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SEC. 2. The number of delegates to such convention shall Delegates, be ninety-six consisting of three delegates from each senatorial district in this State as now existing. Each person who entitled entitled by law to vote for members of the legislature,`shall be entitled to vote at the election provided for in section one of this act, for three delegates to the constitutional convention hereinafter provided for. The three persons receiving who dethe highest number of votes for delegates to the constitutional clared convention in each senatorial district shall be elected delegates.

elected.

nated.

tem, where to

SEC. 3. Candidates of all parties for delegates to said con- Candidates, vention in every senatorial district in this State, shall be when nominominated on the second Tuesday in August, nineteen hundred seven. In every senatorial district where in nineteen Direct nomhundred six, in the nomination of a senator, at least one inating syspolitical party adopted and operated under the direct nom- apply. inating system provided for in act number one hundred eightyone of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, or under any local primary law, the candidates of all political parties for delegates to the constitutional convention shall be nominated in the same way: Provided, That the provisions of chapter Proviso, two of act one hundred eighty-one of the public acts of nine- party enrollteen hundred five relating to party enrollment, shall not ap- apply. ply to nor be in force at such primary election, but every qualified elector shall have the right to receive from the inspectors, and vote, the party ticket he prefers without regard to any party enrollment, the general registration books Registration of each election district being used at such primary election books to be

ment not to

used.

in place of the enrollment books: And Provided further, Further pro

ing of name

filed, etc.

Proviso, dis

within one

forms, when

That to obtain the printing of the name of any candidate of viso, printany political party for delegate to such convention on the of candidate. ballot of his party at such primary election, there shall be filed with the Secretary of State, nomination papers, signed Nomination by at least one hundred qualified electors which shall recite papers, where that said signers are of the political party to which the candidate belongs, and who reside in the senatorial district in which such candidate resides: Provided, That in districts wholly within one county such nomination papers shall be tricts wholly filed with the county clerk of said county. The Secretary of county. State shall furnish to the county clerk of each county in the Printed State, which, under the provisions of this act, must operate furnished. under the direct nomination system, a sufficient quantity of printed forms for such nomination papers, following substantially the form prescribed in section two of chapter five of act number one hundred eighty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. Nomination papers filed in accordance herewith shall be received up to four o'clock in the afternoon of July twenty-third, nineteen hundred seven, preceding such primary election. Where nomination papers are required to when names be filed with the Secretary of State, he shall forthwith pre- of candidates pare and certify to the board of election commissioners of commissioneach county which, under the provisions of this act, must

Date received.

certified to

ers.

county clerks

etc.

nomination,

Proviso, certain senatorial districts.

operate under the direct nomination system, the names of all candidates mentioned in said nomination papers, together Duty of with the name of the party. The various county clerks and and election county boards of election commissioners shall then proceed commissioners. as directed in sections three, four and five of chapter five of act number one hundred eighty-one of the public acts of ninePrimary elec- teen hundred five. The returns of said primary election tion, canvass, shall be canvassed and the results declared in the same manner and by the same officers as is provided by the general law for canvassing the returns of and declaring the result in Elections for general elections; and all the elections for the nomination of how governed. delegates shall be conducted, canvassed, certified and returned in the manner now provided by law for the nomination of candidates for senator in the State legislature, as nearly as may be Provided, That in senatorial districts, the limits of which shall be greater than those of a county, the board of district canvassers shall meet on the twenty-seventh day of August, nineteen hundred seven, for the purpose of canvassing the returns of such primary election. The three perwho declared. sons on each party ticket receiving the largest number of Delegate con- votes shall be the nominees of such party. In senatorial disvention called tricts where in nineteen hundred six no political party adopted and used act number one hundred eighty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred five in the nomination of candidates for senator in the State legislature the candidates of all political parties for delegates to the constitutional convention shall be nominated by a delegate convention called by the senatorial committee of each political party in the usual manner. The names of the three candidates nominated by each official ballot. Or any political party in each senatorial district in this State as herein provided, shall be printed upon the official ballots of the various political parties at the election provided for in section one of this act.

