Mill tax levied. SEC. 1. There shall be assessed in the year nineteen hundred fifteen, and each year thereafter, upon the taxable property of the state, as fixed by the state board of equalization in the year nineteen hundred fourteen and every consecutive second and fifth year thereafter, for the use of Michigan. agricultural college, the upper peninsula experiment station and such other experiment stations as have been or may hereafter be established for all college extension work, including the cooperative agricultural extension work provided for by an act of congress approved May eight, nineteen hundred fourteen, and entitled "An act to provide for co-operative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of the act of congress approved July two, eighteen hundred sixty-two, and of act supplementary thereto, and the United States department of agriculture," for demonstration and experimental work, including investigations in farm management and for making soil surveys and gathering crop and other agricultural statistics, the sum of one-fifth of a mill on each dollar of said taxable property; such tax, however, not to exceed the sum of one million dollars in any tax year: Provided, That an amount not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars may be used for building or other extraordinary expenses Annual report before July one, nineteen hundred sixteen. The secretary of governor. the state board of agriculture shall make an annual report to the governor of the state of all the receipts and expenditures of the Michigan agricultural college, the upper peninsula experiment station and such other experiment stations as have been or may hereafter be established, and of all other matters in connection with which the funds of the state have been expended under the direction of the state board of agriculture. Proviso. to This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Amounts and purposes. [No. 193.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the department of labor and industry for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the department of labor and industry for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, the sum of one hundred seventy thousand five hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, the sum of one hundred seventy thousand five hundred dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. out. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid How pald out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said depart- Fees, where ment of labor and industry shall be forwarded to the state deposited. treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 194.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the department of public safety for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twentyfive, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: purposes. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Amounts and fund for the department of public safety for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, the sum of three hundred forty-one thousand five hundred eighty-one dollars and fifty-two cents, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, the sum of three hundred forty-one thousand five hundred eighty-one dollars and fifty-two cents, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: How paid out. Fees, where deposited. Totals $341,581.52 $341,581.52 Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said department of public safety shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. [No. 195.] AN ACT to amend section fourteen of chapter two of act number one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, as amended, 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 section five thousand six hundred sixty-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section fourteen of chapter two of act number one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, as amended, 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 section five thousand six hundred sixty-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: held. SEC. 14. The annual meeting of all school districts, ex- Annual meetcept where otherwise provided by special enactment, shall be ing, when held on the second Monday in July of each year. Any school district at an annual or special meeting of its legal voters may vote to hold its annual meeting on the second Monday of June. The school year shall commence on the second Monday of July, and the trustees and officers of the district shall date their terms of office from said day, and until their successors are elected and qualified: Provided, That any Proviso. school district organized and operating under a special act may vote at an annual or special meeting to hold its annual meeting on the second Monday in July or the second Monday in June. Approved May 15, 1923. [No. 196.] AN ACT to amend section seven of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," being section three thousand three hundred ten of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act two hundred eighty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section seven of act number two hundred Section seventy-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, en- amended. titled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," being section three thousand three hundred ten of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act two hundred eightysix of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen is hereby amended to read as follows: boundaries. SEC. 7. Said petition shall accurately describe the pro- Petition to posed boundaries of the city, or of the territory to be annexed describe thereto or detached therefrom, and if the purpose is to incorporate a new city, it shall represent that the territory described contains not less than two thousand inhabitants and an average of not less than five hundred inhabitants per Proviso, county seat. Further proviso, fifth class cities. square mile: Provided, That all incorporated villages in which Exchange authorized. [No. 197.] AN ACT to authorize an exchange of land between the state of Michigan and the county of Genesee. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Upon delivery to the auditor general of a good and sufficient conveyance to the state of Michigan of land described as so much of the public highway, commonly known as the Torrey road, in the city of Flint, Genesee county, as now crosses the land of the Michigan school for the deaf, north of the Grand Trunk railway right of way, the trustees of the Michigan school for the deaf shall convey to said county of Genesee a strip of land four rods in width, running in an easterly and westerly direction across said land of the Michigan school for the deaf, next adjacent to and north of said railroad right of way, to be used as a public highway. Approved May 15, 1923. |