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six months prior to such examination. The board may also require such practical tests, working operations and demonstrations as may be designated by the board. The examination papers of each applicant shall be preserved by said board and may be inspected for six months after the date of his examination, during which period any unsuccessful applicant, by depositing fifty dollars with the secretary, shar have the privilege of having his examination papers re-read by the board in the presence of himself and any one representing him; and if upon such re-reading the board shall determine that the examination papers of the applicant should have entitled him to pass, a license shall be issued to him and said deposit refunded but shall otherwise be forfeited to the board. Any applicant who shall fail to pass an examina- Re-examination shall have the right to apply for any subsequent examina- tions. tion, in which case he shall pay to the secretary a fee of fifteen dollars for each such subsequent examination: Pro- Proviso. vided, however, That said board may for a sufficient cause remit said fee for a subsequent reexamination. All applicants who fail to pass the examination upon their first trial will be given credit upon such subjects as he or she may be entitled to receive, but such credits will be extended only until the second following board examination, unless in the discretion of the board a good and sufficient cause be shown for carrying such credits over to a subsequent board examination. If the applicant fails to pass his or her examination on the second trial, the applicant shall, in the discretion of the board, on any third or subsequent trial, be required to take an examination in all subjects the same as on his or her original first application. Any person who in any affidavit or application for examination shall make wilfully a false statement in a material regard shall be guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof punished as provided by the statute of this state for the crime of perjury.

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SEC. 10. Said board may also issue licenses to dental Dental assistants to be known as dental hygienists. Every candi- hygienists, date for examination as a dental hygienist shall pay the secretary of the board a fee of fifteen dollars and shall furnish satisfactory proof that he or she is a graduate of an accredited high school in this state, or a school of like and equal standing in any other state or country, or has in actually earned units of study the equivalent necessary for graduation, and has earned a diploma or certificate from a reputable school of dental hygienists having a course of not less than one year of nine months. The board may ascertain and determine what shall constitute such reputable school. Every applicant who shall successfully pass such examination as may be prescribed by the board shall be granted a license as a dental hygienist, which shall be recorded in the same manner as provided in section eight. Any applicant failing to pass the subsequent examination may take a subsequent examination by paying examination. an additional fee of five dollars. Such licensed dental

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hygienists may remove calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from the exposed surfaces of the teeth and may prescribe or apply ordinary mouth washes of soothing character, but shall not perform any other operation on the teeth, mouth, or diseased tissues of the oral cavity. They may operate in the office of a legally licensed dentist, in any state or municipal institution or in public schools or under a board of health or in any public clinic authorized by said board, but shall not operate except under the supervision of a licensed dentist: Provided, however, That oral hygiene students of the university of Michigan may operate without a license for purposes of study under the supervision of instructors in such state institutions or public schools as may be designated by the regents of the university. The board may revoke or suspend the license of any dental hygienist for violating any provision hereof, in accordance with the procedure in section nine, and may revoke or suspend the license of any registered dentist who shall permit any dental hygienist operating under his supervision to perform any operation other than those permitted under the provisions of this section.

SEC. 12. On or before the first day of May of each year, excepting the year in which he is originally licensed, every registered dentist and dental hygienist shall pay to the secretary of the board one dollar as an annual license fee for the year commencing on the first day of October following and ending on the last day of the next succeeding September. The board may revoke or suspend the license of any person who shall default in making such payment unless said fee is paid within thirty days after written notice of the same by the secretary.

SEC. 15. Any person who shall violate any provision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court and after conviction of any violation of any provision of this act, any person who shall again violate any provision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved May 13, 1925.

[No. 273.]

AN ACT to regulate the issue of bonds, or other obligations, by municipalities in this state, to provide the method of payment of such bonds, or other obligations, and to prescribe the duties of municipal officers and of the state treasurer in connection therewith.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The following definitions shall apply to the Terms terms used in this act:

defined.

(a) "Municipality" shall mean any county, township, city, "Municipalvillage or school district in the state of Michigan.

ity."

(b) "Governing body" shall mean the board of super- "Governvisors of a county, the township board of a township, the ing body." council or commission of a city, the council, commission or board of trustees of a village, the board of education or district board of a school district.

SEC. 2. No municipality shall hereafter issue any bonds, Bonds, when or other negotiable obligations, for the payment of current may issue. expenses, or to fund deficiencies in current revenue except in anticipation of taxes actually levied and uncollected or for which an appropriation has been made, but any bond issue may be made to include interest accruing before the date of the first collection of taxes or assessments from which such interest is payable. No bonds, or other negotiable obligations, shall be made payable on demand. No bonds shall Rate of bear a higher rate of interest than six per cent per annum interest. or be sold at less than par and accrued interest: Provided, Proviso. however, That all provisions of law now in force requiring an affirmative vote of the electors to authorize the issuance of bonds by municipalities or permitting the issuance of bonds by the governing bodies of municipalities, without authorization by the electors, shall not in any manner be affected by the provisions of this act, except in the case of funding and refunding bonds as provided for in section six hereof.

