candidates on of, etc. qualified electors of said district. All nomination petitions shall be filed by the respective candidates with said election commissioners at least five days before the election. The Position of said election commissioners shall after the time, during ballot." which nomination petitions may be filed, has elapsed, proceed to determine, by lot, the place which each candidate shall have upon the official ballot. And thereupon said com- Ballots, form missioners shall cause to be printed ballots in the same manner and form as near as may be, as now used in the election of city officers. They shall deliver said ballots when printed to the secretary of the board of education the day preceding the day of election. Nothing contained herein, however, shall be construed so as to prevent any elector from voting for any person by pasting or writing the name of his candidate or candidates in pencil on his ballot. . SEC. 4. The president and secretary of the board of edu- Inspectors of cation and one other trustee to be designated by the board, election. if not candidates for election, shall constitute a board of inspectors of such election, and if any of said three trustees be so disqualified, or shall not be present at the time of the opening of the polls or remain in attendance, the electors present may choose viva voce such number of electors present as shall constitute a board of three inspectors of such election. Each of said inspectors shall take the required oath to faithfully perform the duties of inspector of such election. The president of the board shall be chairman of the board of Chairman of inspectors; in his absence the inspectors shall elect one of inspectors. their number as such chairman. The qualifications of voters Qualifications at such election, or at any school district meeting shall be of voters. such as are or may hereafter be prescribed by the general school laws. The board of inspectors shall have the same Authority of authority and power in maintaining and enforcing order and inspectors. obedience to their lawful commands at such elections and during the canvass of the votes as are conferred by the general laws of the State upon school officers in similar cases. SEC. 5. The board of inspectors shall make a poll list Duties of of the names of persons voting at such election. They shall also have the last school census present at such election open for inspection by any citizen; they shall also have the right of access to the registration books of the several wards of the city, if they deem it necessary, and for that purpose they may require the city clerk to attend such election with such registers. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. inspectors. Sections amended. [No. 111.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter three and section one of chapter eight, as amended by act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other acts relative thereto," approved June two, eighteen hundred ninetyseven, the same being compiler's sections number four thousand three hundred nineteen and four thousand three hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act two hundred seventy-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter three and section one of chapter eight, as amended by act number two hundred fifty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other acts relative thereto," approved June two, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, the same being compiler's sections number four thousand three hundred nineteen and four thousand three hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows: Application whom signed. Proviso. CHAPTER III. SECTION 1. Before the commissioner takes any action for drain, by toward locating, establishing or extending, straightening, deepening or widening any drain there shall be filed with him an application signed by not less than ten freeholders of the township or townships in which such drain or the lands to be drained thereby and to be assessed therefor may be situated; also by not less than one-half of the freeholders whose lands are traversed by such drain: Provided, That five or more of said signers shall be owners of lands liable to assessments for benefits in the construction of such drain: Provided further, That where there are only five or less property owners liable to assessments for benefits, onehalf of all such owners of lands so liable shall be necessary and sufficient upon such application, giving a general description of the beginning, the route and the terminus thereof. And in case any county drain commissioner shall, guilty of mis- directly or indirectly, interest himself in securing signatures to an application for any drain he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined Further proviso. When commissioner demeanor. not to exceed fifty dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and the office of such drain commissioner shall be deemed vacant, and the drain commissioner so convicted shall be incapable of again holding the office of county drain commissioner. Such applicants Liability of applicants for shall be jointly and severally liable for all costs and excosts. penses in case the county drain commissioner upon examination or upon examination and survey shall determine that the same is unnecessary or impracticable or in case the proceedings shall be dismissed for other cause. If the per- Suit for costs. sons signing such application shall refuse to pay such costs and expenses the county drain commissioner shall bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction, and collect such costs and expenses with costs of suits. If, upon the presenta- Additional tion of such application, the county drain commissioner signatures. shall deem the financial responsibility of the applicants insufficient, he shall have the right to return such application for