LAWS OF MICHIGAN. [ No. 1.] AN ACT to designate the time, and provide the manner of electing United States Senators. electing. to name a made on SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Time of Legislature which shall be chosen next preceding the expiration of the time for which any Senator was elected to represent this State in the Congress of the United States, shall, on the second Tuesday after the meeting and organization thereof, proceed to elect a Senator in Congress, in the place of such Senator so going out of office, in the following manner: Each House shall Each Honse openly, by a viva voce vote of each member present, name one candidate. person for Senator in Congress; and the name of the person so Entries to be voted for, who shall have a majority of the whole number of journals. votes cast in each House, shall be entered on the journal of each House by the clerk or secretary thereof; but if either House shall fail to give such majority to any person on such day, that fact shall be entered on the journal. At twelve o'clock, Joint conmeridian, of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two Houses shall convene in joint convention, and the journal of Journals to each House shall then be read; and if the same person shall A majority have received a majority of all the votes in each House, such House to person shall be declared duly elected a Senator to represent this State in the Congress of the United States; but if the same person shall not have received a majority of the votes in each House, or if either House shall have failed to take proceedings vention. be read. vote in each elect. Vacancies; how filled. Governor to certify election. Acts repealed. as required by this act, the joint convention shall then proceed to choose, by a viva voce vote of each member present, a person for the purpose aforesaid; and the person having a majority of all the votes of the said joint convention, a majority of all the members elected to both Houses being present and voting, shall be declared duly elected; and in case no person shall receive such majority on the first day, the joint convention shall meet at twelve o'clock, meridian, of each succeeding day during the session of the Legislature, and take at least one vote, until a Senator shall be elected. Sec. 2. Whenever, on the meeting of the Legislature, a vacancy shall exist in the representation of this State in the Senate of the United States, the Legislature shall proceed, on the second Tuesday after the commencement and organization of its session, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the election of a Senator for a full term; and if a vacancy shall happen during the session of the Legislature, then, on the second Tuesday after the Legislature shall have been organized, and shall have notice of such vacancy, the Legislature shall proceed to elect as aforesaid. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Governor, upon the election of a Senator as herein provided, to certify his election to the President of the United States, which certificate shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State, under the seal of the State. Sec. 4. All acts or parts of acts, contravening the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. Approved January 18, 1869. [ No. 2.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of the officers and members of the Legislature, for the year eighteen hundred and sixtynine. tion. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Appropria there be and hereby is appropriated out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the general fund, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars, for the payment of the officers and members of the Legislature for the present session. members. to members Peninsula. tion of Sec Sec. 2. The compensation of the President and members of Per diem of the Senate, and of the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, shall be three dollars per day each for actual attendance and when absent on account of sickness during the present session of the Legislature, and ten cents for every Mileage. mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting, on the usually traveled route; and to the members Additional of the Senate and House of Representatives from the Upper for Upper Peninsula, two dollars per day each, additional, during this session of the Legislature. Each member of the Senate and Stationery. of the House of Representatives, shall be entitled to receive five dollars for stationery and newspapers. The compensation Compensaof the Secretary, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, and Sergeant-retary, Enrolling Clerk, at-Arms of the Senate, and their authorized Assistante, and of Sergeant-atArms, Assistthe Clerk, and Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk, and Sergeant- ants, Clerk of at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and their authorized Assistants, and of the clerks employed with the consent of the Senate or House of Representatives by any of the standing or special committees of either of said Houses, shall be three dollars a day each, for actual attendance during the session, and Mileage. ten cents for every mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting, on the usually traveled route. The compensation of the firemen of the Senate and House of Firemen,etc. Representatives, and their authorized assistants, and keeper of the cloak room, and of the postmaster of the Legislature, shall be three dollars per day; and that of the messenger boys, two House, etc. Certificate of dues, by dollars per day for the time actually employed in attendance during the session. Sec. 3. Such sums as may be due under the provisions of this whom paid. act to the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall be certified by the presiding officers of the respective Houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; and such sums as may be due the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall be certified by the Secretary or Clerk of the respective Houses, and countersigned by the Auditor General; and such sums as may be due to the members and other officers of either House shall be certified by the Secretary, or Clerk, and countersigned by the presiding officer of the respective Houses; and the State Treasurer, upon the presentation of any such certificate, countersigned as provided in this section, is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Sec. 4. This act shall take immediate effect. Section amended. Style of all process; how tested. [No. 3.] AN ACT to amend section one, of chapter ninety-seven, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section four thousand one hundred and seven of the compiled laws, relative to testing process from courts of record. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That section one, of chapter ninety-seven, of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being section four thousand one hundred and seven of the compiled laws, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: (4107.) SECTION 1. The style of all process from courts of record in this State shall be "In the name of the People of the State of Michigan," and such process shall be tested in the name of the chief justice, or presiding justice or judge, or one of the judges of the court from which the same shall issue, be and en sealed with the seal of the court, and, before the delivery thereof To be sealed Sec. 2. That this act shall take immediate effect. [ No. 4. ] AN ACT to provide for the registration of electors in new townships. election 10 board of reg SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Inspectors of persons named in the act erecting any new township, as inspec- constitute a tors of election, whether passed by the Legislature of this istration. State, or the board of supervisors of the proper county, shall constitute a board of registration for such new township, until such officers are elected and qualified, as provided by law. board. to govern Sec. 2. Such inspectors shall meet in the capacity of such Meeting of board of registration, on the Saturday next preceding the first township meeting in such new township, at the place mentioned in the act providing for the organization thereof, for holding such first township meeting, and shall be governed, in all Act of 1869 respects, by the provisions of act number 177, of session laws of action. 1859, which pertain to registration of electors in townships, as far as the same are applicable, except as is hereinafter provided. Sec. 3. The name of any person may be registered at such who may first township meeting, who shall make due proof, by his own oath, before the board of inspectors of such meeting, that he is possessed of the qualifications of an elector in such new township, under existing laws, other than that requiring registration. register. |