in the county, be submitted to the qualified electors of the county, to lay such petitions before the board of supervisors at the earliest opportunity.

to file petition

etc.

call attention of to petition.

petitions before

SEC. 5. When such petitions have been presented to the County clerks county clerk, he shall file the same in his office, and when it shall aprear upon the face thereof, and by the transcripts of the poll lists, or by reference to the returns and canvass of the last general election that such submission of said question of prohibition has been prayed for by not less than onethird of all the qualified electors of the entire county, shown as aforesaid, he shall, at the next regular or adjourned meeting of the board of supervisors, call the attention of the board to County clerk to the fact that such petitions have been received and filed with supervisors him. SEC. 6. At such meetings of the board of supervisors it Clerk to lay shall be the duty of the county clerk to lay before them peti- supervisors. tions filed in his office praying for such submission of said question of prohibition, and when upon examination, it shall appear to the said board, upon the face of said petitions, and by the transcripts of the poll lists, or by reference to the returns and canvass of the last general election, that such submission of said question has been prayed for by the requisite number of electors, as hereinbefore provided, they shall, by resolution, determine and declare to that effect, and such determinations shall be final as to the sufficiency of the petitions and the requisite number of electors signing the same, and they shall thereupon issue an order directing that such question shall be voted upon at the next annual township election to be held in and for such county. Said order shall recite: The fil- Order for elecing and examining of the petitions; the resolution determin- recite. ing and declaring that said petitions represent not less than one-third of all the qualified electors of the county as shown by the transcripts of the poll lists, or the returns and canvass of the last preceding general election for State officers held in such county; the ordering of the question of prohibition to be submitted at the next general election for township officers in the several townships, villages and cities in the county, to ascertain whether or not it is the will of the electors of the county that the manufacture of liquor and the liquor traffic should be prohibited within the limits of the county; which said day of election shall always be at the time of the township meeting for the election of township officers. Such orders shall be entered in full upon the journal of the Order to be en proceedings of the board for that day, and the same shall be journal. signed by the acting chairman and clerk of the board before final adjournment. The county clerk shall, without delay, Copy to be sent cause a copy of such order, duly certified by him, to be de- to clerks and inlivered to the township clerk of each township, and to one of tion. the inspectors of election of each ward or election district of every city in the county, and shall also at the same time cause

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Order for elec- such order to be published for three successive weeks in two newspapers published in the county.

tion how published.

Ballots who to furnish form

of, etc.

Qualification of electors.

Registration

how conducted, etc.

SEC. S. The officers whose duty it is to provide ballots for such annual township election shall provide suitable ballots, as is provided for in section forty-eight of act number two hundred sixty-six of the session laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, containing the question, "Shall the manufacture of liquors and the liquor traffic be prohibited within the county?" SEC. 9. All persons entitled under the law of this State to vote for supervisor shall be deemed qualified to vote upon the question of prohibition provided for in this act. The regis tration of the qualified electors, the hours of opening and closing the polls, the manner of voting, and of holding and conducting an election under this act, and the power and duty of the boards of registration, of inspection of election, township boards and common council, and all other officers with reference to such election, shall be the same in every respect as in the case of annual township elections, or the election of members of the board of supervisors, except as otherwise provided for by this act so far as the same shall be applicable: ProProviso as to vided, however, That such proposition having been once submitted and decided either way by a majority of the votes of the qualified electors in any county in the State, voting thereon, the same shall not be again submitted in such county within a period of two years next thereafter, but may, at any time after the expiration of such period upon a like petition and action, be again submitted, and so on, at the expiration of not less than two years after such election.

submitting question.

Duty of supervisors, when vote is in the affirmative.

Resolution of prohibition.

Entered upon journal.

SEC. 13. When the result of the county canvass shall show that a majority of all the legal voters voting on such proposition shall have voted to prohibit within such county the manufacture of liquors and the liquor traffic, and when the board of supervisors shall have so determined and declared, as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to order the prohibition within the limits of such county of the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, giving away or furnishing of any vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or any mixed liquor or beverage, any part of which is intoxicating, and to prohibit the keeping of a saloon or any other place where such liquors are manufactured, sold, stored for sale, given away or furnished, by resolution, adopted at that same meeting of the board, or at a meeting to which the same may be adjourned not more than ten days after such canvass. Such resolution shall be spread in full upon the journal of their proceedings and shall set forth in a preamble the fact that an election submitting a proposition of prohibition as aforesaid was duly held in the county; that sufficient returns and statements have been canvassed by them and the result thereof ascertained; that such result was in the affirmative of such proposition, giving the majority, and that the same has been so determined and declared by them. Such reso

effect.

lution of prohibition shall take full effect in such county on When to take the first day of May next following its adoption, and shall not when not subbe subject to repeal by the board of supervisors within two ject to repeal. years next thereafter, after the expiration of which period the board may again on petition of one-third of all the qualified electors thereof, as shown by the poll lists or returns and canvass of the last preceding general election for State officers held in the county, by a majority vote of all the members elect act as in the first instance, and repeal such resolution of prohibition, but not unless a majority of the electors of the county, voting on such proposition, at a subsequent election duly held in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall have declared against the prohibition of the manufacture of liquor and of the traffic therein, and upon the repeal of such resolution of Result of reprohibition by the board of supervisors, all former suspension and superseding of the general laws of the State relative to the taxation and regulation of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, as provided in section two of this act, shall cease within such county: Provided, however, That all Proviso. actions which may have been brought and all rights of actions which may have accrued before such repeal shall remain and continue to exist as fully as if no such repeal had taken place.

