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have been given. The township clerk shall be ex officio Ex-officio member and the clerk of the board and the township treasurer shall be ex officio member and treasurer of the board, with the same power as other members of the board. Approved May 18, 1909.

[No. 98.]

AN ACT to amend section fifteen of chapter thirty-five of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relative to the preservation of the public health, quarantine, nuisances and offensive trades, being section one thousand six hundred forty-seven of Howell's annotated statutes, as amended, and being section four thousand four hundred twenty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred three.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Section fifteen of chapter thirty-five of the Section revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, relative to the preservation of the public health, quarantine, nuisances and offensive trades, being section one thousand six hundred forty-seven of Howell's annotated statutes, as amended, and being section four thousand four hundred twenty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, is hereby amended to read as follows:

quarantined.

board of

SEC. 15. When any person coming from outside the county When person or residing in any township, city or village within this may be State shall be infected or shall lately before have been in fected with a dangerous communicable disease, the board Duty of of health of the township, city or village where such per- health. son may be shall make effectual provision in the manner in which it shall judge best for the safety of the inhabitants, and it may remove such sick or infected person to a separate house if it can be done without danger to his health, and shall provide nurses and other assistance and necessaries which shall be at the charge of the person himself, his parents or other persons who may be liable for his support, if able: Provided, If such person, his parents or other person who Proviso. may be liable for his support, be not able to pay for such assistance and necessaries, the board of health shall keep an itemized and separate statement of expenses incurred for each and every person cared for under this section and shall render such statement to the board of supervisors

audit claims.

Supervisors to of the county by filing the same with the county clerk. The said board of supervisors shall, as soon as may be, proceed to audit the said bill, and if found that the expenses were necessarily incurred, the services actually and necessarily performed and the amounts claimed for such expenses and services are severally just and reasonable under the circumstances, the said board of supervisors shall allow the same or such parts thereof as the majority of the members elect of said board shall deem just, and provide for their immediate payment by the said county; and in auditing such accounts said several boards of supervisors shall have full power to examine into the merits of all claims presented to them in accordance with the provisions herein contained, and may subpoena witnesses and take any other measures necessary to arrive at the truth of the same; and the said board of supervisors is hereby empowered, if necessary, to issue orders or borrow money on the faith and credit of the county to pay all such necessary bills and expenses and to include the same in the next appropriation of money to be raised by taxation in said county: Provided, The board of supervisors or county board of auditors shall fix the maximum fee and mileage for medical attendance upon contagious diseases chargeable to the county, and shall authorize the superintendents of the poor, upon the application of any board of health of a township, city or village, to contract with a physician or physicians to attend contagious diseases. Approved May 18, 1909.

Payment of claims.

Proviso, fee for mileage and medical attendance.

Moneys,

[No. 99.]

AN ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of any county, or the board of auditors in those counties having a board of county auditors, to designate a bank or banks as a depository or depositories of county moneys, and prescribing the duties of certain officers relative thereto, and prescribing certain penalties for the violation of its provisions.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the county treasurer how deposited. of any county to deposit daily all moneys, drafts or checks on hand belonging to the county, in such bank or banks as may be designated by the board of supervisors, or the board of county auditors in counties having a board of county auditors, as hereinafter provided: Provided, That in case no such bank shall be located at the county seat of the county,

Proviso, deposits.

proviso.

such deposits shall be made as soon as practicable after such funds are received by such county treasurer: Provided Further further, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the county treasurer from keeping on hand in his office such reasonable sum as may be necessary in conducting the affairs of such office. All moneys so deposited in such bank or Interest. banks shall bear interest at such a rate to be approved by the board of supervisors or the board of county auditors, as the case may be, to be computed upon average daily balances, and placed to the credit of the county on the thirty-first day of December and the thirtieth day of June in each year, and at any time the account may be closed. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the county clerk of any Sealed bids. county, at least thirty days prior to the annual session of the board of supervisors in the year nineteen hundred nine, and not later than the first day of October in each year thereafter that a general election occurs, to send notices to each bank in the county soliciting sealed bids for the deposit of all public funds belonging to the county, said first designation to be for one year from and after the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred nine, but thereafter to be designated for a period of two years next ensuing, which said bids shall be by the clerk delivered unopened to the board of supervisors at its annual meeting, or to the county board of auditors at its first meeting next after the receipt of such proposals by the clerk, and they shall be opened and read, and such board may, for any reason by it deemed sufficient, reject any and all bids and order the disposition of such bids and funds as hereinafter specified. If one or Contract more of such bids shall be deemed satisfactory by such board, it may contract with such bank or banks tendering such satisfactory bid or bids for the safe keeping of all county funds and agreeing to give good and ample security for the safe keeping and reimbursement of the same whenever called for; said funds so held by such bank or banks Account to be subject to be drawn on account current by the county current. through its proper officer.

with bank.

