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 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 is not in regular attendance in such schools; officer, (c) It shall be the duty of the truant officer of the city Truant or district, whenever notified by the teacher, superintendent, or duties of. other person or persons of violations of this act, and the county truant officer, when notified by the commissioner of schools, to investigate all such cases of truancy or non-attendance at school, and if the children complained of are not exempt from the provisions of this act under the conditions named in section one, then he shall immediately proceed as it is provided in section four of this act: Provided, That it shall be Proviso. the duty of the county truant officer when requested to do so by the county commissioner of schools to inspect the outhouses in primary districts and order repairs on the same, and in case the district board, after proper notification by the truant officer, fails to have such outhouses put in proper and sanitary condition it shall be the duty of the said truant officer to have such work done at the expense of the district; (d) In case any parent or other person in parental rela- Misdemeanor, tion shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, he what deemed. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the county or city jail for not less than two nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. list of, officer. SEC. 4. (a) It shall be the duty of the county commis- Teachers, sioner of schools to furnish the truant officer of the county, furnished at the opening of the schools, with a list of the teachers and to truant superintendents employed in his county in school districts other than in such city, graded and township districts as are described in section two of this act; send child to school. (b) In case any parent or other person in parental re- Failure to lation shall fail to send the child or children under his or her control to the public school, the truant officer, upon having notice from proper authority of such fact, shall immediately and within twenty-four hours thereafter give formal written notice in person or by registered mail, to the parent or other person in parental relation, that the child or children under his or her control shall present himself or themselves at the public school, except as hereinbefore provided, on the day following the receipt of such notice, with the necessary textbooks for instruction in the proper school or schools of the district or city. Said notice shall inform the parent or other person in parental relation of the date that attendance must Complaint, when made against parent, etc. Proviso. Teachers, etc., to aid begin and that such attendance at school must be continuous and consecutive during the remainder of the school year as taught in the district. The truant officer shall, at the same time the said formal notice is given to the parent or person in parental relation, notify the teacher or superintendent or commissioner of the fact of notice, and it shall be the duty of the teacher or superintendent or commissioner to notify the truant officer of failure on the part of the parent or other person in parental relation to comply with said notice; (c) It shall be the duty of all truant officers, after having given the formal notice hereinbefore described, to determine whether the parent or other person in parental relation has complied with the notice, and in case of failure to so comply he shall immediately and within three days after having knowledge or being notified thereof, make a complaint against said parent or other person in parental relation having the legal charge and control of such child or children, before any justice of the peace in the county where such party resides for such refusal or neglect to send such child or children to school; and said justice of the peace shall issue a warrant upon said complaint and shall proceed to hear and determine the same in the same manner as is provided by statute for other cases under his jurisdiction, and in case of conviction of any parent or other person in parental relation for violation of this act, said parent or other person in parental relation shall be punished according to the provisions of section three of this act: Provided, That in cities having a recorder's court and justices of the peace, the truant officer shall make the aforesaid complaint before the magistrate of said recorder's. court or before a justice of the peace, and said magistrate or justice shall issue a warrant and proceed to hear and determine the case in the same manner as is provided in the statute for other cases under his jurisdiction; (d) It shall be the duty of all school officers, superintendtruant officer. ents, teachers or other persons to render such assistance and furnish such information as they may have at their command to aid such truant officer in the performance of his official duty. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 180.] AN ACT to provide for the registration and licensing of threshing machines and the securing of crop statistics from threshers; and to provide for the revocation of such licenses in certain cases. The People of the State of Michigan enact: machine, SECTION 1. On or before the first day of July of each Threshing year, or within five days before beginning to thresh, every etc., licensowner or lessee of a threshing machine or clover huller who ing of. shall thresh for hire, shall file with the Secretary of State an application for license containing the name and postoffice address of such owner or lessee, together with the name and* make of the threshing machine. Such application shall be on blanks to be furnished by the Secretary of State. On receipt of such application it shall be the duty of the Registration. Secretary of State to register such threshing machine and to issue a license for the operation thereof, good for one year from the date of issuance. lieu of fee. SEC. 2. In lieu of a fee for the registration and licensing Statement in of such threshing machine it shall be the duty of the owner, lessee or operator of such machine to file at least once each week with the Secretary of State a statement showing the amount and kind of grain or seeds threshed during such week, together with the name, county and township, and postoffice address of the grower of such grain or