ner as said common council shall determine for the purpose aforesaid, and the common council shall have power, and it shall be the duty of said body, to raise by tax upon the tax- Tax levy for able property of said village such sum or sums of money as payment of. shall be necessary and sufficient to pay the amount of said This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 314.] AN ACT to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of the township of Pentwater, in the county of Oceana, State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Hobart A. Grant, the treasurer of the township of Pentwater, in said county, and his bondsmen from liability on account of the loss of township funds occasioned through the failure of the bank of Neilson & Co., in Pentwater, Oceana county, Michigan, in May, nineteen hundred. The People of the State of Michigan enact: relief to be electors. SECTION 1. That there shall be submitted to the qualified Question of electors of the township of Pentwater, in the county of submitted to Oceana, State of Michigan, at the annual township meeting to be held in said township on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred one, the question of relieving Hobert A. Grant, treasurer of said township, and his bondsmen from liability on account of the loss of the funds of said township through the failure of the bank of Neilson & Co., in Pentwater, Oceana county, Michigan, where said funds were deposited; said relief to be determined as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. The township clerk of said township of Pentwater Notice to be shall cause at least ten days' notice to be given of the in- given. tended submission of said question, in the same manner as is required by law to be given of said annual township meeting; said township clerk shall cause to be printed on white paper, and distributed at the polls of said township meeting in sufficient numbers for the accommodation of all the electors of said township, two sets of ballots of uniform size, color and texture; and on the ballots of one set shall be printed the words, "For the relief, yes," and on the other set of ballots, Form of the words, "For the relief, no." Said ballots voted at said How township meeting shall be voted and deposited in a separate canvassed. ballot box, and shall be cared for, inspected and counted in the same manner, as near as may be, as ballots relative to ballot. Number of votes to determine. constitutional amendments are voted, deposited, cared for and counted. SEC. 3. If it should appear from the final inspection and counting of said ballots that two-thirds of the electors voting on said proposition shall have voted in favor thereof, the same shall be declared, by the inspectors of said election, carried and adopted; and it shall be so certified by them to the township board of said township within five days after said meeting, and the said Hobart A. Grant and his bondsmen as such township treasurer shall thereupon be released and discharged from any and all liability to said township of Pentwater, for the loss of any funds belonging to said township by reason of the said failure of said Neilson & Co. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 1, 1901. Territory embraced. [No. 315.] AN ACT to incorporate the public schools of the village of Jerome, Hillsdale county, Michigan; define the boundaries thereof, provide for the election of trustees and fix their powers and duties, and provide for the distribution of the territory of the disorganized districts. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That so much of the township of Somerset in the county of Hillsdale and the township of Moscow in the county of Hillsdale as are included in the following descriptions and boundaries, viz: All those lands situate in town five south of range one west, known and described as sections seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and thirty, and the west half of section eight, and section seven excepting the west half of the northwest quarter thereof, and the north half of section thirty-one excepting the south half of the east half of the northeast quarter thereof, and the north half of section thirtytwo, excepting the south half of the west half of the northwest quarter thereof, and the west half and the south half of the southeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter all on section twenty-nine, and the northwest quarter of section twenty-one, and the west half of the west half and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section sixteen, and all those lands situate in town five south of range two west, described as the east half of the southeast quarter of section thirteen, and all of section twenty-four excepting the west half of the west half thereof, and all of section twenty-five excepting the west half of the how known. west half thereof, and the northeast quarter of the northeast who to be. office. SEC. 2. The officers of said district shall consist of trus- Officers, tees T. J. Lowrey, H. S. Walworth, C. H. Manzer, C. M. Bross, W. L. Bibbins, of the school district heretofore known as fractional school district number two of the townships of Somerset and Moscow, and Jay Chandler of the school district heretofore known as district number seven of the township of Somerset, whose powers and duties shall be severally the same as those conferred upon and required of the moderator, director and assessor of school districts in this State except so far as the same are varied or modified by the provisions of this act, or other acts relating to said district, who shall be and are hereby constituted the trustees and officers of the public schools of the village of Jerome; whose term of Terin of office shall continue until their successors shall be elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. Said board shall within twenty days after this act shall take effect meet and by lot divide into three equal divisions the terms of office of which shall expire as follows: The first division, at the time of the first annual school meeting held under the provisions of this act; the second division, at the time of the second annual meeting; and the third division at the time of the third annual meeting; and at the same meeting of the board they shall elect from their own number a president, secretary and treasurer, whose terms of office shall continue until the next annual meeting of said district. Said board of trustees shall have Board may fill power to fill all vacancies that may occur in their number, or in the officers appointed by them, until the next annual meeting of said district. vacancies. when elected, SEC. 3. At the annual meeting on the first Monday of July Trustees, in each year there shall be elected by ballot two trustees term of office, whose term of office shall be three