sons, including civilized persons of Indian descent, not members of any tribe, in each organized county, and one Representative to each county having a fraction more than a moiety of said ratio, and not included therein, until the one hundred Representatives are assigned; that is to say within the county of districts. Wayne, ten; Kent, four; Saginaw, four; Lenawee, three; Bay, Representative two; Allegan, two; Berrien, two; Calhoun, two; Eaton, two; Genesee, two; Hillsdale, two; Ingham, two; Ionia, two; Jackson, two; Kalamazoo, two; Lapeer, two; Macomb, two; Marquette, two; Monroe, two; Montcalm, two; Muskegon, two; Oakland, two; Ottawa, two; Sanilac, two; St. Clair, two; Shiawassee, two; Tuscola, two; Van Buren, two; Washtenaw, two; Branch, one; Barry, one; Cass, one; Clinton, one; Gratiot, one; Huron, one; Houghton, one; Isabella, one; Livingston, one; Manistee, one; Mason, one; Mecosta, one; Menominee, one; Newaygo, one; Oceana, one; St. Joseph, one; The counties of Midland, Gladwin, and Clare shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Midland; The counties of Wexford and Lake shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Wexford; ond District-Townships of Dorr, Fillmore, Heath, Hopkins, Laketown, Leighton, Manlius, Monterey, Overisel, Salem, Saugatuck, and Wayland. BAY COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Hampton, Merritt, Portsmouth, and city of Bay City. Second District-Townships of Bangor, Beaver, Frankenlust, Frazer, Kawkawlin, Monitor, Pinconning, Williams, and city of West Bay City. BERRIEN COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Bainbridge, Benton, Berrien, Hagar, Lincoln, Oronoko, Pipestone, Royalton, Sodus, St. Joseph, and Watervliet. Second District-Townships of Bertrand, Buchanan, Chickaming, Galien, Lake, New Buffalo, Niles, Three Oaks, Weesaw, and city of Niles. CALHOUN COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Albion, Clarence, Clarendon, Convis, Eckford, Fredonia, Homer, Lee, Marengo, Marshall, Sheridan, city of Albion, and city of Marshall. Second District-Townships of Athens, Battle Creek, Bedford, Burlington, Emmet, LeRoy, Newton, Pennfield, Tekonsha, and city of Battle Creek. EATON COUNTY.--First District-Townships of Benton, Delta, Eaton, Eaton Rapids, Hamlin, Oneida, Windsor, city of Charlotte, and city of Eaton Rapids. Second District-Townships of Bellevue, Brookfield, Carmel, Chester, Kalamo, Roxand, Sunfield, Vermontville, and Walton. GENESEE COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Argentine, Atlas, Clayton, Davison, Fenton, Flushing, Gaines, Grand Blanc, Montrose, Mundy and Vienna. Second District-Townships of Burton, Flint, Forest, Genesee, Mt. Morris, Richfield, Thetford, and city of Flint. HILLSDALE COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Allen, Amboy, Cambria, Camden, Hillsdale, Litchfield, Reading, Woodbridge, and city of Hillsdale, Second District-Townships of Adams, Fayette, Jefferson, Moscow, Pittsford, Ransom, Scipio, Somerset, Wheatland, and Wright. INGHAM COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Aurelius, Delhi, Lansing, Meridian, Onondaga, and city of Lansing. Second District-Townships of Alaiedon, Bunker Hill, Ingham, LeRoy, Leslie, Locke, Stockbridge, Vevay, Wheatfield, White Oak, Williamston, and city of Mason. IONIA COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Danby, Ionia, Lyons, North Plains, JACKSON COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Blackman, Sand-tone, and City of KALAMAZOO COUNTY.--First District-Townships of Alamo, Cooper, Kalamazoo, KENT COUNTY.-First District-City of Grand Rapids. Second District-Townships of Ada, Bowne, Byron, Caledonia, Cascade, Gaines, Grand Rapids, Lowell, Paris, Vergennes, Wyoming. Third District-Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Court1 Grattan, Nelson, Oakland, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker. The counties of Osceola and Missaukee shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Osceola ; The counties of Leelanaw and Benzie shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Leelanaw; The counties of Ogemaw, Roscommon, Oscoda, and Crawford shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Ogemaw; The counties of Arenac, Iosco, and Alcona shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Iosco; The counties of Alpena, Otsego, and Montmorency shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Alpena; The counties of Cheboygan, Emmet, and Presque Isle shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Cheboygan; The counties of Grand Traverse and Kalkaska shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Grand Traverse; LAPEER COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Deerfield, Elba, Hadley, Lapeer, Marathon, Mayfield, Metamora, Oregon, Rich, and city of Lapeer. Second DistrictTownships of Almont, Arcada, Attica, Burlington, Burnside, Dryden, Goodland, Imlay, and North Branch. LENAWEE COUNTY,-First District-Townships of Blissfield, Clinton, Deerfield, Macon, Ogden, Palmyra, Raisin, Ridgeway, Riga, and Tecumseh. Second DistrictTownships of Adrian, Fairfield, Franklin, Madison, and city of Adrian. Third District-Townships of Cambridge, Dover, Hudson, Medina, Rollin, Rome, Seneca, Woodstock. MACOMB COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Chesterfield, Clinton, Harrison, Lenox, Macomb, Ray, Richmond, and city of Mt. Clemens. Second District-Townships of Armada, Bruce, Erin, Shelby, Sterling, Warren, and Washington. MARQUETTE COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Chocolay, Forsyth, Marquette, Negaunee, Richmond, Tilden, Turin, city of Marquette, and city of Negaunee. Second District-Townships of Champion, Ely, Humbolt, Ishpeming, Michigamme, Republic, and city of Ishpeming. MONROE COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Bedford, Erie, Ida, LaSalle, Monroe, Summerfield, Whiteford, and city of Monroe. Second District-Townships of Ash, Berlin, Dundee, Exeter, Frenchtown, London, Milan, and Raisinville. MONTCALM COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Bloomer, Bushnell, Crystal, Day, Douglass, Evergreen, Ferris, Home, Richland, Sidney, and city of Stanton. Second District-Townships of Belvidere, Cato, Eureka, Fairplain, Maple Valley, Montcalm, Pierson, Pine, Reynolds, Winfield, and city of Greenville. MUSKEGON COUNTY.