to the bar upon presentation of a certificate from said law school certifying that he has completed two years of the regular course of study in said school, or upon completion of three years of study with said preceptor. Approved May 13, 1919. Coroner, who may act. Salary. Fees. Sworn statement. Deputy. [No. 345.] AN ACT to define the qualifications of coroners in counties having a population of two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants and upwards; to provide for deputy coroners and assistants; to prescribe their powers and duties; to fix their compensation, or to provide for the fixing thereof; to provide a penalty for non-fulfillment of duty in such counties and to repeal all general, special and local acts contravening the provisions of this act." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No person shall hereafter be eligible to serve as coroner in and for counties having a population of two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants and upwards who shall not be at the time of his election a physician or surgeon registered under the laws of the State of Michigan, and a graduate of a regularly incorporated medical college, and who shall not have practiced the profession of physician or surgeon for at least five years. SEC. 2. Each of the coroners hereafter elected in any county coming within the provisions of this act, shall hereafter receive in full payment of his services as such, such sum as the board of supervisors of such counties shall determine, which sum shall not be less than five thousand dollars per year, the same to be paid as the salaries of the other officers within and for said counties. SEC. 3. All fees hereafter taxed and collected by said coroners or their deputies or clerks for them, shall be paid to the county treasurer on the last day of every month, and the same shall be for the use of such county and placed to the credit of the general fund. Such payment shall in all cases be accompanied by an itemized statement in writing of the coroner or his deputy of the services rendered and the fees collected and that the same is true in every particular, which statement shall be verified by the oath of the officer making the same that such statement is true. SEC. 4. Each of the said coroners shall have the power to appoint one deputy coroner who shall hold office during the pleasure of said appointing coroner and who shall act under salary. the direction of the coroner appointing him and whose term of office in all cases shall expire at the expiration of the term of office of the appointing coroner. Any deputy coroner shall Powers and have power to perform any and all duties of the coroner except that he may not hold inquests. The salary of each deputy coroner shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of such county in a sum not less than twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, and said salaries shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other county employes. SEC. 5. The said coroners shall have the power to appoint Clerks, etc. two night clerks, one stenographer, one property clerk, two morgue attendants and two investigators, whose salaries shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of such county and said salaries shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other county employes. The terms of office of the foregoing employes shall in all cases expire at the expiration of the terms of office of the coroners so appointing. SEC. 6. The coroner's office shall be open at all times for the transaction of official business. SEC. 7. The provisions of this act shall apply only to counties within the State having a population of two hundred fifty thousand and upwards. It is the intent of this act by general law to provide for coroners and a coroner's staff sufficient in number and ability to transact a volume of business coming within the jurisdiction of the coroner in counties having a large population. Office hours. Applies to counties with large popu lation. SEC. 8. If either of said coroners shall fail to comply with Penalty. the provisions of this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months. clause. SEC. 9. All acts general, local or special or parts of acts Repealing inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 13, 1919. Section amended. Special assessments. Rate of interest. Bonds, how paid, etc. [No. 346.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of chapter eight of act three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," as last amended by act two hundred ninetyseven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, the same being section two thousand seven hundred twentyfive of the Compiled Laws of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That section twenty-two of chapter eight of act three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," as last amended by act two hundred ninety-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, the same being section two thousand seven hundred twenty-five of the Compiled Laws of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended, be amended to read as follows: SEC. 22. Special assessment rolls to defray the cost of street paving shall be made in five parts or installments, each part or installment to contain a list of the lots or parcels constituting the special assessment district with the names of the owners or occupants of each lot or parcel, and one-fifth of the cost or expense of such improvement shall be assessed upon each one of said five parts or installments, one of which shall become due and be collected each year, at such times as the council shall determine, with interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum to be fixed by the council; but the whole assessment after confirmation may be paid in full, without interest at the time when the first installment is due. The village council shall have power to issue bonds of the village bearing not to exceed six per cent interest to the amount of the deferred installments, and pledging the faith and credit of the village for the payment of said bonds out of the deferred installments when collected. Said bonds shall run for one, two, three and four years and all payments made on the deferred installments shall be paid into and constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at maturity. Owners and occupants paying by installments shall pay the full amount of the interest on each installment down to the maturity thereof, but may pay the principal and such interest before maturity. Contractors for the laying of street paving may be required to take their pay in street paving bonds, and such bonds shall in no event be sold or otherwise disposed of at less than their par value. The village council may issue similar bonds to defray that portion of the cost and expense of any street paving chargeable to street intersections, or to lands belonging to the village, school buildings or other public buildings or grounds, including such portion of said cost or expense as the village council may have decided to pay from the general highway fund or the street district fund. Approved May 13, 1919. [No. 347.] AN ACT to authorize and direct the Board of State Auditors to audit and allow such sums as shall, in their judgment, be just compensation for benefits to lands owned by the State, by reason of a pavement having been heretofore constructed on the public streets in the City of Pontiac adjoining and abutting upon lands whereon the Pontiac State Hospital is situated and other lands owned by the State of Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: tion of benefits. SECTION 1. The Board of State Auditors is hereby author- Determinaized and directed to ascertain whether it was necessary for the public health, convenience and welfare, that a pavement be constructed on Elizabeth lake road in the city of Pontiac, and whether such pavement has been and will be of benefit to the lands of the State of Michigan, whereon the Pontiac State Hospital is situated and other lands abutting such road or street and belonging to the State of Michigan, and if in the judgment of said board, such improvement was necessary and is necessary to the public health, convenience and welfare and of benefit to the lands belonging to the State, as hereinbefore described, the Board of State Auditors is authorized and directed to audit and allow such sums as the said Board claims. of State Auditors shall deem a just proportion of the expense of such pavement, because of the benefits to said State lands accruing by reason of such improvement, and authorize the payment of the same to the city of Pontiac, Michigan: Pro- Proviso, vided, however, That in auditing said claim no claim or charge for interest shall be allowed. Approved May 13, 1919. Auditing of interest. Section amended. Sixteenth circuit. [No. 348.] AN ACT to amend section twenty-nine of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," being section fourteen thousand four hundred ninety-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SEC. 1. Section twenty-nine of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," being section fourteen thousand four hundred ninety-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 29. In the sixteenth circuit the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of two thousand dollars. Approved May 13, 1919. Appointment and salary. Change of ballot boxes. [No. 349.] AN ACT to provide for the creation of a central election counting board in cities or villages. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The common council, city commission, or other legislative body of any city or village may, by ordinance or resolution provide for a central election counting board to be appointed in the same manner and receive the same compensation as the inspectors of election in said city. SEC. 2. Such ordinance or resolution may provide for the sealing of the ballot boxes in the various precincts of the city at different intervals during the day of election, and the transporting of the same to the place where such central counting board may be located, and other ballot boxes placed at each of the polling places in the place of those taken away. |