(d) To vote the taxes necessary in addition to other school May vote funds for teachers' wages which shall be accounted for under tax. the title of "general fund," and if no high school be established, to vote such taxes as may be necessary to pay the tuition of any and all children of high school age resident in such township, to high schools already established, and to vote such taxes as may be necessary for the regular running expenses of the school, which shall include school furnishings and all appendages, library, the care of school property, record books and blanks, and all apparatus and material which may be necessary in order that the schools may be properly managed and maintained, and such taxes when col lected and received by the treasurer of the board shall be accounted for under the title "general fund." All moneys received from penal fines for library purposes and all moneys received for buildings and sites shall be kept in separate accounts under proper title: Provided, That when the dis- Proviso. trict or the board has voted a tax for any legal purpose and the money is needed before the tax can be levied and collected the board may borrow on the warrant of the district a sum not to exceed the amount of tax voted for such purpose; taxes voted. (e) Between the second Monday of July and the first Report of Monday of August in each year, to make out and deliver to the township clerk a report in writing, signed by the president and secretary, of all taxes for school purposes voted by the district and by the district board, to be levied on the taxable property of the district; moneys, uses, (f) To apply and pay over all school moneys belonging School to the district in accordance with the provisions of the law etc. regulating the same, and no money raised by tax shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it was raised without the consent of a majority of the taxpaying voters of the district present at an annual meeting or a special meeting, and no moneys received from the primary school interest fund shall be appropriated to any other use than the payment of teachers' wages, except as hereinafter provided, and no money received for teachers' wages shall be paid to any person who is not the holder of a proper certificate of qualification authorizing him to teach, and granted to said person before the commencement of his school. The board shall not apply any moneys received by it from any source for the support or maintenance of any school of a sectarian character, whether the same be under the control of any religious society or made sectarian by the school board; etc., of (g) To have the care and custody of all school property Custody, and to provide suitable school privileges and sanitary con property. ditions for all schools, a suitable water supply and all record books and blanks; (h) To specify the studies to be pursued in the schools Studies. of the district and adopt a suitable course of study for said schools; and the secretary shall make a record of such adoption. Textbooks once adopted under the provisions of this books. act shall not be changed within five years except by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the district Proviso, text present at any annual or special meeting: Provided, That in the adoption of textbooks the board shall provide for instruction in the subject of physiology and hygiene with special reference to the nature of alcohol and narcotics and their effects upon the human system, and sanitary science. Textbooks adopted in this subject shall give at least onefourth of their space to the consideration of such subjects, and for the high schools such books shall contain at least twenty pages of such matter, and the instruction in this subject shall be given in such manner and at such times as may be suited to the grade of the pupils. The textbooks used in giving such instruction shall first be approved by the State Board of Education. Each teacher or superintendent shall report to the board of education at the close of each term or year in regard to the quantity and character of such special instruction in the subject of alcohol and narcotics, and the secretary of the board shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that such instruction has been given; Approval. Rules and regulations. Non-resident pupils, tuition of, etc. Census. School term. Proviso. (i) To have the general care of the schools of the district and make and enforce suitable rules and regulations for the general management of the schools and for the preservation of the property of the district, and to purchase at the expense of the district such textbooks as may be necessary for the use of children whose parents are not able to furnish same. The board may authorize or order the suspension or expulsion from school of any pupil guilty of gross misdemeanor or persistent disobedience, or one having habits or bodily conditions detrimental to the school, whenever in its judgment the interests of the school may demand it; (j) The board may admit to the schools of the township any non-resident pupils and determine the rate of tuition of such pupils and collect same. Children who are being cared for at county expense shall be admitted to the school in the township which is nearest the county house or in which the county house may be located, on the same terms that nonresident pupils are admitted. When non-resident pupils, their parents or guardians, pay a school tax in said district such children shall be admitted to the schools of the district, and the amount of such school tax shall be credited on their tuition in a sum not to exceed the amount of such tuition; (k) To make rules relative to the taking of census of all children resident in said township district five years of age and under twenty years, and to make all necessary reports and transmit the same to the proper officers as designated by law so that the district may be entitled to its proportion of the primary school fund; (1) To fix the length of time school shall be kept in all the schools of the township, which shall be the same for all schools and not less than five months in each year: Provided, That all persons, residents of any township school proviso. district and five years of age, shall have an equal right to attend any school therein, and no separate school or department shall be kept for any person on account of race or color: Provided further, That this shall not be construed to pre- Further vent the classifying and grading of the schools according to the intellectual progress of the pupils, such grades to be taught in such separate places as may be deemed expedient; (m) To establish and maintain a district library and Library. provide for its care and management; (n) To establish and maintain a high school or high High school. schools for the township and determine the qualifications for admission thereto: Provided, That if a township high Proviso. school be not maintained the board of education shall pay out of the funds hereinbefore provided for, the tuition of any and all children of high school age who desire to attend high schools; (0) To authorize the secretary to purchase and provide Material, etc. such incidental apparatus and material as may be deemed advisable for the schools, and to audit and order the payment of all accounts for such expenses and material; ent, duties, (p) To employ a superintendent of schools for the town- Superintendship, and to employ such other officers and servants as may be etc. necessary for the management of the schools and school property, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. The superintendent of schools herein provided for shall be the holder of at least a state life certificate or a normal school diploma, or he shall have educational qualifications equivalent thereto and shall be the holder of a diploma from a college or university of recognized standing, and he shall have the following duties: First, To recommend in writing all teachers necessary for the schools, and to suspend any teacher for cause, until the board of education or a committee of such board may consider such suspension; Second, To classify and control the promotion of pupils; Third, To recommend to the board the best methods of arranging the course of study and the proper textbooks to be used; Fourth, To make reports in writing to the board of education and to the Superintendent of Public Instruction annually or oftener if required; Fifth, To supervise and direct the work of the teachers; Sixth, To assist the board in all matters pertaining to the general welfare of the school, and to perform such other duties as the board may determine; (q) To hire and contract with such legally qualified teachers as may be required, and all contracts shall be in writing and signed by a majority of the board in behalf of the district. Said contracts shall specify the wages agreed upon and require the teachers to keep a correct record of all school work, the number of pupils, the classification and grading, the aggregate and average attendance and the per Proviso. When district divided. When limits altered. Proviso. centage of attendance, and to furnish the secretary with a correct copy of the same at the close of school. The contracts shall also require the board to provide all proper material and keep the school property in proper and sanitary condition. The contract shall be filed with the secretary and a duplicate furnished the teacher. A contract with a person not holding a legal certificate of qualification shall be invalid and all contracts shall terminate if the certificate of the teacher shall expire by limitation within its term, or if the certificate be suspended or revoked by proper authority: Provided, That in case of illness of the teacher or when a legally qualified teacher cannot be found by the board or by the commissioner of schools, a person otherwise qualified but not holding a certificate may be employed temporarily as a supply, and such supply service shall be paid from the general fund. A school month within the meaning of the school laws shall consist of four weeks of five days in each week; (r) And to do all things needful and necessary for the maintenance, prosperity, and success of the schools of the district and the promotion of the thorough education of the children thereof. SEC. 24. When any township district comprising one township shall be divided into two or more townships or when any two townships are consolidated for school purposes, the existing board or boards of trustees shall continue to act for all the townships until the same shall have been organized and the township boards of trustees duly elected and qualified therein. Immediately after such organization the township boards of education of each of the townships shall meet in joint session and direct an appraisal of all the school property of the former township to be made. When such appraisal has been made said township board of education shall make an equitable division of the existing assets and liabilities of the school districts of such former township, basing their apportionment upon the amount of taxable property in the township divided, as shown by the last assessment roll of such former township. When the township district shall be altered in its limits by annexing a portion of its territory to another township or townships, the township boards of education of such townships shall, immediately after such alteration, meet in joint session and make an equitable division of the assets and liabilities of the school districts of the township from which the territory has been detached, basing their division upon the amount of taxable property as the same shall appear upon the last assessment roll of such township: Provided, That any township school district operating under a special act, the original act of which was passed at one of the sessions of the legislature be tween eighteen hundred ninety-three and nineteen hundred seven, inclusive, and not having within its borders a village. or city of more than five hundred population, shall operate under the provisions of this act after the annual meeting in election of. July, nineteen hundred twenty-two, without reorganization. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 134.] AN ACT to amend section four of act number two hundred ninety-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act concerning industrial banks, defining the same and providing for their incorporation, powers, supervision and control," as amended by act number four hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section four of act number two hundred ninety- Section six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled amended. "An act concerning industrial banks, defining the same and providing for their incorporation, powers, supervision and control," as amended by act number four hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. Upon making and filing articles of incorporation the Powers. industrial bank shall become a body corporate and as such shall have power: |