[No. 138.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred seventy-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyone, entitled "An act for the organization of township school districts in the upper peninsula," being section five thousand eight hundred ninety-three of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section two of act number one hundred sev- Section enty-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act for the organization of township school districts in the upper peninsula," being section five thousand eight hundred ninety-three of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: education. tees elected. SEC. 2. The officers of said district shall consist of five Board of trustees, who shall constitute the board of education of said district, and the term of office shall be three years. On the When trussecond Monday of July following the action of the township board, as stated in section one of this act, the qualified voters of the township shall proceed to elect from their number, by ballot, one trustee for the term of one year, two for the term of two years and two for the term of three years, and annually thereafter a successor or successors to the trustee or trustees governs. whose term of office shall expire. The term for which the Term on person voted for is intended shall be designated on the ballot. ballot. The qualifications of voters and the conditions of eligibility General law for office holding shall be the same as provided in the general school laws. At the first election held in said district, the First election. township board shall act as a board of election, and they shall canvass the votes in the same manner as votes for elective township officers are canvassed. At succeeding elections Succeeding the qualified voters present shall designate three qualified elections. voters to act as a board of election and board of canvassers, who shall respectively take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, which oath any member of the board of trustees may administer. In the election of trustees the person or Majority persons receiving a majority of all the votes cast shall be declared elected, and he or they shall hold office until his or their successor or successors shall have been duly elected and filed his or their acceptance. The annual meeting of said district shall occur on the second Monday of July in each year, at the usual place of holding the annual township meeting, and it shall be the duty of the secretary to give notice of all annual meetings and of any special meeting of said district by posting a written or printed notice thereof in at least five conspicuous places in said township at least five days prior elects. Annual meet ing, when and where held. Notices given. Opening and closing of polls. Transaction of district business. 1, 1903. to said meeting. At the first school meeting and all succeeding annual meetings the polls shall open at three o'clock p. m., and be kept open four hours, during the last hour of which time the voters shall transact such business as may lawfully come before them, according to the provisions of section nine of this act, except where the board of education of any district has designated a different hour, during said four hour period, for the transaction of such business and notice thereof has been given in the notice of such meeting, then such business Organizations may be transacted during such designated hour. In all townprior to Apr. ships organized prior to April first, nineteen hundred three, under the provisions of act number one hundred seventy-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, the first election of trustees under this act shall be held on the second Monday of July, nineteen hundred three, in the manner provided in this section for the election in a township newly organized as a single school district; and immediately thereafter the records, property and documents belonging to said district shall be turned over to the newly elected board of education: Provided, That the district officers elected at the annual election in April, nineteen hundred three, under the provisions of act number one hundred seventy-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, shall act as the board of education until the trustees elected on the said second Monday in July, nineteen hundred three, shall have filed their acceptances and become duly qualified. Approved April 25, 1919. Proviso, Title amended and sections added. [No. 139.] AN ACT to amend the title and to add sections four and five to act seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to require plans for all school buildings and for additions to school buildings, the cost of which shall exceed three hundred dollars, to be approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to authorize the condemnation of schoolhouses under certain conditions." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That the title of act seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen shall be amended, and that sections four and five shall be added to act seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to require plans for all school buildings and for additions to school buildings, the cost of which shall exceed three hundred dollars, to be approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to authorize the condemnation of schoolhouses under certain conditions," to read as follows: TITLE. An Act to require plans for all school buildings and for additions to school buildings, the cost of which shall exceed three hundred dollars, to be approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction; to require that plans and specifications for the heating and ventilating of all schoolhouses be approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction before any heating system is installed in said buildings; to provide a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions contained in said act; and to authorize the condemnation of schoolhouses under certain conditions. specifications, SEC. 4. No heating system shall hereafter be installed in Plans and any schoolhouse in this State, nor shall any heating system to be be replaced by another heating system in any schoolhouse submitted. of this State, until the plans and specifications for the same shall have been submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and