MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

Act 116 of 1893

AN ACT to provide for the maintenance, management and control, of the Michigan school for the deaf, and to repeal all laws inconsistent herewith.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


393.51 Michigan school for the deaf; continuation.

Sec. 1.

    This state shall continue to maintain the institution located at Flint for educating the deaf, which shall be known as the Michigan school for the deaf.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 1990 ;-- CL 1915, 1445 ;-- CL 1929, 7957 ;-- CL 1948, 393.51 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 129, Eff. Aug. 24, 2016
Former Law: See Act 187 of 1848; Acts 133 and 245 of 1849; Acts 35 and 382 of 1850; Act 80 of 1853; Act 106 of 1855; Acts 73 and 102 of 1857; Act 188 of 1865; Act 91 of 1867; Act 111 of 1873; Act 192 of 1877; Act 250 of 1879; Acts 7 and 233 of 1881; Act 286 of 1887; Act 169 of 1891; How., ยง 1836 and notes thereto.





393.52-393.58 Repealed. 1964, Act 287, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections provided for board of trustees of school for the deaf and prescribed their method of appointment, terms, and powers and duties.





393.59 School for deaf; board of trustees; report to governor; contents.

Sec. 9.

     The board of trustees of said institution shall by the tenth day of September preceding the regular session of the legislature, make out and present to the governor a detailed statement of the operations of the institution for the 2 fiscal years closing on the thirtieth day of the preceding June, which shall include the report of the superintendent for the same period, and a report of the treasurer for all receipts and disbursements made during the same period, which report shall be furnished the state printer for publication by the fifteenth day of September of the year when made. That such report shall show at the time of making the same, in detail, the number and names of the superintendent, officers, teachers, and all other regular employes, and the salary or wages paid to each and what, if any, other emoluments are allowed, and to whom.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 1998 ;-- CL 1915, 1453 ;-- CL 1929, 7965 ;-- CL 1948, 393.59





393.60 Repealed. 2002, Act 703, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to school for the deaf annual inventory.





393.61 School for deaf; accounts.

Sec. 11.

     The board of trustees shall, in proper books for that purpose, cause to be kept a regular account of all moneys received and disbursed, and the receipts from and expenditures for and on account of each department of business, or for the construction of buildings or the improvement of the premises; and the accounts shall be so kept as to show as near as practicable the cost of carrying on the farm and garden, and of the several shops or industries of said institution in all respects, as provided by section 4, Act 146, laws 1891.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 2000 ;-- CL 1915, 1455 ;-- CL 1929, 7967 ;-- CL 1948, 393.61
Compiler's Notes: Section 4 of Act 146 of 1891, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 18 of 1962.





393.62 Repealed. 2002, Act 703, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to school for the deaf expenses.





393.63 School for deaf; money drawn considered an advance.

Sec. 13.

     That the amounts so drawn shall be considered as an advance to the institution on any appropriation made by the legislature at its regular session for the year in which the appropriation is made, and shall be deducted therefrom and transferred to the general fund.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 2002 ;-- CL 1915, 1457 ;-- CL 1929, 7969 ;-- CL 1948, 393.63





393.64 Repealed. 2002, Act 703, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to compensation for the school for the deaf.





393.65 School for deaf; pupils; eligibility; treatment; transportation; non-residents.

Sec. 15.

     There shall be received in said school, as pupils, all such deaf children and partially deaf children whose defective hearing prevents them from receiving instruction in the common schools, to remain not beyond 21 years of age, as are in suitable condition of body and mind to receive instruction, and who are residents of this state, or whose parents or guardians are residents of this state, without charge for tuition, boarding, lodging, or washing and without charge for such health services as may be established by the board of trustees: Provided, That any dependent child enrolled who is in need of surgery, medicines or medical attendance not available through the school's established program and for whom circumstances make such services impossible under any other act shall receive the necessary surgery and treatment at the school's expense: Provided further, The board of trustees may substitute transportation in lieu of boarding, lodging, washing and other similar resident-school-services for those children who live within a radius of 10 miles of the school and whose educational opportunities would not be jeopardized by such substitution: And provided further, The board of trustees may in their discretion admit persons over 21 years of age under such conditions as may be deemed appropriate; and the trustees may admit children from any other state, but in such cases shall fix a tuition fee that is sufficient to cover all necessary expenses.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 2004 ;-- CL 1915, 1459 ;-- CL 1929, 7971 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 269, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 175, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 393.65





393.66 Repealed. 2002, Act 703, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to assistance to deaf persons.





393.67 Deaf and dumb; education of public charges at school for deaf.

Sec. 17.

     The superintendents of the poor in each of the counties of this state in which there are or shall be hereafter, any person or persons of suitable age, who shall possess a good natural intellect and a good moral character, and shall have no contagious disease, who shall be deaf and dumb, or partially deaf and dumb, and who shall be, or shall become chargeable to said county, or to any township therein, shall cause any and all such persons to be taken to the Michigan school for the deaf, at the city of Flint, to be there educated as pupils in said institution in accordance with the rules and regulations thereof.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 2006 ;-- CL 1915, 1461 ;-- CL 1929, 7973 ;-- CL 1948, 393.67





393.68 Deaf and dumb; suitable clothing; necessaries; expenses.

Sec. 18.

     Such superintendents of the poor, in every case, before taking or sending any person to said institution, as provided in section 17 of this act shall see that such person is in a state of perfect bodily cleanliness, and comfortably and decently clothed, and provided with suitable changes of raiment; and they shall thereafter, during the years that such person shall continue a pupil in said institution, furnish him or her with such clothing and other articles of necessity and convenience as are, or may be by the rules and regulations of said institution, required to be furnished for pupils therein; and shall provide for the payment of necessary traveling and other expenses of such person in going to and from said institution and while remaining there; and if they shall allow such person to remain at said institution during the yearly vacation they shall pay for his or her board during such vacation. No pupil of such institution shall be returned to any poor house during such vacation.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 2007 ;-- CL 1915, 1462 ;-- CL 1929, 7974 ;-- CL 1948, 393.68





393.69 Superintendents of poor; expenses; payment.

Sec. 19.

     The expenses incurred by the superintendents of the poor of any county in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid as other necessary expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their official duties as are by law required to be paid.


History: 1893, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 2008 ;-- CL 1915, 1463 ;-- CL 1929, 7975 ;-- CL 1948, 393.69



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