power of. months, etc. section eleven of chapter three hundred and section ten thousand eight hundred sixty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 11. Such receivers shall have all the power and au- Receivers, thority conferred by law upon trustees to whom an assignment of the estate of an insolvent debtor may be made pursuant to the provisions of the one hundred forty-fifth chapter of these revised statutes; and shall also have power to continue the May continue business of such corporation for a period not exceeding six-business sixteen teen months, and to sell the property and assets of such corporation at private sale in the usual course of its business for cash or on the usual terms of credit, or to sell the property of such corporation in distinct parcels or in bulk: Provided, Proviso. That a sale not in the usual course of business shall be made subject to confirmation by the court: And provided further, Further That the court in which such proceeding is pending, may, on proviso. application of any party interested, if convinced that the continuance of such business is not subserving the best interests of the parties concerned, direct the suspension of such transactions and order the sale of the property in bulk or in parcels. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 4, 1905. [No. 97.] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the formation of street railway companies," being act number thirty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred sixty-seven, approved March five, eighteen hundred sixty-seven, and being chapter ninety-four of Howell's annotated statutes, the same being section six thousand four hundred forty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fifteen of an act, entitled "An act to Section provide for the formation of street railway companies," being amended. act number thirty-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred sixty-seven, approved March five, eighteen hundred sixtyseven, the same being section three thousand five hundred fifty of Howell's annotated statutes, and section six thousand four hundred forty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: company, may SEC. 15. Any street railway company may also purchase Street railway or acquire, either at public or private sale, whether judicial or purchase, hire, otherwise; or may hire any street railway in any city, village etc.. property of or township owned by any other corporation or company, another. May lease, sell and convey its May purchase, together with all the real and personal estate belonging thereto, and the rights, privileges and franchises thereof, and may use, maintain, and complete such road, and may use and enjoy the rights, privileges and franchises of such company in the same manner and upon the same terms as the company whose road and franchises, so acquired, might have done; or may road to another. lease, sell and convey its railway, together with the rights, privileges and franchises thereof to any other street railway company subject to such terms and limitations as may be expressed in this act. Every street railway company may also real estate, barns purchase, hold, own, or take upon lease such real estate, barns, stables, buildings, fixtures and property as may be necessary for the use and business of their road; and the whole or any part thereof, together with their railway fixtures, property and appurtenances, rights, privileges and franchises may sell, lease, dispose of, pledge or mortgage whenever the corporation shall deem it expedient so to do: Provided, however, That no company shall, under the provisions hereof, lease, purchase or acquire a competing road. own, lease, etc., etc. Proviso. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Boards of supervisors, power of. County farm, etc. [No. 98.] AN ACT to amend section eleven of act number one hundred fifty-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred fifty-one, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative pow ers," being section two thousand four hundred eighty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section eleven of act number one hundred fiftysix of the session laws of eighteen hundred fifty-one, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers," being section two thousand four hundred eighty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen ninety-seven, is amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 11. The said several boards of supervisors shall have power, and they are hereby authorized, at any meeting thereof, lawfully held: First, To purchase for the use of the county any real estate necessary for the erection of buildings for the support of the poor of such county, and for a farm to be used in connection therewith; buildings. Second, To purchase any real estate necessary for the site of Sites for county any court house, jail, clerk's office, or any other county build. ing in such county; Third, To fix upon and determine the site of any such building, if not previously located; real estate. Fourth, To authorize the sale or leasing of any real estate Sale and lease of belonging to such county, and to prescribe the mode in which any conveyance thereof may be executed; Fifth, To remove or designate a new site for any county New sites. buildings required to be at the county seats, when such re moval shall not exceed the limits of the city or village at which the county seat is situated, as previously located; ings for poorhouses, offices, etc. Sixth, To cause to be erected the necessary buildings for poor Erection of buildhouses, jails, clerks' offices, and other county buildings, and to prescribe the time and manner of erecting the same; Seventh, To borrow or raise by tax upon such county any Borrow money. sums of money necessary for any of the purposes mentioned in this act: Provided, That no greater sum than one thousand Proviso. dollars shall be borrowed or raised by tax in any one year, for the purpose of constructing or repairing public buildings, highways, or bridges, unless authorized by a majority of the electors of such county voting therefor as hereinafter provided; by tax. Eighth, To provide for the payment of any loan made by Payment of loan them, by tax upon such county, which shall in all cases be within fifteen years from the date of such loan; Ninth, To prescribe and fix the compensation for all services Fix compensarendered for, and adjust all claims against, their respective claims, etc. tions, adjust counties, except in counties having a board of county auditors, and the sums so fixed and defined shall be subject to no appeal; Tenth, To direct and provide for the raising of any money Current expenses. which may be necessary to defray the current expenses and charges of said county, and the necessary charges incident to or arising from the execution of their lawful authority, subject to the limitations prescribed in this act; Eleventh, To abolish or revive the distinctions between town- Distinction as to ship and county poor; the poor. taxes. Twelfth, Shall have power to authorize the making out a Collection of new tax roll; to extend and determine by resolution, the time when each collector or township treasurer in their county shall make his return to the county treasurer, but such time Limit of time. shall in no case exceed two months from the time fixed by the general law, and where an extension is had each collector or township treasurer shall be authorized to levy and collect all taxes as provided in the general laws for the levy and collection of taxes. But no collector or township treasurer shall receive the benefit of such extension until he shall have paid over to the county treasurer or other officer or person authorized to receive the same, all moneys collected by him up to the first day of February, which may be due; and in all cases interest shall be charged on all taxes so extended from the time of such extension; Destruction of wild beasts, thistles, etc. Reports and officers. Neglect or re cause for re moval. Thirteenth, To make such laws and regulations as they may deem necessary, and provide for enforcing the same, for the destruction of wild beasts, of thistles and other noxious weeds within the several counties; Fourteenth, To require any county officer, whose salary or bonds of county compensation is paid by the county, to make a report, under oath, to them on any subject or matters connected with the duties of his office, and to require such officer to give bonds, or further or additional bonds, as shall be reasonable or necessary, for the faithful performance of their respective duties; and any such officer who shall neglect or refuse to make any fusal to furnish, such report, or to give such bond within a reasonable time after being so required, may be removed from office by such board by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, and the office declared vacant, and such board may fill such vacancy for the unexpired portion of the time for which such officer was elected or appointed: Provided, That if the spring or fall election shall occur before the expiration of the said unexpired term, if the office be an elective one, the vacancy shall be filled at such election, and it shall be the duty of such board to give reasonable notice of such election to fill the vacancy; Proviso. To authorize General powers. Establish rules and regulations. Fifteenth, To authorize any township or townships in their respective counties, by a vote of the electors of said township or townships, to borrow or raise by tax upon such township, any sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars in any township in any one year, to build or repair any roads or bridges in such township or townships, or in the use of which such township or townships may be interested, and to prescribe the time for the payment of any such loan, which shall be within fifteen years, and for assessing the principal and interest thereof upon such township or townships; and if any road or bridge is situated partly in one township and partly in another, or on the line between townships, or in case any township has any particular local interest in the construction or repair of any bridge, such board of supervisors may determine, under such regulations as they may establish, the relative proportion which each township shall contribute in the building and repairing thereof, and the amount so apportioned to the several townships shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other township taxes are now assessed and collected by law; Sixteenth, To represent their respective counties, and to have the care and management of the property and business of the county in all cases where no other provision shall be made; Seventeenth, To establish such rules and regulations in reference to the management of the interest and business concerns of such county, and in reference to the mode of proceeding before such board, as they shall deem necessary and proper in all matters not especially provided for in this act auditing and or in some law of this State: Provided, however, That the Proviso as to board of supervisors shall in no case audit or allow any bill, allowing claims. claim, or charge against the people or the county which shall not have been filed with the county clerk of such county on or before the third day of any regular meeting of said board, or on or before the first day of the adjourned or other meeting, as the case may be, except bills or claims which shall have been contracted by said board during the session thereof, and for mileage and per diem of the members of said board; and the county clerk shall keep a book in which he shall enter all claims in the order in which they are presented, giving the name of the claimant, the amount of the claim, and the date when presented, which book shall, after the time prescribed for the presentation of claims, be placed in the hands of the chairman for the use of the board: And provided further, Further proviso, That at the October session, the board may, by a vote of twothirds of all the members elected, receive and allow accounts which have wholly accrued during the session: And provided Further proviso, further, That the board of supervisors shall have authority to remove any officer or agent heretofore or hereafter to be appointed by said board when, in their opinion, he is incompetent to execute properly the duties of his office, or when on charges and evidence they shall be satisfied that he has been guilty of official misconduct, or habitual or wilful neglect of duty, if, in their opinion, such misconduct or neglect shall be a sufficient cause for such removal; but no such officer or agent shall be removed for such misconduct or neglect unless charges thereof shall have been preferred to said board of su pervisors or the chairman thereof, and notice of the hearing, with a copy of the charges, delivered to such officer or agent, and a full opportunity given him to be heard in his defense, either in person or by counsel. Approved May 4, 1905. as to removal of certain officers. [No. 99.] AN ACT to amend section four of act one hundred forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being section four thousand eight hundred eleven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section four of act one hundred forty-seven of Section the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An amended. |