limited and defined by any recorded plat or plats, the town- [No. 218.] AN ACT to amend section one hundred twenty-two of chapter two of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section twelve thousand one hundred ninety-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one hundred twenty-two of chapter two of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section twelve thousand one hundred ninety-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 122. Such lists shall contain not less than one for every one hundred inhabitants of such township or ward, computing according to the last preceding census, and having regard to the population of the county, so that the whole number of jurors selected in the county shall amount at additional least to one hundred, and not exceeding four hundred, onehalf of whom shall be designated as petit jurors, and one-half as grand jurors: Provided however, That in counties of Proviso, seventy thousand population or more the presiding circuit number. judge may, by an order entered in the journal of such court on or before the first Monday in February of each year, direct that the names of an additional number of petit jurors, not exceeding six hundred in all, shall be returned to the county clerk for jury service during the ensuing year. Whenever such order shall be made the county clerk shall forthwith cause a copy thereof to be served upon every officer in such county charged by law with the duty of returning the names of jurors and designate thereon the number of names of jurors, computed according to population as shown by the last preceding census, which shall be returned from each township, ward, assessment district, village or city within such county. Approved May 6, 1925. [No. 219.] AN ACT to repeal section eight and to amend the title and sections one, two, three, four, five and nine of act number two hundred seventy-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act relative to dividing city school districts into election precincts, to provide for the registration of voters and for the holding of elections therein," and to repeal act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section eight is repealed and the title and sec- Sections retions one, two, three, four, five and nine are amended of act pealed and number two hundred seventy-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act relative to dividing city school districts into election precincts, to provide for the registration of voters and for the holding of elections therein," and act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen is hereby repealed, said amended title and sections are hereby amended to read as follows: TITLE An Act relative to dividing any school district except primary school districts into election precincts, to provide for the registration of voters and for the holding of elections therein and to repeal act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. May form district into voting precinct. Registration of electors. Proviso. Board of registration. SEC. 1. The board of education of any school district, except primary school districts, may form said district into one or more voting precincts as shall be necessary, and shall provide for the registration of voters, and for elections therein suitable ballot boxes, poll lists and other supplies or equipment as may be necessary or proper. Such voting precincts shall be made at least thirty days previous to the first election after this act becomes operative in any district. SEC. 2. A registration of the qualified electors in each district shall be made in each voting precinct, and the name, sex and address of each person registering, and whether the owner of property assessed for school taxes or a parent or legal guardian of children of school age. Such registration shall in all respects not herein specified be conducted in the same manner as the registration required or provided for with reference to general elections, and all laws of the state for preserving the purity of elections and for preventing fraud and corruption, shall govern all elections and registrations under this act so far as the same are applicable. No unregistered person shall be allowed to vote at any school election unless such person has qualified under oath under the provisions of law regulating voting in general elections. The first registration of voters shall be made in each voting precinct in said district on the last Saturday previous to the date of the annual school election as fixed by law, or of any special election that may be ordered or provided by law, and subsequent registrations shall be made on the last Saturday preceding any election in such district, and whenever the board of education may provide for a general registration therein: Provided, however, The board of education may make provision for the registration of the school electors of said district on such days and times other than those above mentioned, as it may deem advisable, and may provide for the registration of qualified school electors by the secretary of the board of education when the boards of registration in the precincts of said district are not in session. Boards of registration shall be in session in the several voting precincts continuously between the hours of three o'clock and eight o'clock in the afternoon on registration days, and such additional hours as the board of education may direct. SEC. 3. The board of education in each district in which one or more voting precincts have been established shall appoint three qualified electors in each voting precinct to compose a board of registration and a board of election inspectors. Such appointment shall be made at least ten days prior to the time required for registration and election as the case may be. The same electors may be appointed members of both boards. Each member shall take the constitutional oath of office and shall be entitled to administer oaths to any person in connection with the registration or election. In case of inability or refusal to act, the board of education may fill the vacancy, and in case the members shall not all be present at the time of the opening of the registration or of the polls, the qualified electors present may fill the vacancy. The inspectors of election shall, immediately after canvassing the votes, make their return thereof and deliver the same to the secretary of the board of education. etc. SEC. 4. Notice of the time and place of holding any Notice of registration or election shall be given by the secretary of registration, the board of education, by posting notice thereof in three public places in each voting precinct in which the registration or election is to be held, at least ten days before the registration or election, and by publication in one or more of the papers, if any, in the district, at least six times within ten days next preceding the election. If no daily paper is published in the district, the notice shall be published at least once in a weekly newspaper published therein if said paper be so published. The notice of election shall contain the names of all candidates for each office to be voted on, and the substance of all special matters, if any, to be submitted thereat. of election. SEC. 5. The board of education shall convene on Thurs- Canvass day next succeeding any election at the usual hour and place of meeting, and canvass the returns, and from the statements filed with the secretary, shall determine the result of the election upon each question and proposition voted upon, and what persons were duly elected at said election. The secretary shall make triplicate certificates of such determination under the corporate seal of the district, showing the result of the election upon each question or proposition, and what persons were declared elected to the several offices respectively, one of which he shall file in the office of the county clerk of the county, one in the office of the city clerk of the city in which such district is situated, and the other shall be filed in his own office. The person receiving the greatest number of votes, as shown by said statements, shall be deemed to have been duly elected, but if there shall be no choice by reason of two or more candidates having received an equal number of votes, the board of education shall at the time of canvassing the votes, determine by lot between said persons which one shall be elected to said office. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board, within five days after the determination, to notify in writing each person elected of his election, and each shall file a written acceptance of such election, together with the constitutional oath of office with the secretary of the board within ten days after receiving such notice, or within the time provided in the act under which the district is operating. SEC. 9. If any election district has come under the provi- Referendum. sions of this act, such district shall at any time after two years, upon a petition signed by ten per cent of the qualified electors in said district, submit the question of the discontinuance of this act within such district. The form of the proposition for the submission of the question shall be drafted Repealing clause. by the board of education when submitted at any succeeding special or general lecetion. SEC. 10. Section eight of act number two hundred seventyfive of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen and act number three hundred three of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Expenditure of certain funds authorized [No. 220.] AN ACT to provide for the expenditure on township roads of unexpended balances of moneys raised, or authorized to be raised, by bond, for state rewarded roads in townships. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. In any township in which bonds have been issued or authorized for the construction and improvement of state rewarded roads and the completion of all such roads for which applications have been accepted by the state highway commissioner will not require the expenditure of all of the moneys so raised, or authorized to be raised, the electors thereof may, at any annual township meeting, authorize the expenditure of the balance of all of such moneys in the construction and improvement of the township roads of such township in accordance with plans and specifications of the state highway commissioner. Approved May 6, 1925. Deficiency appropriation. [No. 221.] AN ACT to make a deficiency appropriation for the department of agriculture-slaughtered animals-for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the department of agriculture-slaughtered animals for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteeen hundred twenty-five, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. This amount shall be used solely for the specific purpose herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. |