scribe the powers and duties of the officers having the charge thereof," and the amendments thereof, being chapter one hundred three of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended, is hereby amended by adding one new section thereto to stand as section number thirty and to read as follows:

Inissioners not

SEC. 30. None of the provisions of this chapter relative to Election of Comthe election and term of office of county road commissioners applicable to shall apply to the county of Marquette. In said county of Marquette Co. Marquette the board of supervisors shall appoint a board Supervisors to of county road commissioners who shall possess all of the appoint. powers and duties of county road commissioners under this

bers.

act. Such board of county road commissioners in said county Number of mer-
shall consist of three members, one of whom shall hold his
office for the term of one year, one for the term of two years Term of office.
and one for the term of three years from and after the first
day of May, nineteen hundred five, and annually thereafter,
prior to May first each year, the board of supervisors shall
appoint one commissioner for the term of three years to
succeed the commissioner whose term of office shall soonest
expire. Such commissioners shall hold their offices until
their successors are appointed and qualified. Whenever any Vacancy, how
vacancy shall occur in the office of county road commissioner filled.
in said county the board of supervisors may appoint some
qualified person to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term
of such office. The board of supervisors may increase or Supervisors may
diminish the number of county road commissioners in such change number of
county as hereinbefore, in this chapter, provided. All town- All townships
ships in said county of Marquette, whether any one or more
of them have adopted and may be operating under a town-
ship road system, as provided by sections four thousand two
hundred eighty-four to four thousand two hundred ninety of
the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, or not,
shall be liable for and shall have county road tax levied
therein, notwithstanding the provisions of section four thou-
sand two hundred eighty-eight of the Compiled Laws of eight-
een hundred ninety-seven.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1905.

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members.

liable for county

road tax.

Section amended.

Unlawful to ship, deposit, etc.. unless labeled.

How labeled.

[No. 71.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act numbered one hundred thirty-nine of the public acts of the year eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to regulate the transportation of nitro-glycerine and other explosive substances," being section eleven thousand five hundred sixteen of the Compiled Laws of Michigan of the year eighteen hundred ninety

seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of act numbered one hundred thirtynine of the public acts of the year eighteen hundred seventythree, entitled "An act to regulate the transportation of nitroglycerine and other explosive substances," being section eleven thousand five hundred sixteen of the Compiled Laws of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. It shall be unlawful hereafter to bring within this State, or to transport, carry, ship, deposit, store or place nitroglycerine, giant powder, dynamite, dualine, or any other substance, of which nitro-glycerine shall constitute an ingredient, or that may be exploded by concussion, in or upon any car, vessel, steamboat, or other watercraft or public conveyance, wharf or other public place within the State of Michigan, unless the package or box containing the same shall be labeled on the outside thereof, with the words "nitro-glycerine, danTo be inserted in gerous"; and, also, the same shall appear as inserted or writbill of lading, etc. ten in or upon the bill of lading, freight bill or other evidence of transportation; thereby giving the character and nature of the article so shipped: Provided, That no provision of this act shall be so construed as to permit the transportation of any of these articles on any passenger train, or freight train to which a passenger car is attached, or upon any steamboat, propeller, or other vessel used in part or in whole for the transportation of passengers.

Proviso, as to transportation on passenger trains.

Approved April 25, 1905.

[No. 72.]

AN ACT to amend sections one and three of chapter one of act one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being sections four thousand six hundred thirty-nine and four thousand six hundred forty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections one and three of chapter one of act Sections amended. one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being sections four thousand six hundred thirtynine and four thousand six hundred forty-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows:

supervision of

institutions.

of normal training

schools.

