to which this is amendatory, ín said city, not exceeding the sum of fifteen dollars per month, and not exceeding to any family or person the actual sum necessary, with his, her, or their other means of support, to relieve such family or person; and said person so appointed shall discharge all the duties of all the aldermen of said city enjoined by this act, or the act to which this is amendatory, and in accordance with the rules specified therein; and such person may give orders upon the county treasurer of his county, payable only to the person, or order, who is for the time being the head of the family to whom relief is afforded. Such person so Compensation of appointed shall be entitled to such compensation for his services as shall be determined by the supervisors of his county, to be audited, allowed, and paid as other accounts against said county.' (1881.) SEC. 11. The person so appointed shall hold his office Term of office. for one year, and the term of his office shall expire and commence on the first Tuesday of May in each year. Before entering upon Bonds. the duties of his office, such person shall execute a bond with, good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the common council, as required by section twenty-eight, chapter two, of the revised charter of the city of Detroit; and the common council shall from Additional time to time require such additional bonds and sureties as they may deem proper, and any failure to make and execute such bonds, shall vacate said office." bonds. Joint Resolution relative to the relief of the families of volunteers mustered from this [Approved February 5, 1864. Laws of 1864, p. 142.] (1882.) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That act number one hundred and seventy-three of the Session Laws of eighteen hundred and sixtythree, entitled "An act to amend an act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the relief, by counties, of the families of volunteers mustered from this State into the military service of the United States or of this State,' approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and to add certain sections thereto," approved January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, was intended and is hereby declared to make it the duty of the 1As added by Act 161 of the Laws of 1863, p. 295, approved and took effect March 19, 1863. 2 As added by Act 184 of the Laws of 1865, p. 815, approved and took effect March 15, board of supervisors of each organized county to make adequate provision for all requisite relief and support of the families within this State, of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, enlisted or drafted from their counties, respectively, or substitutes for persons so drafted and mustered into the military or naval service of the United States or of this State, whether such families reside within the county where such enlistment was made and to which such soldier is credited, or not; but said act was not intended and shall not be construed to require or authorize the board of supervisors of any county, or any member thereof, to apply any part of the family relief fund of such county, or furnish relief to the family of any soldier credited by the military authorities to any other county or sub-district, or who belongs to any regiment or battery from any other State; and it shall be the duty of the supervisor of each township to furnish relief to the families of volunteers who are credited to such township: Provided, The families resided in this State at the time of the enlistment of the volunteer, and are in circumstances entitling them to relief under the provisions of the act aforesaid. THE DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, AND INSANE, AND ASY- Joint Resolution relative to statistical information of the insane, deaf, dumb, and blind. [Approved April 3, 1848. Laws of 1848, p. 463.] ward assessors transmit to Sec statistics relative (1883.) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Township and the State of Michigan, That it shall be the duty of the assessors to collect and of each township and ward in the State, at the time of making retary of State out their assessment rolls, to ascertain and set down, in tables pre- to insane, deaf, dumb, and blind pared for that purpose, a list of the names, of all insane, deaf, persons. dumb, and blind persons in said township and ward under separate heading; the patient's age, general health, habits, and occupation; kind, degree, and duration of such affliction; sex; whether married or single; whether under medical treatment; pecuniary ability of patient and relatives liable for his or her support, and such further information relative to this unfortunate class of our citizens as may be deemed useful. They shall cause said list, together with all the facts brought down to the first of October, to be delivered to the supervisors of their respective townships or wards, whose duty it shall be to cause the same to be delivered to the county clerk at the annual meeting of the board of supervisors, to be laid before them in each year, which board shall carefully condense the facts exhibited, and transmit the same to the Secretary and Dumb. of State, on or before the first day of November in each year, and the Secretary of State is hereby required to make a report of the same to the next Legislature at the commencement of the session. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. An Act to establish an Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, and also an [Approved April 3, 1848. Laws of 1848, p. 246.] Appropriation of (1884.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of saline lands for Asylum for Deaf Representatives of the State of Michigan, That there shall be established in this State, institutions under the title and style of the "Michigan Asylum for the Educating the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind," and "Michigan Asylum for the Insane," and that fifteen sections of the State salt-spring lands be and is hereby appropriated for the erection of suitable buildings therefor." Trustees of asylums. Trustees to be body corporate. Meeting of Trustees, and elec (1885.) SEC. 2. The government of said asylums shall be vested in a Board of Trustees, to consist of five members, who shall be elected annually by the Legislature of this State in joint convention: Provided, The Governor shall have the authority to appoint the first Trustee under this act. (1886.) SEC. 3. The Trustees authorized pursuant to the foregoing section, shall constitute a body corporate with the name and title of the "Trustees of the Michigan Asylums," with the right as such of suing and being sued, of making and using a common seal, and altering the same at pleasure. (1887.) SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the above-named Trustees tion of treasurer to meet at such time and place as the Governor shall appoint, and elect of their own body a treasurer and clerk, who shall hold their offices one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified. and clerk. Subsequent meetings. By-laws and rules. Government of asylums. (1888.) SEC. 5. Said Trustees shall meet once in every three months, on their own adjournments, or oftener if they deem it advisable; have power to pass such by-laws and adopt such rules and regulations for the management and control of the institution as they may deem just and right. (1889.) SEC. 6. The Trustees shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to enact laws for the government of said Asylums, and also to appoint a principal for each institution, whose respective 1 See section 1958 following. 2 As amended by Act 188 of 1849. Laws of 1849, p. 188. 3 For a change in the mode of election and other radical changes, see the act of February 9, 1857, following. other officers of salaries shall not exceed eight hundred dollars per annum, and who shall nominate, for the action of the Board of Trustees, all necessary subordinate officers, who may be dismissed by said respective principals for inefficiency or misconduct; but in case of Principal and every removal a detailed statement of the causes shall be reported institution. to the Board of Trustees by the principal making the removal. (1890.) SEC. 7. Tuition and board shall be free to all candidates Tuition and from this State; but the Trustees may admit applicants from any lums. other State, and may fix the compensation to be paid by the parents board in asy or guardians of such applicant: Provided, That the same shall be Proviso. sufficient to cover all their necessary expenses. 1 of trustees. (1891.) SEC. 8. The board of trustees shall make out, annually, Annual report and report to the Legislature a detailed statement of the operations of said institution. trustees to be to receive dona tions and select site for asylums. (1892.) SEC. 9. The expenses necessarily incurred by such Trus- Expenses of tees in the discharge of their duties, shall be reimbursed to them, reimbursed. to be paid as the other expenses of the institution. (1893.) SEC. 10. Said board, when organized, is hereby authorized Powers of board to receive proposals for donations of lands, money, or other materials for the location and building of such asylums, and upon receiving a title of any lands, or the delivery of any money, materials, bonds, or other security for such purpose, to and in behalf of the State for the benefit of such asylums, they shall have power, and it shall be their duty to select and designate some suitable location or locations for the site of said asylums, and file a description thereof in the office of the Secretary of State." to be under con proceeds of sale to constitute asylum fund. (1894.) SEc. 11. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Lands donated, State Land Office to make immediate selections of the lands appro- trol of Trustees; priated by this act, and keep on file, in his office, a list of the same, which lands shall thereupon be under the control of the Board of Trustees, who shall have power to order the sale of the same, or portions of the same, from time to time, under the supervision of the Commissioner of the State Land Office, as they may deem proper and for the best interest of the State, and the proceeds of the same, when paid into the State Treasury, shall be passed to the credit of a fund to be called the "Asylum fund." 3 of one of trustees to be appointed to (1895.) SEC. 12. The Board of Trustees shall appoint one their number as acting commissioner, whose duty it shall be take charge of, direct and superintend the erection of the neces 1 As amended by Act 106 of 1855, p. 241, section 6. building com missioner. |