JOINT RESOLUTIONS, 1915. [No. 1.] A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to article eight of the constitution of this State, by adding a new section thereto, to stand as section fifteen-a of said article, authorizing drainage districts to issue bonds for drainage purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the following amendment to the constitution of the State of Michigan, authorizing any drainage district established under provision of law to issue bonds for drainage purposes, is hereby proposed, agreed to and submitted to the people of the State, that is to say, that a new section be added to article eight, to stand as section fifteen-a of said article, to read as follows: SEC. 15a. Any drainage district, established under provision of law, may issue bonds for drainage purposes within such district: and be it further Resolved, That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people. of this State at the election to be held on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred fifteen. The Secretary of State is hereby required to certify the foregoing amendment to the clerks of the several counties of the State, as required by law. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to prepare a ballot for the use of the electors in voting upon said amendment, which ballot, after showing the amendment in full, shall be in substantially the following form: "Vote on amendment to article eight of the constitution relative to permitting drainage districts to issue bonds: Amendment to article eight of the constitution to permit drainage districts to issue bonds for drainage purposes. Yes [ ] Amendment to article eight of the constitution to permit drainage districts to issue bonds for drainage purposes. No [ ] It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to deliver the ballots so prepared to the inspectors of election at the several voting precincts within their respective counties, within the time ballots to be used at said election are required to be delivered to such inspectors under the general election law. All votes cast upon said amendment shall be counted, canvassed and returned in the same manner as is provided by law for counting, canvassing and returning the vote for State officers. [No. 2.] A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to section thirty of article five of the constitution, relative to right of repeal of local or special acts by the Legislature. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the following amendment to section thirty of article five of the constitution, relative to right of repeal of local or special acts by the Legislature, is hereby proposed and submitted to the people of the State. SEC. 30. The Legislature shall pass no local or special act in any case where a general act can be made applicable, and whether a general act can be made applicable shall be a judicial question. No local or special act, excepting acts repealing local or special acts in effect January one, nineteen hundred nine and receiving a two-thirds vote of the Legislature shall take effect until approved by a majority of the electors vot ing thereon in the district to be affected; and be it further Resolved, That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people of this State at the general election to be held in November, nineteen hundred sixteen. The Secretary of State is hereby required to certify the foregoing amendment to the clerks of the several counties of the State as required by law. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to prepare a ballot for the use of the electors in voting upon said amendment, which ballot, after showing the amendment in full, shall be in substantially the following form: "Vote on amendment to section thirty of article five of the constitution, relative to right of repeal of local or special acts by the legislature: Amendment to section thirty of article five of the constitution, relative to right of repeal of local or special acts by the Legislature. Yes. [ ] Amendment to section thirty of article five of the constitution, relative to right of repeal of local or special acts by the Legislature. No. [ ]" It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to deliver the ballots so prepared to the inspectors of election at the several voting precincts within their respective counties, within the time ballots to be used at said election are required to be delivered to such inspetors under the general election law. All votes cast upon said amendment shall be counted, canvassed and returned in the same manner as is provided by law for counting, canvassing and returning the vote for State officers. |