Moneys, etc., custody of.

Debts, payment of.

Bonds, etc.,

etc.

school district, or any part thereof, shall be placed and kept in a separate fund known as the "sinking fund."

SEC. 4. The treasurer of said board or district shall have the custody of all moneys, securities and other evidences of value belonging or pertaining to the sinking fund and shall pay out the moneys of said fund, or transfer the securities or evidences of value therein, only upon the order of a majority of the school board or board of education, and upon a written order of the president and secretary of said board.

SEC. 5. The school board or board of education of any school district having funds in its sinking fund may from time to time, upon the best terms it can make, purchase or pay the outstanding debt of said school district, or such part thereof as it may be able to purchase or pay, until the same be fully purchased or paid. All bonds and evidences of debts when credited, thus purchased or paid shall be delivered to the treasurer, shall belong to the sinking fund, and the interest thereon How endorsed. shall be credited and belong to such fund. The treasurer shall endorse upon the back of all bonds so purchased by said school board or board of education the following: "Registered bonds, not transferable without the written consent of the president, secretary and treasurer endorsed hereon." Whenever the said school board or board of education cannot arrange for the purchasing or paying of such debt or any part thereof, it may temporarily and until it can so arrange, invest the moneys belonging to said sinking fund in interestbearing securities and may from time to time as it deems advisable, sell such securities, and re-invest the proceeds as herein provided: Provided, however, That the moneys belonging to said sinking fund shall be invested only in public improvement, municipal, state and government bonds.

Proviso, how invested.

Treasurer to keep record,

etc.

SEC. 6. The treasurer of such school district shall keep a record in a proper book provided for that purpose of the moneys and securities on hand in said sinking fund and of the transactions relating thereto, and shall from time to time and whenever requested by said school board, or board of education, make a complete report concerning the same; and the proper officers of said school district shall make such reports concerning the transactions relating to said sinking fund as may be required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or other authority, in connection with the handling of the funds of said school district.

Approved March 31, 1921.

[No. 21.]

AN ACT to amend section one of chapter seven of act number three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyfive, 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 six hundred forty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter seven of act number Section 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 six hundred forty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

powers of

SEC. 1. Every village subject to the provisions of this General act, shall, in addition to such other powers as are conferred, council. have the general power and authority granted in this chapter, and the council may pass such ordinances in relation thereto as it may deem proper, namely:

First, to restrain and prevent vice and immorality;

Second, To punish vagrants, disorderly persons and common prostitutes;

Third, To abate nuisances and preserve the public health; Fourth, To prohibit and suppress disorderly and gaming houses;

Fifth, To regulate, license, or suppress billiard tables and ball alleys, public dance-halls, and soft-drink emporiums; Sixth, To suppress gaming;

Seventh, To suppress, or regulate, tax and license saloons for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, and license taverns and eating houses;

Eighth, To regulate and license public shows and exhibitions;

Ninth, To license auctioneers, license and regulate hawkers and peddlers, and to regulate or prohibit sales of property at auction, except sales made pursuant to some order of court or public law; and also to require transient traders and dealers to take out licenses before engaging in business, and may regulate by ordinance the terms and conditions of issuing the same;

Tenth, To license and regulate hacks and other public vehicles;

Eleventh, To provide for and regulate the inspection of provisions;

Twelfth, To provide for the inspection and sealing of

weights and measures, and to enforce the keeping and use of proper weights and measures by venders;

Thirteenth, To regulate or prohibit bathing in the rivers, ponds, streams and waters of the village;

Fourteenth, To regulate or prohibit the selling, storing or transportation of combustible or explosive substances or materials within the village, and to regulate and restrain the making of fires in the streets or other open spaces in the village;

Fifteenth, To make ordinances for the organization and regu lation of the fire department and for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and to establish and maintain definite fire limits;

Sixteenth, To license and regulate solicitors for passengers or for baggage for any hotel, tavern, public house, boat, or railroad; also draymen, carmen, truckmen, porters, runners, drivers of cabs, hackney coaches, omnibuses, carriages, sleighs, express vehicles and vehicles of every other description used and employed for hire, and to fix and regulate the amounts and rates of their compensation;

Seventeenth, To require horses, mules, or other animals attached to any vehicle, or standing in any of the streets, lanes or alleys in the village, to be securely fastened, hitched, watched or held;

Eighteenth, To prevent and punish horse-racing and immoderate driving in any street, park or alley, and to authorize the stopping and detaining of any person who shall be guilty of immoderate driving or riding in any street, park or alley in the village;

