compilers' sections fifteen thousand eight hundred sixty-three and fifteen thousand eight hundred sixty-four of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: governor to grant. SEC. 5. Authority to grant parole under the provisions of Parole, this act is hereby conferred exclusively upon the Governor in authorized all cases of murder, actual forcible rape, for offenses by public officers in violation of their duties as such officers, and to all persons convicted and serving sentence for conspiracy to defraud public municipalities, or the bribing or attempt to bribe of public officers. In all other cases such authority is hereby Advisory conferred upon the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons. board The Governor and the Advisory Board in the Matter of Par- to grant. dons acting jointly, shall have authority to adopt such rules as Rules, may, by them, be deemed wise or necessary to properly carry adoption of. out the provisions of this act, and to amend such rules at pleasure: Provided, Prisoners, under the provisions of this Proviso. act, shall be eligible to parole only after the expiration of their minimum term of imprisonment. authorized to whom made. to prisoners. when filled SEC. 6. Application shall be made to the Governor or to the Application, Advisory Board in the Matter. of Pardons upon uniform blanks prescribed by the Governor and the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons acting jointly and supplied by the secretary of the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons to the wardens or superintendents of the penal institutions named in section one of this act. It shall be the duty of the warden Blanks, or superintendent, when requested by a prisoner whose mini- furnishing of, mum term of imprisonment will expire within thirty days and who is eligible to a parole, to furnish such prisoner with a blank application for parole. The application shall be To filled out and delivered to the warden or superintendent who delivered shall immediately forward the same to the Governor or to the out. Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons, with his recommendation endorsed thereon. Upon receipt of such application Investigation. and recommendation, the Governor or the Advisory Board in the Matter of Pardons shall make such investigation in the matter as they may deem advisable and necessary and may, in their discretion, grant such application and issue a parole or permit to such applicant to go at large without the enclosure of the prison. The convict so paroled, while at large, by vir tue of such parole, shall be deemed to be still serving the sentence imposed upon him, and shall be entitled to good time. the same as if confined in prison. Approved May 10, 1917. Section amended. Board of trustees, to fix rules and regulations. [No. 199.] AN ACT to amend section two of act number thirty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a general hospital department in the Traverse City State Hospital, to provide for the government thereof and for the reception and treatment of patients seeking medical or surgical aid therein," being section one thousand three hundred sixty-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of act number thirty-three of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the etablishment of a general hospital department in the Traverse City State Hospital, to provide for the government thereof and for the reception and treatment of patients seeking medical or surgical aid therein," being section one thousand three hundred sixty-eight of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. Said board of trustees shall have power to prescribe all rules and regulations for the admission of patients to such general hospital department and shall fix and determine all fees and charges to be paid by patients seeking medical or surgical aid therein, and all moneys thus received from patients in said general hospital department shall be paid to the treasurer of said State hospital and by him applied to the general expense of maintaining such general hospital department and to enlarging and extending the same. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 10, 1917. [No. 200.] AN ACT to amend chapter two of act number three hundred fourteen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," said chapter being compilers' sections twelve thousand eighty-three to twelve thousand two hundred twenty-eight, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of Michigan of nineteen hundred fifteen, by adding thereto a new section to stand as section fortysix (b). The People of the State of Michigan enact: added. SECTION 1. Chapter two of act number three hundred four- Section teen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," said chapter being compilers' sections twelve thousand eighty-three to twelve thousand two hundred twenty-eight, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of Michigan of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to follow section forty-six to stand as section fortysix (b), said added section to read as follows: SEC. 46 (b). There shall be one additional judge in the Additional judicial circuit in which the county of Genesee is or may judge. be situated, the same now being the seventh judicial circuit. The additional office of circuit judge created by this act Appointshall be deemed vacant from and after the day when this ment of. act shall take effect and such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor until the general election in November, nineteen hundred eighteen, and until a successor is elected and qualified. The judge so appointed shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of his duties within ten days after his appointment and continue until his successor shall This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Deficiency appropriation. How paid out. Tax clause. [No. 201.] AN ACT to provide for a deficiency appropriation for the Industrial Accident Board and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The sum of three thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eighteen, to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for the Industrial Accident Board for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen. SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act, when audited and allowed by the Board of State Auditors, shall be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury, upon warrant of the Auditor General. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seventeen the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Employment of inmates. [No. 202.] AN ACT to provide for the employment of prison labor at the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia on State account, to prescribe the powers and duties of the warden and board of control in connection therewith, to make an appropriation therefor and to provide a tax to meet the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The warden and board of control of the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia are hereby authorized to employ the inmates thereof on State account in the construction of roads or the manufacture of such goods, wares and mer erection and chandise as they shall deem best and for that purpose, from the money herein appropriated, are hereby authorized to Buildings. erect such buildings and purchase such machinery, equip- equipment of. ment and material as they shall deem necessary. They are also authorized to incur any necessary expense in connection with the sale thereof and to determine the price of said labor and manufactured articles. received. SEC. 2. All money received from the sale of said manu- Disposition factured products or the performance of such labor, shall of moneys be paid monthly into the State treasury to the credit of said State account fund; which fund shall be used for the payment of warrants drawn upon the same by the Auditor General as required by said warden and board of control. SEC. 3. Said board of control may obtain money under this Moneys act previous to July one, nineteen hundred eighteen, in such amounts as it shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount, when said appropriation becomes available. advanced. tion. SEC. 4. There is hereby appropriated for the Michigan Re- Appropriaformatory at Ionia for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nineteen, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the purposes of this act. SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State Tax clause. tax for the year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eighteen, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 203.] AN ACT to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise. The People of the State of Michigan enact: CHAPTER I. Definitions and General Provisions. SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan Election Law." SEC. 2. The word "election," as used in this act, shall mean, and be held to include, any election, except school elections Words construed. |