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SEC. 3. No municipality shall hereafter issue any bonds Serial bonds. except in accordance with the provisions of this act. serial bonds are issued the first installments of principal shall fall due not more than three years after the date of issue, and no installment of principal shall be less than one-third the amount of the largest installment, except that serial annuity bonds may be sold wherein the sum of the principal installment and the annual interest shall be approximately equal in each year of the life of the bond.

Any municipality may issue bonds not maturing serially Sinking on condition that provision is made for their payment by fund. an annual tax that shall be paid into a sinking fund in approximately equal annual amounts, which with the increment thereof will equal the face of the bonds at maturity:

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Special assessments.

Payment of judgments.

Purchase of

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Construction, etc., of highways.

Interest, etc.

Provided, That in the case of a school district where maturing issues of school or municipal bonds make a heavy burden which renders it undesirable to begin retirement of serial bonds or the creation of a sinking fund according to the provisions of this act, the state treasurer on appeal may, and is hereby authorized to, permit such district in future bond issues to postpone the retirement of the first serial bonds or the creation of the sinking fund for a period not to exceed eight years, after which date the provisions of this act shall apply.

No bonds, except for subways or rapid transit or sewage disposal systems for cities, shall be issued for a longer time than thirty years, nor for a longer time than the estimated period of usefulness of the property or improvement for which the bonds are issued. The estimated period of usefulness shall be determined by a majority vote of the governing body of the municipality, and such determination shall be conclusive in any action or proceeding involving the validity of the bonds. Bonds for the purposes hereinafter specified shall not be issued for a longer time than the following, to wit:

Bonds issued in anticipation of special assessments, two years from the time fixed by law for the payment of the several installments of the assessments from which the bonds are payable.

Bonds for payment of judgments against the municipality and emergency bonds for relief from fire, flood or other calamity, five years.

3. Bonds for the purchase of personal property other than material for permanent construction, machinery for public utilities or original furnishing and equipment of new buildings, ten years.

4. Bonds for construction, opening, widening or improvement of highways, streets or alleys, fifteen years.

SEC. 5. Whenever any money shall be borrowed by any municipality it shall be the duty of every officer or official body charged with any duty in connection with the determination of the amount of taxes to be raised or with the levying of such taxes, to include in the amount of taxes levied each year an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest on all such loans, any installments of the principal thereof falling due before the time of the following tax collection and all payments required to be made to sinking funds. In any municipality having any debt now outstanding and unpaid, a tax shall in like manner be levied each year, sufficient to pay the interest on such debt falling due before the time of the following tax collection, to pay any principal installment of serial bonds falling due before the time of the following tax collection and to deposit into a sinking fund annually an amount which with the increment thereof will be sufficient to pay the principal of such debt at maturity or within the term of refunding bonds hereby authorized to

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be issued. All sinking funds shall be kept separate from Sinking all other moneys of the municipality, and shall be used to separate. pay or purchase the bonds of the municipality. Until such May be bonds are paid or purchased, the moneys belonging to such invested. funds may be invested in bonds, or other obligations of the United States, the state of Michigan, or of any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state of Michigan. Any officer who wilfully fails to perform the duties required of him by this section shall be personally liable to the municipality or to any bond holder for any loss or damage arising from such failure. No limitation in any statute or charter shall prevent the levy and collection of the full amount of taxes required by this section for the payment of debts, but nothing herein shall authorize the levy of a tax for any other purpose exceeding the existing tax limitation. SEC. 6. Any municipality having bonds now outstanding Refunding may extend the time of payment thereof by the issue of refunding bonds, which shall be payable as herein provided. The maturity of such refunding bonds shall be so fixed that the entire time elapsing from the issue of the original bonds to the final maturity of the refunding bonds shall not exceed the time allowed by this act for the maturity of bonds used for the purpose of the original issue: Provided, That refund- Proviso. ing bonds may be issued to mature over any period not exceeding ten years from the date this act takes effect, even though such maturity may exceed the limit herein before fixed. Any municipality which has used the principal of any sinking fund or other trust fund for any purpose other than that for which it was created, and has not restored the same, may, at any time within two years after this act becomes effective, borrow money and issue funding bonds therefor for the purpose of restoring such sinking fund or other trust fund. Such funding bonds shall mature as herein provided, over a period not exceeding ten years. Funding or Term. refunding bonds authorized by this section may be issued by the governing body without a vote of the electors.

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SEC. 7. No bonds of any authorized issue of more than Sale of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be sold except at public bonds, notice sale, after notice by publication at least seven days before the sale, in a paper published or circulated in the state of Michigan which carries, as a part of its regular service, notices of the sale of municipal bonds. No bonds of any authorized issue of more than ten thousand dollars shall be sold except after like notice in such paper or in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there be none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The determination of the governing body of the qualifications of papers for such publication shall be conclusive. If no bids satisfactory to the governing body are received, the bonds may be sold at private sale, but no such private sale shall be made at a price less than the highest price which shall have been re

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