[No. 408.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number four hundred forty-two of the local acts of nineteen hundred three, being "An act to amend section one of chapter seventeen of act number two hundred fifty-one of the local acts for the year eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled 'An act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Ishpeming,' as amended by act number three hundred seventeen of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, and act number four hundred seventeen of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and act number three hundred fifty-six of the local acts of nineteen hundred one, approved March twenty-eight, nineteen hundred one." The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section one of act number four hundred forty- Section two of the local acts of nineteen hundred three, being "An act to amend section one of chapter seventeen of act number two hundred fifty-one of the local acts for the year eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled 'An act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Ishpeming,' as amended by act number three hundred seventeen of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, and act number four hundred seventeen of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and act number three hundred fifty-six of the local acts of nineteen hundred one, approved March twenty-eight, nineteen hundred one," is hereby amended to read as follows: constitute one school SECTION 1. Said city shall constitute one school district, City shall the boundaries of which shall be the same as the boundaries of the city, and shall be known and called "District Number district. One of the City of Ishpeming;" and the annual school meet- Annual ing and election of members of the school board in said district shall be held on the first Monday of September, in each year. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. meeting. Act amended. School inspectors, may organize change [No. 409.] AN ACT to amend act number three hundred fifty-seven of the local acts of nineteen hundred one, approved March twenty-eight, nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to determine the territory to be embraced in, and to reorganize the school districts of the township of Marion in Osceola county," by adding a new section thereto to stand as section fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number three hundred fifty-seven of the local acts of nineteen hundred one, approved March twentyeight, nineteen hundred one, entitled "An act to determine the territory to be embraced in, and to reorganize the school districts of the township of Marion in Osceola county," is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to stand as section number fifteen, and to read as follows: SEC. 15. The board of school inspectors shall have power to organize new districts from the territory embraced in this new districts, township, and make such changes in the boundaries of any school district, as may be necessary from time to time, and have like powers as are vested in the boards of school inspectors of townships by the general school laws of the State of Michigan. boundaries. etc. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Bond issue legalized. [No. 410.] AN ACT to legalize and make valid certain school district bonds issued by school district number four, Ecorse township, Wayne county, on the twentieth day of October, A. D. nineteen hundred four. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The action of school district number four, Ecorse township, Wayne county and the action of the district board thereof in issuing forty-two hundred dollars of the bonds of said school district to Matthew Finn of the city of Detroit on the twentieth day of October, A. D. nineteen hundred four, for the purpose of completing the Dunn schoolhouse in said district, is hereby ratified, confirmed and legalized with like force and effect as if said school district and the district board thereof had, at the time of the issue of said bonds, due and full legal authority to issue the same, This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 411.] AN ACT to legalize and make valid certain school district The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The action of school district number four, Bond! issue Ecorse township, Wayne county and the action of the dis- legalized. trict board thereof in issuing sixty-four hundred dollars of refunding bonds of said school district to Matthew Finn of the city of Detroit on the twentieth day of October A. D. nineteen hundred four, for the purpose of refunding a like amount of outstanding valid bonds of said school district, is hereby ratified, confirmed and legalized with like force and effect as if said school district and the district board thereof had, at the time of the issue of said bonds, due and full legal authority to issue the same, said bonds having been irregularly issued under the provisions of chapter one hundred sixteen of the compiled laws of the State of Michigan of eighteen hundred ninety-seven and acts amendatory thereof. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 23, 1905. [No. 412.] AN ACT to repeal act number four hundred fifteen of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to organize the township of Union, in the county of Grand Traverse, into a single school district, under the unit system." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number four hundred fifteen of the local Act repealed. acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to organize the township of Union, in the county of Grand Trav erse, into a single school district, under the unit system," is This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Bond issue authorized. Amount. Form of, who to determine. Moneys, how used. First. Second. Payment of, how provided for. Proviso, as to submitting question to electors. [No. 413.] AN ACT to authorize the village of Marion, in the county of Osceola, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of installing in said village a system of water works and an electric lighting plant for the use of said village. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The village council of the village of Marion, in the county of Osceola and the State of Michigan, is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on the faith and credit of said village, a sum not to exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, for a term of not less than ten nor more than thirty years, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable annually; and to execute and issue the coupon bonds of said village therefor in such form as the said council may, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elect, determine; and to provide for the payment of the same, which bonds shall in no case be disposed of at less than their par value and shall be payable at such place or places as said council shall direct. SEC. 2. All moneys borrowed under the provisions of this act shall be used: First, For constructing and establishing, for the use of said village, a system of water works, according to plans and subject to such rules and regulations as the council shall prescribe; Second, For constructing and establishing, for the use of said village, an electric light plant and system of electric lighting, according to such plans and subject to such rules and regulations as the council shall prescribe. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of said council to provide by tax upon the taxable property of said village, or from any fund it may have and not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of said sum of fifteen thousand dollars and interest upon all bonds issued under authority of this act, as they may become due: Provided. That no bonds shall be issued or money borrowed for such purposes, until the question shall be submitted to the electors of the said village at the annual election of said village, or at a special election to be called This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 414.] AN ACT to authorize the village of L'Anse, in the county of Baraga and State of Michigan, to borrow money for lighting, park and dock purposes of said village and making other improvements therein, and to issue bonds therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: authorized. SECTION 1. The village council of the village of Bond issue L'Anse, in the county of Baraga and State of Michigan, shall be, and is hereby authorized and empow used. ered, to borrow money on the faith and credit of said village, and to issue bonds therefor to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, which shall be expended for light- Money, how ing, park and dock purposes in said village, as the village council may. from time to time determine, and in making other improvements therein: Provided, That two-thirds of Proviso. the qualified electors of said village who are present and voting at an annual election, or at a special election called for that purpose, shall vote therefor. submitted to electors. election, SEC. 2. The village council of said village of L'Anse may, Question to be from time to time, submit to the electors of said village a proposition to borrow money under the authority of this act and to issue bonds therefor as herein provided, in such amounts, not exceeding at any one time or in the aggregate the said sum of ten thousand dollars as said village council may determine, which proposition may be submitted at any annual election of said village or at a special election to be called for the purpose. Public notice that said proposition Notice of will be submitted shall be given by order of the village coun- how given. cil, signed by the clerk of said village, by publishing the same in a newspaper in said village, once in each week before said election, and by posting a copy of such notice in at least three public places in said village, not less than two weeks before said election; and said notice shall state that the What to electors of said village will be called upon to vote upon said proposition, so determined by said council, and said village council is hereby authorized and empowered to call a special election at any time in its discretion for the above named purpose and in the manner aforesaid. contain. |