Vacancies, how filled. file bond. Amount and kind. as is inconsistent with the provisions of the graded school act and with the provisions of this act. The board of education shall have power to fill any vacancy that may occur in its number until the next annual meeting, and if three vacancies occur at the same time a special meeting of the district shall be called to elect members of the board to fill such places. Treasurer to Within thirty days after his appointment, the treasurer of the board shall file with the secretary an official bond in such an amount and form as may be determined by said board. Said bond may be either personal or of some surety company authorized to do business in this State, and it shall be given for a sum not less than the greatest amount of money that the treasurer may have in his possession or under his control at any time during his term of office, as near as the same can be determined. When a personal bond is given it shall be signed by not less than two sureties, each of whom shall Surety bond, justify under oath to the full amount of the bond. If a surety bond is required and purchased, it may be at the expense of Appointment the district. Whenever, in any case, the board of education shall fail or neglect to elect the officers of the board named in this section within fifteen days next after the annual meeting, or after the organization of the district, the township board of the township within which the schoolhouse of said district is located shall appoint the said officers from the members of the board. Personal bond. expense of. of trustees. Disposition of funds. School district subject to certain provisions. Other rural agricultural schools, powers of, etc. Teachers in home economics, SEC. 5. Within ten days after the organization of the board of education provided for in section four the funds and property of each school district shall be turned over to the board of education of such consolidated district. SEC. 6. Any school district formed under the provisions of this act in township school districts shall be subject to all the provisions of the act under which said township school district is organized, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. All other rural agricultural schools organized under the provisions of this act shall have the powers and privileges conferred upon graded school districts by the laws of this State, all the general provisions of which relating to primary schools shall apply and be in force in said district except such as shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this act. SEC. 10. Teachers in home economics shall have teachers' certificates and be graduates of, or have taken a sufficient qualifications. Course in college or normal school, where science in home economics is taught, and be qualified to teach home economics as determined by such tests as may be required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Teachers of agriculture and manual training, qualifications. SEC. 11. Teachers of agriculture and teachers of manual training in rural agricultural schools shall, in addition to the regular teachers' certificate, hold a certificate or diploma from a university, college, or State normal school and be qualified to teach agriculture or manual training as deter mined by such tests as may be required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. SEC. 12. The principal in class A shall be the holder of at Principal, least a State life certificate or a State normal school diploma duties. qualifications, or shall have educational qualifications equivalent thereto. Said principal shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon the superintendent of schools in section three of the graded school act, except in township unit districts employing a superintendent of schools. district" defined. SEC. 20. Rural school district as used in this act shall "Rural school include any primary or graded school district that does not contain within its limits an incorporated village or city having a population exceeding one thousand. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 19, 1919. [No. 82.] AN ACT to prohibit the molesting of game and insectivorous birds by operators of aircraft. The People of the State of Michigan enact: hunting. SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person Unlawful while in or on any aircraft to molest or pursue any game or insectivorous bird or birds. SEC. 2. Any person or persons violating the provisions of Penalty. this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twentyfive dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one month or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved April 19, 1919. Section amended. To cut brush. Proviso, shade trees. Sections repealed. [No. 83.] AN ACT to amend section two and to repeal sections three to nine, inclusive, of chapter twenty-four 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," being sections four thousand six hundred two to four thousand six hundred nine, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of chapter twenty-four 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," being section four thou sand six hundred two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the overseer and commissioner of highways to cut or cause to be cut, prior to the first day of July, in townships south of range sixteen north and prior to July fifteenth in townships north of range sixteen north, in each year, all brush and weeds within the limits of any highway passing by or through such lands: Provided, however, That this section shall in nowise apply to young trees which have been set out or preserved by abutting property owners for shade or other purposes. SEC. 2. Sections three to nine, inclusive, of chapter twenty-four of said act number two hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, being sections four thousand six hundred three to four thousand six hundred nine, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby repealed. Approved April 19, 1919. [No. 84.] AN ACT to amend section six of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," being section three thousand three hundred nine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and to amend section twenty-seven of said act number two hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended by act number five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being compilers' section three thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section six of act number two hundred sev- Sections enty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, being compilers' section three thousand three hundred nine of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and section twenty-seven of act number two hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended by act number five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, being compilers' section three thousand three hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen are hereby amended, said amended sections to read as follows: tion of SEC. 6. Cities may be incorporated or territory detached Incorporation therefrom or added thereto, or consolidation made of two or of, or alteramore cities or villages into one city, or of a city and one or boundaries. more villages into one city, or of one or more cities or villages together with additional territory not included within any incorporated city or village into one city, by proceedings originating by petition therefor signed by qualified electors residing within the cities, villages or townships to be affected thereby, to a number not less than one per centum of the population of the territory affected thereby according to the last preceding United States census, or according to a census to be taken as hereinafter provided, which number shall be in no case less than two hundred, and not less than twentyfive of the signatures to such petition shall be obtained from each city, village or township to be affected by the proposed change. Such petition shall be verified by the oath of one or more petitioners: Provided, That in proceedings for the Proviso. incorporation of a new city or the consolidation of two or more cities or villages into one city, or of a city and one or more villages into one city or of one or more cities or villages together with additional territory not included within any incorporated city or village into one city, a petition signed Petition for by not less than one hundred qualified electors residing within census. Certification of filing. with whom filed. Duties. the territory so proposed to be incorporated or consolidated, praying for the taking of a census of the inhabitants of the territory affected thereby, may be filed with the county clerk of the county within which said territory is located. The county clerk shall, within five days after the filing of such petition, certify to the mayor of each city, president of each village and supervisor of each township affected thereby, and to the Secretary of State that such petition has so been filed. Enumeration. Within five days after the service of such certificate, the Secretary of State shall appoint an enumerator or enumerators to enumerate the inhabitants of each such city, village, and the portion of each township proposed to be so incorOath of office, porated, or a consolidation made thereof. Before entering upon the duties of his said office, each such enumerator shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office before some officer authorized to administer oaths and file the same with the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of the county in which such territory is located. It shall be the duty of each enumerator so appointed to enumerate all of the bona fide inhabitants of such city, village or township, territory or portion thereof to him assigned by the Secretary of State and to visit each house or dwelling and to obtain the names of each known resident thereof. Each enumerator so appointed shall receive for his services not to exceed five dollars per day, together with his actual and necessary expenses therefor, which sum shall be paid by the city, village or township within which the services of such enumerator were rendered. Upon completing such enumeration it shall be the duty of the persons so appointed to make a return in duplicate of such enumeration showing the names of the inhabitants of each such city, village or township territory or district to the county clerk and to the Secretary of State. No such enumeration or census shall be conducted in any census within city, village or township, or portion thereof, within two years of the date of the last enumeration in such territory. Every such enumeration shall be conducted under the general supervision and control of the Secretary of State who is hereby empowered to make rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Compensation. Duplicate report. Only one any two years. Supervision. Representa of supervi sors, how determined. SEC. 27. Any city now organized or which may hereafter tion on board be organized, may, by its charter, to be adopted or amended in accordance with the provisions of this act, provide for the selection by appointment or election of representatives on the board of supervisors of the county; the number of such representatives on said board of supervisors shall be determined by the population of such cities as shown by the last census, regular or special, taken by the United States, or by the State as herein provided, as follows: Cities having less than three thousand population shall have two representatives on the board of supervisors of the county; cities having over three thousand and not more than four thousand population |