package. deem to be necessary upon a proper showing by the respective township, village or city clerks beginning with ballot number one, and including the consecutive numbers thereafter, shall be enclosed in one package, as many as are necessary thereof to be used for absent voters as herein provided. The remainder Second of such ballots shall be enclosed in a second package, sealed as now required by law, and shall be kept intact by the various township, village or city clerks in some safe and secure place with a seal thereon unbroken until election day, as now required: Provided, That any township, village or city, or other Proviso, elections where the ballots are not printed by the order of or of ballots delivered to the county clerk, such ballots shall be ordered printed as now provided by law, except as to time, and placed in the hands of such township, village or city clerks at least twelve days before election, and the same per centum of such ballots shall be retained separately by such clerk as is above provided for the use of absent voters when delivered by the county clerk. printing with ballots SEC. 6. The city, township or village clerk, as the case may Instructions be, shall enclose with each ballot sent to absent voters separ- for absent ate printed instructions to be furnished by the county clerk voters. containing the following: Upon receipt of this ballot you will proceed to mark the same in accordance with the instructions enclosed, then fold the same so that the corner bearing the initials of the township, village or city clerk may be seen without unfolding the ballot. Place the ballot in the envelope enclosed herewith and securely seal the same. Make out the affidavit printed upon the back and swear to the same before a notary public, or other person authorized to administer oaths, place the necessary postage upon the envelope and deposit the same in the postoffice or in some government receptacle provided for the deposit of mail matter. This ballot to be valid, must be mailed so that it will reach the township, village or city clerk in which your precinct is located, in time to be deposited by him with the proper election board before the closing of the polls on election day. etc., clerk to SEC. 7. Upon receipt of the ballots herein provided for it Township, shall be the duty of the said township, village or city clerk to initial ballots initial a sufficient number of the same, in the same manner as is provided by law for the initialing of ballots by the inspectors of election, and to forward one of such ballots, or if To forward there be more than one ballot to be voted, then one of each of ballots. such ballots, to each applicant for the same from said clerk's district as shown by the list provided for in section four of this act, using due care that the same be mailed postage prepaid, at least ten days before the opening of the polls on election day. He shall enclose with such ballot an envelope which To enclose shall bear upon the front thereof the name, official title and envelope. postoffice address of such township, village or city clerk, together with a request for return if not called for within three days, and upon the other side a printed affidavit in substantially the following form: addressed the... ..precinct of the village .precinct of the... ward of the city of.... How ballot voted. Clerk to deliver ballot to election board. Board to verify legality of vote. Board to in box. Official title... Commission expires SEC. 8. Upon receipt of such ballot or ballots, the voter to whom the same is addressed shall mark the same in accordance with the printed instructions; shall fold and enclose the same in the envelope provided therefor and after sealing said envelope he shall fill out the affidavit printed on the back thereof and sign and swear to the same before a notary public, or other person authorized to administer oaths, and, after placing thereon the necessary postage, he shall deposit the same in the postoffice or in some government receptacle provided for the deposit of mail matter. The ballot, in order to be valid, must be received by the township, village or city clerk in time for him to deposit the same with the election board in such elector's voting precinct before the closing of the polls on election day. SEC. 9. Upon receipt of the envelope containing the marked ballots of any absent voter, it shall be the duty of the said clerk to safely keep the same in his office until election day and shall during the hours that the polls are open on election day deliver the same together with the signed application to the election board in such absent voter's precinct. SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the said election board to verify the legality of such vote by a comparison of the signature to the affidavit with that upon the application of such elector, by an examination of the poll lists to see that such voter had not voted in person and is a registered or enrolled voter; by an examination of the affidavit of such voter to see that the same is properly filled out and attested. SEC. 11. When the said board shall have satisfied themdeposit ballot selves that such vote is legal, that the affidavit is sufficient, that the signatures correspond and that such voter has not voted in person in the precinct wherein he resides, they shall proceed to open the absent voter's envelope and take out the ballot or ballots therein contained and, without unfolding the same or permitting the same to be opened or examined, they, or one of them, shall detach the perforated numbered corner and having satisfied themselves that the initials thereon are the initials of the township, village or city clerk, as the case may be, they shall deposit the same in the regular box or boxes provided for that purpose and shall deposit the ballot in the regular ballot box to be counted with the other ballots. They To enter shall also enter upon the proper poll list the fact of such voter on poll list. having voted at such election by means of an absent voter ballot. Voter's name SEC. 12. If upon the examination of the envelope contain- When ballot ing an absent voter's ballot or ballots, the affidavit thereon is to be rejected. found to be insufficient, or that the signatures do not correspond, or if, upon examination of the poll list it is discovered that such absent voter has voted in person in the precinct wherein he resides, or if in any way it is determined by such board that such ballot is illegal, then such vote shall not be allowed, but, without opening the absent voter envelope, the board, or some member thereof, shall mark across the face of Proceeding such envelope "rejected as defective" (or illegal as the case