Idem. Proceedings in case of tie vote. Notice to candidate. Who to constitute nominees. Vacancy, how filled. Candidates to select chairman, etc. Violation of act a misdemeanor. in said statement of nominations the names of so many candidates of such party receiving the next highest number of votes for that office as there are persons to be elected to such office at said ensuing election. Said statement shall in like manner be made separately as to each political party. Third. A statement of the whole number of electors registered and the number of ballots cast at such primary election. If two or more candidates of the same political party are tied for the same office, the tie shall be determined by lot, to be cast then and there, by and as the canvassing board may determine. It shall be the duty of the city clerk, upon the completion of its canvass by said canvassing board, to mail or deliver in person to each candidate so nominated a notice of such fact, and that his name will be placed on the official ballot at the ensuing election. SEC. 19. The persons whose names are so properly placed in said nominating statements shall be and constitute the nominees of the several political parties in which they were candidates, and such names shall be printed upon the official ballots prepared for the ensuing election in like manner as if such persons had been duly nominated by a party convention of delegates, with a certificate thereof filed as required by said general election law. No names of candidates of any political party which is required to make nominations under this act for officers to be voted for, shall be placed upon the official election ballot unless such candidates have been chosen in accordance with this act, except in case of a vacancy occasioned by death, removal or resignation of any candidate so chosen, or arising otherwise, and in such event the city campaign party committee of the same political party, or if there be no such committee, then a mass convention of such party may fill such vacancy. The name of such new candidate to be certified under oath to the city clerk by the chairman and secretary of such committee or convention. SEC. 20. Candidates so nominated of the several political parties shall select a chairman and secretary of their respective city and legislative campaign committees. SEC. 21. Any person who shall, while the polls are open at any polling place on any primary day, do any electioneering in said polling place, or within one hundred feet of said polling place; 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 solicit or receive, directly or indirectly, any money or any promise of place or position or any valuable consideration for his vote or support at any such primary election; any person who shall offer any voter any money or reward of any kind, or who shall promise any place or position for the purpose of securing such votes or vote or support at any such primary election; any person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this act; any person who shall refuse to perform any duty enjoined upon him hereby; any person who shall vote or attempt to vote more than once or in more than one election district at the same primary election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who shall be convicted Penalty. of any of the acts or omissions which are by this act declared to be misdemeanors, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 22. All acts or parts of acts in any wise contravening Repealing the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. clause. [No. 293.] AN ACT to authorize and enable the city of Ann Arbor to build and construct a suitable building for a city hall, to purchase land therefor and to raise the money for such purpose by a tax and loan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: construct. SECTION 1. The city of Ann Arbor is hereby authorized May build, and empowered to build, construct and maintain a suitable and maintain building for a city hall, to purchase land therefor and to raise city hall. by tax or loan on the taxable property of the said city a sum of money not exceeding thirty thousand dollars for such purpose. expended. SEC. 2. Whenever the common council shall propose to To specify cause any such city hall building to be constructed they shall sum to be so declare by resolution, specifying the sum of money purposed to be expended for that purpose, to be passed by at least a two-thirds vote of all the aldermen elect and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the record of their proceedings, whereupon the common council may at the then or next regular meeting have power and authority to call a special meeting of the qualified electors of the city pursuant to the provisions of the charter, and shall submit to the said To submit electors the question of raising the money for such purpose electors. question to by loan or otherwise. The vote of the said electors on such question shall be by ballot. The ballot shall be printed on Form of white paper of equal length and width. The affirmative bal. ballot. lot shall have printed thereon the words "For the city hall loan-Yes." The negative ballots shall have printed thereon the words "For the city hall loan-No." The canvass of the Votes, how vote and the determination of the result of such election shall canvassed. Proviso. When may issue bonds. Denomina tion, interest, etc. Proviso. Tax levy for payment of. be in accordance with the provisions of the city charter: Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained or in the city charter shall be construed to prevent the common council in its discretion to order the vote at such election and the question submitted to be voted on and determined by the use of the Abbott voting machine. In the event of the use of the Abbott voting machine all "no choice" votes shall be disregarded and not counted. SEC. 3. If the electors at said election shall vote to authorize the construction of such city hall building then the common council shall have power and authority