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2
10
421
Vassar.
2,560
61
220
144
2
8
435
63
268
1,179
. 40
91
53
2
2
188
44
102
34
3
2
185
Watertown.
881
14
25
33
1
1
74
14
35
21
1
1
72
Wells .
823
5
32
12
Wisner.
Total .
34,913
454
2,026
1,921
35
77
3
4,516
438
2,659
1,207
37
91
4,432
.
.
2
86
5
49
28
·
2
84
879
5
40
39
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(a) Does not equal county canvassers' statement by 10.
ELECTION AND CENSUS STATISTICS.
1st ward ..
1,600
49 31
·
191
3d ward.
927
7
87
69
31
2
· .
.
· 1
196 132
4
-
... .
.
49
5
37
5
47
. .
1
115
·
.
12
82
81
3
67
Gilford.
2,993
32
273
279
3
156
Kingston .
935
.
.
.
5
189
Tuscola .
78
.
.
597
12
1,019 326
2
21
....
.
Arbela
23
598
ELECTION STATISTICS .- Continued.
For Governor.
For Secretary of State.
Population, 1910.
Henry R. Pattengill,
National Progressive.
Chase S. Osborn,
Woodbridge N. Ferris,
James Hoogerhyde,
Charles N. Eayrs,
Herman Richter,
Total.
Howard H. Batdorf,
Coleman C. Vaughan,
William L. McManus, Jr.,
Hamilton S. McMaster,
William T. Nash, Prohibition.
Total.
VAN BUREN COUNTY:
868
9
62
65
2
3
141
6
91
33
2
3
135
Antwerp .
2,320
51
187
194
10
6
448
52
234
135
8
4
433
Arlington.
1,500
10
140
80
4
234
7
149
65
3
. .
5
414
Bangor
2,424
4
234.
125
217
6
6
363
8
178
154
5
5
350
Columbia
1,473
6
104
81
8
3
202
8
114
62
7
3
194
Covert.
1,522
7
136
83
10
3
239
6
155
50
11
3
225
Decatur.
2,106
19
169
174
11
373
15
229
115
9
1
369
Geneva.
1,426
14
106
51
2
173
15
113
42
. . . . ·
1
115
Hamilton.
952
2
.62
53
2
· ...
·
.
Hartford .
2,597
23
194
176
10
3
4
410
24
216
139
13
3
395
Keeler
1,037
7
127
70
1
1
206
8
136
52
1
1
198
Lawrence.
1,764
15
137
127
3
1
283
13
155
94
4
2
268
Paw Paw.
2,779
26
273
256
10
1
566
30
338
168
7
2
545
Pine Grove.
1,522
10
115
72
3
2
202
9
120
58
4
2
193
Porter .
994
14
74
34
2
1
125
10
84
24
2
1
121
.
.
.
. .
.
.
4
422
257
133
14
165
15
.
..
.
.
. · . .
· .
. .
....
·
.. .
·
...
119
3
55
56
..
·
.
.
. . . .
.
..
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
224
Bloomingdale.
2,011
9
Republican.
Democrat.
Socialist.
Prohibition.
Socialist Labor.
National Progressive.
Republican.
Democrat.
Socialist.
2
172
..
. . . .
....
Counties, townships, cities and wards.
Almena ..
South Haven.
1,218
17 12
59 82
55 105 229
5 2
....
....
136 201
22 15
71 98 282
32 82 136
6 2
. ...
197
Waverly ..
1,095
19
4
536 188
South Haven City. 1st ward.
1,184
25
72
90 97
6 2
1 1
....
243
27 41 27
90 132 60
50
7
1
231
2d ward.
1,578
33
106
2
1
117
3d ward.
815
33,185
338
2,618
2,287
124
39
4
5,410
351
3,075
1,630
118
41
5,215
WASHTENAW COUNTY:
989
0
58
127
2
1
Ann Arbor. .
1,485
13
115
112
3
3
. ...
.
1
112
6
34
68
1
1
110
Dexter
924
6
62
110
2
180
2
72
102
1
177
Freedom .
198
Lima .
875
14
82
103
2
2
262
9
109
138
2
2
260
Lodi
1,053
10
78
170
132
Lyndon.
528
12
38
81
88
282
4
394
15
160
210
·
2
315
Northfield.
1,156
10
131
172
3
1
317
7
163
142
1
2
3
385
Salem.
1,034
14
118
70
3
2
1
208
13
141
49
3
2
208
Saline.
