books. act shall not be changed within five years except by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the district Proviso, text present at any annual or special meeting: Provided, That in the adoption of textbooks the board shall provide for instruction in the subject of physiology and hygiene with special reference to the nature of alcohol and narcotics and their effects upon the human system, and sanitary science. Textbooks adopted in this subject shall give at least onefourth of their space to the consideration of such subjects, and for the high schools such books shall contain at least twenty pages of such matter, and the instruction in this subject shall be given in such manner and at such times as may be suited to the grade of the pupils. The textbooks used in giving such instruction shall first be approved by the State Board of Education. Each teacher or superintendent shall report to the board of education at the close of each term or year in regard to the quantity and character of such special instruction in the subject of alcohol and narcotics, and the secretary of the board shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that such instruction has been given; Approval. Rules and regulations. Non-resident pupils, tuition of, etc. Census. School term. Proviso. (i) To have the general care of the schools of the district and make and enforce suitable rules and regulations for the general management of the schools and for the preservation of the property of the district, and to purchase at the expense of the district such textbooks as may be necessary for the use of children whose parents are not able to furnish same. The board may authorize or order the suspension or expulsion from school of any pupil guilty of gross misdemeanor or persistent disobedience, or one having habits or bodily conditions detrimental to the school, whenever in its judgment the interests of the school may demand it; (j) The board may admit to the schools of the township any non-resident pupils and determine the rate of tuition of such pupils and collect same. Children who are being cared for at county expense shall be admitted to the school in the township which is nearest the county house or in which the county house may be located, on the same terms that nonresident pupils are admitted. When non-resident pupils, their parents or guardians, pay a school tax in said district such children shall be admitted to the schools of the district, and the amount of such school tax shall be credited on their tuition in a sum not to exceed the amount of such tuition; (k) To make rules relative to the taking of census of all children resident in said township district five years of age and under twenty years, and to make all necessary reports and transmit the same to the proper officers as designated by law so that the district may be entitled to its proportion of the primary school fund; (1) To fix the length of time school shall be kept in all the schools of the township, which shall be the same for all schools and not less than five months in each year: Provided, That all persons, residents of any township school district and five years of age, shall have an equal right to attend any school therein, and no separate school or department shall be kept for any person on account of race or color: Provided further, That this shall not be construed to pre- Further vent the classifying and grading of the schools according proviso. to the intellectual progress of the pupils, such grades to be taught in such separate places as may be deemed expedient; (m) To establish and maintain a district library and Library. provide for its care and management; (n) To establish and maintain a high school or high High school. schools for the township and determine the qualifications for admission thereto: Provided, That if a township high Proviso. school be not maintained the board of education shall pay out of the funds hereinbefore provided for, the tuition of any and all children of high school age who desire to attend high schools; (0) To authorize the secretary to purchase and provide Material, etc. such incidental apparatus and material as may be deemed advisable for the schools, and to audit and order the payment of all accounts for such expenses and material; (p) To employ a superintendent of schools for the town Superintendship, and to employ such other officers and servants as may ent, duties, be etc. 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 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 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 textbooks to be used; Fourth, To make reports in writing to the board of educa tion 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; (q) To hire and contract with such legally qualified teachers as may be required, and all contracts shall be in writing and signed by a majority of the board in behalf of the district. 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 aggregate and average attendance and the per Proviso. When district divided. When limits altered. Proviso. centage of attendance, and to furnish the secretary with a correct copy of the same at the close of school. The contracts shall also require 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 illness 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 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; (r) 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. 24. When any township district comprising one township shall be divided into two or more townships or when any two townships are consolidated for school purposes, the existing board or boards of trustees shall continue to act for all the townships until the same shall have been organized and the township boards of trustees duly elected and qualified therein. Immediately after such organization the township boards of education of each of the townships shall meet in joint session and direct an appraisal of all the school property of the former township to be made. When such appraisal has been made said township board of education shall make an equitable division of the existing assets and liabilities of the school districts of such former township, basing their apportionment upon the amount of taxable property in the township divided, as shown by the last assessment roll of such former township. When the township district shall be altered in its limits by annexing a portion of its territory to another township or townships, the township boards of education of such townships shall, immediately after such alteration, meet in joint session and make an equitable division of the assets and liabilities of the school districts of the township from which the territory has been detached, basing their division upon the amount of taxable property as the same shall appear upon the last assessment roll of such township: Provided, That any township school district operating under a special act, the original act of which was passed at one of the sessions of the legislature between eighteen hundred ninety-three and nineteen hundred seven, inclusive, and not having within its borders a village or city of more than five hundred population, shall operate under the provisions of this act after the annual meeting in July, nineteen hundred twenty-two, without reorganization. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 134.] AN ACT to amend section four of act number two hundred ninety-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act concerning industrial banks, defining the same and providing for their incorporation, powers, supervision and control," as amended by act number four hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section four of act number two hundred ninety- Section six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled amended. "An act concerning industrial banks, defining the same and providing for their incorporation, powers, supervision and control," as amended by act number four hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. Upon making and filing articles of incorporation the Powers. industrial bank shall become a body corporate and as such shall have power: Seal. Directors and officers. By-laws. Loans, etc. Notes, sale, etc., of. Loans, charges for. First, To adopt and use a corporate seal; Second, To have succession for the period of years named in the articles of incorporation; Third, To make contracts; Fourth, To sue and be sued in any court of law or equity as fully as natural persons; Fifth, To elect or appoint directors, who shall choose from their members a president and one or more vice-presidents and shall have power to appoint and employ a cashier or treasurer and other officers, define their duties, require bonds from any such officers and clerks, dismiss such officers so elected or appointed, or any of them, at pleasure and elect or appoint others to fill their places, and the board of directors shall require every officer and every clerk concerned in the handling of moneys, accounts and securities of the bank to be bonded either by a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Michigan or by a personal bond. in such an amount as shall be determined by the board of directors. When the bank is organized by individuals, the first board of directors shall be elected at the first stockholders' meeting held after the filing of articles of incorporation and directors shall be elected thereafter at the annual stockholders' meetings to be held the second Tuesday in January of each year. When the bank is organized by a voluntary association, the directors thereof shall in the first instance be named in the articles of the association, and thereafter they shall be elected at the annual meeting of the association by a majority vote of those present; Sixth, To prescribe by its board of directors by-laws not inconsistent with law regulating the manner in which its stock shall be transferred, its directors and officers elected or appointed, its stockholders convened for special meetings, its property transferred, its general business conducted and the privileges granted to it by law exercised and enjoyed; Seventh, To loan money and to deduct interest therefor in advance at the rate of seven per centum per annum, or less, and in addition to receive uniform weekly or monthly installments on its certificates of investment purchased by the borrower simultaneously with the said loan transaction, or otherwise, with or without an allowance of interest on such installments; Eighth, To sell, discount or negotiate notes, certificates of investment and choses in action for the payment of money at any time, either fixed or uncertain, and to receive payments therefor in installments or otherwise with or without an allowance of interest upon such installments; Ninth, To charge for a loan made pursuant to this section, one dollar for each fifty dollars or fraction thereof loaned for expenses, including any examination or investigation of the character and circumstances of the borrower, comaker or surety and the drawing and taking acknowledgment of necessary papers or other expenses incurred in making the |