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Tax clause.

the work of the commission, the Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for that year a sum sufficient to reimburse the general fund for such appropriation.

Approved May 12, 1919.

Commission created.

How constituted.

Term of office.

Proviso.

Successors.

[No. 218.]

AN ACT to create the Michigan State Park Commission; to define its rights, powers and duties in acquiring and maintaining State parks; making an appropriation and providing a tax to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a commission to be known as the "Michigan State Park Commission," whose rights, powers and duties shall be as hereinafter defined.

SEC. 2. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint ten persons, who shall constitute such commission. The members of the commission first appointed shall hold office, two for the term of two years, two for the term of four years, two for the term of six years, two for the term of eight years and two for the term of ten years: Provided, however, The terms of the members so first appointed shall expire on January first of the year of expiration. Biennially thereafter the Governor shall appoint as aforesaid two commissioners to hold office for the term of ten years beginning with January first in the year of their appointment. If any vacancy occurs in said commission the Governor shall in like manner appoint a commissioner for the unexpired portion of the term in which the vacancy occurs. The members of said commission shall serve without compensation but their traveling and other necessary expenses shall be audited and allowed by the Board Governor, ex- of State Auditors and paid by the State. The Governor shall be ex-officio a member of said commission.

Vacancy.

Expenses only.

officio mem

ber.

Chairman, secretary.

Quarters.

SEC. 3. Said commission shall annually choose one of its members to be chairman and may from time to time, upon approval of the Governor, appoint a secretary and such other employes including engineers, architects, and custodians as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. Said commission may determine the duties and compensation of such appointees, such compensation to be paid as other State employes are now paid. Said commission shall be furnished by the Board of State Auditors with a suitable office where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts

report.

shall be kept, subject to public inspection at reasonable
times. On or before the thirty-first day of December in each Annual
year said commission shall make a report of its proceedings
to the Governor, with a statement of its receipts and dis-
bursements. All disbursements of the commission shall be
upon warrant of the Auditor General, when approved by the
Governor.

super

Lands under supervision of

SEC. 4. Said commission shall have charge and vision of all lands acquired by the State as public parks for commission. the purposes of public recreation or the preservation of natural beauty or historic association, except such lands as may be placed by law in the charge and under the supervision of other commissions or officials. Any lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the State may be transferred to the commission by the commissions or officials having control of the same.

Transfer of control.

acquire.

SEC. 5. Said commission shall have power to acquire, Power to maintain, and make available for the free use of the public, open spaces for recreation; shall be authorized to take in the name of the State and for the benefit of the public, by purchase, condemnation, gift, or devise, lands and rights in lands for public parks; to preserve and care for such public parks, and, in the discretion of the commission and upon such terms as it may approve, such other open spaces within this State as may be entrusted, given, or devised, to the State by the United States or by cities, towns, corporations, or individuals for the purposes of public recreation, or for the preservation of natural beauty or historic association: Provided, That said commission shall not take or contract to take by purchase or condemnation any land or other property for an amount or amounts beyond such sum or sums as shall have been appropriated or contributed therefor. In the purchase or condemnation of any lands for such public parks, preference shall be given to lands bordering upon the great lakes, or the connections or tributaries thereof, or upon the inland waters of the State.

chases

Proviso, purlimited.

Preference

given.

trust, etc.

When turned over to State

SEC. 6. The commission is hereby authorized to receive May hold in and hold in trust for the State, exempt from taxation, any grant or devise of land or rights in land and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made for the purposes of this act. Whenever any money or other personal property is so received, the same shall be turned over to the Treasurer. State Treasurer who shall preserve and invest, upon approval of the commission, any funds so received in such securities as banks are permitted to invest in. Such invested funds State Park shall be known as the "State park fund," and the proceeds thereof shall be used and expended under the direction of said commission and subject to its orders.

Fund.

with municipalities.

SEC. 7. Any municipality is hereby authorized to transfer Agreements the care and control of any open spaces owned or controlled by it to the State park commission upon such terms and for

Rules and regulations.

Posting.

Appropriation
for 1920,
1921.

Unexpended balance.