1,617
17
169
194
3
3
..
1
374
14
173
178
2
2
369
Sharon
897
2
52
86
...
....
143
2
68
69
..
.. ·
6
51
80
1
2
140
4
58
75
2
139
Superior.
2,409
39
239
325
6
4
613
42
314
245
6
4
611
Sylvan.
734
5
60
87
2
.
·
·
·
1
1
440
12
238
173
4
3
140
Ypsilanti.
1,082
18
63
58
3
142
16
88
33
·
.
.
.
Ann Arbor City
14,817
90
548
1,434
24
5
1
2,102
97
802
1,129
28
11
2,067
1st ward. .
2,108
33
100
282
7
· ..
7
1
636
19
215
386
8
3
631
3d ward.
2,250
20
171
359
8
3
1
562
22
232
279
12
4
549
4th ward.
2,398
· 17
124
338
2
1
482
25
183
265
2
4
479
.
246
11
131
98
2
6
248
Augusta.
961
4
50
134
2
190
4
59
123
1
2
189
Bridgewater .
543
8
33
69
1
.
..
.
199
12
101
85
·
1
209
Pittsfield .
970
11
98
104
1
1
215
4
146
58
.. . . ..
3
142
Scio
1,642
14
124
232
3
... .
154
6
86
60
1
٠٠
·
434
York.
2,003
22
179
235
2
134
10
50
69
3
4
389
Manchester
1,848
20
54
42
124
. .
.
567
95
. .
1
...
200
59
10
2
3,577
83
232
20 12
. . . 3
. ..
·
2d ward.
2,588
.
20
153
455
·
·
·
ELECTION AND CENSUS STATISTICS.
599
1
194
197
9
76
105
3
. . .
.
408
422
31
172
199
6
·
.
.
386
11
237
132
917
153
Webster .
. .
3
3
...
131
Total.
25
27
009
ELECTION STATISTICS .- Continued.
For Governor.
For Secretary of State.
Population, 1910.
Henry R. Pattengill,
National Progressive.
Chase S. Osborn,
Republican.
Woodbridge N. Ferris,
James Hoogerhyde,
Charles N. Eayrs,
Herman Richter,
Total.
Howard H. Batdorf,
National Progressive.
Coleman C. Vaughan,
William L. McManus, Jr.,
Hamilton S. McMaster,
William T. Nash, Prohibition.
Total.
WASHTENAW Co .- Con.
Ann Arbor City .- Con.
747
14
50
96
2
15
68
74
3
160
5th ward ..
2,001
40
83
236
4
i
8
18
2
1,152
43
529
512
6
24
1,114
Ypsilanti City .
1,365
16
124
143
3
3
1
290
10
159
94
2
4
269
2d ward ..
1,203
12
49
135
1
7
204
13
102
75
9
199
3d ward.
1,591
17
67
185
1
· ·
3
3
143
6
49
80
2
3
140
5th ward .
1,385
6
63
166
4
5
244
6
79
143
2
6
236
Total
44,714
505
3,059
5,757
85
60
5
9,471
473
4,347
4,358
79
85
9,342
WAYNE COUNTY:
Brownstown
2,045
21
87
122
4
4
1
239
15
121
89
5
4 234
Canton
1,113
6
35
67
1
1
110
5
2,761
42
119
188
9
3
1,596
35
733
691
13
4
1,476
Gratiot .
1,900
2
30
102
5
1
140
4
37
82
4
1
128
·
644
7th ward.
6,230
59
338
723
12
162 364 645
53
143
152
3
4
355
6th ward .
2,725
48
152
437
56
301
279
8
. . .
.
.
1
271
8
140
120
2
270
4th ward .
686
8
35
94
... .
.. . .
.. .
.
·
Ecorce.
9,398
43
628
903
13
6
358
43
179
117
10
349
Dearborn.
49
54
.....
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
Counties, townships, cities and wards.
Republican.
Democrat.
Socialist,
Democrat.
Socialist.
Prohibition.
Socialist Labor.
108
1st ward.
·
.
Greenfield
4,995
102
252 174
526 471 652
13 16
7 2
·
900 700 1,145
98 40
441 256
284 327 402
28
13
1,051
Hamtramck.
7,122
77
369
26
7
14
80
528
Huron . .
1,690
11
80
90
·
2
1
135
8
64
60
... . . 2
3 2
136
Monguagon.
3,367
20
176
239
3
. . .
5
8
433
33
195
175
6
8
417
Northville ..
