[No. 27.] AN ACT to repeal and charge out unexpended balances of certain appropriations. The People of the State of Michigan enact: balances, dis SECTION 1. All unexpended balances of any appropria- Unexpended tions, made prior to January one, nineteen hundred twenty- posal of. one, for building or special purposes, are hereby repealed and charged out of the account to which they are now credited, and the account of such appropriations closed on the books of the Auditor General and the State Treasurer: Provided, Proviso, exThat this section shall not apply to any appropriation made ceptions, for the State Game, Fish and Forest Fire Commissioner's Department: Provided further, That this act shall not apply Further to appropriations provided for by act number one hundred proviso. seventy-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, relative to the University of Michigan, and act number two hundred four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, relative to the Michigan Agricultural College: Pro- Further proviso. vided further, That the unexpended balance appropriated for the Adrian School for Girls be excepted. SEC. 2. All unpaid warrants, payable out of any of the Payments from general funds charged out by this act, and all claims and accounts fund. now existing, which when audited and allowed would otherwise be payable out of any such funds, shall, after the taking effect of this act, be payable out of the general fund. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 1, 1921. [No. 28.] AN ACT to fix the salary of the Superintendent of Public The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. From and after the first day of July, nineteen Annual salary. hundred twenty-one, the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be five thousand dollars per annum, which shall be paid monthly out of the general fund in the state treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor General in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers are paid. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1921. Fire protec for. [No. 29.] AN ACT authorizing townships to appropriate money for the purpose of affording fire protection to unincorporated villages therein. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whenever there shall exist within any towntion, provision ship, any unincorporated village, the boundaries of which are limited and defined by any recorded plat or plats, the township may, at the annual meeting thereof, vote a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for the purpose of providing suitable and adequate fire protection for such unincorporated village, by the purchase of a fire engine, hose, ladders, chemicals, and other fire-fighting apparatus which, when purchased, shall be located and housed within such village. Assessment of tax. Petition, filing, etc. SEC. 2. One-half the sum so voted shall be spread upon the tax roll of the township at large, and the other half shall be spread upon the taxable property within such unincorporated village in addition to the other township taxes levied therein. For such purpose, such unincorporated village shall constitute a special assessment district, and all such taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and by the same officials as are other township taxes. SEC. 3. No township shall appropriate money for such purpose of fire protection excepting upon the petition of at least two-thirds of the resident tax payers in such unincorporated village, which petition shall be filed with the township board at least thirty days before the time fixed for the annual township election. Approved April 5, 1921. [No. 30.] AN ACT to amend section sixteen of act number three hundred two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto, operated upon the public highways of this state, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds and to exempt from all other taxation such motor vehicles so specifically taxed, registered, identified and regulated, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," being section four thousand eight hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act number three hundred Section amended. two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto, operated upon the public highways of this state, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds and to exempt from all other taxation such motor vehicles so specifically taxed, registered, identified and regulated, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," being section four thousand eight hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 16. Brakes, horns, lamps, et cetera. Every motor Brakes, horn, vehicle, operated and driven upon the public highways of this etc. state, shall be provided with adequate brakes sufficient to control the vehicle at all times and a suitable and adequate bell, horn or other device for signaling and shall during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise display at least one lighted lamp on the front and one on the rear of such vehicle, which shall also display a red light visible from the rear. The white rays of such rear lamp shall shine upon the number plate carried on the rear of such vehicle. The Visibility. light of the front lamp shall be visible at least two hundred feet in the direction in which the motor vehicle is proceeding. Every motor vehicle or other vehicle equipped with and using Dimmers. electric light or lights upon any of the public highways of this state, shall be provided and equipped with some practical and efficient device or devices whereby the forward light or lights of such vehicle may be dimmed or lessened at the will of the driver or chauffeur to such an extent that such electric light or the reflection therefrom through said forward light or lights will not interfere with the sight of nor temporarily blind the vision of the driver of an approaching vehicle; and it shall be the duty of every chauffeur or driver of such motor vehicle or other vehicle equipped with and using electric lights upon the public highways of this state to effectually apply such dimmer to the forward light or lights of the vehicle being driven by him and cause such light or lights to be dimmed and lessened so as not to interfere with the sight or temporarily blind the Proviso, motor vision of the driver of any approaching vehicle: Provided, That motor bicycles or motorcycles shall be required to display but one lighted lamp, such lamp to be placed on the front of the vehicle so that it shall be visible one hundred feet in the direction in which the motor vehicle is proceeding. There shall be displayed on the face of such lamp the registration number in figures not less than one inch in height, and placed thereon in such manner so that when the lamp is lighted the number may be read at a distance of at least fifty feet: Provided further, That all cars parked within the limits of any public highway, or permitted to stand thereon, at any time. during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, shall have displayed thereon a front and a rear Further pro- light: Provided further, That every motor truck, omnibus and cycle, etc., light; visibility. Further proviso, cars parked. viso, mirrors. Proviso, not applicable to cities. all motor commercial vehicles of one and one-half tons capacity or more, operating upon the public highways of this state, shall be equipped with a mirror or other reflecting device so adjusted or adjustable that the operator of such truck shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such truck: Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to cities. Approved April 5, 1921. Section amended. [No. 31.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter six of act number one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section five thousand seven hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter six of act number one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section five thousand seven hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER VI. sites, etc., may SEC. 1. Any school district may, by a majority vote of the school house qualified voters of said district present at an annual meeting bond for. or at a special meeting called for that purpose, borrow money, and may issue bonds of the district therefor, to pay for a schoolhouse site or sites, or to pay for an addition or additions of territory to a schoolhouse site or sites, and to erect and furnish school buildings. The district board, or board of education, shall estimate the amount of money necessary to be raised and shall state their estimate in the notices of the annual or special meeting, at which the question of borrowing money and issuing bonds shall be submitted to the people; and at said meeting the voters shall have power to Referendum. ratify by vote aforesaid the estimate of the district board, or board of education, or to fix a new limit on the amount to viso, board of be borrowed and for which bonds may be issued: Provided, Limit of in- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 7 ballot. |