Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.101
School for blind; maintenance.
That there shall be maintained, at the city of Lansing, in this state, an institution for the instruction of the blind under the name and style of the "Michigan school for the blind."
Michigan Compiled Laws — MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (Act 123 of 1893)
Michigan · statute · 123 of 1893, Mich. Comp. Laws · 6 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.104
School for blind; object; education of pupils.
The object of said school shall be to educate the blind and to afford them instruction in such useful arts and trades as they are best adapted to pursue, and such as will best enable them to maintain themselves. All pupils received in said school shall be educated in the branches usually taught in the common schools, i…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.105
School for blind; pupils; eligibility.
There shall be received in said school as pupils all such blind persons and partially blind persons whose defective sight prevents their receiving instruction in the common schools, between the ages of 7 and 19 years, as are in suitable condition of body and mind to receive instruction, and who are residents of this st…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.106
School for blind; pupils; nonresidents.
The board of control may admit applicants from other states to said school and prescribe the compensation to be paid by them, their parents or guardians: Provided, Such compensation shall be 10 per cent more than is sufficient to cover all their necessary expenses.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.107
School for blind; pupils; period of residence at school; dismissal; transfer.
The period in which pupils shall be entitled to remain in said school shall be 12 years, or the board of control may, in cases where they deem it advisable, extend such time to 14 years. This section shall not be so construed as to prohibit the said board of control from dismissing any pupil within the such period for…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.108
County charges; superintendents of poor; duties; expenses.
It shall be the duty of the superintendents of the poor of the several counties of this state to send or cause to be sent to said school all such persons as are entitled to admission therein, who are a charge upon their respective counties or any township therein. Such superintendents of the poor shall, before sending…