2,274
55
124
215
3
6
403
50
212
122
3
6
393
Plymouth .
2,248
22
146
298
23
12
1
502
17
264
169
15
490
Redford.
2,176
9
77
267
1
2
356
12
205
121
25 2
2
342
Romulus .
1,538
15
109
95
5
224
16
123
72
5
216
Springwells
1,835
8
62
127
1
. . .
.
....
.
·
. .
101
6
69
20
2
97
Van Buren .
1,700
20
73
146
2
12
1
254
20
110
103
2
13
248
Detroit City
465,766
2,497
18,069
38,368
1,471
184
114
60,703
2,618
26,639
21,313
1,695
296
52,461
1st ward .
25,916
192
882
3,185
52
13
3
4,327
223
2,244
1,413
61
19
3,960
2d ward.
17,109
97
474
1,878
39
4
1
2,493
112
1,206
834
51
6
2,209
3d ward .
23,539
96
929
1,680
56
7
1
2,769
103
1,508
740
50
15
2,416
4th ward.
22,960
201
857
2,702
62
15
7
3,844
242
1,782
1,359
77
23
3,483
5th ward.
29,632
67
721
1,743
98
6
3 2,638
69
897
764
100
11
1,841
6th ward
21,047
116
783
1,806
73
10
3
2,791
127
1,259
1,081
79
18
2,564
7th ward .
21,833
27
540
1,194
28
3
7
1,799
23
501
671
118
1
1,314
8th ward.
22,043
181
982
2,036
57
18
2
3,276
170
1,451
1,236
64
32
2,953
9th ward
38,793
65
800
2,284
59
3
3
3,214
60
948
1,503
61
4
2,576
10th ward ..
26,153
157
1,124
2,065
60
11
7
3,424
149
1,517
1,310
48
17
3,041 1,971
11th ward.
25,045
76
674
1,629
87
4
8
2,478
68
894
910
92
7
12th ward .
24,693
146
1,167
1,937
68
8
5
3,171 3,331
137
1,674
1,011
74
18
2,914
13th ward .
26,074
121
920
1,999
112
11
8
9
15
3,385
157
1,730
987
81
18
2,973
15th ward
18,665
151
896
2,169
88
9
5
3,318
155
1,367
1,348
95
18
2,983
16th ward .
38,542
193
1,412
1,923
107
18
4
3,657
160
1,718
1,126
106
23
3,133
17th ward
35,922
320
2,605
4,885
246
23
15
8,094
355
3,375
3,194
314
37
7,275
18th ward.
26,132
136
1,016
1,418
95
12
17
2,694
130
1,364
673
103
20
2,290
. .
·
....
198
9
93
84
1
187
Sumpter
1,228
5
49
52
1
107
4
59
43
106
Taylor
1,238
5
46
48
2
.
601
ELECTION AND CENSUS STATISTICS.
17 20
9
849 645
Grosse Point. .
3,579
34
178
Livonia.
1,365
6
49
77
3
184
10
100
65
135
2
403
Nankin
3,966
25
150
245
....
438
18
248
. . ·
·
·
.
....
9
2,665
14th ward
21,668
155
1,287
1,835
84
178
1,204
1,153
121
.
. . . .
....
2
602
ELECTION STATISTICS .- Concluded.
For Governor.
For Secretary of State.
Population, 1910.
Henry R. Pattengill,
National Progressive.
Chase S. Osborn,
Republican.
Democrat.
Socialist.
Prohibition.
Socialist Labor.
Howard H. Batdorf,
National Progressive.
Coleman C. Vaughan,
William L. McManus, Jr.,
Hamilton S. McMaster,
Socialist.
William T. Nash, Prohibition.
Total.
WAYNE COUNTY .- Con.
.
Wyandotte City ...
8,287
77
679
603
5
3
1
1,368
65
814 230
388
6
4
1,277
1st Prec. .
1,758
20
169
151
.
·
.
1,787
15
149
140
4
1
1
310
15
177
96
5
1
294
4th Prec.
2,190
16
147
110
...
Total.
531,591
3,102
21,583
43.,901
1,594
275
139
70,594
3,206
31,539
24,916
1,831
399
61,891
WEXFORD COUNTY:
Antioch .
640
4
61
25
1
. . .
. .. .
Boon .
1,153
5
81
55
17
1
159
4
95
33
19
3
154
Cedar Creek
2,129
20
170
95
1
22
308
20
198
57
1
26
302
Cherry Grove.
