Twenty jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," being sections twelve thousand one hundred six and twelve thousand one hundred twenty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 24. The twenty-fourth circuit shall be composed of the fourth circuit. counties of Huron and Sanilac. Fortieth circuit. SEC. 39-a. The fortieth circuit shall be composed of the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola. Approved May 11, 1921. Biennial appropriations. Itemized. [No. 160.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the State Board of Education for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the State Board of Education for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, the sum of three thousand four hundred seventy-five dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentythree, the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars, for the purposes and in the following amounts: Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated. out. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out How paid of the state treasury, and the disbursing officer of the State Board of Education shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. of. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said State Fees, deposit Board of Education shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer each month and shall be by said Treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the state Tax clause. tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-one and nineteen hundred twenty-two, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 11, 1921. [No. 161.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: appropria SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Biennial fund for the Board of Osteopathic Registration and Exam- tions. ination for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two, the sum of six hundred sixty-nine dollars and eighty cents, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three, the sum of six hundred sixtynine dollars and eighty cents, for the purposes and in the Itemized. following amounts: Further proviso. How paid out. Fees, where deposited. Tax clause. Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated: Provided further, That in no case shall the expenditures of said board exceed the fees collected by it. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury, and the disbursing officer of the Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination shall render his accounts therefor, at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer each month and shall be by said Treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the state tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-one and nineteen hundred twenty-two sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. [No. 162.] AN ACT to amend section twenty of chapter ten, sections one and three of chapter thirteen, section five of chapter fourteen, and section eleven of chapter twenty of act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting, and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," as amended by act number two hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section twenty of chapter ten, sections one and three of chapter thirteen, section five of chapter fourteen, and section eleven of chapter twenty of act number two hundred three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting, and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," as amended by act number two hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER X. etc., SEC. 20. At each adjournment of the poll, the clerks shall, Comparison, in the presence of the inspectors, compare their respective of poll poll lists, compute and set down the number of votes, and in case the same do not agree, shall, under the direction of the board, correct all mistakes that may be discovered, until such poll lists shall be made in all respects to correspond. The ballot box shall then be opened, the poll list placed therein and the box locked. Such box shall not be opened nor the seal broken until the box has been publicly exposed at least five minutes before the reopening of the poll. CHAPTER XIII. SEC. 1. Prior to each general or special election at which Metal selfstate, district or county officers are to be nominated or elected, devices. sealing the Secretary of State shall procure a supply of self-sealing metal sealing devices adapted and suitable for sealing ballot boxes used at such election, which said sealing devices shall be numerically distinguished and shall have stamped thereon the date of such election or bear other appropriate marks denoting the election for which they are intended to be used, and at least thirty days before any such election he shall cause to be transmitted to the several county clerks such rumber of said metal sealing devices as will be sufficient to provide a sufficient number of such seals for each voting precinct within the county. He shall also prepare and transmit to Blank forms the several county clerks at the same time suitable blank for county, forms for use by the various county and district boards of vassers. convassers in making returns of the canvass required by law, and the various county and district boards of canvassers shall use the blanks furnished by the Secretary of State in making the returns of their canvass. etc., can SEC. 3. At the time of delivering the official ballots and Blank forms other election supplies to the several township and city clerks, delivered. or in case of city elections to the several wards or precincts, there shall be delivered with such supplies a sufficient number of such blank forms for use by inspectors of election in making returns of such general or special elections as are required by law, and there shall also be delivered at such time Self-sealing with such supplies a sufficient number of self-sealing metal devices. sealing devices for the use of the inspectors of election in sealing the ballot boxes after the close of the election, and a record of the number of such sealing device so delivered shall be preserved. Counted ballots, disposition of. Recount, how conducted. CHAPTER XIV. SEC. 5. After the ballots of each kind are counted they shall be securely tied in packages or rolls in such manner as to render it impossible to open such package or roll or remove any of the contents thereof without breaking the ́ said seal, and said board of inspectors of election shall cause to be endorsed upon each of such packages or rolls a statement showing the number and kind of ballots included in such package. After all such packages or rol's of ballots are so endorsed they shall, together with one tally sheet, be placed in one ballot box, which shall be securely fastened and sealed with the official self-sealing metal seal furnished with the election supplies, such metal seal to be affixed in such manner as to render it impossible to open such ballot box without breaking such seal. The ballot box shall then be delivered to the township or city clerk. CHAPTER XX. SEC. 11. The board thereupon shall reject all previous returns from such precincts, townships or wards, as to such candidate or proposition, and, in some public place where such candidates or persons interested in such proposition, and their counsel, may be present, if they so desire, shall proceed forthwith to open the ballot boxes from such precincts, townships or wards, and of the rolls or packages of ballots therein, and to make a recount thereof as to such candidates, question or proposition, and make a full, complete and correct return in writing, showing the full number of votes cast, the names of candidates, and the number of votes given to each, or the total number of votes cast for and against any such proposition, written out in words and figures. Approved May 17, 1921. |