The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
Acts Of the Special Session.


The following laws were enacted at the special
session OF the Legislature, August 5th and 9th for
| the reapportionment of the state into Senatorial
and Representative districts:
AN ACT
for the apportionment of Senators in the State
Section I. The People of the State of Michigan
enact, That this State shall be and is hereby divid
ed into -thirtytwo Senate Districts, each district
10 be entitled TO one Senator, which said districts
shall be constituted as follows, viz.
| First District-The Ninth, Eleventh. Thirteenth
and Fifteenth wards OF the city OF Detroit, and the
townships of Crosse Ponte, Hamtramck, Green
field, Redheld, Livonia and Plymouth. in the coun-
~ of Wayne.
Second District-The First, Second, Third,
Fifth and Seventh wards of the city of Detroit.
Third District-The Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and
Tenth wards of the city of Detroit
Fourth District-The Twelfth, Fourteenth and
Sixteenth wards of the city of Detroit, and the
townships of Canton, Nankin, Dearborn, Spring
wells, Van Buren, Romulus, Taylor, Ecorse, Stump
ter, Huron, Brownstown and Mongaugon and the
city of Wyandotte. in the county of Wayne.
Fifth District-The counties OF Lenawee and
Monroe
Sixth Disrict--The counties of St. Joseph,
| Branch and Hllsdale.
Eighth District-The counties OF Allegan and
Van Buren,
Ninth District-The counties of Kalamazoo and
Calhoun
Tenth Dstrict-The counties of Jackson and
Washtenaw
Eleventh District-The county of ST. Clair.
Twelfth Distrct-The counties of Oakland and
Macomb.
Thirteenth District-The counties of Livingston
Fourteenth District-The counties of Shiawas-
see and Ingham.
Fifteenth District-The counties of Barry and
Eaton.
Sixteenth District--The First, Second Third,
Fourth Fifth Sixth, Seventh Eighth, Ninth and
Twelfth, wards of the city of Grand Rapids, in
/ the county of Kent
Seventeenth Distrct-The Tenth and Eleventh
:. ~.
ships of Tyrone. Scion, Nelson, Spencer, Sparta,
Algoma, CORTLAND, Oakheld, Alpine, Plainhed,
Cannon Grauan, Walker, Grand Rapids Ada,
! Nergennes, Wyoming, Paris, Cascade, Lowell,
Byron, Gaines, Caledonia and Bovine, in the
county of Kent
Eighteenth Dis,rict-The counties of Ionia and
| Montcam
Nineteenth District-The counties Clinton and
! Gratiot.
| Twentieth District-The counties of Huron and
Sanilac.
Twenty-frst District-The counties of Tuscoa
| and Lapeer
Twenty-second Distrct-The county of Saginaw.
Twenty-third Dstrict-The counties of Muske-
gon and Ottawa.
Twenty-fourth Dstrict-The counties of Bay,
Arenac and Midland.
Twenty-ffth Distrct-The counties of Osceoa,
! Newaygo, Mecosta and Isbella.
Twenty-sixth Distrct-The counties of Manis-
tee, Mason Lake and Oceana.
Twentv,seventh DistrictrThe counties of
| Kalkaska, Antrim and Charlevoix.
Twenty-eighth District-The counties of Craw-
ford Oscoda Altoona Missaukee, Roscommon,
Ogemaw, Iosco, Clare and Gadwin.
Twenty-ninth District-The counties of Otsego,
Montmorency, Alpena Pressure Isle, Cheboygan,
Emmett and Manitou.
Thirtieth District-The counties of Mackinac,
! Chippewa, Luce, Schoolcraft, Delta and Menomi-
nee.
Thirty first District-The counties of Marquette,
Alger, Dickinson and Iron.
Thirty-second District-The counties of Hough-
ton, Baraga, Keweenaw, Gogebic, ontonagon and
Isle Royal.
Section q The election returns of each county
| forming one Senate district shall be made to the
! county clerks Office of said county. The election
returns of each Senate district composed of more
than county shall be made 10 the county clerks
office of the county in Such Senate district contain
ing the largest number of inhabitants, according
| 10 the census Of one thousand eight hundred and
ninety. The election returns of each Senate dis
trict composed of portion of county shall be
made to the county clerks Office of such county.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved August 6th A. ID. 1899.
ANACT
To apportion anew the representatives among
the several counties and districts of this State:
Section I. The people of the state of Michigan
| enact: That the House of Representatives shall
hereafter be composed of one hundred members,
elected agreeable 10 a ratio OF one representative
to every twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty
eight persons, including civilized persons OF Indian
descent not members of any tribe, in each organic
ed county and one representative of each county
having fraction more than moiety of said ratio,
and not included therein, until the one hundred
representatives assigned; that is to say: with
IN the county OF wayne, twelve lI2i Kent, nVe Isl;
Saginaw, four az Bay, three l3 St. Clair three
/ l3C Lenawee, two al; Jackson two (2 Calhoun,
two H.; Washtenaw, two 2)i Berren, two III; Oak
land two az Muskegon, two ~; Marquette, two
(2 Genesee, two a.; Kalamazoo, two ~; Allegan,
two (2 Ingham, two III; Houghon, two III; Ottawa,
two ~ Montcalm, two ~; lonia, two n, Sanlac,
two 2); Tuscola two (2) Monroe, two (2)i Eaton,
| two ~; Macomb, two III; Shiawassee one (IG
Hillsdale, u; Van Buren,, one ~; Lapeer,
(I); Gratiot, one ~ Huron, one (I); Clinton,
(j; St. Joseph one (); Branch, one ~; Manistee,
| one %; Barry, one (IG Cass, one (I); Menominee,
one az Livingston, one (I); Newaygo, one %;
Mecosta one On; Isabella, one (I); Mason, one (Il
The counties of Midland, Gadwin, and Arenac
shall constitute representative district and shall
be entitled to one representative and the election
returns OF said district shall be made to the county
of Midland.
The counties of Wexford, Missaukee and Clare
shall constitute representative district and be
entitled to one representative, and the election re-
turns of said district shall be made to the county
of Wexford.
The counties of Osceola and Lake shall con-
stitute representative district and be entitled
one representative, and the election returns of
| said district shall be made 10 the county of
| Osceola.
The counties of Grand Traverse, Leelanaw and
Benzie shall constitute representative district
and De entitledto one representative and the cleo
ton returns of said district shall be made the
| county of Grand Traverse.
| The counties of Antrim, Charlevoix and Kalkas-
ka shall constitute representative district and be
entitled to one representative, and the election re-
turns OF said district shall be made to the county
/
The counties of Iosco, Altoona, Roscommon and
Ogemaw shall constitute representative district
and be entitled to representative, and the cleo
ton returns of said district shall be made to the
county of losco
The counties of Alpena Montmorency Otsego,
Oscoda and Crawford shall constitute a represent
tatve district and be entitled to representa-
tive, and the election returns of said district shall
be made TO the county of Alpena.
The counties of Cheboygan, Emmett and Pressure
Isle and Manitou shall constitute representative
district and be entitled TO one representative, and
the election returns of said district shall be made
to the county of Cheboygan.
The counties of Chippewa, Mackinac and Luce
shall constitute a representative district and be
entitled to representative, and the election re-
turns of said district shall be made to the county