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[No. 68.]

AN ACT to repeal section eleven of chapter nineteen of act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," approved May ten, nineteen hundred seventeen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

repealed.

SECTION 1. Section eleven of chapter nineteen of act number Section two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elec tions, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," approved May ten, nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby repealed.

Approved April 22, 1921.

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[No. 69.]

AN ACT to amend section one of chapter eight 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 four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter eight of act number Section three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, en- amended. titled "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 four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

etc., how

SEC. 1. The cost and expense of the following improve- Buildings, ments, including the necessary lands therefor, viz.: For pub- paid for. lic buildings and offices for the use of village officials, engine houses and structures for the fire department, for water works, for lighting purposes, cemeteries, parks, watch houses,

Proviso, boulevard lighting system.

and village prisons, shall be paid from the proper general funds of the village: Provided, however, That if a majority of the property owners along a street, owning a major part of the frontage thereon, shall so petition the council in writ ing, the cost and expense of installing a boulevard lighting system on such street may be met by a special assessment upon the lands abutting thereon. When by the provisions of this law the cost and expense of any local or public improvement may be defrayed in whole or in part by special assessment upon lands abutting upon and adjacent to or otherwise benefited by the improvement, such assessment may be made as in this chapter provided.

Approved April 22, 1921.

Section repealed.

[No. 70.]

AN ACT to repeal section five of act number three hundred sixty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing of operators of motor vehicles, and the suspension and revocation of such licenses in certain cases," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section five of act number three hundred sixtyeight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing of operators of motor vehicles, and the suspension and revocation of such licenses in certain cases," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 22, 1921.

[No. 71.]

AN ACT to provide for the transfer of the powers and duties of the legislative reference and information department in connection with the State Library, to the legislature, to define the powers and duties of the legislature in relation thereto, and to repeal act number three hundred six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, as amended by act number one hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, and all acts or parts of act [acts] which conflict herewith.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

transferred.

SECTION 1. From and after the thirtieth day of June, nine- Powers, etc., teen hundred twenty-one, all powers and duties imposed by act number three hundred six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, upon the State Librarian or any other person relative to the maintenance of a legislative reference and information department in connection with the State Library, shall be, and the same are hereby transferred to the legislature; and the legislature shall, from and after said thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred twenty-one, exercise all the powers and authority and be charged with the performance of any and all duties imposed upon the State Librarian or any person in relation to the maintenance, control or management of the department hereby transferred, by any law in force immediately prior to the time this act shall take effect, and shall maintain said legislative reference and information department for the use of members of the senate and house of representatives: Provided, however, That dur- Proviso. ing such period as may intervene between the time when this act shall take effect and the first day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-one, all powers and authority conferred, and all duties imposed by the provisions of said act number three hundred six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven shall be exercised and performed in accordance with the terms thereof by those acting under the provisions of said act at the time of its repeal.

where de

SEC. 2. All records, documents, files, indexes, furniture, Records, etc., and equipment of the legislative reference and information livered. department heretofore maintained in connection with the State Library, shall forthwith be delivered by the State Librarian to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives for the use of the legislature.

regulations.

SEC. 3. The legislature shall have power, at any time after Rules and this act shall take effect, to adopt rules and regulations governing the legislative reference and information department hereby transferred, and may authorize the employment and fix the compensation of such employes as, in its judgment, may be necessary properly to perform the work of said de

partment, and may authorize its officers to procure such office furniture, equipment, printing and binding and supplies as may be necessary for said legislative and information department. The compensation due any person employed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be paid from the moneys appropriated to defray the expenses of the legislature, and at such times and in such manner as compensation Expenses, how of other state employes is paid. Expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall likewise be paid from the money appropriated to defray the expenses of the legislature in the same manner as are expenses incurred by either house of the legislature.

paid.

Act repealed.

SEC. 4. Act number three hundred six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to provide for a legislative reference and information department in connection with the State Library, to make an appropriation therefor, and to provide a tax to meet the same," being sections eleven hundred thirty-three to eleven hundred thirty-eight, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number one hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, and all other acts or parts of acts which conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 22, 1921.

Section amended.

Bonds, interest, etc.

[No. 72.]

AN ACT to amend section twelve of act number sixty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act relative to free schools of cities having a population of two hundred fifty thousand or over, and comprising a single school district."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section twelve of act number sixty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act relative to free schools of cities having a population of two hundred and fifty thousand or over and comprising a single school district," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 12. Bonds for the purpose of the schools may be issued as herein and as otherwise heretofore provided, but shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum; they may be issued serially or all made to mature at a Sinking fund. fixed time. If the latter, a sinking fund shall be created to provide for their payment, but if the city has a sinking fund, and by custom or law the debt of the school district

has been provided for by the city's sinking fund, this may be
continued and all of said city officers charged with this duty
are for this purpose ex-officio made the officers of the school
district.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 22, 1921.

[No. 73.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to provide for the cutting of noxious weeds within the state of Michigan."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section one of act number sixty-six of the Section Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to provide for the cutting of noxious weeds within the state of Michigan," is hereby amended to read as follows:

weeds, to be

SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of every owner, possessor or Noxious occupier of land or of every person or persons, firm or cor destroyed. poration having charge of any lands in this state to cut or cause to be cut down and destroyed all Canada thistles, milkweed, (asclepica cornutus), wild carrots, ox-eye daisies, or other noxious weeds growing thereon, at least once in each year, before the first day of July in townships south of range sixteen north, and before the fifteenth day of July in townships north of range sixteen north, including range sixteen north, and as much oftener as may be necessary to prevent them going to seed, and if any owner, possessor or occupier of land, or any person or persons, firm or corporation having charge of any lands in this state shall, knowingly, suffer any Canada thistles, milkweed, wild carrots or other noxious weeds to grow thereon or shall suffer the seeds to ripen, so as to cause or endanger the spread thereof, he or they shall, on conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction be liable to a fine of ten dollars, together with costs of prosecution for every such offense and he or they shall pay the cost of cutting and destroying such weeds: Provided, That nothing in this act Proviso, milkcontained shall be construed as preventing or prohibiting the cultivation or growing of milkweed for the production of fibre: Provided further, That the persons or corporations growing Further such milkweed shall do so in such a way as to prevent the proviso. spreading of the seed to the lands of other property owners in the vicinity.

Approved April 22, 1921.

weed.

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