to issue and dispose of the bonds of the city of Ann Arbor in a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars for such purpose. The said bonds to be issued in such denominations and payable at such times and in such installments not exceeding thirty years and at a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent. per annum as the common council shall determine: Provided, That none of said bonds shall be sold or disposed of for less than par value. SEC. 4. After the sale and disposition of the said bonds or any part thereof the common council shall have power and authority and it shall be the duty of the common council to include in each annual tax bill or budget a sum of money sufficient to pay and discharge any sum either of interest or principal which shall be due or become due on account of the said bonds during the year in which any such tax is raised and all such sums of money so to be levied and assessed shall be in addition to and in excess of the money authorized by law to be levied and raised for all other city purposes. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved February 25, 1901. May issue bonds, purpose of. [No. 294.] AN ACT to authorize the city of Ann Arbor to purchase the water-works plant, property, rights and franchises of the Ann Arbor Water Company and issue the bonds of the said city in payment therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The city of Ann Arbor may borrow money and issue the bonds of the said city therefor in any sum not exceeding four hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing the water-works plant, property, rights, business and franchises, and all appurtenances thereto, of the interest, etc. Ann Arbor Water Company. The common council of the Amount, said city shall have power to fix the time and place of the payment of the principal and interest of the debt authorized by this act, and may authorize the issue of the bonds of the said city therefor in any sum not exceeding four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and in such denominations as the said common council shall determine: Provided, That the Proviso. bonds authorized by this act shall not be sold for less than the par value thereof and the rate of interest thereon shall not exceed four per cent. per annum. water com submitted to SEC. 2. Before any money shall be borrowed, appro- To agree with priated, raised or expended for the purchase of the said water- pany, sum to works plant, property, business, rights and franchises, the com- be paid. mon council of the said city shall determine and agree with the Ann Arbor Water Company upon the sum to be paid the said Water Company by the said city for the said water-works plant, property, business, rights and franchises, and all appurtenances thereto, as the fair value thereof, and the ques- Question to be tion of purchasing the said water-works plant at the sum so elector determined and agreed upon as the fair value thereof shall be submitted to the electors of the said city at the next annual city election, or at a special election called for that purpose, and if a majority of the electors voting upon the said question shall vote to purchase the said water-works plant at the sum determined and agreed upon, then it shall be the duty of the said common council to authorize the issue of the bonds of the said city in the sum so determined, as the same shall be necessary, and to do all things necessary to consummate the purchase and transfer of the water-works plant, property, business, rights and franchises, and all appurtenances thereto, of the Ann Arbor Water Company to the said city of Ann Arbor: Provided, That should the said question be submitted to the Proviso. electors of the said city at a special election, such election shall be conducted under the provisions of the charter of the city of Ann Arbor relating to elections, except that nothing therein contained shall prevent the common council of the said city from authorizing the votes cast upon the said question, whether at an annual or special election, to be voted, registered and counted upon the Abbott voting machine, and in the event of the use of the Abbott voting machine no."no choice" votes shall be counted, but shall be regarded as not cast. SEC. 3. The common council of the said city shall have Tax levy for the power, and it shall be their duty, to raise by tax upon the payment of. taxable property of the said city, such sum or sums as shall be sufficient, together with the surplus revenues from the operation of the said water-works, to pay the principal and interest upon the said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; and all taxes levied for this purpose shall be in excess and in addition to any sum or sums authorized to be levied under and by virtue of the charter of the said city for This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Name changed. [No. 295.] AN ACT to change the name of Leon Thorp Vredenburg to The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That the name of Leon Thorp Vredenburg, of the city of Lansing, and State of Michigan, be and is hereby changed to Leon Thorp Shettler. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. President to be member of board of supervisors. Compensation. [No. 296.] AN ACT to constitute the president of the village of Pinconning ex officio member of the board of supervisors of Bay county. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That from and after the seventh day of June, nineteen hundred and one, the president of the village of Pinconning ex officio shall be and is hereby constituted a member of the board of supervisors of the county of Bay and he shall attend all the meetings of said board and be entitled to vote upon all matters that may be brought before said board of supervisors, and for attending all such meetings he shall receive the same compensation as is authorized by law to be paid to township supervisors for similar services, to be audited by the board and paid by the county. Approved February 25, 1901. |