seeds, the number of acres of each so grown and the yield of the crops so grown. Upon the failure or neglect on the part of any owner or lessee to file the statistics required by this act, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to revoke the license for such machine and no new license shall be issued during the current year. of state to SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State Secretary to provide each registered thresher with suitable blanks for furnish blanks. the recording and return of such crop statistics. Such blanks shall be in triplicate, one copy of which shall go to the owner as a receipt for the grain or seed threshed, one copy to be filed with the Secretary of State and one to be retained permanently by the registered thresher. Sufficient number of such blanks shall be furnished each thresher as may be necessary for his needs, together with stamped and addressed envelopes for the weekly mailing of such statements. Statistics so received by the Secretary of State shall Statistics be tabulated and made a matter of public record in such form as the Secretary of State shall prescribe. tabulated. furnished SEC. 4. All blanks and other material required by this act Blanks, etc., shall be furnished the Secretary of State, upon his requisi- upon requisition, by the Board of State Auditors and paid for as other tion. State printing and binding is paid for. Misdemeanor, penalty. SEC. 5. Any person or persons, firm or corporation operating any threshing machine for hire, which machine has not been licensed as by this act provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine of not to exceed twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved May 2, 1917. Sections amended. Section added. Certain acts unlawful. [No. 181.] AN ACT to amend sections one and two of act number one hundred forty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, entitled "An act to regulate the use of steam engines, steam wagons or other vehicles, which are in whole or in part operated by steam, on the public highways of this State, and to prohibit the blowing of steam whistles upon the public highways of this State," being sections four thousand seven hundred ninety-three and four thousand seven hundred ninety-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and to add a new section thereto to stand as section five thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one and two of act number one hundred forty-five of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eightyseven, entitled "An act to regulate the use of steam engines, steam wagons or other vehicles, which are in whole or in part operated by steam, on the public highways of this State, and to prohibit the blowing of steam whistles upon the public highways of this State," being sections four thousand seven hundred ninety-three and four thousand seven hundred ninety-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended, and a new section is added to said act to stand as section five thereof, said amended sections and added section to read as follows: SEC. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation owning or controlling any carriage, vehicle, traction or other engine propelled by steam, by themselves, their servant, agent or employe, to allow the same to stand upon any bridge or culvert in any highway for taking a supply of water, or other purpose; and it shall also be unlawful to permit or use the same to pass over, through or upon any public highway, road or street, unless such owner, owners, agent, servant or employe shall send before the same a person of mature age, at least ten rods and not more than forty rods in advance except that in incorporated cities and villages such person shall not be less than four rods and not more than ten rods in advance, to notify and warn persons traveling or using said highway, road or street with horses or other domestic animals, of the approach of such carriage, vehicle or engine. And upon the approach of any person or persons with horse or horses, or other domestic animals, from behind or in front, said owner or owners, agent, servant, or employe of such steam vehicle, carriage or engine having the same in charge, shall cause the same to be stopped, and the steam of such engine to be immediately shut off, and to render such assistance as will enable such team or teams of horses, or other domestic animals to pass in safety; and at night such persons shall carry a red light; and such persons shall carry and use plank sufficient to plank all crosswalks: Provided, That the pro- Proviso. visions of this act shall not be construed to apply to automobiles: Provided further, That no township shall be liable Further for any damages sustained by the breakage of any bridge proviso. or culvert by any steam engine or steam vehicle weighing more than the lawful carrying capacity of such bridge or culvert at the time it was built. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who, while traveling upon steam the public highways of this State with a steam engine, steam whistles. wagon or other vehicle which is, in whole or in part, being worked, run or operated by steam, or to which a steam whistle is attached, shall blow or sound, or cause to be blown or sounded, any steam whistle while so traveling upon the public highways of this State, shall be guilty of a misde meanor, except when deemed necessary by the operator to blow the whistle to avoid accidents. SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful to move any traction engine Permission or similar heavy machinery over the public highways, by its required. own power or otherwise, during the months of March, April and May, or at any other time, if by reason of the thawing of frost, or rains, or any other cause, the roads are in soft condition rendering them unfit for the passage over them of such heavy machinery without damage to the highways, or if the engines are equipped with lugs which seriously damage the highways, except by written permission from the commissioners having jurisdiction over said highway or highways. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of not less than twentyfive dollars, nor in any event less than double the amount of damages which may have been caused to such highway or highways, as shall be estimated by the highway officials having jurisdiction over the highways which may be thus damaged. Approved May 2, 1917. |