ship, including that within the limits of incorporated villages, which tax shall not exceed one dollar on each one hundred dollars valuation, according to the assessment roll for the last preceding year, except that in townships having an assessed valuation of four million dollars or over the amount to be raised in the highway improvement fund shall not exceed one-half of one per cent: Provided, That the total of Proviso. the road repair tax and the highway improvement tax shall not exceed one per cent upon the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the township. Approved May 14, 1927. [No. 174.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter two of part three and section five of chapter seven 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, and to add to said act one new section to stand as section five of chapter twelve of part three; and to repeal section sixteen of chapter nineteen of part four. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter two of part three, and Sections section five of chapter seven 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", are hereby amended, and said act is amended by adding one Section new section to stand as section five of chapter twelve of part three, said amended and added sections to read as follows: added. PART III SECTION 1. A general primary election for all political General parties shall be held in every election precinct in this state when held. primary, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in September preceding every general November election, at which time the registered and qualified voters of each political party shall vote for party candidates for the office of governor, lieutenant governor and United States senator: Provided, That no nomination for the office of United States senator shall be made unless such official is to be elected at the next succeeding general November election. Chapter XII SEC. 5. The provisions of part four relative to recounts and correction of fraud and errors in returns by boards of canvassers shall apply to and govern, in so far as applicable, recounts and correction of fraud and errors in returns of boards of canvassers of primary elections. PART IV Chapter VII SEC. 5. Not less than twenty-five days prior to any general election the state central committee of each political party shall forward to the board of election commissioners of each county, in care of the county clerk, at the county seat, and to the secretary of state, a copy of the vignette adopted by said state central committee and the typewritten or printed names together with residence, including the street address if known, of all candidates nominated at any regularly called state convention or conventions at which candidates for any of the offices to be filled at such election shall be nominated. All the names of candidates so nominated shall be certified to by the chairman and secretary of the respective committees. It shall not be necessary for any party committee to certify nominations made at an official primary election. Such vignette and heading shall remain as the heading for the column of such party organization on the ballots at all elections until changed by the proper committee, and notice thereof shall have been given to such county clerks and secretary of state. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to provide, at the expense of the county, a sufficient number of cuts of the several vignettes provided for in this act, for use in printing the official ballots for any state, district or county election in said county. SEC. 2. Section sixteen of chapter nineteen of part four is hereby repealed. Approved May 14, 1927. [No. 175.] AN ACT to revise, consolidate and codify the laws relating to criminal procedure and to define the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of courts and of the judges and other officers thereof under the provisions of this act; to provide laws relative to the rights of persons accused of criminal of fenses; to provide for the arrest of persons charged with or suspected of criminal offenses; to provide for bail of persons arrested for or accused of criminal offenses; to provide for the examination of such persons accused of criminal offenses; to regulate the procedure relative to grand juries, indictments, informations, and proceedings before trial; to provide for trials of persons complained of or indicted for criminal offenses and to provide for the procedure therein; to provide for judgments and sentences of persons convicted of criminal offenses; to provide for procedure relating to new trials, appeals, writs of error and bills of exception in criminal causes; to provide a uniform system of probation throughout the state of Michigan, the appointment of probation officers and to prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of such officers and to provide penalties for the violation of the duties of such officers; to provide for procedure governing proceedings to prevent crime; proceedings for the discovery of crime; to provide for the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and procedure of justices of the peace in criminal cases; to provide for fees of officers, witnesses and others in criminal cases; miscellaneous provisions as to criminal procedure in certain cases; to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. This act shall be known as "The Code of Title of act. Criminal Procedure." SEC. 2. This act is hereby declared to be remedial in How character and as such shall be liberally construed to effectuate construed. the intents and purposes thereof. In this act: CHAPTER I. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders. Terms defined. on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in September preceding every general November election, at which time the registered and qualified voters of each political party shall vote for party candidates for the office of governor. lieutenant governor and United States senator: Provided, That no nomination for the office of United States senator shall be made unless such official is to be elected at the next succeeding general November election. Chapter XII SEC. 5. The provisions of part four relative to recounts and correction of fraud and errors in returns by boards of canvassers shall apply to and govern, in so far as applicable, recounts and correction of fraud and errors in returns of boards of canvassers of primary elections. PART IV Chapter VII SEC. 5. Not less than twenty-five days prior to any general election the state central committee of each political party shall forward to the board of election commissioners of each county, in care of the county clerk, at the county seat, and to the secretary of state, a copy of the vignette adopted by said state central committee and the typewritten or printed names together with residence, including the street address if known, of all candidates nominated at any regularly called state convention or conventions at which candidates for any of the offices to be filled at such election shall be nominated. All the names of candidates so nominated shall be certified to by the chairman and secretary of the respective committees. It shall not be necessary for any party committee to certify nominations made at an official primary election. Such vignette and heading shall remain as the heading for the column of such party organization on the ballots at all elections until changed by the proper committee, and notice thereof shall have been given to such county clerks and secretary of state. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to provide, at the expense of the county, a sufficient number of cuts of the several vignettes provided for in this act, for use in printing the official ballots for any state, district or county election in said county. SEC. 2. Section sixteen of chapter nineteen of part four is hereby repealed. Approved May 14, 1927. [No. 175.] AN ACT to revise, consolidate and codify the laws relating to criminal procedure and to define the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of courts and of the judges and other officers thereof under the provisions of this act; to provide laws relative to the rights of persons accused of criminal of fenses; to provide for the arrest of persons charged with or suspected of criminal offenses; to provide for bail of persons arrested for or accused of criminal offenses; to provide for the examination of such persons accused of criminal offenses; to regulate the procedure relative to grand juries, indictments, informations, and proceedings before trial; to provide for trials of persons complained of or indicted for criminal offenses and to provide for the procedure therein; to provide for judgments and sentences of persons convicted of criminal offenses; to provide for procedure relating to new trials, appeals, writs of error and bills of exception in criminal causes; to provide a uniform system of probation throughout the state of Michigan, the appointment of probation officers and to prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of such officers and to provide penalties for the violation of the duties of such officers; to provide for procedure governing proceedings to prevent crime; proceedings for the discovery of crime; to provide for the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and procedure of justices of the peace in criminal cases; to provide for fees of officers, witnesses and others in criminal cases; miscellaneous provisions as to criminal procedure in certain cases; to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. This act shall be known as "The Code of Title of act. Criminal Procedure." SEC. 2. This act is hereby declared to be remedial in How character and as such shall be liberally construed to effectuate construed. the intents and purposes thereof. In this act: CHAPTER I. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders. Terms defined. |