Nominees,

in certain districts.

Names

printed on

Law governing nomina

gates.

Printing of ballots, etc.

SEC. 4. All laws, not inconsistent with this act, regulattion of dele- ing the nomination of candidates for State senator to be elected at a general election, shall be applicable to the nomination of delegates to the constitutional convention. All laws not inconsistent with this act, regulating the printing of the ballots and the canvass of the votes for State senator at a general election, shall be applicable to the printing of the ballots and canvass of the votes for delegates to the constitutional convention. Provided, That in senatorial districts, the limits of which shall be greater than those of the county, the board of district canvassers shall meet for the purpose of canvassing the vote on delegates to the constitutional convention on the first day of October, nineteen hundred seven. All laws not inconsistent with this act, regulating the election of public officers at general elections, shall be applicable to the election of delegates to such convention, except as herein otherwise provided.

Proviso, canvass of dele

gates in cer

tain districts.

Election of delegates.

Delegate, who eligible.

SEC. 5. The electors may elect as a delegate any male citizen of this State above the age of twenty-one years, who is a

resident of the district in which he is chosen. In case a Vacancies, how filled. vacancy occurs by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor may appoint some duly qualified resident of such district to fill such vacancy, and the person so appointed shall, by virtue of such appointment, be a member of the said convention, entitled to the same compensation, and in all respects have the same rights as if he had been originally elected a delegate.

chosen, when

SEC. 6. The delegates so chosen shall meet in convention Delegates in the hall of the House of Representatives in the capitol and where in the city of Lansing, on the fourth Tuesday in October, to meet. nineteen hundred seven, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. A majority of the delegates elect shall constitute a quorum Quorum. for the transaction of business, but a smaller number shall have the power to adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. The convention shall organ Organization. ize by the election of one of their own number as president and one as president pro tem. They shall also choose such secretaries, sergeants-at-arms, clerks, an official stenographer, who shall choose his assistants, messengers and other attendants as they may deem necessary for the proper transaction

of business. They shall adopt their own rules of order, shall Adoption of be the absolute judges of the election, qualification and re- rules, etc. turn of their own members and may punish for contempt by fine or imprisonment in their discretion, but no term of imprisonment shall continue beyond the date of the final adjournment of the convention. The convention shall have Compensation. power to fix the duties and compensation of its officers and employes. The compensation of the delegates of said convention shall be ten dollars per day during the session of the convention, and ten cents per mile for every mile traveled by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the place of holding the convention, but no per diem shall be paid for any services rendered after January thirtyfirst, nineteen hundred eight. The compensation of the dele- How paid. gates and of the officers and employes of the convention and all incidental expenses of the convention shall be paid in the same manner as provided by law for the payment of similar claims in the legislature. The delegates and the Stationery. convention shall be supplied all needful stationery in the manner provided in the case of the legislature.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to attend said Secretary of convention at the opening thereof, to call the roll thereof ac- State, duty of. cording to the returns on file in his office, which shall be certified to the convention by him, to administer the constitutional oath of office to the members, and to preside at all meetings thereof until a president has been elected and has taken his seat; but the Secretary of State shall have no vote therein. All public officers, civil and military, and all boards Co-operation and commissioners shall promptly furnish said convention of public with all such information, papers, statements, books or other public documents in their possession as the said convention

officers, etc.

Journal of proceedings.

When pub

shall order or require for its use, from time to time, while in session.

SEC. 7. A journal of the proceedings of said convention shall be kept and printed daily and given to each member; this journal may be mailed by the secretary to any person who may request it. The journals and debates of the convention shall be published in such form and style as may be determined by the convention, and when so published they Paper, station- shall be deemed the official records of such convention. All ery, print

lished, deemed official record.

ing, etc.,

audit of.

