The Yale expositor., 1895-06-14
Tire Anti-Fus;on Law.

Senate bill No. 1S-An act to amend sec
ton 10 Q0) OF act number one hundred ana
ninety Q9O) OF the public acts of 1891. en-
titled IAN act to prescribe the manner OF
conducting and to prevent fraud and decep-
tons at elections in this State" approves
Section i. The people of tho state OF
Michigan enact that section ten O0) OF acA
number one hundred and ninety $50 OK
the public acts of 1891. entitled, "An act 10
prescribe the manner of conducting and to
prevent fraud and receptions at elections in
this State" approved July 8, 1891 be and 10
hereby amended so as to read as follows;
Sec. 10. The said board of election COM
missioners shall cause to be printed on tho
ballot the names of candidates nominated
by the regularly called conventions of any
party, and IL shall be the duty of the State,
district, or county committee of each polit-
zeal party to forward to the chairman of the
said board of election commissioners OF
each county in the State. not less than
copy Of the Vignette adopted by them ana
the names of all candidates nominated az
| any regularly called convention at which
candidates for any of the offices mentioned
in section one Dof this act shall be nomhr
mated. and no other names, unless author.
lied or instructed by said convention. An
the names of parties so nominated shall he
certified to by the chairman and secretary
of the respective committees: Provided,
That IL shall be unlawful for said board OF
election commissioners to cause TO be print.
ed in more than one column on the ballo1
the name OF any candidate who shall have
received the nomination by two or more
parties or political organizations for ths
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, II said nomination be Tor q
State office, and to the board of election
commissions of each county in the district
II said nomination be for a congressional
f,t1i al ell va nd ba
of election commissioners of the county. 70
such nomination be for a county office, spe-
cifying in such notice the column of which
party or political organization on the ballot
ne wishes his name to be printed, and said
board of election commissioners shall print
the name of such candidate in such Col.
umn on the ballot so specified by him. and
in no other column. Such notice shall be
given to said election commissioners by
delivering the same either In person or By
depositing the same in the postoffice, in b
sealed envelope, with postage prepaid, d.
rected to the chairman of such board az
election commissioners at the county sentp
OF the respective counties. Provided, fur
Their, That in case any such candidate %
nominated by two or more parties or politics
al organizations for the same office, and
whose names shall have been certified by
the chairman and secretary of the commit
tions to said board OF election commission
ers within the time and as above provided,
shall refuse or neglect to give notice TO
said board of election commissioners, a.
above provided, 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 cleo
ton 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 havo
first received notice of such persons nornl-
nation for said Office, and said board oe
election commissioners shall not cause the
name OF such person TO be printed on the
ballot as q candidate for the same office IN
any other column. This act is ordered to
take immediate effect; approved March "a