PUBLIC ACTS [No. 1.] AN ACT to amend section seven of chapter two of part two, sections two, four, and six of chapter seven of part three, section thirty-three of chapter seven of part four and section eight of chapter nineteen of part four, of act number three hundred fifty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the registration of electors, the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for and regulate primary elections and elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to prescribe the penalties therefor; and to repeal certain acts relating thereto," approved May twenty-seven, nineteen hundred twenty-five. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section seven of chapter two of part two, sec- Sections tions two, four, and six of chapter seven of part three, section thirty-three of chapter seven of part four, and section eight of chapter nineteen of part four, of act number three hundred fifty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the registration of electors, the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for and regulate primary elections and elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to prescribe the penalties therefor; and to repeal certain acts relating thereto," approved May twenty-seven, nineteen hundred twenty-five, are hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEC. 7. Whenever any township or city shall be divided, When new pursuant to law, into two or more election precincts. the registratio township or city clerk, as the case may be, shall procure a cured. new registration book for each such precinct, and shall transcribe to such new registration book from the township or city registration books the names of such electors as are residents of such new precincts. Such new registration books, When boundaries changed. County conventions in even years, when held. Place and hour of meeting. Odd years. Place and hour of meeting. when completed, shall be the official registration books for such precincts. Whenever the boundaries of the election precincts of any township or city shall be changed, the township or city clerk, as the case may be, shall add to the regis tration book already in use in such precinct the names of such electors as shall become residents of such precinct by reason of the changes in boundaries, together with all other information required by this act to be recorded therein, and shall also in the manner provided in section four of chapter three of part two of this act cause the word "removed" to be written opposite the names of all electors formerly residing in such precinct, whose names appear upon the registration books of such precinct, and who, by reason of such change in boundaries, have ceased to be residents thereof. PART III. Chapter VII. SEC. 2. The county conventions of all political parties for the election of delegates to a state convention for the nomination of state officers in the even numbered years, shall be held within fifteen days after the September primaries. All such county conventions of any one political party shall be held on the same day throughout the state, which day shall be designated by the state central committee of such political party in its call for the state convention to nominate candidates for state offices. The place and hour of meeting of any such county convention shall be designated in the call issued therefor by the county committee of such political party in such county, which call shall be issued not less than fifteen days before such county convention. The number of delegates to the state convention to which such political party in such county is entitled shall be chosen at such county convention. SEC. 4. The county conventions of all political parties for the election of delegates to a state convention for the nomination of state officers in the odd numbered years, shall be held not less than ten days before said state convention. All such county conventions of any one political party shall be held on the same day throughout the state, which day shall be designated by the state central committee of such political party in its call for the state convention, provided for in section three of this chapter. The place and hour of meeting of any such county convention shall be designated in the call issued therefor by the county committee of such political party in the county, which call shall be issued not less than fifteen days before such county convention. The number of delegates to the state convention to which such political party in such county is entitled shall be chosen at such county convention. committee, SEC. 6. At its spring state convention in each odd num- State central bered year, each political party shall select a state central of whom committee as herein provided, which committee shall consist composed. of three members from each congressional district, at least one of whom shall be a woman. Said state convention shall select a chairman of the state central committee and such chairman shall have the right to vote on all questions arising in said committee. The state central committee so con- To appoint stituted shall appoint a secretary, a treasurer and such other secretary, officers as in its judgment may be proper and shall have the power to fill any vacancy that may occur in the membership of the state central committee or in any of its offices. The term of service of a state central committee shall continue until the election of its successor. PART IV. Chapter VII. etc. etc. SEC. 33. The township, city or village board of election Ballots, commissioners, as the case may be, shall cause the ballots printing, required for any regular or special township, village or city election, or official primary election for the nomination of candidates for township, village, city or ward offices, to be printed and delivered to the township, village or city clerk, as the case may be, at least ten days before any such election, and like duties as are herein before enjoined upon county boards of election commissioners and upon county, township and city clerks relative to the printing, counting, packing, sealing and delivery of official ballots, are hereby enjoined upon the several township and municipal boards of election commissioners and upon the several township, village or city clerks relative to the printing, counting, packing, sealing and delivery of official ballots for use in each precinct of such township, village or city at any such municipal or township election. PART IV. who may conduct. SEC. 8. It shall not be necessary for all of the members Recount, of said board of state canvassers to conduct a particular recount, but each member shall have the right to conduct any such recount when properly designated by the board, to the end that the recount may be conducted and the result of the election determined at the earliest possible moment. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved February 25, 1927. Section amended. Salary. [No. 2.] AN ACT to amend section forty-six of chapter one of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen", being section twelve thousand fifty-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred seventy-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section forty-six of chapter one of act number three hundred fourteen of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, "The judicature act of nineteen hundred fifteen", being section twelve thousand fifty-one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred seventy-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 46. Such help shall receive as salary such sum as may be fixed by the justices of the supreme court, and in no case shall there be paid for clerical help for each justice more than two thousand dollars in any one year. Such salaries shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers are paid. Approved March 2, 1927. Title and sections amended. [No. 3.] AN ACT to amend the title and sections one, two and five of act number seventy of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to establish and regulate a mining school in the upper peninsula," being sections one thousand two hundred ninety-nine, one thousand three hundred and one thousand three hundred three of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number eleven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-five, and to add thereto two new sections to stand as sections ten and eleven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title and sections one, two and five of act number seventy of the public acts of eighteen hundred eightyfive, entitled "An act to establish and regulate a mining school in the upper peninsula," being sections one thousand two hundred ninety-nine, one thousand three hundred and one |