-First District-Township of Lakeside, and city of Muskegon. Second District-Townships of Blue Lake, Casinova, Cedar Creek, Dalton, Eggleston, Fruitland, Fruitport, Holton, Laketon, Montague, Moorland, Muskegon, Norton, Ravenna, Whitehall, White River. OAKLAND COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Addison, Avon, Bloomfield, Brandon, Oakland, Orion, Oxford, Pontiac, Royal Oak, Southfield, Troy, and the city of Pontiac. Second District-Townships of Commerce, Farmington, Groveland, Highland, Holly, Independence, Lyon, Milford, Novi, Rose, Springfield, Waterford, West Bloomfield, and White Lake. OTTAWA COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Grand Haven, Holland, Olive, Spring Lake, city of Grand Haven, and city of Holland. Second District-Townships of Allendale, Blendon, Chester, Crockery, Georgetown, Jamestown, Polkton, Robinson, Tallmage, Wright, and Zeeland. SAGINAW COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Carrollton, Zilwaukee, and city of Saginaw. Second District-City of East Saginaw. Third District-Townships of Albee, The counties of Charlevoix, Antrim, and Manitou shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Charlevoix; The counties of Chippewa, Alger, Mackinac,1 and Schoolcraft shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Chippewa; The counties of Delta and Iron shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Delta; The counties of Ontonagon, Baraga, Keweenaw, and Isle Royal shall constitute a Representative District, and be entitled to one Representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Ontonagon. V. GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. ELECTIONS OTHER THAN FOR MILITIA AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. AN ACT to provide for holding general and special elections. Approved [Laws of 1851, p. 281.] (156.) § 137. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan General elecenact, That a general election shall be held in the several town- tion, when held Birch Run, Blumfield, Bridgeport, Buena Vista, Chesaning, Frankenmuth, Maple SANILAC COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Buel, Elk, Elmer, Flynn, Fremont, SHIAWASSEE COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Antrim, Burns, Caledonia, Hazelton, New Haven, Shiawassee, Venice, Vernon, and city of Corunna. Second District-Townships of Bennington, Fairfield, Middlebury, Owosso, Perry, Rush, Sciota, Woodhull, and city of Owosso. ST. CLAIR COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Berlin, Casco, China, Clay, Columbus, Cottrellville, East China, Emmet, Ira, Kimball, Mussey, Riley, St. Clair, Wales, and city of St. Clair. Second District-Townships of Brockway, Burchville, Clyde, Fort Gratiot, Grant, Greenwood, Kenockee, Lynn, Port Huron and city of Port Huron. TUSCOLA COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Akron, Arbela, Denmark, Fair Grove, Gilford, Juniata, Millington, Tuscola, Vassar, Watertown, Wisner. Second District-Townships of Almer, Columbia, Dayton, Elkland, Ellington, Elmwood, Fremont, Indian Fields, Kingston, Koylton, Novesta, Wells. VAN BUREN COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Almena, Antwerp, Decatur, Hamilton, Hartford, Keeler, Lawrence, Paw Paw, and Porter. Second District-Townships of Arlington, Bangor, Bloomingdale, Columbia, Covert, Geneva, Pine Grove, South Haven, and Waverly. WASHTENAW COUNTY.-First District-Townships of Ann Arbor, Dexter, Lima, Lyndon, Northfield, Salem, Scio, Superior, Sylvan, Webster, and city of Ann Arbor. Second District-Townships of Augusta, Bridgewater, Freedom, Lodi, Manchester, Pittsfield, Saline, Sharon, York, Ypsilanti, and city of Ypsilanti. WAYNE COUNTY.-First District-City of Detroit. Second District-Townships of Greenfield, Grosse Point, Hamtramck, Livonia, Plymouth and Redford. Third District-Townships of Canton, Dearborn, Nankin, and Springwells. Fourth DistrictTownships of Brownstown, Ecorce, Huron, Mouguagon, Romulus, Sumpter, Taylor, Van Buren, and city of Wyandotte, 1 For Luce see Act 363, Local Acts 1887, p. 86. This act, it is believed, supersedes the whole of Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the Revised Statutes of 1846.