Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-02-13
Amendments TO City Charter.


Legislature the charter of the city
of Alpena was amended in the fol
lowing manner:
SECTION l. The People Of The
Stare If Michigan enact, That Sec
ton four. five, twenty-nine and
fiftv, of act number two hundred
and forty-nine. laws of 1871, en-
titled "An act to incorporate the
city Of Alpena," approved March
Goth, 1871, and section fifty-seven
Of said act number two hundred
and fortv-riue, as amended by act
number two hundred and sixty
three. lows Of 1853. approved April
22d, 1873. I've end the same is here
Nv amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
SEC. 4. At the annual election
~ he held in said city in the year
1871, there shall he elected two
Aldermen in each ward Ivy the
electors there of. one of whom shall
hold his Office for the term Of one
year. and the other for the term Of
two wears, ani until their succes-
sorS shall he elected and qualified !;
aud the term for which the person
voted for is interested Gntended)
shall he designated on the ballot |;
and at each ANIMAL election there
after to he held, one Alderman
shall he elected in each ward by
the electors thereof, who shall hold
his office for the term Of two years,
and until his successor shall I've
elected aud qualified. At each
animal election there shall I've
elected in each ward by the cleo
tors thereof one constable, who
shall bold his office for the term of
one year, nnd until his successor
shall he elected and qualified.
From ard after the first Monday in
April, 1878, the Aldermen in each
wa'd in said city, whose term Of
office shall soonest expire, shall he
the Supervisor within and for his
ward for the last year of his tenn,
and shall have and exercise within
his ward all the powers, authority,
and functions of Supervisors Of
townships in the State, subject in
all respects TO the provisions of law
regulating the duties of township
Supervisors, except as in this act
otherwise provided, and each of
them shall he members Of the Board
of Supervisors Of the county of
Alpena. and Of the Board of Review
of sail city. and as such shall he
entitled TO the same compensation,
and shall he paid in the same man.
ner, and they shall perform as Su-
perviSors such other duties as they
by this act shall he required Of
them, and in Ease of vacancy hy
death Of such Supervisor, or by
reason of sickness, absence, or 9TH
er disability to perform the duties
Of Supervisor, the associate Alder
man Of the same ward is hereby
authorized to perform the duties of
Supervisor until such disability
shall cease, and certificate of APP
pointment from the Supervisor, or
in case of his death or inability to
give such certificate, q certificate
Of the Recorder, countersigned by
the Mayor, shall he sufficient au-
thority to eutitle such associate
Alderman to recognition as the
proper representative of his ward
for the time being, at any meeting
of the Board of Supervisors OF AL
pcna county. and the Board of Re-
view of said city. The first cleo
ton under this charter shall he
held at the place and under the
same notire that elections have
heretofore been held in the village
of Alpenn. on the first Monday in
April, 1871, or on any day there
after, upon giving the like notice
in ease said elections should not be
held on the day hereinbefore desig-
mated.
SEC. 3. The annual election I'M
der this act shall lie held on the
first Monday of April of each year,
at such place in each Of the several
wards of sail city a. the Common
Council may designate. Notice
thereof shall he given by the Re-
corder at least eight days before
the election, by publishing the
same in some newspaper published
in said city. At least six days pre-
vi0ur TO every election to I've held
in said city the Common Council
shall appoint in each ward, one of
the electors thereof Inspector Of
election, and the Aldermen Of each
ward. together with the person so
apdcinteh. shall he the inspectors
of s1cb election, aud they shall also
be the inspectors of tho State and
county election, anil shall choose
the Clerk thereof, and in case of
the absence Of one or more Of such
Inspectors, or If no inspectors have
been elected or appointed, the cleo
tors present may choose UiCd Uoce
from their number one or more to
fll such varancy or vacancies. to
whom shall he administered the
path by either of said inspectors
or Ivy any Justice Of the Peace.
The manner of conducting oil cleo
ions and canvassiug the votes and
OF electors in the
'everal wards shall he the same as