board for the purpose of deliberation, but who shall have no vote therein,) shall be a body corporate, to be known and dis- How known. tinguished by the name and style of "The Board of Education of the city of Detroit," and in that name may be capable of Powers of. suing and being sued, and of holding, and selling, and conveying real and personal property, as the interest of the said free schools may require. board. Sec. 6. The board of education (a majority whereof shall Meeting of form a quorum) may meet, from time to time, at such place in said city as they shall designate. They may elect one of their Board to own number president, and in the absence of the president at dent. any meeting, a majority of the inspectors present may choose one of their number president pro tem. elect a presi of superin free schools. board. Sec. 7. The said board shall annually, at the first regular Appointm❜nt meeting in July, appoint a suitable person as superintendent tendent of of free schools under their control, and they shall, also, at the same meeting in July, appoint a treasurer of said board, Treasurer of who shall have the keeping of all moneys belonging to said schools, and said treasurer shall not pay out or expend the school moneys without the authority of said board; and said Bond of. treasurer shall also be required to give bonds in such penal sum as the board shall deem necessary, for the faithful performance of his duties. board to re from county etc., for li laws, etc., census. Sec. 8. The board of education shall have full power and au- Power of thority, and it shall be their duty to apply for and receive from ceive money the county treasurer, or other officer, all moneys appropriated treasurer, for primary schools and district library of said city, and to braries. designate a place where the library may be kept. The said To make byboard shall also have full power and authority to make by-laws relative to and ordinances relative to taking the census of all children in said city, between the ages of five and twenty years; relative to Reports. making all necessary reports, and transmitting the same to the proper officers, as designated by law, so that said city may be entitled to its proportion of the primary school fund; rela- Visitation of tive to visitation of schools; relative to the length of time" schools shall be kept, which shall not be less than three (3) schools. of teachers. of schools To appoint officers. Employment months in each year; relative to the employment and examiRegulation nation of teachers-their powers and duties; relative to reguand books. lation of schools, and the books to be used therein; relative to the appointment of necessary officers, and prescribing their powers and duties; relative to anything whatever that may advance the interests of education, the good government and prosperity of the free schools in said city, and the welfare of the public concerning the same. Jurisdiction of recorder's court. Annual statement Sec. 9. The recorder's court shall have jurisdiction of all suits wherein the said board may be a party, and all prosecutions for violation of its by-laws and ordinances. Sec. 10. The said board shall annually publish in some newsand contents paper of the city, (or in pamphlet form,) a statement of the number of schools in said city, the number of pupils instructed therein the year preceding, the several branches of education pursued by them, and the expenditures for all things authorized by this act. Library. Common council to penses. Sec. 11. The board of education shall establish and maintain a district library. Sec. 12. The common council are hereby required, once in raise money each year, to assess and levy a tax on all the real and personal by tax, for school ex. property in the said city, according to the city assessment rolls of that year, which shall not be less than four dollars for every child in said city between the ages of five and twenty years, the number of children to be ascertained by the last report on the subject, on file in the office of the clerk of the county of Wayne, or in the office of the secretary of said board of education, and certified by the president thereof; and said tax shall be collected in the same manner as the moneys raised to defray the general expenses of the said city; and all said moneys shall be disbursed by the authority of said board for the maintenance and support of said schools, and for no other purpose. Board of ed- Sec. 13. That it shall be the duty of the board of education make esti- of the city of Detroit, annually to make an estimate of the penses. amount of taxes deemed necessary for the ensuing, or then ucation to mate of ex current year, for all purposes of expenditure within the powers of said board, which estimate shall specify the amounts required for the different objects of expense as particularly as may be, including teachers' salaries, purchase of lots, buildings, repairs, fuel, and general current expenses. may be board of ed Sec. 14. That for purchasing lots, and paying for lots al- Extra tax ready purchased in said city for the use of the free schools levied thereof, and for erecting school-houses, with the necessary outbuildings, fixtures, and furniture on any lots now owned by said board in said city, or which said board may hereafter acquire, the said board is hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect, in