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LAW KEGARDING EEPORTS. NO. 206. PUBLIC ACTS 1S8L 



AN ACT to provide for the uniform regulation of certain State institutions, 

 and to repeal section seven of act number one hundred and forty-eight of 

 the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, act one hundred 

 and sixty-two of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, 

 act number thirty-one of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- 

 five, section seventeen of act number two hundred and thirteen of tbe ses- 

 sion laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, section seventeen of act 

 number one hundred and seventy-six, of the session laws of eighteen hun- 

 dred and seventy-seven, section sixteen of act number one hundred and 

 thirty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, sec- 

 tion twenty of act number tvfo hundred and fifty of the session laws of 

 eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and all acts or parts of acts contraven- 

 ing the provisions of this act. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Micliigan enact, That all educa- 

 tional, charitable, reformatory, and penal institutions, supported wholly or in 

 part by the State, shall be known as State institutions. 



Sec. 2. The Board of each State institution shall, by the first day of 

 November preceding the regular sessions of the Legislature, make out and 

 present to the Governor a detailed statement of the operations of the institu- 

 tions for the two fiscal years closing on the thirtieth day of the precedino" 

 September, which shall include the report of the Superintendent, Warden, 

 or other proper cliief officer, for the same period, and a report of the 

 Treasurer of all receipts and disbursements made during the same period, 

 which report shall be furnished the State printer for publication by the first 

 day of November of the year v.-hen made. That such reports shall show at 

 the time of making the same, in detail, the number and names of tiie various 

 professors, superintendents, ofiicials, and all other regular employes, and the 

 wages or salary pttid to each, and what, if any, other emoluments are allowed, 

 and to whom. The Boards of each State institution, which is essentially educa- 

 tional in character, shall also annually, before the first day of November, 

 make out and present to the Superintendent of Public Instruction a manu- 

 script report showing: 



First. Tlie condition of the educational interests of the Institution ; 



Second. The number and names of the various professors, tutors, and 

 instructors ; 



Third. The number of students or pupils in the several departments, and 

 in the different classes; 



Fourth. The courses of study pursued, and the books of instruction used.. 



Fifth. Such other information and suggestions as said Board may deem 

 important, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction may request, to 

 embody in his annual report. 



Sec. 3. That the Board of each State institution shall cause a full and 

 accurate inventory, in duplicate, to be taken at the close of its fiscal year next 

 preceding the regular biennial session of the Legislature, by the officer in 

 charge, which shall specify the number of acres of land and the value 

 thereof, the number, kind, and value of buildings, the various kinds of per- 

 sonal property and the value thereof, which inventory shall be signed by the 

 officer making the same, and certified as correct by the Board for which 

 it is made ; one copy of which shall be made in a proper record book tj be kept 



