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Chairman,

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mittee provided for in this act, of each political party of each county of such representative or senatorial or congressional or judicial district, or the members of the county committee representing that portion of any county forming part of such representative or senatorial or congressional or judicial district, as the case may be, shall elect one or more electors of said political party, residing within the district that he is to represent, as a member of the committee of such political party for such district: Provided, That the party nominee or nominees, if more than one from the same district, shall have the privilege, if he or they so elect, of naming the committee of the political party for the district from which he or they have been nominated. Such committee shall elect a chairman and other officers of which the chairman shall have a vote on all questions. The candidates for county etc., of county offices nominated at each August primary of each political party shall within ten days after the said primary election, meet at a time and place to be fixed by the then chairman of the county committee and elect a chairman and secretary of the county committee who shall hold such position for a period of two years and until their successors are selected. When such death or withdrawal shall occur subsequent to the printing of the official ballots, it shall be the duty of said board of election commissioners, if time permits, to forward the various election inspectors' slips containing the name of the candidate entitled to fill the vacancy caused by such death, or withdrawal slips shall be pasted in the proper place upon the official ballot by the board of election inspectors. If in any case a person is nominated for any office by more than one political party, it shall be his duty to elect within five days after the official canvass of the returns of said primary election upon which ticket he wishes his name to appear, and unless such election is made such candidate's name shall not be printed on any ballot: Provided, That in case of the death or withdrawal of any candidate as hereinbefore mentioned, or in case a candidate is nominated for any office by more than one political party, and such vacancy shall not be filled by the proper committee within five days from the time of its occurrence, the board of election commissioners shall print on said official ballot, in place of the candidate who has died, withdrawn or elected to have his name appear upon another party ticket, the name of the person who received the next highest vote at the primary for that office on such party ticket: Provided further, That it shall be unlawful for any board of election commissioners to print on any official election ballot prepared for the use of voters at any election the name of any candidate required by this act to be nominated by primary election, unless such candidate was selected under authority of this act and this prohibition shall operate against any candidate selected in any mass convention or by any so

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called independent voters at any caucus or convention. The candidates for city offices, in cities having a population of less than seventy thousand, the voters of which have not adopted the provisions of this act, shall be nominated in convention and the names of such candidates certified to the proper board of election commissioners and placed upon the official ballots in the manner provided for by existing law.

SEC. 46. Any person who shall, while the polls are open, Misdemeanor, at any polling place on any primary day, solicit votes in the what deemed. said polling place, or within one hundred feet thereof; any person who shall offer or give to any other person any intoxicating liquors, or drink any intoxicating liquors within any such polling place; any person who shall violate any of the requirements or provisions of this act for which a penalty is not herein otherwise provided; any person who shall refuse or neglect to perform any duty enjoined upon him thereby; and any member of any primary election board who shall neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of this act upon demand of any elector or police or peace officer so to do, and any person who shall vote or attempt to vote more than once, or in more than one election district at the same primary election, and any person who shall vote at any primary election or attempt to so vote when he is not legally entitled to so vote shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the punishment prescribed in the preceding section, and is hereby made the duty of any police or other peace officer present and having knowledge of any violation of any of the provisions of this section to forthwith institute criminal proceedings for the punishment of such offender.

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SEC. 55. It shall be the duty of the county clerk of each Certain seccounty to cause to be printed large cards or posters contain- tions of act ing verbatim the whole of sections thirty-four and forty-six of this act, and shall furnish two of the same to the board of primary election inspectors of each election precinct in his county at the same time that the official ballots for use at primary elections are delivered, and the board of primary election inspectors shall cause the said posters to be posted in conspicuous places in the polling places so that the same can be plainly seen and read by all persons at any primary election. It shall be the duty of the clerk of any city, town- Duty of clerk, ship or village in which this act is operative to deliver to etc. the board of primary election inspectors of each election precinct within his jurisdiction, before the time for opening of the polls on primary election day, the register of electors and the blanks for poll lists and returns and any other supplies necessary to carry out the provisions of this act not herein otherwise provided for.

