Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

[No. 186.]

AN ACT to amend section two, as amended by act number ninety-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred twentyone, section four, as amended by act number twenty-three of the public acts of the extra session of nineteen hundred nineteen, and sections three and eight 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:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section two, as amended by act number ninety- Sections one of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, section four, as amended by act number twenty-three of the public acts of the extra session of nineteen hundred nineteen, and sections three and eight 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, are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Application for license shall be filed with the Application, where filed, secretary of state after approval of the local examiner, as fee, etc. hereinafter provided; shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty cents; shall be made upon blanks furnished by the secretary of state; and such application shall be in such form and contain such provisions, not inconsistent with this act, as said secretary of state may determine, but said application shall contain the following: Name, age, postoffice address, What to place of residence and whether or not said applicant has contain. any physical defects which might affect his or her operation of a motor vehicle on the public highways, and whether or not applicant has been convicted of a previous violation of any law governing the operation of motor vehicles or of this act and if so, whether or not his operator's license has been revoked or suspended, giving the date. Such application must be under oath and signed personally by the applicant for the license duplicates. All fees collected by the secretary Fees, where of state under this act shall be turned over to the state treas- credited. urer and credited to the general fund: Provided, however, Proviso, That in case of a chauffeur who has applied for and obtained his chauffeur's license which any act requires him to procure before operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this state, he shall not be required to pay the fifty cents license fee provided for in this act.

chauffeurs.

SEC. 3. The application for the license herein provided Approval of for shall be first presented for approval, if the applicant application.

To examine applicant.

When approved.

Proviso, appeal.

Number assigned. Record of.

License tag, etc., what to state.

be a resident of a city, to the chief of the police department of such city, or if a resident of a village having an organized police department with a chief of police, to the chief of the police department of such village, or if a resident of a village without a police department, or township, to the clerk of said township, or to the sheriff or one of his deputies of the county in which such village or township is located, or by the commissioner of public safety or any officer appointed by the commissioner, whose name shall be filed with the secretary of state. It shall be the duty of each chief of police or sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or other officer, as the case may be, to whom such application is presented, to personally examine such applicant, either by an oral examination or by practical demonstration to ascertain such person's ability to properly operate a motor vehicle and such examination shall also include questions touching upon such applicant's knowledge of the motor vehicle laws of this state. If such applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the examiner that he or she is qualified to operate a motor vehicle, the examiner shall approve such application and such application may then be filed with the secretary of state, as above provided. No license shall be granted by the secretary of state without such approval by the local examiner: Provided, however, That any applicant shall have the right to an appeal to the secretary of state from the decision of any local examiner.

SEC. 4. The secretary of state shall assign a distinguishing number to each license and shall keep a proper record of all licenses issued, which record shall be open to public inspection. He shall issue a license card or tag to each licensee. Each license card or tag shall state among other things: Name, age, place of residence, postoffice address, address of the licensee, the number assigned to him or her, a brief description of the licensee for the purpose of identification, and such other facts and provisions, not inconsistent with this Endorsement. act, as said secretary of state may determine. Every person licensed to operate motor vehicles, as aforesaid, shall, upon receipt of said license card or tag endorse his or her signature thereon in a space provided for the purpose, and such license shall not be valid until such card or tag is endorsed. Said license card or tag shall at all times be carried by the licensee when he or she is operating a motor vehicle along the public highways of this state and shall be given up by him or her for examination upon demand by any proper officer. event of the loss or destruction of a license card or tag by any person duly licensed under the provisions of this act, said person may obtain a duplicate thereof, upon filing in the office of the secretary of state an affidavit showing the fact and the payment of a fee of fifty cents.

Carried by licensee.

Duplicates.

Suspension,

etc.

