laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one," approved April fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Sections tions one, two, and four, of act number fifty-three, of the public amended. acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the better support of teachers' institutes, and to repeal sections three thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, three thousand seven hundred and ninety, and three thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one," approved April fifth, eighteen hundred and seventyseven, be so amended as to read as follows: fees from certificates. collected by SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all Boards to collect boards or officers, authorized by law to examine applicants for cer- applicants for tificates of qualification as teachers, shall collect, at the time of examination, from each male applicant for a certificate, an annual fee of one dollar, and from each female applicant for a certificate, an annual fee of fifty cents, and the director and secretary of any When to be school board that shall employ any teacher who has not paid the director, etc., of fee herein before provided, shall collect, at the time of making con- school board. tract, from each male teacher so employed, an annual fee of one dollar, and from each female teacher so employed, an annual fee of fifty cents. All persons paying a fee as required by this section, Receipt. shall be given a receipt for the same, and no person shall be required to pay said fee more than once in any school year. SEC. 2. All such fees, collected by the director or secretary of any Disposition school board, shall be paid over to the secretary of the county of fees. board of school examiners of the county in which they were collected, on or before the fifteenth day of March, June, September, and December, accompanied by a list of those persons from whom they were collected, and all of such fees, together with all those that shall be collected by the county board of school examiners, shall be paid over by the secretary of said board of school examiners to the treasurer of the county in which they were collected, on or before the last day of March, June, September, and December, in each year, accompanied by a complete list of all persons from whom said fees were collected, and a like list, accompanied by a statement from the county treasurer that said fees have been paid to him, shall be sent by said secretary to the superintendent of public instruction. All moneys paid over to the county treasurer, as provided by this act, shall be set apart as a teachers' institute fund, to be used as hereinafter provided. inability of SEC. 4. The superintendent of public instruction, in case of ina- In case of bility personally to conduct any institute, or to make the neces- superintendent. sary arrangements for holding the same, is hereby authorized to appoint some suitable person for that purpose, who shall be subject to the direction of said superintendent. Every teacher attend- Certificate of ing any institute held in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be given by the superintendent of public instruction, or by the duly appointed conductor, a certificate setting forth at what sessions of said institute such teacher shall have been in attend attendance. Teachers attending not to forfeit wages. Appropriation for current. expenses, etc. Special ap. propriation. Appropriation for buildings, etc. Appropriations to be taken from ance, and any teacher who shall have closed his or her school, in This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 113.] AN ACT making appropriations for the institution for educating the deaf and dumb, for the years eighteen hundred and eightythree and eighteen hundred and eighty-four. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the sum of forty-five thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and the further sum of forty-five thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, or so much of said sums as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to defray the current expenses of the institution for educating the deaf and dumb, including general repairs on buildings, furniture, beds, and bedding, and the expenses of operating the boot and shoe shop, broom shop, cabinet shop, and printing office. SEC. 2. And the further sum of six thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the following special purposes: For the purchase of a steam pump, or for water supply from the city of Flint Holly water-works, the sum of one thousand dollars; for wire guards for basement windows, three hundred and fifty dollars; for wire mattresses and beds, three hundred dollars; for wooden bedsteads, four hundred dollars; for range boiler and cooking apparatus, five hundred dollars; for painting and calcimining, one thousand dollars; for relaying walks on the grounds of the institution, eight hundred dollars; for a wood-house three hundred dollars; for inside blinds for boys' and girls' sitting rooms, three hundred dollars; for library two hundred dollars; for repairing stone steps, five hundred dollars; for fire escapes, five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The further sum of thirty-three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of erecting a building to be used for a kitchen, dining room, dormitory, and other purposes, including the building of a hospital, the putting in of heating apparatus, gas, and water pipes, plumbing, sewerage, and changing over chapel into dormitories, building water-closets, and other necessary changes. SEC. 4. The several sums mentioned in this act are hereby approgeneral fund, etc, priated out of the general fund, and passed to the credit of the institute fund, for the benefit of the institution for educating the deaf and dumb, and shall be paid to the board of trustees of said institution, at such time and in such manner, and amounts only, as are or may be provided by law, and may be made to appear to the auditor general to be necessary for the immediate wants of said institution; and in no case shall a greater sum be drawn at one time from the State treasury than five thousand dollars. to incorporate SEC. 5. Of the above mentioned sums the auditor general shall Auditor general add to and incorporate with the State tax for the year eighteen with State tax. hundred and eighty-three, the sum of sixty-four thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, the sum of sixty-four thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars, which sums, when collected, shall be passed to the credit of the general fund. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [ No. 114.] AN ACT to amend section five, of chapter eleven, of act number one hundred and sixty-four, of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty one, relating to public instruction. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion five, of chapter eleven, of act number one hundred and sixtyfour, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, be amended so as to read: library. SEC. 5. The board of school inspectors shall cause the township Township library to be kept at some central or eligible place in the township, which it shall determine. Such board shall also, within ten days Librarian, after the annual township meeting, appoint a librarian, for the term duties, etc. of one year, to have the care and superintendence of said library, who shall be responsible to the board of school inspectors for the impartial enforcement of all rules and regulations lawfully established in relation to said library. Approved May 24, 1883. [ No. 115. ] AN ACT to appropriate the remainder of the State interual improvement lands due from the United States to the State of Michigan, for the purpose of improving a certain State road in the county of Leelanaw. of internal im SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropriation the unexpended balance of the State internal improvement lands, provement land. being three hundred and twenty-five acres, shall be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of improving the State road from near the head of Grand Traverse Bay, in the county of Leelanaw, to Carp Lake, in the county of Leelanaw." commissioner, SEC. 2. The governor is hereby authorized and empowered to Appointment of appoint some suitable person to select said lands, and said commis- selection of sioner when so appointed, shall be authorized and empowered to lands, etc. Duty of commissioner of select from any unsold or unappropriated government lands within this State, the unselected balance of the half million acres of land heretofore granted by congress to this State, for purposes of internal improvement; the same, when so selected, to be set apart for the improvement of the highway herein before described, to be expended by said commissioner, or in case of his death, resignation, or removal, by any other the governor may appoint in his stead. SEC. 3. Said lands, when conferred to the State, shall be held for State land office the specific purpose aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the comin reference to. missioner of the State land office to withhold the same from market, issuing no certificate of purchase therefor, or any part thereof, except upon the order of said commissioner, accompanied by a certificate that the same is in payment of labor actually performed on account of said road, or in payment of commissioner's services, as provided in section five of this act. Powers and duties of commissioner. Idem. Compensation of commissioner, etc. Oath and bond of. SEC. 4. Said commissioner shall, by virtue of this act, have control and management of the improvement herein provided for, and shall have power to let out by contract the opening and improving of such road, in such parts or divisions as he may think expedient, to the lowest bidder, who shall execute and deliver to said commissioner a bond with good and sufficient sureties, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the work stipulated in the contract. SEC. 5. Said commissioner shall proceed in the outlay of this appropriation with all diligence and dispatch compatible with proper economy and the best interest of the public, and shall receive for his services a sum not exceeding two dollars a day, which compensation shall be credited and allowed by the auditor general, upon a bill of such services presented to him, and sworn by the commissioner performing the same, to be a true bill of services actually performed by said commissioner, and that all such services were necessary in the proper expenditure of this appropriation; and upon auditing and allowing such bill, the auditor general shall draw his warrant on the commissioner of the State land office, and in favor of such commissioner, for the amount so audited, which amount shall be paid out of lands herein appropriated, computing the same at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. SEC. 6. Said commissioner, before entering upon the duties conferred by this act, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and file a sufficient bond with the auditor general, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such commissioner. Approved May 24, 1883. [No. 116.] AN ACT to amend section nine (9) of article two of act number one hundred and ninety-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, being an act entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this State," as amended by act number one hundred and seventy-seven, session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sec- Section tion nine of article two of act number one hundred and ninetyeight, of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, being an act entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties and liabilities. of all railroad and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this State," as amended by act number one hundred and seventy-seven, session laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: liabilities, (35.) SEC. 9. Every such corporation shall possess the general Powers and powers, and be subject to the liabilities and restrictions following, that is to say: surveys. First, To cause such examinations and surveys for the proposed To make railroad to be made, as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route for the road, and for such purposes, by its officers, agents, and servants, to enter upon lands or waters of any person or company, but subject to liability for all damages which Liability for they shall do thereto; damages. of property. Second, To receive, hold, and take such voluntary grants and To receive, donations of real estate, and other property, as shall be made to it bold, etc., grants to aid in the construction, maintenance, and accommodation of such road, but the real estate thus received, by voluntary grant, shall be held and used for the purposes of such grant only; hold property Third, To purchase, and, by voluntary grants and donations, To purchase and receive and take, and by its officers, engineers, surveyors, and for construcagents, enter upon, and take possession of, hold and use all such tion of road. lands and real estate, franchises, and other property, as may be necessary for the construction, maintenance, and accommodation of its railroad and stations, depots, and other accommodations; but the same shall not be appropriated until the compensation to be made therefor is agreed upon by the parties, or ascertained as herein prescribed, to be paid to the owners, or deposited as hereinafter directed, unless the consent of such owner be given therefor; Fourth, To lay out its road, not exceeding one hundred feet in To lay out and width, and to construct the same, and, for the purpose of cuttings or embankments, and procuring stone, gravel, or other material, or for the purpose of draining its road bed, to take, in the manner herein provided, such further lands adjacent to and in the vicinity of its road, as may be necessary for the proper construction, operating, and security of its road; construct road. across streams, Fifth, To construct its road upon or across any stream of water, Construction water-course, private road, street, lane, alley, or highway, and across roads, streets, any plank-road, railroad, or canal which the route of its road shall canals, etc. lie along, or intersect; but the corporation shall restore the stream, |
