History: 1909, Act 279, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 3304 ;-- CL 1929, 2228 ;-- CL 1948, 117.1
Constitutionality: 1911 PA 203, which amended the title of this act and MCL 117.2, 117.4, 117.5, 117.18, 117.19, 117.20, 117.21, 117.25, and 117.28, and which added MCL 117.37, was held unconstitutional in its entirety in Gallup v Saginaw, 170 Mich 195; 135 NW 1060 (1912). See also Attorney General v Detroit, 168 Mich 249; 133 NW 1090 (1912); Common Council of Detroit v Engel, 187 Mich 88; 153 NW 537 (1915).