Unlawful sales. Penalty. Unlawful use of bottles. Bottles not to be sealed. Tests to be made. Penalty. SEC. 2. On and after January one, nineteen hundred sixteen, any manufacturer who sells milk or cream bottles to be used in this State, which do not comply as to size and markings with the provisions of this act, shall suffer the penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by the Attorney General in an action against the offender's bondsmen, to be brought in the name of the people of the State. Any dealer who uses, for the purpose of selling milk or cream, jars or bottles purchased after this law takes effect, which do not comply with the requirements of this act as to markings and capacity, shall be deemed guilty of using false or insufficient measure. SEC. 3. Sealers of weights and measures are not required to seal bottles or jars for milk or cream marked as in this act provided, but they shall from time to time make tests on individual bottles used by the various firms in the territory over which they have jurisdiction, in order to ascertain whether the above provisions are being complied with, and they shall report violations found immediately to the Superintendent of Weights and Measures. Any dealer who knowingly uses for the purpose of selling milk or cream, jars or bottles purchased after this law takes effect, which do not comply with this act as to marking the capacity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished accordingly. Approved May 7, 1915. Sections amended. Secretary of state to transmit blanks. [No. 155.] AN ACT to amend sections one and two of act number fortynine of the Laws of Michigan of eighteen hundred sixtyseven, entitled "An act to secure uniformity in election returns," being compiler's section three thousand seven hundred thirty-three and three thousand seven hundred thirty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one and two of act number forty-nine of the Laws of Michigan of eighteen hundred sixty-seven, entitled "An act to secure uniformity in election returns," being compiler's sections three thousand seven hundred thirtythree and three thousand seven hundred thirty-four of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. That the Secretary of State be required to prepare and transmit, at least sixty days before any general or special election, at which other than township and city officers are to be elected, to the several county clerks, suitable blank forms, together with the necessary poll books and tally sheets to be used in each election precinct at such elections, to enable inspectors of elections and township or city clerks to make returns of elections to the respective county or district board of canvassers. to deliver SEC. 2. That the several county clerks shall, after receiving County clerks the blank forms, poll books and tally sheets, and at least blanks. ten days before any general or special election, at which officers shall be elected requiring the transmission of a statement of votes to a board of canvassers, deliver to the several township or city clerks of their respective counties a sufficient number of such blank forms, poll books and tally sheets to enable said township or city clerks and inspectors of election to make returns of such general or special elections to the respective boards of canvassers as required by law: Provided. Proviso, That the purchase of election blanks mentioned in section one of blanks. of this act, by county clerks for use at any general or special election at which other than township or city officers are to be elected, shall not be a valid claim against the respective counties. Approved May 7, 1915. purchase [No. 156.] AN ACT to provide for the method of nominating and electing The People of the State of Michigan enact: United States senator. SECTION 1. One United States Senator shall be elected at Election of the November election in the year nineteen hundred sixteen, and every sixth year thereafter, and one United States Senator shall be elected at the November election in the year nineteen hundred eighteen and every sixth year thereafter. nominated SEC. 2. United States Senators shall be nominated and How elected in the same manner, as near as may be, as the Gov- and elected. ernor is nominated and elected; and all the provisions of law relating to the nomination and election of Governor so far as the same are applicable, shall control in the nomination and election of United States Senators. In case a vacancy How vacancy in primary occurs upon the primary ballot by reason of the death or with drawal of any candidate for United States Senator after the date of filing primary petitions for the nomination, such place may be filled by writing in a name on the ballot or by the use of slips or pasters. ballot filled. SEC. 3. Whenever a vacancy shall exist for any cause in Vacancy, the representation of this State in the senate of the United appointment. States, the Governor shall appoint a qualified elector of this State to fill the vacancy temporarily. The person so appoint Term of office. Election. ed shall hold office from the time of his appointment and qualification until the first day of December following the next succeeding general November election. At the next general primary and general November election, following the creation of such vacancy, a United States Senator shall be nominated and elected in the manner provided in section two, Term of office. to hold office from the first day of December following such election for the balance of the unexpired term of the Senator whose vacancy is filled. Certificate of election. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Governor, upon the election or appointment of a Senator to certify his election or appointment to the president of the senate of the United States. Said certificate shall be under the seal of the State and countersigned by the Secretary of State, and a copy thereof shall be delivered to the person so elected or appointed as Senator. All acts or parts of acts contravening this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 7, 1915. Sections amended. [No. 157.] AN ACT to amend sections nine, eleven, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-nine, thirty, forty-five, forty-six, forty-nine and seventy-eight of act number eighty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended by acts numbers sixty-seven and one hundred seventy-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven and act number one hundred fifty-seven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the military establishment of the State of Michigan, to make an appropriation therefor, and to repeal all former acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act," approved