Proviso, present board. Further proviso. Officers, salaries, etc. Proviso, not to exceed fees. Annual report. License, application for. pointed by the Governor, the appointees to be chosen from practical barbers, at least one of whom shall be a journeyman, who have for the last five years prior to their appointment followed the occupation and have been residents of the State of Michigan for a period of five years. Each member of said board shall serve for a term of three years and until his successor is appointed and qualifies: Provided, That members of the Board of Examiners of Barbers last appointed under act number two hundred twelve of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine shall be continued in office and constitute the board created in this act, until their successors are appointed and qualify, and shall serve out the balance of the terms for which each was originally appointed, unless sooner removed by the Governor: Provided further, That said board shall immediately meet and reorganize when this act shall take effect in accordance with the provisions of this act. SEC. 6. The secretary of said board shall devote his undivided time to the duties of his office and shall receive therefor an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, the treasurer shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars, and the president shall receive per diem at the rate of five dollars per day for actual time spent in the performance of duties delegated to him by said board. Salaries and per diem and actual expenses of members of said board and deputies appointed shall be paid out of the funds of the State not otherwise appropriated, under the laws of the State of Michigan relating to the payment of salaries and expenses of officers and employes of the State: Provided, That in no event shall the salaries and all the expenses of said board exceed the fees received under this act. SEC. 8. Said board shall report annually to the Governor of this State a full statement of the receipts and disbursements of said board, and give an itemized account of its doings and proceedings, and may include therein such recommendations as to it may seem proper, looking to the better carrying out of the purposes of this act. Such report shall be available for distribution upon request. SEC. 10. Any person not holding a license under the provisions of this act, or whose certificate issued by any former board of barbers has expired and has not been renewed within two years last before this act takes effect, and desiring to obtain a license hereunder, shall make application in such form as the board shall prescribe, which shall be verified by the applicant as to the truth of the statements and answers Examination therein; shall pay to the secretary of said board an examination fee, for those whose licenses have expired and not been renewed, two dollars, and those who have never been granted a license, five dollars, and shall present himself or herself at the time and place designated by said board for the holding of an examination, whereupon said board or its fee. duly appointed deputies shall proceed to examine such person, and upon being satisfied by such examination that he or she is of good moral character, and must produce a certificate from a legally qualified physician that such person is free from contagious and infectious disease, and has either studied the occupation of a barber for a period of two years as apprentice under a qualified and practicing barber, or studied the occupation in a properly appointed and conducted barber school or barber college, under the instruction of a qualified barber for a period of two years, and is possessed of requisite skill in said occupation to properly perform all the duties thereof, including his or her knowledge and ability in the antiseptic preparation of the tools, shaving, hair cutting, and all the duties and services incident thereto, and possessed of sufficient knowledge concerning the common diseases of the face and skin to avoid the aggravation and spreading thereof in the practice of said occupation, his or her name shall be entered by said board in the register provided for, and a certificate of registration shall be issued to him or her to practice such occupation in this State. Such examination shall be uniform as far as practicable, and shall be held in places and at times convenient to the trade. SEC. 11. All persons making application for examination Permits. under the provisions of this act shall be allowed to practice the occupation of a barber until the next meeting of said board, and said board shall issue a permit authorizing him or her to so practice said occupation until the next meeting of said board. Such permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in front of his or her working chair. No further permit shall be issued to such person if upon examination he fails to qualify, but he shall be granted an apprentice certificate as in other cases, without additional fee: Provided, Proviso. however, That no person to whom a permit is issued under the provisions of this section shall be authorized to open or operate as proprietor or manager any barber shop within this State; nor shall the holder of an apprentice certificate hereunder be deemed to be entitled to such right. tificate of SEC. 12. Any person holding a certificate of registration Holding cerby examination, granted by a state or provincial board of other state, examiners of barbers of any other state or province having a etc. law similar to this act, and which accords a similar privilege to the barbers of this State, and exhibiting proper credentials showing that he or she is a fully qualified barber under the laws of said state or province, may be granted a certifi- Fee. cate by said board without practical examination, upon the payment of a registration fee of three dollars. SEC. 13. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person Apprentice. from serving as an apprentice in said occupation under a registered barber of this State, or from serving as a student in any barber school or barber college for the training of students in said occupation under the training of a duly reg Proviso, registration. Who deemed practicing occupation. Display of licenses. istered barber authorized to practice such occupation in this SEC. 18. To shave or trim the beard or cut the hair of any SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the chief police officer of each city, village or township to see that the latest issue of license for all barber shops or barber schools within their jurisdictions are conspicuously displayed in each shop or school. Approved May 2, 1917. Sections amended. [No. 179.] AN ACT to amend sections one, three and four of act two The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one, three and four of act two hundred of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to provide for the compulsory education of children, for penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of the same," and acts amendatory thereof, being sec tions five thousand nine hundred seventy-nine, five thousand nine hundred eighty-one and five thousand nine hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: school SEC. 1. Every parent, guardian or other person in the Compulsory State of Michigan, having control and charge of any child attendance. between the ages of seven and sixteen years, shall be required to send such child to the public schools during the entire school year, and such attendance shall be continuous and consecutive for the school year fixed by the district in which such parent, guardian or other person in parental relation may reside: Provided, That in the following cases children Proviso, shall not be required to attend the public schools: (a) Any child who is attending regularly and is being taught in a private or parochial school such branches as are usually taught in the public schools to children of corresponding age, or who, upon the completion of the work in such schools, shall present satisfactory evidence to the county commissioner of schools, and in appropriate cases, to the superintendent of schools, that he has completed sufficient work to entitle him to an eighth grade diploma; (b) Any child who has received an eighth grade diploma from the public schools; (c) Any child who is physically unable to attend school. If the truant officer is notified of the non-attendance of any child at school, and he shall find the one in parental control claiming that such child is physically unable to attend school, the truant officer may secure a written statement of a competent physician, certifying that such child is physically unable to attend school; exceptions. (d) Children over fourteen years of age who have completed the work of the sixth grade whose services are essential to the support of their parents may be excused by the county commissioner of schools or city superintendent of schools from attendance at school, on the recommendation of the board of education of the district in which such children reside, and said board shall certify to the officers herein mentioned the facts in all such cases: Provided, Nothing in Proviso. this act or any other act shall prevent children fourteen years of age or over from procuring a permit to work outside of school hours, during the school year; (e) Children under nine years of age, whose parents do not reside within two and one-half miles, by the nearest traveled road, of some public school: Provided, That if trans- Proviso. portation is furnished for pupils in said district, this exemption shall not apply; (f) Any child twelve to fourteen years of age while in attendance at confirmation classes conducted for a period of not to exceed five months in either of said years: Provided, Proviso. however, That any child claiming exemption from attending school under subdivisions (a) or (b) hereof, shall secure such Director to supply teachers with census. When secre tary to furnish to superintendent. permit as may be required under the statutes of Michigan covering the employment of minors, and shall be regularly employed at some lawful work if physically able so to do, or any child who has completed the work of the eighth grade who wishes to assist with the housework or farm work at home may be granted an excuse for such work. Such child must present to the officer who issued the excuse satisfactory evidence each month that he or she is actually assisting with said housework or farm work. SEC. 3. (a) It shall be the duty of the school director of all school districts, except in city, graded and township districts, to provide the teacher, at the commencement of school, with a copy of the last school census, together with the names and addresses of the persons in parental relation, also address of the county commissioner of schools. The teacher shall, at the opening of school and at such other times as may be necessary, compare said census list with the enrollment of the school and report to the county commissioner of schools the names of the parents or other persons in parental relation whose children of the ages hereinbefore mentioned are not in regular attendance at school, also the names of parents or other persons in parental relation who have children of school age not included in such census and who do not attend school; (b) In all city, graded and township districts the secretary of the board of education shall, at the commencement of school, furnish a copy of the last school census to the superintendent of schools in such city, graded and township districts, together with the name and address of the truant officer under whose jurisdiction they act, and it shall be the duty of said superintendent at the opening of school to compare said census list with the enrollment of the school or schools, and from time to time as it may be necessary report to the proper truant officer the names and addresses of any parents or other persons in parental relation whose children of the ages hereinbefore mentioned are not in regular attendance at the public schools, also names of parents or others in parental relation whose children are not in the school and whose names are not included in such census; it shall be the duty of the principal, or any other person or persons in charge of every private and parochial school in any city or township of the county at the opening of such schools to furnish to the said superintendent or county commissioner of schools the name, age and grade of the child and the city or number of the district, the township and county where the parent, guardian or person in parental relation resides and the name and address of the parent, guardian or other person in parental relation of every child who has enrolled in such schools, and from time to time to report to said superintendent or county commissioner the name, age and grade of the child and the city or number of the district, the township |