When road purposes: Provided, That where any township has adopted to have super- the township road system, as provided by act number one commissioner vision. Payment of moneys. When bonds may issue. Signing and negotiation of bonds, etc. hundred forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for a county and township system of roads and to prescribe the powers and duties of the officers having the charge thereof," and acts amendatory thereof, the road commissioners of such township shall have charge and supervision, as provided in said act number one hundred forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, as aforesaid, and amendatory acts; and all moneys paid out for the improvement of highways and bridges shall be paid out on the order of said township road commissioners, countersigned by the township clerk. SEC. 5. If at such election sixty per cent. of such qualified electors present thereat and voting upon said proposi tion shall vote in favor of such loan, said bonds shall be issued by the township board in denominations not exceeding one thousand dollars each, at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent. per annum and for a period not exceeding twenty-five years, as the township board shall by resolution direct. Said bonds shall be signed by the township board, countersigned by the township treasurer and negotiated by and under the direction of said board, and the moneys arising therefrom shall be used for the purpose or purposes which have been set forth in the notices of election and the ballots cast at such election, and for no other purpose. TITLE. An act authorizing organized townships in the State of Michigan to borrow money and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of providing for the better construction and care of highways and bridges in such townships. Approved April 17, 1907. When children school for the [No. 48.] AN ACT to provide for the compulsory education of deaf, children. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Every parent, guardian or other person in to be sent to a the State of Michigan having control or charge of any child or children between the ages of seven and eighteen years, and who by reason of deafness or imperfect hearing can deaf. not be taught successfully in the public schools, shall be Transporta children. SEC. 2. In cases where such parent, guardian or other person, on account of their poverty, are unable to furnish tion given poor such child or children with transportation to and from such school, the board of trustees of the Michigan School for the Deaf shall furnish such transportation each year, and the said board of trustees may include therewith transportation for such parent, guardian or other person to said school and return, where the child is under twelve years of age, and for that purpose may issue a certificate directed to the Auditor General that said amount is necessary for the benefit of such individuals, who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor; and any such sums are hereby appro- Sums, how priated and shall be paid out of any moneys in the general where charged. fund, not otherwise appropriated, and the Auditor General shall charge all such moneys, so drawn, to the county of which such parent, guardian or other person is a resident, or to which he or she belongs, to be collected and returned to the general fund the same as any State taxes are required to be by law. paid and SEC. 3. Act number two hundred of the public acts of Certain act to nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the apply. compulsory education of children, for penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of the same," shall apply in the execution of this act, and the officers mentioned in said act shall be required to report all cases of deaf children residing in their jurisdiction to the superintendent of the Michigan School for the Deaf, and they shall enforce this act in the same manner as the said act number two hundred of nineteen hundred five is enforced. The same penalties prescribed for violation of said Penalties. act are hereby prescribed for violation of this act. Approved April 17, 1907. Sections amended. Meetings to examine claims. notice. [No. 49.] AN ACT to amend sections two and three of chapter seventy-two of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred fortysix, entitled "Of the payment of debts and legacies of deceased persons," being sections nine thousand three hundred sixty-eight and nine thousand three hundred sixtynine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, as amended by act one hundred twenty-nine, public acts of nineteen hundred three. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections two and three of chapter seventytwo of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the payment of debts and legacies of deceased persons," the same being sections nine thousand three hundred sixty-eight and nine thousand three hundred sixty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number one hundred twenty-nine of public acts of nineteen hundred three, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. When such commissioners shall be appointed it shall be their duty to appoint convenient times and places when and where they will meet for the purpose of examining Publication of and allowing the claims; and within thirty days after their appointment they shall give notice of the times and places of their meeting, and of the time limited for creditors to present their claims, by publishing a notice thereof at least three weeks successively in some newspaper printed in the same county if there is a newspaper published therein, and otherwise in some newspaper in an adjoining county or in any other manner in which the court may direct. Newspaper, who to designate. SEC. 3. The judge of probate in the commission issued to the commissioners shall designate the paper in which such notice shall be published and any other mode of notifying which he may deem necessary and proper. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 50.] AN ACT to prohibit the taking and catching of fish by the use of a spear or spears, or by the use of nets or fire arms in the waters of Big lake and Rice lake in the county of Osceola, and in the stream connecting said lakes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: unlawful to SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or per- Spears, etc., sons to take, catch or kill or attempt to take, catch or kill use. any fish in the waters of the lake known as Big lake, in the township of Orient in the county of Osceola, or in the lake known as Rice lake in the township of Evart in said county, or in the stream connecting said lakes, with any spear or spears, or with nets or fire arms. violation. SEC. 2. In any prosecution under this act it shall be Evidence of prima facie evidence on the part of the people, of the violation of the provisions of this act, to show that the defendant was found upon the waters of said lakes or stream with a spear or spears, or with nets or fire arms. SEC. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of Penalty. this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 17, 1907. [No. 51.] AN ACT to amend section eight of act number two hundred thirty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws providing for the incorporation of manufacturing and mercantile companies or any union of the two, and for the incorporation of companies for carrying on any other lawful business, except such as are precluded from organization under this act by its express provisions, and to prescribe the powers and fix the duties and liabilities of such corporations." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section eight of act number two hundred Section thirty-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws providing amended. Where may conduct business. for the incorporation of manufacturing and mercantile companies or any union of the two, and for the incorporation of companies for carrying on any other lawful business, except such as are precluded from organization under this act by its express provisions, and to prescribe the powers and fix the duties and liabilities of such corporations," is amended to read as follows: SEC. 8. It shall be lawful for any corporation organized or existing under the provisions of this act to conduct its business in whole or in part at any place or places within the United States or any foreign country. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Closed season for rainbow trout. Penalty for violation. [No. 52.] AN ACT to provide for the protection of rainbow or California trout in the St. Mary's river. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to catch or take, in any manner whatever, from any of the waters of the St. Mary's river any rainbow or California trout from the first day of September in each year until the first day of June following thereafter. SEC. 2. Any person who shall be found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions contained in the foregoing act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, and the costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof, shall be confined in the county jail until such fine and costs shall be paid, but such confinement shall not exceed thirty days. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |