three, entitled "An act to establish a 'State Board of Health,' to provide for the appointment of a 'Superintendent of Vital Statistics,' and to assign certain duties to local boards of health," said sections being sections four thousand four hundred, four thousand four hundred one, four thousand four hundred two and four thousand four hundred three of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows: board, when SEC. 4. At the meeting of the legislature in the year nine- Secretary of teen hundred five and every six years thereafter, the Governor governor to with the consent of the Senate shall appoint a suitable and appoint. competent person to be the seventh member of the board, which member shall be the secretary of the said board, and its executive officer. SEC. 5. Said secretary shall hold his office for six years, Term of office. and until his successor is appointed. He shall keep his office at Lansing, and shall perform the duties prescribed by this act, or required by the board. He shall keep a record Duties of. of the transactions of the board; shall have the custody of all books, papers, documents and other property belonging to the board, which may be deposited in his office; shall, so far as practicable, communicate with other state boards of health, and with the local boards of health within this State; shall keep and file all reports received from such boards, and all correspondence of the office appertaining to the business of the board. He shall, so far as possible, aid in obtaining contributions to the library and museum of the board. He shall prepare blank forms of returns and such instructions as may be necessary, and forward them to the clerks of the several boards of health throughout the State. He shall collect information concerning vital statistics, knowledge respecting diseases, and all useful information on the subject of hygiene, and through an annual report, and otherwise, as the board may direct, shall disseminate such information among the people: Provided, That all printing and binding Proviso, as to under the provisions of this act, shall be ordered through the printing and Board of State Auditors, as other State printing is ordered and paid, except that the payment therefor shall be out of the appropriation provided for in section seven of this act. of members. SEC. 6. The secretary shall receive an annual salary of Salary of. two thousand five hundred dollars. The members of the Compensation board shall receive no per diem compensation for their services, but their traveling and other necessary expenses while employed on the business of the board, shall be allowed and paid. and contingent SEC. 7. The sum of nine thousand dollars per annum, or Appropriation for So much thereof as may be deemed necessary by the State secretary's salary Board of Health, is hereby appropriated to pay the salary expenses. of the secretary, meet the contingent expenses of his of fice, and the expenses of the board, to pay for necessary instruments, to pay for special investigations, to pay for the compiling, publishing and distribution of such Expenses, how certified. circulars and pamphlets as will promote the best interests of the public health, to comply with the provisions of section four thousand seven hundred ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of one thousand eight hundred ninety-seven, and to generally promote the public health. All expenses incurred under the provisions of this act shall be certified by the secretary of the board to the Board of State Auditors and allowed by them. The sum so allowed shall be paid from the State treasury on the warrant of the Auditor General and charged to the apAppropriation for propriation account of said board of health. And not to additional clerks. exceed ten thousand dollars shall be expended by said board of health in any one year for the employment of additional clerks in the office of said board, under the provisions of act number one hundred seventy-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of the salaries of the State officers," being section one hundred sixty-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. Certain act to govern. Acts repealed. SEC. 2. Act two hundred forty-one of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, being sections four thousand four hundred eight and four thousand four hundred nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, act one hundred forty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, being sections four thousand seven hundred ninetyeight and four thousand seven hundred ninety-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, act one hundred forty of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. [No. 19.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred twenty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, entitled "An act for the incorporation of associations for yachting, hunting, boating, fishing, rowing and other lawful sporting purposes," being sections seven thousand six hundred sixty-seven to seven thousand six hundred seventy-three inclusive of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number one hundred twentytwo of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, entitled "An act for the incorporation of associations for yachting, hunting, boating, fishing, rowing and other lawful sporting purposes," is hereby amended to read as follows: may acquire, hold estate limited. by-laws, etc. limited. SEC. 2. Such association by its corporate name shall be For what purposes capable of receiving, taking, acquiring and holding real and or sell property. personal estate, whether by gift, grant, devise, bequest, purchase, lease or bargain or sale, for the purposes of its incorporation only and for no other purpose or purposes whatsoever, and the same may at pleasure bargain, grant, sell, mortgage or lease for the use of the association only: Provided, That the total amount of real estate held or pos- Proviso. sessed by any such association directly or indirectly, shall Amount of real not exceed in amount at any one time one hundred sixty acres of land, and such association shall have full power and May make authority to make and adopt all necessary rules, regulations, constitutions and by-laws for the government of its members and the management and control of its business and affairs, not inconsistent with or