Sections amended. Judges, number of, how determined. Proviso. Referendum. [No. 3.] AN ACT to amend sections one, seven, and eight of act number three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to supplement existing laws providing for the establishment and maintenance of municipal courts of record and defining the jurisdiction of such courts; to fix the number of judges thereof; to provide a presiding judge; to define the privileges of such presiding judge; to modify the procedure in and extend the jurisdiction of said courts in certain respects, and to provide for the abolishing of any police courts or other courts not of record having exclusive criminal jurisdiction existing in any city in which the provisions of this act become operative," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen, as amended by act number three hundred sixtyfour of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one, seven, and eight of act number three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to supplement existing laws providing for the establishment and maintenance of municipal courts of record and defining the jurisdiction of such courts; to fix the number of judges thereof; to provide a presiding judge; to define the privileges of such presiding judge; to modify the procedure in and extend the jurisdiction of said courts in certain respects, and to provide for the abolishing of any police courts or other courts not of record having exclusive criminal jurisdiction existing in any city in which the provisions of this act become operative," as amended by act number three hundred sixty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Subject to the provisions hereof any municipal court of record now existing in any city of the state shall continue in accordance with the laws pertaining thereto. The number of judges of any such court shall be determined on the basis of one judge for each one hundred thousand population or majority fraction thereof, according to the last federal census. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of any such court who does not possess the qualifications now prescribed by law for holding such office. Candidates for election for the office of judge of such court shall be nominated and elected in the manner now provided by law therefor: Prorided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to affect the tenure of any judge, clerk, deputy, or assistant clerk in said court holding office at the time this act becomes operative in such municipality. SEC. 7. This act, or any amendment thereto, other than this section shall not become operative in any municipality of the state unless and until it is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors thereof and ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon. The legislative body of any city now having a municipal court of record may by a majority vote thereof submit to the qualified electors the question of adopting the provisions of this act, or any amendment thereto, or said questions may be submitted by initiatory petition in the same manner and with like effect as is or may be provided by law for the proposal and submission of amendments to the charter of any such city. All proceedings with reference to the submission of the question shall conform as nearly as may be to the requirements of the state law governing the submission of charter amendments, and the votes cast on the question shall be counted, canvassed and returned and the result declared in the same manner. A recount of the votes so cast may also Recount. be had in the same manner as is or may be provided for a recount of the ballots cast on proposed charter amendments: Provided, however, That in any municipality wherein the act Proviso, of which this act is amendatory is now operative, this act when subshall be submitted to the qualified electors thereof at the election to be held on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred twenty-five: Provided, however, That if for any reason this Proviso. act is not submitted at said election, it may be submitted at any regular municipal or primary election held thereafter. If the provisions of this act shall be ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon, as shown by the certification of the returns by the proper election officials of said city, then the provisions of this act shall become effective immediately following such certification of said returns. mitted. to make. SEC. 8. If in any city wherein the provisions of this act, Appointor any amendment thereto, may be adopted, as provided in ments, who the preceding sections, the number of judges of the municipal court of record now existing in such city is less than the number of judges hereby contemplated, such additional number of judges shall be appointed by the governor. Each judge. so appointed shall assume office immediately following his appointment and shall hold the same until the next general election. Successors to the judges so appointed by the gov ernor shall be nominated and elected at the first general primary and election held following such appointment. and the judges so elected shall take office immediately following their election, and shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the sitting judges of said court. At the biennial spring primary and election next preceding the expiration of the term of offices of such judges, their successors shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the election of the sitting judges of said court, and the judges so elected shall take office the first day of January following their election and shall hold office for a term of six years thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. Judges, number of, how determined. Proviso. Referendum. [No. 3.] AN ACT to amend sections one, seven, and eight of act number three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to supplement existing laws providing for the establishment and maintenance of municipal courts of record and defining the jurisdiction of such courts; to fix the number of judges thereof; to provide a presiding judge; to define the privileges of such presiding judge; to modify the procedure in and extend the jurisdiction of said courts in certain respects, and to provide for the abolishing of any police courts or other courts not of record having exclusive criminal jurisdiction existing in any city in which the provisions of this act become operative," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen, as amended by act number three hundred sixtyfour of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one, seven, and eight of act number three hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to supplement existing laws providing for the establishment and maintenance of municipal courts of record and defining the jurisdiction of such courts; to fix the number of judges thereof; to provide a presiding judge; to define the privileges of such presiding judge; to modify the procedure in and extend the jurisdiction of said courts in certain respects, and to provide for the abolishing of any police courts or other courts not of record having exclusive criminal jurisdiction existing in any city in which the provisions of this act become operative," as amended by act number three hundred sixty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Subject to the provisions hereof any municipal court of record now existing in any city of the state shall continue in accordance with the laws pertaining thereto. The number of judges of any such court shall be determined on the basis of one judge for each one hundred thousand population or majority fraction thereof, according to the last federal census. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of any such court who does not possess the qualifications now prescribed by law for holding such office. Candidates for election for the office of judge of such court shall be nominated and elected in the manner now provided by law therefor: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to affect the tenure of any judge, clerk, deputy, or assistant clerk in said court holding office at the time this act becomes operative in such municipality. SEC. 7. This act, or any amendment thereto, other than this section shall not become operative in any municipality of the state unless and until it is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors thereof and ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon. The legislative body of any city now having a municipal court of record may by a majority vote thereof submit to the qualified electors the question of adopting the provisions of this act, or any amendment thereto, or said questions may be submitted by initiatory petition in the same manner and with like effect as is or may be provided by law for the proposal and submission of amendments to the charter of any such city. All proceedings with reference to the submission of the question shall conform as nearly as may be to the requirements of the state law governing the submission of charter amendments, and the votes cast on the question shall be counted, canvassed and returned and the result declared in the same manner. A recount of the votes so cast may also Recount. be had in the same manner as is or may be provided for a recount of the ballots cast on proposed charter amendments: Provided, however, That in any municipality wherein the act Proviso, of which this act is amendatory is now operative, this act when subshall be submitted to the qualified electors thereof at the election to be held on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred twenty-five: Provided, however, That if for any reason this Proviso. act is not submitted at said election, it may be submitted at any regular municipal or primary election held thereafter. If the provisions of this act shall be ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon, as shown by the certification of the returns by the proper election officials of said city, then the provisions of this act shall become effective immediately following such certification of said returns. mitted. to make. SEC. 8. If in any city wherein the provisions of this act, Appointor any amendment thereto, may be adopted, as provided in ments, who the preceding sections, the number of judges of the municipal court of record now existing in such city is less than the number of judges hereby contemplated, such additional number of judges shall be appointed by the governor. Each judge so appointed shall assume office immediately following his appointment and shall hold the same until the next general election. Successors to the judges so appointed by the governor shall be nominated and elected at the first general primary and election held following such appointment. and the judges so elected shall take office immediately following their election, and shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the sitting judges of said court. At the biennial spring primary and election next preceding the expiration of the term of offices of such judges, their successors shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the election of the sitting judges of said court, and the judges so elected shall take office the first day of January following their election and shall hold office for a term of six years thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Act No. 356. Amending judicature act; parties to actions in chancery suits. 357. Appropriation for site of state tuberculosis sanatorium. 358. Providing for protection of certain residential areas within certain cities. 359. Empowering cities, etc., to levy tax for advertising, etc. 360. Amending act providing for recording of town plats. 361. Amending insurance code; investment of capital, etc., of companies. 362. Amending act providing for uniform system of probation; number of probation officers. 363. Amending corporation act; renewal of corporate existence of stock corporation, etc. 364. Amending act creating department of labor; factory inspectors. 365. Amending general drain law. 366. Providing for protection of game and birds. 367. Appropriations for state normal schools and Michigan college of mines. 368. Prohibiting obstructions, etc., on public highways, etc. 369. Regulating funding of floating indebtedness of counties. 370. Abolishing fraternities, sororities, etc. 371. Amending housing code. 372. Amending insurance code; group life insurance. 373. Relieving gifts, etc., for public welfare purposes, from operation of certain statutes, etc. 374. Determining claims of persons injured on trunk line highways. 375. Appropriations for state department of agriculture. 376. Appropriations for department of public safety. 377. Amending act creating department of labor and industry; additional member. 378. Appropriations for various state institutions (state prisons.) 379. Appropriations for various state institutions (state hospitals, etc.) 380. Amending act for taxation of inheritances. 381. Permitting counties to establish super-highways, etc. 382. Amending act prohibiting manufacture, etc., of intoxicating, etc., liquor. 383. Providing for service of process in actions foreclosing mortgage, etc. 384. Amending act for payment of subcontractors, etc. 385. Amending corporation fee act; privilege fees. 386. Amending judicature act; designating fourteenth and twenty-seventh circuits. 387. Determining ownership in real estate held by joint tenants, etc., where owner adjudged insane. 388. Amending general corporation act; filing reports. 390. Giving banks, etc., option to refuse payment of check, etc., after one year. 391. Amending general banking law; investments by savings banks. 392. Authorizing preparation of contour topographical survey map. Amending general banking law; powers delegated to banks. Joint resolutions. 393. Certificate of adjournment. State treasurer's report. |