In

SEC. 8. The secretary of state may suspend, for not more than one year, any license issued to any person under the provisions of this act if such person shall have been convicted

of reckless driving, of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs, or, after causing injury to any person or damage to any property, of leaving the scene of the accident without giving his name and address, and may require the delivery of such license, to be retained during the period of such suspension. The secretary of state may also, after a hearing, order a license of any holder thereof to be delivered to him whenever it is established to his satisfaction that the holder thereof, by reason of physical or mental defects or incapacity, is an improper person to operate a motor vehicle, and such license shall not be redelivered to such holder unless, upon petition of such holder and after investigation, the secretary of state finds that such person is physically and mentally competent to properly operate a motor vehicle: Provided, That the secre- Proviso, tary of state shall suspend no license except after a hearing hearing. of which reasonable notice shall be given to the holder of the license either personally or by registered mail to the last known residence of the licensee and, where the licensee is a resident of a city, except upon a written complaint of the chief of police, approved by the mayor of such city, and, where the licensee is a resident of a township or village, except upon the written complaint of the sheriff or his chief deputy of the county where such licensee resides approved by the supervisor of the township where such licensee resides or upon the written complaint of any officer or duly appointed representative of the department of public safety which complaint shall be addressed to the secretary of state and shall set forth that such licensee has been convicted of reckless driving, of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs, or, after causing injury to any person or damage to any property while operating a motor vehicle, of leaving the scene of the accident without having given his name and address to the person who was injured or whose property was damaged: Provided, Proviso, That reckless driving, as referred to. in this act, is defined reckless as the operation of a motor vehicle on the public highways defined. of this state in such a manner as to endanger the life and limb of any person or the safety of any property.

Approved May 15, 1923.

driving

Section amended.

Necessity of road, determination of.

Appraisal

of damages.

[No. 187.]

AN ACT to amend section eight of chapter nine of act number two hundred eighty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials, as last amended by act number three hundred thirtyfive of the public acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being section four thousand four hundred fifty-four of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section eight of chapter nine of act number two hundred eighty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," as last amended by act number three hundred thirty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being section four thousand four hundred fifty-four of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fif teen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 8. When any such application shall be made, the commissioner of highways of the township in which said road is to be located, shall give notice in writing to the owner and occupant of the land in substantially the same manner as provided in section one of this act for the purpose of aiding in the striking of a jury to determine as to the necessity of such road and to appraise the damages, or the parties in interest may agree upon three or more persons as commissioners to act in place of a jury to determine such necessity and appraise such damages. If it shall be determined that said temporary highway is necessary for the purpose of removing the timber from such lands, the jury or commissioners shall certify under their hands such determination and also their appraisal of the damages, and shall determine the length of time that such highway shall be necessary; and at the expiration of such time said highway shall cease, and the com

missioner shall lay out the road in accordance with said
determination, describing the same particularly, and shall
cause a record thereof to be made in the clerk's office: Pro- Proviso.
vided, That no logging railroad shall be operated upon or
along any such temporary highways, except that at any time
prior to December thirty-one, nineteen hundred thirty-five,
permission may be given by the commissioner of highways
to construct and operate such logging railroad, but such
railroad shall not be operated or maintained after December
thirty-one, nineteen hundred thirty-five.
Approved May 15, 1923.

[No. 188.]

AN ACT to amend sections fourteen, twenty-one and twentyfour of act number one hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the organization and disbandment of township school districts in the state of Michigan," being section five thousand nine hundred twenty-two, section five thousand nine hundred twenty-nine, and section five thousand nine hundred thirty-two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections fourteen, twenty-one, and twenty-four Sections of act number one hundred seventeen of the public acts of amended. nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the organization and disbandment of township school districts in the state of Michigan," being section five thousand nine hundred twenty-two, section five thousand nine hundred twenty-nine, and section five thousand nine hundred thirty-two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows:

School taxes

column.

SEC. 14. All taxes assessed within said township or township district for school purposes shall be set forth in the in separate assessment roll of the proper township in a separate column, apart and distinct from all other township taxes. Any township district operating under the provisions of this act maintaining one-room schools in any of its sub-districts shall be entitled to two hundred dollars per annum under the same conditions as are provided in section five thousand six hundred sixty-seven of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, for a primary district maintaining a one-room school.

SEC. 21. It shall be illegal for any member of the board Unlawful to of education to act as agent for any author, publisher or act as agent. seller of school books or school apparatus, or to receive any lisher, etc.

etc., for pub

« AnteriorContinuar »