Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-05-31
VS. OF MICHIGAN.
bY ~ no RITZ.
AN ACT to incorporate the village Of Pontiac

BY Authority.
AN ACT to incorporate the village Of Pontiac.
Sec. 1. Be ii enacted By the Senate and
House of Representatives. of the State of
Michigan, That all that tract of country
situated in the township Of Pontiac and
county of Oakland, and known as section
twenty mine, the north half Of section thir.
ty.two, the west half of section twenty.
eight, and the northwest quarter of section
thirty. three, be, and the same is hereby con-
stituted town corporate, by the name of
the Village of Pontiac.
Sec. 2. The white male inhabitants of said
village, having the qualifications collectors,
under the constitution Of the state shall
meet at the court house in said village, on
the first Monday Of May next, and on
the first Monday of May annually thereaf.
ter, at such place as shall be provided in the
bylaws of said village, and then and there
proceed by a plurality of votes to elect by
ballot seven trustees, who shall hold their of.
flee for one year, and until their successors
are elected and qualified and any four of
said trustees shall constitute board for the
transaction Of business, and less number
may adjourn from time 10 time; but if an
election of trustees shall not be made on
the day when. pursuant to this act, it ought
to be made, the said corporation shall not
for that cause be dissolved; and it shall be
lawful to hold such election at any time
thereafter, public notice being given of
such election as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 8. At the first election to be
holden in said village under this act,
there shall be chosen vipa poce, by
the electors present, two judges and a
clerk of said election, each of whom
shall take an oath or affirmation, to be ad.
mnistered by either of the others faithfully
and honestly to discharge the duties re-
quired of him as Judge or clerk of said elec-
ton, and at all subsequent elections
the trustees, or any two of them shall be
Judges, and the clerk Of the village shall
be clerk of the election; at all elections
the polls shall be opened between the hours
of nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon,
and close at three in the afternoon, and at
the close of the polls the votes shall be
counted and true statement thereof pro-
claimed to the electors present by one
of the judges and the clerk shall make a
true record thereof, and within five days
after such election he shall give notice to
the persons elected, who shall enter upon
the duties of their Office on the first Monday
thereafter, and it shall be the duty of the
village clerk, to give at least five days pre-.
vious notice of each and every election,
by posting up written or printed notices
thereof in FIVE or more public places in
said village, or by publication thereof in
some public newspaper.
Sec. A. Each one Of the trustees, before
he enters Upon the duties of his Office, and
in the presence Of the board of trustees,
shall take an oath or affirmation, which
oath or affirmation may be administered by
any trustee present to support the consttu-
ton of the United States and the consti.
tuition of this State, and that he will faith
fully and impartially discharge the duties oil
the office of trustee of said village, accord.
ing to the best of his abilities and it sha.l
be the duty Of the first board Of trustees,
ard Of every subsequent board Of trustees
at their first meeting to elect by ballot one
of their number president Of said village,
whose duty it shall be to preside at all
meetings of the board of trustees, but in
case of his absence any other trustee may
be appointed by the trustees present, to
preside at such meetings, and il shall like
wise be their duty to appoint village
clerk, to attend all meetings of the
board, keep a fair and accurate recort
of their proceedings, and perform such
other duties as shall be assigned him by the
bylaws of the village.
Sec. 8. The president and trustees o
said village, shall be a body corporate ant
polite, under the name of"The Presiden
and Trustees of the Village Of Pontiac,
and may have a common seal, which
they may alter at pleasure, and may pur
chase and hold real and personal estate
for the use of said village, and at any tim,
sell and convey the same, and may SUI
and be sued, defend and be defended in an,
court, but when suit shall be commenced
|, against said corporation, the same shall
! be commenced by summons, an at
tested copy of which shall be served upor
the president of the village, at least eigh
| days before the return day thereof
Sec. 6. The board of trustees shall
, have power to ordain and establish bylaws
rules and regulations, and the same to alte
and repeal at pleasure, for the following pur
poses: for the election or appointment
| Of a treasurer, three assessors, marshal
and other officers for said village, and I,
, prescribe their duties, declare their qualifi
cations, and the period Of their appoin,
, ment or election; and the fees an,
one Of them shall be entitled to re
ceive for his services, and require @
any or all Of them an oath or affir
nation faithfully and impartialy TO dis
, charge the duties Of their respective Offices
and to require of any of them such securi
ty, by bond, for the performance of the du
ties Of their respective Offices as shall b