Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-01
Election Notice.

tors of the City of Bedding, State of
Michigan, that the next ensuing gen.
eral election and annual city election
will be held on Monday, April 9Th,
1909. AT the places in the several wards
of said city, as designated below, viz:
First Ward at Pullman Building,
east side North Bridge street.
Second Ward at Mooney Building,
south side of w Main street.
Third Ward at Hose House, south
side Depot street.
For the purpose of electing the follow
ing officers, viz:
State-Two Justices of the Supreme
Court, two Regents of the University
of Michigan, one Superintendent of
Public Instruction, one member of the
State Board of Education, two MEM
bers of the State Board of Agriculture,
two years; two members OF the State
Board of Agriculture, four years; two
members of the State Board of Agri-
culture, six years.
City-One Mayor, one City Clerk,
one City Treasurer, one Justice of the
Peace, full term, one School Inspector
Each Ward-One Alderman, full
term; two Inspectors of Election, one
Supervisor, one Constable
LOCAL OPTION NOTICE.
A proposition to prohibit the manu-
facture and sale Intoxicating liquors
within the said County of Ionia, in ac-
cordance with Act No. POI, Public Acts
of 1889, and Acts amendatory thereof
and supplemental thereto, will be sub
mitted TO thes qualified voters of said
City in accordance with resolution OF
the Board of Supervisors of said Coun-
ty relating thereto, and reading as
follows;.fs.
Whereas, Written applications and
petitions, addressed to the Board OF
Supervisors of the County of Ionia,
have been received by the Clerk of said
County and filed in his Office, praying
that an election be held in and flor said
county of Ionia, under the provisions of
Act No. POI of the Public Acts of 1889,
approved June 10Th, 1889, as amended
bysAct No.ElS3 of the Public Acts of
1889 and by Act No. ITO of the Public
Acts of 1903, in order to ascertain the
will of the qualified electors of said
County, whether or not the manufac-
ture of liquors and the liquor traffic
should be prohibited within the limits
of said county; and,
Whereas, At session of the Board of
Supervisors of said County held at the
City of Ionia in said County, on the
10th day of January, A. ID. 1909, said
petitions were duly examined; and,
Whereas, Upon said examination 1T
was determined and declared, by Reso-
luton adopted by the said Board of SUI
pervisors, that such election has been
prayed for by the requisite number of
electors, to-wit; by not less than one
third of all the qualified electors of said
County, as shown by reference TO the
returns and County canvass OF the last
preceding general election of State
Officers held in said County; Now
therefore;
1t is Ordered and Directed, by the
Board of Supervisors of the said County
of Ionia, that an Election be and the
same is hereby called in the several
Townships, Villages, Cities and Elec-
ton Districts in said County, pursuant
to the provisions of the aforenamed Act,
TO ascertain the will of the electors of
said County, whether or not the manu-
facture of liquors and the liquor traffic
should beiprohibited within the limits
of said County.
| And il is Further Ordered, That said
election as above directed shall be held
at the next General Election for Town
ship Officers i'm said several townships,
villages, cities and election districts in
said County ION the first Monday of
April, A. ID. 1909; that said election
shall be by ballot, and that the ballot
shall be i'm two forms, one of which
shall contain the words:
"Shall the manufacture of liquors
and the liquor traffic be prohibited
within the County? ] YES"
And the other form shall be:
"Shall the manufacture of liquors
and the liquor traffic be prohibited
within the County? ] No"
That every ballot on which the word
eyes" is found shall be counted in the
affirmative as said proposition, and
every ballot on which the word "Non
is found shall be counted in the mega
tive of said proposition; that under the
provisions of the aforesaid Act all per
sons entitled under the law of this state
to vote for Supervisor shall be deemed
qualified to vote at said election; that
the registration of the qualified electors
the hour for opening and closing the
polls, the manner of voting and of hold
ing and conducting said election under
the provisions of the aforesaid Act, and
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| Registration, of inspectors of election,
township boards common councils)
and all other officers, with reference TO
said election shall be the same i'm every
respect as in case of annual township
elections, or elections of members of the
Board of Supervisors, so far as the same
shall be applicable; unless otherwise
provided in said Act.
IL is Further Ordered, That the
County Clerk of Ionia County, shall
without delay cause copy of this or
der, duly certified by him, TO be deliv-
cred TO the Township Clerk of each
Township, and To one of the inspectors
of election of each ward or election dis
trict in every City in Ionia County, and
that he shall also at the same time
cause such order to be published in the
! Ionia Sentinel and 1onia Standard