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yachting, hunting, boating, fishing, rowing and other lawful sporting purposes," is hereby amended to read as follows:

may acquire, hold

estate limited.

limited.

SEC. 2. Such association by its corporate name shall be For what purposes capable of receiving, taking, acquiring and holding real and or sell property. personal estate, whether by gift, grant, devise, bequest, purchase, lease or bargain or sale, for the purposes of its incorporation only and for no other purpose or purposes whatsoever, and the same may at pleasure bargain, grant, sell, mortgage or lease for the use of the association only: Provided, That the total amount of real estate held or pos- Proviso. sessed by any such association directly or indirectly, shall Amount of real not exceed in amount at any one time one hundred sixty acres of land, and such association shall have full power and May make authority to make and adopt all necessary rules, regulations, by-laws, etc. constitutions and by-laws for the government of its members and the management and control of its business and affairs, not inconsistent with or contrary to the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States, and to change, amend, alter or repeal the same at pleasure, and to elect and appoint officers and agents for the management of its affairs and to allow them suitable compensation. Such association shall have full power and authority to regulate and determine by its articles of association, rules, regulations, constitution or by-laws the amount of the capital stock thereof, Capital stock which in no case shall exceed the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, the number of shares into which the same shall be divided and the par value of such shares, in case such association be formed and organized as a joint stock association; and shall have full power and authority to make and adopt such rules and regulations concerning and governing the admission of members, the descent, inheritance, purchase or transfer of its capital stock, or the expulsion or suspension of its members for infraction or violation of any of its rules, regulations, constitutions or by-laws that it may deem necessary and proper. Every corporation organ- May amend ized under this act may, at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, by resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, which amendment shall not become Amendment, when operative. operative until a copy of the resolution signed by the president and secretary of the corporation shall have been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State of this State, and in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the principal office of the association shall be situate, as is provided herein for the filing and record of the original articles of association, when such amendments shall have the same force and effect as if included in the original articles.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 16, 1905.

articles.

Sections amended.

Normal board, duties of.

Certificates of graduation.

Proviso.

Maintenance of training classes.

District to provide teachers, rooms, etc.

When state to reimburse district.

[No. 20.]

AN ACT to amend sections three, four, five and six of act
number two hundred forty-one of the public acts of nine-
teen hundred three, entitled "An act for the establishment
of county normal training classes and for the maintenance
and control of the same.'
""

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections three, four, five and six of act number two hundred forty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act for the establishment of county normal training classes and for the maintenance and control of the same," are hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3. The duties of the county normal board shall be as follows:

First, To determine the qualifications for admission to the county normal training class;

Second, To establish a one year course of study to be pursued, a year to consist of not less than thirty-two weeks of five days each;

Third, To grant certificates of graduation to such persons as finish the course adopted above, in such form as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe.

SEC. 4. The certificates of graduation shall qualify the holder to teach in the public schools as follows:

First, The certificate of graduation shall qualify the holder to teach for three years from date of issue in any school employing not more than two teachers, in the county in which the county normal training class is situated: Provided, That any certificate shall become valid as above specified in any other county when indorsed by the authority that grants certificates in such county;

Second, A certificate of graduation may be renewed or revoked by a majority vote of the county normal board.

SEC. 5. For the purpose of maintaining such normal training classes as are herein prescribed, it is further provided: First, That the district receiving permission to establish a county normal training class shall provide teachers, and rooms with heating and equipment satisfactory to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and said board shall include in the expense budget of the district such sum as may be necessary for these purposes;

Second, That the Auditor General annually, on or before the thirtieth day of June, upon the certificate of the Superintendent of Public Instruction that the equipment and instruction of any county normal training class has been satisfactory, shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the district board or the board of

education of the district maintaining such normal training
class to the amount of five hundred dollars for each teacher Amount.
employed in the training school, to be paid out of the general
fund: Provided, That in no case shall the total of such ap- Proviso.
propriation exceed one thousand dollars in any county during
any school year;

tion, make estimate of

Third, In any district establishing a county normal train- Board of educaing class, the board of education shall, previous to the first day of October in each year, estimate the cost of instruction expenses. for the current year in the county normal training class, and, deducting therefrom the amount appropriated by the foregoing provisions of this act, report the balance to the county Report to clerk on or before the first day of October;

county clerk.

make appropria

Fourth, At its October session, the board of supervisors Supervisors to shall appropriate out of the general fund of the county onehalf of the balance due for instruction, as shown by the aforesaid report to the county clerk, which amount shall be assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the other county taxes: Provided, That in no case shall Proviso. such appropriation made in any county exceed one-half the amount appropriated by the State according to the provisions of this act. The money so raised shall constitute the county normal fund.

of schools.

draw order.