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SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the clerk of such board of Clerk to pubsupervisors to publish without delay, once in each week until resolution. the first day of the next May, in a newspaper published and circulating in such county, to be designated by the board, a copy of the preamble and resolution adopted by the board, as provided by section thirteen of this act: Provided, That if Proviso. such proposition shall have been decided in the negative, such publication shall not be required. The said clerk shall Clerk to foralso, without delay, forward to the Secretary of State a certi- tary of State transcript of fied transcript of such resolution and of so much of the journal resolution etc. of the proceedings of the board of supervisors as pertains to such election, including the tabular statement of votes, together with a copy of the affidavit of publication of the notice of the adoption of the resolution. Such original affidavit of publication shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and he shall spread the same on the records of the board, following the record of the adoption of the resolution of prohibition, and the said clerk shall state next on the record the date when said notice and affidavit of publication was entered for record, and shall then sign the record officially. The record of such resolution of prohibition and the publication of Record of pubnotice, and all duly certified copies thereof, shall be the evi- evidence. dence of the facts therein stated so far as relates to the territory and municipalities within the limits of said county; and the regularity of any proceedings prior to the adoption of such resolution by the board of supervisors shall not be open to question on the examination or trial of any person for the violation of any of the provisions of section one of this act.

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Provisions of

act, when to take effect.

Proviso as to prohibition of

act.

Penalty for violation of act, first offense.

Subsequent offenses.

Druggists to report to prose

SEC. 15. The prohibitory provisions of this act shall take effect and have full force within such county of this State on and after the first day of May, immediately following the adop tion by the board of supervisors of such county of the resolution ordering such prohibition and upon publication of the notice of the adoption of such resolution: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit the sale of wine for sacramental purposes, nor shall anything herein contained prohibit druggists or registered pharmacists from selling or furnishing pure alcohol for medicinal, art, scientific and mechanical purposes, nor prohibit the sale of wine or cider from home grown fruit in quantities of not less than five gallons.

SEC. 16. Any person, who himself, or by his clerk, agent or employee, shall violate any of the provisions of sections one or twenty-five of this act shall, for the first offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and the costs of his prosecution, and to imprisonment in the county jail not less than twenty days nor more than six months, in the discretion of the court. For the second and every subsequent offense so committed, whether in the same or any other county in this State where the provisions of sections one and two of this act are operative, he shall, upon conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and to imprisonment in the State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia for a term of not less than six months nor more than two years, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 25. Every druggist keeping a drug store in any county cuting attorney, adopting prohibition under this act shall make, and swear to or cause to be made and sworn to, a true written or printed statement signed and duly sworn to by himself or his clerk, on Monday of each and every week, giving the full name and residence of every person procuring liquor at his drug store during the last week, the kind and quantity of liquor procured, and the date of procuring the same and the object for which each purchase was made, and on such Mondays shall deliver or mail, prepaying the postage thereon, the same to the prosecuting attorney of the county where such store is situated, who shall preserve the same in his office, and all such statements shall be open to inspection to all citizens.

Approved April 18, 1899.

[No. 184.]

AN ACT to amend section four of chapter three of act number one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contained in the provisions of this act," approved May twentyfirst, eighteen hundred eighty-one, the same being compiler's section five thousand fifty-six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and section four thousand six hundred sixty-nine of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. That section four of chapter three of act number Section one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of Michigan for the year eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contained in the provisions of this act," approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred eighty-one, the same being compiler's section five thousand fifty-six of Howell's Annotated Statutes, and section four thousand six hundred sixty-nine of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER III.

office.

SEC. 4. Any qualified voter in a school district whose name who may hold appears upon the assessment roll, and is the owner in his own right of the property so assessed, shall be eligible to election or appointment to office in such school district, unless such person be an alien.

Approved April 28, 1899.

[No. 185.]

AN ACT to provide for the employment of women physicians in certain institutions of this State.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

tutions to em

SECTION 1. In the following named institutions of this Certain instiState at least one resident woman physician shall be employed, ploy women who, under the direction of the superintendent of such institu- physicians. tion, shall render to such women or girls who are inmates such medical treatment as shall from time to time be necessary.