[No. 17.] AN ACT to amend section thirty-three of act number one hundred eighteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Prison, to the State House of Correction and Branch State Prison in the Upper Peninsula and to the House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and the government and discipline thereof and to repeal all acts. inconsistent therewith," the same being section one thousand seven hundred thirty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section thirty-three of act number one hundred Section eighteen of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Prison, to the State House of Correction and Branch State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, and to the House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and the government and discipline thereof, and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith," the same being section one thousand seven hundred thirty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: infractions. from sentence. SEC. 33. The warden shall cause a record to be kept of Record of each and all infractions of the rules of discipline by convicts, with the names of the persons so offending, and the date and character of each offense, which record shall be placed before the board at each regular meeting thereof, and every convict who shall have no infraction of the rules of the prison or the laws of the State recorded against him, shall be entitled to a reduction from his sentence as follows: During the first and Reduction second years of his sentence, five days for each month; during the third and fourth years, six days for each month; during the fifth and sixth years, seven days for each month; during the seventh, eighth and ninth years, nine days for each month; during the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth years, ten days for each month; during the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth years, twelve days for each month; and from and including the twentieth year, up to and including the period fixed for the expiration of the sentence fifteen days for each month. The board may, Forfeiture of by general rule, subject to amendment from time to time, prescribe how much of the good time earned under the foregoing provisions a convict shall forfeit for more than one infraction of the prison rules in any month, and for any serious act of insubordination, attempt to escape, or escape, the board may, by special order, take away any portion or the whole of the good time made by any convict up to the date of such offense. good time. of time. Restoration of. On recommendation of the warden the board may, as a reward for especially good conduct, such as aiding officials in cases of insubordination, or attempts at escape, restore to any convict the whole or any portion of the good time lost because Computation of any minor infractions of the rules. The warden, in computing the diminution of time for those convicts now in prison, shall allow them the good time made up to the time this act takes effect, in accordance with the provisions of law previously in force, and thereafter it shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of this section. Whenever a convict has been committed under several convictions, with separate sentences, they shall be considered as one continuous sentence in the granting or forfeiting good time: Provided, That the board of control, in any institution subject to the provisions of this act may provide by general rule for the extending of additional good time to prisoners who are employed outside of the walls of the prison: Provided further, That such additional good time shall not exceed three days for each month of such employment. Continuous sentence. Proviso. Further proviso. Approved March 29, 1917. Districts, when united. Resolution. petition. [No. 18.] AN ACT to provide for the consolidation of school districts in territory annexed to cities with school districts of such cities. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Where territory is annexed to a city, organized school districts partly or wholly within such territory shall be united with the school districts of such city whenever the governing bodies of any such district and of the city school district, by resolution, agree upon such union. The governing body of either the city district or annexed district may propose such union by resolution setting forth the terms thereof, which resolution shall be transmitted to the other Ten per cent body, and shall be acted upon by it. Either body shall propose such union when requested by petition of ten per cent of the voters of its district. A quorum may act in each case, and a majority of the body may pass such resolution. When such resolution shall have passed both bodies, a copy thereof shall be certified to by the secretary of each, shall be recorded in the register of deeds' office, and shall, when so recorded, pass the legal title of the real and personal property of the district in the annexed territory to the district of the city to which the same was annexed, and shall be sufficient evidence of such union. contain. SEC. 2. The resolution shall set up the names of the re- Resolution, spective school districts; shall accurately define the bounda- what to ries of the district which it is proposed to unite to the city district; shall recite the real property owned by said district according to its legal description and the personal property with reasonable particularity, sufficient to enable it to be accur ately identified; shall recite the bonded indebtedness of said district; shall specify whether a part or all of said district has been annexed to said city, or whether all or an accurately bounded part of said district is to be united with the city district; shall set up that the district passing such resolution proposing the union of the districts named; and shall provide that upon the adoption of the resolution by the governing bodies of both districts and the recording of such resolution as provided in section one, said city school district shall acquire the property of the district annexed and the latter shall become a part of the former and subject to the laws governing it. SEC. 3. In like manner, when a part only of a district is Union of within annexed territory provision may be made for the union part only. of the part annexed only, with the city district by similar agreement. SEC. 4. In either case, if the governing body of the city Referendum. district passes such resolution, and that of the district partly or wholly annexed does not, the question of such union shall be submitted, by the board of the latter district, to the voters in the territory proposed to be added to the city district (within thirty days after the resolution is received from the city district), at a regular election, or a special election, called for the purpose. If a majority of those voting favor such union, then it shall become effective upon the recording of said resolution and a certified copy of the notice of such election and of the canvass of the vote cast on said question. SEC. 5. When the union herein provided for has been per- Funds and fected, the officers of the district joined to the city district shall as soon as may be account to the city district for the funds and property in their hands as such officers, and shall turn over same to said city district. Upon the receipt by the latter of such funds and property, such officers shall be released of liability therefor, their official bonds shall be deemed cancelled, and their offices terminate. Where only a fraction of a district is united, such accounting shall be pro rata in the proportion of the population united to the whole population of the district; such officers shall be discharged of liability for the property accounted for; but shall continue as officers of the balance of the district. property. contracts. SEC. 6. When such union is perfected, the city district shall Debts and assume outstanding indebtedness of the district annexed, or the proper pro rata share thereof, and shall assume and perform all legally binding contracts of such district, so far as the same apply to the part of said district united to such city district. Until such union is perfected, all bonds outstand ing, and all valid unperformed contracts, and all other liabilities, of such districts in annexed territory shall be and continue valid and enforceable obligations thereof, and said districts shall continue to exercise their powers as such. Approved March 29, 1917. Certificates of correction. How issued. [No. 19.] AN ACT to authorize and empower the Public Domain Commission to issue certificates of correction in certain cases, and to have the same recorded in the office of the register of deeds in any county wherein the lands affected by such certificate may be located. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Whenever it shall appear that a deed has been executed and issued by the Public Domain Commission, purporting to convey title to lands in which the State of Michigan held no interest, and such deed has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which such lands are located, and when in the attempt to correct such erroneous sale and transfer a deed has been executed by the grantee of the State to the State of Michigan, such deed shall be placed on record in the office of such register of deeds, by the Public Domain Commission, and at the same time the Public Domain Commission shall execute a certificate wherein it shall be stated that the State of Michigan has and claims no title in or to the lands described in such deed to the State of Michigan, and that such certificate is issued for the express purpose of removing any cloud upon the title in the lands described in such deed by reason of the deed issued by the State of Michigan in the first place, or by the deed so received from the grantee. Such certificate shall be issued under the seal of the Public Domain Commission and shall be placed on record by such register of deeds, who shall at the same time enter in the record of deeds herein referred to a citation to the record of such certificate of correction. Approved March 29, 1917. [No. 20.] AN ACT to supplement the laws relating to the care of indigent persons, to provide for the disposal of property of such persons for their use and benefit, and to provide for reimbursement of a county, township, village or city extending assistance to any such person in certain cases. The People of the State of Michigan enact: furnished. SECTION 1. If any person shall receive aid or assistance suit to refrom any county, township, city or village in this State as a cover aid, etc., poor or indigent person, and shall thereafter be found to have been the owner of property either real or personal, at the time such aid was received, the superintendents of the poor of the county or the proper official of any township, village or city by which such aid or assistance has been extended may bring a suit at law in any court of competent jurisdiction to cover the value or amount of such aid or assistance, together with interest. On the death of any such poor or indigent person May petition the superintendents of the poor of the county or the proper court. official of any township, village or city by which aid has been thus extended, may petition the probate court having jurisdiction in the premises for the administration of the estate, if any, of such poor or indigent person; and the kind or value of assistance rendered such person shall be a valid claim against his estate: Provided, That no claim arising by virtue Proviso, of the provisions of this section shall be barred by any stat- barred. ute limiting the time within which action may be brought to recover on any claim, account or cost of action. probate claim not control of. SEC. 2. When any poor or indigent person shall be brought Property, to the county infirmary as an inmate therein, and is found to custody and possess property, the same shall be placed at once in the custody and control of the county superintendents of the poor, and shall by such superintendents be used for the sole benefit of such poor person. If such poor or indigent person thereafter ceases to be a public charge on such county he may apply to said superintendents of the poor for a return to him of such property, or so much thereof as shall not have been expended under the provisions of this law, or under the provisions of any law of the State pertaining thereto. Thereupon said superintendents of the poor shall proceed to make such return or refund as soon as may be. In no case, however, shall the property of any insane, indigent person be sold or otherwise disposed of until such person shall have been declared incurable by the medical superintendent of the asylum or institution in which he may be placed, or in which he may be receiving treatment. Approved March 29, 1917. |