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for the breach of any recognizance in any criminal case it shall be the duty of the county treasurer, in case there are no bidders to the full amount of any such judgment or the value of the property advertised, to bid off the same; and in case the same shall not be redeemed within the time allowed by law for the redemption thereof, to sell the same for the best price he can obtain therefor and place the money received in the general fund: Provided, That in counties having a Proviso, population of not less than one hundred thousand inhabi- counties. tants and not exceeding five hundred thousand inhabitants according to the last federal census, the county treasurer shall credit annually all fines, penalties and forfeitures, other than those for the violation of the penal laws, to a fund to be known as the "county law library fund," up to but not exceeding the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in any one year. All moneys so credited to the county law library fund shall be paid out by the county treasurer upon the order of the circuit or probate judge or judges elected in said county for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a law library for the use of the circuit and probate courts of such county and for the officers of such courts and persons having business in such courts.

Approved May 17, 1921.

[No. 166.]

AN ACT to amend section eleven, chapter fifty-five of act number three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," being compilers' section thirteen thousand eight hundred seventy-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section eleven of chapter fifty-five of act num- Section ber three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen amended. hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate

Report, commissioners to make.

the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction
of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such
courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms
of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and pro-
ceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence,
practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in
said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the viola-
tion of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of
the provisions of this act," being compilers' section thirteen
thousand eight hundred seventy-four of the Compiled Laws
of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as
follows:

SEC. 11, At the expiration of the time limited, or as soon
thereafter as they shall have time to complete the hearing
of the claims presented, the commissioners shall make a
report of their doings to the probate court, embracing lists
of the claims presented, or exhibited in off-set, and stating
how much was allowed, and how much disallowed, together
with the final balance, whether in favor of the creditor or
the estate; and the report shall state particularly the man-
ner of giving notice to the claimants. Said commissioners
shall also send a copy of their findings in all contested claims
to all the parties of interest therein at the time of the filing
of their report.

Approved May 17, 1921.

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[No. 167.]

AN ACT to amend section fifteen of act number one hundred
sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen,
entitled "An act to classify all school districts, now in exist-
ence or hereafter created, which shall have a population
of five hundred or more and less than seventy-five thou-
sand, as districts of the third or fourth classes; to provide
for the government, control and administration of such
school districts and the schools therein through boards
of education; to provide for the manner of nomination and
election of such boards and their powers and duties; and to
repeal all general or special laws that conflict with the
provisions of this act."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fifteen of act number one hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to classify all school districts, now in existence or hereafter created, which shall have a population of

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five hundred or more and less than seventy-five thousand, as districts of the third or fourth classes; to provide for the government, control and administration of such school districts and the schools therein through boards of education; to provide for the manner of nomination and election of such boards and their powers and duties; and to repeal all general or special laws that conflict with the provisions of this act," is hereby amended to read as follows:

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SEC. 15. No elector of any school district of the third class Unregistered hereunder, not registered as herein provided, shall be en- may vote. titled or permitted to vote at any annual or special election. of said school district unless his or her vote be sworn in substantially as is provided by the general election law. The Registration, registration of the qualified electors in every such district where made. shall be made in each voting precinct thereof, and the name, sex and address of each person registering and whether he or she is the owner of property assessed for school taxes and a parent or legal guardian of a child or children of school age shall be specified in the book or books used for school registration. Such registration shall in all respects not How conherein specified be conducted as near as may be in the same manner as the registration prescribed by the general election laws. All laws of this state for preserving the purity of elections and for preventing fraud and corruption in registration, or elections, and in all matters not covered by the provisions of this act, the general election laws, shall apply in so far as they are applicable to registrations and elections under this act. The first registration of school electors in First regisany district of the third class hereunder shall be made in tration. each voting precinct of said district on the last Saturday previous to the date of the annual school election, as fixed by the law in force in such district when this act shall go into effect, and thereafter on the last Saturday preceding each annual school election in each precinct of every such district necessary changes shall be made in the registration lists by the board of registration of each precinct: Provided, That Proviso. in school districts in which the school election is held on the same day as the city or township election, the registration of the qualified school electors in any district of the third class located in such city or township shall be on the same day or days, and by the same officer or officers, as that provided by the general election laws for said city or township: Provided, That the board of education of any such Proviso, school district, whenever it deems it advisable, may provide for a general registration of school electors in each precinct of said district, but this registration shall not be earlier than ten days next preceding the annual school election in such district.

Approved May 17, 1921.

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Itemized.

[No. 168.]

AN ACT to make an appropriation for the Department of Labor and Industry for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, for maintenance, operation and other specific 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-two, the sum of one hundred seventy-four thousand nine hundred thirty-five dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, the sum of one hundred seventy-four thousand nine hundred thirty-five dollars, for the purposes and in the following amounts:

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Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the approval of the State Administrative Board.

The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury, and the disbursing officer of the Department of Labor and Industry shall render his accounts therefor, 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 Labor and Industry 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.

SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the state tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-one and nineteen hundred twenty-two, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 17, 1921.

[No. 169.]

AN ACT making an appropriation for necessary expenses in housing and preserving the battle flags of the Michigan organizations in the Great War, and providing a tax to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

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SECTION 1. The Board of State Auditors is hereby author- Preservation ized to purchase the necessary housing and all materials per- flags. taining thereto for suitable and permanent encasing and preserving of the battle flags and standards of the several Michigan regiments and organizations taking part in the late World War. Such flags and standards shall be assigned a location within the state capitol building, the general design of the housing to correspond in structure with that provided for the flags and standards of other wars.

tion.

SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated for such purpose Appropriaout of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand six hundred sixty-two dollars. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the state taxes for the year nineteen hundred twenty-one, a sufficient sum to reimburse the general fund for the appropriation herein authorized.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 17, 1921.

[No. 170.]

AN ACT to provide for and define the duties of the State Commissioner of Health with reference to the registration of births and the issuance of birth certificates, the registration of deaths and the issuance of death certificates, the making and preservation of records of marriages, and with reference to the recording of other vital statistics; to provide for the transfer of certain powers and duties pertaining thereto from the Secretary of State to the State Health Commissioner, and for the transfer of vital statistical records from the Department of State to the Department of Health.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. All powers and duties now vested by law in Powers transferred. the Secretary of State with reference to the registration of

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