The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-08

Regents shall have the general supervision OF
the University, and the directions and control
Of all expenditures from the University inter-
est fund.
Sec. g. The state Normal School shall con-
tinue under the supervision OF the State
Board of Education, which shall consist of the
Superintendent of Public instruction, e1
oDicio, and three elective members. The
terms of Office of said elective members shall
be six years, aud one of said members shall
be elected every second year, at the time of
the election of Governor, and shall enter
upon the duties of this Office OH the first day
Of January succeeding his election. Said
Board shall perform such other duties as shall
be prescribed by law.
Sec. 4. The Boards of Control OF the Reform
School, the State Public School and Of the
Agricultural College shall be appointed by the
Governor by and with tho consent of the
Senate, and their duties shall be prescribed by
law.
Sec. 5. Any vacancy that shall occur in any
of the boards mentioned i'm this article shall
be filed by appointment by the Governor.
Sec. 8. The Legislature shall provide sys-
tenn OF primary schools by which school
shall be maintained in each school district in
the State, free Of charge for tuition, at least
three months in the year. The instruction
shall, in all cases, be conducted in the English
language.
Sec T. school shall be maintained in each
school ulStrlct AT lehst JnTee mOnJnb III edcn
year. Any school district neglectng to main
tain such school shall be deprived for the
ensuing year of it's proportion of the income
of the primary school fund. and of all funds
arising from general taxes for the support of
schools.
Sec. s. The proceeds from the sale Of all
lands that have been or hereafter may be
granted by the United States to the State for
educational purposes, and the proceeds of all
lands or other property given by individuals
or appropriated by the State for like purposes,
shall be and remain perpetual fund, the in
terest and income of which, together with the
rents of all such lands AZ may remain unseld,
shall be inviolably appropriated and annually
applied to the specific objects of the original
gift, grant or appropriation.
Sec. 8. All lands which have heretofore
escheated or which shall hereafter escheat to
the State, shall inure to the benefit of the
Primary School Fund and be held and dis
posed Of as Primary School lands
Sec. 10. All moneys belonging to the pub
lie derived from fines penalties. forfeitures
or recognizances imposed or taken in the
several counties, cities or townships for any
breach of the penal laws Of this State. shall
| be paid into the County Treasury and APP
portioned in the same manner az is the in
come of the Primary School Fund and paid
over to the several cities and townships of
the county in which such money accrued, for
the support of library in each township or
city, or for the support or primary schools,
as the Township Board of any township, or
Board of Education or School Board of any
city, may determine. But fines, penalties.
forfeitures, and recognizances, accruing from
the violation Of village or city ordinances
shall be paid into the treasury of the village
or city where the same are collected, and be
applied as the Board of Education or School
Board of such village or city may determine.
Sec. IL. Institutions for the benefit of
those inhabitants who are deaf, dumb. blind
or insane shall always be fostered and sup
ported.
NoTE-The last clause of section Is new. Sec
ton embraces the subject matter of section G. Z,
and of the corresponding article of the present
Constitution. The only controyerted point was
that relating to the power of the regents in the
management of the University and its funds. In
this, the amended section follows the language of
the last sentence Of section 4 above referred to.
Section and 3 new. The insertion of the
word general" before "taxes," section 7, il re-
garded noteworthy. Section 10 corresponds to
present section II, and ii il considerably
changed, the last named section is given entire for
convenience of comparison, as follows:
"Sec. IL. The Legislature shall also provide for
| the establishment of least one library in each
township; and all fines assessed and collected in
| the several counties for any breach of the penal
laws shall be exclusively applied to the support of
such libraries"