-Note to Compiled Laws, p. 108, also How. An. St. §137. ships and wards of this state, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, every second year thereafter, at which there shall be elected so many of the following officers as are to be chosen in such years respectively, that is to say: A governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, auditor general, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of the state land office, members of the state board of education, electors of president and vice president of the United States, representatives in congress, the senators and representatives in the state legislature, and the following county officers, viz.: Judges of probate, sheriffs, clerks, treasurers, registers of deeds, prosecuting attorneys, and such other officers as may by law be required to be elected at such general election: Provided, The provisions of this section shall not apply to the election of the senator and representatives in the state legislature, nor to the election of county officers, in that portion of the state denominated the Upper Peninsula, as described in section one, article nineteen, of the revised constitution, and such other territory as may be attached thereto for election purposes. On the first Tuesday of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, there shall be elected a governor and lieutenant governor, whose term of office shall commence on the first Monday of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and who shall hold their respective offices until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and until their successors are elected and qualified; which election shall be conducted in the manner provided by the constitution and laws in force on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty; and the returns and canvass of votes given thereon, shall be proceeded and determined in the same manner herein provided for the same officers to be elected at general biennial elections. (157.) § 138. SEC. 2. Special elections may be held in the following cases, and for the election of the following officers, viz.: 1. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of sena or or repreentative in the state legislature, representative in congress, sjudge of the circuit or district court, regent of the university, or member of the state board of education; 2. When there has been no choice at a general election of representative in congress; 3. When the right of office of a person elected to any of the aforesaid district or county offices shall cease before the commencement of the term of service for which he shall have been 4 When a vacancy shall occur in either of the said county offices after the commencement of the term of service, and more than six months before the next general election; 1 See note to Sec. 246 of this compilation. 2 See constitution, Art. VI, Sec. 10, as to power of circuit judges to fill vacancies in offices of county clerk and prosecuting attorney. See, also, Howell's Annotated Statutes $522, §611 and $663, as to filling vacancies in offices of treasurer, register, and other county offices. 5. When, in any other case of a vacancy not particularly provided for in this section, the governor shall, in his discretion, so direct. may be filled at (158.) §139. SEC. 3. A vacancy in either of the offices named When vacancies in the first section of this act, which shall not have been supplied general elecbefore a general election, may be supplied at such election. tion. elections not to (159.) $140. SEC. 4. No special election shall be held within When special three months next preceding a general election, except in cases be held. where the governor shall order a special election. ordered by (160.) §141. SEC. 5. Special elections for the choice of the When to be county officers named in section one of this act shall, except in board of supercases in which a special election is to be ordered by the governor, be ordered by the board of supervisors. visors. day only. (161.) §142. SEC. 6. Special elections shall be held and con- To be held one tinued one day only, and shall be conducted, and the result thereof canvassed and certified in all respects, as near as may be, in like manner as general elections, except as otherwise directed. (162.) §143. SEC. 7. In elections for the choice of all officers Persons having named in the first section of this act, the persons having the ber of votes greatest number of votes shall be deemed to have been duly deemed elected. elected. greatest num electors of Vice President. (163.) §144. SEC. S. Whenever the time fixed by the law of Election of congress for the election of electors of president and vice presi- President and dent of the United States, shall not occur on the day appointed for holding the general election, such election for electors of president and vice president shall be held on the day so fixed by the law of congress therefor. (164.) $145. SEC. 9. All the provisions of law relating to the Idem. notifying and holding of the general elections, and the election of electors of president and vice president thereat, shall apply to every such election held pursuant to the provisions of the preceding section; and the votes given for such electors shall be returned and canvassed, and the result determined in the same manner in all respects, and with the like effect, as in case of the election of such electors at a general election. NOTIFICATION OF ELECTIONS. state to give vacancy. (165.) $146. SEC. 10. When a vacancy shall occur in the Secretary of office of judge of the supreme court, of judge of the circuit court, notice of elecregent of the university, or member of the state board of educa- tion to fill tion, thirty days or more before a general election, the secretary of Note No. 7. state shall, at least twenty days before such election, cause a written notice to be sent to the sheriff of each of the counties within the election district in which such vacancy may occur, which notice shall state in which office the vacancy occurred, and that such vacancy will be supplied at the next general election.' (166.) § 147. SEC. 11. The secretary of state shall, between the of general first day of July and the first day of September preceding a gen 1 As amended by Act No. 24, Public Acts of 1875, p, 22. elections. |