Tax clause.

and special

taxes.

such periods as may be mutually agreed upon, or to enter into an agreement with said commission for the joint care or preservation of open spaces within or adjacent to such municipality, and said commission may in like manner transfer the care and control of any open spaces controlled by it to any local municipality upon such terms and for such periods as may be agreed upon.

SEC. 8. Said commission shall have power, with the approval of the Governor, to make, alter, and enforce rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety, and sanitation upon the lands in its control and for the protection of trees and other property and the preservation of the natural beauty thereof. Such rules and regulations shall be posted in conspicuous places upon such lands.

SEC. 9. For the purposes of this act, there is hereby appropriated out of the general fund in the State treasury, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. Any portion of the annual appropriation herein provided for, remaining unexpended at the close of any fiscal year, shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year, to the credit of the State park commission, for the purposes hereof, and shall be subject to expenditure accordingly, it being the intention to make the entire amount hereby appropriated available for the purposes of this act.

SEC. 10. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nineteen, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, which sums, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby approProviso, fees priated: Provided, That in the event of there being a sufficient amount in the fund to which the fees and special taxes are credited, not otherwise appropriated in the years nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, the Auditor General shall apply such amount for the purposes mentioned in this act, and should there not be a sufficient amount in said fund, the Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the years nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred twenty, such an amount as may be necessary to equal the amount hereby appropriated.

In case amount insufficient.

Approved May 12, 1919.

[No. 219.]

AN ACT authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to afford suitable instruction and vocational training to adult blind persons in their respective homes and communities, with a view to meeting their educational needs and enabling them to contribute to their own support, and to employ assistants therefor, and making an appropriation to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

granted.

SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is Authority hereby authorized to provide direction and supervision of suitable instruction and training of adult blind residents of this State in their respective homes or communities, with

a view to meeting their educational needs and enabling them to contribute to their own support.

SEC. 2. In the discharge of the foregoing powers, the Co-operation. Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to co-operate with the boards of education of local communities and with such organizations and institutions as he shall deem necessary.

assistants.

tion.

SEC. 3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is May employ hereby authorized to employ such assistants, not in excess of two, as may be necessary to carry out the intents and purposes of this act. The compensation of such assistants Compensashall not exceed the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars per month and actual and necessary expenses for the time actually engaged in such work; and the same shall be paid How paid. from the general fund on warrant from the Auditor General in the same manner that the clerks in the department of the Superintendent of Public Instruction are paid.

for 1920, 1921.

SEC. 4. There is hereby appropriated out of the general Appropriation fund in the State treasury, for carrying out the provisions of this act, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty, the sum of six thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the further sum of six thousand dollars. And the Auditor Tax clause. General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred nineteen the sum of six thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred twenty the sum of six thousand dollars, to reimburse said fund for the sums hereby appropriated.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 12, 1919.

Who may not teach.

State institutions.

Proviso.

Proviso.

[No. 220.]

AN ACT to prohibit the granting of teachers' certificates to other than citizens of the United States.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. No certificate qualifying a person to teach in the public schools of this State shall be granted to any person who is not a citizen of the United States or who has not declared his intention of becoming a citizen. Any certificate granted in contravention of the provisions of this act shall be void. Also it shall be unlawful for the board of control having in charge any State institution of learning to employ therein regularly as a teacher or in any other capacity any person who is not a citizen of the United States: Provided, however, That this requirement shall not apply to persons who are thus actively employed when this act takes effect: Provided further, That this requirement shall not be construed as prohibiting such boards of control from employing for limited periods instructors or lecturers who are citizens of foreign countries.

Approved May 12, 1919.

Sections amended.

[No. 221.]

AN ACT to amend sections four and six of act number one hundred thirty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of health districts composed of contiguous townships and villages; for the appointment of a board of health therein; to define the powers and duties of said board; to authorize the employment of a district health officer, and to prescribe penalties for offenses hereby created."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Sections four and six of act number one hundred thirty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of health districts composed of contiguous townships and villages; for the appointment of a board of health therein; to define the powers and duties of said board; to authorize the employment of a district health officer, and to prescribe penalties for offenses hereby created," are hereby amended to read as follows:

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