ballot labels when. SEC. 7. Two sets of ballot labels shall be provided for Two sets of each polling place for each election for use in the voting provided each machine and the same shall be delivered by the board of polling place, election commissioners to the election board of each voting precinct before ten o'clock in the forenoon of the day herein designated. clerks, etc., may be pensed with. when to meet SEC. 8. Ballot clerks and gate-keepers may be dispensed Ballot with in voting precincts in any city, village or township are diswhere voting machines are used. SEC. 9. The inspectors of election and clerks of each vot- Inspectors of ing precinct shall meet at the polling place therein at least election, etc., a half hour before the time set for the opening of the polls at polling place for arat each election and shall proceed to arrange within the ranging maguard rail the furniture, stationery and voting machine for chine, etc. the conducting of the election. The inspectors of election shall then and there have the voting machine, ballots and stationery required to be delivered to them for such election. The inspectors shall cause at least one instruction card, con- Instruction taining instructions how to vote on such voting machine, to card, where posted. be posted conspicuously within the polling place and, if not previously done, they shall arrange in their proper place on the voting machine the ballot labels containing the names of the offices to be filled at such election and the names of the candidates nominated therefor and such questions and measures as are to be voted upon at such election. If not Machine, how previously done the machine shall be so arranged as to show arranged, etc. that no vote has been cast and the same shall not be thereafter operated, except by electors in voting, and the counters or registers upon which votes are to be cast shall be exposed to the public for at least ten minutes before the hour set for the opening of the polls. Before the polls are opened for subject to election, each inspector shall carefully examine every ma- inspection. chine and see that no vote has been cast and the same shall be subject to inspection of the election officers, party challengers and all electors. name not on SEC. 10. Ballots voted for any person whose name does Independent not appear on the machine as a nominated candidate for ballots. office are herein referred to as independent ballots. If any Voting for voter desires to vote for any person whose name is not in the person whose machine, or for any combination of names that could not be machine. voted with the machine, the inspectors of election shall supply him with a ballot and said voter may fill out the ballot with the names of the persons he desires to vote for, but which could not be voted for with the machines, designate for which of the candidates he desires the remainder of his ticket to be counted, and deliver the same folded to the inspectors of election, who shall deposit the same in the receptacle on the machine, provided for the independent ballot and the ballots so cast shall be counted at the close of the election provided it contains a name or names that could not have been voted with the machine. Challenge of voter. How may vote if challenge is not withdrawn. SEC. 11. When the right of any person offering to vote is challenged the inspectors of election shall tender to him. such of the oaths required by the election laws of the State as he may claim to contain the grounds of his qualification to vote, and if said board shall decide that said person is a qualified voter he shall cast his vote with the machine, but if the challenge is not withdrawn or if said board shall not decide that he is a qualified voter he may have the right to cast a ballot in the manner provided in section ten of this act for voting for irregular çandidates, except that such ballot shall be marked with the name or poll number of the elector so voting. If at any time during the election the disabled ma- voting machine is disabled and cannot be repaired and no other voting machine can be had to supply its place the voting thereafter at that election may be by ballot in the manner provided in section ten of this act. In case of chine. Independent ballot, when not to be voted for candidates appearing on machine. Machine, exterior of, to be in plain view. Guard rail, construction of. One voter permitted at a time. Time voter may remain within booth. SEC. 12. With the exception of persons desiring to vote for independent candidates or for a combination of names that cannot be voted with the machines, and except for presidential electors and challenged votes, no independent ballot shall be voted for any person for any office whose name appears on the machine as a nominated candidate for that office. Any independent ballot so voted shall be counted. dependent ballot must be cast in its appropriate place on the machine or it shall be void and not counted. SEC. 13. The exterior of the voting machine and every part of the polling place shall be in plain view of the election officers and the public. The voting machine shall be placed at least three feet from every wall and partition of the polling place and at least three feet from the guard rail. The guard rail shall be constructed at least three feet from the machine with openings to admit electors to and from the machine. SEC. 14. Only one voter at a time shall be permitted to pass within the guard rail to vote. The operating of the voting machine by the elector while voting shall be secret and obscure from all other persons, except as provided by this act in cases of voting by assisted electors. No voter shall have the right to remain within the voting machine booth longer than one minute, and if he shall refuse to leave it after the lapse of one minute he shall be removed by the Proviso as to inspectors: Provided, That the inspectors may grant him further time in their discretion if others are not waiting to vote, provided that any voter having been removed before voting may re-enter the machine and cast his vote at any time during the day when the machine is not in use or wanted for use by other voters. granting further time. Voting machine, how placed. SEC. 15. The voting machine shall be so placed that the front or closed side of said machine shall be in full view of the inspectors and bystanders at all times during the election, and the inside of the machine concealed from the view of all persons except voters and persons authorized by law to instruct or assist voters. machine, by SEC. 16. An inspector of election shall attend to the lock- Locking and ing and unlocking of the machine and it shall be his duty unlocking of to prevent said machine from being unlocked at any time whom. during said election, except when a voter is within for the purpose of voting, and whenever a voter has voted the inspector shall lock the machine and it shall remain so until another voter enters for the purpose of voting. voters. SEC. 17. In case any elector after entering the voting ma- Assistance to chine booth shall ask for further instructions concerning the manner of voting two inspectors of opposite political parties shall give such instructions to him, but no inspector or other election officer, or person assisting at any election shall in any manner request, suggest or seek to persuade or induce any such elector to vote any particular ticket, or for any particular candidate or for or against any particular amendment, question or proposition. After receiving such instructions such elector shall vote as in the case of an unassisted voter. machine. SEC. 18. No voter or other person shall deface or injure Examination the voting machine or the ballot labels thereon. It shall be of face of the duty of the inspectors of election to enforce the provisions of this section. The inspectors of election shall, at such intervals, as they may deem proper or necessary, examine the face of the machine to ascertain whether it has been defaced or injured, to detect the wrong-doer and to repair any injury. counting SEC. 19. As soon as the polls of election are closed the Inspectors inspectors of election shall immediately lock the voting ma- to open chine against voting and open the counting compartments compartments in the presence of all persons who may be lawfully within vote. the polling place and proceed to canvass the vote. and canvass sign state SEC. 20. After the total vote for each candidate and ques- When intion has been ascertained, and before leaving the room or spectors to voting place, the inspectors of election shall make and sign ments of written statements of election as required by the election laws now in force. election. whom fur State to be SEC. 21. The Secretary of State shall furnish the neces- Statements, sary statements and canvassing sheets for the respective etc., by boards of election inspectors to make returns on where vot- nished. ing machines are used. It shall be the duty of the common Secretary of council of any city or village, or the township board of any notified of township, which has purchased or adopted the use of a vot- adoption of ing machine to immediately notify the Secretary of State of chines. such fact and to furnish the names of the members of the board of election inspectors of the voting precinct in which the voting machine will be used. voting ma plicable. SEC. 22. All the provisions of the election laws now in Election force and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, laws apshall apply with full force to all counties, cities, villages and townships adopting the use of voting machines. Repealing clause. SEC. 23. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Appropriation for monument. By whom expended. Duty of commission. member, duties and [No. 288.] AN ACT supplementary to act number two hundred thirtynine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to make an appropriation for designating by monument the location occupied by the second, eighth, twelfth, fifteenth, seventeenth, twentieth and twenty-seventh regiments of Michigan Infantry; and the Batteries "G" and "H," First Michigan Light Artillery, who participated in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, within the Vicksburg National Military Park and providing for the erection of the same." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars, in addition to the sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated by act number two hundred thirty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to make an appropriation for designating by monument the location occupied by the second, eighth, twelfth, fifteenth, seventeenth, twentieth and twenty-seventh regiments of Michigan Infantry, and the Batteries "G" and "H" First Michigan Light Artillery who participated in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, within the Vicksburg National Military Park and providing for the erection of the same." Said sum of ten thousand dollars shall be added to, and expended in the same manner and by the same commission, as the said sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated by said act number two hundred thirty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred five. SEC. 2. The commission heretofore appointed under act number two hundred forty of the public acts of nineteen hundred three is hereby continued with the same powers and Appointment duties as are prescribed in said act; and the Governor is of additional hereby authorized to appoint an additional member of said commission, who shall be a competent and experienced archicompensation. tect and who shall perform the same duties and have the same compensation as the other members of the said commission, but who shall not be required to have the qualification of service in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg prescribed by said act number two hundred forty of the public acts of nineteen hundred three for the other members of said commission. SEC. 3. The Auditor General of the State shall add to Tax clause. and incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be appropriated, levied, assessed and collected, which sum, when collected, shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse said fund, for the amount appropriated by section one of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 289.] AN ACT to authorize the Michigan Dairymen's Association to hold annual meetings during the years nineteen hundred seven and nineteen hundred eight, and such auxiliary meetings each of the above named years as may be determined by the association and making an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Michigan Dairymen's Association is here. To hold by authorized to hold one annual meeting and as many meetings. auxiliary meetings each year, and at such place or places, as may be decided upon by said association, for the dissemination of knowledge pertaining to dairying and dairy products among the people of the State, and said association shall formulate such rules and regulations as it may deem To formulate proper to carry on the work contemplated in this act, and it rules, etc. may employ an agent or agents to perform the duties in con- May employ nection therewith as it may deem best. agents. moneys al SEC. 2. For the purposes mentioned in the preceding sec- Amount of tion, the said Michigan Dairymen's Association may use lowed. such sums as it shall deem proper, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the necessary current expenses of the Michigan Dairymen's Association each year for the years nineteen hundred seven and nineteen hundred eight. All of which How and by whom paid. the State Treasurer shall pay to said association annually on the warrants of the Auditor General from time to time, as its vouchers for the same shall be exhibited and approved. SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorpo- Tax clause. rate into the State tax the sum of five hundred dollars annually, for the years nineteen hundred seven and nineteen hundred eight, and such amount is hereby appropriated from the general funds of the State, which said sum shall be included in the State taxes apportioned by the Auditor Gen |