Bonds for outstanding The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The council of the city of Cheboygan is hereindebtedness. by authorized and empowered to borrow money from time Style of. Tax levy. to time on the faith and credit of said city and issue bonds therefor, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of twenty thousand dollars, which shall be expended in paying the outstanding indebtedness of said city for Main and State street paving completed in nineteen hundred six, paying city's proportion of proposed State street paving on the east side'in said city, and other outstanding indebtedness of said city. SEC. 2. Said bonds may be issued in such sum not exceeding in amount the sum hereinbefore limited, and payable at such times with such rates of interest not exceeding five per cent per annum as the common council may direct, and shall be signed by the mayor and clerk and sealed with seal of the said city, and negotiated, but all under the direction of said council, and the money arising therefrom shall be appropriated in such manner as said council shall determine for the purposes as aforesaid, and the council shall have the power and it shall be its duty to raise by tax, upon the taxable property of said city, such sum or sums as shall be sufficient to pay the amount of said bonds, and the interest thereon as fast as the same shall become due. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Authority to extend, etc., water and [No. 517.] AN ACT to give to the city of Albion, in Calhoun county, power and authority to construct extensions to the water and sewer systems of said city, by contract or otherwise, as the council may determine, in addition to the powers granted by act number two hundred fifteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The city of Albion, in Calhoun county, shall have power and authority, in addition to the powers granted sewer systems. by act number two hundred fifteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, as amended, to construct all additions to and extensions of the water and sewer systems of said city, by contract or otherwise, as the council may, by resolution, determine. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 518.] AN ACT to authorize the township of Cooper, in the county of Kalamazoo, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of building a bridge across the Kalamazoo river in said township, and to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The township board of the township of Cooper, Bonds in Kalamazoo county, is hereby authorized and empowered authorized. to borrow not exceeding seven thousand dollars on the faith and credit of said township, and to issue its bonds therefor; To build bridge. said moneys to be used in the building of a new bridge across the Kalamazoo river in said township at the Breese and Borden Crossing, so-called, on the section line between sections three and ten. The sum of seven thousand dollars, hereby Maturity, etc. authorized to be borrowed, shall be due and payable, one-third in one year, one third in two years and one third in three years, together with interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum. submitted. SEC. 2. Such money shall not be borrowed, nor such bonds Majority issued, unless a majority of the qualified electors of said vote. township of Cooper, voting upon such proposition, voting at a general or special township meeting in said township at any time after the taking effect of this act, shall vote in favor of said proposition. The said township board is here- When by authorized and empowered to submit the question of said loan to the qualified electors of said township at such general or special township meeting. It is hereby made the duty Notice given. of the township board of said township of Cooper to give due notice thereof in printed or written notices, posted in at least five public places in said township, not less than twelve days prior to said general or special election, which notices shall state the amount of money proposed to be borrowed. ballot. SEC. 3. The proposition of issuing the said bonds, pro- Form of vided for in section one of this act, shall be submitted to the electors by ballot, which ballot shall be written or printed, or partially written and partially printed, and in the following form: "For the Breese and Borden bridge loan-Yes." "For the Breese and Borden bridge loan-No." Said vote shall be canvassed in the same manner as the Canvass. votes cast at the regular township meeting and, if on the canvass of said vote it shall be found that a majority of the electors voting upon such proposition have voted in favor of the same, the said township board shall be authorized to issue the bonds of said township, as provided in section one of this act, and it shall be the duty of the township supervisor Tax levy. Payment of installments. May borrow from contingent fund. and treasurer to execute and sign such bonds when issued. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the township board of the township of Cooper to raise by tax upon the taxable property of said township in each of the years following the making of the loan provided for in this act, in addition to the other taxes authorized by law, to be assessed and collected in said township, an amount sufficient to pay one-third of the principal obligation and the interest on the amount unpaid. SEC. 5. It is hereby made the duty of the township board of said township of Cooper to issue to the township treasurer definite orders for the payment of the several installments of the principal and interest of the loan in this act provided for, as the same shall become due, and it shall be lawful for the said township board to borrow from the contingent fund of the township such amounts as may be necessary to make up any shortage in the collections on account of the bridge loan tax arising from delinquent taxes in any year. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Regulation, etc., of liquor business. City license fee. License, unlawful to sell, [No. 519.] AN ACT in relation to the business of selling, furnishing, delivering or keeping for sale any intoxicating or spirituous liquors or malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors and to prescribe the location where the same shall be sold in the city of Cadillac, Wexford county. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The city of Cadillac in the county of Wexford is hereby authorized to restrict, regulate and license saloons and other places, except drug stores, where intoxicating or spirituous liquors or malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors are sold or kept for sale and may regulate and prescribe the location of such saloons or other places, except drug stores, where such liquors are sold or kept for sale. SEC. 2. All persons, except druggists, who shall engage in the business of selling or keeping for sale any spirituous liquors or malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors within said city of Cadillac shall be required to pay into the treasury of said city a license fee in such sum as may be fixed by the city council by ordinance or resolution. