AN ACT To Amend Section Two of Chapter Twenty of “An Act relative to free schools in the city of Detroit,” approved February twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixtynine and amended March twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, March eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one and June eighth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. The people of the state of Michigan enact: Section 1. That section two of chapter twenty of an act relative to free schools in the city of Detroit, approved February twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and amended March twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, March eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and June eighth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: consist. When mem Sec. 2. The board of education of the city of Detroit shall Board of Education, of consist of seventeen school inspectors to be elected one from and whom to by each ward in the said city at the spring election held every alternate year when judges of the Supreme Court are now re- bers are to be quired to be elected; and hereafter each and every ward shall be entitled to one school inspector. At the spring election of the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine one in elected. spector for each the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth wards shall be elected to succeed the present inspectors from those wards whose terms of office expire in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and at the spring election of the year one thousand nine hundred and one, one inspector from each the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth wards shall be elected to succeed the inspectors whose terms expire in the year one thousand nine hundred and one. Each inspector Term of office. shall be elected for a period of four years from and after July Manner of holding election. first following his election, except in the seventeenth ward one inspector shall be elected at the spring election in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine to fill vacancy who shall take office immediately after said election. The votes to be cast for such inspectors shall be deposited in separate ballot boxes from those used for other than city officials, and the election shall be held and votes canvassed in the manner provided by the laws governing city elections. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved February 21, 1899. AN ACT To Amend Section thirteen of Act number four hundred seventy-nine of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one, entitled "An Act to establish a police government for the city of Detroit," and the acts amend atory thereof. The people of the state of Michigan enact: Section 1. That section thirteen "of act number four hundred seventy-nine of the session laws eighteen hundred seventy-one," entitled "An act to establish a police government for the city of Detroit," and the acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: powers of. Sec. 13. The superintendent or deputy superintendent, or Superintendany member of such police force, having just cause to suspect ent of Police, that any felony is being, or is about to be committed within any building, public or private, or on any wharf or enclosure or aboard of any ship, boat or vessel, within said city of Detroit, may enter the same at all hours of the day or night, to take all necessary measures for the effectual prevention of all felonies, and may take then and there into custody all persons being concerned in such felonies, and also may take charge of all property which he or they shall have then and there just cause to Members of Police force to serve subpoenas, etc. suspect have been stolen. The members of such police force shall also serve and execute all process and subpoenas issued in the recorder's court and the police court of said city; Provided, that it shall be the duty of said board of metropolitan police to cause to be brought before one of the police justices of the city of Detroit, at the police court in said city, every person arrested by any of the members of said police force on suspicion of felony or for any other cause, within thirty-six hours after such arrest, and such justice on hearing the grounds of such charge, may, by written order, remand such person to the custody of said police force, for the period of twenty-four hours, and from time to time thereafter, at intervals of twenty-four hours: Provided, Persons not to however, that no such person shall be actually detained in prison be detained longer than ten days. more than ten days by such order: And provided further, that if such person shall furnish a bond in such amount and with such sureties as such police justice may order, conditioned that such suspected person shall appear in said police court, on a day named, and from day to day thereafter as such police justice may order, to answer to any charge that may be preferred against him or her; then, on the furnishing of such bond, such suspected person shall be discharged from custody. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 1, 1899. AN ACT To Amend Section Thirty, Chapter Seven, of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide a charter for the city of Detroit and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and eightythree. The people of the state of Michigan enact: Section 1. That section thirty of chapter seven of an act, entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city of Detroit and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: and Sec. 30. The common council shall have power to provide for and regulate the election and appointment of all officers, for the removal from office, and for the filling of vacancies subject to the provisions of law; and may authorize and regulate the demand and receipt, by officers, of such fees and costs as in such cases the council may deem reasonable. It may also fix and regulate the compensation of all officers elected or appointed under or by virtue of any act relating to said city, except as may be otherwise provided; but the compensation of no officer, fixed by an annual or periodical salary, shall be diminished during Common Council to regulate election, and appointment of officers and fix salaries. |