above the sum so determined shall be so apportioned: Pro- Proviso as to This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 44.] AN ACT to make it a misdemeanor to take possession of and to drive away any automobile or other motor vehicle in certain cases and to provide a penalty therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: drive away SECTION 1. Every person who shall wilfully, or wilfully Unlawful to and wantonly and without authority, take possession of, and motor vehicle. drive or take away any automobile or other motor vehicle belonging to another and lawfully standing in any street, alley, garage, stable or other place shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be pun- Penalty. ished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 45.] AN ACT to provide for a deficiency occurring in the appropriation for the construction by the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' Home of a sewer to connect the Michigan Soldiers' Home, of the county of Kent, and the premises adjacent to said sewer with the public sewers of the city of Grand Rapids. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the gen- Appropriation for deficiency eral fund the sum of seven hundred twenty-three and thirty for sewer. How paid, etc. eight one-hundredths dollars for the purpose of meeting a SEC. 2. The amount appropriated by the provisions of Title to real estate. Repealing clause. [No. 46.] AN ACT in relation to acquiring title to real estate by ad- The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Hereafter no rights as against the public shall be acquired by any person, persons, firm, association, copartnership, joint stock company or corporation by reason of the occupation or use of any public highway, street or alley, or of any public grounds, or any part or portion thereof, in any township, village or city in this State, whether such occupation or use be adverse or otherwise. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in anywise inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 17, 1907. [No. 47.] AN ACT to amend sections one, two and five of act number two hundred thirty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act authorizing organized townships in the State of Michigan to borrow money and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of providing for the better construction and care of highways in such townships," and the title of the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections one, two and five of act number two Sections hundred thirty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act authorizing organized townships in the State of Michigan to borrow money and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of providing for the better construction and care of highways in such townships," and the title of the same, are hereby amended to read as follows: authorized to SECTION 1. The township board of any organized township Townships in the State of Michigan is hereby authorized and empow- bond for roads ered, upon an application being first filed with such town- and bridges. ship board, signed by at least twenty-five freeholders of such township, to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding five per cent. of the assessed valuation of such township, on the faith and credit of such township, and to issue the bonds of such township therefor, the money so borrowed to be used for the purpose of graveling, macadamizing, building stone roads, building or repairing bridges, or in any other way in the discretion of the township board providing for the better construction, improvement and care of the highways in such township: Provided, That sixty per cent. of Proviso, per the legal voters of such township, voting upon said proposi- to carry. tion at a township meeting, a general election or a special election called by the township board for that purpose, shall vote in favor thereof. cent necessary highways. SEC. 2. The commissioner of highways shall have charge Commissioner and supervision, under the direction of the township board, of highways to of such graveling, macadamizing, building of stone roads, improving building or repairing of bridges, or any other improvements of the highways of such township, as may be authorized under the provisions of this act, and all moneys paid out therefor shall be paid on the order of the commissioner of highways, countersigned by the township clerk. Said To render accommissioner of highways shall render to the township ship board. board at the annual meeting thereof in each year an account in writing, showing the extent of the improvements that have been made on the highways of the township, the roads that have been constructed, or partially constructed, the number and cost of bridges built or repaired, and the amount of money that has been expended for the respective count to town When road commissioner to have supervision. Payment of moneys. When bonds may issue. Signing and negotiation of bonds, etc. purposes: Provided, That where any township has adopted the township road system, as provided by act number one hundred forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for a county and township system of roads and to prescribe the powers and duties of the officers having the charge thereof," and acts amendatory thereof, the road commissioners of such township shall have charge and supervision, as provided in said act number one hundred forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, as aforesaid, and amendatory acts; and all moneys paid out for the improvement of highways and bridges shall be paid out on the order of said township road commissioners, countersigned by the township clerk. SEC. 5. If at such election sixty per cent. of such qualified electors present thereat and voting upon said proposition shall vote in favor of such loan, said bonds shall be issued by the township board in denominations not exceeding one thousand dollars each, at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent. per annum and for a period not exceeding twenty-five years, as the township board shall by resolution direct. Said bonds shall be signed by the township board, countersigned by the township treasurer and negotiated by and under the direction of said board, and the moneys arising therefrom shall be used for the purpose or purposes which have been set forth in the notices of election and the ballots cast at such election, and for no other purpose. TITLE. An act authorizing organized townships in the State of Michigan to borrow money and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of providing for the better construction and care of highways and bridges in such townships. Approved April 17, 1907. When children school for the [No. 48.] AN ACT to provide for the compulsory education of deaf children. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Every parent, guardian or other person in to be sent to a the State of Michigan having control or charge of any child or children between the ages of seven and eighteen years, and who by reason of deafness or imperfect hearing can deaf. not be taught successfully in the public schools, shall be children. SEC. 2. In cases where such parent, guardian or other Transportaperson, on account of their poverty, are unable to furnish tion given poor such child or children with transportation to and from such school, the board of trustees of the Michigan School for the Deaf shall furnish such transportation each year, and the said board of trustees may include therewith transportation for such parent, guardian or other person to said school and return, where the child is under twelve years of age, and for that purpose may issue a certificate directed to the Auditor General that said amount is necessary for the benefit of such individuals, who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor; and any such sums are hereby appro- Sums, how priated and shall be paid out of any moneys in the general where charged. fund, not otherwise appropriated, and the Auditor General shall charge all such moneys, so drawn, to the county of which such parent, guardian or other person is a resident, or to which he or she belongs, to be collected and returned to the general fund the same as any State taxes are required to be by law. paid and apply. SEC. 3. Act number two hundred of the public acts of Certain act to nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the compulsory education of children, for penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of the same," shall apply in the execution of this act, and the officers mentioned in said act shall be required to report all cases of deaf children residing in their jurisdiction to the superintendent of the Michigan School for the Deaf, and they shall enforce this act in the same manner as the said act number two hundred of nineteen hundred five is enforced. The same penalties prescribed for violation of said Penalties. act are hereby prescribed for violation of this act. Approved April 17, 1907. |