addition to all other taxes authorized by this act to be assessed and levied for school purposes in the city of Detroit, a sum not to exceed in any one year five mills on the dollar of all the taxable valuation of the real and personal property in said city; said tax, when so levied and col- Treasurer of lected as provided in section twelve of this act, shall be paid to ucation to the treasurer of said board of education, on the order of the president thereof, and shall vest in said board for the sole purposes hereinbefore stated: Provided, That it shall be compe- Proviso. tent for the common council of the city of Detroit to issue the bonds of said city for the whole or any part of the said tax, not exceeding in any one year five mills on the dollar of the taxable valuation of the real or personal property as aforesaid, said bonds to run twenty years, but payable at any time after five years, and bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum. receive tax. approved at meeting. Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the president of said board Tax must be of education to submit, or cause to be submitted to the ap- citizens' proval of the citizens of said city, at the meeting required by law to be held for the approval of such annual taxes voted by the common council of said city, as require such approval of a citizens' meeting, the said tax, not exceeding five mills on the dollar of the taxable valuation of the real and personal property as aforesaid; and the said citizens' meeting may, if said Citizens to estimate shall be approved, determine what portion of said tax how money shall be levied and collected in that year, and what portion paid. determine shall be When receiver of raised by the issue of the bonds of the city provided in section fourteen of this act. Sec. 16. When the collectors of said city shall have made their taxes to no- final returns of the collection of taxes, the receiver of taxes of tify secre. tary of board When city treasurer to said city shall thereupon notify the secretary of said board of education, stating the whole amount of school tax provided for in this act, the amount collected, and the amount returned by them as unpaid or uncollected. Sec. 17. The city treasurer shall, on the order of the said pay moneys board, pay to the treasurer of the said board of education, the to treasurer of board. Taxes to be set forth in separate column. Power of moneys accruing from the taxes provided for in this act for the support of the said free schools, taking his receipt therefor, endorsed on the back of the president's order, and also a duplicate receipt, which he shall file with the secretary of the said board. Sec. 18. That all taxes which have been or may hereafter be assessed and levied by the common council, under and by virtue of the authority conferred by this act, shall be set forth in the assessment roll of said city, in a separate column, apart and distinguished from all other city taxes. Sec. 19. That said board of education may from time to time, on such term or terms of payment as they may deem proper, issue bonds. borrow a sum or sums of money for temporary purposes, not board, to borrow money and exceeding in all the sum of fifteen thousand [dollars] ($15,000), for the purposes of the free schools, as specified in this act, and to issue the bonds of said board in such form, and executed Bonds to be a in such manner as said board may direct. The bonds issued property of under this act shall be a charge upon all the property of said charge upon board. Proviso. Non-resident tax-payer may send scholars. board, which shall constitute a security for the payment thereof: Provided, That the said board shall issue no bond for a less sum than five hundred dollars. Sec. 20. Any non-resident paying taxes in the said school district of the city of Detroit, may send scholars to any school therein, and such persons shall for that purpose have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a resident of said district. repealed. Sec. 21. All acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with this act, Acts heretofore passed, pertaining to the free schools of the city of Detroit, are hereby repealed. Sec. 22. This act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 234. ] AN ACT to amend section one, of act number two hundred and ninety-one, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Hubbardston," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. amended. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Section section one, of act number two hundred and ninety-one, of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Hubbardston," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Boundaries. all of that tract of country situated in the counties of Ionia and Clinton, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: The east half, and the east half of the west half of section number twelve; the north-east quarter, and the east half of the north-west quarter of section thirteen, township eight north, of range five west; and the west half of the west fractional half of section seven; and the west half of the northwest fractional quarter of section eighteen, in township eight north, of range four west, be and the same is hereby constituted a village corporate, by the name of the village of Hubbardston. Sec. 2. This act shall take immediate effect. |