ships, and issue bonds therefor; said moneys to be used in the building of a bridge across the Narrows of Glen Lake, on the line dividing the two townships, and also on the line of the "Manistee and Leland State road." The sum of three thousand dollars hereby authorized to be borrowed by each of the said townships, shall be due and payable in ten years from the date thereof, together with interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum. electors. SEC. 2. Such money shall not be borrowed nor such bonds Question to be issued, unless a majority of the qualified electors of each of submitted to said townships of Empire and Glen Arbor, voting at special township meetings in said townships, to be called or ordered by the respective township boards of said townships at any time after the taking effect of this act, shall vote in favor of said proposition; and the said township boards are hereby authorized and empowered to submit the question of said loan to the qualified electors of said townships, each for itself, at such special township meetings, giving due notice thereof, by causing the date, place of voting and object of said elections to be stated in printed or written notices, posted in at least five public places in each of said townships, not less than twelve days prior to said elections, which notices shall state the amount of money proposed to be borrowed. ballot. SEC. 3. The proposition of issuing the said bonds provided Form of for in section one of this act, shall be submitted to the elec-.' tors by ballot, which ballot shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, and in the following form: For the Glen Lake Narrows bridge loan-Yes. [ ] For the Glen Lake Narrows bridge loan-No. [ ] Said vote shall be canvassed in the same manner as the Vote, how votes cast at township meetings, and if, upon the canvassing of said vote, it shall be found that a majority of the electors voting upon such proposition have voted in favor of the same, the township boards shall be authorized to issue the bonds of their respective townships as provided in the first section of this act. canvassed. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the township boards of Amount to be said townships of Empire and Glen Arbor, to raise by tax raised by tax. upon the taxable property of the said townships, in each of the years following the making of the loan provided for by this act, in addition to the other taxes authorized by law to be assessed and collected in the said townships, an amount sufficient to pay one-tenth of the principal obligation and the interest on the amount unpaid. paid. SEC. 5. It is hereby made the duty of the township boards Interest on of said townships of Empire and Glen Arbor to issue to their bonds, how respective township treasurers, definite orders for the payment of the several installments of the interest on the loan in this act provided for, as the same shall become due, and for the creation and proper care and security of a sinking fund to be constituted from the sums to be raised annually therefor, the same being one-tenth of the total sum author- This act is ordered to take immediate effect.' Bond issue by village. Proviso. Question to be submitted to electors. [No. 530.] AN ACT to authorize the village of Lawrence, Van Buren county, Michigan, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, the proceeds of which are to be used to enable said village to erect a water works and lighting plant, to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The village of Lawrence, Van Buren county, shall be and is hereby authorized to borrow money on the faith and credit of said village, and issue bonds therefor to an amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of erecting a water works and lighting plant in said village: Provided, That two-thirds of the electors of said village voting at an election as hereinafter provided shall vote in favor of said loan in the manner specified in this act and not otherwise. SEC. 2. The question of raising the said money and issuing such bonds shall be submitted by the village board of said village to the electors thereof, at any regular annual election or on filing with the said board of a petition signed by not less than twelve electors of said village asking that an election be held by virtue of this act for the purpose herein specified and stating the amount desired to be borrowed for the purposes aforesaid. On receiving the said petition the said village board shall call a special election and the vote shall be taken as near as may be in accordance with the provisions of the statutes for holding special elections for the purpose of Election, how raising money by bonding villages. The proceedings at such special election shall be the same as at general elections held within said township, except that those electors voting for said loan shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For the loan of fifteen thousand dollars for a water works and lighting plant," and those voting against the loan shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "Against the loan of fifteen thousand dollars for a water works and lighting plant." conducted. issuance, pay SEC. 3. If said loan shall be authorized by two thirds of Relative to the electors voting at such election, said bonds may be issued ment, etc., in such sums not exceeding the amount authorized by such of bonds. election, and payable at such times with such rates of interest, not exceeding six per cent per annum, as said village board shall direct, and shall be signed by the president of said village and countersigned by the clerk of said village, and negotiated by and under the direction of said village board, and the moneys raised therefrom shall be applied, in such manner as the village board shall determine, to the erection and building of a water works and lighting plant in said village. And the said village board shall have the power and it shall be their duty to raise by taxes upon the taxable property of said village such sums as shall be sufficient to pay the amount of said bonds and the interest thereon from time to time as the same shall become due. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 531.] AN ACT to provide for the collection of assessments for public improvements within the city of Grand Rapids, on real estate belonging to steam railroad or railway corporations or companies, necessarily used in the operation of such roads within the city of Grand Rapids. Certain prop for improvements. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That freight houses, road-beds, rights of way erty subjeet and other premises belonging to any steam railroad or rail- to assessment way corporation or company, within the corporate limits of said city of Grand Rapids, which are necessarily used in the operating of the respective franchises of the owners of said railroads, are liable for all valid unpaid special assessments for public improvements hereafter made within the city of Grand Rapids and assessed against the same, but that no lien shall attach thereon on account of such assessments, and that the payment of such assessments shall not be enforced and collected out of the same, and that assessments of such classes of property shall be made in the same manner as the assessments of other property under the charter of said city, for special improvements, and that the assessment roll for such special taxes shall be prima facie evidence in any court, of the regularity of all proceedings leading up to the assessment and the making of said roll. to constitute SEC. 2. All special assessments made as aforesaid, against Assessments property of said railroad companies for public improvements lien. and all installments thereof, together with all interest, costs How collected, etc. and charges thereon, for enforcing the collection of the same, Unlawful to of certain river. [No. 532.] AN ACT to prevent the pollution of the water of Grand River above the city of Grand Rapids, to provide a system for disposing of certain sewage now emptied therein, and to make appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No sewage, drainage, domestic or factory refuse pollute waters or other polluting matter of any kind whatsoever, which parts of Grand either by itself, or in connection with other matter, will corrupt the quality of the water of Grand River for domestic use, or which will render such water injurious to health, shall be placed in or discharged, or suffer to be discharged, into the waters of Grand River, or of any brook, stream or branch thereof, or placed upon the ice thereof, or placed or suffered to remain upon or near the banks thereof, at any point along Grand River between the city of Grand Rapids and the mouth of the Thornapple River, or at any point along such brook, stream or branch thereof, and within twelve miles from the intake pipe of said city, measured along the river and such branch. Not to apply to tion of new system. SEC. 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the until installa Michigan Soldiers' Home until there is installed at the said home, a system for disposing of the sewage equal to or superior to the system now in use. The common council of the city of Grand Rapids, may upon the passage of this act procure and submit plans and specifications of proposed changes in the said system to the Michigan Soldiers' Home board. The said board shall upon receiving the said plans, thoroughly examine same and if in its discretion it shall de termine that the said proposed change shall be equal to or superior to the present system, it may adopt such plans and notify the said common council of its action. As soon as the plans and specifications for the proposed system have been accepted by the said board, the said city of Grand Rapids may take the necessary steps to cause all such changes to be made in accordance therewith, but under the control and direction of the said Michigan Soldiers' Home board. No more than one-half of the cost of installing such system shall be paid from such sum as is herein appropriated and the remainder of the cost shall be paid by the said city; but in no case shall the State be liable for an amount in excess of the said sum appropriated. In order to install said system, it shall be lawful for the duly authorized officers or agents of said city to enter upon the premises of the said home, and when all changes have been completed in accordance with said plans, it shall be the duty of the common council of said city to notify the said board, which is hereby given authority to accept same for and in behalf of the State. There is hereby Appropriaappropriated from the general fund the sum of five thousand dollars, which sum or any part thereof shall be used in order to carry out the provisions of this act. After the system of sewerage decided upon has been installed in the said home and accepted by the said board, the sum for which the State shall be liable shall be paid by the State Treasurer, upon the warrant of the Auditor General. tion. take effect. SEC. 3. This act shall take general effect immediately: Pro- When act to vided however, That any persons, corporations or institutions which have been and now are discharging impure substances Proviso. or sewage into such streams, in carrying on their regular business, or institutions, shall have reasonable time, not later than January first, nineteen hundred four, to provide other discharge or disposition of such sewage or impure matter before they shall be subject to the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. This act shall not apply to the fertilizing of farm or How applied. garden lands in the ordinary way. violation. SEC. 5. In case of any violation of the provisions of section In case of one, the city of Grand Rapids may proceed by injunction or otherwise to enforce such provision, and the circuit court for the county of Kent, in chancery, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such controversy, and make and enforce such order and decree as shall be necessary to make the provisions of this act effective. Approved June 16, 1903. |