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Sections amended.

Board of county

road commission

Proviso, to be appointed in Wayne county.

By whom, term, etc.

[No. 197.]

AN ACT to amend sections six and eight of act number one 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."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. That sections six and eight of act number one 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" shall read as follows:

SEC. 6. In any county where the county road system shall ers to be elected, be adopted, a board of county road commissioners, not exceeding five in number, shall be elected by the people of such county: Provided, however, If the county road system shall be adopted in Wayne county, there shall be three road commissioners, and they shall be appointed, and in the following manner: (a) The county clerk shall appoint one county road commissioner from that portion of the county lying west of the township line road running north and south through the village of Inkster, who shall serve two years from the first day of May in the year in which he receives his appointment. At the expiration of his term, the county clerk shall appoint his successor for the full term of six years, and another every six years thereafter from the same section of the county. (b) The county clerk shall appoint another county road commissioner from that portion of the county lying east of the aforesaid township line road, who shall serve four years from the first day of May in the year in which he receives his appointment. At the expiration of his term, the county clerk shall appoint his successor for the full term of six years, and another every six years thereafter from the same section of the county. (c) The mayor of the city of Detroit shall appoint one county road commissioner from that portion of Wayne county known as Detroit, who shall serve six years from the first day of May in the year in which he receives his appointment, and it shall be the duty of the mayor of the city of Detroit to make an appointment of a county road commissioner every six years thereafter from the city of Detroit.

Vacancy, how filled.

SEC. 8. In case a vacancy shall occur in the office of county road commissioners, the board of supervisors may appoint a commissioner to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office until the first day of May then next following. At the general election to be held on the first Monday in April preceding such first day of May, a commissioner shall be elected for the un

expired term of such vacancy. Each commissioner shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified. The Compensation. board of supervisors shall fix the compensation of such commissioners, except in the county of Wayne, where the compensation shall be five dollars per diem, for such time as the commissioners shall serve the county in the capacity as county road commissioners, and all vacancies shall be filled by appointment for remainder of term by the same official who appointed the commissioner who has vacated the office, and from that same division of the county must the appointment be made.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing clause. in application to Wayne county are hereby repealed. Approved June 13, 1905.

[No. 198.]

AN ACT to prohibit the use of ferrets in hunting or killing rabbits in certain counties of this State.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

hunt rabbits

SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person Unlawful to or persons to use a ferret for the purpose of hunting or killing with ferrets in rabbits in the counties of Tuscola, Lapeer, Cass, Kalamazoo, certain counties. Saginaw, Paw Paw township in Van Buren, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Ingham, except the city of Lansing and Lansing and Meridian townships, Lake, Livingston, Washtenaw, Calhoun, Ottawa, Clinton, Kent, Macomb, Barry, Jackson, Monroe and in the county of Allegan except in the townships of Laketown, Saugatuck, Ganges and Casco.

SEC. 2. A violation of this act shall be punished by a fine of Penalty for ten dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment, until violation. such fine is paid, not exceeding thirty days.

SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing clause. are hereby repealed.

Approved June 13, 1905.

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Section amended.

Question of

adopting county when submitted.

road system,

Form of resolution.

[No. 199]

AN ACT to amend section one of act one hundred forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, being section four thousand two hundred sixty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, 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."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of act one hundred forty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, being section four thousand two hundred sixty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, 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," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 1. That the board of supervisors of any county shall on petition of not less than ten freeholders residing in each of the several townships in any county submit the question of adopting the county road system to a vote of the electors of such county, in the manner prescribed by this act. Such vote may be taken at a general or special election called for that purpose, and the following form of resolution shall be sufficient for submitting the question, viz.: "Resolved, That the question of adopting the county road system be submitted to a vote of the electors of the county of .. at (the general or special election) to be held on the -day of nineteen hundred eleven." If a special election is to be called, a clause added to the resolution in form following shall be sufficient for that purpose, viz.: "And a special election is hereby called to be held in the several townships (and wards) of said county on the day last aforesaid, for the purpose of taking such vote." Approved June 13, 1905.

Children of certain ages required to attend school.

[No. 200.]

AN ACT to provide for the 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.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:
SECTION 1. Every parent, guardian or other person in the
State of Michigan having control and charge of any child or
children between and including the ages of seven and fifteen

years, shall be required to send such child or children to the
public schools during the entire school year, and such attend-
ance shall be consecutive for the school year as fixed by the
district in which such parent, guardian or other person in
parental relation may reside: Provided, That in the follow- Proviso.
ing cases children shall not be required to attend the public
schools:

(a) Any child or children who is or are being taught in Exceptions, a private or parochial school in such branches as are usually taught in the first eight grades of the public schools, or have already acquired the ordinary branches of learning taught in such grades of the public schools, to be determined by the school board after an examination of such child by the teacher in charge;

(b) Any child or children who is or are physically unable to attend school. In such cases the truant officers shall require the written statement of a competent physician certifying that such child or children is or are physically unable to attend school;

(c) Children over fourteen years of age whose services are essential to the support of their parents may be excused from attendance at school on the recommendation of the board of education of the district in which they reside, and said board shall certify to the proper officer the facts in all such cases;

(d) Children under nine years of age whose parents do not reside within two and one-half miles, by the nearest traveled road, of some public school: Provided, That if transportation is furnishd for pupils in said district then this exemption shall not apply.

sheriff to appoint.

truant officer

SEC. 2. The sheriff of each county, in selecting his deputies, Truant officer, shall designate one of such deputies to act as truant officer for the county, and it shall be the duty of such deputy sheriff Duty of. to perform the duties of truant officer in all school districts of the county when directed to do so by the county commissioner of schools except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That in Proviso as to cities having a duly organized police force, it shall be the in cities. duty of the police authorities, at the request of the board of education, to detail one or more members of such police force to perform the duties of truant officer in such city, but this provision shall not be construed as prohibiting such board of education from appointing any citizen, not a police officer, as truant officer. In all incorporated villages, the village mar- Villages. shal shall be the truant officer and shall perform all the duties required of such officer by this act. The compensation of the Compensation of deputy sheriff. deputy sheriffs when serving as truant officers shall not exceed three dollars per day. In cities, when the board of education appoints a truant officer other than a police officer, said board shall fix the compensation for such truant officer and pay such officer from the incidental fund. The compensa- Compensation, tion of county truant officers, policemen and village marshals and paid. acting as truant officers shall be allowed and paid in the same

how allowed

School directors census list, etc.

manner that other incidental expenses are allowed and paid by the county, city, or village.

SEC. 3. (a) It shall be the duty of the school director of to furnish teacher, all school districts, except in incorporated village and city districts, to provide the teacher, at the commencement of the school, with a copy of the last school census, together with the name and address of the persons in parental relation, also the name and address of the county commissioner of schools. Duty of teacher. The teacher shall, at the opening of school and at such other times as may be necessary, compare said census list with the enrollment of the school and report to the county commissioner of schools the names of the parents or other persons in parental relation whose children of the ages hereinbefore mentioned are not in regular attendance at school.

Village and city districts. Duty of sec'y of board of education.

Truant officer, duty of.

Misdemeanor,

who deemed guilty of.

County Com. of schools, duty of.

Notice to parents.

(b) In all incorporated village and city districts, the secretary of the board of education shall, at the commencement of school, furnish a copy of the last school census to the superintendent of schools in such village or city, together with the name and address of the truant officer under whose jurisdiction they act, and it shall be the duty of said superintendent, at the opening of school, to compare said census list with the enrollment of the school or schools and report to the proper truant officer the names and addresses of any parents or other persons in parental relation whose children of the ages hereinbefore mentioned are not in regular attendance at the public schools.

(c) It shall be the duty of the truant officer of the city or village whenever notified by the teacher, superintendent or other person or persons of violations of this act, and the county truant officer when notified by the commissioner of schools to investigate all such cases of truancy or non-attendance at school, and if the children complained of are not exempt from the provisions of this act under the conditions named in section one, then he shall immediately proceed as is provided in section four of this act.

(d) In case any parent or other person in parental relation shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county or city jail, for not less than two nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 4. (a) It shall be the duty of the county commissioner of schools to furnish the truant officer of the county, at the opening of the schools, with a list of the teachers and superintendents employed in his county in school districts other than in such city and village districts as are described in section two of this act.

(b) In case any parent or other person in parental relation shall fail to immediately send the child or children under his or her control to the public school, the truant officer upon

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