manner as if it had been passed before any such proceedings This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Justices may hold court in Bellaire village. [No. 356.] AN ACT to authorize justices of the peace of the township of Kearney, in Antrim county, and justices of the peace for the township of Forest Home, to hold court and try civil or criminal causes anywhere within the village limits of the village of Bellaire, Antrim county, Michigan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Justices of the peace elected in the township of Kearney, in the county of Antrim, and duly qualified according to law, and justices of the peace elected in the township of Forest Home, in the county of Antrim, and duly qualified according to law, may hold court and try any cause, civil or criminal, cognizable by justices of the peace, anywhere within the village limits of the village of Bellaire. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved February 24, 1905. Electors may vote to issue bonds for certain amount. [No. 357.] AN ACT to authorize and empower school district number two of the township of Clinton, Lenawee county, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars in excess of the maximum amount now allowed by law, for the purpose of purchasing a schoolhouse site, building a schoolhouse and equipping and furnishing the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. School district number two of the township of Clinton, in Lenawee county, may, by a two-thirds vote of the qualified electors of said school district, at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, borrow money and issue its bonds therefor, in a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars in excess of the maximum amount now allowed by law, for the purpose of purchasing a schoolhouse site, building a schoolhouse and equipping and furnishing the same: Provided, That the time Proviso. Approved February 24, 1905. [No. 358.] AN ACT to provide for the formation of school districts in the township of Clark, in the county of Mackinac. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. A school district, to be known as school dis- District No. 1, what territory trict number one of the township of Clark, is hereby formed, included in. comprised of the territory heretofore known as Cedar township in said county, said territory including the land in surveyed townships forty-one and forty-two north, range one west; and a school district, to be known as school district District No. 2. number two of the township of Clark, comprised of the ter ritory heretofore known as the township of Sherwood in said county, said territory including the land in surveyed townships forty-one and forty-two north, range one east, and town forty-one north, range two east. govern. SEC. 2. The said school districts herein provided for shall Certain act to continue to be governed by, and shall be subject to, act one hundred seventy-six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, as amended by act one hundred fifty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, to the same extent and in the same manner as though the said townships of Cedar and Sherwood in said county had not been disorganized, and all matters not covered by said acts shall be governed by the provisions of the general school laws. All Debts and debts, liabilities and rights of the school districts, in the by new townships heretofore known as Cedar and Sherwood, shall districts. remain and continue to be the debts, liabilities and rights of the said respective school districts herein provided for, and the sessions of the school and the general business of the districts shall be carried on in the same manner, as if there had been no consolidation of the said townships of Cedar and Sherwood into the township of Clark. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 9 rights assumed [No. 359.] AN ACT to authorize the village of Red Jacket, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, to borrow money for the purpose of paving the streets of said village and making other street improvements therein, and to issue bonds therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The village council of the village of Red Jacket, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, shall be, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to borrow money on the faith and credit of said village, and to issue bonds therefor to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, which shall be expended for the purpose of paving such streets in said village as the village council may from time to time determine shall be paved, and in making other street improvements therein: Provided, That twothirds of the qualified electors of said village who are present and voting at any annual election, or at a special election called for that purpose, shall vote therefor. SEC. 2. The village council of said village of Red Jacket may, 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 two hundred 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 will be so submitted shall be given by order of the village council, signed by the clerk of said village, by publishing the same in a newspaper in said village once in each week for at least two weeks 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 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. SEC. 3. The said village council may submit such proposition in manner aforesaid, and in case such proposition is for a less sum than the aggregate above mentioned, the said village council may in its discretion, from time to time, submit further propositions for further loans under the authority of this act, but not to exceed in all the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 4. The vote upon any such proposition under the provisions of this act shall be by ballot, which shall be in substantially the following form: "Vote on proposition to borrow money for pavements and other street improvements. Mark or stamp a cross in the appropriate square below. [] On the proposition to borrow money-Yes. ducted the [] On the proposition to borrow money-No." And such ballot shall be deposited in a separate ballot Election conbox, to be labeled "Village Loan," and such ballots shall be same as in cast, canvassed and the result thereof certified to in the same village manner, as is provided by law, respecting ballots cast for the officers of said village. elections, may issue SEC. 5. If such loan shall be authorized by two-thirds When council of said electors voting at such election, coupon bonds may bonds, rate of be issued in such sums and at such times, not exceeding in interest, etc. the aggregate the amount therein before limited, and payable at the time or times not exceeding thirty years, with such rates of interest not exceeding five per cent per annum, as the said village council shall direct, and shall be signed by the president, and countersigned by the clerk of said village, and sealed with the seal of said village, and negotiated by or under the direction of the said village council: Pro- Proviso. vided, That said bonds shall not be sold at less than par, and the money arising therefrom shall be used for the purposes aforesaid; and the said village council is hereby empowered to raise such sum, or sums of money, from time to time, as shall be sufficient to pay the amount of said bonds and the interest thereon, as the same shall become due, by taxes upon the taxable property of said village, which taxes, so to be assessed, shall be in addition to all other taxes which said village is now authorized to raise, and shall be denominated in the tax assessment roll and proceedings in regard thereto as "Special Bond Tax." This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 360.] AN ACT to detach certain territory from the township of Germfask and from the township of Doyle in the county of Schoolcraft, State of Michigan, and to organize such territory into a separate township, to be known as the township of Mueller. The People of the State of Michigan cnact: SECTION 1. Township forty-three north, of range thirteen Mueller townwest, in the township of Germfask, and fractional township ship organized First meeting, when and where held. Who to constitute board of inspectors. Notice of meeting. Inspectors, how chosen. Board of registration, who to constitute. Session of, where held. forty-one and township forty-two north, of range thirteen west, in the township of Doyle, are hereby detached from said townships of Germfask and Doyle, and organized into a separate township, to be known as the township of Mueller. SEC. 2. The first township meeting in said township of Mueller shall be held at the town hall at Blaney, within said township, on the first Monday in April, A. D. nineteen hundred five, and George Phillips, Harry Ashford and Bernie Venier are hereby made and constituted a board of inspectors of said township election, at which said election the qualified voters in said township shall elect by ballot persons to fill the various township offices, in manner and form as provided by the general laws of the State in case of township elections. SEC. 3. If, for any reason, the township meeting provided for in the last preceding section shall not be held at the time specified for holding the same, it shall and may be lawful to hold the same at any time hereafter, by giving at least five days' notice of the time and place of holding such meeting, by posting notice thereof in four of the most public places in said township, which notice may be given by said board of inspectors of election or a majority of them. SEC. 4. If, for any reason, all or either of the inspectors hereby appointed shall neglect or be unable to attend the first township meeting at the time specified, it shall be lawful for the electors of said township, who shall be present at the time designated for opening the polls of said election, to choose from the electors present suitable persons to act as inspectors of said election in place of such inspectors who shall neglect or be unable to attend said meeting. SEC. 5. And the said George Phillips, Harry Ashford and Bernie Venier, or a majority of them, shall constitute a board of registration, with like powers and duties of township boards of registration in other cases, and the holding of the session of the said board of registration shall be at the town hall at Blaney, on the Saturday preceding said election, notice of which may be given in the same manner and for the same time as provided in the case of holding elections in section three of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |