Lapeer detached. Fortieth circuit. Election of judge. Term. Duty of election commissioners. Nomination of candidates. Election inspectors. County canvassers. Entry Powers of circuit. [No. 303.] AN ACT to detach the county of Lapeer from the sixth judicial circuit, and to form a judicial circuit therefrom to be known as the fortieth judicial circuit, and to provide for the nomination and election of a circuit judge therein. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That from and after the first day of December, A. D. nineteen hundred sixteen, the county of Lapeer shall be detached from the sixth judicial circuit and constitute a judicial circuit to be known as the fortieth judicial circuit. SEC. 2. At an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, A. D. nineteen hundred sixteen, there shall be elected a circuit judge for the fortieth judicial circuit whose term of office when elected shall extend from the first day of December, A. D. nineteen hundred sixteen, to the first day of January, A. D. nineteen hundred eighteen, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners in said circuit in the year nineteen hundred sixteen to print upon the ticket containing the names of candidates for State officers in said judicial circuit the names of the candidates for circuit judge nominated at the preceding primary. SEC. 4. Candidates for the office of circuit judge in said cirIcuit at said first election shall be nominated in the same manner as provided by law at the primary held in the year nineteen hundred sixteen for the nomination of county officers in said circuit and the board of election commissioners in said circuit shall print the names of the candidates for circuit judge upon the primary ballots in the same manner as now required by law. SEC. 5. The election inspectors for the primary election and for the general election held in nineteen hundred sixteen shall count and canvass the votes for circuit judge in the same manner and return the results of such primary election and general election in the same manner that the votes for county officers are counted and returned. The board of county canvassers shall canvass the result of such elections at the same time and place as they canvass the result of the elections of county officers and such inspectors are hereby invested with the same power and authority as are provided by the general election laws of this State for general elections. The circuit judge elected under the provisions of this act shall enter upon the discharge of his duties on the first day of December immediately succeeding his election. SEC. 6. The circuit judge of the sixth judicial circuit shall judge of sixth have the power to settle bills of exception, sign and grant decrees, decide and determine cases submitted to him and do all judicial acts in any case submitted to him the same as if the act creating the fortieth judicial circuit had not been passed. judge of circuit. SEC. 7. The circuit judge of the fortieth judicial circuit Assistance by shall assist the circuit judge of the sixth judicial and other fortieth adjoining judicial circuits in the same manner and under the same regulations, when required, as provided by the general laws of the State. Became a law May 19, 1915, the objections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding. [No. 304.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred sixty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations; to provide for their incorporation and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for violations of this act, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith," approved May two, nineteen hundred thirteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred sixty- Section nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled amended. "An act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations; to provide for their incorporation and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for violations of this act, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith," approved May two, nineteen hundred thirteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: society. SEC. 1. Any corporation, society, order, or voluntary asso- Fraternal ciation, without capital stock, organized and carried on solely benefit for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit, and having a lodge system with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government, and which shall make provision for the payment of benefits in accordance with section five hereof, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society. Approved May 20, 1915. Lapeer detached. Fortieth circuit. Election of judge. Term. Duty of election commissioners. Nomination of candidates. Election inspectors. County canvassers. Entry upon duties. Powers of circuit. [No. 303.] AN ACT to detach the county of Lapeer from the sixth judicial circuit, and to form a judicial circuit therefrom to be known as the fortieth judicial circuit, and to provide for the nomination and election of a circuit judge therein. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That from and after the first day of December, A. D. nineteen hundred sixteen, the county of Lapeer shall be detached from the sixth judicial circuit and constitute a judicial circuit to be known as the fortieth judicial circuit. SEC. 2. At an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, A. D. nineteen hundred sixteen, there shall be elected a circuit judge for the fortieth judicial circuit whose term of office when elected shall extend from the first day of December, A. D. nineteen hundred sixteen, to the first day of January, A. D. nineteen hundred eighteen, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners in said circuit in the year nineteen hundred sixteen to print upon the ticket containing the names of candidates for State officers in said judicial circuit the names of the candidates for circuit judge nominated at the preceding primary. SEC. 4. Candidates for the office of circuit judge in said circuit at said first election shall be nominated in the same manner as provided by law at the primary held in the year nineteen hundred sixteen for the nomination of county officers in said circuit and the board of election commissioners in said circuit shall print the names of the candidates for circuit judge upon the primary ballots in the same manner as now required by law. SEC. 5. The election inspectors for the primary election and for the general election held in nineteen hundred sixteen shall count and canvass the votes for circuit judge in the same manner and return the results of such primary election and general election in the same manner that the votes for county officers are counted and returned. The board of county canvassers shall canvass the result of such elections at the same time and place as they canvass the result of the elections of county officers and such inspectors are hereby invested with the same power and authority as are provided by the general election laws of this State for general elections. The circuit judge elected under the provisions of this act shall enter upon the discharge of his duties on the first day of December immediately succeeding his election. SEC. 6. The circuit judge of the sixth judicial circuit shall judge of sixth have the power to settle bills of exception, sign and grant decrees, decide and determine cases submitted to him and do all judicial acts in any case submitted to him the same as if the act creating the fortieth judicial circuit had not been passed. SEC. 7. The circuit judge of the fortieth judicial circuit Assistance by judge of shall assist the circuit judge of the sixth judicial and other fortieth adjoining judicial circuits in the same manner and under the same regulations, when required, as provided by the general laws of the State. Became a law May 19, 1915, the objections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding. circuit. [No. 304.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred sixty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations; to provide for their incorporation and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for violations of this act, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith," approved May two, nineteen hundred thirteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred sixty- Section nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations; to provide for their incorporation and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for violations of this act, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith," approved May two, nineteen hundred thirteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: benefit SEC. 1. Any corporation, society, order, or voluntary asso- Fraternal ciation, without capital stock, organized and carried on solely society. for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit, and having a lodge system with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government, and which shall make provision for the payment of benefits in accordance with section five hereof, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society. Approved May 20, 1915. Duty of secretary and clerk. [No. 305.] AN ACT to prescribe the duties of the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives during the interim of sessions of the Legislature, to fix their compensation, and to make an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, at the close of each regular or special session of the Legislature, shall compile and prepare for publication, make indexes to, and superintend the publication of the journals and documents of the senate and house of representatives, respectively. They shall also make a compilation and digest of the legislative decisions of the senate and house of representatives, respectively, arrange the same in a convenient form for reference, and shall report the result of their work thereon to the respective houses at the opening of the next regular session of the Legislature. They shall have custody and control of the documents of the respective houses, and shall, on request therefor, furnish to members of the senate and house of representatives, to State officers, and, in their discretion, to citizens of Michigan and other states, printed copies of bills and joint resolutions, (if there be a sufficient supply of such printed copies on file), and shall furnish typewritten copies of any such documents of which there are not printed copies, upon the payment of the actual cost of typewriting such documents. They shall also, in the interim of the regular sessions of the Legislature, prepare and have bound complete files of all printed bills and joint resolutions, and all enrolled acts of their respective houses; two copies of which, when bound, shall be kept in their respective offices. They shall also, in the interim of the regular sessions of the Legislature, prepare, so far as is possible, the legislative handbook for the next regular session of the Legislature, to the end that such handbooks may be ready for printing and distribution at the earliest possible date after the convening of the Legislature in regular session. They shall also revise the rules of the senate and house of representatives, and shall present to their respective houses, at the opening of the next regular session of the Legislature, the revision. of the rules of procedure for consideration of the senate and house of representatives. They shall also furnish to the members of the senate and house of representatives, upon request therefor, assistance in the drafting of bills and joint resolutions, and information in regard to matters of legislation. They shall also prepare a digest of the practice and procedure in the senate and house of representatives, respectively, together with a digest of the constitutional and statutory provisions relating thereto. The secretary of the |