under orders SEC. 10. All children while under orders of the court shall Children be in the care and custody of the county agent or probation of court to be officer or such other person as the court may designate, and in care of county agent, all necessary expenses incurred for the proper care and main- etc. tenance of said children while in such custody shall be paid by the county treasurer on the order of the court. to approve SEC. 11. Children intended by this act shall not be in- County agent dentured, apprenticed or otherwise disposed of, until the per- persons apson applying for any such child shall have been approved in plying for writing by the county agent of the county in which such person resides. children. temporary SEC. 12. In case of the absence or disability of the probate Probate judge, judge, the provisions of the general law as to filling such vacancy of, temporary vacancies 'shall apply in all proceedings under this how filled." act. clause. viso. SEC. 13. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith Repealing are hereby repealed, except as to the counties of Houghton and Marquette: Provided, That this act shall not affect any Proviso. proceeding or proceedings pending at the time this act takes effect: And Provided further, That this act shall not affect Further prothe provisions of act number six hundred eighty-four, local acts of nineteen hundred seven, providing for a municipal juvenile court for the city of Detroit in the county of Wayne: And Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall Further pronot apply to the counties of Houghton and Marquette. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved October 24, 1907. viso. [No. 7.] AN ACT to amend sections three and ten of act number two hundred eighty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to provide for the casting, registering, recording and counting of ballots or votes at any regular or special election held in the State of Michigan, by means of voting machines; to provide for the purchase of same and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections three and ten of act number two Sections amended. hundred eighty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to provide for the casting, registering, recording and counting of ballots or votes at any regular or special election held in the State of Michigan, by means of voting machines; to provide for the purchase of same and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith," are hereby amended to read as follows: Voting machine, how constructed. To prevent illegal voting. 66 Ballots for presidential electors.' "Independent ballots." combination that cannot be voted on machine. Instructions to voters. SEC. 3. A voting machine to be purchased as provided in section two of this act must be so constructed as to provide facilities for voting for the candidates of at least seven different parties or organizations, and must permit all voters to vote for any person for any office although not nominated as a candidate by any party or organization, and must permit voting in secrecy. It shall also be so constructed that votes may be cast thereon for constitutional amendments or any other public measure; it must also be so constructed as to provide for at least thirty candidates for each party organization at any and all elections and said machine must be constructed of good and durable material in a workmanlike manner, and also so constructed that it can be easily and conveniently operated by inspectors of election and the voters; it must also be so constructed as to prevent voting for more than one person for the same office, except where the voter is entitled to vote for more than one person for that office, and it must afford him an opportunity to vote for any and all persons for that office as he is by law entitled to vote for and no more, at the same time preventing his voting for the same person twice. It may also be provided with one ballot in each column containing the words "Presidential Electors," preceded by the party name, and a vote for such ballot shall operate as a vote for all the candidates of such party for presidential electors. SEC. 10. Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the machine as a nominated candidate for office Provision for are herein referred to as "Independent Ballots." To provide any and every voter who desires to vote for any person whose name is not on the machine, or for any combination of names that could not be voted with the machine, with means by which he can so vote, the inspectors of election shall, prior to the opening of the polls, place inside the curtains or other enclosure inclosing the face of the machine, in a device provided therefor, a reasonable number of blank ballots, together with pencil and appliances necessary for the voting thereof. The inspectors of election shall also cause to be placed in a conspicuous place inside the polling place at least two cards not less than twelve inches square on which shall be plainly printed full and explicit instructions for the use of such ballots. A voter desiring to vote as aforesaid may fill out one of said ballots with the names of the persons he desires to vote for, but which could not be voted with the machine, designate for which of the candidates he desires the remainder of his ticket to be voted, place the same in the appliance provided therefor, and deposit such appliance containing said ballot in the receptacle on the machine provided for the independent ballot, and the ballot 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. Any person removing from said enclosure any of said blank ballots or or appliances, appliances provided for the voting of the same, excepting for Proviso. Penalty for removing blank ballots the purpose of using the same in the manner herein before provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county in which such offense shall be committed for a period of not exceeding ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Approved October 24, 1907. |