Said corporation shall have full power to make and establish Corporation, rules, regulations and by-laws, for regulating and governing power of. all the affairs and business of said corporation not repugnant to, or inconsistent with the constitution, rules and edicts of the grand lodge of the order, or with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States, and to elect and appoint from its members such officers, under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the by-laws of said corporation. Approved March 24, 1911. [No. 19.] AN ACT to provide for the purchase of books and other material for the Michigan State Library, and books and equipments for the Michigan traveling libraries, and for printing and binding, making an appropriation therefor, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year Appropriation. ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of five thousand dollars, for purposes during each of said fiscal years as follows: For the purchase of books for the State Library, five Purpose. thousand dollars. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated for the purchase of Michigan traveling books and equipment for the Michigan traveling libraries for libraries. the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of five thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred thirteen, the sum of five thousand dollars. SEC. 3. The printing and binding necessary to carry on Printing, etc. the work of the State Library and traveling libraries shall be furnished by the Board of State Auditors and paid for out of the general fund as other State printing is paid for. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid out. this act shall be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury to the State Librarian, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State shall prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year nineteen hundred eleven, the sum of ten thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred twelve, the sum of ten thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. Examination of teachers. Certificates. Commissioner, duty of. Certificates, [No. 20.] AN ACT to amend sections four, five and six of act number 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 of the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being sections four thousand eight hundred eleven, four thousand eight hundred twelve and four thousand eight hundred thirteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections four, five and six of act number 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 of the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being sections four thousand eight hundred eleven, four thousand eight hundred twelve and four thousand eight hundred thirteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are 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 last Thursday of April and the second Thursday of August of each year. From these two examinations certificates of all grades may 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 each examination. SEC. 5. The board of school examiners shall meet on the when granted. Saturday of the week following each public examination held according to the provisions of section four of this act, and shall grant certificates to teachers in such form as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe, licensing as second or certificates. proviso, teachers all persons who have attained the age of eighteen years, who have attended such public examinations and who shall be found qualified in respect to good moral character, learning and ability to instruct and govern a school, but no certificate shall be granted to any person who shall not have passed a satisfactory examination in orthography, reading, writing, grammar, geography, arithmetic, theory and art of teaching, United States history, civil government, physiology and hygiene with reference to the effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics upon the human system, school law and the course of study for the district schools of Michigan prepared by the Superintendent of Public Instruction: Provided, That Proviso, any commissioner may upon the request of any holder of a third grade second or third grade certificate send the papers written by such person, properly certified and under seal, to the county board of school examiners of any other county for its examination, and such board of school examiners may in its discretion receive such papers, and if it accept them shall treat them in the same manner as if written at a public examination in its own county: Provided further, That the Further board of examiners shall have the right to renew without ex- renewal of amination the certificates of any persons who shall have previously attained an average standing of at least eighty-five per cent in all the studies covered in two or more previous examinations, and who shall have been since such last named examination continuously and successfully teaching in the public schools: Provided further, That an indorsed first grade Further certificate may be renewed in the county where issued or in proviso, first the county where the holder may be teaching at the time of certificate. its expiration. All certificates shall be signed by the county Certificates. commissioner and by at least one of the members of the board of examiners. No person shall be considered a qualified teacher within the meaning of this act, nor shall any school officer employ or contract with any person to teach in any of the public schools under the provisions of this act who has not a certificate in force granted by the board of school examiners or other lawful authority. All examination ques Questions. tions shall be prepared and furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the county commissioner under seal, to be opened in the presence of the applicants for certificates on the day of examination. certificates. grade signing of. SEC. 6. There shall be three grades of certificates granted Certificates, grades. by the board of school examiners in its discretion and subject to such rules and regulations as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may prescribe, which grades of certificates shall be as follows: The certificate of the first grade shall be First grade, granted only to those who have taught at least one year with to whom ability and success, and it shall be valid throughout the State for four years: Provided, That all examination papers for Proviso. first grade certificates favorably passed upon by the board of examiners, together with such certificate, shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Public Instruction within granted. Further proviso. Further proviso. Second grade, to whom granted. ten days from date of examination for inspection: Provided further, That any applicant for a first grade certificate who feels that the county board of school examiners has not given his papers the credit due them, may order them sent to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for inspection; and if the standings given by. the State Superintendent of Public Instruction are sufficient for his indorsement of the certificate, the county board of school examiners shall issue such certificate, unless it shall give reasons satisfactory to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for withholding the same: And Provided further, That no first grade certificate shall be valid in any county other than that in which it is granted, unless approved and countersigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and a copy filed with the county commissioner in the county in which the holder of said certificate desires to teach. The certificate of the second grade shall be granted only to those who shall have taught at least seven months with ability and success, and it shall be valid throughout the county for which it shall be granted for three years, and such certificate may be transferred to another county as provided in section five of this act. The certificates of the third grade shall be divided into two classes known as A and B. Third grade certificates of class A shall be granted only to persons who have taught successfully and continuously for at least three years next preceding the examination in primary departments of graded schools, and the certificate of this class shall entitle the holder to teach in primary departments of graded schools only. Third grade certificates of class B shall license the holder to teach in any school of the county in which it shall be granted for one year, and such certificate may be transferred to another county in the same manner that second grade certificates are transferred in section five of this act; but no more than three certificates of this class shall be granted to the same person: Proviso, time Provided, That third grade certificates granted at the April Third grade. Class A, to whom granted. Class B. valid. Further proviso. examination shall be good until the thirtieth day of June of the following year: Provided further, That the county commissioner shall have power, upon personal examination in the third grade branches satisfactory to himself or her self, to grant certificates which shall license the holder thereof to teach in a specified district for which it shall be granted, but such certificate shall not continue in force beyond the time of the next public examination, and in no case shall a second special certificate be granted the same person within three years. Approved March 24, 1911. [No. 21.] AN ACT providing for changing the names of the Michigan The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The name of the Michigan Asylum for the In- Asylums, sane shall hereafter be known as "Kalamazoo State Hospital," " name changed. the name of the Eastern Michigan Asylum shall hereafter be known as "Pontiac State Hospital," the name of the Northern Michigan Asylum shall hereafter be known as "Traverse City State Hospital," the name of the State Asylum shall hereafter be known as "Ionia State Hospital," the name of the Upper Peninsula Hospital for the Insane shall hereafter be known as "Newberry State Hospital," and all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Any law or laws that do not now affect said in- Institutions, stitutions shall not in any way affect the same by reason of change f changing the names as provided in section one of this act. affect. Approved March 24, 1911. names not to 1 [No. 22.] AN ACT empowering school districts in the State of Michigan to establish and maintain trade, vocational, industrial, marine and manual training schools, school gymnasiums and scholarships, and to accept gifts, legacies and devises. The People of the State of Michigan enact: schools, of. SECTION 1. Any school district, with the consent of a ma- Manual jority of the qualified electors voting at any annual meeting training, etc., of such district or at any special meeting thereof duly called establishing for the purpose, shall through its school board have power to establish, conduct and maintain trade, industrial, marine, vocational and manual training schools and school gymnasiums within said school district; to control and classify and to restrict the number of pupils and the terms of their attendance therein; to prescribe the course of studies and work and to employ the necessary teachers and instructors therein; to acquire the necessary sites; to acquire, construct and provide the necessary buildings and equipments, books and supplies therefor; to defray the cost and expense thereof by general tax upon the taxable property of said school district, |