_: at public expense all ballots in every 

 imi f,,r public dllirer.-. except fc.r trustees of 

 ,,U, -ehiM.il director*, members f boards i.f 

 ation, and ..Hirers of r.m.1 district.- in coiin- 

 : under township organization. In mu- 

 il and town elections the expenses of pn>- 

 hallot- .-hall bo borne by the cities vil- 

 ,uid towns, and in all other rlrrtions by 

 iiiti.'s. Candidate- for office may be imrn- 



: by any roiivriiti caucus, or meeting 



_: a political party which, at tl;< 

 oral fleet ion next preceding, polled at least 2 per 

 f the entire vote cast in the State or in 

 \ i-ion thereof for which the nomination is 

 Noiniiuitions may al>o be made by nom- 

 ,tion papers signed |,y u certain number of 

 ilit'ud voters. The names of all candidates 

 be voted for shall be printed on one ballot, all 

 oininations of any political party or group of 

 petitioners being placed under the party appel- 

 lation or title. On the back of each ballot, so as 

 jienr when folded, shall be printed the 

 Is "< Mlieial ballot," followed by the name of 

 the polling place, the dateof the election, and the 

 nnilv- signature of the qlerk or other officer 

 ring the ballots. Plain white paper, through 

 Inch the printing or writing can not be read, 

 mil be used for ballots. Lach polling place 

 all be provided with voting booths, not less 

 an one for each one hundred voters at the last 

 tion, in which voters may prepare their bai- 

 ts screened from observation. Iso person other 

 an the election officers and the challengers al- 

 wed by law and those admitted for the pur- 

 se of voting shall be permitted within the 

 ard rail, except by authority of the election 

 eers to keep orde'r and enforce the law. On 

 ipt of his ballot the voter shall retire alone 

 one of the voting booths and shall prepare his 

 ,llot by making a cross opposite the name of the 

 ndidate of his choice, or by writing in the 

 me of the candidate of his choice in a blank 

 on the ticket, making a cross opposite 

 ereto : Provided, however, if he shall desire to 

 otefor all the candidates of one political party 

 group of petitioners, he may place such mark 

 ifore the appellation or title under which the 

 ,mes of the candidates of such party or group 

 petitioners are printed, and the ballot so 

 arked shall lie counted as cast for nil of the 

 candidates named under that title: Provided, 

 further, that the voter may place such mark at 

 the appropriate place preceding the appellation 

 or title of one party or group of petitioners, and 

 may also mark, at the appropriate place pr< < <!- 

 ing the name or names of one or more candidates 

 printed under the appellation or title of some 

 ot her part v or group 01 petitioners, and a ballot so 

 marked shall be counted as cast for all the candi- 

 dates named under the appellation or title which 

 has been so 1 marked, except as to the officers as 

 to which he has placed such mark preceding the 

 name or names of some othercandidate or candi- 

 dates printed under the title of some other party 



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the purpose of voting without loss of pay. Vot- 

 ers who, from physical disability, are unable to 

 murk their ballots, may be assisted thrn-m; but 

 intoxication shall not be regarded as a disability. 



ISy an-.ther ad numerous change.- wen made, 

 in the law regulating registration in cities Still 

 another act grants to women the right to vote 

 for school officers at all elections. 



The legal rate of interest, where none other 

 is stipulated, was reduced from (', to 5 per cent.. 

 and the highest rate allowable by agreement was 

 reduced from N to ? i,er cent" All contracts 

 stipulating for more than 7 percent, ii 

 were declared usurious, and no interest can be 

 collected thereon. 



An act was passed requiring every manufact- 

 uring, mining, quarrying, lumbering, mercan- 

 tile, street, electric, and elevated railway, stcam- 

 boat, telegraph, telephone, and mm i.'ipal cor- 

 poration, and every incorporated express com- 

 pany and water company to make weekly 

 payments of wages to its employes. It was de'- 

 clared unlawful for any person 'or company en- 

 gaged in mining or manufacturing to keep or be 

 interested in any truck store, or to control any 

 store, shop, or scheme for furnishing supplies, 

 tools, provisions, or groceries to employes. No 

 deductions shall be made by any employer from 

 the wages of his workman, except for money 

 actually advanced, or such sums as the workman 

 may agree upon to aid relief funds for sick or in- 

 jured workmen. 



A stringent act was passed for the suppression 

 of pools, trusts, and combines. 



For each of the years 1891 and 1892 the 

 amount to be raised by taxation for general State 

 purposes was fixed at $1,500,000, and for school 

 purposes at $1.000,000. 



The employment of children under thirteen 

 years of age by anv person, firm, or corporation 

 was strictly forbidden, unless it shall appear to 

 the school authorities in any particular case that 

 the labor of the child in question is the means of 

 support of an aged or infirm relative, and that 

 such relative is in whole or in part dependent 

 upon such child. 



The sum of $163,000 was appropriated for a 

 building to accommodate 800 additional patients 

 at the Eastern Hospital for the Insane. The Re- 

 form School at Pontiac was remodeled and es- 

 tablished as a State Reformatory, the sum of 

 $150,000, being appropriated for additional 

 buildings, etc. 



The compulsory school law remained un- 

 changed, after long discussions and repeated at- 

 tempts to repeal or change it. 



Other acts of the session were as follow : 



Authorizing the payment of a bounty of two cents 



n lieii.l tor Kmrlish sparrow.-. 



To provide tor tin- examination of mine managers. 



Amending the tish law >-n as to prohibit seining, 

 cntehinir, or killing tisli by other device tliun hook 

 and line. 



Amending the act of 1887 forbidding alien owner- 



or group of petitioners, and as to such it shall be ship of land, by providing that any alien who has by 

 - * ' 1-1, deed acquired r shall Adjoin title t<> land contrary 



to tins act shall have jxiwer to convey a ir.xxl title to 



TJ,^_, a citizen of the Tinted States, or to encumber tho 



have been placed Before tearing the Doting mnw in fuvor of a ( . lti/( . n ;mil a j M ,^ m ,, Ilt or (U . oreo 



counted as cast for the candidate or candidates 

 preceding whose name or names such mark may 



booth the TOter shall fold his ballot in such man- 

 ner as to conceal the marks thereon. Employes 

 shall be allowed two hours on election day for 



a-ram.'t such alien shall IHJ a valid lien a^'uin-t such 

 land, it such deed, encumbrance, judgment, or deervo 

 shall bo made, executed, or entered before any legal 



