buildings. Second, To purchase any real estate necessary for the site of Sites for county any court house, jail, clerk's office, or any other county building in such county; Third, To fix upon and determine the site of any such building, if not previously located; real estate. Fourth, To authorize the sale or leasing of any real estate Sale and lease of belonging to such county, and to prescribe the mode in which any conveyance thereof may be executed; Fifth, To remove or designate a new site for any county New sites. buildings required to be at the county seats, when such removal shall not exceed the limits of the city or village at which the county seat is situated, as previously located; ings Sixth, To cause to be erected the necessary buildings for poor Erection of buildhouses, jails, clerks' offices, and other county buildings, and is for poorto prescribe the time and manner of erecting the same; etc. Seventh, To borrow or raise by tax upon such county any Borrow money. sums of money necessary for any of the purposes mentioned in this act: Provided, That no greater sum than one thousand Proviso. dollars shall be borrowed or raised by tax in any one year, for the purpose of constructing or repairing public buildings, highways, or bridges, unless authorized by a majority of the electors of such county voting therefor as hereinafter provided; by tax. Eighth, To provide for the payment of any loan made by Payment of loan them, by tax upon such county, which shall in all cases be within fifteen years from the date of such loan; tions, adjust Ninth, To prescribe and fix the compensation for all services Fix compensarendered for, and adjust all claims against, their respective claims, etc. counties, except in counties having a board of county auditors, and the sums so fixed and defined shall be subject to no appeal; Tenth, To direct and provide for the raising of any money Current expenses. which may be necessary to defray the current expenses and charges of said county, and the necessary charges incident to or arising from the execution of their lawful authority, subject to the limitations prescribed in this act; Eleventh, To abolish or revive the distinctions between town- Distinction as to ship and county poor; the poor. taxes. Twelfth, Shall have power to authorize the making out a Collection of new tax roll; to extend and determine by resolution, the time when each collector or township treasurer in their county shall make his return to the county treasurer, but such time Limit of time. shall in no case exceed two months from the time fixed by the general law, and where an extension is had each collector or township treasurer shall be authorized to levy and collect all taxes as provided in the general laws for the levy and collection of taxes. But no collector or township treasurer shall receive the benefit of such extension until he shall have paid over to the county treasurer or other officer or person authorized to receive the same, all moneys collected by him up to the first day of February, which may be due; and in all cases interest shall be charged on all taxes so extended from the time of such extension; Destruction of wild beasts, thistles, etc. Reports and officers. Neglect or re cause for re moval. Thirteenth, To make such laws and regulations as they may deem necessary, and provide for enforcing the same, for the destruction of wild beasts, of thistles and other noxious weeds within the several counties; Fourteenth, To require any county officer, whose salary or bands of county compensation is paid by the county, to make a report, under oath, to them on any subject or matters connected with the duties of his office, and to require such officer to give bonds, or further or additional bonds, as shall be reasonable or necessary, for the faithful performance of their respective duties; and any such officer who shall neglect or refuse to make any fusal to furnish, such report, or to give such bond within a reasonable time after being so required, may be removed from office by such board by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, and the office declared vacant, and such board may fill such vácancy for the unexpired portion of the time for which such officer was elected or appointed: Provided, That if the spring or fall election shall occur before the expiration of the said unexpired term, if the office be an elective one, the vacancy shall be filled at such election, and it shall be the duty of such board to give reasonable notice of such election to fill the vacancy; Proviso. To authorize General powers. Establish rules and regulations. Fifteenth, To authorize any township or townships in their respective counties, by a vote of the electors of said township or townships, to borrow or raise by tax upon such township, any sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars in any township in any one year, to build or repair any roads or bridges in such township or townships, or in the use of which such township or townships may be interested, and to prescribe the time for the payment of any such loan, which shall be within fifteen years, and for assessing the principal and interest thereof upon such township or townships; and if any road or bridge is situated partly in one township and partly in another, or on the line between townships, or in case any township has any particular local interest in the construction or repair of any bridge, such board of supervisors may determine, under such regulations as they may establish, the relative proportion which each township shall contribute in the building and repairing thereof, and the amount so apportioned to the several townships shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other township taxes are now assessed and collected by law; Sixteenth, To represent their respective counties, and to have the care and management of the property and business of the county in all cases where no other provision shall be made; Seventeenth, To establish such rules and regulations in reference to the management of the interest and business concerns of such county, and in reference to the mode of proceeding before such board, as they shall deem necessary and proper in all matters not especially provided for in this act auditing and or in some law of this State: Provided, however, That the Proviso as to board of supervisors shall in no case audit or allow any bill, allowing claims. claim, or charge against the people or the county which shall not have been filed with the county clerk of such county on or before the third day of any regular meeting of said board, or on or before the first day of the adjourned or other meeting, as the case may be, except bills or claims which shall have been contracted by said board during the session thereof, and for mileage and per diem of the members of said board; and the county clerk shall keep a book in which he shall enter all claims in the order in which they are presented, giving the name of the claimant, the amount of the claim, and the date when presented, which book shall, after the time prescribed for the presentation of claims, be placed in the hands of the chairman for the use of the board: And provided further, Further proviso, That at the October session, the board may, by a vote of twothirds of all the members elected, receive and allow accounts which have wholly accrued during the session: And provided Further proviso, further, That the board of supervisors shall have authority to certain officers. remove any officer or agent heretofore or hereafter to be appointed by said board when, in their opinion, he is incompetent to execute properly the duties of his office, or when on charges and evidence they shall be satisfied that he has been guilty of official misconduct, or habitual or wilful neglect of duty, if, in their opinion, such misconduct or neglect shall be a sufficient cause for such removal; but no such officer or agent shall be removed for such misconduct or neglect unless charges thereof shall have been preferred to said board of su pervisors or the chairman thereof, and notice of the hearing, with a copy of the charges, delivered to such officer or agent, and a full opportunity given him to be heard in his defense, either in person or by counsel. Approved May 4, 1905. as to removal of [No. 99.] AN ACT to amend section four of act one hundred forty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being section four thousand eight hundred eleven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section four of act one hundred forty-seven of Section the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, entitled "An amended. School examiners to hold two examinations each year. May hold one other examination. act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being section four thousand eight hundred eleven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. The board of school examiners shall, for the purpose of examining all persons who may offer themselves as teachers for the public schools, hold two regular public examinations in each year at the county seat, which examinations shall begin on the third Thursday of June and the second Thursday of August in each year. From these two examinations certificates of all grades may be granted. The said board of examiners may also, in their discretion, hold one other public examination, which shall begin on the third Thursday of October and at such place as in the judgment of the board the best interests of the teachers may require. From this examination only certificates of the second and third grade may Duty of county be granted. be granted. It shall be the duty of the county commissioner to make out a schedule of the times and places of holding such examinations and to cause it to be published in one or more newspapers of the county, at least ten days before such examinations. commissioner. Approved May 10, 1905. Act amended. Inspector of coal mines, who to appoint, duties of. [No. 100.] AN ACT to amend act number fifty-seven of the public acts of the year one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine, of the public acts of the State of Michigan, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of the health, lives and interests of the coal miners of Michigan, and to provide for the inspection of all coal mines in this State. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That act number fifty-seven of the public acts of the year one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine, of the State of Michigan, entitled "An act to provide for the protection of the health, lives and interests of the coal miners of Michigan, and to provide for the inspection of all coal mines in this State," is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. That an inspector of coal mines shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Labor, whose duties shall be to inspect the coal mines of Michigan, and from time to time report the results of his inspections with such other labor statistics as he shall be directed to collect, to the Commissioner of Labor, upon such blanks and in such manner as the latter named official shall designate, and the results and findings of said coal mine inspectors shall be incorporated in the regular annual report of said Commissioner of Labor. Said inspector Compensation of shall receive in compensation for his services four dollars per day and his necessary expenses of travel while employed and under instructions, it being further provided that the expenses and salary of said inspector shall not exceed two thousand dollars per year. And to provide for this expense an annual Annual approappropriation of two thousand dollars is hereby authorized, ized. and the same shall be placed with the regular appropriation of the Labor Bureau fund, to be expended by the Commissioner of Labor for the purposes heretofore provided, and as he shall authorize and direct. priation author of inspector. SEC. 2. The inspector, when properly commissioned by the Right and power Commissioner of Labor, shall have the right and power to enter any coal mine for the purpose of inspecting or collecting statistics relating to the hours of labor, wages, industrial, economic and sanitary questions or matters of scales. to operate cages, SEC. 3. That only a competent and trustworthy engineer Who permitted shall be permitted to operate the cages and hoisting devices in all coal mines of this State. etc. make oath. SEC. 4. That all weighmen who shall perform the duty of Weighmen to weighing the coal, shall be sworn by some one competent to administer a legal oath, that they will perform their duty accurately and impartially as between employers and employes, and that they will honestly report and record all weights of coal to which they are intrusted. name check SEC. 5. That the coal mine employes shall have the right Employes may to name a competent and fair checkweighman, who shall be weighman. paid by the employes, and shall be sworn by anyone authorized to administer oaths. etc. SEC. 6. That the owner, agent or operator of any and all Owner to keep mines shall keep a supply of timber constantly on hand, of timber for props, sufficient length and dimensions to be used as props and cap pieces, and the same shall be delivered to the miner at his respective place of work, of such dimensions as he shall designate. furnished. SEC. 7. For the purpose of ventilation, the mines shall be Ventilation, how furnished with one hundred cubic feet of air per minute for each person employed and three hundred cubic feet for each animal used therein, measurements to be made at any point of the intake airways. It shall be circulated through the mines in such a way that each working place will be kept in a healthy condition, free from noxious gases or deleterious air. To secure this result the current shall be split or subdivided when in the judgment of the mine inspector, such is necessary. But mines that have been in operation more than two years Certain mines not required to prior to the passage of these amendments to the "Inspection change system in of Coal Mines Act No. Fifty-seven," public acts of eighteen part. hundred ninety-nine, shall not be required to change their sys |