sureties who shall be residents of the same county, or shall furnish a similar bond of some surety company authorized to do business in this state, to be approved by the president and secretary of the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties under this act, and honestly accounting for all moneys coming into his hands belonging to said district. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of said board to apply for and receive from the township treasurer, or other officer holding the same, on the presentation of a warrant signed by the president and secretary of the school board, all moneys appropriated or apportioned for primary schools and for district library of said district. The said treasurer shall have the keeping of all school and library moneys, and shall not pay out the same without the authority of the board, upon warrants or orders drawn upon him and signed by the secretary and countersigned by the president; and he shall perform such other duties as are required of the treasurer in primary school districts. Am. Id. (218) § 4827. SEC. 5. Said board of education shall Vacancies. have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in the office of trustee until the next annual election, and such trustee shall file with the secretary of said board his oath of office within five days after such appointment by the board. Am. Id. meetings. (219) § 4828. SEC. 6. A majority of the members of Quorum, said board shall constitute a quorum, and the regular meetings of said board shall be held on the fourth Monday of March, June, September, and December in each year, and no notice of such meeting shall be required, and any two members of said board shall be sufficient to adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. Special meetings of said board may be called at any time on the request of the president, or any two members thereof, in writing, delivered to the secretary; and the secretary, upon receiving such request, shall at once notify each member of said board of the time of holding such meeting, which shall be at least two days subsequent to the time of receiving such request by said secretary: Provided, That in case all the members shall Proviso. sign a waiver of notice on the minute book of the secretary no notice shall be necessary. All records and papers of said district shall be kept in the custody of said secretary and shall be open to the inspection of any qualified voter of said district. Am. Id. Shafer v. Sch. Dist., 116 / 206. To be board of school inspectors. Powers and duties. Electors to determine amount to be raised. Proviso as to neglect. (220) § 4829. SEC. 7. The said board shall be the board of school inspectors for said district and shall, as such, report to the clerk of the county in which such township is located and shall have all the powers and perform all the duties now enjoyed and performed by boards of school inspectors; and the secretary of said board shall perform all the duties required by law of the chairman of the board of school inspectors; and the board of school inspectors for such township is hereby abolished, except as its powers are vested in said board of education. Am. Id. (221) § 4830. SEC. 8. The board of education of said district shall have power and authority to designate and purchase schoolhouse sites, erect buildings and furnish the same, employ legally qualified teachers, provide books for district library, make by-laws relative to taking the census of all children in said district between the ages of five and twenty years, and to make all necessary reports and transmit the same to the proper officers as designated by law, so that the district may be entitled to its proportion of the primary school interest fund; and said board shall have authority to make all needful regulations and by-laws relative to the visitation of schools; relative to the length of time school shall be kept, which shall not be less than five months in each year; relative to the employment of teachers duly and legally qualified; relative to the regulation of schools and the books to be used therein; and generally, to do all things needful and desirable for the maintenance, prosperity, and success of the schools of said district, and the promotion of a thorough education of the children thereof. When in any contiguous territory of said township district there are ten or more children of school age, living not less than three miles, nor more than eight miles, from any schoolhouse in said district, the board of education shall, upon the petition of a majority of the parents or legal guardians of said children, provide school advantages for such children, either by establishing a sub-district, or by providing transportation to some school already established within the township. Am. Id. Perrizo v. Kesler, 93/283. (222) § 4831. SEC. 9. At each annual school meeting held in said township, the qualified voters present shall determine the amount of money to be raised by tax for all school purposes for the ensuing year: Provided, That in case the voters at any annual school meeting shall neglect or refuse to determine the amount to be raised as aforesaid, then the board of education shall determine the same at the first regular meeting thereof, which amount the secretary shall, within thirty days thereafter, certify to the supervisor of the township, who shall spread the same upon the regular tax roll of to amount. said township, and the same shall be levied, collected and returned in the same manner as other township taxes: Pro Proviso as vided, That for purchasing school lots and for erecting schoolhouses no greater sum than three mills on the dollar of all the taxable valuation of the real and personal property in said township shall be levied in any one year. Am. Id. Auditor General v. Duluth, South Shore, etc., 116/122; Auditor General v. Sparrow, 116/576. be set forth (223) § 4832. SEC. 10. All taxes assessed within said Taxes to township for school purposes shall be set forth in the assess in roll. ment roll of said township, in a separate column, apart and distinct from all other township taxes. Am. Id. to report (224) § 4833. SEC. 11. The treasurer of the township Treasurer shall, at any time, at the written request of said board of to board. education, report to said board the amount of school money in his hands, and shall, on the order of the secretary of said board of education, countersigned by the president, pay to the treasurer of said board, all or any of such money. Am. Id. make annual (225) § 4834. SEC. 12. The said board shall annually, Board to prior to the second Monday of July in each year, make a statement. detailed statement of the number of schools in said district, the