Section amended. Tuition, etc., to high school. Amount. Tax. Proviso, notice. [No. 59.] AN ACT to amend section one of act sixty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of tuition in and transportation to another district, of children who have completed the eighth grade in any school district; and to repeal act number one hundred ninety of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this act," being compilers' section five thousand eight hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act eleven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act sixty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of tuition in and transportation to another district, of children who have completed the eighth grade in any school district; and to repeal act number one hundred ninety of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this act," being compilers' section five thousand eight hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act eleven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. The district board or board of education of any school district which does not maintain a high school, shall have authority and is hereby required to vote a tax sufficient to pay the tuition to any high school which is approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, of any children of school age, residents of said district at the time of giving notice as hereinafter provided, who have completed the studies of the eight grades not exceeding in amount twentyfive dollars per pupil per year, unless the voters appropriate a larger sum at the annual school meeting, and may vote a tax to pay the transportation during school days of such children, such tuition to be paid by the treasurer of the district in which the pupil resided at the time of giving the notice herein provided, to the treasurer of the district where the high school attended is located: Provided, That a parent or the legal guardian of such children, or the person in parental relation to such children, shall give written notice to the district board or board of education on or before the fourth Monday of June, that such children desire to attend any high school during the ensuing year. Upon receiving written notice of children eligible to attend high schools, the district board or board of education shall vote a tax sufficient to cover the necessary expense for tuition as herein proviso, when waived. provided, and may vote a tax sufficient to cover the necessary expense for daily transportation of such children: Provided, Further That the district board or board of education of a district notice having sufficient money in the general fund may pay the tuition of those who have completed the studies of the eight grades as provided in this act even though the notice required has not been filed in due time by the parent, legal guardian, or other person in parental relation to such children, and the district board or board of education of a township school district maintaining a legal high school as provided in this act may pay the tuition of its eighth grade graduates to some other legal high school if in the judgment of said board the educational interests of such eighth grade graduates will be better served: Provided, That any surplus moneys in the treasury of said district belonging to the primary fund may ne be used in paying necessary tuition in lieu of a tax therefor. Approved April 10, 1919. Proviso, surplus [No. 60.] AN ACT to amend section seventeen of act number ninetyone of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to prevent the importation from other states and the spread within this State, of dangerous insects and dangerously contagious diseases affecting trees, shrubs, vines, plants and fruits, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts that contravene the provisions of this act," being section seven thousand four hundred twenty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and to add a new section to said act to be known as section seventeen-a. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section seventeen of act number ninety-one Section of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled “An act to prevent the importation from other states and the spread within this State, of dangerous insects and dangerously contagious diseases affecting trees, shrubs, vines, plants and fruits, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts that contravene the provisions of this act," being section seven thousand four hundred twenty-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended and a new section is hereby Section added to said act to be known as section seventeen-a, said amended section and said added section to read as follows: SEC. 17. The State Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries and his deputies, assistants and employes, shall have authority to enter upon any premises in the State for the added. Authority to enter preminspector. ises by state township, etc.. inspectors. No damage awarded. Proviso, necessity. destruction. purpose of examining the trees, shrubs, plants and vines, for the presence of destructive insects and diseases, and, if any such insects or diseases are found, may, under the provisions of this act, take such steps as may be necessary to exterminate Authority of them. Township, village and city inspectors shall have the same authority within the limits of their respective jurisdiction. No damage shall be awarded for the destruction of any tree, shrub, plant, or fruit, or for injury to the same, if done by the inspectors and their assistants in accordance with the provisions of this act: Provided, It is deemed necessary in order to suppress dangerous insects and diseases, when the trees, shrubs, and plants have already been attacked by danTreatment or gerous insects and diseases. Whenever any dangerous plant disease, or destructive insect, which is new to or which has not become widely prevalent or distributed through or within this State, is found upon any trees, shrubs and plants, in case it is deemed necessary in order to prevent the spread and dissemination of said insect, or disease, the State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards may cause any trees, shrubs and plants, likely to be attacked by such insect or disease, and which are growing within three thousand feet of where said dangerous insect or disease has been found, to be treated with approved remedies, or, if this is not feasible, to be destroyed. Provided it becomes necessary to destroy any trees, shrubs or plants, which have not already become attacked by said new and dangerous insect or disease, the owners shall be recompensed for their actual value, the amount to be fixed by three parties, one to be selected by the owner, another by the State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards, and the third party to be selected by the other two so selected. The amount awarded when approved by the State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards and audited by the State Board of Agriculture, shall be certified to the Auditor General, who shall draw a warrant on the State Treasurer for the payment of the same from the general fund of the State. Proviso, when award for value. How fixed. How paid. Unlawful to keep mahonia or barberry bushes. Bushes to be destroyed. Penalty for failure to destroy. SEC. 17a. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to keep upon their premises or upon any premises under their control or charge any mahonia bushes, or any of the bushes commonly called barberries which are subject to the attack of the black rust of wheat, including Berberis aquifolium, Berberis vulgaris, Berberis Canadensis, Berberis ilicifolia, Berberis sinensis, and all hybrids and varieties of the same, but not including the dwarf, Japanese Barberry, Berberis Thunbergii. If the State Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries, or his assistants, shall find upon any premises any mahonia or barberry bushes, of species subject to the black stem rust of wheat, action shall be taken as directed in this section in the case of trees, shrubs, vines and plants infected with dangerously contagious diseases. If the owners or agents shall fail to destroy the bushes when Proviso, chance seed lings, etc. ordered to do so within a reasonable specified time, they This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Bill for one half of [No. 61.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter twenty-three of act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter twenty-three of act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," is hereby amended to read as follows: Section amended. State central committee, how composed. SEC. 1. At its first State convention in each odd numbered year, each political party shall select a State central committee as herein provided, which committee shall consist of three members from each congressional district. Said State convention shall select a chairman of the State central Chairman. committee and such chairman shall have the right to vote on all questions arising in said committee. The State central Secretary and committee so constituted shall appoint a secretary, a treas treasurer. Term of service. urer and such other officers as in its judgment may be proper This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Pitfalls, etc.. prohibited. [No. 62.] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of act number two hundred seventy-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of game and birds, to regulate the taking, possession, use and transportation of the same, to prohibit the sale thereof, to regulate the manner of hunting, pursuing and killing game or birds, to provide a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this act, and to repeal inconsistent acts and parts of acts," being section seven thousand four hundred ninetyfive of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fifteen of act number two hundred seventy-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of game and birds, to regulate the taking, possession, use and transportation of the same, to prohibit the sale thereof, to regulate the manner of hunting, pursuing and killing game or birds, to provide a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this act, and to repeal inconsistent acts and parts of acts,” being section seven thousand four hundred ninety-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 15. No person or persons shall at any time make use snares, drugs, of any pit, pitfall, deadfall, scaffold, cage, snare, trap, net, baited hook, or any similar device, or any drug, poison, chemical or explosive for the purpose of injuring, capturing or killing any birds or animals protected by the laws of this State, nor shall any person at any time or in any manner whatever, injure, destroy or rob the eggs of any bird protected by the laws of this State, molest, harass or annoy such birds upon their nests, except as herein provided: Provided, however, That said provision shall not prohibit the trapping of furbearing animals. No person shall hunt, pursue, kill, capture Proviso. |