rejection. may be), and said envelope and the ballot or ballots contained therein shall be retained and preserved in the manner now provided by law for the retention and preservation of official ballots voted at such election. upon deliver SEC. 13. At the opening of the polls on election day each Clerk to township, village or city clerk shall deliver his record or rec- record, etc., ords to the proper election board, together with any unused to board. ballots in his possession; such unused ballots shall be the first Unused used by the election board. ballots. absent voter return of SEC. 14. The provisions of this act shall not be construed so Vote of as to prohibit any absent voter, returning to his place of resi- who returns. dence, from voting in person within his precinct at any general, special or primary election, notwithstanding that he may have made application for an absent voter's ballot and the same may have been mailed by the said clerk: Provided, That Proviso, such voter has not availed himself of the privileges of an ab- absent ballot sent voter, as provided by this act, and voted the ballot mailed to board. him by the said clerk, and provided he returns such ballot, if received, to the board by whom it shall be marked "cancelled" and placed in the regular ballot box with other ballots. Any Penalty. voter so voting in person and by means of an absent voter ballot, or who shall attempt so to vote, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this act and punished as hereinafter provided. ventions, SEC. 15. All caucuses, conventions or primary elections When conheld for the purpose of nominating candidates for any election primaries, shall be held at least twenty days before such election and in etc., held. sufficient time so that the ballots may be printed and in the hands of the various county, township, village or city clerks, as the case may be, the number of days before election as herein provided notwithstanding any provisions of any law or statutes in contravention thereof, and all acts or parts of acts Penalty. Failure, neglect or refusal. contravening any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 16. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 17. Failure, neglect or refusal on the part of any official to perform the duties required of him by this act, shall constitute non feasance in office and as such shall subject such official to removal from office as is provided by law. Approved May 17, 1915. Certificate from secretary of state. Bond. How bond executed. Surety bond. [No. 271.] AN ACT to regulate the selling of steamship or railroad tickets or orders for transportation to and from foreign countries, and the receipt of deposits of money for the purpose of transmitting the same or equivalent thereof, to foreign countries. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in selling steamship or railroad tickets for transportation to or from foreign countries, or in the business of receiving deposits of money for the purpose of transmitting the same, or the equivalent thereof, to foreign countries, until it has obtained from the Secretary of State a certificate of compliance with the provisions of the two sections next following. The certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of business of such person, firm or corporation. SEC. 2. Such person, firm or corporation shall make, execute and deliver a bond to the State of Michigan in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful holding and transmission of any money, or the equivalent thereof, delivered to it for transmission to a foreign country, or conditioned for the selling of genuine and valid steamship or railroad tickets for transportation to or from foreign countries, or for both if to be engaged in both of such businesses. SEC. 3. The bond shall be executed by such person, firm or corporation as principal, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, who shall be responsible and owners of real estate within the State. The bond of a surety company may be received if approved by the Secretary of State and filed in his office. Upon the relation of any party aggrieved, a suit to re cover on such bond may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. of state to keep bond SEC. 4. The Secretary of State shall keep a book to be Secretary known as a "bond book" wherein he shall place in alphabetical order all such bonds received by him, the date of receipt, the book. name or names of the principals and place or places of residence, and place or places for transacting their business, the names of the surety upon the bond, and the name of the officer before whom the bond was executed or acknowledged. Such record shall be open to public inspection. The Secretary of Fee. State shall collect a fee of one dollar for each bond so filed. SEC. 5. A person, firm or corporation which engages in such Penalty. business, contrary to the provisions of the second and third preceding sections, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. to apply. SEC. 6. Nothing herein shall apply to tickets, drafts, money Act not orders or travelers checks issued by any railway company or trans-Atlantic steamship companies or their duly authorized agents or to national banks, express companies, State banks or trust companies. act not to SEC. 7. Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not Proviso, apply to tickets sold or money transmitted to any country on apply to the American continent. American continent. Approved May 17, 1915. [No. 272.] AN ACT to provide for procedure in courts of chancery to enjoin and abate houses of lewdness, assignation and prostitution; to declare the same to be nuisances; to enjoin the person or persons who conduct or maintain the same and the owner, or agent thereof, of any premises used for such purposes; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; to provide for contempt proceedings for disregard or violation of any order or decree of abatement or injunction issued in proceedings under this act, and providing for the forefeiture of the benefits of property exemptions in the enforcement of orders, decrees or writs of execution made or issued by virtue of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: signation, etc., SECTION 1. Whoever shall conduct, maintain, own or lease Houses of esany building or place used for the purpose of lewdness, as declared signation or prostitution is guilty of a nuisance, and the build- nuisance. ing or place in or upon which such lewdness, assignation or prostitution is conducted, permitted or carried on, and the furniture, fixtures, and contents are also declared a nuisance, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided. |