Penalty for violation. owner of water front in or around said Saginaw bay or Tawas bay of his riparian rights under the laws of this State, except as to the location of nets thereon as herein provided. SEC. 10. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the jail of the county in which such violation shall occur for a term not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 28, 1907. Section amended. [No. 115.] AN ACT to amend section two of act one hundred fortyseven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, and to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," same being section four thousand eight hundred nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act thirty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, and act one hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act one hundred forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, and to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," same being section four thousand eight hundred nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act thirty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, and act one hundred sixtynine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, is hereby amended to read as follows: bond. Chippewa SEC. 2. There shall be elected at the election held on the Election of first Monday in April, nineteen hundred three, and every missioner of county comfourth year thereafter, in each county, one commissioner of schools. schools, whose term of office shall commence on the first day of July, next following his or her election, and who shall continue in office four years, or until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. The county commissioner of File oath and schools elected. under the provisions of this section shall file with the county clerk for the county for which he or she is elected, his or her oath of office and bond, the same as provided in section one of this act, and the county clerk shall make the same report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction in all respects as provided in section one of this act: Provided, That in the county of Chippewa the com- Proviso, as to missioner of schools heretofore elected on the first Monday county. in April, nineteen hundred three, shall hold office until the first day of January, nineteen hundred nine, or until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Hereafter in the said county of Chippewa, a commissioner of schools shall be elected at the general election to be held in November, nineteen hundred eight, and every fourth year thereafter, whose term of office shall commence on the first day of January next following his or her election: Provided, That in the Proviso, as to county of Lake the commissioner of schools heretofore elected on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred seven, shall hold office until the first day of January, nineteen hundred eleven, or until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Hereafter in the said county of Lake, a commissioner of schools shall be elected at the general election to be held in nineteen hundred ten and every fourth year thereafter, whose term shall commence on the first day of January next following his or her election. ̄ Approved May 28, 1907. Lake county. Sections amended. transfer. [No. 116.] AN ACT to amend sections seven and nine of act one hun- The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That sections seven and nine of act one hundred twenty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the maintenance, supervision and government of the Michigan School for the Blind, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith," being sections two thousand fifteen and two thousand seventeen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows: Time may re- SEC. 7. The period in which pupils shall be entitled to main in school. remain in said school shall be twelve years, or the board of control may, in cases where they deem it advisable, extend Dismissal and such time to fourteen years. This section shall not be so construed as to prohibit the said board of control from dismissing any pupil within the such period for persistent disobedience, immoral conduct, or other sufficient cause, neither shall anything in this act operate to prohibit the transfer of any child over the age of eighteen years to the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind upon consent granted by the board of control of the Michigan School for the Blind, and whenever, in the discretion of said board, the transfer of any such child will be for its best interests or the best interests of the said Michigan School for the Blind. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to make out and forward to the superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind, on or before the first day of November in each year, on blanks prepared for that purpose, a copy in detail of so much of the statistical information received by him by virtue of any law of this State as relates to the blind. It shall be the duty of each school census enumerator provided for in the general school laws of the State, within the district, ward, or portion thereof, allotted to him, to procure the name, age, residence, and the name and residence of the parents or guardians or persons in control or in charge of each blind child, and of each child whose vision is so defective as to make it impossible to properly educate such child in the public schools, between the ages of seven and nineteen years. Duty of secretary of state. Census enumerator. of blind chil etc. (a) The said enumerators in addition to their duties List of names now prescribed in the general school laws shall make a list dren, by whom of the names of all blind children, or children whose vision made, verified, is so defective as to make it impossible to properly educate them in the public schools, together with the data herein authorized to be secured, which list shall be verified by oath or affirmation of the person taking such census, by affidavit appended thereto, or inserted thereon, setting forth that it is a correct list of the names of all the children herein designated, residing within the particular school district, ward, or portion thereof. Said affidavit may be made before the township clerk or any other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments. Blanks for this purpose shall be furnished by the department of public instruction to the secretary of every school board within the State. The said To whom forlist shall, after it has been properly verified, and within the time prescribed by the general school laws for the filing of census lists, be forwarded by the secretaries of the said school boards to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and a copy thereof shall be filed with the proper officer of the township or city, as the case may be. The said Super Duty of Supt. Public Instrucintendent of Public Instruction shall, immediately upon re- tion. ceipt of the various lists, prepare and tabulate a report containing the name, age and residence of each blind child, and each child whose vision is so defective as to make it impossible for it to be properly educated in the schools for the seeing within this State, together with the names and residences of the parents, guardian, or person having the control of any such child, which report shall be forwarded to the superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind. warded. Michigan Blind. (b) It shall be the duty of every parent, guardian, or When children other person, having control or charge of any child or chil- Michi sent to dren in the State of Michigan, between the ages of seven and School for nineteen years who are blind, or whose vision is so defective as to make it impossible to have them properly educated in the schools for the seeing, to send such child, or children, to the Michigan School for the Blind, to be received at that school in accordance with the provisions of the statute, and the rules and regulations which are or may be prescribed by the board of control of said school: Provided, That the par- Proviso, ents, guardian or person having control of any such child exceptions. shall not be required to send them to the Michigan School for the Blind when they come within any one of the following classes: (1) Any child or children being educated in any private or parochial school; (2) Any child or children physically or mentally incompetent of being educated; (3) Any child or children over the age of seventeen years who have been taught and are employed and are working at a trade; Duty of superintendent of school. Truant officer. (4) Any child or children of the age of eighteen years employed at the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind; (c) It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind to furnish to the county commissioner of schools of every county, and to the secretary of the school board in every city or village, a list of the names of such children within such county, city or village, as come within the provisions of this act. Each truant officer shall, when notified by the board of control, or by the superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind, or by anyone appointed or designated by them, or by the county commissioner of schools, that there are within such village, city or county, as the case may be, children who come within the provisions of this act, investigate all such cases and report the conditions found to exist to the superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind, and the commissioners When superin- of schools of the county. The superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind shall, upon receipt of such report from any truant officer, determine whether or not the children in question are included within the provisions of this act, and if in his judgment such children are included within the provisions of this act, and are not included within the exempted classes named herein, he shall notify the proper When to en- truant officer, who, upon receipt of such notice, shall take such steps against the parents, guardian or other person having charge or control of any such child or children, to enforce the provisions of this act, as are now prescribed in act two hundred of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, as amended, relative to compulsory education under the general school law. tendent to notify truant officer. force act. Proceedings in indigent cases. (d) In case when such parent, guardian or other person, on account of indigent circumstances, are unable to furnish such child or children with transportation to and from such school, the board of trustees of the Michigan School for the Blind shall provide such transportation each year, and the said board of trustees may include therewith transportation for such parent, guardian or other person to said school and return, when the child is under twelve years of age, and for that purpose may issue a certificate directed to the Auditor General that said amount is necessary for the benefit of such individuals, who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor, and any such sums are hereby appropriated, and shall be paid out of any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise appropriated, and the Auditor General shall charge all such moneys, so drawn, to the county of which such parent, guardian or other person is a resident, or to which he or she shall belong, to be collected and returned to the general fund, the same as any State taxes are required to be by law. |