The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-21

The delegation Of Crystal Falls gentle
men who went 10 Lansing last week TO
straighten out the village election muddle
returned Sunday, bringing the intelligence
chat the village III crystal Falls Is not n
regal organization and that the county
board Of supervisors in organizing over
STEPPED the limits Of its authority. The
DIAMOND Dull has written the attorney
general regarding the matter but up TO
the time OF going 10 press has received NO
reply. Chairman Doucet Of the delexa-
ton, informs reporter OF this journal
thnt the legislature will pass an act legal
izing the illegal work of the board Of sa-
pervisors and will then set day for the
election OF officers.
Regarding the election muddle T.. p.
Lott, OF Iron River, writes the appended (:
Editor THE Dfknorp DHlLL while in your
mnddle, and was requested BY several TO look
tnc matter up and give my opinion on the sub
lect: A understand the case II Is this: Your
on the second Monday Of March. the 9th in
slant, and later the council convened and de-
cided that tho election ought 20 have been held
ing this 10 be the fact what do We find TO sup
port the position taken BY the common coun-
Act No. iss o. 1887 being chapter 50 OF Ho-
wells annotated statutes of this state. provides
Tor and authorizes the boards Of supervisors, OF
the several counties,to incorporate villages. and
provides rules and regulations for villages 10
incorporated. and among them tsec 299s) pro-
vides that the annual village election shall be
held on the first Tuesday IN March. In each year.
ture passed general act fAct. 62. being chapter
~ OF Howeli's statutesl granting aud defining
the powers and duties d Incorporated villages,
the hrst section Of which clearly and expressly
states 'that AL villages hereafter incorporated
shall be subject 20 the provisions OF this act. =
said act further provides (sec. 27e2) that after
the first election an annual election OF officers
shall be held on the second Monday In March In
each year
Now the question comes, which OF these two
acts govern the village Of Crystal Falls1 I think
the latter does. The act OF 1879 clearly and
emphaticaIly rcpeals. by implication, every
former net contravening the provisions OF that
election should have been held on the second
Monday IN pursuance OF his notice.
Those who take the opposite view may ask
why the act OF 1867 (chapter 50 Of Howell's
statutes) IL embraced In the compilation II IL is
nullity1 and In reply will say that II isnot n
nullity. IL stands there for the government OF
Of the Act Of ISIS, and TO which said last named
Act does not apply. There are other reasons
why some are mlsIed by this seeming conflict Of
statutes In 1879. section 20 (sec. 1905 oi
Howell's statutes) was amended and a person
would naturally wonder why an Act should be
amended u II had become obsolete: but II was
shn, ,h 10 TT sns sers saws lsasv ss'ueh,iy
computation OF our statutes. viz: To govern
Villages incorporated before the passage Of the
latter Act, OF which there are many throughout
the state
] also learned that your clerk was absent on
the 9th. but that cut no figure The electors
could have met at the appointed place. aud In
absence OF the regular Inspectors and clerk oi
election elected any qualified electors Of the
village 20 act as such, and II the village clerk
failed 20 produce the regsstrative book. the law
provides ample remedy.
This believe answers all the questions asked
OF me. and l send 10 20 you for publication 80
that any person holding contrary view can
have an opportunity TO reply.
EDWARD p. Lori.
IRoS RIVER, March 10.