The board of trustees of said village may issue the bonds of the village therefor, in such denominations as it may deem best, at such rate of interest not exceeding the legal rate of interest as it may determine necessary, payable annually, the first payment to be not more than three years from the date of issue, and no payment to be less than one-third of the largest payment, the last payment being due not more than thirty Bonds, who years from date of issue. Such bonds shall be signed by the president and clerk of said village and sealed with the village seal. The bonds shall be negotiated by and under the direction of the board of trustees of the village, and the proceeds shall be expended under the general supervision and direction to sign. May raise by tax. Referendum. Form of ballot. of said board of trustees. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of the said village, to raise by tax, on the taxable property of said village, all such sums from time to time as may be necessary to pay both the principal and interest of said bonds as they may fall due. SEC. 3. No money shall be borrowed or bonds issued for the purposes mentioned in this act unless the question of borrowing money and issuing the bonds therefor is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of such village. Such questions shall be submitted upon a resolution of the board or council of such village, and if three-fifths of the qualified electors voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, then the council shall proceed to borrow the money and issue bonds as directed. The vote on the question of borrowing money shall be by ballot which shall be in substantially the following form: "Official ballot. "Vote on the proposition of borrowing ... dollars and issuing the bonds of the village therefor, such money to be used to buy or build a county courthouse or jail or both in said village. "Shall the village of borrow ... dollars and issue the bonds of the village therefor, such money to be used to buy or build a county courthouse or county jail or both, in said village? Yes () No ()." The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other elections in said village are held, and the moneys shall be borrowed and bonds issued therefor in all respects except as herein provided in accordance with the provisions of the charter of the village issuing such bonds. Approved May 6, 1925. [No. 210.] AN ACT to require the bonding of persons, firms and corporations engaged in the business of soliciting accounts for collection or in the collection of accounts and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: bonding of. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or Collection corporation engaged in the business of soliciting accounts for agency, collection or in the collection of accounts for others, to engage in such business without first giving a bond to the people of the state of Michigan, executed by two sureties, said bond to be approved by the prosecuting attorney or circuit judge of the county where such collection agency is located, or by a surety company duly authorized to do business in this state, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful accounting of all moneys collected upon accounts entrusted to such person, firm or corporation. Said bonds Filing. shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein such person, firm or corporation is located and shall be first approved by the county clerk before the same shall be filed: Provided, however, That if such person, firm or Proviso, corporation is a non-resident of the state such bond shall be filed with the secretary of state. The sureties shall justify their responsibility in unencumbered real estate in twice the amount herein prescribed. Said bond shall be for the use and benefit of all persons damaged by the wrongful conversion of any moneys by such person, firm or corporation and any person so injured or aggrieved may bring suit upon such bond. At the time of filing said bond said person, firm Certificate, or corporation shall also file a certificate containing the what to connames and addresses of all persons interested in or conducting such business. non-resident. tain. SEC. 2. This act shall not apply to any person admitted When act to the practice of law in this state or to any justice of the not to apply. peace or to any corporation, person or persons established as and doing a banking or trust business or to persons acting in a fiduciary capacity. SEC. 3. The term "accounts" shall be construed to mean "Accounts" any claim or demand written or unwritten, expressed or im- defined. plied, growing out of the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, or the performance of any work, labor or service for another. alty. SEC. 4. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the Misdebusiness of soliciting accounts or collecting accounts as meanor, penherein defined, without first having filed a bond as hereinbefore provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail or Detroit house of correction not exceeding ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. The penalty herein provided against any corporation violating the provisions hereof shall be recovered in an action to be brought in the name of the people of the state of Michigan by the prosecuting attorney of the proper county in which the offense charged shall have been committed upon the complaint of any person aggrieved by the violation by such corporation of the provisions of this act. Approved May 6, 1925. School of instruction. Subjects taught. Instructors, etc. Who may attend. [No. 211.] AN ACT to authorize the department of public safety to establish and conduct a training school to be known as the Michigan training school for police for the instruction of law enforcing officers. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The department of public safety is hereby authorized to establish and conduct a school for the instruction of law enforcing officers of this state and of the several counties, townships, cities and villages thereof, such school to be known as the Michigan training school for police and to be conducted at Lansing, and the sessions thereof to be held at such times and for such periods as the director of public safety shall designate. Provision shall be made for instruction in the following subjects and such others as the director of public safety shall deem expedient: (a) Identification of criminals and fingerprinting; (d) (e) (f) Rules of criminal evidence; Presentation of cases in court; Making of complaints and securing of criminal warrants; Securing and use of search warrants; (g) Enforcement of prohibition laws; (h) How to secure extradition and rendition; (i) (j) Small arms instruction; Regulation of traffic; First aid. SEC. 2. The director of public safety may call upon members of any state department or any instructor or professor in any state educational institution, to act as instructor or lecturer in such school, and may pay the reasonable expenses of such person while in attendance. The legislative body of any county, township, city or village may authorize the attendance at such school of any law enforcing officer under the jurisdiction of such county, township, city or village, and may provide for the payment of the expenses of such person while in attendance which payment shall be made out of the general fund of such county, township, city or village. SEC. 3. The department of public safety may provide board Board and and lodging for persons in attendance at such school, the cost lodging. thereof to be borne by the student or by the county, township, city or village authorizing his attendance at such school. SEC. 4. To each person satisfactorily completing the course Diplomas, of study prescribed, the director of public safety shall issue when issued. a certificate of graduation or diploma stating that the holder has graduated from the Michigan training school for police. Approved May 6, 1925. [No. 212.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections one and two of act number one hundred twenty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An act to regulate the use of the public streets and highways of the state by certain vehicles, to require such vehicles to display lights during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. The title and sections one and two of act num- Title and ber one hundred twenty-six of the public acts of nineteen hun- sections dred twenty-one, entitled "An act to regulate the use of the public streets and highways of the state by certain vehicles, to require such vehicles to display lights during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof," approved May six, nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby amended to read as follows: TITLE An Act to regulate the use of the public streets and highways of the state by vehicles; to require vehicles to display lights during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour be for sunrise; and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof. SEC. 1. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any To display person to drive, or to cause or permit to be driven, upon any street or highway of this state, any vehicle during the period, or any part or portion thereof, from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise unless there shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the left side of such vehicle a light of light. Penalty. such an arrangement and character that the same may be plainly seen either from the front or rear at a distance of not less than three hundred feet. SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 6, 1925. May appropriate for libraries. Proviso. [No. 213.] AN ACT to provide for the maintenance and operation of libraries for public use, owned or controlled by associations or individuals. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any township, city or village within this state. having within its limits a library that had been open to the public upon the payment of dues, may appropriate not to exceed one-half of one mill on its assessed valuation for the support of such library, and such sum or sums shall be raised by taxation in the ordinary way: Provided, That any library so receiving support from any municipality shall be kept open for the convenience of the public not less than the afternoons and evenings of three days of each week, and the books therein shall be for the free use of the public under such reasonable restrictions as such library shall prescribe. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 6, 1925. Section amended. [No. 214.] AN ACT to amend section three of chapter twelve of act number three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the state of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," being section two thousand seven hundred seventy-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section three of chapter twelve of act number three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-four, en |