Sections repealed.

SEC. 2. Sections five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven of act number two hundred eighty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act relative to the nomination of party candidates for public office and delegates to political conventions, to regulate primary elections and to prescribe penalties for violation of its provisions, and to provide for the printing upon election ballots of the names of candidates nominated under the terms of this act, and to repeal act number four of the public acts of the extra session of the year nineteen hundred seven, and all local primary election acts contravening the provisions of this act, except as in this act otherwise provided," approved June two, nineteen hundred nine, as amended by act number two hundred seventy-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred eleven, are hereby repealed.

Approved April 25, 1913.

Section amended.

Salary.

[No. 119.]

AN ACT to amend section forty-eight (a) of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment, and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number forty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section forty-eight (a) of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment, and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, as amended by act number forty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 48 (a.) In the thirty-sixth circuit of the State of Michigan the stenographer shall be paid the annual salary of two thousand dollars.

Approved April 25, 1913.

[No. 120.]

AN ACT to regulate the spearing of ciscos and carp in the inland lakes of this State.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

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SECTION 1. It shall not be unlawful to spear ciscos and Open season. carp in the waters of the inland lakes of this State by means of artificial light from the tenth day of November to the thirtieth day thereof, inclusive, of each year: Provided, Proviso, That every person desirous of spearing such fish in the waters of said lakes shall first make application to the State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden or one of his deputies, for a license so to do, for which license such person shall pay the sum of one dollar per year, this fee to go to the game warden or his deputy as remuneration for his constant attendance at said lakes during the period mentioned. The licenses herein provided for shall be issued by said State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden, or deputy, at his expense.

SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Misdemeanor, act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction penalty. thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county in which the offense shall be committed for a period of not less than ten nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved April 29, 1913.

[No. 121.]

AN ACT to repeal act number thirteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, as amended by act number two hundred twelve of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to protect fish and prohibit the use of seines, gill nets or any form of pound, trap, sweep or set nets, or like device, in any of the waters of Lake Superior, within an imaginary line from Laughing Fish Point to a point two miles north of the most northerly point of Grand Island, and continuing in an easterly direction to Grand Portal on Pictured Rocks on the southern coast of Lake Superior."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Act number thirteen of the Public Acts of Act repealed. nineteen hundred three, as amended by act number two hundred twelve of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven,

Referendum.

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When

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entitled "An act to protect fish and prohibit the use of seines, gill nets or any form of pound, trap, sweep or set nets, or like device, in any of the waters of Lake Superior, within an imaginary line from Laughing Fish Point to a point two miles north of the most northerly point of Grand Island, and continuing in an easterly direction to Grand Portal on Pictured Rocks on the southern coast of Lake Superior," is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. The provisions of this act shall not take effect until approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in the county of Alger at the first general election held after the passage of this act. The question of the repeal of said act shall be submitted to the electors of said county. The vote upon such proposition shall be by ballot which shall be substantially in the following form:

"Vote on proposition to repeal act number thirteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, as amended by act number two hundred twelve of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, relative to the protection of fish in certain portions of Lake Superior.

Make a cross in the appropriate square below:

[] To repeal act relative to the protection of fish in Lake Superior.

Yes.

[ ] To repeal act relative to the protection of fish in Lake Superior. No."

Such ballots shall be furnished by the county board of election commissioners of Alger county, and shall be deposited in a ballot box provided for that purpose, and such ballots shall be cast, counted and canvassed and the result thereof certified to in the same manner as is provided by law respecting ballots cast for the election of county officers. SEC. 3. If a majority of the electors voting upon such proposition in said county of Alger shall vote in favor of the repeal of said act number thirteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, as amended by act number two hundred twelve of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, then this act shall be in full force and effect and not otherwise. Approved April 29, 1913.

Act repealed.

[No. 122.]

AN ACT to repeal act number fifty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to regulate the taking and catching fish in Klinger lake in the county of St. Joseph in this State."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Act number fifty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to regulate the tak

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