body corporate by the name and style of the "Public Schools of the City ofBy the express provisions of the act incorporating the city of Marine City, that city is exempted from the provisions of chapter 28. The argument of counsel for relator, therefore, based upon that chapter, does not apply. The relator describes himself as "the director of Union school district, constituting the city of Marine City." The record gives us no information as to how this title was obtained, or how the district was organized. Under this record, and the act above referred to, we must assume that the districts remained the same, both as to designation and boundaries, as they did before the passage of the act incorporating Marine City. There is no such land as private claim No 198. It should have been 598; and it is also claimed there is no fractional section 2, but it is complete section 2. Relator claims that these misdescriptions render the act void. It is not claimed that there is any private claim within the district known as "Private Claim No. 198," nor any other private claim than the one numbered 598. We think it was clearly understood what lands were meant, and in fact were included, in the act. It follows that the petition must be denied.

November 18, 1891.

TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

MICHIGAN STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

AT THE

FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING,

HELD AT

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 28, 29 AND 30, 1891.

Executive Committee.

W. W. CHALMERS. Grand Rapids. W. H. HONEY

Grand Rapids. MISS ELLA E. HALLOCK Hastings.

MISS GEORGIA BACON. Grand Rapids. J. T. EWING..

MICHIGAN STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.

Grand Rapids, Monday, Dec. 28, 1891.

The Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Michigan State Teachers' Association was called to order in Hartman's Hall, promptly at 2 o'clock by President Orr Schurtz.

After the invocation by Prof. D. Putnam of the Normal School, Prof. Shepard of Grand Rapids conducted an exercise in music given by the pupils from the East Bridge St. School.

Paper "The Proper Sphere of a Normal School."--Prof. D. Putnam, State Normal. Discussion opened by Prof. Brown of the State University. Paper-"Elements of Growth in School Work."-Principal C. B. Hall, Detroit. Discussion opened by Prof. Chas. McKenny of Olivet College. Mr. McKenny was followed by Supt. E. C. Thompson of Saginaw.

After receiving an invitation from Supt. Chalmers to attend the electrical exhibition in the Central High School, and also to the reception, given by the Board of Education to the visiting teachers, in the city hall, the Association adjourned.

MONDAY EVENING, 7:30 O'CLOCK.

Several very pretty given by the pupils

Singing Pupils of south Division St. School. selections were given. Some musical exercises were from Miss Noble's room, north Division St. School. Address of Welcome-Rev. J. T. Husted, member of Board of Education, Grand Rapids.

Response-H. R. Pattengill, editor of the Michigan School Moderator, Lansing.

Harp solo-Miss Maud E. Hughes of Grand Rapids. (Encored.) Principal J. M. B. Sill of the Normal School made the announcement that the National Educational Association would meet next summer at Saratoga, July 12-16.

President's address-President Orr Schurtz of Grand Rapids.