The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-31
WHAT ONE BALLOT MEANS
Voters VIII Have Two Important CUES.
tons to Vote Upon at Election
Tuesday Aside From Resu-
lar Ballot.

are three distinct papers. One will
contain the various notional, state and
county tickets of the different political
parties, another contain thes question
concerning the amendment to Section
Ten, article fourteen:of the Constitution
relative to Taxation of Property by a
State Board of Assessors and Lastly
one upon which is the question as to
whether or not the proposed revision
of the Constitution of the state of
Michigan shall or shall not be adopted
AS we have only recently published
the gist of the second one mentioned,
we defer repeating it, but give space
to a few of the things in the new con-
stitution for which the voter will be
asked to decide, and which are not en-
bodied in the present one.
Women taxpayers to be permitted to
vote on all questions involving the d.
rect expenditure of public money or
the issue Of bonds.
Abolishes the decen tenial state CEN
sus and provides that the senatorial ap-
portionment every ten years shall
be based on the federal census.
Increases the salaries of Lower PEN
insula legislators from So a day and
Upper Peninsula legislators from S.
day to $500 all around for the legisla-
tive term.
Provides that a majority of either
house of the legislature may take bill
away from any unfrlendly committee
to which it has been referred and which
is trying to smother it.
Provides that no bill shall be passed
or become q law at regular session of
the legislature until it has been in pos
session of each house at least five days.
Forbids the legislature giving i'm
mediate effect to any act except ap-
preparation acts and acts necessary for
the preservation of public health and
safety. All others must not go into
effect until ninety days after passage.
Forbid the legislature passing any
local or special act where general act
can be made applicable and whether a
general act can be made applicable
shall be a judicial question. But no
local or special act can be made appli-
cable until approved by majority of
the electors.
Vests authority in the governor to
veto specific items in appropriation
bills.
Authorizing the legislature to enact
a law sanctioning trial by jury of less
than twelve men.
Vests in SUPERVISOR boards the ex-
elusive right to fix salaries of all county
officers not otherwise provided by law.
Allows appeals to be taken to the
courts by persons who have bills against
county and who are dissatisfied with
the amount allowed by the supervisors
board or by the board of auditors.
Authorizes one county or several
jointly, to appropriate money to build
and spf fr,h or 0f or hOa-
pitfalls for the treatment Of persons suf-
fering from contagious diseases.
Requires the legislature to provide q
law for q jury commission in every
Prohibits the granting Of public
utility franchise by a township which
is not subject to revocation at the will
of the township. unless such proposition
shall have been ratified by majority
of the taxpaying electors.
A home rule section which rea Is:
the legislature shall provide by gen
eral laws for the incorporation of cities
and villages. Such general laws shall
limit their rate of taxation for municip-
al purposes and restrict their power OF
borrowing money and contracting debts.
Under such general laws the electors OF
each city and village shall have author
ity to frame, adopt and amend its owl
charter, and through its regularly con.
stituted authority, to pass all laws and
ordinances relating to municipal con.
Germs, subject to the constitution and
general laws of the state.
Allows municipalities to acquire anc
operate public utilities If majority o.
the taxpaying electors vote in the al
firmative; the right to own and operate
street railways, however, being re
stricted to cities over IS, 900 population
Allows municipalities to acquire ant
maintain parks and boulevards outside
their corporate limits. ..
Allows a municipality owning II
plants to sell outside the limits, water
heat, power and light, but not to ex
coed Is per cent Of the amount sold IN
side the limits.
Provides that no persons, association
or corporations operating public utillt.
shall use streets, alleys or other publi
places in any municipality or TOWNSHIP
for wires, poles, pipes, tracks or con
duits, or shall transact local busine;
therein without first having secure
permission from the duly CONSTITUTES
authorities.
Forbids the diverting Of the primar
school funds to any Other. purpose tina
the maintenance Of schools.
Forpids depository of state funds
private banks and requires that 2
banks having such funds must period
cally publish the fact and the amount.
Provides that the superintendent
public instruction shall be elected
April, not in November.
Makes the state board Of agriculture
colleges elective instead OF sppoin
i've.
Provides that the general banking Ia
may be passed or amended by tw'
thirds vote Of each house of the legisl'
turo.
Provides that the word ''corpor'
tion," wherever Il appears in the col
stitution, shall be construed to incluf
all associations and general stock con
panies having any Of the powers
privileges Of corporations.
Authorizes legislature to delega
power 70 the state railroad commissi'
to fix maximum passenger, freight q
express rates.
Provides for the right Of the poop
to petition for the enactment Of
apsndment to the constitution. IT