investment

brance, or in which said association may have an interest, and the real estate so purchased to sell, convey, lease or mortgage at pleasure to any person or persons whomsoever. Any such Permanent association having assets of five hundred thousand dollars or in lands. more, may permanently invest a portion of its funds in the purchase of lands and the erection of buildings for the purpose of providing offices for the transaction of its business, providing that the amount so invested shall not exceed five per cent of the assets of said association.

of time of

SEC. 14. Any loan or building association incorporated un- Extension der this act, or any prior act, may extend the duration of time organization. for which such association was organized by a vote of twothirds of the capital stock of such association represented at any annual meeting of the stockholders of such association; thereupon the board of directors shall transmit a copy of the proceedings of such annual meeting duly attested, to the Secretary of State, who shall make a duly authenticated copy thereof, as provided in said section three of this act, certifying to the extension of time of such corporation, and the same shall be recorded as provided in said section three of this act, and any building and loan association incorporated under any prior act, and extending the duration of the time for which it was incorporated, in the manner herein provided, shall be deemed as incorporated under and be vested with all of the power given in this act, the same as though such corporation had been originally incorporated under it. Approved May 18, 1915.

[No. 274.]

AN ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred sixty-six of Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An act to provide that all bituminous coal purchased for and used in all State penal, reformatory, charitable and educational institutions of this State, be the product of the coal mines of this State."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section two of act number one hundred sixty- Section six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven, entitled "An amended. act to provide that all bituminous coal purchased for and used in all State penal, reformatory, charitable and educational institutions of this State, be the product of the coal mines of this State," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Every board of control, board of trustees or man- Sealed bids. agers, superintendent, overseer, representative or agent of any penal, reformatory, charitable or educational institution of this State, charged with the right, power, authority and duty

Notice.

Notice sent by mail.

Proviso,

current prices.

Further proviso,

purchase on best terms.

Further proviso, emergency.

When

contract void.

to purchase bituminous coal for such institution, shall, before making any such purchase, solicit sealed bids for the coal to be purchased by causing a notice to be published one or more times in a coal trade journal having a general circulation among miners and coal jobbers. Such notice shall specify the kinds and quantity of bituminous coal to be purchased and the time and place of delivery and shall require each bidder to name the price of the coal at place of delivery, and specify whether the coal he proposes to furnish on his bid is the product of the coal mines of this State. Such notice shall state the time and place that the bids will be opened. The board of control, board of trustees or managers, superintendent, overseer, representative or agent of such institution charged with the right, power, authority and duty to purchase such coal shall also send by mail, at least five days before the date the bids are to be opened, a copy of said published notice to each person, firm, association and corporation operating a coal mine in this State, so far as they and their postoffice addresses are known, to those charged with the duty of giving said notice. Only the lowest bid or bids for Michigan coal shall be accepted: Provided, however, That no bid shall be accepted that is in excess of the then current prices of coal covered by and included in such bid: Provided further, That if no bid is received that is not in excess of the then current prices of the coal covered by and included in such bids, then coal which is the product of the mines of Michigan or of mines elsewhere located may be purchased for such institution on the best terms and for the best prices that can be obtained therefor without re-advertising for bids: Provided further, That where some unforeseen emergency or exigency shall arise where coal is needed for the immediate use of such institution and there is not sufficient time to solicit bids as above provided, then coal produced in Michigan or elsewhere, necessary to fill such immediate demands and for use until coal can be procured on bids solicited as hereinbefore specified, may be purchased without soliciting bids therefor. Any purchase or sale of or contract for coal made contrary to the provisions of this act shall be void.

Approved May 18, 1915.

[No. 275.]

AN ACT relative to dividing city school districts into election precincts, to provide for the registration of voters and for the holding of elections therein.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

subdivide

SECTION 1. The board of education of any school district Board may composed in whole or in part of territory situated in any city district. in this State may divide said district into such number of vot ing precincts as shall be necessary, and shall provide for the registration of voters, and for elections therein suitable ballot boxes, poll lists and other supplies or equipment as may be necessary or proper. Such division shall be made at least sixty days previous to the first election after this act becomes operative in any district.

SEC. 2. A registration of the qualified electors in each dis- Registration. trict shall be made in each voting precinct, and the name, sex and address of each person registering, and whether the owner of property assessed for school taxes or a parent or legal guardian of children of school age. Such registration shall in all respects not herein specified be conducted in the same manner as the registration required or provided for with reference to general elections, and all laws of the State for preserving the purity of elections and for preventing fraud and corrup- Laws tion shall govern all elections and registrations under this act applicable. so far as the same are applicable. No unregistered person shall be allowed to vote at any school election unless such person has qualified under oath under the provisions of law regu lating elections in cities. The first registration of voters shall When made. be made in each voting precinct in said district on the last Saturday previous to the date of the annual school election as fixed by law, or of any special election that may be ordered or provided by law, and subsequent registrations shall be made on the last Saturday preceding any election in such district and whenever the board of education may provide for a general registration therein. Boards of registration shall be in Sessions of session in the several voting precincts continuously between boards. the hours of three o'clock and eight o'clock in the afternoon on registration days.