contrary to the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States, and to change, amend, alter or repeal the same at pleasure, and to elect and appoint officers and agents for the management of its affairs and to allow them suitable compensation. Such association shall have full power and authority to regulate and determine by its articles of association, rules, regulations, constitution or by-laws the amount of the capital stock thereof, Capital stock which in no case shall exceed the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, the number of shares into which the same shall be divided and the par value of such shares, in case such association be formed and organized as a joint stock association; and shall have full power and authority to make and adopt such rules and regulations concerning and governing the admission of members, the descent, inheritance, purchase or transfer of its capital stock, or the expulsion or suspension of its members for infraction or violation of any of its rules, regulations, constitutions or by-laws that it may deem necessary and proper. Every corporation organ- May amend ized under this act may, at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, by resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, which amendment shall not become Amendment, when operative. operative until a copy of the resolution signed by the president and secretary of the corporation shall have been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State of this State, and in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the principal office of the association shall be situate, as is provided herein for the filing and record of the origi nal articles of association, when such amendments shall have the same force and effect as if included in the original articles. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. articles. 1 Sections amended. Normal board, duties of. Certificates of graduation. Proviso. Maintenance of training classes. District to provide teachers, rooms, etc. When state to reimburse district. [No. 20.] AN ACT to amend sections three, four, five and six of act number two hundred forty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act for the establishment of county normal training classes and for the maintenance and control of the same." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections three, four, five and six of act number two hundred forty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act for the establishment of county normal training classes and for the maintenance and control of the same," are hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 3. The duties of the county normal board shall be as follows: First, To determine the qualifications for admission to the county normal training class; Second, To establish a one year course of study to be pursued, a year to consist of not less than thirty-two weeks of five days each; Third, To grant certificates of graduation to such persons as finish the course adopted above, in such form as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe. SEC. 4. The certificates of graduation shall qualify the holder to teach in the public schools as follows: First, The certificate of graduation shall qualify the holder to teach for three years from date of issue in any school employing not more than two teachers, in the county in which the county normal training class is situated: Provided, That any certificate shall become valid as above specified in any other county when indorsed by the authority that grants certificates in such county; Second, A certificate of graduation may be renewed or revoked by a majority vote of the county normal board. For the purpose of maintaining such normal training classes as are herein prescribed, it is further provided: First, That the district receiving permission to establish a county normal training class shall provide teachers, and rooms with heating and equipment satisfactory to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and said board shall include in the expense budget of the district such sum as may be necessary for these purposes; Second, That the Auditor General annually, on or before the thirtieth day of June, upon the certificate of the Superintendent of Public Instruction that the equipment and instruction of any county normal training class has been satisfactory, shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the district board or the board of education of the district maintaining such normal training tion, make estimate of county clerk. make appropria Third, In any district establishing a county normal train- Board of educaing class, the board of education shall, previous to the first day of October in each year, estimate the cost of instruction expenses. for the current year in the county normal training class, and, deducting therefrom the amount appropriated by the foregoing provisions of this act, report the balance to the county Report to clerk on or before the first day of October; Fourth, At its October session, the board of supervisors Supervisors to shall appropriate out of the general fund of the county onehalf of the balance due for instruction, as shown by the aforesaid report to the county clerk, which amount shall be assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the other county taxes: Provided, That in no case shall Proviso. such appropriation made in any county exceed one-half the amount appropriated by the State according to the provi sions of this act. The money so raised shall constitute the county normal fund. tion. of schools. duty of. draw order. SEC. 6. On or before the thirtieth day of June of each Commissioner year, it shall be the duty of the county commissioner of schools to certify to the county clerk the balance between the total cost of instruction for the current year and the amount appropriated by the Auditor General. Upon re- When clerk to ceipt of such certificate, the county clerk shall draw an order for one-half of the said balance upon the county treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the board of education of the district establishing the normal training class: Provided, Proviso. That such order shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the board of supervisors according to the provisions of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |