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SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved April 1, 1921.

Fire protec

for.

[No. 29.]

AN ACT authorizing townships to appropriate money for the purpose of affording fire protection to unincorporated villages therein.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Whenever there shall exist within any towntion, provision ship, any unincorporated village, the boundaries of which are limited and defined by any recorded plat or plats, the township may, at the annual meeting thereof, vote a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for the purpose of providing suitable and adequate fire protection for such unincorporated village, by the purchase of a fire engine, hose, ladders, chemicals, and other fire-fighting apparatus which, when purchased, shall be located and housed within such village.

Assessment of

tax.

Petition, filing,

etc.

SEC. 2. One-half the sum so voted shall be spread upon the tax roll of the township at large, and the other half shall be spread upon the taxable property within such unincorporated village in addition to the other township taxes levied therein. For such purpose, such unincorporated village shall constitute a special assessment district, and all such taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and by the same officials as are other township taxes.

SEC. 3. No township shall appropriate money for such purpose of fire protection excepting upon the petition of at least two-thirds of the resident tax payers in such unincorporated village, which petition shall be filed with the township board at least thirty days before the time fixed for the annual township election.

Approved April 5, 1921.

[No. 30.]

AN ACT to amend section sixteen of act number three hundred two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto, operated upon the public highways of this state, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds and to exempt from all other taxation such motor vehicles so specifically taxed, registered, identified and regulated, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," being section four thousand eight hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act number three hundred Section amended. two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto, operated upon the public highways of this state, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds and to exempt from all other taxation such motor vehicles so specifically taxed, registered, identified and regulated, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," being section four thousand eight hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

etc.

SEC. 16. Brakes, horns, lamps, et cetera. Every motor Brakes, horn, vehicle, operated and driven upon the public highways of this state, shall be provided with adequate brakes sufficient to control the vehicle at all times and a suitable and adequate bell, horn or other device for signaling and shall during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise display at least one lighted lamp on the front and one on the rear of such vehicle, which shall also display a red light visible from the rear. The white rays of such rear lamp shall shine upon the number plate carried on the rear of such vehicle. The Visibility. light of the front lamp shall be visible at least two hundred feet in the direction in which the motor vehicle is proceeding. Every motor vehicle or other vehicle equipped with and using Dimmers. electric light or lights upon any of the public highways of this state, shall be provided and equipped with some practical and efficient device or devices whereby the forward light or lights

eycle, etc., light; visibility.

of such vehicle may be dimmed or lessened at the will of the driver or chauffeur to such an extent that such electric light or the reflection therefrom through said forward light or lights will not interfere with the sight of nor temporarily blind the vision of the driver of an approaching vehicle; and it shall be the duty of every chauffeur or driver of such motor vehicle or other vehicle equipped with and using electric lights upon the public highways of this state to effectually apply such dimmer to the forward light or lights of the vehicle being driven by him and cause such light or lights to be dimmed and lessened so as not to interfere with the sight or temporarily blind the Proviso, motor vision of the driver of any approaching vehicle: Provided, That motor bicycles or motorcycles shall be required to display but one lighted lamp, such lamp to be placed on the front of the vehicle so that it shall be visible one hundred feet in the direction in which the motor vehicle is proceeding. There shall be displayed on the face of such lamp the registration number in figures not less than one inch in height, and placed thereon in such manner so that when the lamp is lighted the number may be read at a distance of at least fifty feet: Provided further, That all cars parked within the limits of any public highway, or permitted to stand thereon, at any time during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, shall have displayed thereon a front and a rear Further pro- light: Provided further, That every motor truck, omnibus and

Further proviso, cars parked.

viso, mirrors.

Proviso, not applicable to cities.

all motor commercial vehicles of one and one-half tons capacity or more, operating upon the public highways of this state, shall be equipped with a mirror or other reflecting device so adjusted or adjustable that the operator of such truck shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such truck: Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to cities.

Approved April 5, 1921.

Section

amended.

[No. 31.]

AN ACT to amend section one of chapter six of act number one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section five thousand seven hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1.

Section one of chapter six of act number one hundred sixty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred

eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section five thousand seven hundred twelve of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number forty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER VI.

sites, etc., may

SEC. 1. Any school district may, by a majority vote of the School house qualified voters of said district present at an annual meeting for or at a special meeting called for that purpose, borrow money, and may issue bonds of the district therefor, to pay for a schoolhouse site or sites, or to pay for an addition or additions of territory to a schoolhouse site or sites, and to erect and furnish school buildings. The district board, or board of education, shall estimate the amount of money necessary to be raised and shall state their estimate in the notices of the annual or special meeting, at which the question of borrowing money and issuing bonds shall be submitted to the people; and at said meeting the voters shall have power to Referendum. ratify by vote aforesaid the estimate of the district board,

or board of education, or to fix a new limit on the amount to

viso, board of

be borrowed and for which bonds may be issued: Provided, Limit of in-
That no school district shall issue bonds for an amount debtedness.
greater than fifteen per cent of the total assessed valuation
of said district nor shall the bonded indebtedness of a district
extend beyond the period of thirty years for money borrowed:
Provided further, That in all proceedings under this section, Further pro-
the district board and one person selected by the qualified inspectors.
voters present at said meeting shall constitute a board of in-
spectors, who shall cause a poll list to be kept and a suitable
ballot box to be used, and the polls shall be kept open at
least two hours. The votes shall be by ballot, either printed Vote by
or written, or partly printed and partly written, and the ballot.
canvass of the same shall be conducted in the same manner
as at township elections, or so far as the laws governing the
same are applicable, and when said laws are not applicable
the board of inspectors shall prescribe the manner in which
the canvass shall be conducted.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 6, 1921.

7

Section amended.

Distribution
of Public Acts.

[No. 32.]

AN ACT to amend section two of act number forty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers, and public institutions of this state now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the state of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act," as amended by act number two hundred twenty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, being compilers' section eight hundred twenty-one of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section two of act number forty-four of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers, and public institutions of this state now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of the state of Michigan, and to repeal act number one hundred twenty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred eightynine, approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, act number twenty of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act," as amended by act number two hundred twenty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, being compilers' section eight hundred twenty-one of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. There shall be published of the volume containing the Public Acts of each session of the legislature sufficient number of copies to supply the following persons, officers, libraries, corporations, and societies with one copy each,

Libraries of all state departments, boards, commissions and institutions, members of the legislature passing such acts, senators and representatives of this state in congress; the secretary of state of the United States, the United States

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