three, children who are not attending any school and who habitually frequent streets and other public places, having no lawful business, employment or occupation. make complaint neglect of duty. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the truant officer, in Truant officer to case of a violation of this law, within one week after having given the notice to the parent or guardians as spec- or guardian for ified in section three, to make a complaint against said parent, guardian or other person having the legal charge and control of such child, before a justice of the peace in the city, village or township where the party resides, except in cities having recorder's or police court, for such refusal or neglect; and said justice of the peace, police judge, or recorder's court shall issue a warrant upon said complaint and shall proceed to hear and determine the same, and upon conviction thereof said parent, guardian or other Penalty upon person, as the case may be, shall be punished according to provisions of section three of this act. It shall be the duty of all school officers, superintendents or teachers, to render such assistance and furnish such information as they have at their command, to aid said truant officer in the fulfillment of his official duties. conviction. to be made See 1895 341 peace to issue See 1897 398 SEC. 7. When, in the judgment of school boards of When complaint primary and township school districts or the superintendent against juvenile of city schools and the truant officer, it becomes certain disorderly per that all legal means have been exhausted in their attempts to compel the attendance at school of a juvenile disorderly person, the truant officer shall, in case the person in parental relation to the child neglects or refuses to do so, make a complaint against such juvenile disorderly person before a court of competent jurisdiction that said child is a juvenile disorderly person as described in section five of this act. The justice of the peace or court shall issue a Justice of the warrant and proceed to hear such complaint; and if said warrant. justice of the peace or court shall determine that said child is a juvenile disorderly person within the meaning of this act, then said justice of the peace or court shall thereupon, and after consultation with the county agent of corrections and charities, sentence such child, if a boy, to the Indus- Boys to be trial School for Boys at Lansing for a term not extend- Industrial School ing beyond the time when said child shall arrive at the age for Boys. of seventeen years unless sooner discharged by the board of control of said Industrial School for Boys; or, if a girl, to the Industrial Home for Girls at Adrian, for a term not Girls to Indusextending beyond the time when said child shall arrive at trial Home for the age of seventeen years, unless sooner discharged by the board of control of said Industrial Home for Girls: Provided, however, That such sentence shall, in case of the first Proviso as to offense, be suspended. committed to Girls. first offense. clause. SEC. 8. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with the Repealing provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved April 26, 1895. Act amended. Not to be pecun- Accounts of See 1897 109 Section amended. [ No. 96. ] AN ACT to amend act number one hundred and fortynine of the public acts of the State of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for a county and township system of roads, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the officers having the charge thereof," by amending section ten of said act and adding another section thereto, to be known as section twenty-five. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section ten of act number one hundred and fortynine of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninetythree, be amended so as to read as follows, and the following section be added to said act as section twenty-five: SEC. 10. Neither the clerk nor any member of the board of county road commissioners shall, directly or indirectly, either personally or as a member of any firm or stockholder in any corporation, be pecuniarily interested as contractor or employé in any contract entered into or work carried on by or for such board, or in property purchased or sold by or for such board: Provided, however, That this section shall not be construed to prevent the purchase of land for a road, from a member of the board or the clerk thereof. Said board of commissioners may employ such superintendents, engineers, servants and laborers, and purchase such machines, tools, appliances and materials as shall in their judgment be necessary or convenient for the proper carrying on of their work. SEC. 25. Accurate accounts shall be kept under the direction of the board of all money received and disbursed by it, and a full statement thereof, together with a complete statement in detail, of all work done, right of way acquired, and road constructed by said board made to the board of supervisors of the county at its annual meeting each year. The accounts of said board of county road commissioners shall be reported to and audited by the board of supervisors at each meeting thereof. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved April 26, 1895. [ No. 97. ] AN ACT to amend section fifteen of chapter thirty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relative to the preservation of the public health, quarantine, nuisances and offensive trades, being section sixteen hundred forty-seven of Howell's annotated statutes. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section fifteen of chapter thirty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relative to the preservation of the public health, quarantine, nuisances and offensive trades, being section sixteen hundred forty-seven of Howell's annotated statutes, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: vent spread of [1647.] SEC. 15. When any person coming from abroad Board to make or residing in any township within this State, shall be provision to preinfected, or shall lately before have been infected with the smallpox. small-pox, or other sickness dangerous to the public health, the board of health of the township where such person may be, shall make effectual provision in the manner in which they shall judge best for the safety of the inhabitants by removing such sick or infected person to a separate house, if it can be done without danger to his health, and by providing nurses and other assistance and necessaries, which shall be at the charge of the person himself, his parents or other persons who may be liable for his support, if able; otherwise, as a charge of the county to which he belongs: Provided, That the health To keep and board shall keep and render an itemized and separate ized expense statement of expenses incurred in so caring for each account. Approved April 26, 1895. person. render item AN ACT to amend section five of chapter seventy-five of the revised statutes of eighteen forty-six, entitled "Of the administration and distribution of the estate of intestates, " as amended by subsequent acts, being section five thousand eight hundred and fifty-one of Howell's annotated statutes. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Section That section five of chapter seventy of the revised statutes amended. of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the administration and distribution of the estate of intestates," as amended by subsequent acts, being section five thousand eight hundred fifty-one of Howell's annotated statutes, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: may be ap [§ 5851.] SEC. 5. When there shall be a delay in grant- When special ing letters testamentary or of administration occasioned by administrator an appeal from the allowance or disallowance of a will pointed. or from any other cause, the judge of probate may, after such notice as he may direct, or without notice in his discretion, appoint a special administrator to act in col- To act until lecting and taking charge of the estate of the deceased executor or until the question on the allowance of the will, or such is appointed. other question as shall occasion the delay, shall be terminated, and an executor or administrator be thereupon appointed; and no appeal shall be allowed from the appointment of such special administrator. Approved April 26, 1895. administrator Sections amended. Duty of secretary association be organized. Association re to State association, [ No. 99. ] AN ACT to amend sections six and seven of act number one hundred fifty-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of State, county or municipal, historical, biographical and geographical societies, approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred seventy-three, being sections four thousand four hundred twenty-seven and four thousand four hundred twenty-eight of Howell's annotated statutes; and to add one new section thereto to stand as section eight in the original act, and as forty-four twenty-eight a of Howell's annotated statutes. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That sections six and seven of act number one hundred fifty-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred seventythree, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of State, county or municipal, historical, biographical and geographical societies," approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred seventy-three, being sections four thousand four hundred twenty-seven and four thousand four hundred twenty-eight of Howell's annotated statutes, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 6. Should a State association be organized under this act, it shall be the duty of the secretary of said State society to transmit to the State librarian every published printed report of the transactions of said society, including copies of papers read at its meetings or tributed by its members, of facts collected by correspondence or otherwise within thirty days after the same shall be published. con SEC. 7. District, county, town, city or village associaquired to report tions organized under this act shall, within thirty days after their transactions are printed and published, transmit one copy of said published transactions to be filed with the State librarian, and one copy to the secretary of the State association, should there be one in existence. Whenever such association shall be dissolved, or for any cause cease to exist as a corporation, all collections of documents, periodicals, newspapers, books, maps, pictures, specimens, and curiosities, which may be made by said State society, shall be placed in the State library in charge. of the State librarian, and shall be regarded as belonging to the State. Collections of documents, etc., of State society to be placed in State library. New section added. How associations may reincorporate, SEC. 2. That there shall be added to said act one new section to stand as section eight and to read as follows: SEC. 8. Any association heretofore formed under existing laws for collecting and preserving historical, biographical and other information in relation to the State of Michigan, or any portion thereof, may reincorporate under this act as hereby amended, by amending their articles of association so as to conform to section three of this act, and may change their name and by-laws by a vote of a majority of its board of directors or trustees; and certificate thereof shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such society is located; and a duplicate certificate shall be filed with the Secretary of State. Approved April 26, 1895. [ No. 100. ] AN ACT to incorporate the Michigan Dairymen's Association. tion may SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Michigan DairyThat a corporation may be organized under the provisions men's Associa of this act for the purpose of securing the co-operation incorporate. of dairymen and to promote the social, moral and business interests of its members. quired to SEC. 2. Any five or more persons who are at present Number remembers of the Michigan Dairymen's Association, who may incorporate. desire to become incorporated for the purposes set forth in section one, may execute under their hands and acknowledge before some person within this State authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, one or more duplicate arti- Articles of assocles of agreement, as hereinafter specified, one copy whereof ciation to be filed shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, of State, and upon the execution and acknowledgment of such articles, the signers thereof and those who may thereafter become associated with them, shall become a body politic and corporate for the purposes set forth in said articles. with Secretary What articles to Names, SEC. 3. The articles of such association shall contain: First, The names of the persons associating and the contain. places of their residence; Second, The name of such association and the place of Name of assoits business office, which shall be at the place of residence clation, place of of the secretary; business. Third, The object and purposes of such association, Object and which shall be to secure the co-operation of dairymen and purpose. to promote the social, moral and business interests of its members, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years; Fourth, The number of directors and regular officers and Number of the time of holding its annual meeting: Provided, however, directors. That such association may, in its articles of association, meetings of or by-laws, provide for and appoint other meetings thereof, organization. than the annual meeting, to be held when and where the association may from time to time designate and appoint; Fifth, The terms and conditions of membership therein. tons of memSEO. 4. Said corporation shall have full power and author- bership. ity to make and establish a constitution, by-laws, rules and make constitu 27 Terms, condi. Corporation to tion, by-laws, etc. |