Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-01

ever, contract ana De cOntracteu WILL
acquire and hold real and personal
property for the purposes for which
1t is corporated. subject to the consti-
tuition and general laws of the state.
Chapter III.
Registration, Nomination, and Eiee-
tion.Resistration.
Sec. 1. The supervisor of each ward
and one elector thereof appointed by
the commission shall constitute the
board of registration therein, except
as herein otherwise provided. II by
reason of a change of boundary of any
ward, or the formation of new ward
or the formation of more than one
election district in ward, or other
cause, it becomes necessary to In
crease the number of registration
boards of the city, the commission
shall appoint a board of registration
of two members for such additional
ward and for each election district,
provided that the supervisor for any
ward shall be a member of the regis
/, tration board for the election district
in which he resides. The compensa-
ton of the members of boards of re-
gistration shall be two dollars per
day
Sec. g When changes shall be made
lin any ward or wards, or a new ward
shall be formed in whole or in part
from the territory of other wards, or
1 when ward shall be divided into vot-
ing districts, the boards of registra-
ton of the respective wards or voting
districts affected by the change, shall
meet previous to the time prescribed
by law for giving notice in their ses-
sions preceding the next election, and
the name OF each registered elector
known to have been transferred by
such change from one ward to anoth-
er ward, or to a new ward, or from
one voting district to another. shall
be copied into the register Of the
ward or district to which the transfer
was made, and be stricken from the
register Of the ward or district from
which the elector was transferred by
the change.
district shall be formed the board OF
registration thereof, at its session
next preceding the next election there
in, shall make or complete a new re-
gister of the electors residing therein,
and for the purpose shall remain in
session two days, and notice OF the
formation Of such ward or district and
that new register of the electors will
be made at that session, shall be given
with the notice required by law to be
given of such session of the board.
Sec. 4. Each ward, unless otherwise
subdivided, shall be an election dis
trict: On the Saturday next preced-
ing a general election. and
on the Saturday next preoed-
ing the day of the regular city pri-
mary election, the several boards of
registration for the city, except as
herein otherwise provided, shall be In
session at such places in their several
wards as shall be designated, as here
matter provided, from eight o'clock in
the forenoon until eight o'clock in the
afternoon. for the purpose of complet-
ing the list of the qualified voters;
during which session it shall be the
right Of each person then actually re-
siding in the ward or voting district,
and who, at the next approaching elec-
ton may be a qualified elector, and
whose name is not already registered.
to appear personally before such board
of registration in said ward or vot-
ing district and by signing his name
to the registration list, he shall be en-
titled to have his name entered in
the register OF such ward or voting
district.
Sec. 5 At least two weeks previous
to the commencement of any such ses-
sion of the several boards of registra-
ton, the commission shall fix the
place in each ward and voting district
Of the city where the board of regis
tration will meet. and at least eight
days before such session of the board,
the city clerk shall give notice by
hand bills posted in ten public places
in each ward or voting district, and
by publication in one or more news
papers printed in the city, Of the
time and place in each ward or voting
district when and where the board of
registration for such ward and vot-
ing district will meet
Except as herein otherwise provid-
ed. the general laws of this state re-
lating to the registration of electors
in cities shall apply to the registration
and re-registration of electors in this
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