election

vacancies.

SEC. 4. The board of education of such public schools shall Board of choose one member of said board and also another qualified inspectors. elector of said city to act as inspectors of election in each polling place, and the electors present at the opening of each polling place shall choose another qualified elector of said district and the three together shall constitute a board of inspectors for such election at such polling place: Provided, Proviso, That no candidate for trustee shall act as inspector of election and if any. of said trustees are so disqualified the board of education shall choose another qualified elector to act as such inspector of election, and if the persons so chosen as inspectors of election shall not be present at the opening of the polls or remain in attendance, the electors present may choose viva voce such number of electors present as shall constitute a board of three inspectors of such election, and if the two inspectors of election chosen by the board of education shall be present at the opening of the polls and remain in attendance the electors present shall choose one elector present who together with the two inspectors chosen by the board of education shall constitute a board of three inspectors of election for each polling place. Each of said inspectors shall take the required oath to faithfully perform the duties of inspector of such election. Said board of in- Chairman. spectors of election in each polling place shall elect one of its number as chairman and one of its number as secretary of the board of inspectors. The qualifications of voters at such election or the school district meetings shall be such as are or may hereafter be prescribed by the general school law. The board of inspectors shall have the same authority and power in maintaining and enforcing order and obedience to its lawful commands at such elections and during the canvass of the votes as are conferred by the general laws of the State upon school officers in similar cases: Provided, how- Proviso, pollever, That electors shall cast their votes at the polling place in the ward in which they reside if there be a polling place in such ward, and if no polling place is provided or held in such ward then the board of education of the said city shall designate the polling places where the voters of such ward having no polling place shall vote, and in such event the board of education shall name in the notice of election the said polling places.

Approved March 15, 1917.

ing places.

Section amended.

Tax to pay tuition.

Amount.

Proviso,

notice given.

Tax, when voted.

[No. 11.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number 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," as last amended by act two hundred sixty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being compilers' section five thousand eight hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact :

SECTION 1. Section one of act number 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," as last amended by act number two hundred sixty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being compilers' section five thousand eight hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, 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 twenty-five 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 provided, and may vote a tax sufficient to cover the necessary expense for daily transportation of such children: Provided, That any surplus moneys in the treasury of Proviso, sursaid district belonging to the primary fund may be used in paying necessary tuition in lieu of a tax therefor. Approved March 22, 1917.

plus moneys.

[No. 12.]

AN ACT to amend sections five, eleven and twenty-five of act three hundred twenty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended by act number ninety-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the leasing, control and taxation of certain lands owned and controlled by the State, and the improvements thereon; providing penalties for the violation of certain provisions thereof and repealing act number two hundred fifteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith," being compilers' sections six hundred ten, six hundred sixteen and six hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

amended.

The People of the State of Michigan enact : SECTION 1. Sections five, eleven and twenty-five of act Sections number three hundred twenty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended by act number ninetytwo of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the leasing, control and taxation of certain lands owned and controlled by the State and the improvements thereon, providing penalties for the violation of certain provisions thereof and repealing act number two hundred fifteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith," being compilers' sections six hundred ten, six hundred sixteen and six hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Public Domain Com- Hearings on mission at its regular meetings, to proceed to hear and de- applications termine the validity of all the applications then on file made by applicants for leases, and it shall keep a record of written evidence, if any, which may be filed with each application, in a suitable record book to be provided by said Public Domain Commission. Each claimant adjudged entitled Notice and to a lease shall receive from the Public Domain Commis- land adjudged.

for leases.

certificate for

What to include.

Proviso,

neglect to

sion within ten days after such action has been taken by said Public Domain Commission a notification in writing of such action by said Public Domain Commission and a certificate for such land, or so much thereof as shall have been adjudged to such claimant, his heirs or assigns, in which shall be certified the name of the claimant and a description of the land so adjudged to be leased to him and the rental or consideration therefor. Said notification shall include a statement of the time when rental shall be due and the penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, both as regards payment of rental and taxes, which rental consideration shall be paid to the State Treasurer in full at the time said lease shall be executed by both parties thereto. Such certificate shall further state that such claimant, his heirs or assigns shall upon payment of the amount therein named, be entitled to a lease of said lands as provided in this act to be executed by the Public Domain Commission upon presentation and surrender of such certificate to the Public Domain Commission, together with the receipt of the State Treasurer showing the payment of said rental or consideration: Provided, That if said lessee or apperfect lease. plicant shall neglect for a period of ninety days from and after the date of such certificate to perfect the lease to such lands as described in such certificate and to remit the rent as in this act provided, said Public Domain Commission shall have the authority to cancel such determination and certificate thereof, and all rights thereunder shall be deemed to be forfeited by such lessee or applicant: And provided further, That if any person, firm or corporation who has prior to the time that this amendment shall become operative obtained a lease to any of the lands described in section one hereof in accordance with the terms of this act, and who has failed or neglected to make the second and final payment of the rental consideration for the lands so leased, and the interest on such unpaid amounts for a period of three months from and after the date on which such payments become due, shall be notified in writing of such failure to pay, by the Public Domain Commission, and at the same time the Public Domain Commission shall also notify such delinquent leaseholder that a further failure or neglect upon his part to make such payment within ninety days after the date of such notification will be held as a forfeiture of his leasehold rights in said land, and that the Public Domain Commission will thereupon cancel the lease held by him and his rights thereunder shall be held as naught, and the Public Domain Commission shall hold such forfeited lands subject to lease by any party applying for the same under the terms of this act. Immediately upon formal determination by the Public Domain Commission that a lease has been forfeited hereunder a certificate of cancellation of the same shall be executed under the seal of the

Further proviso, delinquent leaseholders.

Lease, cancellation of.

Execution of certificate.

register of

commission and shall be forwarded to the register of deeds of the county wherein such land is situated. Upon receipt Duty of of such certificate the register of deeds shall at once cause deeds. the same to be recorded in a suitable book provided therefor by said register. If the lease is of record in said office the register shall note thereon the fact that such a certificate of cancellation has been issued and shall also note the citation to the record of such certificate.

be leased.

Clair flats,

SEC. 11. The Public Domain Commission shall have no Lands not to power to lease to any person, firm or corporation, lands of the character described in section one of this act that are now included by any law of the State within a public park: Pro- Proviso, St. vided, however, That the said Public Domain Commission may etc. lease to the occupants thereof any lands on the so-called St. Clair Flats lying between the lands surveyed along the south channel of the St. Clair river and the lands surveyed along the middle channel of the said St. Clair river under act number one hundred seventy-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, and between the private claims on Harsen's Island and the Muscamoot Bay, for which application is made prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred eighteen, whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of said commission that the person, firm or corporation applying for a lease of any such lands shall have been in occupation thereof, either in person or by his or their grantors since the first day of January, nineteen hundred thirteen, and has made valuable improvements thereon: Provided also, That in leasing Proviso, such lands the Public Domain Commission is hereby author- survey. ized and empowered to make a survey thereof, and upon the completion of such survey cause a duly prepared plat, with the field notes of such survey, to be filed in the office of the Public Domain Commission. A certified copy of such plat Plat, where shall be filed with the register of deeds of the county of St. Clair. In leasing such lands the Public Domain Commission shall be governed by the preceding sections of this act.

filed.

which taxes

SEC. 25. In all cases where default is made in the payment Lands on of taxes to the treasurer of the township, city or village, in not paid. which the lands leased may be located, the same shall be returned to the county treasurer according to and subject to the provisions of law for the return and collection of unpaid taxes assessed upon real estate. The treasurer of the town Treasurer to ship, city or village, at the same time that he makes returns send list of. to the county treasurer, shall make and transmit to the Public Domain Commission a list of the lands so delinquent for taxes and the amount of taxes delinquent upon each description in said list. The county treasurer shall, at the same time County when he makes his return of delinquent lands to the Auditor duty of. General, make a similar return to the Public Domain Commission of all such leasehold interests, the taxes upon which have not been collected, with a statement of the amount there

treasurer,