additional signatures. CHAPTER VIII. out. to examine. SECTION 1. Whenever a drain, or any portion thereof, Application needs cleaning out, one-third of all owners of land traversed for cleaning by such drain may make application in writing to the county drain commissioner by whom it was constructed or to his successors in office, setting forth its necessity, and the county drain commissioner shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, Commissioner go upon the line thereof and carefully examine such drain, and if, in his judgment, the request of the applicants should be granted, he shall fix the per cent of the cost of cleaning out, that the owner or owners of the lands benefited thereby shall be assessed therefor: Provided, That such assessment Proviso, shall be made according to benefits and shall be subject to assessment. appeal the same as in the first instance, except that in all cases under this section where drains are only cleaned out, the cost thereof may, in the discretion of the drain commissioner, be assessed upon the same per cent fixed for the construction thereof: And Provided further, That whenever any Further drain shall need straightening, deepening or widening, the proviso, deepsame proceedings shall be had throughout in every respect as are provided in this act for the locating and constructing of a drain in the first instance. Drains may be cleaned out, deepened, widened, or straightened and for any or all such improvements only one application and proceeding will be necessary. It shall not be necessary for the applicants in Description. such proceedings to further describe the drain or drains involved, than by referring to the recorded name or names thereof, but a reference to a drain, describing it by its com ening, etc. Proceedings for water course. Proviso, river. mencement, terminus and general direction shall be suf- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Granting of teachers' certificates without [No. 112.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred thirty-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetythree, entitled "An act to authorize the State Board of Education to grant teachers' certificates in certain cases," being section four thousand eight hundred five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred thirtysix of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to authorize the State Board of Education to grant teachers' certificates in certain cases," being section four thousand eight hundred five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. The State Board of Education is hereby empowered to grant teachers' certificates without examination to examination. any person who has received a bachelor's, master's or doctor's degree from any college in this State having a course of study actually taught in such college of not less than four years in addition to the preparatory work necessary for admission to the University of Michigan, and in addition to or as a part of such work a course in the science and art of teaching of at least one college year of five and a half hours per week, and in connection with this special course each student shall have had opportunity for observation of the actual work done in the grades of and high schools of the public schools. The special course of study herein prescribed shall have been approved by the State Board of Education before any graduate of such institution shall receive a teach Special courses, etc., approval of. cates. ers' certificate, and before any certificate shall be issued to any person the faculty of such college shall give to the State Board of Education its recommendation for each student, stating that in the judgment of the faculty the applicant is entitled to receive such certificate and that the applicant has taken the prescribed course in the science and art of teaching and observation of public school work. Each person making application to the State Board of Education for a teachers' certificate under the provisions of this act shall be thoroughly examined by the faculty of the college and shall be entitled to a diploma from such college. The character of the examination shall be such as to show the qualification and fitness of the person for teaching. If the person making Life certifiapplication for such certificate shall furnish to the said State Board of Education satisfactory proof of having taught successfully for three years prior to graduation from said college, said certificate shall be a life certificate, but if such proof is not furnished said board, then the certificate granted shall be for four years only and a life certificate may at any Limited term time thereafter be issued by said board upon the filing with the said board of satisfactory proof that the applicant has taught successfully for three years. Such certificate shall Authority of entitle the holder to teach in any of the public schools of this State without examination, provided a copy of said certificate shall have been filed or recorded in the office of the legal examining officer or officers of the county or city in which such person is to teach, and such certificate shall be revoked only by the State Board of Education and by said board only for cause after a personal hearing of the case. Approved May 28, 1907. certificate. certificate. [No. 113.] AN ACT to prohibit the spearing or taking of fish by any device whatsoever, except with hook and line, in Cedar river in Ingham county, in Grand river in the counties of Ingham and Eaton, and in the waters of Spring brook in the county of Eaton, and in the waters of or inlet or outlet of Pine lake, Ingham county, and to provide a penalty for violations thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. It shall hereafter not be lawful for any per- Unlawful to son to take with spear, or any device whatsoever, except with hook and fish except line. |