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Section amended.

Meetings.

View premises.

[No. 191.]

AN ACT to amend section fourteen of chapter four of act number two hundred eighty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," the same being section four thousand three hundred sixty of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of chapter four of act number two hundred eighty-three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials," the same being section four thousand three hundred sixty of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 14. The court commissioners shall meet at the time and place ordered by the court. If all do not then appear, a less number may adjourn to a time certain, but no adjournment shall be made to a day later than the time allowed by the court. Such adjournments shall be publicly announced. The court or the clerk thereof may issue writs of subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses before the court or before the said court commissioners. Either one of such court commissioners may administer oaths to witnesses. The court commissioners, at the time fixed by the court or at the time fixed by adjournment, shall view the premises described in the petition and hear the proofs and allegations of the parties and render their decision in the premises. They shall report such decision in writing, signed by them or a majority of them, at the time fixed for that purpose. If their decision is that the road is unnecessary or that any part of the land described in the petition is unnecessary to be taken therefor, no further proceedings for the establishment of such road shall be taken for one year thereafter; if the decision is that the proposed road is necessary and that such lands are necessary

to be taken therefor, they shall appraise the damages to be
paid as compensation to each person interested for each par-
cel of land. In determining such damages the said commis-
sioners shall take into consideration the benefits accruing
to the owners of such lands by reason of the laying out,
straightening, altering or widening such highway.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 5, 1925.

[No. 192.]

AN ACT to provide for the licensing of private trade schools in Michigan.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

from whom

SECTION 1. After September first, nineteen hundred twen License, ty-five, no private trade school shall be operated by any per procured. son or persons, firm or any other private organization for the purpose of teaching any trade, occupation, or vocation unless there is first secured from the state board for vocational education, a license issued in such form as said board may direct and in accordance with the provisions of this act. Said license may be revoked at any time if, in the judgment of said board, the person or persons, firm or organization to whom the license has been issued is not complying with the provisions of the law or the rulings of the board. A private trade Private trade school as contemplated by this act shall be any plan or school method used by said person or persons, firm or organization for giving instruction in any form or manner in any trade, occupation or vocation for a consideration, reward or promise of whatever nature, except schools or education and training programs conducted by firms or organizations for their own employes without profit.

defined.

issued.

SEC. 2. No license shall be issued under the provisions of When this act until said board has approved the method and content of the advertising, the standards and the methods of instruction and the equipment provided. The state board for vocational education is hereby empowered to consult with trade experts as to the equipment provided and standards and methods of instruction offered.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons, members of any firm or any Penalty other private organization that shall violate the provisions of for violation. this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 5, 1925.

Section amended.

Personal property, what to include.

[No. 193.]

AN ACT to amend section eight of act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the state and not redeemed or purchased, and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section four thousand two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number two hundred ninety-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section eight of act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the state and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyone, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section four thou sand two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as last amended by act number two hundred ninety-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 8. For the purposes of taxation, personal property shall include:

1. All moneys;

2.

All annuities and royalties;

3. All goods, chattels and effects within the state;

4. All ships, boats and vessels and their appurtenances belonging to inhabitants of this state, whether at home or abroad;

5. All goods, chattels and effects belonging to inhabitants of this state, situate without this state, except that property actually and permanently invested in business in another state shall not be included;

6. All credits of every kind belonging to inhabitants of this state, whether such indebtedness is due from individuals or from corporations, public or private, and whether such

debtors reside within or without the state, except such as are expressly exempted from taxation by law;

7. All shares in corporations organized under the laws of this state, when the property of such corporations is not exempt, or is not taxable to itself; or when the personal property is not taxed;

8.

All shares. in banks organized within this state under the laws of this state or of the United States, at their cash value, after deducting the assessed value of real property owned or leased by and assessed to such banks, and the value of any building erected upon leased lands by any bank, and used for banking purposes, when the value of such real property is also assessed to said bank;

9. All shares in foreign corporations, except national banks, owned by citizens of this state;

10. All interests owned by individuals in lands, the fee of which is in this state or the United States, except as herein otherwise provided;

All buildings and improvements situate upon leased lands, except where the value of the real property is also assessed to the lessee or owner of such buildings and improvements;

12. Tombs or vaults built within any burial ground, and kept for hire or rent, in whole or in part, and the stock of any corporation or association owning any such tombs, vaults or burial grounds;

13. All other personal property not herein enumerated and not especially exempted by law;

14. All nursery stock and trees while growing on any land or in preparation for replanting or in transit;

15. All produce, seeds and grain on hand stored in warehouse or mill, and in transit, owned within this state;

panies, etc.

16. The personal property of all gas and coke companies, Gas and natural gas companies, electric light companies, water works coke comcompanies, and hydraulic companies to be assessed in the township, village or city where the principal works are located. The mains, pipes and wires of such companies laid in or along roads, lanes, streets or alleys shall be assessed as personal property in the township, village or city where the same are laid or placed. The personal property of street railroad, plank road, cable or electric railroad or transportation companies, bridge companies, and all other companies not required to pay a specific tax to the state in lieu of all other taxes, shall be assessed in the township, village or city where its principal business office is situated, and the track, road or bridge of any such company shall be held to be personal property and may be assessed in the township, village, or city where the same is located, used or laid.

Approved May 6, 1925.

Closed

seasons.

Penalty for violation.

[No. 194.]

AN ACT to regulate the taking of fish in the Soo Rapids, St. Mary's river, Chippewa county, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful to take or catch any kind of game fish in the waters of the Soo Rapids, St. Mary's river, Chippewa county, from May first to May thirty-first, inclusive, nor shall any rainbow trout be taken or caught in the waters aforesaid from September sixteenth to May thirty-first, inclusive.

SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 6, 1925.

Section amended.

License, who to issue.

[No. 195.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number four hundred eleven of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to regulate the business of canning and preserving."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of act number four hundred eleven of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to regulate the business of canning and preserving," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. All persons, firms, corporations and associations except domestic housewives and clubs of boys and girls twenty years of age or under, organized under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Michigan agricultural college or otherwise to compete in canning and other contests are prohibited from engaging in the business of canning or preserving fruits and vegetables for sale without first having been licensed so to do by the food and drug commissioner (commissioner of agriculture) of the state of Michigan.

Approved May 6, 1925.

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