number of teachers employed, the number of pupils instructed therein during the preceding year, the expenditures of said board for all purposes, the resources and liabilities of said district, and also an estimate of the necessary expenses for the ensuing year exclusive of the income from the primary school interest fund and one mill tax, which report or statement shall be entered at length in the record of said board and shall be publicly read by the president of said board, or in his absence by the secretary thereof, to the voters of said township, at their annual meeting on the second Monday of July. Am. Id. of school property. (226) § 4835. SEC. 13. All school property, both real Disposition and personal, within the limits of a township incorporated as aforesaid, shall, by force of this act, become the property of the public schools of such township, and all debts and liabili ties of the primary school districts of said township, as they existed prior to its incorporation under the provisions of this act, shall become the debts and liabilities of said public schools of the township so incorporated. Am. Id. While the injustice and inequality of this section may well be admitted in certain cases, yet there is no constitutional objection to it.-Perrizo v. Kesler, 93 283-4. Of moneys raised by tax. Compensation of board. In case of division of township. Alteration, etc. (227) § 4836. SEC. 14. All money raised or being raised by tax, or accrued or accruing to the school districts of said township, as organized under the primary school laws of this state shall hereby become the money of the public schools of the township, and no tax heretofore ordered assessed or levied for school purposes in said township, or other proceedings, shall be invalidated or affected by means of this act. Am. Id. (228) § 4837. SEC. 15. The compensation of the members of the board of education other than the secretary and treasurer shall be two dollars for attendance at each regular meeting of the board. The secretary and treasurer of said board shall receive such compensation for their services as the board of education may determine, not exceeding one hundred dollars for the treasurer and one hundred twentyfive dollars for the secretary, per annum. Am. Id. (229) § 4838. SEC. 16. When any township district shall be divided into two or more townships, the existing board of trustees shall continue to act for all the townships until the same shall have been organized and the township boards of trustees duly elected and qualified therein. Immediately after such organization the township boards of education of each of the townships shall meet in joint session and direct an appraisal of all the school property of the former township to be made. When such appraisal has been made, said township boards of education shall make an equitable division of the existing assets and liabilities of the school districts of such former township, basing their apportionment upon the amount of taxable property in the township divided, as shown by the last assessment roll of such former township. When a township district shall be altered in its limits by annexing a portion of its territory to another township or townships, the township boards of education of each of the townships shall, immediately after such alteration, meet in joint session and make an equitable division of the assets and liabilities of the school districts of the township from which the territory has been detached, basing their division upon the amount of taxable property as the same shall appear upon the last assessment roll of such township. Am. Id. SEC. 17. All acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Added, 1909, Act 7. Sections 17 and 18 of this act as added by Act 154 of 1903 were repealed by Act 7 of 1909. BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CITIES. An Act in relation to the boundaries of school districts in cities, and the boundaries of school districts which have been fixed by legislative act. [Act 86, 1909.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: how estab trustees, (230) SECTION 1. Whenever a change in, or the establish- Boundaries, ment of, the boundaries of a school district of any city is lished, etc. desired or becomes necessary, such change or establishment may be made by the joint action of the board of education of such district or the board of trustees of such city and the township board of the township in which the territory may be located, or the township boards if the territory affected is located in more than one township, adjoining such district. Whenever any change is contemplated in regard to the Board of boundaries of the school district, and a majority of the duty of. members of the board of education or board of trustees shall vote in favor thereof, it shall be the duty of said board to elect four of its members as a committee to meet with the proper township board in the joint meeting herein authorized, and the secretary of the board of education or board of trustees shall notify the township board or boards of the township or townships in which the territory intended to be attached to or detached from the school district is located, that a joint meeting of such township board or boards will Joint meetbe held with the committee of the board of education or board ings, notice of. of trustees of the city at a place, on a date and at an hour named in said notice, but not within ten days of the date of such notice. The secretary of the board of education or How made. board of trustees shall notify the township board or boards, through the township clerk of such township or townships, and he shall also notify the committee representing the members of the board of education of the city of the time and place of such meeting. It shall be the duty of each member and clerk, of each board or committee to attend such meeting. When Chairman the joint boards and committee have assembled they shall election of. elect from their number a chairman and a clerk and shall proceed to consider the changes contemplated and it shall require a majority of all the members elect of the joint boards for affirmative action. The provisions of this act shall apply to all school districts, the boundaries of which have been fixed by legislative act, and to school districts governed by the fourth class city act. When said joint boards have Maps, almade alterations in the boundaries of the school district, terations of. they shall prepare a map showing in detail the boundaries of the original school district and the boundaries of the terri- Filing of. tory annexed or detached, and a copy of such map shall be kept on file in the office of the secretary of the board of edu |