years, or until their suc- etc. cessors are elected and qualified; and within ten days after each annual meeting the trustees shall meet and elect from their own number a president, secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year. duties of SEC. 4. From and after the passage of this act said board Powers and of trustees shall have all the powers and privileges conferred board. upon union and graded school districts by general law, and all the powers and duties of school inspectors of townships in this State shall be vested in and required of said board of trustees, who shall be ex officio the board of school inspectors To hire and teachers, etc. To present statement of receipts, expenditures, of the public schools of the village of Jerome and shall make their annual reports to the superintendent of public instruction as other boards of school inspectors are required to do under the general school laws. SEC. 5. Said board of trustees shall hire and contract with contract with such duly qualified teachers as may be required in the schools, and shall provide all necessary appendages for the school house, to keep the same in good condition and repair, and shall keep an accurate account of all expenses incurred by them and all claims for such expenses shall be audited by said board of trustees and paid by the treasurer out of any money provided by the district for that purpose, on the order of the secretary, countersigned by the president of the board. Said board shall present at each annual meeting of the district a statement of all receipts, expenditures and accounts audited and allowed by them, together with the amount of the expenses necessary to be incurred during the ensuing year for such purposes and to pay the debts of the district and for the services of any teacher or any district officer, and such money when voted by any annual meeting shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other district taxes but no tax for these purposes shall be voted at a special meeting, unless a notice of the same shall be expressed in the notice of such meeting. etc. Treasurer to give bonds. Where filed. Disposition of property. SEC. 6. The treasurer of said district within ten days after his election and before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond to said district in such sum and with such sureties as shall be approved by the district board conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office and to account for and pay over all moneys that shall come into his bands by virtue of said office and he shall have power by suit at law, under the direction of the district board and in the name of the public schools of the village of Jerome, to collect all moneys due said district, or said public schools, from the several township treasurers, or for the tuition of children who are not actual residents of said district, or that may be due said district from any other source whatever. The bond of said treasurer shall be filed with the secretary of the board of trustees. SEC. 7. All the lands, school houses and sites, together with the furniture, libraries, property, effects and estates and all property real or personal of the districts formerly known as district number three, district number seven of the township of Somerset and fractional district number eight of the townships of Somerset and Moscow are hereby transferred to and declared the property of the public schools of the village of Jerome and it is expressly provided that all amounts due the said districts formerly known as district number three and district number seven of the township of Somerset and fractional district number eight of the townships of Somerset and Moscow from whatever source shall become due and pay able to the public schools of the village of Jerome; and it is further provided that all debts and obligations against the school district formerly known as district number three and district number seven of the township of Somerset and frac tional district number eight of the townships of Somerset and Moscow contracted before the passage of this act shall become the debts and obligations of the public schools of the village of Jerome and shall be paid by the board of trustees of the public schools of the village of Jerome upon proper proof of the validity of such debt or obligation. used. SEC. 8. Suits may be brought by or against the public How suits may be brought. schools of the village of Jerome on all contracts, obligations, debts, bonds or demands due or unpaid from or to said frac tional school district number two of the townships of Somerset and Moscow in like manner as they might have been by or against said school district if this act had not been passed. SEC. 9. The site located heretofore and now held by said site, buildfractional school district number two aforesaid shall be and ings, etc., how the same is hereby declared and deemed to be a school house site for the public schools of the village of Jerome and the school building now owned and occupied by said fractional school district number two aforesaid is hereby made and declared to be the central school building of the public schools of the village of Jerome, to be used for the academic and more advanced classes of scholars and such other classes of scholars as the board of trustees shall deem necessary. sell buildings, SEC. 10. The board of trustees of the public schools of the Trustees may village of Jerome, as constituted in section two of this act, etc. shall have power to sell at private or public sale the school buildings and sites owned by districts formerly known as district number three and district number seven of the township of Somerset and fractional district number eight of the townships of Somerset and Moscow, and the moneys received Moneys refrom such sale of said buildings and real estate may be used ceived, how by said board of the public schools of the village of Jerome expended. to make such repairs, improvements and additions to the central school building as they may deem necessary. used and ors to meet. SEC. 11. Within thirty days after this act shall take effect when inspectthe board of school inspectors of said township of Somerset Purpose of shall meet and attach to other districts in whole or in part meeting. within the boundaries of said township, such parts of said districts formerly known as district number three and district number seven of the township of Somerset and fractional district number eight of the townships of Somerset and Moscow as are not by this act included within the boundaries of said public schools of the village of Jerome: Provided, That the Proviso. said board of trustees of the public schools of the village of Jerome shall fulfil all contracts now existing in any of the districts affected by the provisions of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |