Board of registration, duty of. Proviso, joint deed. Further proviso. Separate register, clerks to furnish, etc. Registration notice. Ballots, canvass, etc. tors, every woman, who possesses the qualifications of male electors and has property assessed for taxes in any part of the district or territory to be affected by the result of such election, shall be entitled to vote thereon. (375) SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of every board of regis tration, upon such days as boards of registration are required to be in session, to register the names of all women who will be entitled to vote upon any question involving the direct expenditure of public money or the issue of bonds at any subsequent election. No woman shall be registered unless she makes personal application to the board of registration. It shall be unlawful for said boards of registration to register any woman under authority of this act, unless she possesses the qualifications prescribed for an elector in section one of article three of the constitution and has property assessed for taxes: Provided, That any woman who possesses the qualifications of male electors and owns property jointly with her husband or other person, or who owns property on contract, and pays the taxes thereon, shall be entitled to register and shall have the right to vote on all such propositions as are referred to in this act: Provided further, That in all school elections at which the question of the direct expenditure of public money or the issue of bonds is to be voted upon, women shall be permitted to vote without registration in the manner now provided in the general school law. (376) SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the various village, township and city clerks to procure and furnish to the various boards of registration a separate register in which shall be written the names of all women entitled to registration under authority of this act. The various boards of registration shall give notice of the time and place where they will be in session and shall conduct the registration in the manner authorized by sections three thousand five hundred thirtysix to three thousand five hundred sixty-four, inclusive, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. (377) SEC. 4. The propositions herein referred to shall be printed upon ballots which shall not contain any other question to be voted upon at such election. All elections at which women vote shall be conducted and all ballots shall be cast, counted and canvassed in the manner provided for by existing law, except where the contrary is herein expressed. FIRST ELECTIONS IN TOWNSHIPS. [Extract from Act 156, S. L. 1851.] board of (378) § 2489. SEC. 16. Whenever the board of super- Proceedings and organizavisors shall erect a new township in any county, they shall tion of new designate the name thereof, the time and place of holding the township by first annual township meeting therein, and three electors of supervisors. such township, whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at any township meeting. And in case any of the three electors above mentioned shall refuse or neglect to serve, the electors of said township present at such meeting shall have power to substitute some other elector of such township for each one so neglecting or refusing to serve. Notice of the time and place Notice of fixing townof such meeting, signed by the chairman or clerk of the board ship meeting. of supervisors, shall be posted in four of the most public places in such new township, by the persons so designated to preside at such meeting, or by some person appointed by such board of supervisors for that purpose, and in each of the townships whose boundaries may have been altered by the erection of such new township, at least fourteen days before holding the same. They shall also fix the place for holding Place of holdthe first township meetings in the town or towns from which ship meeting. such new township shall be taken, which shall also be stated in the notice posted in such last named township; but nothing in this act shall affect the rights, or abridge or en large the term of office of any town officer except justice of the peace, in any such township; but such township officer other than justice of the peace, residing within the limits of such new township, shall continue to be such officer in such new township, till the expiration of the time for which he was elected, in the same manner as if originally elected therein; and the terms of office of all township officers except justices of the peace elected at such first township meeting, shall expire on the first Monday of April thereafter, or as soon thereafter as their successors are elected and qualified. Att'y Gen. v. Marr, 55/445. ing first town Punishment of officers for of duty. CHAPTER VIII.-OFFENSES LAWS. PENALTIES. AGAINST ELECTION [R. S. 1846, Chap. 19.] (379) § 11437. SECTION 1. If any officer on whom any wilful neglect duty is enjoined by law relative to general, special, township or charter elections, or the canvassing or return of votes given at any election, shall be guilty of any wilful neglect of such duty, or of any corrupt conduct in the execution of the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding three years. Punishment for bribing an elector, etc. Punishment for illegal voting. Penalty for counseling, etc., any person not qualified to vote. Wattles v. People, 13/449; People v. Swift, 59/543. (380) § 11438. SEC. 2. If any person shall by bribery, menace, or any other corrupt means or device whatever, either directly or indirectly, attempt to influence any elector in giving his vote, or deter him from, or interrupt him in giving the same, at any election held pursuant to the provisions of law, such person shall on conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. (381) § 11439. SEC. 3. Every person not a qualified voter, who shall, at any election, wilfully give in a vote for any officer then to be chosen; and every qualified voter who, at such election, shall vote or offer to vote in any township or ward in which he does not reside, or who shall vote or offer to vote more than once at the same election, either in the same or any other township or ward, or shall give in two or more votes folded together, shall, on conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. Criminal intent is a necessary element of the offense defined by this section: good faith being a defense to such prosecution.-People v. Osborn, 170/143. (382) § 11440. SEC. 4. Every person who shall procure, aid or counsel any person not duly qualified to vote at the place where the vote is given or offered, to give or offer his vote at any such election, and every person who shall procure, aid, or counsel any person to go or come into any town ship or ward for the purpose of voting therein, at any election, knowing that such person is not duly qualified to vote in such township or ward, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished in the manner prescribed in the third section of this chapter. McDade v. People, 29/55. for certain (383) § 11441. SEC. 5. Any person not duly authorized Punishment by law, who shall, during the progress of any election in this violations. state, or after the closing of the polls, and before the ballots are counted, and the result ascertained, break open, or violate the seals or locks of any ballot box in which ballots have been. deposited at such election, or who shall obtain undue possession of such ballot box containing such ballots, and conceal, withhold, or destroy the same, or who shall fraudulently or forcibly add to or diminish the number of ballots legally deposited, and all persons aiding or abetting therein, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. Drennan v. People, 10/173. sheriff, etc. (384) § 11442. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of every in- Duty of spector of elections, sheriff, constable, and justice of the peace, knowing, or having reason to believe that an offense punishable under the provisions of this chapter, has been committed, to cause the offender forthwith to be arrested, and to give information thereof to the prosecuting attorney without delay, and such prosecuting attorney shall adopt effectual measures for the punishment of all persons who shall violate the provisions of this chapter. charge grand (385) § 11443. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of all courts Courts to in this state, having cognizance of such offenses, at each term jury. thereof to charge the grand jury to make presentment of all offenses committed within their respective counties, against any of the provisions of this chapter. BETTING UPON ELECTIONS. An Act to preserve the purity of elections. [Act 172, S. L. 1861.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: betting on (386) § 11444. SECTION 1. That any person who shall, Penalty for either directly or indirectly, bet, wager, or hazard any money, election. or other property, upon the result of the election of any officer of this state, or of the United States, shall, on conviction Proviso. thereof, be liable to a fine at least equal in amount to the amount of money or the value of the property so bet, wagered or hazarded: Provided, That in no case shall such fine be less than five, nor more than five hundred dollars. Buckley v. Saxe, 10/328. Selling pools on election, etc., prohibited. Penalty for wagering money. Penalty for wagering money, etc. BETTING UPON NOMINATIONS. An Act to prevent betting upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election. [Act 175, P. A. 1877.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: (387) § 11445. SECTION 1. That any person who shall keep any room or building for the purpose, in part or in whole, of recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election, and any person who shall record or register bets or wagers or sell pools on such result, or any person who shall wager any property, money, or thing exceeding one hundred dollars in value on such result, or shall keep or employ any device or apparatus for the purpose of registering or recording bets or wagers, or the selling of such pools, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on [upon] conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (388) § 11446. SEC. 2. Any person who shall wager any property, money or thing not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, or shall become the custodian or depository of any money, property, or thing of value, staked, wagered, or pledged, upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Persons BRIBERY. An Act to maintain political purity. [Act 190, P. A. 1877.] The People of the State of Michigan enact: (389) § 11447. SECTION 1. That the following persons deemed guilty shall be guilty of bribery, and shall be punished accordingly: First, Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by of bribery. |