Michigan Laws 168.150 – Representative in congress; contested election; preservation of ballots; restraining order of circuit court
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 168.150
- Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Whenever a contest for the office of congressman is in progress before the house of representatives involving the right to a seat in said house from any of the congressional districts of Michigan, and it shall be made to appear to any circuit court in the state of Michigan that there is danger that the ballot boxes used in such congressional election within the district in which said circuit court has jurisdiction will be tampered with, the seals upon said boxes destroyed or tampered with, said ballot boxes opened or the ballots therein interfered with or destroyed, such circuit court shall grant a restraining order directed to the officers having custody of the ballot boxes within such congressional district restraining them from interfering with said boxes, the seals or locks thereon, or the ballots therein, during the pendency of the taking of testimony in such contest before the house of representatives.