same township or in adjoining townships: Provided further, Further (p) To authorize the secretary to purchase and provide Purchase of such incidental apparatus and material as may be deemed ad- apparatus. visable for the schools, and to audit and order the payment of all accounts for such expenses and material; dent, employment of. (q) To employ a superintendent of schools for the town- Superintenship, when the same is authorized by a vote of the electors thereof, and to employ such other officers and servants as may be necessary for the management of the schools and school property, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. The superintendent of schools herein provided Qualifications. for shall be the holder of at least a State life certificate or a normal school diploma, or he shall have educational qualifications equivalent thereto and shall be the holder of a diploma from a college or university of recognized standing, and he shall have the following duties: First, To recommend in writing all teachers necessary for Duties. the schools, and to suspend any teacher for cause, until the board of education or a committee of such board may consider such suspension; Second, To classify and control the promotion of pupils; Third, To recommend to the board the best methods of arranging the course of study and the proper text books to be used; Fourth, To make reports in writing to the board of education and to the Superintendent of Public Instruction annually or oftener if required; Fifth, To supervise and direct the work of the teachers; Sixth, To assist the board in all matters pertaining to the general welfare of the school, and to perform such other duties as the board may determine; employment (r) To hire and contract with such legally qualified teach- Teachers, ers as may be required, and all contracts shall be in writing of, contracts, and signed by a majority of the board in behalf of the district, etc. Said contracts shall specify the wages agreed upon and require the teachers to keep a correct record of all school work, the number of pupils, the classification and grading, the agree gate and average attendance and the percentage of attendance, and to furnish the secretary with a correct copy of the same at the close of school. The contracts shall also require Filing of the board to provide all proper material and keep the school property in proper and sanitary condition. The contract shall be filed with the secretary and a duplicate furnished the teacher. A contract with a person not holding a legal certificate of qualification shall be invalid and all contracts shall terminate if the certificate of the teacher shall expire by limitation within its term, or if the certificate be suspended or revoked by proper authority: Provided, That in case of ill- Proviso. contracts. Annual meeting. Time. Taxes. Proviso. Further proviso. Form of ballot. ness of the teacher or when a legally qualified teacher cannot be found by the board or by the commissioner of schools, a person otherwise qualified but not holding a certificate may be employed temporarily as a supply, and such supply service shall be paid for from the general fund. A school month within the meaning of the school laws shall consist of four weeks of five days in each week; (s) And to do all things needful and necessary for the maintenance, prosperity, and success of the schools of the district and the promotion of the thorough education of the children thereof. SEC. 13. At each annual school meeting held in said township district the board of education shall present its estimate of the amount of money needed to be raised by tax during the ensuing year for buildings and sites and an estimate of the amount for which bonds shall be issued if needed. This estimate shall be presented by the board and considered by the qualified voters during the last two hours of the time during which the polls for the election of trustees are to be open, or between the hours of three and five o'clock p. m. The quali fied voters on the question of voting taxes present at that time shall determine the amount of money to be raised by tax for these purposes, and they may direct that the vote shall be taken by ballot or in any other way which shall be deemed best. The people shall have authority to increase or decrease the amount of the estimate submitted by the board and when such amounts have been voted by a majority of the qualified voters present the secretary of the board of education shall, on or before the first Monday of August, certify to the township clerk of the township the amount of such taxes, together with the amount of all taxes which the board of education is authorized to impose, and said township clerk shall report the same to the supervisor of the township, and if the township district is a fractional district said clerk shall report such taxes to the clerks of other townships in which said district may be in part situated, and such clerks shall report the amounts to their respective supervisors who shall spread the same upon the regular tax roll of such township or townships in the manner provided for by statute, and the same shall be levied, collected, and returned in the same manner as all township taxes: Provided, That if the qualified voters present as aforesaid do not or can not determine the amount of money to be raised by tax for the purposes specified, the board of education shall determine the same: Provided further, That special meetings of the district may be called to vote on the question of bonding the district for any of the purposes mentioned. Such vote shall be by ballot and a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to carry the question. The form of ballot shall be: "For bonding the township district for $. township district for $.. ., Yes," "For bonding the No." On the question of bonding, the board of education shall act as an election board and cause a poll list to be kept and a suitable ballot box used, and conduct the election and canvass the votes in the same manner as a regular school election. When bonds have been Bonds to voted the board shall proceed to issue and sell the bonds and issue and sell. fix the rate of interest and term of payments thereon. The period of any school bonds shall not exceed fifteen years: Provided, That when any money shall have been borrowed Proviso. by any township school district upon the bonds of said district the qualified voters of such district shall have power at any annual or special meeting to impose a tax on the taxable property in such district for the purpose of paying the principal or any part thereof and the interest thereon, to be levied and collected as other school district taxes are levied and collected. Approved April 26, 1911. [No. 144.] AN ACT to amend sections eight and ten of act number 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, and 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," and acts amendatory thereof, being