Quarters,

Doors open to public.

claims for paper, stationery, printing and binding shall be audited, allowed and paid by the Board of State Auditors in the manner provided by law and contracts therefor. The preparation of. Board of State Auditors, previous to the meeting of the convention, shall prepare the Hall of Representatives and the Senate Chamber and the rooms connected therewith, for the use and occupation of the convention during its session. The doors of the convention shall be kept open to the public during all of its sessions. Every delegate to the convention shall in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest. They shall not be subject to any civil process during the session of the convention, or for fifteen days next before the commencement and after the final adjournment of the same. For any speech or debate in the convention, the members shall not be questioned in any other place.

of.

Draft of new SEC. 8. After the convention shall have approved the constitution, draft of the proposed new constitution, the same shall be printing and presentation printed in the same manner as acts of the legislature for presentation to the Governor, shall be signed by the president and secretary, and, when so signed, shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, and shall be deemed the official copy of the proposed constitution as adopted by the convention. The revised constitution shall be submitted by the convention to the people for adoption or rejection as a whole, on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred eight. Every person entitled to vote for members of the legislature at a Ballot, form general election may vote on such adoption or rejection; and the board of election commissioners in each county in this State shall cause to be printed, in an appropriate place on the ballot prepared for the purpose, the words:

Submission

to electors.

Who may vote.

of.

Vote, how declared.

False swearing.

"Adoption of the Revised Constitution, () Yes." "Adoption of the Revised Constitution, () No." Should the revised constitution so submitted to a vote of the electors of this State receive more votes in its favor than shall be cast against it, it shall be declared adopted as the constitution of this State, otherwise it shall be rejected, and all votes cast at such election shall be taken, counted, canvassed and returned as provided by law for the election of State officers.

SEC. 9. All wilful and corrupt false swearing, in taking any of the oaths prescribed by this act, or by the laws of this State made applicable to this act, or in any other mode

or form in carrying into effect this act, shall be punished in the manner now prescribed by law for wilful and corrupt perjury.

SEC. 10. The convention shall, before its adjournment, Address, explaining prepare and adopt an address to the people of the State, ex- changes. plaining the proposed changes in the present constitution, the reasons for each change, and such other matters as to the convention shall seem advisable. Not less than three hundred Copies for distribution, thousand copies of this address, in pamphlet form, contain- etc. ing the full text of the revised constitution, shall be printed and distributed as the convention shall direct. The Board Publication of State Auditors is hereby authorized to publish the above in each address, together with the full text of the revised constitution, in one newspaper in each county in the State having one, at an expense not to exceed fifteen dollars each, choosing for this purpose in each county one of the newspapers having the largest circulation.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 27, 1907.

county.

[No. 273.]

AN ACT to divide the State of Michigan into thirty-two senatorial districts.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

districts.

SECTION 1. The State of Michigan shall be divided into Senatorial thirty-two senatorial districts, and each district shall be entitled to elect one senator, and the districts shall be constituted and numbered as follows:

The first district shall consist of the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and seventeenth wards of Detroit and the townships of Gratiot, Greenfield, Grosse Pointe, Hamtramck, Livonia, Plymouth, Northville and Redford;

The second district shall consist of the fifth, seventh and ninth wards of Detroit;

The third district shall consist of the first, second, third, fourth and sixth wards of Detroit;

The fourth district shall consist of the eighth, tenth, twelfth and fourteenth wards of Detroit;

The fifth district shall consist of the sixteenth and eighteenth wards of Detroit and the townships of Springwells, Brownstown, Canton, Dearborn, Ecorse, Huron, Monguagon, Nankin, Romulus, Sumpter, Taylor, Van Buren and city of Wyandotte, in the county of Wayne;

The sixth district shall consist of the counties of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph;

The seventh district shall consist of the counties of Berrien and Cass;

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