determine the case in the same manner as is provided in the statute for other cases under his jurisdiction;

(d) It shall be the duty of all school officers, superintendtruant officer. ents, teachers or other persons to render such assistance and furnish such information as they may have at their command to aid such truant officer in the performance of his official duty.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 2, 1917.

[No. 180.]

AN ACT to provide for the registration and licensing of threshing machines and the securing of crop statistics from threshers; and to provide for the revocation of such licenses in certain cases.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

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SECTION 1. On or before the first day of July of each Threshing year, or within five days before beginning to thresh, every etc., licensowner or lessee of a threshing machine or clover huller who ing of. shall thresh for hire, shall file with the Secretary of State an application for license containing the name and postoffice address of such owner or lessee, together with the name and make of the threshing machine. Such application shall be on blanks to be furnished by the Secretary of State. On receipt of such application it shall be the duty of the Registration. Secretary of State to register such threshing machine and to issue a license for the operation thereof, good for one year from the date of issuance.

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SEC. 2. In lieu of a fee for the registration and licensing Statement in of such threshing machine it shall be the duty of the owner, lessee or operator of such machine to file at least once each week with the Secretary of State a statement showing the amount and kind of grain or seeds threshed during such week, together with the name, county and township, and postoffice address of the grower of such grain or seeds, the number of acres of each so grown and the yield of the crops so grown. Upon the failure or neglect on the part of any owner or lessee to file the statistics required by this act, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to revoke the license for such machine and no new license shall be issued during the current year.

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SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State Secretary to provide each registered thresher with suitable blanks for furnish blanks. the recording and return of such crop statistics. Such blanks shall be in triplicate, one copy of which shall go to the owner as a receipt for the grain or seed threshed, one copy to be filed with the Secretary of State and one to be retained permanently by the registered thresher. Sufficient number of such blanks shall be furnished each thresher as may be necessary for his needs, together with stamped and addressed envelopes for the weekly mailing of such statements. Statistics so received by the Secretary of State shall Statistics be tabulated and made a matter of public record in such form as the Secretary of State shall prescribe.

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upon requisi

SEC. 4. All blanks and other material required by this act Blanks, etc., shall be furnished the Secretary of State, upon his requisi- furnished tion, by the Board of State Auditors and paid for as other tion. State printing and binding is paid for.

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