May twelve, nineteen hundred nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections nine, eleven, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-nine, thirty, forty-five, forty-six, forty-nine and seventy-eight of act number eighty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended by acts numbers sixtyseven and one hundred seventy-two of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred eleven and act number one hundred fiftyseven of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the military establishment of the State of Michigan, to make an appropriation therefor, and to repeal all former acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act," approved May twelve, nineteen hundred nine, are hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 9. The Michigan national guard shall consist of: Not less than three regiments of infantry; Not less than one battery of field artillery; A corps of engineers; A signal corps; One brigadier general for each brigade; An inspector general's department; An ordnance department; A judge advocate general's department; A medical department; And the officers of the Michigan national guard on the retired list. officers. of whom SEC. 11. The adjutant general's department, the inspector Departments. general's department, the quartermaster corps, the judge advocate general's department, the ordnance department and the medical department shall conform as near as may be to the tables of organization for the organized militia, published by the war department of the United States, except as hereinafter stated. The chief of staff, hereinafter provided for, Chief of staff. shall have supervision of all departments. No officer shall Rank of be commissioned in any of these departments with rank higher than that of major except as herein specified. The adjutant Departments, general's department shall consist of the Adjutant General to consist. of the State with rank of colonel and one major to be assigned to the brigade staff. The inspector general's department shall consist of the Adjutant General ex officio and one major. The judge advocate general's department shall consist of one major. The quartermaster corps shall consist of the Quartermaster General of the State with rank of colonel and two majors and not less than one nor more than two captains. the number to be decided upon by the State Military Board. The ordnance department shall consist of one major, who shall be the inspector of small arms practice of the State detailed upon the staff of the brigade commander. The Adjutant General and the Quartermaster General herein provided for, shall be at the head of their various departments, and in addition thereto, the Quartermaster General shall have charge of and Responsibility for property. be responsible for all property purchased for the use of the national guard or drawn for its use from the United States government regardless of whether the property is quartermaster property, ordnance property, signal property, engineer property or medical supplies. Wherever in this law reference is made to the quartermaster's department, it shall be understood to mean the same as if it read quartermaster corps. The medical department shall consist of officers and enlisted men commissioned or enlisted in said corps. The number and rank of officers of the medical corps shall be determined by the military board in regulations. The enlisted men of the medical department shall be of such number and grade as Rank and State military board. Chief of staff. Qualification of board. Officers of board. Advisory board. Contract, approval. are authorized by regulations for such field hospitals and ambulance companies as are organized and to provide enlisted men required for brigades, regiments and detached companies. Any officer of the medical department detailed to command a field hospital or ambulance company shall have the rank and pay of like officers in the United States army while so detailed, and, if necessary, shall be recommissioned in such appropriate rank; but if so detailed and recommissioned, shall be deemed an additional officer in such rank, and shall neither gain nor lose his right to promotion according to the rules of seniority in the medical arm of the service as fixed by section thirty of this act, and upon being relieved of such command shall take his relative place and rank in the line of promotion to which he would have been entitled but for such detail. Officers now commissioned in the subsistence or pay departments shall be recommissioned in the quartermaster corps. SEC. 18. There shall be a State Military Board of five members, composed as follows: The senior officer of the line. of the Michigan national guard, and of four other officers to be detailed by the Governor from among the active officers of the Michigan national guard, not more than two of whom Term of office. shall be of the same rank. These four detailed officers shall hold office until their successors are detailed and qualified. The senior officer of the board shall be designated as chief of staff. Each member of the State Military Board shall have had at least five years' commissioned service in the Michigan national guard. The chief of staff shall ex officio be the presiding officer of the board. The Adjutant General of the State shall be the recorder thereof, and with the Quartermaster General shall be entitled to a seat on said board and in the deliberations thereof they shall have a voice but not a vote. The State Military Board shall be an advisory board to the commander-in-chief. No contract on behalf of the State exceeding an expenditure of three hundred dollars for military purposes authorized by this act, unless otherwise herein provided for, shall be valid against the State until the same shall be approved by said board. The State Military Board shall receive, examine and audit all claims and accounts for the expenditures incurred for military purposes authorized by this act, unless otherwise provided for. Upon requisition of the State Military Board the Auditor General shall draw his warrant or warrants for such sum or sums not exceeding in all the appropriations herein made on the State Treasurer, who is hereby authorized to pay and charge the same to the State military fund. Whenever necessary in the performance of his duties any member of said board shall have power to administer oaths. The State Military Board shall prepare regulations from time to time to carry out the various provisions of this act, and such regulations when approved by the Governor and filed in the office of the Secretary of State shall have the force and effect of law. Audit of claims. Payment. Oaths. Regulations of board, approval. |