481
1
29
49
3
82
2
36
35
1
4
78
Clam Lake.
954
10
55
44
1
7
1
118
6
61
32
1
11
111
.
1
2
445
24
254
138
1
2°
420
2d Prec.
2,552
26
214
202
3d Prec.
273
11
153
75
239
·
1
1
90
91
3
70
15
. . . .
. .
.
. .
.
-
·
79
324
340
15
Republican.
Democrat.
Woodbridge N. Ferris,
James Hoogerhyde,
Charles N. Eayrs,
Herman Richter,
Total.
·
.
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
Counties, townships, cities and wards.
-
Total.
20,769
174
1,791
1,137
96
59
3
3,260
153
2,005
803
110
69
3,140
.
3
17
3
3
106
Colfax.
754
3
76
25
3
1 5
. . . .
Greenwood .
432
4
49
13
·
·
. . . .
1
69
30
3
103
Hanover .
812
4
60
38
2
1
. .
.
68
Harring . .
418
1
52
14
1
1
1
70 22
1
59
6 7
1
..
Henderson
253
12
9
1
.
. . . .
Liberty .
370
Selma.
823
4
51
30
3
88
4
55
25
3
87
Slagle
486
1
38
17
.
.
....
38
South Branch
380
2
26
10
1
. ...
Springville.
1,390
10
56
110
3
.
. .
3
106
6
53
42
2
103
Wexford .
919
5
49
49
·
. .
Cadillac City
8,375
95
880
545
62
10
1
1,593
82
968
394
66
14
1,524
1st ward.
2,533
24
247
139
30
2
1
443
21
255
105
32
2
415
2d ward ..
2,446
39
305
160
12
4
..
3d ward.
2,005
12
204
174
9
1
400
17
234
119
9
2
381
4th ward.
1,391
20
124
72
11
3
230
15
135
56
13
4
223
... .
520
29
344
114
12
6
57
1
57
2
38
14
3
...
a
. . ·
4
1
170
1
180
7
84
8 74
1
4
62
46
9
3
....
63
5
48
5
.
ELECTION AND CENSUS STATISTICS.
.
108
80 51
9
. . . ·
1
65
71
4
105
1
1
22
1
13
·
.
603
. .. .
..
505
..
39
27
604
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
OF THE LEGISLATURE.
AN ACT to provide the manner of paying the compensation of members of the legis- lature, and to make an appropriation therefor.
[Act No. 1, P. A. 1909, as amended by Act No. 207 of 1909.]
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
SECTION 1. The compensation of members of the legislature shall be paid in in- stallments of fifty dollars each, at intervals of ten days, during the time in which the legislature is in regular session, until the total amount of such installments shall equal the sum of eight hundred dollars: Provided, That if the legislature shall fix the date of final adjournment for a time at which the total amount of such installments then paid will not equal such sum, the difference between the amount of the installments already paid and the sum of eight hundred dollars, such difference being hereinafter called a balance, shall be paid upon the day on which the two houses of the legislature cease to transact business. Such installments shall be payable upon vouchers duly certified and countersigned as required by law.
SEC. 2. If for any reason, the office of a member of the legislature shall, during a regular session, become vacant, and a successor to such member shall be elected and shall qualify for the office, the installments specified in section one of this act shall be paid to such successor in office from the date of his qualification. Should a balance be payable in such case at the end of the session, such balance shall be paid pro rata to the member then in office and to the former member or his legal representatives. In case a vacancy exists on account of the death of a member and a successor is not elected or does not qualify for the office, the compensation to which the former member would have been entitled had he not died shall be paid to the legal representatives of such former member in the manner prescribed by section one of this act.
SEC. 3. Such sums as may from time to time be necessary to meet the requirements of this act are hereby appropriated from any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The auditor general shall incorporate in the state tax for the year nineteen hundred nine, and every year thereafter, an amount sufficient to reimburse the general fund for the amounts appropriated in this act.
AN ACT to provide for the payment of the officers and members of the legislature (a) [Act No. 3, Laws of 1873.]
§ 11. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That there be and hereby is appropriated out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the general fund, a sum sufficient for the payment of the officers and members of the legislature for the present, and each session hereafter.
§ 12. SEC. 2. From and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred one, the compensation of the president and members of the senate, and the speaker and members of the house of representatives, shall be three dollars per day each, for actual attendance, and when absent on account of sickness during the session of the legis- lature, and ten cents for every mile actually traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting on the usually traveled route. Each member of the senate and
(a) By Section 9, Article V of the constitution, the compensation of the members of the legislature is fixed at eight hundred dollars for the regular session, and five dollars per day for the first twenty days when convened in extra session. No allowance is made for stationery and newspapers.
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house of representatives shall be entitled to receive five dollars for stationery and news- papers. The per diem compensation of the secretary of the senate shall be ten dollars; of the first assistant secretary, six dollars; of the second assistant secretary, six dollars; of the financial clerk and secretary's messenger, five dollars; of the proof-reader, six dollars; assistant proof-reader, who shall be a stenographer, five dollars; of the sergeant- at-arms, five dollars; which compensation shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature, for which they are elected by the senate or appointed by a superior officer. The per diem compensation of the clerk of the house shall be ten dollars; of the journal clerk, seven dollars; of the bill clerk, six dollars; of the reading clerk, six dollars; of the financial clerk, six dollars; of the proof-readers, six dollars; of the sergeant-at-arms, five dollars; which compensation shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature for which they are elected by the house or appointed by a superior officer. The per diem compensation of the clerks employed with the consent of the senate or house of representatives or by any standing or special committee with the consent of either of said houses, shall be three dollars each for actual attendance during the session; the per diem compensation of the janitors of the senate and house of representatives and their authorized assistants, the keeper of the cloak room, and the keeper of the document room, and their authorized assistants, and of the postmaster of the legislature, shall be three dollars; and that of the messengers two dollars for the time actually .em- ployed in attendance during the session; and all officers and employes of either house shall receive mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile for every mile actually traveled in coming to and returning from the capitol by the usually traveled route. [Am. 1901, Act 175; 1907, Act 85.]
§ 13. SEC. 3. Such sums as may be due under the provisions of this act, to the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, shall be certified by the presiding officers of the respective houses, and countersigned by the auditor general; and such sums as may be due the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives shall be certified by the secretary or clerk of the respective houses, and countersigned by the auditor general; and such sums as may be due to the members and other officers of either house, shall be certified by the secretary or clerk, and the presiding officers of the respective houses, and countersigned by the auditor general; and the state treasurer, upon the presentation of any such certificate, counter- signed as provided in this section, is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same.
The president of the senate and speaker of the house have the same compensation as members; and are not by virtue of their offices entitled to any additional per diem or mileage. People v. Whittemore, 2 Mich. 306.
AN ACT to prescribe the qualifications, duties and compensation of the clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk of the senate and the senate stenographer, and the clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk and the speaker's messenger of the house.
[Act No. 255, P. A. 1905.] The People of the State of Michigan enact:
SECTION 1. The clerk of the judiciary committee of the senate shall be a lawyer of at least five years' actual experience in the practice of his profession in this state. Said clerk shall be the law clerk of the senate and shall be at the disposal of the senate for legal advice and assistance when not engaged with the work of the judiciary com- mittee.
SEC. 2. The clerk of the judiciary committee of the house, from and after January first, nineteen hundred seven, shall be a lawyer of at least five years' actual experience in the practice of his profession in this state. Said clerk shall be the law clerk of the house and shall be at the disposal of the house for legal advice and assistance when not engaged with the work of the judiciary committee.
SEC. 3. The senate stenographer shall be a stenographer of at least three years' actual experience as such.
SEC. 4. From and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred five, the per diem compensation of such clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk of the senate
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shall be six dollars, and of the senate stenographer five dollars and of the speaker's messenger of the house of representatives three dollars for actual attendance during the session, which shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature. From and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred seven, the per diem compensation of such clerk of the judiciary committee and law clerk of the house shall be six dollars for actual attendance during the session which shall be in full for all services performed during any regular or special session of the legislature. Each shall receive mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile for every niile actually traveled in coming to and returning from the capitol by the usually traveled route.
Sxc. 5. Payment of any sum due under the provisions of this act shall be governed by the provisions of compiler's section number thirteen of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.
POWERS, PRIVILEGES, ETC. (=) [Compiled Laws 1897, § § 34-38.]
§ 34. SECTION 1. No officer of the senate or house of representatives, while in actual attendance upon the duties of his office, shall be liable to arrest on civil process.
See Const. of Mich., Art. 5, Sec. S. As to service upon an officer of process not requiring arrest, see Case v. Rohrbacher, 15 Mich. 537.