SEC. 3. Before any deposit shall be made with any bank Bond. or banks as aforesaid, such bank or banks shall execute and deliver to the board of supervisors or the board of county auditors, as the case may be, a good and sufficient bond in an amount at least equal to the maximum amount to be deposited in such bank, and with such sureties as shall be approved by such board and the prosecuting attorney of the county. Said bonds shall be made to the county and shall be conditioned for the safe keeping and repayment of such moneys or any part thereof on demand and the payment of said interest, and shall contain such other conditions as may be required by the board of supervisors or the board of county auditors, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

Interest,

how credited.

Bonds, new and additional.

Deposits,

SEC. 4. All interest moneys so paid by any bank or banks on the deposits as aforesaid, shall be credited to and form a part of the general fund of the county.

SEC. 5. The board of supervisors or the board of county auditors is hereby authorized to require new and additional bonds or security from the county treasurer and from the depository or depositories at any time or times, when it shall deem the interest of the county requires it shall be done to protect the county against loss or risk of loss of any moneys deposited or to be deposited with such county treasurer or county depository or depositories.

SEC, 6. The board of supervisors or the board of county withdrawal of auditors, whenever it shall deem it unsafe to continue said deposits with any such bank or banks, or if it deem the security insufficient, may direct the county treasurer to withdraw said deposits from such bank or banks, and it shall thereupon be the duty of said treasurer to withdraw such deposits as so directed: Provided, That if any bank or banks should suspend payment of its deposits while it may hold deposits of said public moneys as a depository under the provisions of this act, the county treasurer and his bail or bondsmen shall not be liable for the amount of any loss that may be occasioned or sustained without the negligence of the county treasurer, by such suspension.

Proviso, county

treasurer, etc., not liable.

Powers and duties, how

performed.

SEC. 7. All powers conferred and duties imposed upon exercised and the boards of supervisors or the boards of county auditors under the provisions of this act, shall, in those counties having a board of county auditors, be exercised and performed by such board of county auditors exclusively.

Interest.

Penalty.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to keep the accounts of the treasurer with all banks or depositories, where any moneys of the county may be kept or deposited, upon the regular books of his office, so that each item of all such accounts shall appear thereon. All items of interest, which may become due the county from depositories, shall be entered on the books of the treasurer when received in such a manner that it shall appear upon what account and for what time such interest accrued.

SEC. 9. Any person guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this act shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 18, 1909.

[No. 100.]

AN ACT to amend section sixteen of act two hundred seventeen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws organizing asylums for the insane and to regulate the care, management and use thereof, and to provide for the apprehension of persons believed to be insane, and for their care and custody."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act two hundred seventeen Section of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled "An amended. act to revise and consolidate the laws organizing asylums for the insane and to regulate the care, management and use thereof, and to provide for the apprehension of persons believed to be insane, and for their care and custody," is hereby amended to read as follows:

petition for

asylum.

hearing.

service of.

SEC. 16. The father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sis- Who may ter or child of a person alleged to be insane, or the sheriff, admission of or any superintendent of the poor, or supervisor of any insane to township, or any peace officer within the county in which the alleged insane person resides or may be, may petition the probate court of said county for an order directing the admission of said person to an asylum or institution for the care of the insane, such petition to contain a statement: of the facts upon which the allegation of insanity is based and because of which the application for the order is made. Upon receiving such petition the court shall fix a day for Duty of court the hearing thereof and shall appoint two reputable phy- relative to sicians to make the required examination of the alleged insane person, whose certificate shall be filed with the court on or before such hearing. Notice of such petition, and of Notice, the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be served personally, at least twenty-four hours before the hearing, upon the person alleged to be insane, and if made by a sheriff or peace officer, also upon the father, mother, husband, wife or some one of the next of kin of full age, of such alleged insane person, if there be any such known to be residing within the county, and upon such of said relatives residing outside of the county and within this State as may be ordered by the court, and also upon the person with whom such alleged insane person may reside or at whose house he may be. This notice may be served in any part of the State. The court to whom the petition is presented may dispense with such personal service or may direct substituted service to be made upon some person to be designated by it. The court shall state in a certificate to be attached to the petition its reason for dispensing with personal service of such notice, and, if

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