SEC. 6. On or before the thirtieth day of June of each Commissioner year, it shall be the duty of the county commissioner of duty of. schools to certify to the county clerk the balance between the total cost of instruction for the current year and the amount appropriated by the Auditor General. Upon re- When clerk to ceipt of such certificate, the county clerk shall draw an order for one-half of the said balance upon the county treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the board of education of the district establishing the normal training class: Provided, Proviso. That such order shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the board of supervisors according to the provisions of this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 16, 1905.

Section amended.

Supervisors of certain counties

conditions for

construction of.

Commissioner,

must comply with conditions.

[No. 21.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, approved June eighteen, nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to amend section fourteen of chapter nine of act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled 'An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto.'"

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of chapter nine of act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto," (said section fourteen having been added to said chapter nine by act number ninety-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, and amended by act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, approved June eighteen, nineteen hundred three), is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 14. The boards of supervisors of Clare, Saginaw, St. may determine Joseph, Cass, Isabella, Gratiot, Shiawassee, Ottawa, Barry, Montcalm, Van Buren, Alpena, Berrien, and Cheboygan counties, at any session thereof, may from time to time, by resolution, fix and determine such further conditions than those herein set forth, to be complied with, before all or any contract shall be made or entered into for the construction, improvement or clearing out of any drain as hereinbefore provided, as to such boards shall seem necessary and proper to protect all persons and townships that may be affected by the proceedings; and no contract or expenditure shall be made or entered into by the drain commissioner or his deputy, without first complying with such conditions. Such May fix number, boards may, in like manner, fix and determine the number and kind of employes the drain commissioner may employ and fix their compensation; and they may require that said commissioner, in each year, shall report to the boards, at their October session, a full and detailed statement and account, under oath, of the time actually spent by him during the year, in the discharge of his duty, and for what purpose; the names of all employes and the time actually spent by each, and for what purpose their labor was performed, and the amount paid or agreed to be paid each; and also all other expenditures and the names of all persons to whom moneys

etc., of employes.

May require annual detailed report of commissioner.

disallow items.

may be paid in

remove and

commissioner.

have been paid, and the amount paid each, and the purpose
for which said expenditure was made. The boards may allow May allow or
or disallow, in whole or in part, any item charged in such
report and account, and only so much thereof shall be paid
as shall be thus allowed; and no more than one-half of When account
the several items in such report and account shall be paid, full.
or orders drawn therefor, under the provision of section six,
chapter nine of this act, until such account has been thus
allowed by the boards of supervisors, as in this section pro-
vided. Such boards of supervisors of Clare, Saginaw, St. When may
Joseph, Cass, Isabella, Gratiot, Shiawassee, Ottawa, Barry, appoint new
Montcalm, Van Buren, Alpena, Berrien and Cheboygan coun-
ties may by a two-thirds vote of all the members elect, re-
move any such drain commissioner or his deputy, or both,
of Clare, Saginaw, St. Joseph, Cass, Isabella, Gratiot, Shi-
awassee, Ottawa, Barry, Montcalm, Van Buren, Alpena, Ber-
rien and Cheboygan counties, and appoint another in his or
their place and stead, except in such counties where the drain
commissioner is elected by the vote of the people: Provided, Proviso, as to
That drain proceedings now pending in Clare, Isabella and drains in certain
Van Buren counties in which contracts for constructions
of drains have not already been let, shall stand suspended
and nothing further shall be done regarding the same until
the board of supervisors of the said last mentioned counties
shall have taken action under the provisions of this section
in the first instance.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 16, 1905.

counties.

[No. 22.]

AN ACT to provide for the better care of cemeteries and of the graves therein.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That the twenty-fifth day of May and the thir- "Memory days," tieth day of September in each year be and hereby are set days set apart as. apart and designated as "Memory Days;" said days to be Purpose of. used for the purpose of improving and beautifying the vari ous cemeteries throughout the State and of the graves therein; that all may thus show forth on these days by these appropriate acts a loving and tender remembrance for the dead: Provided, however, That if either of the days herein desig- Proviso. nated shall fall on Sunday, the next Monday following shall be deemed "Memory Day" for all or any of the purposes of this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved March 20, 1905.

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