394. Amending act relative to powers and duties of Attorney General. 395. Amending act relative to proceedings for the discovery of crime. Act authorizing townships to issue bonds for erection, etc., of town halls, 398. Amending act providing for supervision and control of waterworks and 399. Act empowering certain courts to try cases of crimes and offenses com- mitted upon or near boundaries of jurisdiction. 400. Act providing for nomination and election of delegates to political conven- 404. Act prescribing manner of applying for pardons and paroles and creating office of Commissioner of Pardons and Paroles. Amending act relating to prevention of fraud in sale and disposition of ACTS AN ACT to amend section sixteen 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 violations 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," as amended, being section three thousand five hundred twenty-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act number two hundred Section 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 violations 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," as amended, being section three thousand five hundred twenty-five of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: primary. SEC. 16. A general primary election for all political par- August ties shall be held in every election precinct in this state on the last Tuesday in August preceding every general November election, at which time the registered and qualified voters of each political party shall vote for party candidates for the Candidates. office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and United States Senator: Provided, That no nomination for the office of Proviso. United States Senator shall be made, unless such official is U. S. senator. to be elected at the next succeeding general November elec March primary. County offices. Proviso, certain cities. Proviso. Special election. Provisions applicable. Ballots, how prepared. tion. A general primary election for all political parties shall also be held on the first Wednesday in March prior to the spring election at which time the registered and qualified voters of each political party shall vote for candidates for county offices filled at the spring election; for candidates for circuit judge and for candidates for city offices in cities in which the provisions of this act are applicable: Provided, That in those cities in which the provisions of this act are applicable and in which city officers are elected at a time. other than the general November election or the spring election, the primary election in such city shall be held on the third Tuesday prior to the charter election and all of the provisions of this act shall be made applicable thereto. Whenever a regular or special primary election is required by the provisions of this act to be held in any county or district, it shall be held in every portion thereof regardless of whether there are any candidates for any city offices to be nominated at such regular or special primary election: Provided, That the provisions of this act relative to the nomination of candidates for city offices shall not apply to any city which has adopted or which may hereafter adopt a commission form of government, or in which city officers are elected on a non-partisan ballot, or wherein provision is made by the charter of such city for the nomination of candidates for city offices in any manner other than as herein provided, except as the charter of such city may make the provisions hereof applicable. Whenever a special election shall be called or held to fill any vacancy in any office, the candidates for which are regularly nominated in accordance with the provisions of this act, a special primary election for all political parties shall be held in the city, county or district in which such vacancy occurs, on such day as may be fixed by the authority calling the special election but not less than twenty days prior to the date of such special election and the authorities calling any such special primary election shall in the call therefor fix a time within which candidates may file nominating petitions, and in any case where an election to fill a vacancy is authorized and where no other provision for a primary election for the nomination of candidates to fill such vacancy is made by law the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to call a special primary election with the same force and effect as if he had called a special election in the first instance, and all of the provisions of this section relative to special primary elections shall apply to such special primary election when called by the Governor. The provisions of this act, relative to the printing, distribution, etc., of primary election ballots shall be applicable to the ballots prepared for use at a special primary election. The ballots shall be prepared in such manner that the voters of each political party may write, print or paste the name of a candidate thereon. The provisions of this act shall be applicable in all particulars to special primary elections except |