his approval endorsed thereon. The plans Ventilation. and specifications shall make provision for ventilation either as a part of or in connection with the heating system and shall be submitted in duplicate to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. vary from SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any officer, board, com- Unlawful to mittee, architect, builder, civil engineer, plumber, carpenter, approved mason, contractor, subcontractor, foreman, or employe to vary plan, etc. from plans and specifications approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction without his written consent, or otherwise violate, or assist in violating any of the provisions contained in this act. Any person, board, firm, or corporation, Penalty. who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed thirty days, either or both in the discretion of the court. Approved April 25, 1919. Title and section amended. [No. 140.] AN ACT to amend the title and section one of act number one hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to establish, protect and enforce by lien the rights of mechanics and other persons furnishing labor or materials for the building, altering, improving, repairing, erecting or ornamenting of buildings, machinery, wharves and all other structures and the building and repairing of sidewalks, and to repeal all acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section fourteen thousand seven hundred ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title and section one of act number one hundred seventy-nine of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred nineteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to establish, protect and enforce by lien the rights of mechanics and other persons furnishing labor or materials for the building, altering, improving, repairing, erecting or ornamenting of buildings, machinery, wharves and all other structures and the building and repairing of sidewalks, and to repeal all acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section fourteen thousand seven hundred ninety-six of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: Lien for labor, materials, etc., when erected. TITLE. An Act to establish, protect, and enforce by lien the rights of mechanics and other persons furnishing labor or materials for the building, altering, improving, repairing, erecting or ornamenting of buildings, machinery, wharves, and all other structures, and the building and repairing of sidewalks, and wells, and to repeal all acts contravening the provisions of this act. SEC. 1. Every person who shall, in pursuance of any contract, express or implied, written or unwritten, existing between himself as contractor, and the owner, part owner or lessee of any interest in real estate, build, alter, improve, repair, erect, ornament or put in, or who shall furnish any labor or materials in or for building, altering, improving, repairing, erecting, ornamenting or putting in any house, building, machinery, wharf or structure, or who shall excavate, or build in whole, or in part, any foundation, cellar or basement for any such house, building, structure or wharf, or shall build or repair any sidewalks or wells or shall furnish any materials therefor, and every person who shall be lien. subcontractor, laborer, or material man, perform any labor or furnish materials to such original or principal contractor, or any subcontractor, in carrying forward or completing any such contract, shall have a lien therefor upon such house, Extent of building, machinery, wharf, walk or walks, wells, foundation, cellar or basement, and other structures, and its appurtenances, and also upon the entire interest of such owner, part owner or lessee in and to the lot or piece of land, not exceeding one-quarter section of land, or if in any incorporated city or village, not exceeding the lot or lots upon or around or in front of which such improvement is made, to the extent of the right, title and interest of such owner, part owner or lessee at the time work was commenced or materials were begun to be furnished by the contractor under the original contract, or by the subcontractor who furnishes or is furnished with any labor or material in the performance or execution of such subcontract and also the extent of any subsequent acquired interest of any such owner, part owner or lessee, and in case of the construction of a number of buildings, foundations, cellars, basements, wells or walks under one contract upon, around or in front of, the same lot or continguous lots for the same owner, part owner or lessee, of any interest in the real estate upon which said buildings are situated or upon, around or in front of which said well, walk or walks are built or repaired, such lien for such material or labor so furnished, shall attach to all of said buildings, foundations, cellars, basements, wells, walk or walks, together with the land upon, around or in front of which the same are being constructed, the same as hereinbefore provided in case of a single building, foundation, cellar, basement, well, walk or improvement: Provided, That any person, firm or corporation furnishing Proviso, materials or performing labor of any kind entering into the notice to construction of any such building, structure, foundation, etc. cellar, basement, well or walk, shall within thirty days after furnishing the first of such material or performing the first of such labor to any contractor or subcontractor, serve on the owner, part owner or lessee of the premises, or his agent, a notice, which notice shall be such as will inform the owner, part owner or lessee of the premises, or his agent, of the nature of the materials furnished, or labor performed, or to be performed, and a description of the premises where furnished, if such owner, part owner or lessee reside in, or has a known agent in the county in charge of such structure, improvement, foundations, cellars, basements, well, walk or walks. Such notice may be in the following form: Take notice that the undersigned ..to...... ..certain labor or materials for building, excavating, or altering, improving, repairing, erecting or ornamenting, as the case may be, a certain.... .situated on or around or in front To..... is furnishing. of the following described property... owner, lessee, Notice, form of. |