compiler's sections four thousand eight hundred fifteen and four thousand eight hundred seventeen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by section eight of act number ninety-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, sections eight and ten of act number one hundred fortyeight of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, section eight of act number one hundred twenty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, and section eight of act number two hundred sixty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections eight and ten of act number one hun- Section dred forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety- amended. one, entitled "An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment the appointment of school examiners, and 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," and acts amendatory thereof, being compiler's sections four thousand eight hundred fifteen and four thousand eight hundred seventeen of Duty of commissioner. Examinations, certificates, etc. Fees. Record of commission ers. Examinations. Proviso. Further the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by section eight of act number ninety-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, sections eight and ten of act number one hundred forty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, section eight of act number one hundred twenty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, and section eight of act number two hundred sixty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the county commissioner: First, Immediately after his or her qualification as commissioner, to send notice thereof to the Superintendent of Public Instruction; Second, To keep a record of all examinations held by the board of school examiners and to sign all certificates and other papers and reports issued by the board, and to keep a record of all meetings of the board of examiners and of all hearings for the suspension or revocation of any teacher's certificate, and to call meetings of the board of examiners at such other times than those mentioned in section five of this act as he may deem best; Third, To receive the institute fee provided by law and to pay the same to the county treasurer quarterly, beginning September thirtieth in each year; Fourth, To keep a record of all certificates granted, suspended, revoked or transferred by the said board or commissioner, showing to whom issued, together with the date, grade, duration of each certificate, and, if suspended or revoked, with the date and the reason therefor; Fifth, To furnish, previous to the third Monday in July in each year, to the township clerk of each township in the county, and to each of the officers of every school district in the county, a list of all persons legally authorized to teach in the county at large during the preceding school year, and in such township, with the date and term of each certificate, and if any have been suspended or revoked, the date of such suspension or revocation; Sixth, To visit each of the schools of the county at least once in each year and to examine carefully the discipline, the mode of instruction, the text books used, the apparatus belonging to the school, the library, the progress and the proficiency of the pupils, the skill and efficiency of the teacher, the condition of the school property, and whether the attendance at school is in compliance with law, and to make a careful record of these items and report the same to the director of each district: Provided, That in counties containing one hundred or more schoolrooms, the commissioner of schools is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk, who shall perform such duties as said commissioner shall direct, except visiting schools: Provided further, In counties having from one hundred to one hundred and fifty schoolrooms the whole expense incurred for such clerk shall not exceed three hundred dollars in any one year and in counties having more than one hundred and fifty schoolrooms the whole expense incurred for such clerk shall not exceed four hundred dollars in any one year: Pro- Further vided further, That nothing in this act contained shall operate proviso. to restrict the board of supervisors of any county from paying such greater sums than herein provided as said boards may deem just and necessary; Seventh, To counsel with the teachers and school boards as to the course of study to be adopted and pursued, and as to any improvement in the discipline, instruction and management of the school, and he may examine and audit the books and the records of any school district at any time when directed to do so by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or by application of any school board; etc. Eighth, To promote by such means as he or she may devise, Institutes, the improvement of the schools in the county, and the elevation of the character and qualifications of the teachers and officers thereof, and act as assistant conductor of institutes appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and perform such other duties pertaining thereto as said superintendent shall require; Ninth, To receive the duplicate annual reports of the sev- To examine eral township clerks, examine into the correctness of the reports. same, requiring them to be amended when necessary, endorse his or her approval upon them, and immediately thereafter, and before the fifteenth day of September in each year, transmit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction one copy of each of said reports and file the other in the office of the county clerk; Tenth, To be subject to such instruction and rules as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may prescribe, to receive all blanks and communications that may be sent to him or her by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to dispose of the same as directed by the said superintendent, and to make annual reports at the close of the school year to the Superintendent of Public Instruction of his or her official labors, and of the schools of the county together with such other information as may be required; Eleventh, To perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by law, and at the close of the term of office to deliver all records, books, and papers belonging to the office to his or her successor. SEC. 10. The compensation of each county commissioner Compensation. of schools shall be determined by the board of supervisors of each county, respectively, but the compensation shall not be fixed at a sum less than five hundred dollars per annum in any county where there are fifty schoolrooms; at not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum where there are more than seventy schoolrooms; at not less than one thousand dollars per annum where there are one hundred schoolrooms and not less than twelve hundred dollars where there are one hundred and twenty-five schoolrooms; not less |