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, etc., without. except druggists, to engage or continue in the business of selling or keeping for sale any spirituous or intoxicating liquors or malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors within the limits of the said city of Cadillac from and after the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred seven, without having first procured from the city council of said city the license referred to in section two of this act. etc. SEC. 4. Every person desiring to engage in or continue in Application, the business of selling or keeping for sale any spirituous liquors or malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors within the said city of Cadillac shall make application in writing to the city council of said city for said license for such purpose, which application shall state the street number or other- What to state wise describe the location of the place where such business is to be carried on and shall be accompanied with a recommendation signed by at least six reputable citizens of said city certifying that the applicant is well known to them, is of good reputation and moral character and is well qualified to carry on the proposed business. Such application shall Revocation. also contain an agreement on the part of the applicant that he will accept a license if granted him upon the express condition that it may be revoked at the will of the city council. Any such applicant shall before receiving said license pay to the city clerk of said city as a license fee such sum as may be fixed and determined by the said city council by ordinance or resolution. Such license if issued shall state the number License, what or location of the place of business as described in the application and shall not be transferred to any other location in said city without the consent of the city council and no license issued as aforesaid shall be for a period beyond the first day of May next after such license is issued. Such license shall also contain the express stipulation and condition that it may be revoked at the will of the city council: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to Proviso, druggists who are engaged in the sale of spirituous and in- druggists. toxicating liquors in strict compliance with the laws of this State. to state. SEC. 5. The city council may require every applicant for Bonds. a license under the provisions of this act to furnish a bond in such sum and with such sureties as may be prescribed by the city council, such bond to be conditioned for the faithful observance of and compliance with all lawful rules, regulations, restrictions, ordinances and resolutions made, enacted or prescribed by the city council concerning the conducting of said business. each one SEC. 6. The said city council is hereby authorized and One saloon to empowered to restrict and limit the number of saloons or thousand. other places, except drug stores, where spirituous or intoxicating liquors or malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors are sold or kept for sale in said city and is hereby prohibited from issuing licenses except as hereinafter provided for the sale within said city of any such intoxicating liquors in a number, in excess of one saloon or place where such liquors are sold or kept for sale except drug stores to each one thousand inhabitants of said city or major fraction thereof Proviso, as shown by the last State or Federal census: Provided, issue limited. That the total number of licenses issued during any one year Further proviso., License not transferable. shall not exceed twenty: Provided, further, That from and after the time this act shall take effect no license shall be granted by the city council of said city to any person or persons, except druggists, not lawfully engaged in said business of selling or keeping for sale spirituous or intoxicating liquors or malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors in said city on the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred seven, and on the thirtieth day of April every year thereafter until such time as the number of saloons or other places, except drug stores, where such liquors are sold or kept for sale in said city, shall be less than one for each one thousand inhabitants of said city as shown by the then last State or Federal census. SEC. 7. No license granted under authority of this act shall be transferable. Any license may be revoked by the city council for or on account of the violation or non-observance of such rule, regulation, restriction, ordinance or resolution as may be prescribed or enacted by the city council, concerning the manner of conducting the business of selling or keeping for sale any such intoxicating or spirituous liquors, malt, brewed, fermented, or vinous liquors within said city: Provided, That the owner of any such license shall hearing given be given a hearing before the city council before such license may be revoked. Proviso, before license revoked. Noise, riot, etc. music, etc. SEC. 8. Said city council may adopt rules, regulations games of dice, and ordinances prohibiting noise, riot, or disturbance, or games of dice, or games of chance, and prohibit the use of any slot machine or device for gambling, within or upon the premises or building in which any applicant shall be granted a license to conduct such business as is referred to in this act. May prohibit The said city council may also prohibit any music or entertainment adjacent to or within or upon the premises or building in which any applicant is granted permission to carry on the business referred to in this act, for the purpose of attracting persons to such place of business, and may Sale of liquors prescribe penalties for the sale of any such liquors as are to minors, etc. referred to in this act to minors or to any adult person, who is at the time intoxicated, or to any person who is in the habit of becoming intoxicated or to a habitual drunkard. Said city council is also given authority to prescribe and adopt any and all such other rules, regulations and ordinances as may be consistent with the provisions of this act. Penalty for violating licenses, etc. SEC. 9. Any person to whom a license shall be granted by the city council, under authority of this act, and who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or any rule, regulation or ordinance prescribed or adopted by the city council relative to the business of selling or keeping for sale any such liquors as are herein referred to, shall upon conviction thereof, in addition to having his license revoked by the city council, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more |