The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-22

You are also hereby notified that the Legislature
of the State of Michigan has passed the following
Joint Resolution proposing an amendment TO Sec
ton six of article six of the constitution of this
State, relative to Circuit Courts:
ResOived by the Senate and House Of RepyeseHta-
fives ef the State Of Michigan, That the following
amendment to the constitution OF this State be and
the same is hereby proposed that is TO say, that
section six OF article six of said constitution be
amended SO as TO read as follows
Sec. 9. The State shall be divided into judicial
circuits in each of which the electors thereof
shall elect one circuit judge, who shall hold his
office for the of six years, and until his sue
cessor is elected and qualified The Legislature
may provide for the election OF more than one
circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the
city of Detroit is or may be situated and in the
judicial circuit in which the county os Saginaw rs
may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in
which the county of Kent is or may be situated,
and in the judicial circuit in which the county OF
lngham is or may be situated. And the circuit
Judge or judges OF said circuits III addition to the
salary provided by this constitution, shall receive
from their respective counties such additional
salary may from time to time be fixed and de-
termined by the boards of supervisors of said
counties. And the board of supervisors of each
county in the upper peninsula is hereby authoriz-
ed and empowered to give and pay TO the circuit
Judge of the judicial circuit to which such county
is attached such additional salary compensation
as may from time to time be fixed and determin-
ed by such board of supervisors. This section as
amended shall take effect from the time of its
adoption Be IL further
mitted TO the people of this State at the spring
election 10 be held the first Monday in April In
the year one thousand eight hundred ninety-hve
and the Secretory of State is hereby required to
give notice of the same to the sheriifs of the
several counties of this State, at least twenty days
prior to the said election and the said
sheriffs required to give general mott
ces required by law in the same manner
that they required to give in of an
election of Justices of the Supreme Court and the
said amendment shall be indicated upon the Off
cial ballot for said election, in accordance with
the provisions of act number one hundred ninety
of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyone,
entitled IAN act to prescribe the manner of con-
Quoting and to prevent fraud and receptions at
elections in this State" Each person voting for
said amendment shall designate his vote by a
cross mark placed opposite the word Yes" and
each person voting against said amendment shall
designate his vote by a mark placed opposite
the word No. indicated upon said official
ballot. The ballots shall in all respects be can
vassed and returns made thereof in general
elections of State officers.
This joint resolution is ordered to take immedi
ate effect.
In testimony whereof ! have hereunto set my
hand at Paw Paw, Mich, the day and year first
above written.
CHARLES A. LAMBERSON,
S6-SS Sheriff of Van Buren, County