TITLE XIX. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. CHAPTER CXXXI. The Superintendent of Public Instruction. CHAPTER CXXXIII. The State Normal School. CHAPTER CXXXIV. The State Agricultural College. CHAPTER CXXXV. Mining school in the Upper Peninsula. CHAPTER CXXXVI. Primary schools. CHAPTER CXXXVII. Graded and high schools. CHAPTER CXXXVIII. School district libraries. CHAPTER CXXXIX. County Superintendents of Schools. CHAPTER CXL. State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children. CHAPTER CXLI. Reports from incorporated academies and other literary institutions. CHAPTER CXXXI. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. An Act prescribing the duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to repeal chapter fifty-six of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, and an act to amend said chapter fifty-six, approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. [Approved April 4, 1851. Took effect July 8, 1851. Laws of 1851, p. 116.] (3468.) SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction Report of Superintendent shall have general supervision of public instruction, and of the of Public InState Reform School, and it shall be his duty, among other things, struction. ⚫ Contents of. Report to em body abstracts of reports of inspectors. To prepare forms, regulations, etc., for school officers. Forms, etc., to be printed in to prepare annually, and transmit to the Governor, to be by him transmitted to the Legislature at each biennial session thereof, a report, containing First. A statement of the condition of the University, of all incorporate literary institutions, and of the primary schools; Second. Estimates and amounts of expenditures of the school moneys; Third. Plans for the improvement and management of all educational funds, and for the better organization of the educational system, if, in his opinion, the same be required; Fourth. The condition of the Normal School; Fifth. The annual report and accompanying documents, as far as he shall deem the same of sufficient public interest, of the board of control of the State Reform School; Sixth. All such other matter relating to his office, and the subject of education generally, as he shall deem expedient to communicate.' (3469.) SEC. 2. He shall make all necessary abstracts of the reports of school inspectors, transmitted to him by the clerks, and embody so much of the same in his report as may be necessary. (3470.) SEC. 3. He shall prepare and cause to be printed, with the laws relating to primary schools, all necessary forms, regulations, and instruments for conducting all proceedings under said laws, and transmit the same, with such instructions relative to the organization and government of such schools, and the course of studies to be pursued therein, as he may deem advisable, to the several officers intrusted with their care and management. (3471.) SEC. 4. School laws, forms, regulations, and instructions pamphlet form. shall be printed in pamphlet form, with a proper index, and shall have also annexed thereto a list of such books as the superintendent shall think best adapted to the use of the primary schools, and a list of books suitable for township libraries, with such rules as he may think proper for the government of such libraries. Apportionment of primary school fund. (3472.) SEC. 5. He shall annually, on receiving notice from the Auditor General of the amounts thereof, apportion the income of the primary school fund among the several townships and cities of the State, in proportion to the number of scholars in each between the ages of five and twenty years, as the same shall appear by the reports of the several township inspectors of primary schools, made to him for the year last closed." As amended by Act 174 of the Laws of 1868, p. 819, approved March 20, 1863. ditor General statement of the to each county. (3473.) SEC. 6. He shall prepare, annually, a statement of the To furnish Auamount in the aggregate payable to each county in the State from with annual the income of the primary school fund, and shall deliver the same amount payable to the Auditor General, who shall thereupon draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of each county for the amount payable to such county. clerk of amount in each county. (3474.) SEC. 7. He shall also send written notices to the clerks Notice to county of the several counties, of the amount in the aggregate to be dis- to be disbursed bursed in their respective counties, and the amount payable to the townships therein respectively; which notice shall be disposed of as directed by an act entitled "An act to amend chapter fifty-eight Chap. 78, Sec. of the Revised Statutes of one thousand eight hundred and fortysix," approved March twenty-eight, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. (2855.) tionment, how when reports (3475.) SEC. 8. Whenever the returns from any county, township, Rates of apporor city, upon which a statement of the amount to be disbursed or ascertained paid to any such county, township, or city, shall be so far defective defective. as to render it impracticable to ascertain the share of public moneys which ought to be disbursed or paid to such county, township, or city, he shall ascertain, by the best evidence in his power, the facts upon which the ratio of such apportionment shall depend, and shall make the apportionment accordingly. may be appor year. (3476.) SEC. 9. Whenever, by accident, mistake, or any other When defieleney cause, the returns from any county, township, or city, upon which tioned the next a statement of the amount to be disbursed to any such county, township, or city, shall not contain the whole number of scholars in such county, township, or city, entitled to draw money from said fund, by which any such county, township, or city shall fail to have apportioned to it the amount to which it shall justly be entitled, the superintendent, on receiving satisfactory proof thereof, shall apportion such deficiency to such county, township, or city, in his next annual apportionment.1 cational fund, how computed and how paid. (3477.) SEC. 10. Upon all sums paid into the State Treasury Interest on eduupon account of the principal of any of the educational funds, except where the provision is or shall be made by law, the treasurer shall compute interest from the time of such payment, or from the time of the last computation of interest thereon, to the first Monday of April in each and every year, and shall give credit therefor to each and every school fund, as the case may be; and such interest shall be paid out of the general fund. 1As amended by Act 176 of the Laws of 1861, p. 284, approved March 15, 1861. Superintendent at the expiration of term to de liver to succes For books, pa pers, etc. Certain enact- (3478.) SEC. 11. The superintendent shall, at the expiration of his term of office, deliver over, on demand, to his successor, all property, books, documents, maps, records, reports, and all other papers belonging to his office, or which may have been received by him for the use of his office. (3479.) SEC. 12. Chapter fifty-six of the Revised Statutes of one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and an act to amend said chapter fifty-six, approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, are hereby repealed. Appointment of deputy authorized. An Act authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint a deputy. [Approved February 3, 1859. Laws of 1859, p. 41.] (3480.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Superintendent of Public Instruction be and hereby is authorized to appoint a deputy, and to revoke such appointment at pleasure, which deputy may execute the duties of the office in case of a vacancy or the necessary absence of the superintendent. SEC. 2.1 SEC. 3. This act shall take immediate effect. 1 Repealed by Act 121 of the Laws of 1867, p. 162, and salary increased to one thousand dollars. CHAPTER CXXXII. THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS BRANCHES. An Act to provide for the government of the State University, and to repeal chapter fiftyseven of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six. [Approved April 8, 1851. Took effect July 8, 1851. Laws of 1851, p. 205.] tinued. (3481.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, University conThat the institution established in this State, and known as the University of Michigan, is continued under the name and style heretofore used. (3482.) SEC. 2. The University shall provide the inhabitants of Its objects. this State with the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science, and arts. (3483.) SEC. 3. The government of the University is vested in Government the Board of Regents. vested in Board of Regents. (3484.) SEC. 4. The Board of Regents shall constitute the body Regents to be a corporate, with the right, as such, of suing and being sued, of mak- body corporate. ing and using a common seal, and altering the same. professors, etc., (3485.) SEC. 5. The Regents shall have power to enact ordinan- Regents to make by-laws, etc., ces, by-laws, and regulations for the government of the Univer- elect president, sity; to elect a president, to fix, increase, and reduce the regular and fix salaries. number of professors and tutors, and to appoint the same, and to determine the amount of their salaries: Provided, That there shall 18 Mich. 469. |