(4639) SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Public In- Supt. of Public struction shall have general supervision of public instruction Inst. to have and of all State institutions other than the University that educational are essentially educational in their character, and it shall Duty of. be his duty among other things to visit the University, the Agricultural College, the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, the School for the Blind, the State Industrial School for Boys, the State Industrial Home for Girls, and the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children, and to meet with the governing boards of said institutions at least once in each year. He shall have supervision of all Have supervision county normal training classes and may prescribe general classes. rules for their management. In his supervision of the pub- Duty of, in relalic schools it shall be his duty to require boards of education tion to public to observe the laws relating to schools and to compel such observance by appropriate legal proceedings instituted in courts of competent jurisdiction by direction of the Attorney General. He may examine and audit the official May examine and records and accounts of any school district and require cor- audit accounts rections thereof when necessary. It shall be his duty to Require districts require all school districts to maintain school for at least school. the statutory period and to provide educational facilities for all children resident in such district. The Superintendent When may reof Public Instruction may request the Governor to remove certain officers. from office any county commissioner of schools or member of board of school examiners when he shall be satisfied from sufficient evidence submitted to him that said officer does not possess the qualifications required by law entitling him

etc.

to maintain

quest removal of

of charges with

Governor.

to hold the office, or when he is incompetent to execute properly the duties of his office, or has been guilty of official misconduct, or of wilful neglect of duty, or of drunkenness. To file statement In case said superintendent shall determine that the charges submitted to him are well founded he shall file with the Governor a statement that he believes the charges to be true and that in his opinion the case demands investigation, which statement shall take the place of the statement of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which said officer is acting; whereupon the Governor shall proceed to investigate the case as the statute provides. Said superintendent shall also prepare annually, and transmit to the Governor, to be by him transmitted to the legislature at each biennial session thereof, a report containing:

To file annual report.

Annual report what to contain.

May prepare rules etc., for manage

First, A statement of the condition of the University and of each of the several State educational institutions, all incorporated institutions of learning, and the primary, graded and high schools;

Second, Estimates and amounts of expenditures of all educational funds;

Third, Plans for the management of all educational funds, and for the better organization of the educational system, if, in his opinion, the same be required;

Fourth, The annual reports and accompanying documents, so far as he shall deem the same of sufficient public interest, of all State institutions of educational character;

Fifth, Abstracts of the annual reports of the school inspectors of the several townships and cities of the State; Sixth, All such other matter relating to his office and the subject of education generally as he shall deem expedient to communicate.

(4641) SEC. 3. The Superintendent of Public Instrucment of libraries. tion may prepare and have printed general rules and regulations for the management of township and district libraries, a general course of study for the schools of the State, and he shall transmit all these documents to the several school officers entrusted with the care and management of the public schools.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 25, 1905.

[No. 73.]

AN ACT to amend section nine of act two hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled “An act to revise and amend the laws for the protection of game and birds."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section nine of act two hundred seventeen of Section amended. the public acts of nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to revise and amend the laws for the protection of game and birds," shall be amended so as to read as follows:

capture etc.,

SEC. 9. No person shall kill, capture or destroy, or at- Unlawful to kili, tempt to kill, capture or destroy, by any means whatever, any mourning doves, mourning dove or any Antwerp or homing pigeon within the etc. limits of this State. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill or capture, or attempt to kill or capture by any means whatever, any pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie Prairie chicken, chickens, or any Mongolian or English pheasants, caper- protected for cer cailzie, black game, or hazel grouse, or any wild turkey, or any wild pigeon until the year nineteen hundred ten, and then only at the time, in the manner and for the purpose authorized by law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 26, 1905.

wild turkey, etc.,

tain period.

[No. 74.]

AN ACT to protect ginseng growers and owners and providing a penalty for breaking down, digging, destroying, taking or carrying away any ginseng or ginseng seed.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any person, who shall without the permission Felony, who of the owner enter the field, yard, building, garden or other guilty of. enclosure of another and wilfully break down, dig, destroy, take or carry away any ginseng or ginseng seed there stored, growing, drying or being, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon Penalty. conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not exceeding five years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.

This act is ordered to take effect May one, nineteen hundred · five.

Approved April 26, 1905.