CHAPTER II. THE LEGISLATURE. Officers of, when What offenses may be punished as contempts. Contempt to be deemed a misdemeanor. Chapter II. of Revised Statutes of 1846. (20.) SECTION 1. No officer of the Senate or House of Representatives, while in actual attendance upon the duties of his office, shall be liable to arrest on civil process. (21.) SEC. 2. Each House may punish as a contempt, and by imprisonment, a breach of its privileges, or the privileges of its members, but only for one or more of the following offenses, to wit: 1. The offense of arresting a member or officer of the House, or procuring such member or officer to be arrested, in violation of his privilege from arrest; 2. That of disorderly conduct in the immediate view of the House, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings; 3. That of refusing to attend, or be examined as a witness, either before the House, or a committee, or before any person authorized by the House, or by a committee, to take testimony in Legislative proceedings; 4. That of giving or offering a bribe to a member, or of attempting by menace, or other corrupt means or device, directly or indirectly to control or influence a member in giving his vote, or to prevent his giving the same; but the term of imprisonment which such House may impose for any contempt specified in this section, shall not extend beyond the same session of the Legislature. (22.) SEC. 3. Every person who shall be guilty of any contempt specified in the preceding section, shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the county jail, in the discretion of the court. of members to (23.) SEC. 4. The oath of office of any member or officer of the By whom oath Senate or House of Representatives, may be administered by, and be administered. taken and subscribed before the Chancellor,' any justice of the Supreme Court, the Lieutenant Governor, the President pro tem- 1841, p. 10. pore of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. committees may (24.) SEс. 5. Any Senator or Representative, while acting as a Members of member of a committee of the Legislature, or either branch thereof administer oaths shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall 1839, p. 214. be examined before the committee of which he is a member. An Act to provide for paying expenses authorized to be incurred by the Legislature. [Approved February 24, 1869. Laws of 1869, p. 24.] payment of wit nesses sum moned by Legislature. ment. (25.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Providing for whenever any witness shall be summoned to appear before a committee of the Legislature, by authority of either branch thereof, the compensation of such witness shall be two dollars per day, for Per diem. each day of actual attendance, and the sum of six cents per mile Mileage. for each mile he shall travel in coming to and going from the place of examination, over the usual traveled route; and the amount of Manner of paycompensation due to such witness shall be certified to the presiding officer of the body summoning such witness, by the committee before whom such witness appeared; and thereupon such presiding officer shall direct the Clerk or Secretary, as the case may be, to draw a certificate in favor of such witness for such compensation due, in the usual form of certificates for the payment of members of the Legislature; and upon the presentation to the State Treasurer of any such certificate, properly signed, he shall pay the same out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the general fund. committees ; (26.) SEC. 2. Any sum or sums of money due to any committee Expenses of of either branch of the Legislature, for actual expenses incurred how paid. for travel, in visiting any State institution, or other place, when such visit is authorized by either branch of the Legislature, shall be certified to the presiding officer of the branch of the Legislature to which the members of any such committee may belong, in the same manner as provided in this act in the case of witnesses; and they shall be paid such sums, in the same manner, and from the 1 The office of Chancellor was abolished in 1847. Sergeant-at Arms not to receive pay for summoning than for ex penses. same fund, as the fees of witnesses are required to be paid by the provisions of this act. (27.) SEC. 3. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the respective branches of the Legislature shall be allowed no extra compensation for serwitnesses other vices performed in summoning witnesses to appear before any committee of the Legislature, other than their necessary traveling expenses, which sums shall be certified by them to the presiding officer of the branch of the Legislature in which such officer shall belong; and the sums due to such officers, for such traveling expenses, shall be paid in the same manner, and from the same fund, as the fees of witnesses are required to be paid by the provisions of this act. Payment of incidental expen ses. (28.) SEC. 4. Any or all expenses incidental to the sessions of the Legislature, authorized by either branch thereof, except printing, shall be reported to the respective branches of the Legislature, by the proper committee thereof; and upon the acceptance and adoption of the report of such committee, a certificate shall be issued for the payment of the same, from the same fund, and in the same manner, as the fees of witnesses are required to be paid by this act. SEC. 5. This act shall take immediate effect. TITLE II. THE APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES. CHAPTER III. The Apportionment of Representatives in Congress. Congressional (29.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That Apportionment, this State shall be divided into six Congressional districts, pursu- districts. ant to a ratio of representation fixed by act of Congress for the year eighteen hundred and sixty, for apportioning anew the Representatives among the several States, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Representative, the districts to be constituted of the several counties, and numbered as follows, to wit: First. The first district shall consist of the counties of Wayne, Monroe, Lenawee, and Hillsdale. Second. The second district shall consist of the counties of Branch, St. Joseph, Cass, Berrien, Kalamazoo, Van Buren, and Allegan. Third. The third district shall consist of the counties of Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton, and Ingham. Fourth. The fourth district shall consist of the counties of Barry, Ionia, Montcalm, Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo, Lake, Mecosta, Mason, Manistee, Grand Traverse, Leelanaw, Manitou, Osceola, Emmet, [Antrim,] Wexford, Mackinaw, Delta, Cheboygan, Kalkaska, and Missaukee. Fifth. The fifth district shall consist of the counties of Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, St. Clair, Lapeer, and Sanilac. Sixth. The sixth district shall consist of the counties of Clinton, Shiawassee, Genesee, Gratiot, Saginaw, Tuscola, Huron, Isabella, Midland, Bay, Gladwin, Clare, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Alcona, Oscoda, Crawford, Otsego, Montmorenci, Alpena, Presque Isle, Chippewa, Marquette, Schoolcraft, Houghton, and Ontonagon, and the counties hereafter organized out of the present territory. CHAPTER IV. THE APPORTIONMENT OF SENATORS IN THE STATE One Senator to lowing 32 dis An Act for the apportionment of Senators in the State Legislature. [Approved April 15, 1871. Immediate effect Laws of 1871, p. 201.] (30.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, each of the fol- That this State shall be and is hereby divided into thirty-two Senate districts, and each district shall be entitled to one Senator, which shall be constituted as follows, viz: tricts. The first district shall consist of the second, third, fourth, seventh, and tenth wards of the city of Detroit, and the townships of Greenfield, Hamtramck, and Grosse Point, in the county of Wayne, and the election returns shall be made to the clerk's office in the county of Wayne. |