Nineteenth, To prevent the running at large of dogs, to require them to be muzzled, and to authorize their destruction if found at large, in violation of any ordinance of the village;

Twentieth, To establish lines and grades upon which buildings may be erected, and beyond which such buildings shall not extend;

Twenty-first, To prevent the erection and provide for the removal of all buildings deemed unsafe;

Twenty-second, To regulate the placing and provide for the preservation of horse or hitching posts;

Twenty-third, To declare and define the powers and duties of the officers of the village, whose powers and duties are not specifically prescribed in this act;

Twenty-fourth, To require the treasurer, marshal, and such other officers of the village as the council shall deem proper, to give bonds for the discharge of their official duties;

Twenty-fifth, To see that the several officers of the village perform their duties faithfully and that proper measures are taken to punish neglect of duty on the part of any of such officers;

Twenty-sixth, To provide for the care, custody and preservation of the public property of the village;

Twenty-seventh, To adopt such other ordinances and make

such other regulations for the safety and good government of the village and the general welfare of its inhabitants as are not inconsistent with the general laws of this state. Approved March 31, 1921.

[No. 22.]

AN ACT to amend sections two, eight, ten, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty, forty-two, forty-seven, forty-eight and sixty-three of act number fifty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways; for the levying, spreading and collecting of taxes and of special assessments therefor; to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations and limitations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers with reference thereto; and to validate certain proceedings heretofore taken," same being sections four thousand six hundred seventy-two, four thousand six hundred seventy-eight, four thousand six hundred eighty, four thousand six hundred eighty-four, four thousand six hundred eighty-seven, four thousand six hundred eighty-eight, four thousand six hundred ninety-six, four thousand six hundred ninety-seven, four thousand six hundred ninety-nine, four thousand seven hundred, four thousand seven hundred twelve, four thousand seven hundred seventeen, four thousand seven hundred eighteen and four thousand seven hundred thirty-three of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections two, eight, ten, fourteen, seventeen, Sections eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty, forty. amended. two, forty-seven, forty-eight and sixty-three of act number fifty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways; for the levying, spreading and collecting of taxes and of special assessments therefor; to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations and limitations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers with reference thereto; and to validate certain proceedings heretofore taken," same being sections four thou sand six hundred seventy-two, four thousand six hundred seventy-eight, four thousand six hundred eighty, four thou sand six hundred eighty-four, four thousand six hundred

Highways, construction,

etc.

Proviso.

Bridges, etc., how paid for.

Hearing of objections.

Notice.

Publication.

Posting.

eighty-seven, four thousand six hundred eighty-eight, four thousand six hundred ninety-six, four thousand six hundred ninety-seven, four thousand six hundred ninety-nine, four thousand seven hundred, four thousand seven hundred twelve, four thousand seven hundred seventeen, four thousand seven hundred eighteen and four thousand seven hundred thirtythree of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Any highway not included within the corporate limits of any city in this state including streets in villages, may be constructed or improved under the provisions of this act: Provided, however, That any street or highway in a city having a population of less than two thousand five hundred according to the last official census, and any highway on the line between any city and township or townships and located partly in such city and partly in such township or townships, may be improved hereunder.

SEC. 8. All bridges, road drains and culverts shall be deemed a necessary part of any proposed improvement, and the cost and expense thereof shall be included in the special assessment rolls for such improvement. If any such bridge shall have a span greater than thirty feet the state may participate in the cost of such bridge to an amount not exceeding fifty per cent thereof in accordance with the provisions of section seventeen of chapter five of act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, the balance of such cost to be raised under the provisions hereof as a part of the cost of the improvement of the road.

SEC. 10. The county road commissioners or the State Highway Commissioner shall hear objections to the proposed improvement at a time and place to be fixed by them at some suitable place within the proposed special assessment district. Such notice shall set forth a description of the boundaries of the proposed special assessment district or the several parcels of land proposed to be assessed on account of such improvement, and the time and place of hearing. At this hearing all parties or persons interested, shall be given an opportunity to present their objections, if any, to the proposed improvement. Notice of this hearing shall be given by the county road commissioners or the State Highway Commissioner by causing a notice thereof to be published at least once in each week for two weeks in succession in some newspaper published and of general circulation in such county, and by posting five notices in each township within which the assessment district lies in whole or in part and within the limits of such district, in public and conspicuous places therein. Such posting shall be done, and at least one publication in the newspaper shall be made, not less than ten days prior to such hearing. At this hearing, the county road commissioners or the State Highway Commissioner shall make any changes in the specifications deemed advisable, without