SEC. 3. The board of education in each district so divided Board of registration, shall appoint three qualified electors in each voting precinct to etc." compose a board of registration and a board of election inspectors. Such appointment shall be made at least ten days prior to the time required for registration and election as the case may be. The same electors may be appointed members of both boards. Each member shall take the constitutional oath Oath of office. of office and shall be entitled to administer oaths to any per

son in connection with the registration or election. In case of Vacancy. inability or refusal to act, the board of education may fill the vacancy, and in case the members shall not all be present at

Return of votes.

Notice of registration.

Canvass.

determina

tion.

the time of the opening of the registration or of the polls, the qualified electors present may fill the vacancy. The inspectors of election shall, immediately after canvassing the votes, make their return thereof and deliver the same to the secretary of the board of education.

SEC. 4. Notice of the time and place of holding any registration or election shall be given by the secretary of the board of education, by posting notice thereof in three public places in each voting precinct in which the registration or election is to be held, at least ten days before the registration or election, and by publication in one or more of the city papers, if any, in the district, at least six times within ten days next preceding the election. If no daily paper is published in the district, the notice shall be published at least once in a weekly newspaper published therein. The notice of election shall contain the names of all candidates for each office to be voted on, and the substance of all special matters, if any, to be submitted thereat.

SEC. 5. The board of education shall convene on Thursday next succeeding any election at the usual hour and place of meeting, and canvass the returns, and from the statements filed with the secretary, shall determine the result of the election upon each question and proposition voted upon, and what Certificates of persons were duly elected at said election. The secretary shall make triplicate certificates of such determination under the corporate seal of the district, showing the result of the election upon each question or proposition, and what persons were declared elected to the several offices respectively, one of which he shall file in the office of the county clerk of the county, one in the office of the city clerk of the city in which such district is situated, and the other shall be filed in his own office. The person receiving the greatest number of votes, as shown by said statements, shall be deemed to have been duly elected, but if there shall be no choice by reason of two or more candidates having received an equal number of votes, the board of education shall at the time of canvassing the votes, determine by lot between said persons which one shall be elected to said office. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board, within five days after the determination, to notify in writing each person elected of his election, and he shall file a written acceptance of such election, together with the constitutional Oath of office. oath of office within ten days after receiving such notice, or the office will be deemed vacant.

Who deemed elected.

Tie vote.

Notification.

Nomination by petition.

Form.

SEC. 6. Candidates for members of the board of education shall be nominated by petition, which shall be filed with the secretary of the board of education not less than ten days nor more than fifteen days prior to the date of election. Each petition shall be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified registered school electors of the district. No elector shall sign the petition for more candidates than are to be elected. Said petition shall be substantially in the following form:

"We, the undersigned qualified school electors of the (name

of district) do hereby nominate....

.of

...street, of said district, as a member of the

board of education of said district.”

of names.

Upon the filing of such petitions the secretary of the board shall place the same in the public files of his office, and for at Publication least five days immediately preceding said election, shall publish the names proposed in a daily newspaper of the district, and if there is no daily newspaper in the district, the names shall be published in all the weekly newspapers of the district for at least one edition during the week preceding the election, and if there shall be no paper published in the district, he shall post printed lists of such names in three of the most public places in each school voting precinct in said district one week before the election. The secretary of the board of education Official shall prepare and have printed an official ballot, which shall be in substantially the same form as provided in the general election law, on which shall be placed the names of all who have been duly named for members of said board. In the printing of such ballots the provisions of the general law of the State for transposing and alternating the names of candidates shall apply: Provided, That no party emblem or designation shall be Proviso, placed upon school election ballots.

ballot.

election emblem.

election.

SEC. 7. Except as provided in this act, the manner of con- Conduct of ducting elections shall be the same as provided in the general school laws of this State and any local act in force in such district.

SEC. 8. This act shall not be in force or take effect in any Referendum. district until a majority of the voters voting on such proposition shall vote in favor of the same. Such proposition may be submitted to the voters of any school district at such time or times as the board of education of such district shall determine, and when submitted, the ballot for voting thereon shall be in substantially the following form:

"Shall this school district be divided into voting precincts Ballot. and registration of voters made and elections hereafter held in such several voting precincts?

Yes [ ]
No [ ]"

mission.

SEC. 9. If any election district has elected to come under Re-subthe provisions of this act, such district may at any time after two years, upon a petition signed by ten per cent of the quali fied electors in said district, re-submit the question of the continuance or discontinuance of this act within such district. The form of the proposition for the re-submission of the ques- Form. tion shall be drafted by the board of education when submitted at any succeeding special or general election. This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Approved May 18, 1915.