The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-06-07
OUR new STATE LAWS
Legislation Enacted by the So
Ions at Lansing.
BILLS APPROVED BY GOVERNOR.


whscn B-,am- L,"s-Fuil T.xt of the
l. quor Law and the Anti Fusion Act
Many New Laws Enacted.
The following are the most important
laws enacted by the Michigan legisla-
ture, which has just finished its session,
and approved by the governor. There art
still few measures in the governor {
hands which have not been acted upon.
We give a resume of all the laws OF inn
portance and the full text of the anti
fusion and liquor laws:
The Anti-Fusion Law.
Senate enrolled act No. lS-an act to
amend section ten Q0) of act number one
hundred and ninety $50 OF the public
acts of 1891, entitled "An act to prescribe
the manner of cond ucting and to prevent
fraud and receptions at elections in this
State" approved July 8, 1891
Section /. The people of the State OF
Michigan enact, that section, ten (lO) OF
act number one hundred and ninety QYO)
of the public acts of 1891, entitled An
act TO prescribe the manner of conducting
and to prevent fraud and receptions at
elections in this State" approved July g.
ISL, be and is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec 10. The said board Of election
commissioners shall cause to be printed
on the bal .ot the names of the candidates
nominated by the regularly called con-
ventions of any party, and 1t shall be the
duty of the State, district, or county com.
mittee Of each political party TO forward
to the chairman of the said board of cleo
tion commissioners of each county in the
State, not less than twenty days prior to
any such election, copy of the vignette
adopted by them and the names of all
candidates nominated at any regularly
called convention at which candidates
for any of the offices mentioned in section
one Cd of this act shall be nomi mated, and
no other names, unless authorized or In
structed by said convention. All the
names OF parties SO nominated shall be
certified TO by the chairman and secretary
of the respective committees: Provided,
That ii shall be unlawful for sal board
Of election commissioners to cause TO be
printed in more than one column on the
ballot the name Of any candidate who
shall have received the nomination by
two or more parties or political organiza-
tions for the same office.
Any person SO receiving the nomination
for the same office by two or more parties
or political organizations shall, within
five days after his name has been certified
to said election commission as having
been nominated by two or more political
parties for the same Office, give notice To
the board of election commissioners of
each county in the State, if said nomina-
ton be for state Office, and To the board
al
the district, if said nomination be for a
congressional. judicial or Legislative office
and TO the board of election commisslon-
ers Of the county, if such nomination be
for "a county office, specifying in such
notice the column Of which party or polit-
ical organization on the ballot he wishes
his name TO be printed, and said board IF
election commissioners shall print the
name of such candidate in sucn coiumn
on the ballot SO specified by him, anu in
no other column. such notice shall be
given TO said election commissioners by
delivering the same either in person or by
depositin9 the same in the post off ;e in u
sealed envelope. with postage prepaid,
directed TO the chairman of such board of
election commissioners at the county
seats of the respective counties. Provid-
ed, further, That in case any such canli-
date so nominated by two or more parties
or political organizations for the same
Office, and whose names shall have been
certified by the chairman and secretary
of the committees OF such parties or politi-
cal organizations to SAID board of election
commissioners within the time
and as above provided, shall refuse
or neglect TO give notice TO said board
of election commissioners, rs above pro-
vided, and within the time above named,
specifying in which column on the ballot
he wishes his name to be printed, then
and in such case said board of election
commissioners shall cause his name to
be printed in the column of the party or
political organization, from the chairman
and secretary of whose committee said
board OF election commissioners shall
have first received notice Of such PERSONS
nomination for said office, and said board
of election commissioners shall not cause
the name OF such person to be printed on
the ballot as a candidate for the same
Office in any other column. This act Is or
dered to'take immediate effect; approved
March IA
New Liquor Law.
House enrolled act No. 1S6-an act to
amend section of act No. 3l3 of the pub
lie ac of 1887, entitled IAN act to pro-
vide for taxation and regulation Of the
business of manufacturing, selling, keep.
ing for sale, furnishing, giving or deliv-
ering spirituous or Intoxicating liquors
and malt, brewed or fermented liquors
and vinous liquors in this state, and To
repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this act"
Section l. The people of the state of
Michigan enact, That section / of an act
entitled IAN act to provide for the taxa
ton and regulation Of the business of man
ufacturing, selling. keeping for sale, furn-
ishing, giving or delivering spirituous or
intoxicating Liquors and malt. brewed or
fermented liquors and vinous liquors in
this state, and TO repeal all acts or parts
of acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this act" approved June %. 1857, be
and they are hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Section l. That In all townships, cities
and villages of this state, there shall be
paid annually the following tax upon the
business of manufacturing and selling or
keeping for sale by all persons whose bus
iness in whole or in part, consists in SELL
ing or keeping for SALE or manufacturing,
distilled or brewed or malt liquors or
mixed liquors, as follows: Upon the bust
ness of selling or Offering for sale spirit