§ 35. SEc. 2. Each house may punish as a contempt, and by imprisonment, a breach of its privileges, or the privileges of its members, but only for one or more of the following offenses, to wit:
1. The offense of arresting a member or officer of the house, or procuring such mem- ber or officer to be arrested, in violation of his privilege from arrest;
2. That of disorderly conduct in the immediate view of the house, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings;
3. That of refusing to attend, or be examined as a witness, either before the house, or a committee, or before any person authorized by the house, or by a committee, to take testimony in legislative proceedings;
4. That of giving or cffering a bribe to a member, or of attempting by menace, or other corrupt means or device, directly or indirectly to control or influence a mem- ber in giving his vote, or to prevent his giving the same; but the term of imprisonment which such house may impose for any contempt specified in this section, shall not ex- tend beyond the same session of the legislature.
In Southworth v. Palmyra & J. R. Co., 2 Mich. 287, the word "house" was construed to mean the members present and doing business; there being a quorum, an action by a majority of those present is action by the "house." As to power and manner of punishing witnesses for refusing to appear and testify. Burnham v. Morrissey, 14 Grey 226.
§ 36. Sxc. 3. Every person who shall be guilty of any contempt specified in the preceding section, shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic- tion thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the county jail, in the discretion of the court.
(a) Except as restricted by the constitution of the state and of the United States. the powers of the legislature to enact binding laws seem not to be limited. Scott v. Smait's Ex'rs, 1 Mich. 307: Williams v. Mayor, 2 Mich. 560; People v. Gallagher, 4 Mich. 244; Sears v. Cottrell, 5 Mich. 258. But it cannot make valid retrospectively what it could not originally have authorized. Butler v. Supervisors, 26 Mich. 22. The legislature has such judicial powers only as are incident and essential to the discharge of its legislative functions; as in determining upon the election and qualification of its members, and in punishing for contempts. In such cases its determinations are con- clusive. F. & F. P. R. Co. v. Woodhull, 25 Mich. 104; People v. Mahaney, 13 Mich. 493. But it cannot exercise any of the judicial powers apportioned to any other de- partment. It cannot dictate to the courts what their judgment shall be, or set them aside when rendered, or give new hearings. Butler v. Supervisors of Saginaw, 26 Mich. 27; Sutherland v. Governor, 29 Mich. 325; Cash's Appeal, 6 Mich. 193.
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§ 37. SEC. 4. The oath of office of any member or officer of the senate or house of representatives, may be administered by, and taken and subscribed before the chan- cellor (a), any justice of the supreme court, the lieutenant governor, the president pro tempore of the senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives.
§ 38. SEC. 5. Any senator or representative, while acting as a member of a com- mittee of the legislature, or either branch thereof, shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall be examined before the committee of which he is a member.
FILING OF OATHS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS.
AN ACT requiring the filing of the oaths of office of the members and officers of the legislature, in the office of the secretary of state.
[Act No. 304, P. A. 1913.] The People of the State of Michigan enact:
SECTION 1. It is hereby made the duty of the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, of each succeeding session of the legislature, to have the oaths of office of the members and officers of their respective bodies, bound together in a proper volume for filing and record, and present the same to the secretary of state, to be by that officer filed and preserved of record.
MEETING AND ORGANIZATION. [Compiled Laws of 1897, § § 4-9 }
§ 4. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of state, on the day prior to any regular session of the legislature, to deliver to the secretary, or in case of his death or inability, then to the assistant secretary of the preceding senate, also to the clerk, or in case of his death or inability, then to the journal clerk of the next preceding house of representatives, a true and correct list of all the members elect of each house, as transmitted to him by the clerks of the several counties of the state, and in such list, shall designate the senators and representatives by their respective districts.
§ 5. SEC. 2. The members elect of the senate and house of representatives shall convene in their respective houses at the state house at Lansing, at 12 o'clock noon, on the first Wednesday of January next succeeding their election, and proceed to the organization of their respective houses, in accordance with the provisions of this act, and no other business shall be in order until they shall have completed such organization.
§ 6. SEC. 3. In case the lieutenant governor is absent, or unable to perform the duties of his office, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the preceding senate, to call to order, and preside over the senate, until the lieutenant governor appears, or a presi- dent pro tempore is elected, and such secretary shall act as secretary of the senate until his successor is elected; and in calling the roll of the senate before the permanent organ- ization thereof, for any purpose whatever, he shall call all the names appearing upon the list delivered to him by the secretary of state, as provided for in the preceding sec- tion, and he shall not call any other or different names.
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